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Evening star., 1923-09-03
WEATHER TO FIGURE
VITALITY IN COTTON
Ginning Report Also to Be Big
Factor in Trading During
Present Week.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La, September 3.
There was gradual rise in the
early sessions last week in the cot
ton market and a rapid rise on the
closing session when the August re-
port on the crop by the government
caused a bulge of S. a bale. Lowest
prices of the week were made on
the opening session. while the high
est prices were made on the closing
session. At the lowest the trading
months were IS to 81 points under
the close of the preceding week,
while at the highest they were 120
to 126 points over. Prices moved in
range of 1S5 to 147 points and
closed at net gains on the week of
its lowest at 1929 cents a pound. at
$40 at it's best and closed at 24.57.
In the spot department middllng
gained so points in the net results.
closing at 24.T5 cents pound. against
21.75 on the close of this week last
year.
1t is generally considered that this
week it must remain much of a
weather market. with special refer
eflee to conditions over Texas, but
at the same time the trade viii be
forced into consideration of the prog
ress of ginning because the first gin
ming period of the season ended with
the close of August and the census
bureau will issue It's figures on 1t at
the end of this week. Private esti-
mates of the output of Texas gins
run high. because the drouth of the
earlier part of August caused much
forced maturity of plants and prem
ature openA1; of bolls. 1t is esti-
mated that private forecasts of gin
ming will have much to do with the
weeks fluctuations in prices.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
gher Prices for Cotton.
DAWSON CHEMICAL DROP
LAID TO STOP ORDERS
One Transaction ,of $500 Shares
Referred to Committee-Probe
Answers Due Tomorrow.

NEW YORK. September 3.-Just as
the rapid rise in Dawson Chemical was
attributed to the uncovering of stop
loss" orders put in by shorts Saturdays
collapse to 35A was due to the fact
that "stop- -loss'' orders were caught ON
the way down. One transaction inyoly-
ing $500 shares at 46 represented
the Jumping of number of "stop-loss"
orders above IS. When the price was
reached at which these orders became
effective the specialist i'm the stock called
members of the business conduct COM
mittee around the Dawson Chemical
post and after hurried consultation il
was decided that i6 was a fair price
Answers TO the QUESTIONABLE sent out
by the committee seeking information
from members Of the exchange regard
ing Thursdays transactions must be
turned in by Tuesday
Evening star., 1923-09-03
WALL STREET BANKERS
WATCH FOREIGN NEWS
Wheat Market, Most Susceptible to
War Rumors, Advanced in
Last Trading.
3y the ssocis ted Press.

BY the Associst ted Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.-Wall
street bankers expressed deep con-
Germ over the Italian military oper-
ations against Greece and all cables
are carefully scanned fer latest de-
velopments.
Professional spectators for the de-
cline attempted Saturday to bring
about a reaction in stock prices, us
ing the Greco-Itaiian situation. and
the suspension OF hard coal mining
as excuses, but they met with only
partial success. the receSeions in ac-
tive industrial and railroad shares
generally being limited to fractions.
In the bond market the Kingdom of
Serbs. Croat~ and Slovens Ss dropped
2H points. but the Italian 6HS or
dinarily inactive; were uncha nged,
with THE volume of business small
The wheat market, invariably the
moat susceptible to war rumors,
showed advances of 11a to 2 cents a
bashel.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
TRADE WITH JAPAN
NOT INTERRUPTED
Wheat From Seattle for Yokohama
Will Be Diverted to Kobe
for Unloading.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SEATTLE, September 3.-ApproXi-
mately 5000 tons of wheat are in
transit from Seattle to Japan and the
disaster at Yokohama will divert
wheat cargoes to Kobe. according to
leading wheat brokers and exporters.
They said today that liGhterage ia
cilities at Kobe would make possi-
BILE and even probable delivery to
other points of consignment in Japan.
The Japanese steamship Yokohama
Maru is on her way from Seattle to
Yokohama with one thousand tons
of wheat consigned to Yokohama and
one thousand tons to Kobe.
AS Japan has been light buyer
of flour, no serious interruption to
the export trade from Pacific north
west ports to the orient is antici-
pEted
Evening star., 1923-09-03
THREATS OF STRIKE FAIL
TO HURT AUGUST TRADE
Business Still Good in Mining Dis
trict-Coal Price Boost Un-
likely at Once.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

