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FOR SALE-EJUSES
Continued

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| FOR SALE, WEITE-TWU-FAMI BRICK
apartment in Bloomingdale; rooms ard oa tn
| each; separate heating plants; good yards to
20-foot paved alley present rent, 5000 each.
! to So. 600.
,,GT;; = J: wALsHE. INC, REALTORS sssss
FIVE GROOM HOUSES; COLONIAL PORCH
! front and back yard to alley; v st. NV. bet.
18th and 14th sts. 4a4 Oakdale place NV.
J. +. HOLLAND.
Room 800 1901 7th st. NV. North 3527.
COLORED-SIX ROOMS. BATH, GAS. FUR
heat good terms very
lMMEDIATE POSsESSION-CLOSE TO BUSY
M I41h and Park road neighborhood; No. 1888
rarkwood place; beautiful pre-war built, with
natural wood finish throughout; 2O-ft wide
box house: nice back yard. with garage on
paved alley: q rooms and tile BATH electric
and papered @ and oors renshsd %aeant
| now Price. $3.50. on terms. Apply your
own broker or
MInDAUGH ( SHANNON. INCORPORATED,
Woodward bldg. Main $685.
2s1 1ath ST. Sc. ROOMS AND BATH;
furnace heat; garage: $1,000.
JOS. A. HERBERT & SONS,
5l5 +. Capitol st.
Everything desired in a new Chevy
10Th St; new new: the very best :. :. ss5 sss So oSo
Fulton. near Wisconsin ave...,....... 500 900
Farrasut: 1900 block. k.............S1 SIG 900
Z. II. RUSSELL. so Colorado bldg.
NJ. 1855. Eve, CI, 124l' a2s
Ontario pl. near Adams Mill I'd. go. $40 500
Rittenhouse near Ga. ave............. $500
14th st: ne: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000
Moderate priced homes ne and NV.
f. H. RUSSELL, 800 Colorado bldg.
NJ 1alo. -. Eve: Cl. 1241. %.
A HOME WITHIN REACH OF ALL.
ONLY 81, 600
for a beautiful wooded soft lot in Chevy
Chase, n. G. This price includes the sewer
and macadam or concrete road. Only 4S
Of these lots
Come ont Sunday without fail.
How to reach property: Any Chevy Chase
car to the circle walk through West
ern ave and Rittenhouse St to the real estat te
office with big electric sign marked Qinnter
Thomas & Co. Statesmen will be there all
day.
Call up and We will take you out any day
GEETRUDE VAN HoEsEN.
With orINTER. THOMAS & CO. q.
FOR SALE TO C0LORED.
6l2 st. S.W.
On 6I2 st. s.w.. two-story brick; rent, SIS;
1.SO0; terms.
ST. Sw
Twostory, six rooms, frame; rent SIS:
81 800; easy terms
4. J. MILLS,
sos 9TH ST. NV. NJ 1881
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FOR SALE-HOUSES
Continued.
Leaving City, Must Sell
Beautiful Home in
Cleveland Park

cleveland Park.
Colonial center hall home situated in com
manding location heights of Cleveland
Park. one OF best corners. over 100 feet front.
age. with u 20O0 square feet Of ground. Ideal
home for business professional man. Six
bedrooms and 2 baths. also maids rooms,
hot-water heat.
First noor-Large. attractive hall. living
room. with open fireplace. library Of size to
permit comfortable furniture. bright dining
room. pantry and kitchen
Second no0r-Four good sized. bright bed
rooms, bath large enough for two ba this.
Third noor-Two bedrooms and bath and two
M aidg' rooms
Owner fs changing his business to another
"ity and has reduced the price several thou
ing. Write today. Address Box 118-W, Star
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$500 CASH,
$83.50 total monthly payment.
,E%b A Nh IT CTC

