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Eastman Kodak.

The 1922 report of Eastman Kodak
company and it's subsidiaries showed
a surplus after dividends of S5,O01 900
as compared with SJ,TS2,14O for 1921
and total surplus at the end of the
year of 500, 900. This statement
threw further light on the recent
strength in the company's stock.
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.COrToNsEED OIL CLOSE.

New York. April 7.-Cottonseed oil
closed firm. Prime summer yellow,
1880: prime crude. 1850. April, 1l.90;
May. i1si: June. 11.s0; July. it.s3; Au-
gust. 1f.si: September. Hi; October,
1916; November, $50 sales. 1900.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

Minneapolis, April Cash: No; !
northern s1.23is 6i.Sl =. No cars
dark northern S1.2SS Ls3 May
si.2sh.
Corn: No. yellow rake.
C-ts: No. white Al : G42sc.
Barley 53Tsfc.
Rye: No. 9, 7Sis arse.
Flax: No. !, s.2sls 63.SoH.
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NEW YORK BONDS

New York, April s.-Following Is an
official list OF bonds traded in on the
New York Exchange today with prices
UP TO and including the close Of the
market. Total sales today were 1884,
geo eaginst si2.s61,oo yesterday. Ss,-
and s4,sag,0Oo two years ago. From
January I to date ss53.726.000 against
si,23s,b7i.o 900 a yaer ago and sTss,ll2'ooO
two years ago.
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PARIS BOURSE.

Pnris. April 7.-Trading was dull on
the bourse today.
centimes.
Exchange on London 70 francs, 20
ecntimes.
Five per cent loans, II francs, 40 CEN
times.
centimes.
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KANSAS cry GRAIN.
Kansas City, April 5.-Close;

Wheat: May. s1.14& bid; July. si.1s%
Gf.I2Ss asked: September, Sill =.
Corn: May. 76c split bid: July, 163sc
split asked; September. T6Ac bid.
Cash:
9 red. s1.26G1.so.
Corn: No. 3 white. T7ik Use: No.
yellow. soc; No. yellow, 7995s1<ei No.
2 mixed. 7sGTSIsc.
Oats: No. white. asa ISIS; No;
mixed. 4T@47%c; No. red. ASH GSee-
Barley: 6T670c.
HAY: Unclaimed.
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CHANGE OF. SCHEDULE

Beginning Monday. March Goth. the
Buick Bus Line will leave the Lanier
Hotel z a. m. and 40 p. m. for
Boerne. Comfort and Kerrville. Leaves
for Seguin and Gonzales at l $40 D.
m. Residence phone Mission $50
(Ady.)
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Commodity News Notes
Lumber.

Lumper.
New Orleans, April 7.-Orders at
southern pine mills have dropped off
9 IL per cent this week and mount
ed only to SO per cent of normal
production. Car supply hos not inr
proved. but mills are catching up
with back orders. Untitled business
has decreased from 416,0O0.000 feet
to 3s6, 100000 within the week. Prices
are steady.
Boston. April 7.-Spruce mills in
New England are all booked far ahead
with orders and are asking and get
ting $50 a thousand feet for their
products.
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CHICAGO CASH COMMODITIES.
Chicago. April 7.-wheat: No. hard.

si.23.
Corn: No. mixed. 7skc; No. ;
No. 2 yellow. 7Sss 6sOc; No. yellow.
77lS @fSNc; No. yellow. nc; No. 2
white. 7sSc: No. white. 77is 677%c.
Oats: No. 9 white, 46ls q 46Ssc; No.
white. 43Ac.
Rye: No. ?. SAGE.
Barley: 6266Sc.
Timothy seed: $5.006s.50.
Glover seed: s12.50G1s.5o.
Pork: Nominal.
Lard: S11.4o.
Ribs: se.e2 e 1863.
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LONDON MONEY.

London, April 7.-Bar silver. % 3-i6d
per ounce.
Discount rates: Short bills, 1N d2h
per cent: three months bills, "a O. bis
per cent.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.
Chicago,

A.. Chicago, April 5.-Butter: Higher:
creamery extras 4Sc; standards, 4ss;
extra firsts. Az G47Sc; firsts. so
t7isc: seconds. 46 n 46izc.
Eggs: Unchanged: receipts, lS,oA
cases.
Poultry: Alive. unchanged.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-07
BOSTON WOOL

Boston. Aprii 5.-Buyers were not
numerous in the local wool market to-
day. What business was done. however.
was at unchanged prices which are ex-
pectes TO continue the ftrmness whlch
has been shown all week.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

New York, April 7.-Following Is
list of most active stock sales today.
Total sales of each stock and the high,
low and closing prices are given:
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Automobiles.

