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Evening star., 1923-04-21
43 Of ACCUSED
OIL MEN IN COURT
Released on Bonds-ArreS
Faces Other Forty-Nine
Indicted.
Ny the Assn..LafnI Press

nv the Associated Press
FORT WORTH. Tex. April 2i.-Of
the ninety-two oil promoters and
operators indicted by the federal
grand jury Yesterday for using the
mails to defraud. forty-three have
made bonds ranging from $1,000 to
100000. The remainder. unless they
Noluntarilr appear before the United
States commissioner today, will be ar
rested and arraigned.
1T was announced by Federal Judge
James G. Wilson that hearings of
the indicted men will begin May 10.
and that district judges from out
side of this district would be called
in. 1t viii require more than a year
for all Of the hearings to be com
pleted. for some of the larger com
panies will require several weeks for
the presentation of their evidence.
May Use Fraud Order.
No indications have been given by
the officials of the larger companies
rs to whether the companies will
operate while awaiting trial. but it
was indicated by United States Dis
light tfat government fraud orders
would he used in several cases.
This order permits the return of
FL mail sent out from companies
which have incurred the govern
nuents use of the fraud order.
f. G. kingsbury. one of the men
against whom indictments were re-
turned. issued statement, in which
lie declared his indictment was
brought about by political enemies,
appointment of postmaster at Fort
Worth. for which he has been reg
commended.
Arctic Explorer Under Bond.
DR.. Frederick a. Cook. former
rrctic explorer, whose pond was set
at $4,000 in one case and $4,000
in another, was among the first to
he released after the indictments
We're returned.
The report of the grand jury declar-
cd that the public had been swindled
out of more than $7,0Q0,000 and that
more than 100000 persons had been
victimized. The total amount of bonds
set by the government is $620,000
The Indictment against persons con-
nected with the Gen. Lee development
interests charged that the promotions
We're manipulated by using as fig
urehead an elderly man. Cen Rob-
ert A. Lee According to the indict
TO the public as a descendant of the
famous Lees of the colonial days and
Cen. Robert L. Lee of the Confederacy
The indictment further set forth a
representation DE the promoters that
the Yankees and rebels alike had
swamped the said Robert A. Lee with
orders and purchased every interest
in his lease within fifteen days"
The indictment against those con-
nected with the Petroleum Producers
Association alleged that frauds Were
perpetrated by the merger scheme
and by direct sale methods" This
company. of which DR.. Cook was
president. advertised numerous
monthly dividends, only two of which
six weeks apart. we've paid, it was
said Such "dividends." the indict-
ment continued. were paid from stock
sales
Evening star., 1923-04-21
FIRM TONE SHOWN
IN LOCAL MARKET
Buyers and Sellers Slightly
Apart in VieWs-Gas Earn
ings-Notes.
BY i. A. FLEMING.