Northwest Aristocratic Georgetown.
Handsome new brick houses, six nne rooms
nice bathrooms, colonial front porches, rear
porches, gas. electricity, laundry, water
heater; full concreted, dry cellar; lot 120 feet
deep to 2O-foot paved alley; splendid garage
cemented door. Price, 81 500.
To inspect these houses drive out street
to 85th street, north to street. Take George
town cars to P and 35th sts., walk north
to Ut.
726 18th Dt. NV, 2nd Floor.
Main o13. Evenings. Adams lS14.
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Three-story Brick Dwelling on
'' Lanier Place NV.
A delightful home with every modern con-
venience; semi-detached; hot-water heat and
:.No-Kol'' burner; So, 900. : =:
A Cleveland Park Home
near Wisconsin ave. car line; three-story,
semi-detached brick; garage and all modern
improvements: $14,b00. ~.
"A Delightful Petworth Home,
corner 9th and Buchanan sts, one block from
carline; lot 25x115. Country house In town.
Price, $40, 800 Easy terms.
A Two-Family Apartment,
seni-detached: corner property; all improve
ments and room for garage; on 9Th st. ne. !;
:. HERMAN E. GASCH, l..
1929 New York Ave, Main $780, :.
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SALE-SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
Continued.

AR0CT A MILE FROM BRANCH
vile, Nd. over n. well lying land.
fronting on country road: improved
1-7 by 7-r. house. good outhuildings: ex-
-"s cellent water; large hennery; posses
- sion; an ideal home at low price OF
80 $3.50; $3.50 cash, balance easy; clear:
r"r trade in part payment for q home
IL city, up to $4,000.
". F. RYON CO., Inc.
Main 1897 1923 + ST.
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Mt. PLEASANT; BEAUTIFUL, MOD
-ern. r. & b., brick on floors; 3
porches; elec. light; h.-w.h.: garage,
ETC.: possession; only $1O.750 terms
IOWA CIRCLE SECTION: wide
avenue: 10 r. e. b., brick: monthly
tenant: asking So. 800: ideal convenient
home. or suitable for rooming house
LINCOLN PARK: Z r. & b.. brick:
owner needs cash Immediately, no rea-
sonable offer refused; monthly tenant
TENN. AVE. NE: Or. & b., col
onial brick; concrete cellar; furnace
$3.50 ssso CASH % baisace rs s's'slon = month s0''o
N. E. RYON CO., Inc,
Main 4osT: 142s F st.
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COLORED.

COLORED.
On nth st. near Irving. Excel
lent six-room modern home. Has
hot-water heat and electric
lights. Will sell for best offer
Sunday. Small cash payment.
|OWNER. Adams I48. 22*
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RENT-SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

RENT-SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
s-ROoM HOUSE. CENTER OF TOWN. ELEC-
tricitv; good condition; garden, fruit; may sub
let: reasonable. Col. 9535-W.
FURNISHED HOUSE. CONTAINING EIGHT
rooms and BATH gas and electric light; for one
NEW T-ROOM HOUSE. ELECTRICITY. PIPE
less furnace, large garden. one carfare rent
S35. owner. PERKINS, Central ave.. oppo-
site Maryland Park. Seat Pleasant, Nd, or
phone Adams 2064-J.
TO ADULTS, MODERN BROOM FURNISHED
home. Va. suburbs: car service. electric light.
bath fine water; owners, married couple, VIII
board with tenants, Phone Clarendon a2i.Jl.
o2'
NEW COTTAGE AND GARAGE On ROAD
level up river Maryland side; =
shower hath toilet. electricity; suitable to
live in the year round; not a shack but
modern cottage; rents for $3.50 yearly. paya-
Bile in advance. Apply after pm. at Rock
Springs. on Conduit rd.: reached by auto or
tabn John car I" stop IS.
ONE TO EIGHT ROOM APARTMENTS,
electricity. shower bath, toilet: private
trance; rents. $l3 TO So per room a month.
Apply after pm. at Rock Springs. on Con
dnit rd.. Cabin John car stop Is. aa'
GREAT FALLS. VA, ON HILL. A MIN.
walk from station; part of new double cottage:
tur.: strictly priv: rec sonable: ref: small
children. Address Rox 196-W. Star office. 2a'
AURORA HILLS, NEW T-R.. H.-w.H TILE
hath. elec. lights. sleeping porch garage: very
!arge lot: high elevation overlooking city: S15
',ftice and residence. Va Highlands. %.
HIGH BRIDGE, MD.--6-R. & r. BUNGALOW;
furnace heat. elec. ac. ground. on W. Is.
a. cleo ears $50.
Washington Highlands 6 r: cleo, city
y. Z. HYoN Co, INC. 1923 + St NJ $3.50
FIVE ROOMS: ELECTRICITY AROUr l
nngton. Va. Also :, rooms. ami. large
lot. for sale
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S1SROoM HoTSE. WITH ELEC. LIGHTS
and h.-w.h. First floor consists OF living
room, dining room and kitchen with inclosed
back porch. Second floor has three nice bed
rooms and bath. This house is in perfect con
dition. with attractive eler. fixtures and is
located at .O2D 10th ST. Sc Washington or
Anacostia Located in a very desirable neigh
horhond. II il priced low for immediate sale
and should sell at once at Si.1Jo. Call Mr..
SEITE, Lincoln 14SO
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toLoREp- RT'NGAIOW, 3Si5 DAVENPORT
at nv tTenicytown. y. G.. near cars; lot
80 by 100; shade trees. fruit trees, shrubberr
splendid location: bargain price and terms
434 MoCdMarh hdg Main 471l.
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These Houses Will Be Open for
Inspection All Day Sunday

