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, 1923-10-23
AXE MURDERS
ARE Revived

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Oct. ga
Birmingham's AXE murder record
reached a total of 20. when Mrs.
Frank Romeo died from wounds in
nicted by a person who entered the
shop and home of Bernard Vigilanto.
her son-in-law last night. Mrs.
Vigilante was probably fatally in
jured by the assailaEt who used a
meat cleaver. Sixty dollars was re-
moved from the cash register, police
reported.
Jim Taylor. negro was arrested
and held for examination.
Besides 20 deaths from such at.
lacks within the last two and a half
years, IS other persons have been
injured and have recovered.
Numerous arrests have been made
in connection with the attacks, but
few convictions have resulted. The
attacks have been brutal. the
heats Of women being slashed in
many instances. while the bodies of
men and women have been hacked
to pieces.
, 1923-10-23

digging in thnt vicinity. Upon
being discovered. according to the
ranoher. the digger Jumped into an
automobile and hurriedly drove
away.
Bones found in a kettle back of
n house formerly occupied by Mr..
and Mrs e. Drew Clark. both of
whom n held on charges OF for
gerry involved in the Schick case.
were pronounced unproductive of
any Information of value to investi-
eating authorities. after an examin-
alton by the county autopsy sur
Eeon last night. The surgeon stat
ed he could not determine whether
the bones those OF a human
being or OF an animal.
Mrs. Sarah schiok, wife Of the
lost man was convalescent today
after having collapsed yesterday
while comforting with her attorney.
Mrs. Schick is being held at the
county jail on charges of forgery.
, 1923-10-23
CASPER CAGE
LEAGUE w | |.
meet TONIGHT

This evening at 7:so in the confer-
ence room ON the sixth floor of the
Midwest building. the Casper Bas-
ketball league win hold its most inn
portant preseason meeting OF this
year.
Entries for the league will be
closed this evening. Only eight
teams will be permitted in the
league. compared with II last year
all clubs and organizations
wishing to enter a team must have
a representative present this eve
ming prepared to post s25 as an en-
try fee.
Permanent officers for the year
will also be selected. the temporary
committee appointed two weeks ago
having prepared n list of nominal
lions for the various offices.
Aa soon as the officers are elect
ed a committee will be chosen to
draft a schedule. the first game to
be played some time in December.
The eMthodists. the first team to
call a practice had 20 men out for
the initial workout. Coach Bill Stone
looks for the church five to be even
stronger than last year when they
finished fourth in n 12-team league.
, 1923-10-23
ITCHING ECZEMA
DRIED RIGHT UP
WITH SULPHUR

Any breaking out of the skin, even
fiery. itching eczema. can be ouictlv
overcome by applying a little Men.
tho-Sulphur. says a noted skin spec.
ialist. Because of its germ destroy.
Ing properties, this sulphur preparp.
ton instantly brings ease from al.
irritation. soothes and heals N,
eczema right up and leaves the skls
clear and smooth
1T seldom fails to relieve the ,o-
ment and Disagreement. sufferer,
from skin trouble should get a lit.
jar OF Rowies Mentho-Suiphur fror,
any good druggist and use It Ike ,
cold cream,-Advertisement. =
, 1923-10-23
Change Needed In
Irrigation W k;
Committee Is Told

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23-The
status of irrigation projects from
the viewpoint of the state govern
ments was described to the Interior
departments special advisory COM
mittee on reclamation today by the
governors of several western states.
The opinion vas general among
the witnesses that a radical change
in policy was necessary II a ma
jority of the western projects are to
be saved from bankruptcy.
, 1923-10-23
TWO DIVORCE ACTIONS
Instituted IN COURT

Francis Boaz is suing for divorce
from Grover Boaz On the ground OF
failure to provide. She also seeks
the custody of a minor child. The
couple were married May "a, 1919,
at Newton. Kansas.
Josephine Miller is asking for a
, 1923-10-23
GAME RESERVE HUNTING
COSTS MAN SIS FINE