Trading In local securities was I'm
usually restricted today. Buyers ava
sellers were apart in their views WITH
firm undertone in the list.
RailWay common was unchanged Ia
little easier, being offered at 6sa
at which price small sale was mad.
while the preferred shares of the
same corporation showed strength
with fractional advance from IS.
to 74s4.
a few shares of American Securi,,
and Trust brought 325, this being fb.
only sale OF bank shares.
bonds also moved slowly, Gas =
aione showing on the sales record
these at 95
The only change in the auotaf'o,s
OF the unlisted list was a bid OF l.
,or American Commercial and Saving~
OF Banking Trust and Mortgaca
shares of Ea point to 101a
Ihe Anacostia Bank was quoted a
l65 bid and 200 asked.
Washington Gas Earnings.
March earnings Of the washingto,l
Gas Company, net. were S46.22S as
compared with s44,745 for the eorre
spending month last year and s126.45&
for the month of February. 1929. Jue.
why there should have been such 4
big drop between earnings of FebriI
ary, a twenty-ei -eight-day month. afd
March, with thirty-one days. is re
mark kable, but it is evidently custom
airy. as shown by the March earning
of last year.
Dull Day Mt Banks.
While there was the usual rout ~
business at the banks today. thnr.
was nothing in the way of ne"-
turned loose.
The meetings of the District Bar
ers Council and the committee fu-
A ]. +. and Shriners' welcome haa
nothing to give out.
At the Riggs National remodelins
work IS going ahead with speed nh
galleries at the north end of IN.
building have been removed; the wort
or removing the old vault is unda?
way and 1t will not be very long be
fore the changes that have been undei,
way since last summer are completed
The District National is compile.
ing mezzanine floor for its trust DE-
partment. IL being the intention a..
the company to push this branch III
business.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
SEES HARMONY LACKING
IN FEMININE APPAREL
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, April 21.-"All elegence
is harmony; it is nothing else" says
w l.. George turning away from his
novels for a brief space to discuss
women's clothes. He believes that
most women do not make the best
of their clothes" He says that the
average woman docs not know how
to manage her clothes"
1t is this matter of harmony in
the costume and with the environ
ment that is of special interest in
teaching women how to be well
and correctly dressed, according to
:, teacher of domestic science in the
Chicago public schools.
Young girls must learn that geor-
eette and serge are not interchange
able" said this expert, that chiffon
is>a fragile fabric and cannot be ex-
pected TO give much satisfaction in
the way of hard service, and that
the silk stockings for general wear
are about as suitable as egg-shell
china for paving streets
Evening star., 1923-04-21
WOOL MARKET QUIET.

BOSTON. April 81 (Specia).-Deal-
ings In the local wool market con
tinued decidedly slow today. The
principal demand at the moment is
centered in the finer grade woods. with
worsted woods occupying the front OF
the stage. The feeling along Sum
mer street Is distinctly conservative
at this time.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 21.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular. Quotations. Great
Britain, demand, 4.65 u: cables, 4.65h "
sixty-day bills on banks, 4.631a
France, demand .0665k; cables
.O666. italy, demand, .049512; cables,
.0496. Belgium, demand, .05741s
cables, .O575. Germany. demand,
..OO0O37%; cables, .000038. Holland, de-
mand, .3909: cables, 1912. Norway,
demand, 1870. Sweden, demand, .2671
Denmark, demand, 1885. Switzerland
demand, .115. Spain, demand, 1882.
Greece, demand, oils. Poland, de-
mand, .000021. Czechoslovakia, .O297
Argentina, demand. 1862. Brazil, de-
mand, .10S7. Montreal, .ss. Lis.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKETS..

