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, 1923-09-05
Pythian Sisters
VIII Meet Thursday

The Pythias Sisters will meet IN
regular session Thursday evening
At 3 o'clock at the Knights of
Pythias hall. All members are asked
to be present.
, 1923-09-05
Kensington VIII
Meet Thursday
Or. and Mrs. Rlach
VIII Entertain

NQr. and Mrs. r. j. Riach viii enter
tan at a picnic supper to be given
tomorrow evening at the Garden
Creek picnic grounds.
, 1923-09-05
Mrs. Tolhurst
VIII Entertain

Mrs. W. II. Tolhurst VIII enter
tain at an informal bridge tea TO
be given tomorrow Afternoon at her
home, 1881 South wolcod street.
, 1923-09-05

Miss Anna Lea OF Laramie is
spending several days in the city.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
MILLERS' REALTY
SALES, $685. ,762
Real Estate Firm Makes Report of
Deals Closed During
Past Week.

Sales aggregating $52s,762 in value
were made by w. c. & A. N. Miller
during the week, according to an an
lows
w. P. True, 342s Porter street
northwest: r. e. l.. Hall, 2S19 29th
street northwest; Walter Clephane,
3417 Woodley road northwest; Anna
l.. Hurley, 1928 29th street northwest;
]. M. Barker. 1927 29th street north
west; c. 3. Stone, 1929 29th street
northwest; B. A. King. 1929 Ordway
street northwest: r. A. Porterfield,
5016 42d street northwest; r. l..
James, 3424 Porter street northwest;
Joseph McCuen, 1926 Porter street
northwest; A. L. Lowe, 1921 29th
street northwest; II. n. Lawrie. 3102
33d street northwest; Herman Felter,
1843 A street southeast; Louis Sugar,
1845 A street southeast; Nora j.
Finucane, 1926 29th street northwest; !;
Joseph Knight, 1922 Porter street
northwest. DR.. E. Breeding, 2701 2Sth
street northwest; Ernest Gichner,
34e5 Woodley road northwest. F. w.
Hall, 1885 "A street southeast; E. NJ.
Raynor, 1887 A street southeast; +. V.
Eppler, 2S03 Woodley road northwest :
w. A. Barger. los 10th street south
east: B. B. Nyce, 2805 WoodIey road
northwest; Thomas Hume. 4409
kiingle street northwest; Ella A.
Stride, 109 18th street southeast; G..
Hall White, 2S0S 28th street north
west; j. Craig King, 342S gath street
northwest; j. II. Yates, 4407 KIingle
Evening star., 1923-12-08

plain or figured material. figured
walls should. with a few exceptions.
have only plain hangings. 1t always
pays to purchase good quality Of ma
terial. for the life of curtains Is
usually from two to three years. Cur
tains also have constant handling
and are subject to the influence of
light, which Is DESTRUCTIVE also. For
this reason It is often best to line
them, or even interline them. Lin
Ing has the additional merit Of CIV
ing weight to the curtains, and they
hang better.
In buying curtain material the
quantity should never be skimped. 1t
Is essential to allow for ample full
ness. An allowance equal to the
width and one-half Is usually salts
factory.
Each Room Has Specific Purpose.
AS each room in a house has its spe-
cifc purpose the curtains should be
chosen with this object in view. The
windows of detached houses are more
easily dealt with than those that are
closely overlooked. In some instances
this may be overcome by screening.
or to use plain or fancy net sash cur
tains in addition to the ordinary
easement curtains. The object Is to
insure privacy without the loss of
llght; these need be but the lower
haIf OF the window.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
REAL ESTATE LAW
OUTLINED TO CLASS
Charles S. Shreve Speaks to
Y. NJ. c. A. Students on
Legal Problems.

The subject of real estate law was
discussed by Charles S. Shreve before
the real estate class of the Y. NJ. c. A.
At its session this week. In sketChing
the history of the law of real prop
erty Mr.. Shreve showed how the va
rious estates were created and indi-
Gated their significance.
Referring to the development of
landlord and tenant relations from
the early English common law period.
it was pointed out that tenancy was
divided into three classes, known in
law as estates by the year, estates by
the month and estates by sufferance.
Under these three classifications the
permanenCy of the tenant is deter
mined
While it is generally customary in
the District of Columbia for owners
to make repairs of rental properties.
under a strict Interpretation of the
law no such obligation rests on the
owner except by specific contract.
This phase of landlord and tenant re-
lations is somewhat different in re-
spect to apartment houses, where ii
has been held by the courts that the
owner is compelled to make such re
pairs as affect the common interests
VI dii tenants alike, SuCH as RSatlIS,
lighting and plumbing systems.
Caution was advised by Mr. Shreve
in the preparation of a lease or rental
contract, as such contracts should
embrace all the terms and conditions
in order TO avoid misunderstanding
Enumerattng a few essential features
that required care in the preparation
OF such papers. il was stated that the
signature of both the landlord and
tenant must be obtained. the contract
properly dated and specific informa-
tiUn in respect to the beginning and
ending of the term of lease as we'll
as the gross rental and method of
payment.
Because of the many legal phases.
in connection with the details of a
rental business it is very important,
Mr.. Shreve said, that the broker have
SlI iniHnt knnNulnlmA tn knn.lln .L...,
Evening star., 1923-12-08
EXTRACTS THE SAP.
U. S. Inventors Process for Non
Inflammable Wood.