D.. W, Woods was fined S25 and
costs Monday afternoon for hunting
on the Platte game reserve without
a license. He was arrested and
brought to town by Deputy Game
Warden Crawford.
, 1923-10-23
PickeU Death
Is accidental

The death Of Herbert Pickell
early Saturday morning was ascrib-
cd Monday by the coroner's
jury under Acting Coroner Henry
T.. Brennan. to accident. Thomas
Curran. James Heffron. and e. r.
Mellem served on the jury.
, 1923-10-23
Bran Cookies

X cup butter or other fat
- cup sugar egg
"a cup -four
l tcaspoonful baking powder
teaspoonful salt
teaspoonful cinnamon
teaspoonful Glove
teaspoonful allspiee
= cup raisins
cup walnut meats
l cup Posts Flakes
= cup milk
Cream butter and sugar. Add
beaten egg. Mix well. Sift
flour, baking powder, salt and
spices together. Add to egg
mixture, together with raisins,
nuts, Posts Flakes and milk.
Mix. Drop from teaspoon on
creased tins and bake in mod
crate oven. This makes 80
cookies
, 1923-10-23
Recipes
Bran Mullins

2 eggs
3 tablespoonful suea
n cup flour
u teaspooful salt
~ teaspoonfuls baking
powder
~ cups Posts Flakes
2 tablespoonful butter or
other fat
q cup milk
Beat eggs and add sugar. Sift
flour, baking powder and salt
togetherR ndadd Posts Flakes.
Add to egg mixture alternately
with milk. Mix well. Add
melted butter. Put in creased
muffin pans and bake in hot
oven about IS minutes. This
makes 9 TO II mullins.
, 1923-10-23

natural gas in Wyoming was I'M
constitutional, Roy Wiley and
Ciarisia r. Wiley Of Big Horn
county. filed in the district court
OF Laramie county here a suit ask
ing for a permanent injunction
against the enforcement of the
law
, 1923-10-23
COAST GUARD FLEET TO BE
INCREASED FOR DRY FIGHT
Traffic to Be Fought at It's
Source Close Inspection of All
BrewerieS Projected

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Plans are being laid by the
treasury department to check supplies of liquor reaching
the illicit trade, both at the seaboard and at the possible
domestic sources. A reinforced coast guard fleet to COM
bat smuggling and a system of close inspection of brewer
les and distilleries are the proposed means.
, 1923-10-23
TUESDAY, o r. %, 1872,

divorce from John Perry AtIusr
h same grounds They We're ma,
ried July 20. 1917. at Denver, Colo
, 1923-10-23
SCHICK GRAVE
TO BE VISITED
Authorities Work on Clue Gipen bv
Rancher In Attempt to Solpe the
Mysteryof Missing Realtor

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Oct. 2S.-Invesigators into the
disappearance of George E. Schick, wealthy realtor of
San Diego, who has been missing since February z, expect
ed to visit today a grave in Mission Valley, working on in
formation given the authorities by a rancher yesterday
that the day after Schck's disappearance a man was seen
, 1923-10-23

