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Evening star., 1923-09-05
FINANCIAL FORCES
IN u. S. TO AID JAPAN
100000 japanese on Pacific Coast
After Relief Funds-Big Barley
Crop Available.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 5.-A
hundred thousand Japanese on the
Pacific coast today are marshaling
their financial resources to render
aid to their stricken countrymen.
The Japanese have adopted the
American wartime slogan of Give
until it hurts"
The available supply of rice here Is
comparatively small for relief pur-
poses. but the California barley crop
is the largest in years. and will be
amply sufficient to make up for the
rice shortage. Shipping Board vessels
have been ordered to withhold all
further bookings of freight and pas
sengers for thirty days, to make
space available for relief supplies and
personnel to Japan.
Seattle to Furnish 100000.
SEATTLE. September 5.-One hun
dred thousand dollars will be raised
here for Japanese relief Officials of
the Chamber of Commerce are per-
fecting plans to send food, clothing
and medical supplies to the stricken
cities. Probably one-half the sum
will be cabled to one of the undam-
aged ports to guarantee quick ship
ments. Local business men plan to
ask the Shipping Board for a vessel
10 carry tents, flour, canned goods
lumber, condensed milk and cured
/ meats.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star once

the rise was checked. This was said
to be in anticipation of an announce
ment soon to be made which Is ex-
pected to be Of benefit to stockholders.
Despite reports that the Standard
Oil of New York had sustained heavy
losses in Japan, the stock got swell
above the previous closing. Others OF
the Standard group were higher, but
advances were fractional. Standard
of Indiana, however. above So. repre-
sented a gain Of = point or so. and the
Kentucky stock. at 80. was up two
points.
In the independent group -Marland
of Mexico continued to be heavily
sold and touched new low for the
week, below. 4, where IL was on a
point. Short covering In Southern
States helped the stock to some ex-
tent but the change was slight.
Coal stocks and bonds moved inde-
cisively. apparently awaiting the out
come of the meeting at Harrisburg.
Glen Alden moved up a point, while
Reading Coal 5 per cent bonds came
off like amount.
In the mining section Goldheld
Florence held arounc its top price.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
OSAKA is VITAL POINT.
Silk Industry Safe if City Not Hit
by Disaster.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 6-If the Jap
anese earthquake and fire is limited
to Yokohama and Toxic. the Japanese
situation economically may not be as
serious as it appears on the surface.
John Jay Abbott. vice president of
the Continental and Commercial Ma
tional Bank and authority on finan-
cial conditions in China and Japan,
declared yesterday.
If, however, Osaka. the great man
ufacturing center. and the silk indus
try throughout the country are de-
Stroyed Japan will have difficulty for
many years in regaining her position
among the nations of the world, he
said. In such an event international
trade relations will be affected, he
said, but expressed the belief that the
silk industry has not been greatly
hurt.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
RAIL EARNINGS MAY
HIT BILLION MARK
First Half Years Combined Income
Indicates New High
Record.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. September Rail-
road earnings to date lead some
executives to believe that the COM
bined net income Of class one roads
this year will reach the billion-d dol
lar mark for the first time. In the
first half of the year the railroads
earned s464,227,340 against s349,6O5,-
PIT in the corresponding period a
year ago. The second half of the
year is ordinarily the largest be-
cause of the big grain shipments from
the west.
More Gold Arrives.
The steamship Olympic arrived to-
day with fifty-three boxes of gold
valued at 370.S20 English pounds. J.
=. Morgan 4 Co. received thirty
eight boxes. valued at 267 900 pounds !;
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. fourteen boxes.
valued at 100000 pounds. and the
New York Trust Company. one box.
valued at 1920 pounds.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
SILK PRICES RUN
Wild IN MARKETS
importers See Japanese Sup.
ply Cut Short-Hosiery
Mills Have Reserve.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 5.-Com-
plete decentralization of the local raw
silk market was the immediate ef-
feet of the news of the Japanese
disaster, according to the Journal of
Commerce. Importers of raw silk and
brokers refused to make quotations
when the market reopened yester-
day after being closed Since last Fri
day. Nearly every raw silk house
was flooded with inquiries from
throwsters and manufacturers.
Later the silk market ran wild and
all sorts of fabulous prices were Of
fered for both raw and thrown silk.
No quotations were made. but many
firms did a large business at prices
which would have been considered
prohibitive a week ago. Keen in
terest also was manifested by broad
silk manufacturers, who were anx-
ious to place orders regardless of
prices where anything like prompt
delivery was promised.
Fear 10000 Bales Lost.
Aside from the stocks believed to
have been stored in warehouses in
Yokohama, variously estimated at
Germ was felt regarding the prob
able damage that has been done to
the filatures. One importer said dam
age to failures and cocoons might
add another $4,000 bales of silk to the
loss of reeled silk in the warehouses
ready for shipment
From best information obtaina BILE
in the trade, the hosiery manufac-
turers are in a better position than
broad silk manufacturers, and in
10
many of the hosiery mills had ample
stocks to last them until december.
Exporters of steel and lumber to
Japan are being deluged with in
quiries for materials for use in build
ing up districts devastated by the
earthquakes.
Mny Need 100000 Tons.
Cables seeking new materials have
been received in this country in un-
precedented numbers. one Japanese
exporting house received forty cable
requests.
The chief demand so far has been
for galvanized sheets, galvanized
wire. nails and wire rods. Demands
for reinforcing bars, and structural
steel also were received.
Estimates by Japanese traders of
the amount of steel which will be
required for rebuilding range from
100000 to 100000 tons.
hardest hit by the Japanese disaster,
il was learned at a special meeting
called by the board OF underwriters
of New York, which embraces marine
insurance companies. All available
adjusters of the American companies.
as we'll as those of China, will be
sent at once to the devastated area
to calculate the extent of claims as
soon as detailed reports of the dis
aster have been received.
Insurance Firms Safe.
Fire insurance companies will not
be seriously affected. according to
Howard Z. Moore. general manager
of the American Foreign Insurance
Association, which embraces sixteen
fire insurance companies, two of
which are in Japan.
The immunity from loss is due, he
said, to a protection clause in all
japanese insurance policies eliminat-
ing liability for fires caused by earth
quakes.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
MARKS434CENTS
A MILLION TODAY
Sterling Also Quoted at New
Low Mark-Pressure on
Japanese Bonds.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 5.-Addi-
tional new low records for the year were
established in the foreign exchange mar
ket today by British and German cur
rencies. Demand sterling was quoted
at $4.5oM. the decline being attributed
to speculative expectation of heavy
drafts being drawn on London as a re-
suit Of the Japanese disaster.
German marks sold as low as Az
cents a million. as against high mark
OF IA cents yesterday.
Japanese bonds were again under
pressure at the opening of today's bond
market. Japanese As dropped l "a to 76.
a new low for the year, and City OF
Toxic 5s, which dropped 10 points yes
terday and then recovered ", fell back
4 again today. Japanese government
4 l2s yielded half point.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
RAIL LEASE OPPOSED.
Atlantic Coast Line Still Trying to
Take Over Coal Road.