Wood that will not burn is, of course
a much-to-be-desired thing. 1t is re-
ported that not long ago there was
tested on considerable scale in Eng
land an American invention for render
ing wood non-infiammable. 1t appears
that the sap is first withdrawn from
the wood by evaporation in heated vac
uum chambers. Then a fireproofing
solution is forced into the pores under
hydraulic pressure. IT is claimed that
wood thus treated resists decay as we'll
as fire.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH

COLUMBUS. Ga, December S.-MrS
Katherine Matthews, fOrty-niHc
found lying dead last night befort
an open CRATE with her hand ano
breast burned, was believed to hav,
fallen into the fire and burned to
death. She had been alone during the
early part of the evening and it va
believed she fell into the CRATE Will,
placing stick of wood on the fire.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
COMMON BRICKWoRK STRONG

Ordinary brickwork laid in the ordi
nary way by an ordinary bricklayer has
as great strength as brickwork laid
especially for testing in laboratory,
according to the conclusions reached In
AN exhaustive report by Rudolph +.
Miller. former superintendent of build
inES in the borough of Manhattan. New
York. Old brick piers, taken out of a
New York building were found to sus-
tain an average weight Of 1856 pounds
TO the square inch.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
FASHION DEGREES
DRAPERY STYLES
Changes in Curtains Same as
in Clothing, Present-Day
Requirement.

Fashion DEGREES changes in curtains
as in clothes. and following the die
tates of hygiene. heavily lined cur
tains of velvet, damask, brocade, etc,
have made their way for lighter, gay
er and less severe draperies for win
dows and doors. lightweight cur
tains are more easily kept clean and
more suited to our modern methods
of furnishing. Even the cost is a
matter of congratulation compared
with the price of plush curtains a
decade ago.
The hangings of a window should
be considered from two points of
view--their ordinary appearance and
their appearance when drawn across
the glass Also with net or lace cur
tains hung close TO the glass, their
appearance from outside the home
must be considered. The main thing
is to have all the windows on the
front of the house uniform in treat
ment. otherwise the appearance Is
Spotty and restless. Careful treat
ment as to detail is essential If the
finished result is to harmoniZe with
and give the final touch to the in
terror well
Evening star., 1923-12-08

street northwest; w. B. Allen, 300
44th street northwest; Edwin Hahn,
5311 38th street northwest; Emma l..
Miller. 4405 Klingle street northwest;
Mary II. Gooding, 1S41 A street south
east; Douglas f. Bulloch, 27O0 2Sth
street; A. 3. Farnham, 4414 Klingle
street, and NJ. J. Profit, All Klingle
street
Evening star., 1923-12-08

matters accurately in order to pro-
tect the interests of his clients.
At the next meeting of the class
title examination and conveyancing
will be discussed by James j. Becker,
local title official.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
FORMER EDITOR DIES.

William G.. Allison, sixty-four, former
reporter of the New York World and
later editor of Richard Croker's Amer
lean. died here yesterday afternoon.
Death was attributed to heart disease.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
Requires Discrimination.

While the selection OF the material
for window hangings is a matter of
personal taste and requirements, 1t
requires discrimination, too. EXpen-
sive materials are quite out of place
in rooms where the furniture is in
expensive. 1t may be noted that
while plain walls will carry either a
Evening star., 1923-12-08

