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Evening star., 1923-11-01
NEW HIGH MARKS
IN BANK'CLEAR|NGS
Local Figures Passing All
Former Records-Active
Trading on Exchange.

CleS1hgs of local banking insti-
ytutfonksEswill. for the first time in
their history, eclipse the billion dol
lar mark for the calendar year. 1923,
1t became known this morning The
margin of eclipse will be more than
s100.000,000, it was seen
During the year ended with De-
cember 81. last, clearings of District
banks aggregated s9SO,491, go. which
set new high mark for the city.
During the present calendar year to
date. checks passing through the as
sociation have been for an unprece-
dented amount. and. for the first ten
months of the present period, are al
ready approximately s120.000.000 in
Ing period of last year. Thus, it is
seen that clearings will approximate
s1,1O0, 100000 for 1924, even if the
remaining months of the year show
1ssa ns increase over the same months Of
Clearings in October Of this year
aggregated s94.922,80s. Charles f.
Bright. manager Of the association,
said this morning. This marks a new
high record for the month, which is
excelled by only May and June of this
year. when checks in excess of $10O,-
100000 were presented. September's
clearfngs amounted to SSS,12S.010.
Linotype Meeting Soon.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Mergenthaler Linotype Com
pany for the election of a board OF
nrne directors and for the transac-
tion of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting
WI. De held al the Company'S office,
29 Ryerson street, Brooklyn, We'd
nesday, November 81, at IL am.
So far as is known, no change in the
directorate is contemplated. Edward
j. McQuade, vice president of the Lib
ney are Washington directors of the
concern.
Broker Office Changes Hands.
Samuel Ungerleider & Co., New
York stock brokers, with local offices IN
the New Willard Hotel, has been abb
sorbed by Halle & Steiglitz, 80 Broad
street. The new owners have been
New York correspondents of the Wash
ington Office.
Trading on Local Exchange.
Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange resumed its usual activity
this morning, after a three-day lay
off during the Investment Bankers
steady and trade well varied
Railway common stock sold at $685.,
with the preferred issue remaining
firm at 72. Capital Traction was un-
changed at 99%, and District Ma
tional Bank sold at 167.
Washington Gas 6s of 1893 changed
hands at par. and Capital Traction
IS sold at 94A. Pepco consolidated
5s were steady at 81.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
STRENGTH SHOWN
J. IN. BOND PRICES
B. q o. Issues Strong.
Southern Railway 0bIiga-
tions Also Up.
ny GEORGE II. HUGHES.