PHILADELPHIA. September g.
Sales at retail throughout this sec
tion were fully as large in August
as they were for the corresponding
month in 1922. Even the prospect of
an anthracite strike, which was a fac
tor throughout the month. failed to
decrease materially the volume of
business in the mine districts.
Merchants are well stocked with
fall clothing and expect a fine busi-
ness. although prices have been ad-
vanced in some cases as much as 10
per cent above those -of last year.
There is a good demand for feathers
and shoe manufacturers are well oc-
cupied, especially on style shoes for
women. Activity in the steel and rail-
road. equipment plants show no signs
of decreasing.
Retail coal dealers express the be
lief that there will be no immedi-
ate rise in the price of anthracite be-
cause of the situation in that indus
tfy
Evening star., 1923-09-03
HEAVY CAR BUYING.
Few Locomotives Purchased Dur
ing Past Week.

NEW YORK, September 3.-Freight
cars far outnumbered locomotives in
the record of buying by railroads
during the last week. According to
Railway Age, purchases of engines
were light. but business in freight
cars was unusually brisk. Among
the orders placed was one for 500
hopper car bodies from the Merchants
Dispatch Transportation Co. Union
Pacific ordered zoo tank cars of l2,500
gallons from the Standard Tank Car
Co. and the Central Railroad of New
Jersey arranged for box car repair
work divided between the American
Car and Foundry. Pressed Steel Car
and Standard Steel Car companies.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

spot. in good demand. but business
moderate. prices steady: good mid
ding. 1911; fully middling, 1855;
middling. 1911; low middling, l4.Sl ;
good ordinary. 1890: ordinary. 14.G1.
Eales. 1000 bales, including s,t0O
very steady. September, 14.5S; Octo-
Der, 14.16; December. 1897; January.
1871; March, 1856; May, 1883: July,
1924
Evening star., 1923-09-03
CONSTRUCTION IN CHICAGO
STILL AT HIGH LEVEL
Present Rate Expected to Be Main
tanned Until Cold Weather
Curtails Work.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. September 3.-Recent
surveys among the dealers in build
ing materials in this section indicate
that construction will continue with
out diminution of volume for the next
three months. Dealers expect no les
sening OF demand until cold weather
puts a check on some outside opera
tions. Labor in the building trades
is fully engaged at present.
Steel mills are rapidly building up
their working forces to meet the
needs entailed by establishment of
the eight hour day. Little falling off
in output has been noticed SO far
as result Of the abandonment of
The twelve-hour shift.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
REQ MOTOR EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, September 3.-Earn-
inSs of the REQ Motor Car Company
for the ten months ended June 80
amounted to at least s4.450.000. it is
estimated, I'm a comparison of the
company's balance sheet with figures
for last year. The annual report for
the fiscal year ended August 81 is ex-
pected to show, therefore, earnings
of more than s5.500.O0 If the previ-
Gus ten months figures can be used
as a basis for estimating earnings in
July and August. and it is generally
believed that business in these TWO
months was better than ordinary.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
CAR SHORTAGE HlNTED.
Predicted Abundance of Rolling
Stock Now Doubted.

A lack of sufficient cars to handle
the expected freight traffic in the
coming weeks Is anticipated and the
American Railway Association has
notified shippers. advising them of
the situation. The association urges
that basic freight, such as coal, lum-
ber and building materials, be put
on the rails at the earliest possible
moment. The latest report on bad
order freight cars, coming up to the
middle of August. shows 1865 cars
in bad condition, representing So per
cent of the total number of 2,2O8, 44O
on line. This compares with S3 per
cent AT the beginning of August.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
HIGHER MILK PRICES.
Dealers to Boost Charges in Pitts.
burgh After September.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, September 3.-Pitts-
burgh milk consumers will continue
to pay IA cents a quart and cents
pint during September. But in
October, November and December the
price will be Is cents a quart and
cents pint. In October. November
and December the farmers and dairy
men will receive an advance or 10
to 40 per cent. This advance will be
frem 1855 hundredweight for No.
grade to 81 and less for other grades.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
SEES BIG NEGRO EXODUS.

