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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-15

Georgia beauty now in New York,
has accused Mariana Vidal, vice-con-
sui Of Spain in that city, of jilting and
physically mistreating her. The
question of Vidals diplomatic I'M
munity has given international signi-
fcance to the case. Mss Whitehurst
formerly resided in Americus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-15
WEATHER

For Georgia Fair and colder
tonight and plobably heavy frost
and freezing temperature to the
coast; Friday partly cloudy; con-
tinued cold.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-02
important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Complied Tor
Our RoadoFs.

The Women's Glee club Of the state
college at Pullman VIII leave March .
on its first statewide annual tour.
Work on . $4,000 substation TO be
built ct Vancouver By the Northwest
srn Electric company has begun.
Albert Il. Pike o. Klamath Falla.
Or. was run over and killed by a log
aing train on the Clemens logging line.
near Melbourne.
The Pend orsille highway TO the
Spokane county line has been closed
to trucks Of more than one ton capac-
ity until May 81.
As the steamer Kulshan lay at her
dock ct Anacortes. burglars climbed
aboard the ship and stole the purser'a
safe containing $500.
Wage schedules for skilled build
ing trades IN Spokane win be increas-
ed from 80 cents to 81 day, effective
April 1, according to announcement.
A fire loss Of $4,000 was sustained
By L. \. Hasgard. Maple Falls mer-
chant. in ; blaze that originated from
. short circuit On q telephone switch
board.
Thirty-one bays. ranging IN ass from
IL TO Is. completed q 31-mile relay
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-02


Work d raiaias tie wreck Of Ehe
Welsh Prince fFom ths Columbia river
near Altoona e proelsaslne sasls
faceorily. according e Y Barda. pho
holds the contract CT removing tie
vessel BuIkHsada have been fitted
II tie after cad. which Is aoW being
steadily lifte4 BY combined action o.
the tide and pumping operations.
A parade Of fIoats. depicting hunt.
ing snd fishing scenes typical % the
Pacific northwest. opened the first an.
nual show Of the Seattle enortamsn's
association Ct Seattle. Exhibits Of
game fish. Wild birds and other animal
life featured IN exposition IA q down
town auditorium where = reproduction
q virgin forest had been staged.
An attempt 70 III the origin and
blame Of the forest fire which swept
through Cedar Falls last summer vas
begun in superior court n Seattle
when attorneys representing thirty.
four clients. filed suit against the Pa
cific States Lumber company for s5ss
401.1l, the total amount Of the In
dividual claims. Tbs attorneys allegs
that the defendant company IL respOn.
sibie.
Prediction that 1928 VIII prove .
record-breaking year for northwest
lumber interests featured the report
Of Robert b. Allen. secretary Of the
West Coast Lumbermen's association.
1t its annual meeting At Seattle. Allen
based his forecast On figures showing
that production during the first nine
weeks Of the year exceeded By IL per
cent that Of any similar period IN the
history Of the organization.
Conviction Of Ben circuit and RAY
Moore in superior court Of Clarke.
county as the bandits who held up
the esEIs-Floto circus ticket wagon at
Vancouver in September. 1891. and
fled with $4,000 was reversed By the
stats supreme court on the ground
that the lower court Judge. George H.
Simpson. had barred testimony fav.
orable TO Moore. which should have
been admitted. The defendants were
tried together which makes the r.
versai APPLY 70 both. The case was
romanded for new trial.
Though the importation Of Chinese
eggs through the seapoFts Of this state
continues undated. the use Of the
foreign eggs In Washington industries
has almost ceased. reports 20 the
directors Of agriculture show. LEGAL
egg and poultry rAissrs who have ths
largest and strongest cooperative g.
ISOLATION IN the state almost complets.
~ control the Washington markets.
Before stAts legislation was procured
q large quantity Of Chinese egss Wsrs
used N crackermaking and ia bah
orsss. Presumably use Of foreign egga
Il made BY eastern houses. fOr the
Chinese eggs continue 70 be imported
either frozen or in powdered form.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
THE WEATHER.