Specisl Dispatch to The Star.
: NEW YORK, November 1.-The bond
market turned definitely strong today.
The, only group in which there was any
hesitation. was the very high grade
States government loans. Specula-
tive bonds went higher. rejecting
the optimism shown in stocks.
Far more significant, however. was
the strength in bonds Just a shade
very best For instance, Baltimore
and Ohio first As were very strong.
Subject to the prior lien 3ks of 1925
Baltimore and Ohio first As are Sc
cured on the best part OF the system
and are entitled to classification as
high for the year. and Sill the yield
was better than 5.3 per cent, against
only little more than 4 " per cent
given by such bonds as Atchison gen.
eral As. =
Southern Railways Also Up.
This turning to bonds combining
every reasonable degree OF safety
with a higher yield than that afforded
by the general run of savings bank
issues was regarded by investment
bankers as one of the most favorable
developments in the market.
Similar case is that of Southern
railway first SIS, which sold up to
cured, and the obligation of a road
showing consistently good earnings
Among the induStrials American Tel
epnone and Telegraph collateral trust
6s crossed 9S. apparently high price
for a bond secured by deposit of
stocks of subsidiaries only. but not
high price when the great financial
strength of the parent company is
considered.
st. Paul Bonds Receiver.
The feature of the speculative rail-
road Issues was the recovery in the
ST.. Paul bonds, especially the As of
1925. which were up at ore time to-
day more than three points above
their low record. made on Tuesday
last. The convertible 41ss of 1882
were also up a point. Somewhat less
Improvement was shown by Missouri
Pacific 6s. St. Louis, San Francisco
adjustments and incomes were both
higher. while the Seaboara Air Line
adjustments maintained their recent
gains and improved upon them.
Among the fndustrtals Information
al Mercantile Marine 6s ran up to So
six points above the low of the year
but; still selling on an per cent
basis. Virginia Carolina Is and 7ls S.
with warrants, made substantial
gains and the United States Rubber
5s and q 12s were fractlonally higher
There was also recovery In the In
terborough Rapid Transit issues, but
a slight reaction in Hudson and Man
haitian refunding 5s.
Foreign List Steady.
The foreign bonds were generally
steady, but in active. City OF Copen-
hagen 5hs was one of the stronger
issues.
The days new offerings included
50, 500, 900 in Penn Public Service Cor
poration first and refunding c 6s, due
is4.. offered at 9S12, to yield 6h per
cent.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
Grain, Produce and
q. Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Cooler weather this morning In
creased buying, and scenes Of activity
raised the hopes of dealers for an in
creased volume of, business.
The change, had an effect upon the
supplies. and displays Of fruits and
vegetables seemed much more attrac-
tive.
Dealers realize that frosts are bound
to appear in the near future and Sc
rtously affect the vegetable market.
worst affected.
Eggs-strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen, 48a50; average receipts,
4S: storage, 35a36.
Live poultry-Roosters:. per lb.. 1s:
turkeys. per h.. 3Sa40: spring chickens.
per H.. 22a2s; keats. young, each. 5oaso;
fowls, per h., 22a23.
Dressed poultry Fresh killed
spring chickens. per lb., 30a32; roast
ers. per lb.. 30a35; hens. per lb.. 3oa32;
turkeys, per lb.. 4oa5o;' keats, young.
each, 80a85: roosters. per lb., 2la22.
Live stock-Calves, choice. per lb..
~ medium. per lb.. IL; thin. per 10.
Sa10 Lambs, spring, per h., ID. Live
pigs, 3.0oa5.00 each; live hogs. per d.
Green fruits-AppIes, new. per tas-
ket. 50a250. California oranges. per
crate, S.00a700; Florida, 2.5oa4. so. Lem
ons, per box, 3.00a4.00. Grapefruit, 3.5Oa
AS. Grapes. Concord, twenty-pound
basket. 75a1.00: two-Quart basket, 221sa
70; honeydew melons, 75a1 so.
egetables-Potatoes. per bbl., No.
1, 2.75a3.00; No. 2, 1.50a2.0O. Potatoes.
round. per bag. 250a2.75; sweet pota-
toes, 2.50a3.50 per bbl Southern lettuce,
per crate. 50a1.00: nearby, 50a1.00; Ice
burg. 4.00a5.00 Cabbage, northern. 2.00a
2:25 per 100 lbs; nearby, 1.00a1.50 bbi.
TnnQfn hoI f-h hJ.o hal f,c L raf RI
25a1.25. Beans, 5.0Oa7.00 per bbl.
Peas. per basket. 3.50a6.00. New
York celery, per crate. washed. 4.00a
800; in rough, 250a400 Squash. 800
15al.25. kale, per bbl., 75a1.50. Spin
ach, per barrel 1.50a2.50. Home
grown lima beans, per quart, 30a40.
Lima beans, per basket, 2.50a2.G5.
New York cucumbers. per bushel.
2ooaS.oo. Sugar corn. per dozen.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT
+ GAINS DURING WEEK
Average Daily Imports Drop OFF
Slightly, Petroleum Insti-
tute Reports. -.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 1.-The
daily average gross crude oil pro-
duction of the United States in
creased 2,450 barrels for the week
ended October 27, totaling 2,105, 900
barrels. according to the weekly
summary of the American Petroleum
Institute. An increase of $4,000 bar
rels in the daily average production
of the Powell field in Texas virtu-
ally was Offset by decreases in other
fields. The daily average production
east of the Rocky mountains was
1,464,e00 barrels. an increase of 2l.-
$50 barrels. California production
was $4,000 barrels, a decrease of
1880 barrels.
Daily average imports of petro-
leum at principal ports were 192.714
barrels, compared with 242.143 for
the previous week. Daily average
receipts of California oil at Atlantic
and gulf coast ports were 1S1,143
barrels. compared with 157,2S6 for
the previous week.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
GOODS MOVING RAPIDLY.