CHICAGO, April 81 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture)-
receipts, 1000 head; butchers around
steady; ligHs opened steady; closed
mostly ten lower; bulk, $50 to 21O
pound averages, S.10aS.30; early top,
$40: 225 to 325 pound butchers, 7.S0a
$40; packing sows unevenly lower;
mostly 6.50a6.70; few roughs around
mated holdover, 5000: heavy weight
hogs. 7.75aS.10; medium, S.00aS.30;
light, s.o0aS.4o; light light, 7.ooas.3o;
packing sows, smooth. 6.50a7.15;
packing sows, rough, 6.15a6.65; kill
ing pigs, 6.5Oa7.S5.
Cattle-Receipts, 500 head; COM
pared week ago: Beef steers and
yearlings, Is to 25 higher; all grades
yearlings showing, full ADVANCE; x. ex-
yearlings, 1910; mixed steers and
heifers, $50; beef cows and heifers, Is
to 40 higher; Gamers. cutters, stock
ers and feeders. steady to unevenly
to 75 higher. Weeks bulk prices fol-
low: Beef steers. 8.26a9.6o; stockers
aud feeders, 6.50a7.75 beef cows and
heifers. 5.75a7.S5; Gamers and cutters,
3.25a4.0O; veal calves, 8.00a8.75
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; today's
ago: Lambs. steady to weak; aged
stock, steady to 25 lower; heavy kinds
off most; weeks extreme top old crop
lambs, 1850; bulk, light weight. 1925
a14.6O; heavier kind. 13.65a14.00: ex-
treme weight, 12.75a13.O0: clipped
lambs, mostly 1o.75a11.50; choice
handy-weight. up to 2.10: weighty.
shorn, 1000 downward; wooled ewes,
up to 800; clipped description. 7.25a
500; aged wooled wethers. s.o0a9.o0:
clipped kind, 7.0oas.4o; few loads
feeding and shearing lambs. 13.00a
400 mostly.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
ToDAY's CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO. April 21.-Rain bene-
fiting the winter crop led to price
downturns in the wheat market to-
day during the early dealings here,
and so likewise did lower quotations
at Liverpool. Commission houses
were the principal sellers. Buyers
remained scarce until prices showed
setback of about 3 cents from re-
cent top figures. The opening. which
varied from unchanged figures to "a
lower, with May 1.24 to 124A and
July 1.21B to 1929, was followed by
a moderate drop all around and then
something of a reaction.
Corn developed independent weak
ness as result of free selling.
ascribed to speculative sources VAL
ues started Is to q lower. May 7Sh
to 1917, and later showed further de-
clines.
In oats the initial prices were un-
changed to s. down. May As to 45ls
Declines afterward became general
Provisions lacked support
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Just Breaking the Hoodoo.
From the Boston Transcript.

What, leaving, Jane?" Why, you
only came yesterday"
"Yes'm; you're the thirteenth nissus
I've had this year an that's unlucky."
why, then, did you Gomez
Cause / had to have a thirteenth,
so | thou"ht I'd rnt it over with. ]
Ies e; tonight. ma a'an.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Did Not Get Him.
From the New York Sun

First Englishman - Charley. did
you hear that joke about the Egyp-
tian guide who showed some tourists
two skulls of Cleopatra.-one as q girl
and one as a woman3
Second Engl!shmon-No; let's hear
1t.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON. April 21.-Following is a
list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1923-04-21

CHICAGO. April 21-FoIlowine ia a
report of today's sales. high, low and
closing quotations at the Chicago
Stock Exchanges:
Evening star., 1923-04-21
DAIRY PRODUCTS,

BALTIMORE, Md. April II (Spe-
ciaD Live poultry-Chickens, lb.,
S5: poor and thin, 25; winters, 40a45;
springers. 55a60; leghorns, springers.
45a5O; old hens. 26a27: small and leg
horns, 25: old roosters. 15a16: ducks,
25a2S: small and poor, 22a23; pigeons,
pair, 35a40: guinea fowl, each, 40a6o.
Eggs Gloss off)-Native and nearby
firsts. doz., 26: southern. 25.
Butter-Creamery choice to fancy,
45a47; prints, 48a50; nearby creamery,
42a43; rolls, 3sa42; store packed, SS;
dairy prints, 40a42.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
TREASURY CERTIFICATEs.
Quotations furnished by Redmond & Coz

The total daily water consumption
of New York city is 734 900 600 gal
Evening star., 1923-04-21

The tourniquet was invented by n
French surgeon, Morel. i'll 1874.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

TOTAL SALES (Par, vaIue):
IL am. 2749000 IL noon, 5211 Ooo
Evening star., 1923-04-21
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

April 81, 1923-12:3O pm.
(Ouotations furnished by W. B. Hbbs & Coz
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27


leagues conference in Atlantic City
last August the chiefs of five govern
ment bureaus were present, includ-
ing Major Beach, chief of engineers
OF the war department, together
with state and municipal of1cials
from the entire Atlantic seaboard.
The league has since been making
strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to
secure the passage of the Appleby--
Frelinghuysen anti-oil pollution bill
in congress. Experts of the bureau
of mines have recently completed an
exhaustive survey of the effects of
oil pollution of the water on indus
tries, fishing, resorts and shipping
along the oas preliminary to the
international conference on oil pol
luton which the last congress au-
thorized Secretary Hughes to call.
Secretary Hoover, Secretary Hughes,
Congressman Appleby of New Jersey
and President Neuberger of the
Anti Pollution League recently con
ferred in Washington on the subject.
Mr.. Neuberger stated that this let
ter strengthens his hope and belief
that the prevention of oil pollution
of the waters will be made part of
the campaign and legislative pro-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27