District Of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia-C1oudy tonight, followed BY
rain late tonight or tomorrow; not
much change In temperature; mod
crate north, shifting to east winds.
West virginia-Rain late tonight
and tomorrow; not much change In
temperature.
Records for Twsnty-Feur Hours.
Thermometers PM, 70; 8 pm, 10:
IL midnight, 30; am, 4a; am, ~;
noon, 42.
BArometer---4 pm, 1880: 8 PM.
2s.74: IL midnight, 1880; 4 am. so. 90;
8 am, 1910: noon, 30.17.
Highest temperature, so. occurred
at PM, yesterday; lowest tempera.
ture. ~. occurred at am, today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 81: lowest. 81.
Condition OF the Water.
Temperature and condition OF the
water, at 8 am, Great Falls-Tem-
perature. ~; condition. very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today--Low tide. 4:01 am. and 4:27
pm.; high tide, 9:51 am. and 10:16
pm.
Tomorrow--Low tide. 4:4s am. and
11:06 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:36 am; sun sets
8:04 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises 6:s5 am; sun
sets sos pm.
Moon rises 9:19 pm; sets s:11 am
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
M0RSE'S MOTION
TO QUASH DENIED
Justice Stafford Holds
Fletcher Dobyns Fully Quail
fled to Give Testimony.
PLEAS BY DEFENDANTS
Continuance Sought and Sub.
poenas for Daugherty, Lasker
and Barton Withdrawn.

Justice Stafford in Criminal Dr.
vision l Of the District Supreme Court
today sustained the motion of United
the motions to quash the conspiracy
indictment made by Charles w. Morse.
his three sons and Rupert NJ Much,
former secretary of the Virginia
Shiphuilding Company The court
held that Fletcher Dobyns, former
assistant attorney general who pre-
sented the evidence to the grand jury,
General Daugherty and acted under
his direction. Nothing the Attorney
General might have said later could
invalfdate the commission or prove
him unauthorized, the court stated
Charles Morse. Irving Morse and
rupert M Much again pleaded not
guilty to the indictment and the issue
is now again Joined for trial.
Continuance Expected.
Attorney Wilton j. Lambert. of
counsel for the Morses and United
| States Attorney Gordon held a con-
ference with the court at the bench
date of the trial. While nothing
definite was announced, 1t is expected
the case will not be called before
March 19.
On the strength of the expected
continuance from next Wednesday,
which had been scheduled for start
ing the trial. counsel sought to pre-
vent service of subpoenas on Attor-
ney General Daugherty, A. D. Lasker
head of the Shipping Board, and John
Barton Payne, former president Of
the board, who are accompanying
PRESIDENT Harding on his trip to
Florida. These SubpoenaS earlier in
the day had been placed in the hands
of Deputy Marshal Barteman. who ex-
pected to serve them when the presf-
Dental party reached Union station.
Withhold Service.
Another deputy was dispatched to
find Barteman and call off the service.
or in event service had been made to
advise the witnesses that they might
proceed on their trip. as the trial
would not start Wednesday, as stated
in their summons.
Justice Stafford. in overruling the
contention Of Nash lockwood of New
York, counsel for Morse, that the
presence of Fletcher Dobyns in the
grand jury room was unauthorized,
held that the point could not be
raised under the circumstances and
that it would be against public policy
to quash an Indictment upon the
ground as shown on the record In the
case. The court also took no stock
in the claim of Much that he had
been forced to testify before the
grand jury.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
Attacks Fleeing Woman.

James Ekinker said he grabbed the
ax when his stepfather attempted to
use it on his mother. The mother got
away and started running. She trip
ped and fell. however, and then, ac-
cording to James, Gracon attacked
his mother with the, ak, having pre-.
viously attempted to strike him with
1t.
Neighbors soon gathered at the
scene OF the staying. Constable
Garrison was summoned and the
search for the slayer started. 1t is
said that Gracon formerly resided in
the Culpeper section of Virginia.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and cheaply made at home,
but it beats them all for
quick results.