. KANSAS CITY, November I (Spe-
ciaO "A, heavy movement of farm
products. minerals and manufactured
goods is the outstanding feature of
business in the middle west as No
vsmber opens. Distribution by whole
saIers and retailers continues on q
tremendous scale, except where ex-
cesstye rains have slowed up trading.
The figures of the governments
october crop report have been dis
counted somewhat in these localities
because of injury to corn and cotton.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, November 1.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000 head; 10 to Is lower;
bulk desirable. 200 to 325 pound
butchers. 7.4o to- 7.55: top, 7.7o; good
and choice $50 to 100 pound average,
$50 to 7.35; bulk packing sows. 6.5oa
6.75: better grades weighty slaugter
pigs, 5.75aS. Is.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 head; steady;
fed yeariings, 10.00a11.56; choice
kinds, held at 1880; handyweight cat
tie, 1O.15a1160; best heavy early,
i1.75; weighty bullocks, 6.75a9. 90;
weighty bolognas. 4.25a4.50: vealers,
9.5Oa10.00; feeder steers, It's.
Sheep-Receipts. ,21,000 head; gem
orally steady; good to choice fat
lambs, 12.75a13.O0: Gull natives. s.5oa
1000; medium to good, native year
ling wethers, 80 pounds, 500; good
and medium handyweight fat ewes,
5.o0a6O0; good feeding lambs, carly.
1850.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
REFINED SUGAR DROPS.
Most Refiners Have Reduced Prices
Ten Points.

NEW YORK, November Apart
from sale of 5000 bags of Cubas.
prompt delivery at E sic. cost and
freight, equal to 7.O5 duty paid, there
was little interest in raw sugar early
today, with prices unchanged.
a little overnight selling opened
the raw sugar futures market / to
3 points lower, but it rallied on Wall
street buying. due to the better
stock market, and December ad-
vanced from 4.S5 to 4s0. At mid
day the market was 2 to 3 points
net higher. .s.r-
with business still light, refined
sugar continued to decline and list
prices were reduced 10 points by
most of the leading refiners, making
fine granulated S.70aS.90.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, November 1.-Cotton
spot, good business done; prices bare
ly steady; good middling, 1898; fully
middling, 17.7S; middling. 17.43; low,
middling, 1913; good ordinary, 15.4s;
ordinary, 1893. Sales, 10000 bales,
Including $500 American. Receipts,
1900 bales, including 10000 Ameri-
can. Futures closed quiet, Novem-
ber. 1880; December, 17.17; January,
17.14; March, 1894; May, 1914; July.
1914; September, 1927; October, 14,7T
Evening star., 1923-11-01
TO. SPEND .$4,oOo,Ooo.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, November L.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company will add a blast furnace and
two butt weld pipe mills to its In
diana Harbor, ILL.,, plant, at q cost of
$4,000 600. twas announced today by
James "A. Campbell, president Of the
company. The Indiana Harbor prop
erty was acquired by purchase ofsthe
Steel and Tube Company of America.
The new blast furnace Is to be COM
pleted within q a = year and the mills
beforea eaMayS1.,, 8
Evening star., 1923-11-01
ToDAY's FLOUR PRICES,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, November l.,
Flour unchanged to 5 higher;
family patents, 6.10a6.40 a barrel;
shipments, 5S,741 barrels. Bran. $500
a2s.6o. Wheat, No. 1 northern, l. 12k
aL1SA; December, 1.13A'; May, 1.184s.
Corn, No:,3 yellow, S1as2 Oats. No. 3
white, :. 3sMassts. Flax, No. !, .1.34%a
s.S6Z. !.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
PIANO OUTPUT AT PEAK.

DETROIT. November 1 (SpeciaD.--
Production of pianos in 1923 will set
a new record. according to represent
atives of western Michigan and Illi-
nois manufacturers assembled here.
Lower prices, prosperity OF the work
ing man and development of. the
apartment grand" are assigned as
reasons for,theL boom. e.,l
Evening star., 1923-11-01
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, Md, November 1
Especially. - Poultry - Live spring
chickens, pound, 23a24; Leghorns, 18a
%; old hens, 1Sa25; Leghorns. 17al8;
old roosters, Halls; turkeys, 40;
ducks, 17a25; pigeons, pair, 20a25;
guinea fowl. each, 40a70.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby
firsts, dozen, At; southern. 43a45.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
pound, 45a50; prints, 50a52; nearby
creamery, 3Sa42; ladies, 34a35; rolls,
2sa32; dairy prints, 2Sa32; process
butter, 3Sa39; store packed, 81.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
CREDIT ACCOUNTS JUMP.
Thousands More People Are Hav.
ing Goods Charged.
specia1 Dispatch to The Star.