NEW YORK. September 5.-The
Atlantic Coast Line can't seem to get
that proposed lease of the Carolina.
Clinchfield and Ohio road settled. No
sooner is one course of opposition
eliminated than another jumps in.
The first objection to the proposal
was submitted by the Georgia Public
Service Commission and for a time it
looked as though the commission in
tended to fight the project to the
limit. Yesterday, however, Atlanta
dispatches chronicled the withdrawal
of the opposition. Almost immedi-
ately word came from Charlotte, N. c.,
that the chamber of commerce and
"business interests" of that city had
united to oppose the projected lease.
These latest opponents declare that
the interests of the community would
be much better served if lease We're
negotiated with the Seaboard Air Line
rather than the Atlantic Coast Line.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
DEMAND FOR SPACE
ON LINERS TO JAPAN
Shipping Board Swamped With
Requests to Garry Freight
From Seattle.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEATTLE, September 5.-While the
Admiral Oriental Line. operating five
big Shipping Beard vessels TO the
orient. has been ordered to withhold
freight and passenger bookings Of
ficers of the line have been deluged
with applications for space for ship
ments on a commercial basis OF -four.
grain and lumber. and cargo space
for large additional shipments of
salmon is expected to be made.
One big passenger liner, the Presi-
dent Jackson. is now partly loaded
and cargo space in the Bakersfield.
Eldridge. Elmore and Cuprum is af-
fected. How much loss will ensue by
refusal of these Shipping Board boats
to carry cargo already accepted cannot
be determined at present.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
RAILROADS GRANTED.
LOWER VALUATIONS
North Carolina Assessors Find
Three Roads Paying Too
High Taxes.
BY the Associa ted Press


