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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
LORTON
NEWS

The Community CtuO seems ~
have taken new lie since the
beginning Of the pink and yell
low contest. 81 members were
present Monday evening, enjoying
q very good program Mrs. ".
+. Flcriur rendered very
pretty piaao solo, Hrs. KaCrine
Fischer q vocal selection and Mr..
RceGer recited. Mr. ". II. Meyer
recently reelected president Of
the clab resigned in favor Of
Nr. c. D. Recdcr thinking Grange
cf officers voul1 h Tor ,a' gooc
of the club. The cogtezS tcc ncR'-
bers closes on Monday, Eebra;.-T
3, when the datc VII b. &c.
for the lo-'ng side 60 ca.-,i&.n
the winner. Ne.'cio-a rt,2sn-
ments walc served on Ao2-;2}
evening, ly Nczsra. y. ], Dopn
and A. =. 1iaieome. consisting o.
fruit salad, cracker, cake ana
coffee.
Fire destroyed the residence Of
The Nelson's n-ar Lewis Cape;
on Monday evening", 'cc bN.d-
inc burned 20 The groond, very
little furniture was saved. Tae
house at tac tine Was occupied
ly WnEam Nelson and family.
Cause OF tbc IKE was thought -
he defective ilue.
Hiss Edna OCouaer is now
recovering ON h,c rcccn- IL
ness.
Mrs. Blarchc Davis and son
Mr.. Kyle Davis az 5ota suffer
ing with grippe.
MIR. and Mrs. s, Vi. Bigington
will 90 90 Washington Sunday
where they expect 20 MAKE an
extended siay Of from one 20 two
months. They Will close their
home here while Eoae.
Mir. Guy Shepherd IS mach in
proved after severe illness. Re
is yet confined to his home.
1he family OF Mr.. y o. Heach
arc greatly Improved from thcit
recent attack Of grippe, M,
Beach, himself hSs developed
pneumonia and is quite III.
Kenneth I. Davis visited &t the
horne OF his parents. 1lr. aaI Mrs.
/. NJ. Davis al Virginia High
lands on Thur day.
Mrs. Lamar who has been
visiting her daughter Mrs. /. j.
MeCollum returned 20 Baltimore
on "Wednesday.
Mrs. Kenneth Dove was hostess
at luncheon on Tuesday having
members Of TIE embroidery club
rs her guests. Those present
were Mrs. Z. P. NcCoilJm, Mrs.
Il. \. woodward, Mrs. Arthur
Tetitt, Mrs. :. II. Madara, Ms.
James Dove, Mrs. c. ID. Rceder,
Mrs. I.izzie beavers, Ml7. I. j..
MeColiam and Mrs. L. !. Do!ph.
Mr. Charl-s Z. Dcssez who Is
employed al Tie d. c. Reforms
tory is i'll ., his home j" Wash
ington.
Mr. J. 7. Allen Of Washing
ton. D. c., las accepted posi-
ton at the L. c. Rcfo~natory
and goes to wort, ON Monday.
They have rented hall Of the
house occupied by Nj. and Mrs.
W. A. Goodwin and will move
some time next week.
Mrs. s. S. Marshail returned
Friday evening from Washington,
u. C., where she has been wich
her daughter. Mrs. II. K. pillier-
ton who has been i'll with the
grippe.
he miudfol o' the oyster sup
per to be held in Occoquan, Va,
ON Friday evening, FEB 9th,
AT the Odd Fellows Hall for the
benefit Of n. p. Church.
The Rev Z. w. Mellich2mpc
will conjuct services ~ PohlcN
Church on Sunday. ebruSry nth.
The Northern Virginia /. o.
q. F. degree team visited Acco-
tlnk Lodge No. 2 on Monday
evening and conferred the FIRST
and second degrees upon two can
didates. There were Is visitors
present. Sandwiches and coffee
we're served.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
DEATH or MISS V. P. EVANS

Miss Virginia Palmerlee Evans,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A.
Evans of Richmond, died yester-
day and the body was brought
here ard taken to Wheatley's NOR
tuary chapel from whence the fun-
eral will take place at ll:So
o'clock tomorrow morning. The
funeral will be private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
Idle Hour Theatre
TO-DAY AND TOMORROW

Efi{5 aL;s:s e u 90
Evening star., 1923-08-25
WHEAT HOLDS NEAR
TO DOLLAR LEVEL
Prices Expected to Go High
er Next Week-Corn Hits
New High Mark.