= PHII.ADELPHIA, November L.
Sales at wholesale in. this district
during October were approximately of
the some volume. shown in September
and fiuctuation of prices in general
was small. Retail trade was. of ex-
ceIIent volume. as is shown by the
records. of one g-established de-
partment store. which opened several
thousand more credit accounts last
month than in October, 1922. This
Arm opened more new accounts SO
far this year, than in. any year Of
its existence. 80. -.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
BIG TEXTILE MERGER
COMPLETED IN SOUTH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ATLANTA, November 1.-The larg-
est textile merger in months has just
been completed. involving the COM
bination of the Lanett, Ala, and West
Point, Ca, mills under the name Of
the West Point Manufacturing Com
pany, with capital of $1,000, 900.
This will put all mills in the Chatta-
hoochee valley district under one di-
rectorate, with Joshua B. Richmond
of Boston president. Additions in
volving several hundred thousap6
dollars are contemplated
Evening star., 1923-11-01
$4,000, 900 PAID OUT
ON 1918 VICTORY BONDS
BY the Associated Press.

OTTAWA, Ont, November 1.-The
department of finance today paid more
than $119,000,000' to holders of 1918
victory bonds who did not convert
their holdings. Bonds maturing total
$172,000,000.- Despite the success OF
the recent issue. of dominion; govern
ment bonds only $50.000.o00 to $6o,-
converted. This left balance of ap-
proximately 100000, to which
about $4.50o,Oo0 interest must be
added.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
By the Associated. Press.

the AtSOCla ETeSS.
NEW YORK, November For
eign exchanges easy. Quotations (in
United States doilars): Great Brit
ain, demand, 4.47A; cables, 4.4S;
sixty-day bills on banks, ASH.
France, demand. .0586: cables,
.05861z. Italy, demand, .0449;. cables,
.044g1s Belgium. demand. .0501 !;
cables, .0501 ". Germany, demand,
.O0OO0o060OO2 Is cables. .00O00000-
00O2h. Holland, demand 1875;
cables, 1880. Norway, demand,
1498; Sweden, demand, .2632; Dem
mark, demand. .1710; Switzerland,
demand, .I7s0k; Spain, demand,
1884; Greece, demand. OBS; Po-
Land, demand. .00000oh, Czechoslo-
vakia, demand. .0293; Jugoslavia, de-
mand, .011S; Austria, demand. .000014;
Rumania, demand, .0048; Argen-
tina, demand, 1925; Brazil, demand,
.0910: Montreal. .9S 21-32.
Evening star., 1923-11-01
BIG DIVIDEND PAID.

. HOLYOKE, Mass, November IA
dividend of IL per cent, amounting to
about one and three-quarter million
was mailed to stockholders
today by the Farr Alpaca Company
IT. Is known as the fftieth lanniver-
sary. dividends. -
Evening star., 1923-11-01
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, November l tSpeciaD. :.
Potatoes. white. 100 pounds, 75a2. 90;
$50 pounds 1.00a3.00. Sweets and
vans, barrel. 1.25aa.oo: bushel, 75a
ITO Beans, bushel, 1.25a2.00: Lima
beans, bushel, 1.25a1.75. Beets, per
100. 2.00a4.00. Broccoli, bushel, i5a25.
Cabbage. per 100. 4.00a6.00. Savoy,
bushel, 35a40. Carrots, per 100, 3.00a
500; caulifiower, crate. 1.00a2.50; cell
cry. crate, 2.75a3.25; corn, dozen, 12
el. 5oa1.00; onions. 100 pounds, 2.2oa
BPS; oysterplants, per 100. 5.00a7.00;
peppers, basket, 30a60; pumpkins, per
loo, 5.0oa10.00; spinach, bushel, asa
55: tomatoes, basket 40a75; packing
stock, bushel, 5oa75: turnips, bushel, 30
a40.
Apples. packed. barrel, 2.ooa4.OO: BUSH
el, 50a75; loose. barrel, 1.50a2.50;
bushel. scars; basket, 20a35; box ap-
pies. 1:50a2.50; cranberries. barrel,
6ooas;oo; grapes. basket, coal 10;
grapefruit. 2.00aS.25; oranges, box.
2.25a3,75; pears. bushel. 75a3.2si bas-
ket, 15a35; ounces, busheE Ioal.00.
Selling Prices ON Grain.
Wheat-No. red winter. spot.
1.102: No. 3 red winter spot. 1.07 ";
No. 2 red winter, garlicky. spot, 1.09 " !;
No. red winter, garlicky, spot, LOB n !;
No. red winter, garlicky, spot, 1.02 ".
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob. new. 4.25 and 4.60 bar
rel; No. corn, spot, no quotations;
track corn. yellow, no quotations.
Sales-None.
Oats-No white. new. 81 and 521a !;
No. 8. white. new, 81 and 51l7
Rye-Nearby, 75aS5 per bushel; No.
rye, spot. 1874 per bushel.
Hay-Receipts, 137 tons. Through
accumulations the Pennsylvania rail-
road has placed an embargo on all
shipments of hay to Baltimore, except
VI aSnnoiallv hilla6 n a Sid
ings. The tone of the market holds
easy with outside quotations extreme.
Quotations: Mol timothy, 27.50a
$500 per ton; No. 2. 26.50a27.00; No. 8,
23.5oa25.00; No. l light clover. mixed
25.50a26.o0; No. 2. 24.00a25.00; No. 1
clover. mixed. 24.5oa25.oo; No. 1 clo
yer, "a 00a25.00.
Straw-No. tangled rye, 15.Oea
1900: No. l wheat, 13.00a14.00; No. l
oat, 14.00a15.00.
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, November 1.-Although
wheat had an upward turn at the
outset today, prices soon showed
something of a setback. The market
was two-sided. with selling on bulges
and with buying on declines. Bears
emphasized news that Minneapolis
mills were continuing to import
wheat from Canada duty paid. The
opening here, which ranged from
the same as yesterdays finish to 4
higher, December, 107ha107S, and
May. 112%a112k, was followed by a
slight general advance and then a
drop all around to below yesterdays
latest figures.
Disappointing husking returns, to-
gether with a forecast of unfavorable
weather. gave frmness to corn and
oats. After opening unchanged to
II higher, December, 73A a73B, the
corn market scored decided general
gains before beginning to react.
Oats started unchanged to u
higher, December, 416 AL 70. Later
the market gave down a trif1e.
J. Firmness of hog values upheld the
provision market.
Evening star., 1923-11-01