Inspection IN Day Su1Iudy'
ss21 18th st. NV. This 10 a very attrac
tive and modern home of rooms and bath
with hot-wnter heat. elec. lights. ETC.. The
price is right and terms can be arranged
we'll arranged Groom and bath house. which
IL modern in every detail with otwater heat.
cleo lights and deep back yard to paved
Columbia Heights, 80 do not fail to see 1t
Sunday.
to secure a house at this price ($8. $50 COZ. in
Columbia Heights. House contains rooms
and ba tn, fur. heat, etc. Terms.
Our representative will be at each Of the
above houses all day.
L. B. & H. B. MOORE,
Exclusive Agents.
630 Bond building. Main 144I. 22s
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BRICK, III X. = IL. ATTIC. H.-n IL. EI.EC,
trIc lights and gas. Instantaneous water heat
or. awnings and screens: double brick garage
81 ~ 18th st. NV Phone Col 22S1 o3s
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TAkOMA PARk-Corner-

piO.oOO.
Just reduced 81 600 for immediate
sale: I-room hollow tile and stuccn
mouse on one Of the prettiest corners
in this beautiful suburb. Giass-inclosed
sleeping porch and breakfast porch,
Every modern convenience. including
built-in garage. open fireplace: hard
wood floors throughout. Can be han
died on small cash payment. Phone US.
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OPEN SUNDAY.
See our new detached homes on Quintanna
place, east Of Ga. ave-, south OF Rittenhouse
ST.; built and priced to suit families Of mod
crate means; $500, - easy terms.
G.. B. LIKENs,
1874 st. Main 5057.
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nnc modern home and garage is the bast buy
IN the city. Description Ten rooms. two
baths. hot-watcr heat. electricity. gas. instan-
faneonS hut-water heater. screens For fun
particulars call Cleveland ESQ. Open for in
srrrt ion from | tn n III
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Colored of the Better Class.

GLENDALE.
We have q dne 8-room house. cor. 45th and
Dix. a broom bungalow on Dix between 44th
and 42nd; 4-room bungalow on Dix between
44th and 42nd: q Groom bungalow on Eads
between 44th and 42nd; also two bungalows,
new corner 44th and Eads. Reasonable prices:
small cash payment; monthly payments like
rent. p..
Get OF at 44th st. ne WALK south into
Glendale. Look for signs on fne houses.
WILLIAM P. IRWIN,
phone Main 80OS 141O G ST. NV.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

Buy FROM OWNER $3.50: $500 CASH:
easy terms. 1I1f ST. Sc
BY ON NNER - lu-HooM. SEMI I-DETACHED
hrlck home. hot water heat: deep yard: dotI-
hie garage: reasonable price and terms Lin
colin .i2II L.. 18th 81. 50"
~, $50 FIVE ROOM III NGALuW. ELEC-
fricity: five minutes I" ears; ten minutes to
hey bridge: fine view. overlooking Wash
ingtnn: lot 5uA12u Radnor Heights. Va.
tCashI. Apply 81 1i'2 NE. 22'
RKLCk. 10 X. :. H. ALlIC. ~, IL. III EL. =
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PetWOrtll.