RALEIGH. N. c., September g.
valuations of railroads operating in
the state were announced here by the
state board of assessment The new
valuation figures will supersede those
of 1920
According to Commissioner of Rev
enue r.. A. Doughton, a member Of
the board. some of the railroads con-
tended that their properties were
overvalued. but very few changes
were made. In the case of some of
the shorter lines the commissioner
stated that they actually were being
operated at loss, a few being In the
hands of receivers.
valuation of the Atlantic Coast Line
resulted in an increase, but the Nor
folk Southern, Seaboard Air Line and
Southern railroads were allowed de-
creases. The new valuation will
form the basis for taxation by the
state. Figures for the larger systems
are as follows:
Atlantic Coast Line, $51,592.436:
Norfolk Southern. $20,191.6I9; Sea-
board Air Line, $S1 S1,64I,192: Southern
railroad, $94,375,S74: Caroline, Clinch-
field and Ohio. $12.993.440; Durham
and Southern, $1,350,0 900; Norfolk and
Western, $4,613.604; Atlantic and
Yadkin. s3.ol3,5o Carolina and
Northwestern, $1,2s0.Oe0; winston
Salem Southbound, $4,7s2,1:o.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DALLAS. Tex, September 5.-The
best posted cotton men here believe
that the government estimate of $780,
600 bales for this state is too low, but
only few expect the crop to exceed
1000, 900 bales.
HOUSTON. September 5.--From 150,-
600 to zoo. 900 bales of cotton will be
marketed in Houston by the Texas
Farm Bureau, according to President
Orr.
NEW ORLEANS, September 5.-Or-
derS at southern pine mills last week
decreased 0.S per cent from the previ-
Gus week, while production fell off AZ
per cent Shipments increased 3. Re
ports from 141 mills show Sl.993,994
feet ordered, s0.611.129 produced and
1887, $50 shipped.
SEATTLE. September 5.-New or
ders for lumber from the orient. Cali
reflected in the activities of the west
ern Washington and western Oregon
mills in the last week. The production
lof 134 mills was % per cent above nor
tion. or 113.273.709 feet. Shipments
totaled 107.914,411 feet.
AKRON. September 5.-Plans for
the CONSOLIDATION Ol the hOfld" ana
Starm Rubber companies are being
worked out. This merger results
from unsettled conditions in the rub
Der industry. The combined COM
panies will have a capacity of about
s5O, 100000 worth of tires year.
CHICAGO, September 5.--Packers of
kraut and pickles in this section have
temporarily Withdrawn all quotations
for spot or future delivery. The Ma
, tional Pickle Packers Association
has taken sharp issue with the gov
ernment bulletin, which declares that
the crop of products used for picking
is double that of last year. The
association declares the crop is only
80 per cent of that of 1922.
ST. PAUL, September 5.-The con-
tract for the steel superstructure of
the Ford hydraulic plant at High
Dam has been awarded to the Pitts
burgh Bridge and Iron Works.
BOSTON September 5.-Further
evidence of the employment of New
England textile capital in the south
Is furnished by the purchase of the
Collier Mills at Macon and Barners-
Vile, Ga, by the William Carter
Company of Needham Heights, Mass.
CHICAGO, September 5.-Movement
of freight on the great lakes con-
tinues to show evidences of slowing
I'M. Movements of iron ore and
coal are of considerable less volume
than week ago and shipments of
grain have picked up only slightly.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
Sales. INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS.
Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES.
Washington Gas 5s-s1 900 at 9sL.
Washington Gas 6s 1933-S1, 600 at 1918.
500 at 1O1.
Capital Traction 5s-S1. 900 Mt e5.
Potomac Electric deb 6s-$1 600 at 99a4
Potomac Elec. G. and ref. Is, 1861 900
at 102.
Capital Traction Co.-5 at 101 at 101.
Washington Rwy. 4 Elec. pfd.-2 at lilo
washington Gas Light at 4sx. . at 4s%
Riggs National Bank rights at SO.
Union Trust Cos at. 15s, 10 at Isl. at
157.
AFTER CALL.
Washington REy. & Elec. $500 at 7aa,
Ianston Monotype-10 at 72ia.
Mergenthaier Linotype-10 at 159.
Union Trust Co.-5 at 157. at 157. 10 at
15717.
Moncy-CaI loans. and . per cent.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
$500 GET HIGHER PAY.
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Voluntarily Raises Wages.