TOTAL SALES tPar vaiusl:
II am. 305s 900 IL noon 500 600
1p.m.. 1870 600 2p.m.. sIe4 600
Evening star., 1923-11-01
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Rsc<iysA y Prtsss Wlrs Dasyct t. The star oAsee

Am Ag-Chn pf,. +.
Am Beet Sugar.
Am Bosch .-..&..
Am Brake Shoe.
Am Can, ..
Am Can pr.
Am Car & Fay.
Am chicle Co..
Am chtcie pf..:
Am Cotton Oil.
Am Cot Oil pr!
Am Druggist.
Am H & Lea pf. .
Am ice e-.... 49,.
Am Ice pf.
Am Internat'i..
Am La France.
Am Linseed
Am Linseed pf -.
Am Locomotive.
Am Safe Razor.
Am Ship & Com.
Am Smelling.
Am Smelt pf.
Am Steel Fdy...
Am Stl Ed pf. >. .
Am Sugar.
Am Sumatra.
Am Tel & Teleg.
Am Tobacco.a..
Am Tobac (B). -
Am Water Wks.
Am w w So pf.
Am w w 7R pf.
Am Woolen.
Am Woolen pf.
Am Zinc e. Lead
Anaconda. 500.
Armour OF Del pf.
Arnold Constab.
Asso d Goods.
Associated. OIL.
Atchison.
Allan Bir & Atl.
Allan est Line. /.
Atlantic Gulf. ..
Atl Gulf pf .....
Atlantic Ref.
Att Refining pf.
Austin Nichols.
Auto Knitter.
Baldwin Loco.
Baldwin Loc pf.
BALTIC & Ohio :.
BarneSdall (A).
BarneSdaH (B).
Bayuk Bros. -.
Beechnut Pack.
Beth Steel.
Beth Stl 10 (n). .
Bklyn Edison.
Brkln-Man T pf .
Brklyn-Man Tr.
Buff Rch s. Pitts
Burns Bros (A).
Burns Bros lB).
Burns Bros pf.
Butte Copper. :.
Butte & Super.
Butterick.
Caddo Oil.
Calf Pack. .....
Calf Petrol. -.
Callahan Zinc.
Calumet g. Arfz.
Canadian Pac..
Case q y pf...
Central Leatn.
Cent Lleath pf. .
Cerro de Pasco.
Chandler Mot.
Chesap & Ohio. {.
Chi & Alton. -.
Chi & Alton pf.
Chi & E Ilfpf....
Chi Grt West
Chi Great w pf.
Chi NIL & st p.
Chi Mil &St r pf
Chi & Northwn.
Chi & Nwn pf.
Chi Pneu Tool.
Chi r I & Pac.
Ch r i & 2 So pf
Chile Copper.
Chino Copper. ..
CCC G. st L.
Cluett Peabody.
Coca-Cola.
Colo Fuel. ......
Colo & South.
Columbia Gas.
Columbia Graph.
Comp Tabulat.
Congoieum Coz.
Cons Cigar. So.
Cons Cigar pf. =.
Cons Gas of NY.
Cons Textile.
Cont Can.
ContinentalMot
Corn Products.
Corn Prod pr. -.
CoSde1 & Co.
Cructble Steel.
Crucible Stl pf. ..
Cuban-Am -Sug.
Cuba, Cane. SEg.
Cuba Cane S pf.
Cuban Dom'can.
Cuyamel Fruit.
Dawson Chem.
Deere Co pf.
Del r& Hudson.
D Lack & West.
Detroit Edison
Dome Mines.
Douglas Corpn--.
Dupont &c - -.
Eastman Kodak
Eaton Axle & Sp.
Elec Stor Bat. :.
Elk Horn Coal.
Endicott-Jo John &.
Erie
Erie 1st pf.
Erie I'd pf. .....
Famous Players
Famous Play pf.
Ed Mines & S pf.
Fifth Ave Bus.
Fisher Body....
Fleishman. .....
Foundation Co...
Freeport Texas.
Gen Am PIX Car.
Gen Asphalt.
Gen Asphalt pf.
Gen Cigar.
Gen Electric.
Gen Elec spl.
Gen Motors.
Gen Motors pf.
Gen Mot $50 deb.
Gimbel Bros pf.
Goldwin Corp.
Goodrich.
Goodrich pf.
Goodyear pf....
CRANKY Consol.
CT Northern pf.
Great Nor Ore...
Greene-Canan..
Guantana Sug..
Guantanamo pf.
Gulf Mo & Nor.
Gulf st Steel.
Hartman Corp.
Hartman rights.
uo yaa Wheel
Evening star., 1923-11-01