The importation of Chinese coolies
has been suggested as a possible
solution of the farm labor problem
in western Canada
Evening star., 1923-11-10
DISTRICT MOTORISTS
FOUL MARYLANDlAW
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md. November 10
Richard J. Flood. CPL Allison street
northwest. lost his right to operate
a car in Maryland; J. H. Best.
Jewell street. had his license sus-
pended pending investigation of a
fatal accident. and seven other Wash
ington motorists suffered penalties of
ten to fifteen days suspensions for
violations of the state motor vehicle
laws. according to the weekly report
of the automobile commissioner,
made public today.
Edward J. Fletcher, 1915 s street
northwest. and Robert L. Garibaldi.
So n street northwest were penalized
with a ten-day suspension each for
speeding in excess of thirty-6ye
miles an hour: w. p. Beckwith, 4O2
Carlisle court. fifteen days for reck-
less driving; John A. Jones, sol
Seward square southeast, ten days
for allowing person to operate
without a license; Charles A. Bosse.
1900 18th street northeast, thirty
days for displaying markers of
another car; William n. johnson, 1911
T street. ten days for operating with
out a license, and Eugene Arnold.
1725 10th street northwest. ten days
for displaying markers OF another
car, headlights without glass and
having no registration certificate.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
STOCK AND COTTON
MARKETS LEADERS
Weakening of Sterling Exchange
Also Vital Factor in Weeks
Finance.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, November 10.-An-
other sharp advance in stock and cot
ton prices and a further weakening
in sterling exchange to a new low
record for the year were the out
standing developments Of this weeks
financial markets.
Several constructive domestic de-
velopments contributed to the upward
movement of stock prices, among
them continuation of record car
loadlngs, heavy oversubscription of
the $100.000.000 American Telephone
pond issues, higher copper and rubber
prices and a series of unusually ia
vorable earnings statements by indus
trial corporations, particularly in the
automotive group.
United States Steel. Baldwin, Stude-
baker and American Can. generally
to IL points above their low prices
Of last week, while even larger gains
were recorded by some ordinary in
active issues in which special devel-
opments are pending.
Oil shares showed a tendency to
shake off their recent heaviness de-
spite another cut in midcontinent
crude prices. Buying of these issues
was helped by the declaration of the
regular dividend on Texas Company,
previously reported in danger and re-
ductton In gasoline stocks. Q
Further weakness Of sterling was
the direct result of a heavy accumu-
lation of bills In this market. Lon
don reported that sterling balances
there were being transferred to this
country because Of the fear, despite
official denials, that an infiationary
policy would soon be adopted in Great
Britain in order to relieve unemploy-
ment.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
RAILWAY COMMON
IS AGAIN ACTIVE
Reaches So 3-4-Lanston
Sells 0ff-0ther Trading
on Local Exchange.

The week on the Washington Stock
Exchange was concluded this morn
ing with renewed activity in common
stock of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. accompanied by
f1rming-up ir price which reached
68& at the close. The issue opened
strong at -S8h, and advanced frac-
tionally until a total of 110 shares
had changed hands.
Lanston was again weak, ten shares
selling at 70H, and Capital Traction
stock also eased off to sS% on a sale
Of ten shares. One hundred shares of
Washington Title Insurance Company
changed ownership in the unlisted de-
partment at sk.
Bonds were quiet, but firm. Capital
TRACTION 5s sold at 81 and S4N, and
$4,000 Washington Railway and Elec-
tric As brought 69.
Bank Clearfngs show Gains.
A better exhibit is made by bank
SSiearihgs this week, returns for five
! LAYS aay showing an aggregate Of $751;
s9o,uoo for leading cities In the United
states. This amount is 6.9 per cent
larger than that reported for a. SINH
Iar period g. year ago and Is 10 per
cent in excess of the total for the cor
responding five days of 1921.
Last week. in contrast, there was
loss OF Ga per cent from the clear
ings OF year ago and q gain Of
only 81 per cent over those of 1921.
Relatively the best showing this
| week is again made by centers out
side of New York city, which report
| Clearings of s2,667.290. 900, or 81 per
| cent more than those for the same
period of last year.
BuAtnexs Failures Increase.
An increase Of forty in the number
of business failures is reported this
! week, the total for the United States
being 42s. This compares with ont.
or SSS last week and with 387 de-
faults year ago.
The increase In insoivencies this
week over those of last week ia due
TO large number In the south and
west, which more than offsets the
smaller totals in the east and on the
Pacihc coast. Despite the increased
number for the country as a whole.
| there were fewer failures for $4,000
or more of liabilities in each instance
than was the case last week, 229 de-
faults comparing with 233. This
weeks number is equivalent to 53.5
per cent of the total, whereas tbe
ratio last week was COL per cent. A
year ago, when there were PA SINH
lar insolvencies, the ratio to the total
| was 55.2 per cent.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
ALLEGED TO BE TRUST.
Government Attacks Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation.