The first big railroad strike in the
United States occurred in the year
Evening star., 1923-03-09
COTTON PRICES RALLY
AFTER EARLY DECLINE
Caution Follows Yesterdays Fall
and Reports of Rain in
% Western Belt.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 9.-The cotton
market opened steady at a decline
of 9 to 20 points under overnight sell
ing orders and local selling which
was inspired by the relatively easy
showing of Liverpool. The reaction
ary sentiment which developed on
the decline of yesterday afternoon
was still in evidence around the ring,
but trade interests were buyers, while
there was rebuying by sellers of yes
terday morning. and as soon as early
offerings were absorbed the market
turned steadier.
May contracts sold down to 30.75
and October to 26.43 at the opening.
or about so to Is points below the
high record Of yesterday, but soon
rallied Is or 30 points from the low
est Liverpool cable advices reported
that an unfavorable opinion of the
market was growing there in spite
Of the firm statistical position.
Cotton FUTURES opened steady; March,
305S: May. 3075; July. $3.50; October,
26.45; December, 25.91.
NEW ORLEANS, March, s.-Poor
cables caused a decline of 8 to 16
points in the price of cotton around
the opening today, but new buying
shortly was encountered, coming from
traders who thought the barometer
lines in the weather map spelled more
rain for the western belt. where
planting and preparations for plant
ing are just getting into full swing.
At the end of the first half hour of
business the active months were to
Is points higher than the close of
yesterday. May, after trading down
to 3O.42 cents a pound, rose to 1850.
Futures opened steady; March, 30.67;
May. 30.42; July, 1887; October, 25.S2;
December, 1856.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
BITTER FIGHT PLANNED
ION RAIL CONSULTATIONS
Southern Interests See Blow to
Competition and Also to River
Navigation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ORLEANS. March e.-Shipping
interests of the southwest are uniting
to oppose any proposed consultations
OF the carriers in that territory. such
as have been under discussion. They
are marshaling their forces for ap-
pearance before the Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing at Kansas
City April Is. when they will present
data opposing such plans. They as
Sert that merging of any of their
twelve trunk line roads would be det-
rimental to competition and develop
ment of navigation on the Missouri
river is being urged to hold rates
in check If the consultations are ef-
fected
The trend toward merging Of inter
estS for the cutting of overhead costs
is growing, however. three big con-
solfdations now being under negotia-
ton. One OF these involves a number
of the independent competitors of the
Diamond Match Company in the mid
die west. Another includes under
wear manufacturers in New York
New England and the south, while a
third concerns a chain of grocery
jobbers in the south.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
|NEW FARM CREDITS
BIG BUSINESS AID
Farming implements Being
Bought in Very Much
Larger Quantities.
BY ]. c. RoYLE,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March s-The better
credit position and higher purchasing
power Of the farmers of the United
States is making itself more evident
every day in the volume of farm
implement and equipment buying.
Stocks of dealers in the south, the
midwest. the northwest and the
Pacific states are rapidly being
cleaned out and the volume of ferti-
lizers being purchased is very heavy.
Manufacturers who for months had
their warehouses and storage yards
filled with equipment they could not
dispose Of again are running their
plants on good production schedules
and have become one of the three
dominating factors In the steel mar
kets
Distributors in other lines have
not been slow to take advantage or
the excellent selling conditions re
fected from these facts. An army
Of statesmen has already spread
throughout the country and the Ma
tional Council of Salesmen's Asso-
Citations gathered here today to OPP
mileage book legislation: which. mer-
estimable benefit to travelling men.
especially in covering the rural sec
tions
Rail C6nEestion Growing.
Freight embargoes. of temporarE
duration. again are making their ap-
pearance in various sections of the
country. This is especially notice
able in the automobile centers.
Within the, next three weeks. as the
roads dry. long strings Of shiny new
automobiles will cover the highways.
as dealers and manufacturers are
preparing to resort to the drive
away" method of obtaining deliveries
to avoid delays from freight con-
gestfon
The delay in the arrival of parts
and materials at the automobile fac
tories, however, has reduced opera
tions to half time in some instances.
steps to keep in closer touch with
their patrons and to let the latter
know conditions which affect them.
The Great Northern railway, has just
created a public relations depart
ment for that purpose.
Paper Production Increasing.
Operations at the paper mills 81
far this year indicate that all news
print production records will be broken
and that more than two-and mill
lion tons will be consumed, unless
there is a decided drop in the volume
OF advertising, Wnlch seems entirely
Unlikely Estimates by reliable au-
thorities place the total which will be
expended for advertising in 1923 at
over 100000. of which over 50
per cent will be for newspaper adver-
tising. Prices for book wrapping
paper and paper board already have in
creased, and further advances for all
paper products is forecast, as many
wage agreements in the mills expire
May l. and higher wage levels will he
demanded.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
WALL STREET NOTES.
Hudson Motor Sales Jump-Iron
Earnings Up.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March s-The Cole
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company for the
year ended December 81 last showed
net earnings of. $3.261.327. compared
with $1.773.505- the preceding year
and a deficit after taxes. depreciation
etc. of s654.S44 against S2.3I1.171.
Hupp motor car sales for January
and February this year were more
than double sales for any previous
similar two months.
The Ford Motor Company is sending
out checks to creditors of the Lincoln
Motor Company paying the difference
between the amount paid by the De-
troit Trust Company, receiver, and
the face value of the claims.
In the last six months the Pennsyl-
ania railroad has ordered new en-
gines and cars costing $4,000, 900.
shop and roundhouse improvements to
the amount of ,s6,ooo.ooo are under
way.
New York bank clearings. s73I, ,000.-
400. New York bank balances $685.
400. 900. New York Federal Reserve
Eank credits. $54.O00.000. Boston
bank clearings. 61.000,00
Evening star., 1923-03-09
RESERVE BANK STATEMENT