Thousands of housewives have
found that they can save two-
thirds of the money usually spent
for cough preparations, by using
this well known old recipe for
and cheap, but it has no equal for
prompt results. 1t takes right hold
of cough and gives immediate
relief. usually stopping an ordinary
cough in "a hours Or less.
Get ~. ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into a pint bottle
and add plain granuIated sugar
syrup to make full pint. If you
prefer, use clarified moiasses, honey
or corn syrup, instead of sugar
syrup. Either way, il tastes good,
keeps perfectly and lasts a family
a long time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly
it acts, penetrating through every
air passage of the throat and lungs
-Ioosens and raises the phIegm,
soothes and heals the membranes,
and gradually but surely the annoy
ing throat tickle and dreaded cough
disappear entirely. Nothing better
for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
hOarseness or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is special and highly COM
centrated compound of genuine
Norway pine extract known the
world over for its healing effect on
membranes.
Avoid disappointment by asking
your druggist for "2I1 ounces of
Pinex" with full directions and don't
accept anything else. Guaranteed
to give absolute satisfaction or
money promptly refunded. The
Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
RAPS VETERANS AID LAW.
Commander Cook Believed Sweet
Measure Will Be Failure.

President Harding's signature yes
terday Of the Sweet bill for the liber-
alixatton Of the Veteran Bureau act
was followed by a statement from
Capt c. H. Cook, national commander,
the Disabled American Veterans, pro-
testing against the "emasculated"
form In which the measure was final
ly enacted.
I'm extending the period Of assump
tion. Of tracibility to service in tuber-
cular and mental cases from two
to three years." the statement said,
Congress brought many an unfortu-
nate veteran within the benefits OF
the hospitalization and compensation
laws. But the Sweet bill, against the
protests OF the Disabled American
veterans. was so emasculated that 1t
was really only a shadow of it's for
mer SELF"
Evening star., 1923-03-05
SLASHES HIS THROAT.

James Y. Miller, fifty-four years
old, former resident OF Gastonia,
y. c., was found dead in bed at his
home, 4423 Sth street. about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning with his throat
slashed.
Coroner hewitt was told that Miller
had been treated in institutions for q
mental disorder. A certificate of sui
eide was given. and the body taken to
North Carolina for interment.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
S[AYlNG OF MOTHER !.
WITNESSED BY SONS
Colored Man, Accused by Stepchil.
dren, Sought for Numbering
Wife With Ak.

Mamie Gracon, colored, twenty
eight years old, who lived near Chill
lum, Prince Georges county. Md. was
murdered last night. police charge, by
her husband. James Gracon.> colored.
twenty.one years old
The woman's dead body was found
near a dilspidated automobile on the
Gracon premises. An ak that had in
flicted a deep cash in her back and
had also crushed her skull and q large
carving knife were found near the
body. In the house was a guitar that
had been broken over the woman's
head just after the trouble started in
her home.
!. Mother of Six Children.
Mrs Gracon was Widow Skinker
when she married the man who is all
legged to have slain her. She had four
children at that time, two others hav-
Evening star., 1923-03-05
PAY ADJUSTERS NAMED.

The joint committee of Congress on
read5ustment of salaries OF employees
or congress was appointed yesterday
The senator's on the committee are
Warren. OF Wyoming. Smoot of Utah
ana Overman of North Carolina. The
House members are Madden Of Illi-
nois, Anderson of Minnesota and
Byrnes Of South Carolina.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
SITTING MEMBERS WIN.

Representatives Kunz, Rainey and
SABBATH, all democrats. of Illinois were
declared in the closing hours Of the
session to be entitled to their seats
In dismissing contests. the House ac-
cepted the recommendations Of COM
mittees which investigated their cleo
tion in 1920
Evening star., 1923-03-05
Gives Hair.
Silky Luster!
Adds "Sparkling" Gloss

How Stars of the Screen and Stage Add
Final Touch, Which Makes Their
Hair So Much Admired.
Just brush a little Glostora through
your hair, II acts like mage!
lnstanty-it imparts bright; bril-
linat, silky sheen, and makes your hair
fairly sparkle and glow with natural
gloss and lustre.
This clear liquid dressing is not sticky,
pasty or greasy, and can't poss bly, show
on the hair
Glostora keeps the wave and curl in,
and leaves your hair so soft and pliabc,
there is not the slightest difficulty In
managing it. Even when used after
shampoone, your hair stays any style
you arrange it.
Costs but a trife at any drug store.
Just as good for men and boys as tor
women.
Evening star., 1923-03-05

TT isn't what you earn that
counts" :.
"Huh?
'The salary doesn't figure"
What does?"
"The ability to make it last from
pay day to pay day."-Louisville
Courier journal.
Evening star., 1923-03-05
3 been born since her marriage to