ST. LOUIS. September 3 (SpeciaDs
Thomas l.. Gibson. a planter of Friars
Point, Miss. who is in this city, pre-
dicted today that in five years seven
million of the nine million southern
negroes would be found north of the
Mason and Dixon line.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
S. ,O0O,O 900 CREDIT
FOR COTTON GROWERS
North Carolina Association to Be
Helped by National City
Bank.
Ry the Associated Prs.

NEW YORK. September 3.-Oft!cials
of the National City Bank announce
the granting of a credit of $4,000, 900
to the North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association. for which
negotiations had been carried on for
two weeks hy bankers and representa-
tiveS OF the cotton growers.
Full ratification of the agreernen mt
is expected Tuesday, and. meanwhile.
director:~ of the organization are eN-
directors of the organization. 1t is
thought, will give their approval
While the interest rate on the loan
has not been mentioned. il was under
stood it would be slightly above ) per
cent
Evening star., 1923-09-03
VERY POOR CORN CROP.

UTICA. n. Y. September 3.-Farm-
crs I'm northern New York declare the
last thirty years have not produced
so poor a yield of corn as will be
harvested in some sections this fall.
1t IL believed that not one-third of
the silos will be filed.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT.

DETROIT, September 8 (SpeciaD.-
The reports of the Employers Asso-
citation here for the last week shows
decline of 327 workers as COM
parAl with an increase OF 1850 last
week. Total employment IN estf-
mated at $4,000, compared with
high mark last May of $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
BIG CRANBERRY CROP.
Western States Expect Second
Largest Crop Ever Raised.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


PORTLAND, Ore. September g.
Oregon and Washington will produce
their second largest crop of cram
berries this season. Estimates place
the yield at from 10000 to IS. 600
boxes. The largest crop on record
was I'm 1918 when $4,000 boxes were
produced. The quality this year is
excellent,
Evening star., 1923-09-03
OUTLOOK
FOR FALL TRADE
Summer DulIness Being
Thrown Aside; Serious Strike
Results Held Unlikely.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.-More
confidence over fall trade prospects
reflected by a quiet forward move
ment in stocks and improved senti-
ment all around were noticeable in
financial quarters last week While
Improvement in the stock market has
not proceeded far enough as yet to
attract the public, which naturally
| becomes shy Of re-entering after a
ing period of declining prices, many
active traders are reported to be
working on the constructive side. The
advances resulting from a bidding up
Of prices by pools" which have been
| active are ordinarily possible when
conditions are favorable for a rising
market.
The breakdown in the negotia tions
between the mine operators and the
| unions looking toward avoidance of
suspension of mining is reported to
| have had restraining influence in
trading, with some operators character
| izing it as a depressing influence. 1t was
pointed out by some. however that
| the effect on Industry would be nei-
ther immediate nor disastrous. The
oil situation is still unsettled. the
chief difficulty of the oil companies
| being described as the necessity of
taking lower prices in order to light
en- stocks on hand.
/ Signs OF Increasing Trade.
Signs meanwhile are increasing that
\ trade is breaking away from the sum-
mer lull. Conservation is still the rule,
I according to the weekly mercantile re-
| views, but more interest in forward re-
4uirements is being manifested. The
| summer slump was not is great as
! scme feared it would be. Employment
| has fallen off somewhat, and this is
construed in many quarters as indi-
| eating less likelihood of further infla-
! ton of labor costs and the probability
J that manufacturing profits are likely
| TO be maintained Maintenance of rec
| ord freight traffic meanwhile shows
| that goods have been moving into con-
sumption at d good rate.
! Worst Passed on Farms.
Another reason for confidence in fall
| business is the growing belief that the
| worst has been passed on the farms.
| Western farmers are said to be in a
1 more cheerful mood with a good yield
| of corn to offset losses in wheat and
with the livestock industry claiming
| their attention. The grain markets.
! too. have taken on Il better tone and
| wheat prices are several cents above
| the recent low.
! In the steel industries good authori-
ties point out that activity may not
| increase a good deal in September.
| They base their assertion on the fact
=, that there was very little slump dur
ing the summer, and therefore many
OF the present rate of operations
would not be an unfavorahle sign
The steel market undoubtedly is in a
much stronger position al this time
than a majority of observers a few
months ago thought would be pos
sible.
! Higher Prices for Cotton
| The government cotton condition re-
port confirms the belief that the holl
weevil and drought in the southwest
VIII greatly reduce the cotton yield
While this will mean less revenue for
many planters II will at the same
time mean higher prices for the
/ others.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Money to Loan