Detroit, April IAN indication OF
the growth Of the automobile output
is found today in the latest report of
the Continental Motors Corporation,
largest manufacturers of automobile
engines in the world. In the last
month the company produced 10000
engines compared with $3.50 for the
corresponding period Of 1922.
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NEW ORLEANS SPOTS.

New Orleans, April 7.-Spot cotton
steady; unchanged; sales. $40; sales to
arrive. none; low middllng. 1875: mid
ding 1850; good middling, $4,000.
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MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR.

Minneapolis. Mimi, April Flour ten
to fifteen higher. Family patents $500
barrele Shipments 60.i25 barrels.
Bran, s2T.5062S.
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CHICAGO STOCKS

Chicago, April s.-Folowing IS re-
port OF today's sales high, low and clos
ing quotations. at the Chicago Stock
fxchanCe:
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TODAY'S CURB MARKET

New York, April 7.-Following is an
official list Of bonds and stocks traded
In on the New York Curb Market to-
day:
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Kansas City. No.. April 7.-Butter, esss
and poultry unchanged.
Potatoes unchanged.
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NEW YORK COFFEE.

New York. April 1.-Coffee: Rio Ne
IS 1i%; futures steady; May, sS-s July
9.03.
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NEW YORK SILVER.

New York, April 7.-Foreign bar sill
YER $3.50.
Mexican dollars. 50&c.
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ST. Louis PRODUCE.
KANSAS CITY PRODUCE.

st. louis, April Eggs, csc; butter
and poultry, unchanged.
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BOSTON CURB MARKET
High. Low. Close.

Boston. April 7.--Following IS a list
Of todays highest, lowest and closing
prices for the most active stocks dealt
in here.
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NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
new YORK SPOTS.
NEW YORK FUTURES.

New York. April 5.-Cotton, spot
steady; middlibg, 5000.
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STOCK MARKET AVERAGES.
Sales ao7,soo.

i'Sf Close Close. Wk. D'y's
Today. Yes'day. AGO. Cge.
20 industrials .1o5.1o 1os.0s 1ot.s3 S.ol
20 railroads 6i59 e4.f0 65.s5 Ill
40 stocks -. sAsi sass s5.li-.o5
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Clothing.

Seattle. April 1.-THE price trend
of clothing in this section is upward
owing to the higher costs of cotton
and wooden goods, but changes during
the summer are expected TO be Of
only small proportions. In the fall.
dealers said today. prices probably
would be advanced materially.
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Horses.

Topeka, April ia statement is
sued by the Kansas agricultural de-
partment shows that the number Of
horses in this state has averaged
1,039, 900 for ten years or one for
every farmer and one for every man
of his family. The state has more
pure bred horses within its bound
aries than any Of Al other states.
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Fruit.

Laurel. Del, April Little dam
age was done to local fruit orchards
by recent frosts and large yield Of
peaches. apples. pears, cherries and
berries is forecast today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24

No blare OF trumpets accompanied
his entry into the land Of grease
paint and make-believe, nor is he
hiding behind a pseudonym. for the
Albert Hecht, who plays two i'm
portant roles in the production Of
Mary the Third at the Shubert-
Belasco this week is the scion of
wealth who visions a successful
future in the realm of footlights.
Although it was the hope Of his
father, the late Albert Hecht, and
his relatives, that young Hecht de-
vote his talents toward eventually
becoming the guiding executive of
the great business enterprise
founded by the family, the youthful
thespian has frowned upon the am
bilious plans Of his kin.
Opposed by Family.
IT feel that I have a talent for
the stage. I intend to pursue what
feel is my calling. l shall find
out soon enough whether or not
1 am adapted to the profession. If
should fail, then I will consider
business"
Such was the ultimatum which
the budding heir to the Hecht mil
lions Is reported to have delivered
to his family. All attempts to dis
suade him from his purpose to fol-
low the footlights failed. The
family is said to have finally re-
luctantly agreed to his determinn-
ton to enter a New York dramatic
school.
1t is said that young Hecht first
decided he was adapted for a stage
career while a student at Princeton.
He took part in a number Of the col
lege dramatic productions and also
studied the works of contemporary
European and American playwrights
with a view to writing for the stage.
Upon his graduation he consulted
with a number of his friends in the
show world as to the best course to
pursue in furtheranCe of his ambl"
ton. Some advised a course with
the famous Prof. Bakers mo. Il"
class at Harvard. a college curriculum
responsible for a number of Broad.
way successes, while others advised
study in a dramatic school close to
Continued "a 1Rxa Z Column ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
Clashes By Lawyers
Add Color to Stokes
Divorce Trial Drama
Rv JOHN A M0RnSn
BY John a. MOROSO.
Fam Famous Novelist and Playwright.