One OF the best constructed Groom homes
In the city. This home contains 4 bedrooms
foored attic, concrete front porch. elass-in-
closed rear posches. hardwood floors hot-water
heat and electric lights; plenty OF space for
garage. Sl0,J00
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TO ADULTS MODERN GROOM FURNISHED
home Va suburbs: service. electric light.
bath, fine water; owners, married couple, will
board with tenants. Phone Clarendon .2i-J-l
O0s
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Downtown-Ist Comm. Zone.
Large 4-story brick, of 12 rooms. bath eIec-
trio lights and garage. Located on G st
Easily remodeled. $10.150.
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Southeast.
Colonial brick rooms. bath. furnace heat;
garage; double rear porches: $500: terms.
GARMAN BROS,
Dist. Nat. Bank Bldg.
Main $500. Main 1880.
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GARMAN BROS
, Dist. Nat. Bank Bldg.
MAN o32o. Main 4s59.

Bargain i'll Brightwood Park.
Semi-detached 7-room colonial hr,cr h,,a
bedrooms; hardwood floors throuxhout;
rench doors; cement front and rear .porches
rear porches scrcened): built-in bathtub with
shower and pedestal Iavatory: foored attic.
bulit,in garage with concrete driveway TO Is,
~. aie!. Phone us for appointment at once
long. W. 'Ae haiAei
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FOR SATE-HOUSES
f,nAffimAA


Six-Room Bungalow.
Only 5000 Down.
On concreted street: bathroom; gas stove
electric; sewer and water; cellar; pipeIess
furnace: lot 100x15o #. Act quick to get
this. c. F. WARING. PIE Bond bldg
Franklin b57l. l4th and ". Y. ave.
FOR SALE-BARGAIN.
Pretty Bungalow
Only 5000 Down.
Lot 1O0xi50 IT.; 8 rooms and bath, cellar,
furnace. laundry tub. electricity and gas;
water and sewer. Act quick to get this.
&. +. WAR1SG & CO.. 211 Bond bldg.
franklin 5571. 14th and y. Y. ave
FOR SALE--SNAP--
On 9th St. Sc.
Near ST.. rooms and bath. reception
hall. cellar. furnace. Price. 1900. Built by
owner; very nice. Possession at close Of sale
terms. 81 600 cash.
c. F. WARING & CO.. ols Bond bldg
Franklin 5571. 14th and y. Y.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
Continued.
JUST OFF OF 10th ST

7 Rooms and Garage-SI3.a5o.
A delightful semi bungalow. situated
in a choice part Of this most attractive
into~n suburb. a good lot. with ge
rage, and paved alley. There are
rooms, bath and extra lsvatory; large
porch; every improvement. including
hot-water heat, electric lights. hardwood
floors and large wood burning Gre
place This is undisputed value and
can be bought most reasonab Bile terms.
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Claiming st. NE.
Beautiful detached new home of large
rooms This home ia thoroughly modern with
SO, $50; easy terms
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18th St. Near Columbia Road.
3story brick, arranged 50 it can be rented
as three apts with double brick garage,
heated; h.-w.h. This property is In perfect
condition and will pay for itself. 1ou must
see this property to appreciate its real value.
HOOVER s
14o6 STREET NV: r,r r,
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CHEVY CHASE-OPEN- SUNDAY.
Come to 3720 Northampton st. and inspect
this model home. built by owner and unex-
celied in materials and workmanship; 8 large
rooms, 2 baths, extra lavatory, fine sleeping
porch, buffers pantry, open fireplace, large
attic; garage; price very reasonable
G. B. LIKESS.
1874 G st. Main 5057
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NEW T-ROOM HOUSE. ELECTRICITY PIPE
less furnace, large garden, one carfare, rent
S35. Owner. PERKINS, Central ave, oppo-
site Maryland Park. Seat Pleasant, Nd, or
phone Adams 2064 u.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
DRUG HABIT CURED,
ACTRESS ASSERTS
Famous English Mimic Returns to
American Stage After
Ten Years.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October l6.-Return-
ing to the American stage after an
absence of nearly ten years, Cissie
LOTUS, English mimic, arrived yes
terday on the steamship Leviathan,
announcing herself cured of the drug
habit.
Last November cable dispatches
telling of the arrest of the actress in
London for alleged Illegal possession
OF narcotics brought to the United
States the first news in years of the
former star of the legitimate and
vaudeville stages. Since then she was
paroled for year by the English
courts.
1T was a terrible fight" she said.
Of her former habit. but 1 have won.
The drugs came from sickness and
suffering. Now l am starting life
anew. One thing that was brought
home to me was the number of Won
derful friends / had. Such friend
ships are resurrection for any soul"
Miss Lotus was accompanied by
adopted third child on her last trip
TO Europe. ...-.
The English actress. who divorced
Justin Huntley Mccarthy. English
dranatist, with whom she had eloped,
and then married DR.. A. II. Water
man of Chicago, was first hailed for
her limitations of Sara Bernhardt,
Yvctte Guilbert and other celebrities.
Then she appeared with Sir Henry
Irving in Faust" and later was cast
i'll Peter Pam But she finally re-
turned in the role of mimic.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
PARENTS TO PROTEST
LONG SCHOOL DAY
Five Hours Attacked as Being Too
Much of Strain Upon Young
Children.