Secured By first deed Of trust on real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph I. Weller sIss sI1 Wssh, ~ l. Nv Nv
Evening star., 1923-09-03
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

ST. LOUIS, September 3.-Shoe
manufacturers are receiving an un-
| usual volume of orders from sales
| men. and the volume of fall business
booked last month was more liberal
The tendency is toward conservative
lines in both mems and wOmens
shoes.
BATON ROUGE, La. September 3.
Reports from the rice districts of
Arkansas. Louisiana and Texas in
dicate that because of reduced
acreage rice production this season
will be about six million bushels less
than last year.
SAN FRANCISCO, September g
Wholesalers in this state are advising
retail grocerS to lay in early supplies
of canned goods at present prices.
They predict material price increases
for the winter months because of the
smallness of the packs. Thirty per
cent raises in canned corn and to-
matoes are forecast.
wENATCHEF;, Wash, September s.
One New York concern is said to
have secured contracts for 1000 car
loads of hardy winesaps, Newtons
and pippins. The range of prices for
these varieties of apples is around
SI.l0 Il DON 10 llle sEOWtT. ESdcD car
will contain I56 boxes.
MIDLAND. Mich, September 3.-Ac-
cording to officials of the Pere Marquette
road, the indications are for cont inua-
ton of heavy freight movement Of heavy
chemicals from this section. The freight
movement of this territory embracing
Detroit, Lansing and Flint shows an in
crease Of 40 per cent in outbound traf-
fic and SO per cent increase in inbound
freight, as compared with this time last
year.
FRESNO. Calf, September 3.-Al-
though heavy shipments of grapes are
being made eastward, growers in this
section are threatened with heavy losses
because of inability to sell portions of
their crops TO canneries. Losses also
are being swelled by mildew.
RIVERDAI.E. ILL.,, September 3.-The
new cold-rolled-strip steel plant of the
Acme Steel oods Company here will
start operations about October l. The
plant cost $1,000, 900 and will increase
the company's capacity about one-third
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, September g.
The Missouri hay crop will be larger
than last years, owing to increased
acreage and slight Increase in average
yield per acre, according to the state
federal reporting service.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, September 3.
The Missouri hay crop will be larger
than last years, owing to increased
acreage and a slight Increase in average
WELD per acre, according to the state
federal reporting service.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

RIVERDALE. ILL.,. September 3.-The
new cold-roiled- strip steel plant of the
Acme Steel oods Company here will
start operations about October l. The
plant cost $1,6G0, 600 and will increase
the cornpany's capacity about one-third.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

FRESNO, Calf, September 3.-Al-
though heavy shipments of grapes are
being made eastward. growers in this
section are threatened with heavy losses
because of inability to sell portions of
their crops to canneres. Losses also
are being sWelled by mldew
Smyrna times., 1923-08-29
STAFF OF DOVER SCHOOLS