CHICAGO, Septembsr 5.-Volur tary
wage increases affecting approximate
ly 5000 maintenance of way and rail-
way mechanical department employees
were reported to the United States
railroad labor board yesterday by the
Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad
The increases represent an ap-
proximate total cost to the carrier
of $4,000, according to J. r. King,
statistician for the board. They range
from ! cent to cents an hour. and
in the case of certain foremen and
engineers from $2.04 month to $4.0S
a month. The increases are effective
as of August l and Is, 1928, and affect
employees represented by the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees and Railway Shop Laborers.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
BY WILLIAM F.. HEFFERNAN.
Received by Private

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 5.-The
movement of prices on the curb ex-
change today was mixed. Speculative
leaders continued active. and sub
stantial advances occurred in q num-
Der OF. specialties. Prominent among
these latter was the new Park & TIL
,rord shares, admitted to trading to-
day. The issue consists of 100000
authorized capital shares Of no par
value. Schultz Retail Stores Corpora
tfon recently took over Park & TIL
FORD at price equivalent to $25 a
snare. 1t opened in the market today
at i27, and was heavily dealt n
throughout the session within a point
OF this figure
Another feature was the increased
activity in Gillette Safety Razor. The
STOCK was bid up from a. close Tues
day OF 266% to we'll above 2I2 before
Evening star., 1923-09-05
BANK MERGER ARRANGED.

LOS ANGELES. Calf. September 5.
Frank A. Vanderlip and his asso-
ciates in control of the Common
wealth Trust Company of Los Angeles
have agreed to merger with the Bank
of America. also of this city, it is
announced by Ora E. Monnette and
j. l.. Williams, president and first vice
president of the latter organization.
The merger will take effect Septem-
ber q, the announcement stated.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
BIG STEEL ORDERS SEEN
AS DISASTER RESULT
By the Associated Press.


YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. September s.
Heavy business in the structural
division of the steel industry is ex-
pected as result of the earthquake e
IN Japan. according to steel mill of
hcials here. Executives of the Trus-
con Steel Company and the General
Fireproofing Company. makers of
steel building material. are prepar-
ing for rush of business when
Japan begins to rebuild. Purchase of
raw material by these fabricators is
expected to help the steel industry in
general.
The Truscon Steel Company expects
that its plant near Osaka, Japan, even
II 1T escaped the disaster. will not be
able TO meet the demand and is ex-
pecting heavy export trade
Evening star., 1923-09-05
PARIS MARKET FIRM.

PARIS, September 5.-Prices were
firm on the bourse today. Three per
cent rentes. 81 francs so centimes:
exchange on London, 80 francs 81
80 confines. The dollar was quoted
at II francs % centimes.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
EXPENSES OF A. C. |.
100000 HIGHER
Railroads Operating Costs Cut
Down Net Revenue for
Month of July.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate ted Press
RICHMOND, Va, September s.
Operating revenues of the Atlantic
Coast Line for the month of July were
s5,122.SS6. as compared with $4.4s4.33S
for the same month last year, accord
ing to a financial statement issued by
the company yesterday. Operating
expenses. however, in July of this
year exceeded fhe expenses for 1922
by more than s1,0OO.O00, which re-
duced the net revenue to $314,514, as
compared with $745.6S4 last year The
operating income shows a deficit uf
$60,6S6, as against earnings of $470,-
6S4 in July, 1922.
For the first seven months of the
year. the statement showed. the oper-
ating income. after deducting taxes.
was $1e.s05,3S2, as compared, with
$10.o48,747 for the same period last
year.
Nine-tenths of the women of China
cannot write their own names.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
EXPECTS SHIPMENTS SOON.
Seattle Representative Says Silk
Will Come via Kobe.

BY the Associated Press
SEATTLE, Wash. September 5.-Ja-
pans silk shipments to America
through the port of Seattle Will be
continued after a brief interruption
through the ports of Kobe and Osaka,
according to Ts0netaro Inouye, man
ager of the Seattle branch of the
Yok ohama Specie Bank.
The shipments through Seattle. in
cluding raw silk in bales and silk
goods in cases, aggregated in value
S113.921.170 August imports of raw
silk and silk goods in cases are es-
timated to have value of $4,000, 600.
OSAKA is VITAL POINT.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
BUENos AIRES SALES BRISK.
Silk Importers Expect No Ship
ments for Some Time.