Famous Novelist and Playwright.
Written for Cosmopolitan News Service.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Two
wealthy lawyers a wealthy old man
paying the bills, q little woman with
her honor at stake, two little chill
dren far out in the West, who will
some day either be hurt by the YER
dict in the case Of Stokes against
Stokes, or who will be able to point
to a court vindication of their
mother and feel joyous over that
fact.
That is the cast in the drama
Stokes VS.. Stokes. being played in
the supreme court of New York.
Occasionally the struggle of the one
lawyer against the other to get
evidence before the jury or to ex-
clude it tells on these astute and
famous practitioners Of law.
Somewhere a little tiny nerve
gives way and Samuel Unternyer
cries out in ringing voice to know
whether Max Steuer is to be taken
as criterion at the bar. Then
Mr.. Steuer shouts back that he will
read before the court what the high
est tribunal in the land thinks of Mr..
Untermyer as q criterion.
Judge Frequently Ignored.
Together the two wealthy lawyers
advance toward the bench, their
hands uplifted in frantic gestures.
their voices at a pitch that would
suggest they were doing an act for
the entertainment of the inmates of
deaf and dumb asylum. Justice
Mahoney calls on them to remember
that the supreme court is q. place of
dignity. He demands silence. "Stop
it!' he cries.
They don't stop. The gavel comes
down and the judge is on his feet
demanding silence again and bang.
ing with his gavel. The uproar
drops suddenly to nothing,
The little woman in the blue silk
turban still sits quietly, her bright
mind taking in perhaps every word
waiting patiently for the next quesD
ton or the next dignified and logical
argument on a legal point at issue.
These explosions seem to come at
regular intervals.
Read the question" That one
command Is the signal that the bat
tie is over. The question IL read
Were 1t not for this magic order
Editor Nelson, of the Bunceton
Eagle, might not be in the big New
York Newspaper this day, for al
E0ntanaaAA Aa Pare = Column q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
RE ADY 0
A I A(;K
stokes
Wallace. Accused With Wife,
Will Refute Charges on
Witness Stand.
BY JACK CARBERRY,
Intarna tln..nI Na,za aArrira.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2ls--Mrs.
Helen Eiwood Stokes, former
Denver society belle, was to play
her trump card today iD her de-
Tense against the charges upon
which her enty-three-year-old
millionaire husband, William Earl
Dodge Stokes, seeks divorce.
Edgar T. Wallace, correspondent
in the case, is cheduled to take the
witness stand In Mrs. Stokes be-
half, Charles Erbstein. Wallace's
personal attorney. and member Of
Mrs. Stokes counsel announced.
Wallace, Erbstein said, would pro.
duce. documents to disprove the
charges mades by Stokes, that the
illuminated defendant was seen on
many occasions in the alleged ''love
nest" maintained by Wallace I'M New
York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
MESSENGER BOY KILLED
BY CROSSED WIRES

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Oct. "a
George E. Steinburg, sixteen years
old. messenger boy for the Western
Union here, was instantly killed
last night when he received shock
Of electricity while endeavoring to
turn off the current in the home of
his grandfather, Thomas S. Dove,
former sheriff of the county. Only
young people were in the house at
the time.
Noticing that there was an ap-
parent crossing of wires on the
porch of the house, which threat
ened to cause a fire, the young man
went into the cellar to turn off the
currentA He was dead when the
physician who had been summoned
arrived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
LmerLeviatIlan
Crippled in
!. Mid-Auantic

LONDON, Oct. 24.-The
Leviathan has broken down
in mid-Atlantic, according
to wireless received here
today.
/. The wireless from the big
liner said that q terrific
gale was raging, and that
the vessel may not be able
to arrive in Southampton
in time to sail for New
York on Sunday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24

!. Morris WampIer, Defense
Attorney, Arraigns Police
for Actions in Case.