New Plan Outlined May Do Away
With Much Study Now Done at Home
With the opening of Dover school
on Tuesday, September A, the person
mel of the teaching staff, as. announ-
ced by Principal Thornburg, will in
clude the following: Dover High
School faculty-Miss Annie O'Brien,
English; Miss Mary Shannaman, Lat
in, ancient and modern history; Miss
Willie Shepperd, English, general
science and chemistry; Miss Ethel
Montgomery, French and American
History; Miss Aida Weatherwax, So
cial Science and Biology; Paul Tim
mons, Mathematics; Miss Gladys
Deaver, Commercial Department; Miss
Mabel Smith, Home Economics; phys
ical training, afoaching and mechani-
cal drawing, Donald Keat. The grade
teachers will include Miss Shockley,
Miss CARROLL, Miss Edith Hutton, Mrs.
Julia Baynard, Miss Anna Pearson,
Mrs. Helen Fooks Mrs. Grace Moore,
Miss Reba Russell, Miss Mary Bar
wick, Miss Gladys Horne, Miss Clar-
issa Miller. In the three grammar
grade rooms Miss Shockley will teach
all the history and writing; Miss Hut
ton will teach geography and Miss
Thelma Miller will teach English,
physiology and spelling. The school
day will be divided into seven 50-min-
ute periods. The forenoon periods
opening at $40 and closing at IL
o'clock. The afternoon periods will
open at 1.15 and close-at 3.45. 1t is
suggested that the teachers of all the
one-period subjects hold a recitation
Of 80 minutes during the first part Of
such 50-minute periods and supervise
the study Of the next lesson in the
same subject in the same room fol-
the coming day for the remaining 2C
minutes It is hoped by this plan or
the part Of both teachers and students
Smyrna times., 1923-08-29
PRETTY WEDDING AT sEAFORD
Miss Katherine Stevens Becomes the
Bride of Vaughan A.Hastings, Delmar


The wedding of Miss Katherine
Stevens, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodland D. Stevens of Seaford, and
Vaughan A. Hastings of Delmar, took
place in st. Luke's P. E. Church at
Seaford \ Tuesday afternoon at l
o'clock. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. William H. Darbie, rector
of the church. The bride was given
in marriage by her father and had as
her matrOn of honor her sister, Mrs.
Robert B. Watson of Berkley, Calf
The ushers were Milton Cannon of
Wilmington, George Perry of Phila-
delphia and w. Howard Turpin and
Dorsey Donoho of Seaford. Earl Has
tings of Salisbury, Md, brother of
the groom, was best man. The flow
er girls were little Jane Breeding, of
SeafOrd and Ann Perry of Philadel-
phia. The bride was dressed in white
georgette and lace, with tulle veil
and a wreath of lilies of the val
ley and orange blossoms. She car
ride shower bouquet of Bride roses
and lilies of the valley. Her matrOn
of honor wore a French blue georg-
cite dress, with black lace. picture
hat, and carried a shower bouquet of
pink rosebuds. Mrs. Stevens, mother
of the bride, wore a rose cOlored Can
ton crepe dress, with rainbow sash
and large picture hat to match. The
little flower girls were attired in
white and poke bOnnets, carrying
white basket filled with roses. Mrs
Howard Morgan of Seaford, attired in
a green georgette dress, sang 80 Per-
feet Love-" and Charles Van Leer
also of SeafOrd played the wedding
music. The church was attractively
trimmed in asparagus fern and white
hydrandgea, with a background OF
magnolia and dogwOod. A reception
followed the ceremony at the home OF
the brides parents, the decoration;
being white and green. After the re-
ception, Mr.. and Mrs. Hastings lef'
on a motor trip to the northern cities
1.-THE brides going away gown wa
black Canton crepe, with drawn work
trimmed in baby Irish lace. She wor
black felt hat, trimmed in whit
Chenille. The bride is a graduate o
the Seaford High School and the Uni
versity of Delaware. For the pas
two years she has taught English a
the Seaford High School. The bride
groom is also graduate of the Uni
versity of Delaware. He is at presen
teaching at Penn State College, wher
he is also taking a post gradual
course. Upon their return from thei
honeymoon they will take up thei
residence at State College, Pa. Tn
bridal gifts were numerous and costl
Mr.. Stevens, who is editor and owne
of the SeafOrd News, presented n
f daughter with a check for $500.