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Evening star., 1923-06-30
NEW LOW RECORDS
IN WHEAT FUTURES
Corn, Oats and Provisions
Also Decline During Week.
Stocks Help Drop.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, June 30.-All future de-
livcries of wheat have fallen this
week to a new low-price record for
the season. The setback is largely
ascribed to the bearish influence of
| the New York stock market. Lowest
prices yet this season also were
| reached by some deliveries of corn
| and oats. Compared with week
| ago, wheat this morning was 2es to
4 ss down; corn, AS to Az off: oats,
showing Il to loss, and provisions,
at 25 to 80 decline.
With weather conditions very ia
vorable for the harvesting of winter
wheat and with rains and lower tenn
Peratures helping the growth of the
spring crop, the wheat market proved
unusually sensitive to other bear fac
tors, such as notable downturns in
the value of securities. Persistent
liquidation of wheat holdings on the
part of houses with eastern connec-
disturbing general effects of the
stock market declines, and were off
set 10 only a moderate degree by
reports that within two days 1000 900
, bushels of future deliveries of wheat
had been taken by exporters.
Word that black rust had been dis
covered in South Dakota failed to act
as a stimulus to the buying side Of
the wheat market, and 1T was ap-
parenty the view of most traders
that important actual damage from
rust might have to be shown before
prices would respond. European ex-
change rates at new low levels for
the year and a seeming dearth of
export purchasing for nearby ship
ment, except on a hand -to-mouth
basis. were also a decided handicap
to bulls.
Favorable weather conditions for
the new corn crop together with in
dications that the stock OF corn here
would show an increase this week
had a bearish influence on the corn
market Oats followed corn.
Provisions declined with hogs and
grain.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
BEDTIME, STORIES sy Sy rs:::.:. s:.:s.:

afraid Of Reddy's eyes. but she was
afraid Of Reddy's nose. You know.
Reddy has a wonderful nose.
So Mrs. Grouse drew all her feath-
could. Perhaps this would shut in
the scent of her body. Any way, 1t
was worth trying. Reddy stopped to
examine an old stump. Then he
trotted of to one side to look into
a clump Of fern. After that he went
over to a little low-growing hemlock
tree and poked his black nose under
that. Then once more he headed
straight for Mrs. Grouse.
"Oh. dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Mrs.
Grouse kept saying to herself. And
1t was all she could do to keep from
springing into the air on those stout
wings Of hers. Nearer and nearer
came Reddy. Now he was only a few
feet away. He stopped and began to
use that black nose of his to test
the air for telltale odors. Would he
smell her? Would he?
He came on again. Now he was
within an easy jump of her. She
knew that 1t was too late to take
to her stout wings. She knew how
quick Reddy Fox is. and that il he
should discover her she wouldn't have
time to get in the air before he
would be upon her. She held her
breath. She didn't move so much as
single feather. She kept her bright
Evening star., 1923-06-30
PUBLIC is AFRAID
OF STOCK MARKET
Failures and Bucket Shop Dis
closures Still Causing Wide
spread Caution.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 3o.--Stock and
bond prices broke through their lows
Of last November this week before
sufficient buying support appeared to
check the reactfonary trend, which
had continued for five successive
DAYS. The recovery set in Thurs
day morning. but fresh signs of
weakness appeared yesterday, par
ttcularly in the independent steel and
railroad shares.
Except for sporadic buying by So
called bargain hunters" there has
been a marked absence or public
buying support in the market for
several weeks
TEis has been attributed, in part.
to the uncertainties concerning the
trend Of business and securities prices
this fall and the fears engendered
by recent failures and disclosures
made in the investigation of brokers
bankruptcies taking place a year and
more ago.
Railroad shares have made little
response to the unprecedented earn
ings report for May, which began to
make their appearance this week.
Steel stocks were depressed De-
cause of pessimistic advices from
the steel trade centers and uncon-
firmed reports that there was dan
ger of a reduction or omission of the
next quarterly Bethlehem dividend
A new low price for crude rubber
and recent tire cuts have had a re-
dictionary effect on rubber company
issues Rumors of price cuts and de-
creased production and sales have
been a contributing factor to the SELL
ing Of the motor shares.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-Care-
fully compiled reports for this month
to date show that June sales in re-
tail stores in this district made a
decided gain over June last year.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

eyes fixed on Reddy. And all the
time under her twelve precious babies
were already asleep and knew moth
ing of their danger.
Reddy took another step forward
and MRS. Grouse was just ready to
give up all hope. Then abruptly he
turned to examine a little clump of
ferns off at one side. He found moth
ing there and turned back. Then
his sharp ears caught the faint rustic
of leaf a little ahead and to one
side. In an instant he was there and
Mrs. Grouse caught a glimpse of a
tiny form that disappeared the in
slant she saw 1t. Reddy turned up
his nose. 1t was Teeny Weeny the
Shrew, who had slipped under an old
log. He had most unpleasant scent
and that is why Reddy had turned up
his nose.
l. For what seemed to Mrs. Grouse
Evening star., 1923-06-30
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