CHICAGO, August 25.-Wheat prices
have held around the dollar level in
the face of large accumulations. the
visible supply being close to 5o,000,-
600, and is expected to show a further
increase next week. Export business
has been only moderate, excepting at
the close of the week, when foreign :
ers bought more freely. Compared
with a week ago, all grains as well
higher levels. Wheat was up 2Ss TO
2E. corn 3B to 4B. oats rs to 1h
and provisions 71a to 57h.
A large part of the business in
wheat of late has been buying of
September and selling of the distant
futures which widened the spread be-
tween September and May to about
10 cents a bushel. the best from a
carrying charge standpoint in years.
Improved buying of futures at the
close of the week was on predictions
of frost in the northwest and reports
of lower temperatures in Canada. Re-
ports have been current that France
bought wheat from Russia and re-
peatedly attention has been called to
the large eXportable surplus in Rus
sia, These. the trade believes. are
for the purpose of enabling foreign
ers to buy our wheat at lower levels.
Stocks of corn are light and de-
creasing and prices for the Septem-
ber delivery touched the highest OF
the season. Cash grain also sold at
best prices of the season. The new
crop is expected to be late, being de-
layed by the excessive August rains
and fears are expressed that some OF
the crop may be caught by frost.
oats situation is regarded with
more favor. A big shortage in the
September delivery with a covering
movement was responsible for an up
turn of almost 1 cent relative to the
December and May deliveries.
Firmness of grain and the strength
in hogs lifted provisions.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

ATLANTA, August 25.-TeXtile in
terests which have been buying spar
ingly of raw cotton during the summer
are entering the market again, appar-
emily convinced that there Will pc no
great decline when the new crop begins
moving freely. The cooperative mar
keting system is counted on to main
tain present price levels by preventing
dumping during September and Oc-
tober.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.-Hopes
are held out that a rush of buying or
ders will enable Gamers to increase
operations before it becomes too late to
utilize this years TREMENDOUS Irult
crop. Eastern and mid-western points
are helping California growers mate
rally in salvaging quantities OF fruit
refused by the Gamers. To date $4,000
cars of California tree fruit nave been
moved east. compared with $500 at this
time last year.
DETROIT, August 25.-The Dodge
Brothers factory now is working up
to a. schedule of TOO cars day and
cars, to touch 1000 day. This addi-
tional production has been made pos
sibIe by the new $1,ooo.000 plant ad-
dition just completed.
CHICAGO, August 25.-For more
than a week there has been good
market for cotton staples here. The
many orders placed cover a wide
range of needs. One large buyer
made inquiries for twenty numbers.
Dealers generally believe the situa-
tion portends an unusually healthy
fall and winter business.
PHILADELPHIA, August 25.-Cot
ton yarns are steadier but not active
here today. Carpet and upholstery
SIX etns are On a. basis of 3S to 80 cents
for 8s and 9% stock, and So to 81
cents for Ss-2 and Ss--4 hard white
| warp twist. Southern single warps
are quoted at 37h cents. bid for IS.
| NEW ORLEANS, August 25.-The
| rice market is firm but quiet. Rains
| throughout the state have stopped
harvesting and receipts are light
The rice arriving is said to contain
considerable moisture.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
GERMANS FIGURE
PRICES ON DOLLAR
Traders in Ruhr Get Latest
Exchange Quotations Sew
eraI Times Daily.
By the Associated Press.
DUESSELDORF,


DUESSELDORF, August a5 -
Traders in the Ruhr have now learned
to hew to the line of the gold basis.
let the marks fall where they may.
Although the prices of commodities
are still given in marks, all transac-
tions. whether in newspapers or
automobiles, are figured mentally in
dollars. pounds or francs.
Every day the prospective pur-
chaser goes forth to the market
places laden with bales of paper
marks, provided a supply is obtain
able. Before making a purchase he
familiarizes himself thoroughly with
the latest official quotations, in order
to know whether prices are going
up or down from the gold level.
Until recently the foreigner with
crisp dollar bills in his pocket could
hnd inn real bargains, but this is no
now receives three or four times a
day the official quotation on the mark
in Berlin. London and New York, and
prices are adjusted each time a new
liberal margin is tackled on in an
ticipation of q further drop before
the stores close for the day,
Calculations are simpiified by means
'of table of figures furnished to all
shopkeepers by the Chamber of Com
merce in each town. Prices of mer-
chandise, in gold values, are printed
In one column, while the days prices
In paper marks appear in an adjacent
column.
The adjustment between the gold
and paper value is reached by means
of what is called a "multiplicator."
When the mark was quoted at around
100000 to the dollar. for example, 1t
was estimated that the multiplicator
should be 100000. That Is, an article
worth, one mark gold would sell then
at 100000 paper marks, or an article
worth gold marks would sell at
1,S00. 900 paper marks.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
ALARMED OVER BRITAIN.
Viscount Birkenhead Reports Un-
employment Growing.