NEW YORK, March 9.-The state
ment of the condition of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York at the
close of business March shows:
Total gold reserves. $1.042,34s,-
726.48.
= Total reserves. s1,o61.547,7co.4S.
Bills discounted secured by govern
ment war obligations for members,
$170.S40. .6S5.
All others. s29.ss7.6s447.
Bills bought in open market, $2e.-
480,225.77
Total bills on hand. $229,71S.5S5.24
Total earning assets, $255.774. 1854.
Uncollected items, S11S,592, ,202.27.
Due to members reserve account,
$3.50, 969. .04394. ,-
Total deposits. $704.7S1.4S2.s3.
Federal reserve notes In actual cir
culation, $570.3s1.134.
Ratio of total reserves to deposits &
and federal reserve note liabilities s
com bined. S3.2 per cent.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
BOND Quotations
co TR|FLE HIGHER
Part of Railroad List and Lib.
critics Improve-NeW Offer
ings Reported.
BY GEORGE T.. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March Bond quo
tations on the average were a trifle
higher today, but sentiment as to the
future of the high-grade issues con-
the heaviness is doubtless competition
of. new issues. for which there is a
better market just now than for the
old. Certainly the weekly statement
OF the federal reserve system affords
no basis for predicting any general
decline
Railroad Issues Gain.
Among the bonds fractionally
higher today were Northern Pacific
IS. Union Pacific refunding As, Chesa-
peake and Ohio general AVS and n
linois Central refunding As. A good
deal of interest was taken in the
funding 6s. which were SO weak yes
terday. going down to new low
for the year. 1t was shown that the
decline was not connected with any
change in the financial condition OF
the company by the steadiness Of the
adjustment income SIS, the junior Sc
curity.
AS a matter of fact. the company
is probably in the strongest position
in its history. Nor is the senior issue
quite in the grade of bond likely
to be affected by the prospect of
higher money.
One suggestion was that the re-
funding SIS were being sold to buy
the incomes.
Seaboards RcactiOnary.
Railroad issues in general moved
very irregularly. The Seaboard re-
funding As and 6s were reactionary.
Erie general As declined fractionally.
Among the high grade issues to
show losses were Union Pacific first
As, Oregon Washington Railway and
Navigat tion first As. Central Pacific
first As and Denver and Rio Grande IS.
Baltimore and Ohio As, on the other
hand, gained. 1t was evident that no
trend could be discovered from the
days net changes.
LibertyS were very quiet, but
slightly higher. Probably the fact that
the governments intentions as to re-
funding nearby maturities are now
officially known helped to strengthen
the list.
Many New Offerings.
There were many reports of new
issues. 1t was stated that the Penn
sy1vania would offer early next week
$39. 900. 900 in equipment trust certifi-
Gates on a $40 or $40 per cent basis.
1t was also reported that the Canadian
National railways would be In the
market shortly with an issue of be-
tween 100000 and s20,0o0,000 in
new securities
Evening star., 1923-03-09
NEW PLAN APPROVED.