Attacking the veracity of the
three witnesses against Edward
Beecher Dean, eighty-eight-year-
old millionaire and real estate
operator, charged with assault in
the confines of his private office
on the three. witnesses who testi-
fled against him; 7. Morris
Wampler, Deans attorney, today
declared that the trial was an
effort to "get" an old man. en-
tirely innocent of any wrong
doing.
Criticizes Police.
wampler declared that the Police
Department, the Women's Bureau
and the Detective Bureau had. al
been assigned to secure evidence On
this old man and all of them have
failed"
Not bit of evidence has been ia.
troduced against this man, except
that of the three witnesses, and that
IL not corroborated," Wampler told
the jury in summing up.
He laid great stress on the fact
that If an assault had been com
mitted, 1t was without audible pro
test from Deans accusers.
eff these assaults actually oc-
Cured, why wasn't there an out.
cry?" Wampler shouted as he point
ed an accusing finger at the States
witnesses.
Afraid of Publicity.
I'll tell you why" Ralph Given
prosecuting attorney, declared, "they
were afraid of the publicity"
wampIer then ridiculed the states
declaration, declaring that any WON
an, her honor and chastity at stake
would not hesitate to scream fol
help, IL it were necessary.
Wampler charged that every
agency of the Government had beeI
employed to scour the country fol
evidence against Dean.
They failed" Wampler heatedly
told the jury.
Given in summing up the State
argument declared that the hono
of the three girls was at stake, an,
asked for their Vindication.
The case went to the jury at nooI
and following lunch, they began de
liberation of the evidence this after
noon. A verdict is expected som,
time late today.
According to the testimony of tn
three complaining witnesses agains
Dean, Misses Bernice Vachon, Heller
ManVille, and Miss Martha Bocock
they went to Deans office in Re
Spouse to an advertisement for
secretary.
Dean, they charged, attempted +
A fondle them, promised them silks
7 and told them that he liked to b
kiEsed and called daddy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
ARTIST IS ACQUITTED
ON ASSAULT CHARGE

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 24.-Alex-
ander A. Macarthur, New York art
lat and adopted son of a millionaire
contractor, was freed by a jury
carly today on charges that he as
saulted Mrs. Helen O'Neill, fifty,
gray-haired mother of five, near her
home at Cedar Grove, N. j., in 1921.
Macarthur showed extreme nerv-
BUSINESS as the jury filed in to ro-
port, Later NE personally thanked
the juHoYa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
MILLIONAIRE SPURNS CAREER
IN BUSINESS FOR STAGE

Albert Hecht millionaire OF the founder of the great
Hecht Company department stores in Washington Baltimore
and New York has definitely turned down commercial
career to earn his living actor learned today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
MANILA PAPER REPORTS
200 KILLED BY MOROS

MANILA, Oct. 24.-La Defensa,
Catholic organ, printed story to-
day which it said was received from
private sources, that 200 constabu-
larry had been killed by the Moros
in the disturbance in Mindanao.
Constabulary headquarters 9 n 8
having received such a report.
The House adopted the Senate
resolution for the appointment of a
joint committee to investigate the
Moro situation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
FURR, DEFENDED
BY STATE, NOW
PROSECUTED
Virginia Trial of Man, Charged
With Killing at Middle
burg, Begins.