NEW YORK, August 90. - Dow
Jones says:
Viscount Birkenhead. former lord
high chancellor OF England, arriving
on the Mauretania. reported that Brit
ain is facing alarming prospects and
due to the unemployment situation,
times were never worse than at this
moment. He said he did not know
the official number of EngIishmen
out of work, but, whatever that num-
Der Is, 1T is generally feared that it
will Increase to a great extent this
coming winter.
The viseount declared that there
was no remedy for the situation un-
til the normal economic condition of
Europe is by some means or other
restored and purchasing power of
the world brought back to normal
This. he added. can only be ac-
complished by the rates of exchange
being stabilized, which is another
rather difficult problem.
All any British government can dc
at the moment Is to attempt to deal
with the situation by means of paIlia-
tiyes, said the viscount.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
DUN'S REVIEW REPORTS
ENLARG!NG BUSINESS
Actual Gains Noticed as Merchants
Are Filling Fall and Winter
, Requirements.

NEW YORK, August 25.-Dun's Re-
view today says:
There is still a conspicuous lack of
uniformity to reports from CONNER
atal centers. but more definite indica-
tions of enlarging business are noted
in some quarters With the advance
toward autumn, increasing interests
In prospective future requirements Is
being shown in different channels.
md there is expectation of a more
Faneral revival of activity after the
present seasonal restraints have been
bemoved.
Where actual gain in buying has de-
veloped, as in some divisions of the
textile trade, prices are firmer. and
The excess of declines in Dun's list of
wholesale quotations has narrowed
sppreciably during recent weeks.
changes in working hours are becom-
ing a factor in the price movement
In the steel industry, tending to
steady some markets, and the rise In
prices of grain has been further ex-
tended Weekly bank clearings s5,-
sos, $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
STRIKE TALK CASTS
SHADOW ON STOCKS
Weakness in Oils Also Big Factor
in Market During Week
Closing Today.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. August 25.-Alternate
periods of weakness and strength
characterized this weeks securities
markets with the usual leaders hold
ing firm despite occasional short sell
ing and proft-taking. Operators on
the long side apparently were will
ing to support their favorites at cur
rent levels. but seemed disposed to
await further developments bearing
on the economic situation before ex-
tending their commitments
The threatened suspension of work
in the hard coal mines on September
l cast shadow over the market and
tended to restrain trading. Foreign
developments continued to attract in
terest, but they had little or no effect
on stock prices.
The relatively poor July report of
the Union Pacific system had a tenn
porarily depressing effect on the rail-
road shares, despite the fact that the
reduced income was directly traceable
to higher operating expenses. Strength
of the Erie Railroad shares was the
feature of the rail group.
The unsettled condition of the oil
industry undoubtedly was one of the
most disturbing factors in the mar
Iket
Evening star., 1923-08-25
PRICES OF BUTTER
DROP DURING WEEK
More Stocks Are From Holland and
Denmark-Weather Condi-
tions Favorable.
speciaI pispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. August 25.-Wholesale
prices, sc score butter, dropped a
half cent in all butter markets ex-
cept Boston this week. Anticipation
of their wants by buyers during the
previous week. which caused A nold,
ing off in activity, were CONSIDERED
responsible for the declines.
Production during the week was
about the same as the week before.
weather conditions over large part
~ the nroducing area were beneficial
and an early increase in the make was
expected. Trading stocks were lighter
and the amount stored w. was ,siIsnd sman;
and . 400 casks Danish arrived.
Range in wholesale price, 81 score
huttere for the week was as follows:
Chicago. u cent less at 43; New s lork;
u cent less at A.: Boston, unchanged
at 441k; Philadelphia, II cent less
at As,
Evening star., 1923-08-25
BALTIMORE FIRM
AFTER DC. CONCERN
Guaranty Co. of Maryland
May Absorb International
Finance Co. of This City.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 25.-Absorp-
tion of the International Finance
Company of Washington by the Guar
anty Company of Maryland is con-
templated, according to reports cur
rent in the financial district. Vice
President Frederick J. Gottlieb of the
Guaranty Company admitted that me-
gotiations were under way, but added
that so far as he knew they had not
been consummated. Paul 3. Leonard,
president of the Guaranty Company,
was in Washington Thursday in con-
ference with officials of the Inter-
national Finance Company and is in
New York now, presumably on the
same errand.
If the deal is consummated IT is un-
derstood that 1t will involve approx
mately 81, 200. 900. The capital stock
of the International is $1,000,000.
while that of the Guaranty Company
is S1.060, 900. OF which 100000 Is first
preferred. 100000 second preferred,
$4,000 shares of common stock with
out par value. The Guaranty Com
pany is now negotiating with bankers
with a view to adding between $500.
600 and $l,000,000 to its capital.
The Guaranty Company is doing a
volume of $2o,00O,000 annually. while
the volume of the International Com
pany is about $10.000,000 a year.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
FREIGHT BEST GARNER.
Passenger Traffic Falls Behind II
B. & o. Revenues.

