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Evening star., 1923-10-21
ELSIE FERGUSON ON BILL
TO BENEFIT ACTORS FUND
Special Performance Friday to In
clude Virtually All Stars Here
and in Baltimore.

Elsie Ferguson, OF screen and stage
fame, has been added to the list OF
artists who will appear at the
Actors Fund benefit, to be given in
the National Theater Friday after
noon. October %. for the benefit of
private charities and for the sup
port OF a home for aged actors on
Staten Island.
The organization behind she move
ment is The Actors Fund .of Amer
lea. of which Daniel Frohman is
president and Z. I. Albee vice presi-
dent.
In association with Miss Ferguson
on the gala bill VIII be Maclyn
Arbuckle. Ina Claire. Patricia Col
llnge, Alice Fisher. Margaret Wyck-
erly, Bruce McRae aud virtually
all of the dramatic, musical COM
edy and vaudeville stars appear
ing in Baltimore and Washington
this week. Their program, however
will not be- bits from current offer
ings, hut new playlets and novelties
never before presented in the Capital
and In several instances written cs-
pecially for the occasion.
Seats IN the first ten rows Of the
orchestra and the boxes are sub
scription seats for which application
may be made now. with seat loca-
tions available on "Wednesday.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

gatherings of foreign women visit
ing the Capital, will be the setting
for one OF the largest functions
planned for Dame David Lloyd George
and her daughter. Miss Megan Lloyd
George, during their two-dny visit in
Washington, when n reception will
be given by the local branch Of the
association on Friday afternoon, from
4:30 to 6.
Women prominent In the social and
official life OF the Capital have been
invited to join with the members of
the club in greeting Dame Margaret
and her daughter. and it is expected
that Lloyd George will be present.
The newly elected president of the
national association. DR.. Aurelia
Henry Reinhardt, president of Mills
College, California, Is expected to
come to Washington for the occasion
to head the receiving line, which viii
also include the officers of the prin-
cipal national women's organizations.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

women prominent In the government
service and representatives OF the
British embassy staff.
The international character of the
American Association of University
Women, which maintains branch
clubhouses in London and in Paris,
and which is affiliated with the IA-
ternational Federation of University
Women, makes II particularly fitting
that it should entertain the wife and
daughter of Great Britain's former
prime minister, it is pointed out
Dame Margaret, who received her
title Of Dame of the British empire
in recognition of her services during
the war, and who has taken an active
part in many political campaigns and
in social and educational reforms in
England. is much interested in the
movement for international peace, for
which the association is planning a
vigorous campaign.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Ground Beetle Mans Friend.

One OF mans friends is one of the
syehophanta, says Nature magazine
of Washington. 1t is glittering
green and gold beetle with a head
and thorax of deep purple. 1t was
imported from Europe among other
natural enemies of the gypsy moth
young of the Calosona beetles are eA-
tremely vocacious and feed on other
insects, especially the caterpilIars of
moths
Evening star., 1923-10-21
MADAM BUTTERFLY"
ON PRESIDENT BILL
Washington Opera Company's
Presentation Dated for
December II.

Madam Butterfly is to be pre-
sented December II Gt the President
Theater by the Washington Opera
Company, with Edith Mason Paul
Althouse. Fred Patton, Elizabeth Bon
ner ana Charles TroyTbridge Tit
mann.
THE Tales of Hoffman will be
given January Il. with Josef Schwarz
as DR.. Miracle and Mabel Garrison
as the doll.
Sophie Braslau is announced to sing
the role of Carmen in Bizet's opera
of that name, to be given March 10;
Mr.. Althouse will be heard as Don
Hose and Clarence Whitehill as Es-
camille.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Could Build EN- Cheaner

From the Richmond Times -Dispatch.
From somewhere comes the quip OF
a woman who mailed her summer no
tel bill to her husband, who promptly
sent check, with this note:
please do not buy any more hotels
at this price. We can build them
chea Der''
Evening star., 1923-10-21
.-PREM|ER'S WIFE
GUEST Of WOMEN
University Association to Re-
ceive for Dame David
Lloyd George.