PITTSBURGH, June 3o.-A Inn in
ouying was reported today by makers
or glass tableware. Prices are steady.
ana makers believe they will be
maintained. The reaction in buying
has not proceeded very far, but plants
! OF the leading company are operating
on schedule of only about 90 per
cent of capacity.
HOUSTON. June 30.-As a result of
the large stocks held in storage. lead
ing OIL companies here have cut the
retail price of gasolene to 20 cents q
gallon. The Magnolia Petroleum,
Humble Oil and Gulf Refining COM
panies and the Texas company have
all announced one-cent reduction.
NEW ORLEANS, June 3o.-Country
merchants in this section are show
ing dfsinclination today to buy far
ahead, fearing they will be caught
with high-priced goods which may be
new prices for bleached cotton goods
as an example. Retail dry goods
sales in the towns and cities continue
to improve. Practically all lines have
held their own or gained except mill
linery and housefurnishings.
PORTLAND, Ore. June 30-Be-
cause Of the steady run of fish in
salmon pack Of tails" will be only
normal and there will be only a small
percentage put up in one-pound flats.
Most Of the pack will be put up in
half-pound tins.
PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-Care-
fully compiled reports for this month
to date show that June sales in re-
tail stores in this district made a
decided gain over June last year.
This will probably exceed Is per
cent.
KANSAS CITY, June 30.-Central
Missouri today is picking the largest
cherry crop in many years. Farmers
are receiving 80 cents a gallon for
their fruit. The Frisco system han
died $50 carloads OF strawberried
from the Springfield, Mo-. district in
the season just closed, a new record.
ATLANTA, June 30.-State COM
missioner of agriculture today de-
clared that the condition of the cot
ton crop of the state was at least
per cent below government esti-
mates The state department is con-
tinuing to buy carload after carload
of calcium arsenate, which Is sold at
cost to farmers for fighting the boil
weevil, but frequent showers have
dissolved the chemical on the plants
before the pests were killed.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
The Bravest Little Mother.
All through life IFS true. I ween.
That bravest deeds are seldom seen.
Nothar Nsf

The hardest kind of bravery is In
sitting still in the face of danger and
watching 1t draw nearer and nearer.
Mrs. Grouse. with her twelve babies
gathered under her, sat in the, Green
Forest, watching Reddy Fox coming
through the dusk. Ever since she
had first caught sight OF him she had
been trying to decide whether she
should fly or sit still. To fly would
have been much easier. Then she
would have had nothing to fear for
herself.
But Mother Grouse was not think
Evening star., 1923-06-30

the longest moment that ever was
Reddy hesitated whether to turn back
or go on. Then he went on. The
bravest little mother and her babies
were safe once more.
Copyright 1923. by T. W. Burgess).
Evening star., 1923-06-30
MOTOR TO BE LARGEST.
6, ,ooo- Horsepower Machine for Ford
Plant Being Designed.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCHENECTADY, n. r, June go
The largest alternating current motor =
for steel mill use ever made in this
country now is being designed at tl-a
General Electric works here It WIZ
be Installed in the River Rouge plant
of the Ford Motor Company The
motors capacity will be 5000 horse
power.
Wisconsin legislature abolished
daylight saving. Lawmakers Just
naturally hate saving things.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

THEN HIS SHARP EARS CAUGHT
THE FAINT RUSTLE OF A LEAF A
LITTLE AHEAD AND TO ONE SIDE.
ing of self. All her thought was for
the twelve precious little darlings
under her. who knew nothing of the
danger approaching. And SO she con-
tinued to sit right where she was.
Nearer came Reddy Fox. Nearer and
nearer and nearer. How sly and
crafty he looked! What q hungry
CLEAN there was in his eyes! She
could see II even in the dusk.
II Reddy kept on the way he was
headed he would come straight TO
her She wasn't afraid that he would
see her, for she knew that SO long
as she didn't move he would not be
likely to recognize her. even II he
looked straight at her. That was
because her brown cloak blended so
perfectly with the brown leaves on
the ground around her. She wasn't
Evening star., 1923-06-30
SNOW FALLS IN ITALY.