st4ouRLY! SALES OF STOCKS. -.
5 lsp:m..s 1873 500 :. 2 pm. -. 1858 900
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
CHEW TOBACCO.
IN DISTANCE
CONTEST
Tireless Jaws Masticate as
Plugs Of the Weed Before
Contest Is Concluded.
BY International News Service.

JoNESBORQ, Ga, Sept. IT,
Marathon contests have been in
vogue, and Jonesboro will not he
found far behind the times in any
progressive movement.
Few cities. can boast of as in
tensely interesting a marathon CEN
test as was enacted here recently
when Dan Henderson, one of tn,
most industrious citizens of this
little village, won the long-distance
tobacco chewing contest by work.
ing his jaws over plug Of tobacco
for sixty-nine hours without a
stop.
Local physicians feared the de-
velopment OF locl-ja and called
a halt apparently just at the time
the contestants were well nmbered
up.
During the contest a total of
forty-six plugs OF tobacco, Of vari-
GUS brands and flavors, were con-
sumed. Sleep and nourishment were
administered without a delay.
The Jonesboro City Council and
officials have expressed themselves
as being greatly opposed to the
holding Of future tobacco chewing
or other marathon contests within
the city limits.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
SMALL NATIONS
FLAI LEAGUE
FAILURE
8#9 r
Hjalmar Branting, off Sweden,
Declares ItaIo- Greek Dispute
Was sidestepped.
BY international News Service.

GENEVA. Sept. 17.-Hjalmar
Branting, OF Sweden, speaking for
the dissatisfied and discontented
small nations In the League OF Ma
tions, today told the League Coun.
Gil he regretted its failure to eBtah-
lish its competency to intervene In
the Italo- Greek dispute.
The League Council was accused
Of sidestepping an obligation.
Lord Robert Cecil, of England.
replied in a speech outlining the
history OF the Italo-Gree quarrel
and emphasizing the role the
League had played. The tenor OF
his speech was that "aIl's well that
ends WELL"
Lord Robert Cecil declared that
only such theoretical questions as
the Leagues competence to act and
Italy's right to occupy Corfu re-
main undecided and they can be
regulated later by .the permanent
court of justice.
Signor @Salandra, italian delegate,
and M. Hotties, Greek delegate, ex-
changed friendly compliments. Their
speeches were marked by a mutual
spirit of conciliation and COM
promise on the part Of the Italian
ard Greek delegations.
The council decided to send a
letter to the Council Of Anbassa-
dors complimenting them upon the
satisfactory settlement OF the
Tanina-Corfu incidents.