NEW YORK. August 25.-Freight
was the greatest revenue produeeT OF on
The RaIitmore and Ohio during 1922.
OF the total gross earnings of 5000
s4s.1ss, 70 per cent was from freight
~ "a per cent from passenger busi-
ness, 1:29 from mail. 2.23 from ex-
press business and S.72 per cent from
ali other sources. According to the
reports the Baltimore and Ohio did
less passenger business in 1922 than
any year since 1907. 1t would seem
that the travelling public did not
travel last year, and this condition
has been apparent In almost all OF the
railroad reports that have come to
hand.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
MARRIAGES.

LYNCHBURG, Va.-Miss Gladys Owen
and Daniel w. Evans, both of this city.
were married Thursday at the home of
the brides mother, Mrs. Clara Gordon
Owen.
Miss Gay Honts, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Honts of Eagle Rock, and
Floyd Z. Foster of Matewan, w. Va,
formerly of Clifton Forge. were married
at Eagle Rock.
Nolan C. Dowdy, policeman, and
Miss Myrtle r. Clement were married
Sunday.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. Mi 8 s
Minnie Durrett of Thornburg, Spotsyi-
vania county, and George Taylor of New
London. Caroline county, were married
at Ruther Glen.
Ernest C. Ralston, United States Ma
rine Corps, Quantico, and Miss Eliza
beth Sheeiy Of Tennessee were married
here Friday.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
Stock Market Shows No Signs
Yet of Any Definite Reuiual
Ne,O Bond Offerings Sn,alI-Farn,ers in
Better Shape--European Trade Quiet
Oils Still Very Weak.

lily, industrial conditions in France
will change for the worse and her
purchases of American goods win be
cut down. But exports to France
amount to little more than 6 per cent
,of the American total. Besides. other
countries in Europe. notably Italy
and Czechoslovakia are coming back.
1t is quite possible that our trade
with these will increase enough TO
| make good the actual loss with Ger
many and the possible Ioss with
France. The other point which Is
persistent1y minimized in current dis
cussion of the foreign trade outlook
is that some so per cent OF our ex-
ports go to nations outside of Europe.
This portion of our outward COM
merce has been steadily gaining and
has, to an important extent. offset
the much talked of decrease in Euro
pean buying capacity.
Wheat Growers Have Learned Lesson.
Where the partial loss of European
markets is dwelt upon it is mostly
industry. Blame is laid upon this
! for the decline in wheat prices,
! which is quite wrong. The truth
| is that Europe's own wheat prouuc-
ton, as compared with a year ago,
| has so increased that her import re-
duced. At the same time the avail
| able export supply in countries com
peting with the United States is
| larger. The wheat trade could not
see these things when the new crops
were being seeded last autumn and
last spring. Altogether too much
| wheat was planted. This is realized
now, as is proved by the survey OF
the Department of Agriculture
| which forecasts a reduction of IS per
cent in the area that will be sown
| this fall.
AsSarinn Unrest Less Noticeable.
( In the meantime there is the prob
| lem of the 1923 surplus. With the
prospective cutting down of the 1924
| harvest the outlook is considerably
! improved and this the wheat market
| has already shown in it's recovery OF
! the last few weeks. This recovery
| has not gone sufficiently far to re-
| move the cause for agrarian unrest
| But it has been substantial enough
! to relieve the extreme depression
\ felt month ago on the subject OF
! the wheat farmer. At the same time
| tion of the ability of the farmer to
! buy cannot be correctly estima ed
without due consideration of the
/ rise in corn. If the wheat grower is
| he was a year ago the corn grower
| is getting nearly 10 cents a bushe
! more. With the rise in corn the live
| stock industry has improved so that
prices now stand at the highest oi
! the year.
| The market continues to discrim
| mate against the oils, as it natural
! ly would, until it can see signs thai
the price cutting is beginning &c
| encourage excessive production. II
also cannot get W enthusiasm fol
| railway stocks where the record
| traffic and large gross earnings are
1 not being translated into any pro.
portipnate gains in net income
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-25
LiUe Atop Mines,
But Are Unable
To Buy Any Coal
Special Disna tch to The Star.