Alarm" given under the auspices of
the Independence Engine and Hose
Company at the Empire theatre for
the past two nights, was a huge sue
cess. A matinee was held on We'd
nesday afternoon. All performances
were well attended. The proceeds
will be devoted to a fund for the
purchase of a new fire apparatus.
Mrs. William Post has moved to
a new address on First street.
A preliminary meeting of the
mayors fire department committee
will be held in the rooms of the En-
terprise Hook & Ladder Company
tonight. Every member of the COM
mittee is asked to make an effort to
attend this meeting as business of
importance will be discussed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Il. Kerr mo-
tored with relatives to Perth Amboy
yesterday,
Charles Gallagher visited with
friends at Perth Anooy iast night.
Willard wilkins, of Matawan.
spent last night at the home of
friends on David street.
Work on the curbing of David
street was after a lengthy delay
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27

gram of the Harding administration.
President Harding's letter to Mr..
Neuberger u as follows:
~ do wish you to be assured On
my keen interest in behalf Of III
effort your organization .s putting
forth, for I regard 1t as of very great
Importance to the whole nation, and
OF course particularly to those seq
tons of the coast line and tide water
country in which Industrial develop
ment has been particularly extensive.
Without doubt these complex and
difficult problems will finally be eft
fectively dealt with only through the
most intimate and intelligent co-op-
Grafton of state and federal authori-
ties. Your organization i am in
formed, has been able to devcloo
a public understanding of thesnJ
problems and has given every hem
full consideration to the matter oy
methods in approaching that solJr'
ton. 1 shall hope for an opportn
ity to discuss the matter with yol :
some later time. For the present /
cannot do more than to extend the
assurance of my sincere interest and
desire to be helpful in any proper
way''
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27
SOUTH AMB0Y

A special meeting of South Amboy
Lodge No. 1854. Loyal Order of
Moose, will be held Monday night in
Welsh's hall. After the meeting a
social time will be held.
Joseph Cannon has accepted a
position as bus driver with James
Doucaz of this city.
Carter Bloodgood. of Miami, Fla,
is visiting with relatives in this city.
William Briggs motored TO the
home of friends at Red Bank yester-
day,
Salvatore Abbatellio motored with
a party of friends to Asbury Park
yesterday.
Joseph Shultz, of ~Sayreville, visit
cd with friends in this city yester-
day.
Mayor Daniel C. Chase announced
yesterday that the motorcycle officer
would be placed on duty commence
ing tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Thomas Gilchrist after a
lengthy illness is again able to be
about.
The motion picture, 1.-THE Third
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27

started yesterday. The work will be
completed, it is understood, in about
a week.
Morgan Lambertson was a Perth
Amboy business visitor yesterday.
Miss Catherine Miller was a Perth
Amboy business visitor yesterday.
Work is progressing slowly at the
Hole in the Wall. 1t is necessary to
tear up part of the recently laid con
crete roadbed. This work has been
heretofore done by hand, but it is
understood that air drills will be
used within a short time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27
ARE wOMEN OyERwORKED

Yes, hundreds of thousands of them are
This applies to the housewife and mother
who struggles on a small income TO make
both ends meet by doing all the washing.
ironing, cooking, making and mending Tor
o large family. There are others who not
only support themselves working in fac4
tories, shops. stores and offices. but Often
lave an invalid father or mother to sup
port, therefore do homework beside. These
arc the women who break down early
and are afflicted with various forms OF
female weakness. Ninety-eight out OF
every 100 women who have tried Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have
proved that 1t is a successful remedy for
woman's ills. For nearly fifty years II
has been restoring women to health. and
It will pay every ailing woman 10 try Il.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-27
Of
WATER TOLD Of
In Letter Sent by President
Harding to Anti Pollution
League Head