BY the Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, September 5.-Im-
porterS of Japanese silk, cotton and
utner goods are rapidly selling and
their warehouse stocks, as South
American merchants are not expect
ing further importations for a long
time because of the earthquake.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
MAY MARK DOWN LOAN.

NEW YORK. September 5.-London
reports Austrian loan has been mark
ed down on theory that If Italy chal-
lences league of nations, security OF
loan would be affected.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
CLOSING SUGAR PRICES.

NEW YORK, September Sugar
futures closed easy; approximate
sales Is, 900 tons; September, 4.36; De-
cember, 4.31; March. ass: May, 8.76.
Evening star., 1923-09-05

NEW YORK. September 5.-Follow-
ing Is an official list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
curb Market today:
Evening star., 1923-09-05

HOUSTON. September 5.-From 150,-
600 to 100000 bales of cotton will be
marketed in Houston by the Texas
Farm Bureau, according to President
Orr
Evening star., 1923-09-05

Nine-tenths of the women of China
cannot write their own names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
FRENCH SEIZE MARKS

DUSSELDORF, Nov. 24.-The Ger man newspapers today declare that the French have seized forty qua drillion marks at Essen and 25 unadrillion u Mnlheirn.. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
ALABAMA SENATOR SPEAKS TO WOMEN
Advocates As Little Restraint As Possible On People
 Of Nation

ATLANTA, Nov. 24-The federal government can not come in direct contact with the people and should not infringe further on local self government, Senator Underwood, Ala bama, declared today in an address before the third regional conference of Democratic Women, In session here.
 The Senator, who is a candidate for the democratic presidential nomi- nation, reviewed the principles of his party, advocating good government with as little restraint on the people as possible"
 Declaring that the federal govern ment cannot make local laws with out bringing unhapptness upon the people, Senator Underwood cited the child labor law as an instance in which one of the fundamental prin- ciples of the constitution had been forgotten. The supreme court, in overthrowing the law. he declared, could not ignore the fact that the real purpose of the act was to tax put of business mills that employed child labor
 When the taxing power of the country Is used for any other pur- pose than for government, the princi- ple of special privileges for none is violated, he said. The democratic party, he continued, has been for tariff for government alone.
 Affects Imports Ana Exports.
 Now that America is creditor nation, the Senator said, the tariff af- 6ects both exports and imports.
 There are many persons who are democrats, but want high tariff special privileges, and for this reason do not vote with us," he said.
 "Our government is law, and that Jaw is based on principles. It is not a matter of great importance to the mass of people who is President of the nation or governor of & state. But so long as tho principles of gov ernment are upheld the people are satisfied"
 There is no reason for party gov srnment if we are to fight merely for men," he asserted
 Following Senator Underwood's ad- dress, Mrs. Benton McMillin of Ten nessee was presented as permanent regional director. She was elected yesterday by the democratic national committee women attending the con ference.
 Senator Pat Harrison of Missis- sippi was the principal speaker on the banquet program last night, but wired that he would be unable to attend. President Alfred C.fNewen of the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce took the place of the Missis- sippi Senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
POLICE HOLD THREE. IN BOMBING OUTRAGE
Consuls Of Spain And Italy Believe
 That Politics Was Motive

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 24.-7Police tonight were holding three men sus- pected of being implicated in the bomb explosions early today at the spanish and Italian consulates. The authorities admit, however, that they do not believe any of the men were directly responsible for the ex- plosions, which damaged the build ings housing the consulates, slightly injured more than score of persons and shattered the glass of windows in the neighborhoods where they oc- cured
 Suspicion centers. the police said. late last night with a strange -look- group divided, some of the men going ill the direction of the Italian con- sulate while the rest went toward the Spanish consulate.
 While search is being instituted for the six men, foreign consulate build lngs, as well as federal. state and municipal edifices, are being guarded against further outrages.
 The three men held by the police gre said to be known as radicals. Authorities here believe that the bombings last night were not in spired by any local condition, but were rather the result of a radical or anti-fascist sentiment.
 Both Emilio De Motta. the Spanish consul, and Chevalier Luigi Sillitti. Italian consul, said they believed the pombings were prompted by political motives