The national clubhouse OF the
American Association of University
Women, scene of MANY informal
Evening star., 1923-10-21

kissing a woman's lips is considered
great insult in Finland.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Gold EnCruStatiOn

Beautiful Decorated Tableware thin blown blanks Optic
style Mnton decorations backed with lSkara gold
hair line beneath decoration Assortment gobetS
and o-fooed shebets, glasses, ice teas, cocktails
and table tanbe Regularly SIPS Anniversary Sale o.
Dricc
Evening star., 1923-05-23
GEORGIA COTT0NPLANTED
DELAY IN MISSISSIPPI

ATLANTA, May 23.-Georgia crop
reporting service claims S0.7 per cent
Of cotton acreage was planted by
May 10. against rs per cent last year.
Cotton on May Is was up 81 per cent
against so in 1922.
Stands are slightly better than last
year, but considerable replanting will!
be necessary on account of damage
from cold. Crop averages a week
late, but in the entire southern third
of the state is from three to four
days early to about average. North
west section is most backward
JACKSON. May 2S.-Farmers in this
section have about completed cotton
planting. Cold mornings of past few
days killed some cotton just coming
up. In consequence, stands are bad.
Early planted was not seriously in
jured. Rains of the past several days
prevented cultivation. and If contin-
ued. will work considerable injury.
Reports from other parts of the
state indicate heavy curtailment OF
acreage, due to continued rainy
weather and labor shortage. In the
eastern part. weather has been unsea
sonably cold and wet; young crops
have been blighted, and in many
cases farmers are plowing UP cotton
to replant.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
EMPLOYEES To GET
U.S.STEEL SHARES
100000 Common Will Be
Bought Before 1924-Other
Wall Street Briefs.
By the Associated Press.

by the As>OcIdted Press.
NEW YORK. Ma @3.-One hundred
thousand shares of United States
Steel common stock will be distributed
to the corporations employees next
year. according to an announcement
wfich states the company will buy
this number of shares in the open
market between now and January /,
1924
Validity of $1.5oo,oOO Broadway and
lth Avenue first mortgage per cent
bonds has been upheld by the United
States district court The bonds are
held by the trustee of the New York
Railways Company refunding mort
gage. Payment on the bonds was re-
fused In 1919 and proceedings were
instituted soon afterward to deter
mine whether the bonds were en-
forceable.
Public offering is being made today
of s3.5O0.000 Jersey Central Power
and Light Corporation twenty five
year 6ia per cent series A bonds at
prices to yield about 6.75 per cent.
California crude oil production in
1922 was 13S. 236.490 ba rrels, as COM
pared with 114.4e6,S5S barrels in 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-23
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. May % (U. s. Depart
ment of Agricultural. ).-Hogs-Recetpts
$4,000 head; uneven, steady to 1Oc
lower: top, 1855: bulk, 160 to 225
pound averages. 7.40a7.5o; 240 to 2S5
pound butchers, 7.2oa7.4o; packing
sows. 6.0oa6.30; desirable, ITO TO 130
pound pigs, 6.25a6.75; heavyweight
hogs. 7:o0a7:4o;. medium, 7.S0a7.55:
light. 7.s0a7.55; light light, 6.65a7.40;
packing sows, smooth, 6.40a6.75;
packing sows. rough, 5.S5a6.5O; kill
ing pigs, 6.00a7.00.
cattIe--Receipts. $4,000 head; fairly
active; beef steers, yearlings and
butcher she stock generally steady;
some weakness on lower grades of
beef steers and butcher she stock: top
matured steers and yearlings. 1915;
yearling averaging go pounds: $50
pound yearlings, 1850; numerous lots
matured steers and yearlings, 10.25a
1915; yearlings fairly numerous;
bulls strong; other clases steady to
strong; stockers and feeders very
scarce; country demand slow: bulk
vealers to packers, 9.50a1O.50; bulk
stockers and feeders, 7.25aS.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head: very
slow: around csc lower; few medium
to good 72-pound lambs, 400: good
98-pound Texas wethers. 700.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
RAIL EARNINGS HOLD UP.
First April Reports outstrip Last
Years Returns.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-The hrst
few reports of class l railroads in
dicate marked Improvement in
operating conditions during April,
as compared with the corresponding
month last year. 1t is pointed out
in railroad circles that the showing
for April should he comparatively
favorable, because in April, 1922, the
first month of the miners walk-out
last year. the movement of freight
was reduced rather sharply. An
other factor which is expected 10
help the position of the carriers is
the improvement in weather condi-
tions- last month. The district is
counting rather confidently on a
large aggregate net railway operat-
ing income.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
GOODBUY|NG noted
IN BOND MARKET.
Easy Money Chief Factor in
Today's Improvement.
High Grade Rails Up.
By GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to the Star.
NEW YORK, May oS-The bond
market could fairly be described as
strong today in practically all de-
partmeuts
The continued ease in money was
probably the chief factor in the i'm
provement. This, together with lower
commodity prices and the prospect of
smaller demands for business pur-
poses. induced considerable buying of
bonds
Libertys were only slightly higher,
out the demand was good. Offerings
or lgh-grade rails and industrials
were readily absorbed. An interest
ing feature was the fact that more
than the usual proportion of trade
was made on the floor of the ex-
change.
interest In Austrian Loan.
Much interest was taken in the
proposed Austrian loan. The report
ls that the new bords will be offered
on a basfs to yield the investor about
per cent. The principal guaran-
teeing governments are Great Brit
nin, FRANCE. Italy and Czechoslo-
guaranteed by the nations named is
20 be sold on an 8 per cent basis
~ VIII make the market price Of the
"bhGations of ali the guarantors, ex-
cept Great Britain. look very low.
For instance, the French 7Hs and 6.
are selling to yield about 8 per cent
Izechoslovakia Ss are selling to
yleld S1h per cent. and Kingdcm of
Italy US, to yield about S4 per
cent. Even larger Yields are given
by some of the South American
bonds, as the Bolivia S. It will be
very interesting to observe the ef-
rect on the market of successful
rowing of an Austrian bend
The principal feature in today's trad
ing among foreign issues was the Dutch
East indies 6s and 5 Us, which were very
firm around the high for the wear
fropaply some OF these bonds are going
abroad
High-Grade Rails strong.
In domestic issues the high-grade
rails were uniformly up /, to IL point.
instances We're Burlington 5s, Central
racine As. Northern Pacific 5s and 6s
ana the Oregon. Washington Railway
and Navigation As. The advance in
utiiltes was In the grade represented
oS New York Telephone 4hs Second
grade issues to show Improvement in
Guided Chesapeake and Ohio ANS, Mis-
souri, Pacific general As. Baltimore and
ONO convertible 41zs. and among specu-
latlHe bonds Erie convertible As
IheTe was very active trading in Ana
conda 6s ard as at higher prices and
some recovery in the Virginia Carolina
chemical 7s ard 7las American Ag-
ricultursl Chemical 7i2s. on the other
hand. reacted.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
PRICE RISE
FOLLOWS LONG DECLINE