CIcNiai 10 Sthr.
SCRANTON. August 25.-Demand
for coal here is so heavy that re-
tail dealers have refused to accept
additional orders. Many whose
homes are located right on top of
the anthracite mines are unable
to buy fuel at any price. Should
there be a long suspension of min
ing there is certain to be suffer-
ing here. Coal received from the
mines is being delivered to buy
ers who had their orders in two
weeks ago.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
BANK LOSES DEPOSITS.

ST. PAUL. August 25 tspeciaD.-
St Pauls largest bank, the First Ma :
tional, controlled by Louis w. Hill,
will lose 100000 of the county's de-
posits because of failure to pay per
sonal property tax. With two other
banks. the First National declined tc
pay. basing it's refusal on the deci-
sion Of the West Virginia court two
wears ago,
Evening star., 1923-08-25
LOCOMOTIVE DELIVERIES.

Seven new locomotives, on the aver
age, were placed in service on the
railroads throughout the United States
for every day of the first seven months
this year, according to figures made
public by the Department of Com
merce. The report states that 1,543
new locomotives had been delivered
motive works. During the same pc
riod last year only 342 new loeomo-
tives were delivered to the railroads.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
CHAPEL CORNER STONE LAID
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Epecial Dispatch TO The Star.
BOWIE, Md, August 25.-With i'm
Odenton Lodge, No. zoe. A. r. & A. NJ.
the corner stone of the new hall OF
st. James Episcopal Chapel was laid
n few evenings ago. Worshipful
Master Morton F. Disney conducted
the rites. assisted by Mcssrs. Ray
Mankin. senior warden; Henry e,
Kuhl, junior warden; Richard d.
Downs, secretary. and DR.. Albert
Nassall, treasurer. There were pres
ent twenty-seven Masons. including
a number of visitors from Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

company directors was not taken as
typical Of what the Standard oils
would do.
Prairie Oil and Gas lost further
ground, but declines in other of the
standards were generally fractional
There was little doing in the motor
stocks or the mining section. Coal
shares were somewhat lower, but
losses were unimportant. Glen Alden
Coal declined a half point.
Gillette Safety Razor made a new
high for the present movement when
Ii reached $50.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
NEW FREIGHT SERVICE.

ST. LOUIS. August IS (Specia).-
st: Louis manufacturers and whole.
hours closer to merchants in Texas
Louisiana and Mexico by the compile.
tion of the ree-million-doliar rail.
road terminals at penisoH, Tex.
which facilitate the handling oi
freight going south through that
gateway.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
FLAYs STOCK EXCHANGE.
Saunders Says Organization Was
"Too Yellow to Pay"
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
from Clarence Saunders, former head
of the Piggy Wiggly Corporation. to
stockholders of the company reached
New York yesterday. In it Saunders
asserts: The Judas kiss has burned
my lips-thrice and more"
Millions should have been made for
our company, it's directors and our
banker friends the letter says
The New York Stock Exchange was
too yellow to pay. SO all l got was
thousands of shares of stock which
were taken away BIZ the directors of
this company, the president and di-
rectors of the stores company and
the banking groups with which they
are associated"
"Piggly Wiggly must be saved If
real men still live. and I know they
live" writes Mr.. Saunders.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
BARRETT'S ASSETS
TOTAL $3,599,477
Defunct Cotton Firm in Atlanta
Has Liabilities of
$3,737,05s.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA. Ga, August 25.-Assets
Of the Barrett Co., Inc. defunct
cotton firm of this city, total So
5S5.477.65 including debts due or
open accounts totaling s1,102,96233
according to the schedule in bank
ruptcy filed with Joseph Ganahl, To-
cal referee in bankruptcy here last
night.
Liabilities of Barrett Co. as preyi-
ously filed total s3,737, ,05s.45, included
in which is an item of SSS4,059.5
specified as Accommodation papers"
Evening star., 1923-08-25
JULY AUTO OUTPUT.
Census Bureau Makes Comparisons
With Other Months.

The U. S. census bureaus figures
on automobile production for the
month of July obtained from ninety
passenger car and eighty truck man
ufacturers show the following:
Passenger car production for July.
297.104, against 337,143 in June and
the peak of 35o,1S0 in May. This
compares with 224,770 for July last
year.
Motor trucks, as.sss for July.
against 40.616 for June. and 43.01S
the record month of May. This is
against 21,S37 for July last year.