NOVARA, Piedmont, June 30.-whiIs
the rest of Italy is suffering from the
sweltering heat of mid summer, reports
from the highlands of the district a round
this city tell of wave Of winter
weather. The crops in an area Of sew
eral square miles were damaged bv a
driving snow accompanied by hail.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

Somebody declares that the Phila-
delphia station fire may have been
set by the remarks of a man who
missed his train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
I ODAY DECIDES
WORKING GIRL ]
CONTEST
Winner OF Chevrolet Car TO BE
Announced Tomorrow.
Award on Saturday.

BY tomorrow washington's most
popular working girl will be known.
she will also be the winner OF 81
beautiful ChevrnIet motor car nov
the property Of the Barry-Pate
Motor Car Co.
The Washington Times and The
Washington Herald contest to deter.
mine Washington's most popular
working girl. working in commune
ton with the producers of "OnIy a
Shop Girl feature film at Polls
this week. ends promptly at
o'clock tonight. At that time all
votes, to be counted, must be in the
hands of the contest manager OF
these papers.
1t is expected that thousands OF
votes will be turned in at the last
minute, changing status Of candi-
dates. Those that are leading this
morning may be far down in the
race by tonight. 1t is anybOdy's
race until the finish.
If votes can be counted in time
they will be announced in tomor-
rows Herald, otherwise In the eve
ming Times. Prizes, totaling twelve
and the automobile, will be given to
winners at performance Of Only
a Shop Girl" Polls stage, Satur-
day night, when this popular sshow
completes its run.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
POLICE PRAISED
FOR WORK IN
PARADE
Commissioner Oyster Gives
Major Sullivan and Force
High Commentator.

The great Shrine parade went off
without a hitch yesterday as far as
police arrangements were concerned.
Today Commissioner James +.
Oyster called Major Daniel Sullivan,
superintendent Of police, to his Of
flee and commended him and his
men for. their splendid showing.
1T am proud of the department, "
said Commissioners. Oyster, II pe-
lieve the parade route yesterday
was clearer than any previous
parade route In the history Of the
city.
II have had numerous visitors
and all commended the department
for it's work yesterday. Washing.
tons police force is the best in the
country and. the men are loyal and
cooperate to the limit"
Dan O'Brien, police chief OF San
Francisco, was another to praise
the work OF the department.
'It was a splendid piece of police
work which every citizen Of Wash.
ington should be proud off, he said
Police details as carried out yester-
day showed an experienced force OF
officials were directing the work " :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
j. s. REFUSEST To
Farley On
RUMRULE
Nothing to Discuss" in Bald.
wins Suggestion for Confer
ence, Is Official View.

The United States Government
will not enter any international con-
ference to discuss the foreign ships.
liquor controversy because there Is
nothing to discuss" it was said at
the State Department here today.
The position taken by this Gov
eminent is that American authority
over ships in her own waters is alb
solute, and consequently cannot be
submitted to discussion of an inter-
national conference, such as that
limited at by Premier Stanley Bald
win in the British House of Com
mons.
State Department officials declined
to comment today on the possibili-
ties of new commercial treaties
being negotiated to relieve the sftua-
ton growing out of the Supreme
Courts decision that foreign ships
in American waters must be bone
dry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
CHICAGO QUAKES
TORHYTH|MOF
900 BANDS
High School Boys in COMPETE
ton Give City Perhaps ,
Greatest Thrill.
BY ROLAND KREBS,
International News Service.