LOS ANGELES. Calf. November 10.
AN effort to show that the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation is trust
and has been since the infancy Of
the motion picture industry. was
made by the government in a hearing
here yesterday before the Federal Trade
Commission.
Men prominent in the picture in
dustry in its early days, but now
by counsel for the commission in an
effort to establish the scope of ac-
tivity of the photoplay corporation.
The early files OF a screen trade
journal also figured in the testimony
The case was not completed, the
hearing being adjourned for contin-
uance later.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
PADEREWSKI IN U. S.
Arrives in New York Preparatory
to Concert Tour.

NEW YORK. November 10.-Ignace
Jan Paderewski, former premier Of
Poland and eminent pianist, arrived
paris to begin another American con-
cert tour, He declared he was done
with politics and was now devoting
his life to art.
Society leaders arriving on the
Paris include Miss Anne Morgan, mrs.
w K Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Whitney
Warren. The liner also brought 110
delegates to the international hotel
congress.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
SELLING LOWERS PRICES.
Market Stands Up Well Under Sat
urday Realizing.
Snatch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 10
Throughout todas's session on the
stock exchange realizing sales made
themselves felt in the general run
stood the test very we'll.
The speculative favorites. such as
L. S. Steel common. Studebaker,
American Can ana Baldwin Locomo-
tive. lost a little ground, in some IN
stances getting slightly under the
low points of the previous day.
American Can 5broke through par,
but quickly receded, and the declines
in other directions were equally
unimportant. While the leaders
among the industrials were absorbing
the usual week end profit-taking
sales. special strength developed in a
number of miscellaneous issues, like
Dawson Chemical, Submarine Boat,
Computing Tabulating, Pressed Steel
Car and the coppers.
Rails Get Attention.
Toward the end of the first hour in
terest shifted to the rails under the
lead of Southern railway. Buying of
this stock was unusually heavy. and
was accompanied by the renewal of
the demand fer other speculative
rails, such as .Pere Marquette, the
Seaboard Air Line and the Erie.
Southern railway got to within ap-
proximately pbint of its top for the
year. and its Advance again raised the
question as to whether the directors
would place the stock on dividend
basis.
In we'll infornaed quarters, however.
the opinion was expressed that such
action would n5t be taken, soon, al
though the company might distribute
something to shareholders early in
1924. Southern railway is earning
about $40 a share on the common, it's
business is improving and the pros
porous conditiohs in the south should
mean higher profits for this carrier.
Further Cuts In OIL.
Further cuts: in crude oil and in
gasoline found scarcely any response
in the market for the oil shares. The
stocks of the Independent companies
as well as the refiners sold off at the
start, but were: well supported. The
reductions in gasoline prices were
chiefly adjustments to price levels of
other parts of Che country, while the
opinion was generally held that the
fresh lowering: of prices for crude
oil presaged cartailment of produc-
tion and betteE conditions.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
new ORLEANS SPOT
COTTON FIRM FAILS
w. J. Davis & Co. Forced to Wall
Partly by Recent Rise
in Market.
BY the Associa ted Press.

The failure of the important spot cot
ton firm of w. y. DaviS& Co.. which
maintains offices here and in many
Mississippi towas. was announced on
the cotton exchange floor today.
In making the statement to the
cotton exchange that it was unable
to meet it's obligations, the firm said
1t had applied for a receiver .in the
federal court at jackson, Miss, where
one of its principal offices is located.
The failure was set down by the
trade as being due to the rapid rise
in the price of cotton and also to the
difficulty which has been experienced
in the interior of the belt in secur-
ing grades of cotton which were
freely sold ahead by many spot con-
Germs some time ago before this years
cotton crop deteriorated.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
BETTER TONE IN TRADE.
Bradstreet's Also Sees Some I'm.
provement in Industry.

NEW YORK. November s.-Brad-
streets today says:
Events of the week have made for
slightly better tone in trade and in
dustry, and number Of encouraging
Items are to be reported, although a
general survey still reveals rather spot
ted conditions. The change in the at
mosphere Of the stock marflet, the up
ward rush of cotton prices and the sus-
tanned strength Of grain have tended to
make for better sentiment, although
there has hardly been sufficient time for
these tonic features to be reflected in
actual trade dealings.
Still. cooler weather has final dis
tribution north and west, and the
strength Of cotton has made for more
cheerful feeling at southern centers,
fortunate in having good crops in trib-
utary territory. The wool trade, after
a long spell of quiet, reports more lib
eral buying for the 1924 heavyweight
season, with advances in prices re-
corded.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
KARDOS CASE UP AGAIN.
Ex-Broker Admits Trading Under
Fictitious Mamie.