NEW YORK, May 23.-The an
nouncement that gasoline prices had
been advanced in the mid-continent
field attracted some attention after
the steady decline of several weeks
in all c.Nde and refined oils, and nu-
merous interpretations were placed on
the step.
National Petroleum News says: Re
fners are now lighting with their
backs to the wall" They are either
Withdrawing from the market or are
quoting the Navy grade from IL to
with a low of 10 cents last week.
"They have decided" the oil paper
declares, that a losing business was
a poor business, although that axiom
seems to have been in obscurity for
several weeks. They now are refus-
without a murmur."
Evening star., 1923-05-23
REPORTS TO PRESIDENT
ON BUSINESS STATUS
War Finance Head Returns From
Southwest-Alaskan Trip
Also Discussed.

Business and agricultural condi-
ditions in the south and southwest
were outlined to President Harding
today by Fred Starek, acting director
of the War Finance Corporation, who
recently returned from an extended
trip through those sections.
Mr.. Starek held numerous confer
ences with bankers, cotton growers
and cattle men, discussing with them
ways and means of affording asss-
tance through the finance corpora
tion. From these conferences he OBJ
tained a general view of the busi-
ness situation.
The finance corporation director
went over with the President the
itinerary of the executives trip to
the Pacific coast and Alaska, and
presented invitations from several
southwestern cities. Politics also was
touched upon during the hours con-
ference.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
LEE RUBBER COMPANY
TAKES OVER REPUBLIC
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 23.-The Repub-
lie Rubber Company of Youngstown,
Ohio, has been purchased by John J.
Watson. jr.. chairman of the board OF
the Lee Rubber and Tire Company
and others, it is announced. 1t was
understood that a new Ohio corpora
tion would be formed. the stock OF
which would be owned by the Lee
Rubber and Tire Company.
The sale of Republic Rubber Com
pany was consummated between cred
itors and Mr.. Watson. after the cred
itors' committee had offered the prop
critics to the stockholders with plan
of reorganization which the stock
holders were unable to accept.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
ROAD REFUSED LOAN.

government loan of S246,782
asked by the Memphis. Dallas and
Gulf Railroad Company. now in re-
ceivership, was refused today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
which held the application had not
been brought within the required two
years after the expiration of federal
control.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, May 23.-Cotton-
Spot. liraited demand: prices firm
Good middling, 1852; fully middling
1853: middling, 15.42; low middling,
1917; good ordinary, 1857; ordinary,
1897. Sales. 1000 bales. including
including 2,100 American. Futures
closed arely steady. May, 147S;
July, 14.42; October. 1914; December,
1874; January, 1851; March, 1888.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
GAS TAX BILL PASSED.
New Florida Levy Planned to Aid
State Roads.