NEW YORK, March "a plan for
readiustment of the financial struc-
ture of United Railways Investment
Company hasl been approved by the
corporations board Of managers and
will be submitted soon to the stock
soldiers. The plan provides for the
segregation of the companys holding
=; Philadelphia company into a new
corporation, which will issue bonds.
participating preferred stock and
. common stock.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
AUTOMOBILE OUTPUT
SHOWS STEADY GAINS
Plants Rushing Open Car Produc'
tion-Handicap in Railroad
Situation.

NEW YORK, March s.-with the
duction in the country'& large auto
mobile plants is moving along on
schedules from 10 to 20 per cent
higher than those of the first two
months Of 1922, according to Automo-
tive Industries. An increasing proper
tion of plant facilities is now being
devoted to open-car production.
Lack Of adequate rail facilities is
felt mainly in the shipment of raw
material rather than that Of finished
products. Parts makers look forward
makers report q SO per cent gain in
output and good prospects for new
business.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
STOVE COMPANY FAILS.
Receiver for Monitor Concern.
Named in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. March s.-Ap-
plication for receivership in a receiv-
ership court for the Monitor Stove
Company of Cincinnati, has been
made by the original owners of the
concern. A difference of opinion be-
tween the banks, which are financing
the concern. and the owners was as
signed as the cause for the applica-
tion.
Rife Pope. vice president and gem
eral manager OF the company. was
appointed receiver by the court,
which instructed him to continue
operations. The total assets are esti-
mated at s2,000,ooo by. Mr.. Pope. who
said the debts amount to about hale
that sum-"
Evening star., 1923-03-09
WOOL MARKETS FIRM.

BOSTON. March s.-The Com
mercial Bulletin tomorrow will gay
THE wool markets of the worlo
have steadied after a brief period o.
easing prices Many had expected
further decline at the opening of the
London colonial auctions on Tuesday
but the tone of the market was sur
prisingly sirm and the tone since ther
has improved The foreign primary
markets also are steadier on the lower
basis of values now ruling although
offerings for the most part are get
ting noticeably poorer as the season
wanes."
Evening star., 1923-03-09
BETTER BUSINESS SEEN,