Gracon.
1t was about 1890 o'clock when the
colored man reached home last night.
James and Alfred Skinkev, older of
the four children, heard noise on the
lower floor and went to the aid of
their mother. The children reported
that their stepfather broke the guitar
over their mothers head and then
proceeded to force her from the house.
holding her with one hand and having
the ay in the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
Brick Business Shows Slump;
Future Indications Are Good
With a Great Deal of Building in Pros.
pect Manufacturers See No
49,. Need to Worry.

sible to build a substantial. good
looking and comfortable brick house
at approximately the cost Of frame.
has given a tremendous stimulus to
the use of brick in many sections.
If each state in the Union should
make a gain of 1000 brick houses
this year, that business alone would
consume billion and a half of brick
This would represent an increase OF
70 per cent over the 1922 consumption
OF common brick. Present indica tions
are that gain in brick home build
ing this year will be much greater
than that. House building is a mar
ket that the brick manufacturer in
the past has given little consideration
to, looking always for the bigger
jobs, and his business has fiuctuated
just as the construction in those types
OF building has gone up and down.
Home building offers a most depend
able outlet, because there always are
homes being built even though other
types of construction may be at A
standstill. The brick industry is
making inroads in the home building
held by rendering a service to the
home builder in the form of plans
and specifications for architectural
ly good small houses supplied by the
national association of the industry
The only price change during the
past months was a downward trend
in some of the highest markets. In
New England the highest price re-
ported in current reports was S21
which is 81 below the high water
mark of the month previous. Tho
composite price of brick. taking all
reports into consideration, is S14.65
per thousand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
Reduced Buying by Farmers
l. Is Reflected in AL Industry
Babson Declares Prosperity of Nation
1 Depends on A griculture-Crisis Viii Be
4. Preached or Passed in Neat FeaU Weeks.

mind, namely. that unless the farmer
is prosperous the rest of us cannot
be prosperous. Hence, it is up to all
of us to help the farming situation
in every practical way.
This agricultural situation is
largely responsible for the drop in
the Babson chart from it's high point
of IL per cent above normal in March
to per cent below normal, where 1t
stands at the present time. The truth
is that the farmers are greatly cur
failing their buying and this is being
reflected throughout all industries.
When the farmer stops buying from
the retailer. the retailer stops buying
from the jobber, the jobber stops
buying from the manufacturer and
the manufacturer shuts down his
plant.
1t is easy to tell them that they
must suffer with the rest, but the fact
is that the farmers are suffering
more than the rest. Moreover, the
action of the stock markets and COM
modify markets today is largely due
to this suffering of the farmers.
(Mr. Babson, the noted statistician, who
is regular contributor to The Star, will CON
tinue his special articles on business and finap-
cial conditions in next Saturdays ssue)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
E9lE n tSlEAgstEE77IE!E /. N allT
EoodS-aS a brought


Competition Keen
At the close of the war America
was raising the grain for itself and
a large part of Europe. Since the
war Europe has seeded down large
areas and has correspondence in
creased production of grain. Other
countries. such as Canada. the Argen-
tine and Australia. owing to cheaper
labor costs, are competing keenly
with American farmers, and are un
derselling American grain in Liver
pool. the wheat market of the world.
AS a result the American farmer is
facing a bumper crop. and at the
same time carrying over about one
hundred million Bushels from last
years crop, AS it is very difficult to
increase the consumption of wheat
through any advertising or other
propaganda. this puts our American
farmers in a very critical situation.
Hence, during the next few months
the crop reports, not only of this
country, but the other great coun-
tries, should be studied very care
fully.
The American farmer should not
yet give up hope. AS stated. some
thing may happen, in this or some
other country, which may entirely
change the situation one way or the
other.
One thing we all should keep in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
APARTMENT Rents
EXPECTED To DROP
Baltimore Owners See De-
creases in Better Glass
Buildings This Writer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. August 4.-Declines
of from 10 to Is per cent in apartment
rentals during the fall and wir ter are
predicted by real estate men here.
Tenants in new apartment houses who
are paying from $3.50 a month up
ward will be the first to benefit
1t is doubted that rentals for apart
ments in the less expensive houses,
constructed on building costs of sew
eral years ago. will decline to- the
same extent. but it is believed that
the peak has been reached.
Rents of apartments in the large
houses are coming down." declared
Francis N. Iglehart, of a realty firm
which is renting agent for many of
the large apartment houses in the
city.
AT the end of the present rental
season, on October l, rentals of FIRST
class apartments will decline from 10
to IS per cent. in my opinion. The de
cline will come during the winter
months"
Asked whether rentals in the cheaper
apartment houses would decline, he
said he believed they would. Mr.
Iglehart bases his forecast of lower
rentals on the slowing down in & en-
eral business and the competition in
sight from the number of large apart
ment houses projected and under con-
struCtion.
Two other causes were given Cor
lower rentals by the head of another
firm, also controlling number of
large apartments. Ono is the fact
that the high rents charged by own
ers have driven thousands of people
out of the apartment house districts
and into small homes of their own,
The other reason, and one that is
more or less dependent upon and an
outgrowth OF the first. is the growing
among owners for salts
factory tenants.
During the past year. it Is also
pointed out. large numbers of private
homes have been altered and convert
ed into apartments, which has a tend,
ency bring down other rentals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
MANY WAYS TO SAVE
ON HOME BUILDING
Materials Need Not Be of Best,
But Should Not Be of Cheap
est, Is Shown.