LEESBURG, Va, Oct. pa muir
der trial unprecedented in the Grim
inaI annals of the United States be-
gins here today as Milton Furr is
brought to trial, charged with the
killing OF Irvine H. Hatcher, at Mid
dleburg, in April, 1922.
At the time of the murder, Milton
FUR confessed to firing the shot
which killed Hatcher, but the COM
n1onwealth declared that Milton 8
cousin, Louis, or ''Pickey," FUR, as
he Is called, actually was the slayer,
and through the two trials OF
used every weapon in it's power TO
fasten the guilt on this one of the
cousins and to prove that Milton
FUR was innocent.
State Reserves Case.
At the present trial, the common
wealth is obliged to entirely reverse
itself and to prosecute for murder
the very man that five months ago
1t declared was absolutely innocent.
Commonwealth Attorney Cecil Con
nor, who in the two former trials
insisted Milton FUR to be miles
away from the scene Of the shoot
ing Of Hatcher, has been relieved at
this trial from trying now to prove
that Milton FUR was on the spot
and fired the fatal shot, and the
mayor of Leesburg, Charles F. Har.
rison, will act as prosecuting attor-
ney.
The Loudoun county jury in the
first trial of "Pickey" FUR found
him guilty and sentenced him to
twenty years. The verdict was set
aside, and because 1T was asserted
that the defendant could not get a
fair trial with a Loudoun county
jury, the second trial was furnishe
with jury drawn from a venire OF
Arlington county citizeng
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
$4,000 TIP
To FORBES.
CHARGE
Contractors Agent Says Sum
Was Given for kdvance In
formation on Hospitals.
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.
A atav.+Iinops sensation WAS


international News Service.
A startling sensation was
sprung today in the Senatorial
investigation Of the affairs of
the United States Veterans Bu-
reau under the administration of
Col. Charles r. Forbes. of Seattle.
Elias n. Mortimer, Washington
representative of st. Louis con-
tracing firm, testified that
Colonel Forbes had given him
advance information" concerning
the sites for building veterans
hospitals, and that in return for
this he '1oaned" Forbes $1,000,
which has never been paid back.
Tells Of Payment.
Mortimer said he got the money
from his employers and gave 1t to
Forbes in the bathroom Of a room
in a Chicago hotel.
List Not Public.
|
| the witness stand this morning after
a long narration of his relationship
with Forbe while the Seattle man
was at the head of the Veterans
Bureau.
During Forbes incumbency, Morti
mer represented in Washington a
| st. Louis contracting firm, headed
| by J. H. Black and J. w. Thompson
FORBES told me-" said Mortimer
| that he would fix me up He said
I will give you list of sites where
we will build hospitals and you car
take Thompson and Black and &C
around and see these places. That
will give you advance information
Was this list public?" asked Gen
eral Organ, counsel for the Sena
torial committee.
mo, SIR" replied Mortimer. "CoI
Forbes told me he wanted us tt
have advance information"
Alleges Payment Later.
Later, Mortimer said, the money
transaction involving the $4,000
took place.
FORBES called. me into his room
at the Wardman Park Hotel" con
tinued the witness, while members
of the committee listened lntently
HE said he and his wife were
going abroad and that he was hare
up. He said he needed $4,000"
"What was the RESULT" ques
toned Senator Reed Rep.) Of Penn
sylvania.
81 loaned Forbes the $5,ooO,' said
Mortimer.
Mortimer said he did not have
the money himself, and that hc
went to his employers to get IT
Thompson & Black have a branch
office in Chicago.
Whom did you met in Chicago?'
asked Gen. Organ.
Alleges Chicago Meeting.
"After reaching Chicago" Morti
mer continued, II went to the
office of my employers and talked
with them about the loan of $4,000
to Forbes. / gave my persona
note for $4,000"
Ibid you get the money!" inter
rupted Senator Reed.
eyes" Mortimer replied. ST go
1t in my room at the Drake Hote
in Chicago. got 1t in twenty bills
of $500 each.
"I took Forbes into the bathroom
and said, Here is the money
borrowed for you
I'm this bathroom transaction
what did Colonel Forbes aay2'
asked General Organ.
! SHa Just thanked MAJ .......--.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
THE WEATHER

tonight; Thursday fair;
little change in tempera-
ture; moderate southwest
and west winds ..,-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
CLARK We D
8 times,
CHARGE
Detectives spFing esf Ssnsa-
tion II Missing Broker Case.
Hunt Latfer's BODY
~ KENT COCHRAN
Intsgnat lonaI news service.

SAN DIEGO. CAL. Oct. q. Far
oyershadowing in interest the III.
tense search for, the body Of George
e. schicl. wealthy broker who
strangely disappointed eight months
ago. was the discovery today that
the real name Of Everett Drew
Clark, under arrest on charge Of
forgery in connection with the
case, IL Robert Henderson and that
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