CHICAGO, June 6.-The tremors
that shook the ground under your
feet today were not earthquakes, as
you perhaps imagined, but just the
reverberations from the high school
boys band competing here in the
tournament which 500 schools are
participating.
Near millionaires and chamber
maids alike listened to the young
musicians from the windows OF the
row OF exclusive hotels on Michigan
boulevard. The waves in the lake,
usually given to struggling In and
popping over in more or less con-
fusion, swayed rythmically and
Blided like so many fox-trotters.
A popularity the contest has re-
Vealed IL that the largest horns
usually are played by the smallest
boys. A glittering example Is
Willie Day, Of the Rockford Qll)
High School Band. Willie IL just
around the three freckles on his
nose. He could easily lam the sap
out Of q mosquito, provided the
mosquito were not too robust and
chat trick holds were barred
Willie has q smile that hangs IKE
q hammock from the lobe OF either
ear excepting when he 10 playing.
Then he's very, very serious. Young
Mr.. Day plays the base clarionet.
II resembles q common clarionet
not at all. It's nearly as large as
ats master.
The instrument IL twisted like
Cleopatra's viper. It has lots Of
etors. sxhausts, do-funnies and
thinsamagigs all over It. II 1t had
q whistle and a steam gauge 1t
Although Willie can nearly crawl
into his horn and take along q few
friends for personally conducted
tour Of the interior. he packs It
about with ease and comfort. When
his cheeks bulge and his eyes pop
and his face grows red, It goes
along ''wHooooor' just like that.
Willie helped his hand brethren
play Poet and Peasant" then par
ticipated in a review. First q dust
storm, preceding rain. filled the
horn with macadam, boulders AMI
such. In between toots and blasts
he dug It out and resumed his play
ing.
Then the rain came down. whites
horn shipped water like D sinking
ship. Bravely he bailed 1t out with
his cap and went on playing.
Don't the calisthenics you go
through with that concrete mixer
wear you out?" he was asked.
TITS a cinch," said Willie, resting
n on the ground and leaning
against ~.
Capt. w. H. Sante1mann, Of the
United States Marine Corps Band,
VIII announce TOMORROW which band
he has selected from among the en-.
trants as the most perfect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
GEORGE WASHINGTON u. ].
PAYS HONOR TO HODGKlNS.

President Howard Lincoln Hodg-
kins. of George Washington Uni
versity, who is to be succeeded by
William Mather Lewis, after di-
Tecting the institution for two years,
was the honor guest at the Cosmos
Club yesterday of members Of the
faculties of arts and sciences, law
and medicine of the university.
Dean George Nicely Henning, of
the school of graduate studies, was
POSTMASTER, and talks were made
by Dean Merton l.. Person, of the
law school; Prof. Hermann Schoen-
field, Prof. Paul Bartsch, Prof.
Mitchell Carroll, Prof. Charles Clif-
ton Swisher, Prof. Dewitt C. Crois-
SAINT and Prof. Robert Whitney Boil
well.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
CHARGES BRIDE
FASCINATED
CROKER
Her Mind, Attorney Says, Di-
rected Pen That Disinherited
Leaders Children.
BY DANIEL OCONNELL.
International Nawa SarvVrA

DUBLIN, June 6.-Eugene Atkins.
OF Oklahoma, testified today in be-
half of Mrs. Bula Edmondson
Croker in the will contest suit
brought by Richard Croker's chill
dren by a previous marriage. Atkins
said Bula was at Musgokee in 1912.
at the time she was alleged to have
been in the vicinity Of Northampton
Mass.
Attorney Lardner, opening thu
case for Richard Croker, jr., one Of
the contestants, described the will
left by the elder Croker as totally
unnatural" He admitted Cookers
pen had signed the testament
adding:
But 1t was the mind" he added
"of Mrs. Bula Croker that dictated
the terms.
"Bula Edmondson fascinated
Croker" he declared. after the
marriage the father drifted away
from the children whom he pre-
viously had trusted"
Property worth millions Of dollars
is involved in the action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
j. HAS
BEEN GIVEN
100000
President Reports to Trustees
Endowment Fund Has
Been Raised.