NEW YORK. November 10.-Testi-
mony indicating that Louis NJ Kar-
dos, jr., head of the brokerage firm
1922, lost s6O0,S6O in trading ac-
count maintained under q fictitious
name, was brought out yesterday
before Referee Peter B. Olney.
After Kardos had admitted he had
traded under the. name of Max Good
ney, Joseph M. kraus. an accountant
for the trustee testified that the
Goodney account: had a debit balance
Of $600,S60..
Evening star., 1923-11-10
HUSBAND SLAYER WINS .
HIS S35, ,560 INSURANCE
Mrs. Catherine Roster Wins Court
Fight After Being Acquitted
in Dual Staying.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10
Mrs. Catherine Roster. with her
brother-in-law. Arthur Roster, yes
terday won a suit from two insur-
ance companies for $35,56S on acci-
dent policies carried by her husband,
Oscar Roster. whom she srot and kill
ed in his Office here January 81, 1922
She also shot and killed Rosters
stenographer, Miss Geraldine Reckitt,
but was subsequently acquitted.
Judge Thompson in the United
States district court directed a verdict
for the Rosters on the ground that
the insurance companies had failed
to prove Roster was committing a
crime when his wife found him in the
company of his stenographer and kill
ed him.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
BETTER WOOL TONE.
Week Finds Prices Moving
) Higher Levels.

BOSTON, November 10.-The Com
merciaI Bulletin today said:
ga better tone prevails in the wool
market this week, with medium do
mestfc woods occupying the strategic
position; in fact. :prices for such wools
are tending upward. Fine woods still
are slow. Medium to scoureds are
strong. With prices strengthening
for low foreign woods. exports seem
likely to decline. The goods market
is still unsettled, but some improve
mept is noted In spots.
1.-The foreign markets keep firm
and London is about 10 per cent up on
all greasy wools over the last series.
America is buying next to nothing
abroad. The first offerings Of fall
wools will be made in Texas pres
emily.
sMohafr is quiet locally, but steady"
Evening star., 1923-11-10
TWO DECISIONS FOR U. S.
BY CLAIMS TRIBUNAL
Britain's Demands for Damages for
Cable Cutting During Spanish
American War Rejected.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
LONDON, November 10.-Two deci-
cions were given in favor Of the
United States yesterday by the Brit
ish-Amerfcan pecuniary claims tribu-
nal, meeting to decide cases involving
claims for damages. The cases were
those in which the British govern
ment claimed damages for the cutting
Of cables belonging to British COM
panies in Philippine and Cuban waters
during the Spanish-American war.
Fred K. Nielsen. adviser on inter-
national law to the State Department,
argued the case for the United States,
and Sir Cecil Hurst X. c., legal ad-
wiser to the British foreign Office, for
Great Britain.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
on OPERATIONS. SLOW.

PITTSBURGH. November 10 (Spe-
cial).-Oil operations in the eastern
fields are moving at a slow pace, with
no prospects of speeding up in the
near future. About Is per cent less
new work is under way or contem-
plated than at this time last year.
Eastern operators say they can do
nothing but wait until the gusher
delds in the west decline, which may
be long time. There Is no profit
In small wells at the present market.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
SLUMP IN SHIPMENTS.
Fewer Vegetables Moved to Chi
cago Market During Week.

CHICAGO, November 10.-A de-
crease of 2,825 cars in total ship
ments of fourteen leading fruits and
vegetables into the local market dur
ing last week was caused chiefly by
20 per cent smaller movement of
potatoes, 10 per cent decrease in
grapes and an per cent loss in ap-
pies, according to figures furnished
by the United States bureau of eco
nomtcs here.
Smaller shipments were noted in
pears and cabbage, but Florida citrus
fruit shipments increased sharply The
total output of the fourteen products
was about 5000 cars.
Evening star., 1923-11-10
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
! BOUGHT HEAVILY
Market Irregular = Fisher
Body Off Over Seven Points.
Sales, 100000 Shares.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. NoNember 10.-Heavy
buying of Southern Railway, which
eventually created a better inquiry
for the other loW W-priced rails. was
the only feature Id today's brief ses-
sion of the stock market. Consider
able irregularity developed in the
general list, with fluctuations in the
active issues limited to a point or SO.
Advances of to.3A points in Lig-
gett and Myers. S!oss Sheffield Steel.
Hartmann Corporation, Dawson
Chemical, Van Raalte. Silk. Congo
,leum and National Cloak and Suit
common and preferred were counter
acted by a drop of57h points In Fish
er Body. and losses of 2 to 2a
points in Corn Products. Foundation
Company, American Ice and General
American Tank. The closing was ir-
regular. Sales approximated 100000
shares.