TRENTON, April 27.-The active
interest of the Federal administra-
ton in the damage caused to fisher
les and seashore resorts by oil pol
luton of the waters is evidenced in
a letter sent by President Harding
to David M. Neuberger, of New York
City. president of the National Coast
Anti-Pollution League. At the
Evening star., 1923-05-13
NAVY

In pursuance OF the departmental
policy Of dividing naval activities be-
| tween the Atlantic and Pacific, the
winter maneuvers next February and
March will be held in West Indian
waters.
The combined fleet will base off the
island of Culebra and maneuverS as
extensive as those carried out this
summer in the Pacific canal zone will
be conducted.
While the harbor facilities are linn
tied at Culebra the plans provide for
q large part of the fleet to find an
chorage to the leeward Of the is
land.
While details have not been worked
out present plans call for practically
to make passage through the canal
Plans also are under consideration
for the summer maneuvers next year
the impression prevailing now that
they will be held at Hawaii.
Judging from the replies that have
so far cen received to the bureau
OF navigation request for comment
from commanding officers on the pro-
posal to change the present uniform
Of the enlisted men, the project finds
scant favor among the ranking off,
GERS at least
With but few exception there is
change, various reasons being as
signed. one of the principal ones be-
ing a reluctance on sentimental
grounds to abandon the old uniform
on account of the traditions 1t repre-
sentS Another and more practical
Evening star., 1923-05-13

In Marine Corps circles over the re-
cent appointment of Col. Robert H.
Dunlap, as commander of the marine
detachment, American legation, Picking,
China.
This command was given him at his
own request. which he based, In pri-
vate conversations with brother off,
GERS, on q "hunch" that something
very similar to the wholesale kid
naping that has just occurred was
about to take place.
He Is looked upon In service circles
as the right man in the right place.
A graduate of the War College, Col.
Dunlap Is highly educated. pro-
gressive officer. and he had an
enviable record during the world war.
both as commanding officer OF a bat
TALON of artillery and later as COM
mander of regiment that served
with the second division.
Orders were issued yesterday trans
ferring Lieut.. Warren Sessions from
marine barracks, Paris Island, to the
detachment on the Maryland.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
BY M. H. MCINTYRE

from Fort Hoyle, Md. to Camp Meade.
Md: the Gath Infantry from Fort
Eustis. Va. to Camp Meade. MO; the
ions, from Fort Howard, Nd. to
| Camp Meade. The organizations or
| dered to Camp Meade will act there
during the summer as training units
for the civilians attending the In
struction courses for the Reserve
Corps, officers and enlisted, and the
citizens camps.
Orders have been issued by the
,, William H. Johnston to report to the
| coast artillery training center at
Fort Monroe, Va, for a six-month
instruction course. effective upon his
| arrival In this country from Ger
many. Upon the completion of the
course Gen. Johnston will take COM
| mand of the 4th Coast Artillery Dis
trict, headquarters at Fort McPhsr-
son, Ga.
| an extended tour of the training
camps this summer. While his itin-
erary has not been announced, it is
| reported that the general will swing
| across the country. inspecting the
| camps in the various corps areas.
Secretary Weeks also will pay a
personal visit to many of the civilian
training centers while the season Is
on. His first visit probably will be
, to the camps in the Pacific coast
| die west and eastern states as he
returns from San Francisco, where. 1t
| Is understood, he will leave the con-
gresSional party accompanying him
on the transport Grant. now in the
/ Canal Zone en- route to California
! points and thence to Hawaii.
The large quantities Of khaki uni
| forms on hand in the Army supply
] bases make it practically certain that
no change in the color Of the uniform
will be made for a period of years.
| despite the creation of new binocu-
lars. which make the khakiclad SOL
| dier conspicuous object, even on a
| field or background which offers con-
| cealment when studied by the naked
eye.
| Meanwhile. however. scientists in
the chemical warfare service are ex-
| perimenting for the purpose of find
| ing a new color scheme which will
make the appearance Of troops as
nearly invisible as possible. even
when searched for through the i'm
proved glasses.
The successful flight of Lieuts.
Oakley Kelly and John A. MacReady
From New York to San Diego. Calf,
| without a stop, has revived discussion
among air-service officials of the pos
sibilfty of making the round the
world tour through the air.
| At the present time, however, many
! difficulties obstruct any such attempt.
One Of these is the lack of necessary
| funds. Another is the. task of OBJ
! tanning permission from the various
| governments for the American pilots
to cross their respective lands. These
two problems alone would defeat any
| immediate prospects Of the flight, at
least until Congress convenes in
| December.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
NERVE SPECIALISTS
GET Certificates