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, May 2S.-
Final passage of the three-cent-tax-on-
gasoline measure was effected today
when the house concurred in a senate
providing that should the
supreme court hold unconstitutional
the third cent levied for the counties.
this portion of the levy should revert
to the general revenue fund. The
measure now goes to the governor.
The bill provides two cents of the
levy shall be applied to the state road
department.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
BEET SUGAR PROFIT UP
FROM rs CENTS TO $2.23

NEW YORK, May 23.-H. Rieman
Duval, president of the American Beet
Sugar Company, told stockholders at
the annual meeting that on sales of
65, 200 bags between April 1 and May
16 there was a profit of about s2.23
a 100-pound bag, compared with a
profit Of 25 cents on sugar sold dur
Ing the same period last year.
Mr. Duval said there were prospects
for a better tonnage Of beets this
year.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
CASHIER GETS TWO YEARS.

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 23.-John
n. Wright, jr., former cashier of the
First National Bank of fredericksburg.
Nd. who pleaded guilty May II in
the United States court OF embez-
zling about 100000 of the banks
funds, yesterday was sentenced to
two years in the federal penitentiary
a Atlanta
Evening star., 1923-05-23
BUTTER GOES LOWER.

CHICAGO. May 23-Butter-Lower
creamery extras, 391a; standards. SO
aS9ia; extra firsts, 36aSS1a; firsts,
S61a aa37 q seconds. G4a35i2.
Eggs Lower; receipts, 24,02T
cases; firsts, 25a25ii ordina V firSts,
23a23h miscellaneous, 24a241a; stor-
age pack, extras, 2712 storage pack,
drsts, 27a27A
Evening star., 1923-05-23
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular. Quotations Tin
United States dollars): Great Brit
ain, demand, 4.62H; cables. 4.63h;
sixty-day bills on banks, 4.61
France, demand, .0666; cables, .o6661 V.
Italy, demand, .0481 "; cables, .04S2.
Belgium, demand, .0574; cables,
0574k. Germany, demand, .0o0019;
cables, .000019A. Holland, demand,
1914; cables, 1917, Norway, demand,
1905; Sweden, demand, .2S65. Denmark,
demand, 1856. Switzerland, demand,
1906. Spain. demand. 1895. Greece,
demand, .0175. Poland, demand,
100000. Czechoslovakia, demand,
.029Sh. Argentine, demand, .3612.
Brazil, demand. .10a5. Montreal,
.97T.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
DIVIDENDS RESUMED.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Directors of
the United Drug Company have re-
sumed the payment of dividends on
its common stock by declaring a
dividend of S1.5O share. payable
September l to common stockholders
OF record August Is. Prior to the
passing of the payment due in
September, 1921, the junior stock
was on an per cent yearly dividend
basis.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
PARIS MARKET sPoTTY.

PARIS, May 23.-Prices moved ir-
regularly on the Lourse to day. Three
Ter cent rentes, 81 francs 20 cen
times. Exchange on London, So
francs 5u centiines. Five per cent
loan, IS francs. The, dollar was
quoted at Is francs "a centime.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
CALL MONEY STEADY.

Steady; high. Az; low. Az: ruling
rate, AZ; closing bid. Az; offered at
Az; last loan, Az call loans against
acceptances, AN. Time loans steady;
mixed collateral, sixty-ninety days.
GAS "; four to six months, SASH.
Prime commercial paper. s.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
TODAY'S METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 23.-Copper
quiet; spot and futures, 15kal5&.
Tin flrmer; spot and futures. 1925.
Iron steady, prices unchanged. Lead
steady, spot, 7.25. Zinc easier, East
st. Louis, spot and nearby delivery,
660ae.65. Antimony, spot, 7:Se.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
BOTTOM PRICE ON HOGS
REACHED IN KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 23-The
Kansas City market since January,
1922. was reached yesterday. with a
top of $7.o5.
Gradually for several weeks the
market has been easing off to a lower
level, with receipts continuing heavy.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
HEADS COTTON OIL co.

NEW YORK, May 23.-George *.
Morrow was elected president of the
American Cotton Oil Company today.
He succeeds Lyman n. Hine, who was
elected q vice president, and will de-
vote part of his time to the company's
affairs
Evening star., 1923-05-23
KNITTING FIRMS MERGE.

TORONTO, May 23.-Negotiations
were reported to be practically COM
pleted today for the sale by the Mon
arch Knitting Company Of it's Buff
falo subsidiary in the Navy knitting
mills for about s350,000.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

LONDON, May 23.--Bar silver, s2s4
pence per ounce. Money. u per cent
Discount rates, short bills, 2h per
cent; three-month bills. 1 15-16a2 per
cent.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Foreign bar
silver, 673s; Mexican dollars, SIS.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
WOULD ABANDON LINE.