protest against the five-hour day
the public schools will be made by
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Henry D. Cooke School at its
meeting tonight in the schoolhouse.
The sentiment of the mothers. It was
said, Is strongly opposed to the
heightened school day for the first
and second grade pupils.
Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn. a member
Of the association. pointed out today
that number OF parents are not in
favor of the five-hour day because it
puts r physical STRAIN on the pupils.
The teachers. Mrs. Bloedorn said.
are willing to work five hours a day.
brt believe that tho extra hour and
n half added to the former three-and-
one-haif hour day should be utilized
by them in coach ing small classes Of
who are making slow prog
ress in their work. Such a plan was
eNDerinented with last year with
results, she said.
THE fvesf our day should be rod
fled SO that four afternoons n week
could be devoted by the teacher to
constructive !nstructional work with
p section OF her class" said Mrs.
week should be allowed each teacher
for the preparation and care Of seat
work. for visiting other schools and
attendance at regular meetings calf
ed by the director of primary instruc-
ticn "
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Mai. Lewis Merriam, U. S. A.. re-
tired. a resident OF Washington for
the past twenty-five years. died at
Walter Reed Hospital yesterday after
an illness of about a year. He lived
at the Ambassador apartments. 1850
10Th street.
Mai Merriam was the brother Of
the late Mai. Gen. II. G. Merriam. who
died here recently. He was born In
Maine eighty years ago and at the
outbreak Of the civil war was a vol
unteer in the Maine regim Cap
tured in North Carolina In 1853, ne
was held prisoner at Andersonville
until the end of the war. Seven years
later he was appointed second lieu
tenant and saw active service with
troops. He rose TO the rank or cap
tain and was retired twenty-five years
ago for disability received in duty.
He held the rank of major on the
retired list through an act OF Con-
gross advancing civil war veterans
one grade on retirement Since tnen
he had made his home here, but had
Travelled extensively.
Nal Merriam Is survived by mis-
wife, Mrs. Annie Burnham Merriam
and two sons, Col. II. c. Merriam, now
at the service school. Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan. and Lewis Merriam AT
present in Mexico.
Funeral services will be held at ST
Johns Episcopal Church, 18th and h
streets. at 2 o'clock tomorrow and
irterment will be In Arlington ma
tional cemetery. with fuil military
honcrS
Evening star., 1923-10-16
HENRY S. GRAVES NAMED
NEW PROVOST AT YALE
Former Chief u. S. Forester Sue.
ceeds Wilbur Z. Cross in Uni
versity Position.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. October 16.--
The election of Henry Solon Graves,
dean of the Yale School of Forestry
and former chief of the United States
forestry service, as provost of Yale
University TO succeed Wilbur L. Cross,
who has served as acting provost dur
ing the past year in addition to his
duties as dean of the graduate school
and editor of the Yale Review, is an
nounced by the University Secretary.
The appointment of Dean Graves TO
this position ia particularly significant
in the light of his career in public
and academic life. A graduate of
Yale in 1892, he was one OF the pio-
neers in the forestry movement. He
first came into prominence during the
period of his office as first head of
the f@i' School of Forestry. In 1910
he was selected by President Taft TO
succeed Clifford Pinchot as chief for
ester in charge Of the forest service
in the United States Department of
Agriculture. After ten years ne re-
signed in 1920 TO devote himself to
the private practice of forestry. open
ing offices in Washington, D. {.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
HURRICANE COURSE
ON GULF CHANGED
Storm Scheduled to Strike
Louisiana Coast Fails to
MateriaIiZe.
BY the Assecia ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. October l6.-Ths
gulf storm scheduled to strike the
Louisiana coast early today failed to
materialize. Morgan City. seventy
five miles west of here, where the
center of the blow was predicted to
strike, reported there had only been
strong winds during the early part of
the night. with no damage. There
was no wind this morning.
At New Orleans the wind died down
in the early morning hours and light
rain was falling.
The center OF depression Of the hur-
ricane today was over northeas+ q n
Louisiana, with the barometer at
yicksburg, Miss, at as.2e and wind
velocity Of thirty-two miles an hour
from the southeast, according TO
weather bureau bulletins.
Southeast storm warnings were or
dered displayed from Bay st. Louis,
Miss. 10 Pensacola. Fla, at 10 am.
Hurricane warnings were ordered
down on the Louisiana coast.
The wind at Burwood. at the mouth
of the Mississippi river. had reached
a velocity of forty-eight miles an
hour at { am. and was blowing from
a southeasterly direction. The ha-
rometer was 29,44.
High Tides General.
High tides were reported from ali
Louisiana gulf points The barome-
ter at Pilot Town dropped to 1915.
a Chef Menteur, La, twenty miles
east of New Orleans, the barometer
dropped to 2s.4o. and at Bay St
Louis, Miss 29.42. Warnings were
ISSUED to residents along the coast
between those two points and many
were taken away on special trains.
DR. Cine of the local weather bu-
reau took emergency steps to dis
tribute the warnings to all points
likely to be affected. Radio, tele-
graph and long distance messages were
broadcast.
Small craft on Lake Pontchartrain,
warned by the high winds. which
during the early night had reached a
velocity of more than twenty-five
miles an hour, were reported safe.
Ports Partly Flooded.
Spanish Fort, an amusement park.
and Milneburg. a fishing resort, both
ed partly flooded, and families living
at the latter place were reported
moving out.
Four persons were injured in New
OF accidents traceable to the high
winds.
4 few small light and power wires
were blown down in the city. but no
big trouble in the power system had
been experienced, the public service
company reported.
Storm warnings on the Texas coast
were ordered down early today in d
message received at $50 by the
weather bureau from New Orleans
headquarters. This message is taken
TO mean that the gulf storm is headed
Inland. east OF Texas. Barometer
readings along the coast showed
gradual rises.
Barometer Drops.
MOBILE, Ala. October 16-The
barometer in the local weather bu-
reau recorded 29.53 at o'clock this
morning. a drop from 1858 at mid
night last night. as a result of the
disturbance In the gulf, causing hur-
ricanc warnings for the Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama coasts.
Squally weather prevailed here. with
the wind blowing from the southeast
and the river rising.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
UNFAIR PRACTICES
LAID TO COAL MEN
Continued from First Page.l