Success of the $25O,000 campaign
to endow the medical school, i'm.
provement of the physical properties
of the university and general ad-
yancement OF the institution itself
were reported to the board Of
trustees of Howard University. to-
day by DR.. J. Stanley Durkee, presi-
dent, and DIR. Emmett J. Scott, Sec
retary-trcasurer.
President Durkee, in his report,
declared that fifty-nine colored per-
sons and organizations had made
gifts Of $1,000 to the fund and that
there were individual gifts Of &c.,
600 and $4,000 from colored persons.
The total amount subscribed will be
announced on commencement day,
June 8.
BY July / the university is re-
quired to raise a quarter OF q mil
lion dollars in order that it might
claim the conditional offer of a
like sum offered by the general edu-
cation board of New York city. The
medical school will be endowed for
$500, 900.
Secretary Scott gave a detailed
account Of various improvements,
showing that the grounds and build
IuSS are III UCCICE repair IHdAl
they have been for many years.
He called attention to the i'm
provement made to the Beauty of
the grounds by tearing down all
overhead wires and poles.
The attention OF the trustees was
directed to the 1901 900 dining hall
and Home Economies building and
to the approval which has been oh
tanned from Congress for the appro.
priation of $197 500 for q gymnasium,
armory and athletic field as definite
steps forward in the matter OF uni
versity expansion. The remodeled
law school, now four class rooms
instead Of two, was pointed out.
Board of trustees who received the
report at the annual meeting today
are:
Milton e. Allies, DIR. Michael o.
Dumas, DIR. Thomas Jesse Jones,
DR.. Jesse e. Moorland, Mr., James
c.. Napier, DIR. Charles B. Purvis,
DIR. Marcus r. Wheatland, DIR. James
III. N. Waring, Justice George w.
Atkinson, Mr.. Rolfe Cobleigh, DIR.
J. Stanley Durkee, Mr.. Andrew F.
Hilyer, DIR. Ulysses G. B. Pierce,
Col: Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. John
H. Sherburne, William v. Cox, DR..
Francis ]. Grimke, Bishop John
Hurst, Cuno II. Rudolph, DIR. Will,
lam A. Sinclair, DIR. Albert Bushnell
Hart and DIR. Charles r. Brown.
Senior class day exercises were
held late yesterday afternoon. A
band concert and prom were given
last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
MARINE BAND WILL PLAY
"BELLEAU WOOD MARCH,

Exercises in commemoration of
the anniversary of the battle of
"Belleau Wood" this afternoon at
the east end Of the Capitol, begin
ming at 5 o'clock, will be featured
by concerts by the United States
Marine and army bands.
The audience will have the on.
portunity Of hearing for the first
time the "Belleau Wood March. ;"
the latest composition of Lieut..
Taylor Branson, second leader of
the United States Marine Band,
The exercises are in charge of the
Belleau Wood Memorial Association.
of which Mrs. James Carroll is
president,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
MOVIE FILMS SHOW
EXPERIENCES IN NAVY

A motion picture depicting the
experiences Of two young men en-
listing in the navy and their train
ing and duties on board ship Is be-
ing shown by the navy just south
of the Sherman statue. at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Accompanying the picture. and
at the same spot, the Philadelphia
Navy Yard Band is giving public
concerts from to o'clock p. m.
and from 9 to 1870 p. m. daily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
2,O51 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BRANCHES ARE REPORTED

BOSTON, June 6.-The clerks re.
port read at the annual meeting of
the First Church Of Christ, Scientist
(the mother church). shows that dur
ing the last year seventy nine Chris
tan Science societies, one university
society and sixteen new churches
nave been recognized as branches.
The total number Of recognized
branches Of the mother church at
the present time is POSI-,
The report adds that among dis.
tant countries, Latvia now has a
recognized branch of the mother
church at Riga; and Rhodesia, me
at Bulawayo. There is also a newly
recognized organization at Tien.
tsin, China, and a second church
has been formed in Sydney, Aus.
tralia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
vIENNA'S BIRTHRATE
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

For the first year since before
the war the birth rate exceeded
deaths in Austria in 1922, Vienna
dispatches to the Department of
Commerce said today.
During that period the population
OF Wanna fell from 2,O31'498 to
l.84l 1926. In 1918 there were ST.
497 deaths to 21,127 births, but in
1922 the figures were more favor.
able with 10000 deaths and 32,S57
births.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
PHONE JOKE NEARLYKILLS
WIFE OF MAN IN HOSPITAL

READING, June Ga "joke"
nearly proved fatal to Mrs. Clayton
Miller, wife of a hotelman. She
was called to the telephone and told
that her husband, in a hospital with
bloodpoisoning, was dead.
Mrs. Miller collapsed and could
not be revived for some time. Pc.
lice are hunting the person VINO
telephoned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
KISSING POPULAR WITH
SENIORS AT DARTMOUTH

HANOVER, N. H., June 6.-Kiss-
ing is relished by senior classmen
at Dartmouth College.
In the balloting on popular things
and persons, the seniors placed their
stamp of approval on kissing by a
vote of 118 to So. Six students ad.
mitted they never had been kissed
and more than 100 were proud they
had.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06
Rirds Eaast ON Mash.

EUGENE Ore, June 6.--Hun-
dreds of birds here enjoyed feast
on 5000 gallons of moonshine fer
mented mash strewn in the vicinity
of large still which had been con-
fiscated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-06

Zionist organizations IN Washing
ton win hold q Flower Day next
Sunday. Flowers will be distributed
under the auspices Of the Nordau
Zion Club, and the Washington
Zionist District organisation. Pro-
eeeds viii be contributed toward the
restoration OF Palestine.