classes. At the top Of the list are the
most expensive kinds represented by
deliberately treated face brick, quarter
sawed woods, solid china plumbing fix
lures, enamel paints, etc. A second is
the standard class. This is represented
by materials that are not perfect as to
appearance that is to say, glass may be
warped little, the wood may be plain
sawed, the brick face may be smooth
rather than rough. and so on. but these
materials strong and durable and
they used wisely they give
cellent appearances. 1t is economical
TO use materials OF this kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
lIIIIIDED 0EI0oIto
NUMBER OF LOCKS
IN HOMES A PUZZLE

1t has long been a question with
architects why people should have
doors throughout the house so com
pletely equipped with locks. Why.
for examplea should all the closet and
bedroom doors have locks? Did you
ever lock your bedroom door? Prob
ably not. 1t may be desirable to put
locks on closet doors. Do not put a.
lock on a door just because it is a.
door. Perhaps, after all, you will
never lock it. At any event a bolt
on a thumb turn will serve all the
purposes of a lock and you will not.
have a key to look after
However, 1t should be said that a.
mortised latch will usually cost more
than a bit key lock. OF course If you
have a small boy in the house you,
will want lock on the pantry door.
Some people have thought it desirable
to have one closet in the house
equipped with a good cylinder lock.
such closet may come in very handy
at certain times, perhaps If for moth
ing else than as a space in which to
store the family skeleton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

The slump in building. which near
ly everybody was talking about and
a few agencies were roofing for, is
apparent in the report of the com
mon brick manufacturers of the
country this month, but has not
reached serious proportions.
The gross orders on the books
thirty days ago amounted to 400, 691,
900. while the orders reported in the
current issue are 395, 447, 900. The
production of new brick for the
month totaled 12S,942,0 900 and there
were moved from the plants 116, 761.-
600. This leaves the quantity of
burned and unburned brick in the
plants approximately the same as
month ago. The falling off in new
business is most apparent in some
OF the centers that have been the
busiest during preceding months. In
New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cage and even IN southern California
districts, manufacturers, while well
stocked with old orders and running
at full capacity, have reported that
the volume of new business coming
into the Office has been considerably
reduced the preceding month. On the
other hand, some Important plants
say that while they were pessimistic
thirty days ago they are again opti-
mistic. The condition is generally
viewed as seasonal and while all ad-
nit that it is possible that the last
six months of 1923 will not pile up
volume in new construction equal
to the first six months, this still
will be banner year. There GER
tainly is still much building to be
done In the larger cities there is
no surplus of housing. There is an
extreme shortage of schools and hos
pitfalls and other public buildings
The brick manufacturer is just
learning that in the field of housing
he has a vast market. The balance
is rapidly changing from the ratio
of about SO to II as it stood for many
years in favor of frame houses as
against permanent types. The promo
tion of the use of brick through
5ns ne atte9tion Of hons buiIders-
building is perceptible in every sec
(Iou n GI6 C0dIGS Ing SSA{R( "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
SMALL ITEMS MEAN
COST TO BUILDER
Minor Conveniences Can Be
Eliminated to Save Bio
Sums Is Pointed Out.

In these days of unusually high
construction builder
is seeking every possible means of
cutting his building cost Sometimes