portation and to prvent coal prices
becoming exorbitant.
In addition, twenty-eight States by
executive proclamation declared a
with the federal fuel distributor.
The state fuel commission Iof Penn
sylvanIa fixed price of $3.50 per
gross ton as a maximum for the pre-
pared sizes of anthracite which might
be charged by the larger mining COM
panies. operating what are known as
company mines" For the smaller
or s0-called independent operators
whose producing costs were shown to
be higher. higher prices were per-
mitted.
One of the independent operators.
Madeira, Hill & Co., was authorized to
charge $1050 for these prepared sizes
it is now charged by the trade commits
sion that although Madeira. Hill G. Co.
at maximum price of S10.50, they ac-
tually sold at the invoice price of S11.50
upon the secret condition that the
wholesalers, when they had disposed of
the COAL would rebate to Madeira, Hill
G. Co. a part OF the margin realized by
the Wholesalers above $11.50.
Conspiracy Charged.
The trade commission charges that
these acts constituted a conspiracy to
enhance the price of coal, and charges
that the respondents made margins
which were unjust and unreasonable.
1t is charged that the rebate from
the wholesale dealers to Madeira, Hill
& Co. varied from so cents to $3.50
per ton. The commission sets forth
that q number of operators observed
the prices fixed by the Pennsylvania
fuel commission and did not enter
into the Gecret agreements for re-
bateG
The President. It was said at the
White House today, does not think