Forty-six students received GER
tificates Of graduation from the
neuro- -psychiatric school at the st.
Elizabeth's Hospital Friday. Diplo-
mas were presented to the graduates
by Hubert Work, Secretary OF the
Interior.
The following received diploma1'
Edward K. Allis: New Douglass,
Barrier. Chicago; Haughton w. Bax-
ley, Philadelphia: Charles r. Beall,
Taylor, n. C.: A. H. Braverman, Low
ell. Mass; Harry W. Bolts. Colfax,
Compton. Dallas; Charles L. Cox, New
Orleans; C. S. Cronin, Pennington,
Mo-: Dudley n. Dawson, Chilli
cothe, Ohio; Clarence Denser, Xenia.
Ohio: Clark D. Devine, Marshall, Wis.
William G: Douglass. Philadelphia;
Cranberry. Norfolk, Va; Hans Han
sen, Logan, Iowa Hugh b. Henry,
Hubert, Ark: Robert Hodes, Fort
McHenry, Md; J. G. Hudgens Au-
gusta, Ga; George H. Ingram; Pasca-
goula. Miss: Albert Jaffe. Baltimore;
julius A. kaplan, West Roxbury,
Mass II. G. Kellum, Melvina, Mass.
H. w. McAdoo, Texarkana. Ark.
Ezelle McCann. Alexandria. La; l.. A.
Mangan. Billings, Mont; T. NJ. Max
wen, new of tilS 'Itoi MOS
by. Chicago; Richard ~ O'Neill. vicks-
burg, Miss; John n. Perkins, Genesee
Idaho: Paul Z. Reynolds. Fort -
Henry. Nd: Antonio Rodriguez. JSrt
McHenry, Md; F. NJ. Rogers, Au-
gusta. Ga: George B. Settler. New
Orleans; Hyman D. Shapiro. st. Louis
John NJ. Steel. Cleveland: n. L. Stew
art, Ashtabula. Ohio; william b. Tai
bott, New Orleans; Wallace D.
Wayne. Little Rock: Ark; X. +. f
Wegener. Exeter Nebr., and ]. w
Wills. Gulfport. Miss.
The program included an invoca
tion delivered by Rev. Hugh T
Stevenson and brief addresses by DR.
William A. White, superintendent OF
the st. Elizabeth's Hospital. and Col
George Ljams, representing Gen
Hines Of the Veterans Bureau. Col
Frank F. Hutchins, dean of the
school preSided
Evening star., 1923-05-13

Recent orders transferring officers
have made changes of particular in
terest in the capital. as they remove
a number that have been on duty
here for some time. Capt. Frank H.
Evening star., 1923-05-13

Csc PilIoiUcases, Csc Ea.
The reliable Woodstock Pill
lowcases, made of strong,
smooth bleached cotton and fin
ished with wide hens. Size
42x36.