The Cimarron and Northwestern
railroad, In New Mexico, notified the
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day Of it's desire to abandon fourteen
miles of line between South Ponil
and Ponil Park, in New Mexico.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
NEW YORK DAIRY PRICES.

NEW YORK. May 23.-Butter
steady; receipts. 12,577 packages
Eggs steady; receipts. 45,964 cases
Pacific coast whites, extras, 36k a38.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
$3O,OOO,0O STEEL
PLANT is PLANNED
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HAMMOND. Ind, May 2S.-By the
transfer of title to AL acres of Ham
mond land to the Adelaide Land Com
pany. a subsidiary of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Co. the steel concern
has made a total acquisition of land
valued at s1.500,000. on which it is
proposed to build a plant ultimately
to represent an expenditure of $780,
100000, it is understood here. The
deeds for the transfer were executed
by the East Chicago Company to the
Adelaide Land Company today.
Evening star., 1923-05-23

Worth 'gton(B). 63M 63h 63M 63N
Wright Aero. 10h 10h 10% ION
High. Low. Last.
Call Money. 80. An AZ ~
HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
IL am. sos 600 IL m....... 435 10o
lp.m. SGT TOO 2p-w..... 649 600
Evening star., 1923-05-23

TOTAL SALES (Par VaIue):
II am. 257l 600 II noon. O7S 900
pm. 6442000 2p.m.. 1880 600
Evening star., 1923-05-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

May %, 1923-12:3O pm
(Quotations furnished by W. b. Hibbs & Col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Auto Production Record.

A total of 270.9s5 passenger au.
tomobiles and trucks were produced
in this country in February. The
previous high mark for February
was 10000 in 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Cadillac Head
Intimate With
Old ne-Lunger'
President Rice's knowledge Is
Gained 20 Years Ago as
Firms Dealer.

In the countrywide celebration
OF its twentieth birthday a short
time ago, the Cadillac Motor Car
Company and its distributors used
a number of twenty-year-old one
cylinder CadiIlacs-the first Cadillac
type put out by the company.
One Of these ancient horseless
buggies, purchased by the company
and afterward widely heralded for
it's 783-mile run from Detroit to
New York, which included a recep.
ton by Mayor Hylan on the New
York City Hall steps, was taken
to the factory where President
fl. II. Rice was invited to drive
the antique model.
Mr.. Rice, whose face habituaIly
wears the bronze Of the ardent
lover of the big outdoors, drives
a late model Cadillac for recreation
and in many Of his business trips.
But some of the officials of the
company thought he would not care
to try the sprightly one-lunger, or
at least squeeze any speed out
Surprise was expressed At his
knowledge of the old car.
II ought to know how" he
smiled. ''I sold this model a. a
dealer in Providence twenty years
ago."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
'STUDEBAKER PLANT
WORTH S82,0O0,0OO
Industry Started II Years
Ago In Blacksmith Shop
With $68 Capital.

seventy-one years ago the name
Studebalker stood for small cross
roads blacksmith shop equipped with
two FORCES and with a capitol OF $50.
Just how enormously this bust
ness has grown and spread out
since then IL shown by the follow
ing facts which indicate the huge
scale Of Studebaker operations to.
day:
The present actual net assets are
$50 zoo. 900.
The Studebal1er plants located in
South Bend, Ind: Detroit, Mich,
and Walkerville, Ont, are the sec
ond largest in the world. They
tain 100000 square feet of active
floor space, and the investment
amounts to Sal ,OOO, 200.
Inventories OF raw material, work
in progress and finished goods
amount to $2O.000,0O0.
Research and experimental 1abora-
tories, unexcelied In the industry,
employ 125 skilled men; 100000
tests are made annually In these
laboratories.
Twelve thousand five hundred ma
chimes are used In 500 manufactur.
ing departments.
Twenty thousand people are en-
ployed, and the annual payroll is
$26, 100000.
In the manufacture Of the three
models Of Studebaker cars, 1920
mechanical operations are accurate
to one-thousandth OF an inch, and
$50 to one-half thousandth Of an
inch.
One thousand inspectors are EN-.
ployed in the plants, and $4,000
Inspections are made during manu-
facture before cars are passed for
delivery.
One hundred and fifty tons OF
castings are made daily In Stude.
baker foundries. Some Of the an
nual requirements include $4,000
tons of steel, $4,000, 900 cubic feet
OF gas and 100000 gallons Of fuel