CHICAGO. March 9.-Improved
business was anticipated in 1928 al
though no profit was derived from
farm machinery sales in the United
States during 1922 said the annual
directors report of the International
Harvester Company, transmitted to
the stockholders by President Alex
ander Legge. Net profits. for the year
ending December 81 last were $5,-
540.7s7 compared with s4,14s.s1s the
preceding year. -----
Evening star., 1923-03-09
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO, March with the gov
ernment report on farm reserves Of
wheat considered bearish by the ma
Jorlty OF traders, wheat took a down
yard swing in price today during the
early dealings. Less apprehension was
also expressed in regard to crop pros
poets for domestic winter wheat. Be-
sides accommodating stocks and con-
tinued lack of export demand counted
further against the bull side of the mar
ket. Opening prices. which ranged
from Is decline to q advance, with May
1.1Sa to 1.19 and July 1.14H to 1.14&
were followed by a slight additional
gain in, some cases and then by a de-
cided drop all around.
Although at the outset corn and oats
responded to the bullish showing of the
grains, the upturns in prices were soon
more than wiped out as a result of ag-
gressive commission house selling. An
cr opening 1a to u higher, May "A to
741s, the corn market underwent a gen
eral setback to we'll below yesterdays
finish.
Oats started y off to x up, May 45 to
45h. and later showed losses for all
months.
Provisions were hrmer, in line with
hog values.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET,
CHICAGO. March Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) Hogs
Receipts. $4,000 head; holdover from
yesterday, 11,276; market 10 to 20
higher; bulk. .140 to 22O pound ay-
erages. S.25aS.40; top, $50; bulk, ESQ
to 1925 pound butchers. 7.s5aS.lo;
packing sows. mostly 7.25a7.50: de-
sirabIe pigs. around 7.25a7.75; bulk.
7.S5aS.35; top. $50; heavy-weieht
hogs, 7.90aS.15; medium, S.oOaS.4O:
light. S.30aS50; light light, S.OOaS. so:
packing sows, smooth, 7.25a7. so:
packing sows. rough, 7.O0a7.30: kill.
ing pigs, 7.00aS.25.
Cattle--Receipts. 5000 head: active:
killing quality fine: killing classes
steady to strong, with previous davis
advance; spots higher on beef heifers.
top matured steers. $50; long year,
lings. 9.35; bulk beef steers, 7.75as. 90.
stockers and feeders scarce; week
end trading rather slow; fairly active
demand late yesterday for medium
to good steers for grazing purposes.
bulk Gamers around 3.25; bulk de-
sirable veal calves to packers, 8. .O0a
$50; choice 150-pound calves to ship
pers, upward to 11.50; bulk heavy
bologna bulls, 500; bulk, 4.75a5s5.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000 head; choice
lambs strong: other
classes fully. steady; top lambs, 1925
to packers: bulk wooled lambs. 1850
a15.00; clipped kinds. 12.00a12.70; fall
shorn up to 12:75: extreme heavies,
1880: one load 92.pound clipped weth-
ers, 7.75; good 10s-pound ewes, s.25;
two loads desirable .64-pound feeding
and shearing lambs. 1900.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL. March 9.-Cotton,
spot; limited demand; prices easier
Good middling. 1885; fully middling.
1870; middling. 1850; low middling,
1875; good ordinary, 1856; ordinary.
including $500 American. Futures
closed steady. March, 1928: May,
1911; July. 1887; October. 14.45;
December, 1903; January, 1897.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, Md, March (Spe.
ciaD D.-Poultry-Live turkeys, pound
3oa4O; old toms, 25; poor and crooked
breasts. 20; young chickens. 28a32
roosters. 16a17; ducks. 27a32; geese
20a25; capons, 39a40; medium, 37a3S
small slip, 30a32.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby, "a
southern. 33.
Butter-Creamery. fancy, pound
43a4S; ladies'. 3Sa40; rolls, 37a3S
store packed. 81; dairy prints, 37a3S ;
process butter, 42a43.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
Rising Costs Cutting
Profits on Automobiles
Special Dispa tch to Nle Star.

Special Dispa atch to Dhe Star.
DETROIT, March 9.-Rising costs
are cutting deeply into the margin
of profit of some of the automobile.
manufacturers here. Because OF the
81 ton increase in the price of steel
bars. the front axles used by one
company will cost 81 more apiece
this month than in February. This
item. small in itself, indicates the
added cost per car.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
Best Business Noted
in South Since War
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTA. Ga. March 9.-Thirty-one
cent cotton. with prospects of even
better prices for the remnant Of the
crop, has brought the best business
since the war to wholesalers Of the
south
Retail buying throughout this en-
tire territory is brisk, and merchants,
quick to sense the general demand,
are buying heavily in spite of rising
prices.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
DRY GOODS ACTIVE.

NEW YORK, March 9 (SpeciaD.-
The market for cotton cloths was
marked by activity today The raw
silk market was active here, but quo
tations showed no appreciable change
from the quotations of Thursday.
Evening star., 1923-03-09
PARIS MARKET FIRM.

PARIS, March 9.-Prices were firm
on the bourse today. Three per cent
rents So francs rs centimes. Ex-
change on London 7S francs CEN
times. Five per cent loan 73 francs
40 centimes. The dollar was quoted
at Is francs 5S centimes.