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Evening star., 1923-10-03
u. S. Has Fourth of AU Dairy
Cows in World, Congress Told

One-fourth of the dairy cows in the
world are producing milk for the
people Of the United States. who con-
sumo practically every drop of 1t. ac-
cording to DIR. J. r. Mohler, chief OF
the bureau of animal industry of the
Department OF Agriculture. who spoke
at today's session Of the worlds dairy
congress at Memorial Continental
Hall.
DR.. Mohler told the more than SOC
delegates from forty-three countries
that this abundant consumption OF
milk and butter shows how the hum
Bile dairy cow is esteemed in this
country.
OF the worlds approximately 100.-
900, 900 dairy cattle. he pointed out
25, ,000, 900 are in the United states
which contains about One-sixteenth
of the worlds population. So great Is
the consumption, he said. that imports
OF dairy products may exceed exports
this year.
To See President.
President Coolidge is to receive the
delegates to the convention. which
opened yesterday. later this afternoon
include three Russians. who arrived
at the opening session yesterday
after continuous travel, part of the
way by airplane.
The morning session. devoted to a
conside ration of international trade
and an afternoon session at which
the development of dairylng in the
United States were discussed ended
the sessions in this city. AT midnight
the convention packs up, bag and
baggage. and leaves for Philadelphia
where sessions will be held tomor,
Ertanv the rnnvpntfnn Will
move on to Syracuse, n. Y. where
sessions will be held through october
10. The national dairy exposition
Will be in progress in Syracuse al
that time.
DIR. Mholer was one OF several speak
ers at the morning session who dis.
cussed the international aspects oi
the dairy business and the related in
dustries that have grown out OF 1t.
Dairy farming in the United States
suit of international trade. He
pointed to the names OF our various
breeds OF cows as proof OF this
Dairyfng In Fijis.
The Fiji Islands offer great pos
abilities for dairy farming, according
to j. A. Ruddick. dairy and cold
storage commissioner of Canada
Alfalfa may be cut there as many as
eleven times year, and an acre
around, he said.
Other speakers at the morning ses-
sion were: DR.. H. C. Taylor, chief OF
the bureau of agricultural economics
of the Department of Agriculture
DR.. 3. NJ. Anderson, jr.. of New York
city; DIR. Charles Porcher of Lyons
France, and DR.. c. Longobardi of the
! International Institute of Agriculture
Rome.
This afternoons session was fea.
tured by addresses by Frank O
fowden, former Governor of Illinois
president of the Holstein Erie star
Association of America; DR.. A. C
True of the Department of Agricul.
ture, B. HI Rawl, l.. d. H. Weld
A. Sapiro and j. D. Miller.
Growth in Antfpodes.
The development of dairying In
New Zealand and other countries OF
the southern hemisphere was stressed
| by DR.. Taylor, who declared tha,
dairy production has now become
thoroughly established in both the
! northern and southern hemispheres
, , More than twenty billion pounds oi
milk were required during the past
year to produce the butter. cheese
| and preserved milk that, entered intt
Evening star., 1923-10-03
WILL FIGHT TO FINISH.
Rum-Selling Organization. in Ac-
ton to Resist Governor.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
! PHILADELPHIA, Pa. October a.
Saloon owners Of Philadelphia, 1;300
strong, are interesting themselves
today In q fight to the finish against
the Joint action OF the federal and
state authorities calling for an I'm :
mediate and permanent shutdown OF
every barroom in this city.
State. police and federal agents
serslng sels m0rn'ns Of shwtdowD Met no,ices on on
the saloon men. No sooner had the
blow fallen by which the Attorney
General of the United States and
Gov Pinchot propose to make the
of the rum-selling organization here
got into action and announcements
Of counter measures by. the saloon
keepers few thick and fast.
The closing order win never be
the opinion of majority Of the
liquor sellers.
Seek Way to Fight.
The question now before the saloon
volving a choice of the most effective
method for nullifying the, effective
ness of the closing order. served un-
der direct orders from United States
torney General Woodruff of Pennsyl-
vania Undoubtedly, leaders of the
rum. selling fraternity said. the valid
ity of the attempt to close up the sa-
looms will be fought out in the courts.
Plans for such action have long been
In preparation in anticipation of yes
terday's eventua1ity.
The descent of the agents on the
saloons marks the second great step
in the campaign of Gov. Pinchot to
dry up the state. The first indication
that the effort would be made in uni
son by the federal and state author
tiles came in the latter part of Au-
gust, when a similar order was served
on the saloonmen of five upstate
counties.
Under the present plan the federal
prohibition authorities are apparently
out of the reckoning entirely. The
success Of the campaign IL entirely
up to the Department OF Justice and
the forces at the command OF the
commonwealth.
Notice with Order.
Accompanying the closing order is
an announcement from Gov. Pineho'
indica ting that the present campaign
| is the final embodiment of his prom
| ise to dry up the state and reminding
the people that this Is "a new era if
| law enforcement in Pennsylvania"
Saloons In Philadelphia have pait
no attention to the law. They have
been selling liquor more lawlessly and
operating in more open defiance o.
federal and state laws than in any
other city of the commonwealth.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
30 Year Old Rog-Picker Gets
$3,243.37 Civl War Pension

A grateful government today award
ed back pension, amounting to
ss,24a.s7, to Alfred Pettis. eighty-year-
old rag picker. living 1T 3e4 Dixon
court southwest, for his two-year
service with the I'd Regiment. United
States Colored Infantry, during the
civil war. Beside this sum. Pettis
viii receive $50 month as long as
he lives.
Pettis, former slave. through the
threescore years following the war,
has lived in dire poverty. For a
while he managed to make a small
livelihood at farm work In southern
Maryland. One day there he remarked
to his boss. John Cox, who has since
died. that he was an old soldier. Mr..
Cox, although known throughout that
section as 'redhot rebek' told the
o.. ola eolored man that II he could
show his discharge from the Army
following the civil war. he could OBJ
tain pension from the government.
Pension Claim Filed.
Later Pettis with much doubt and
misgiSing filed his claim. That was
ten years ago, and since then Pettis
mad practically forgotten all about it..
He moved to Washington and with his
wife. took up residence at 1854 Dixon
court southwest. In a little dilapidated
house Pettis has lived until now. For
a while he was able to make a little
money as stable boy. but as the in
hrmities of old age, came on he was
unable to be of any use in that capacity.
For several years past Pettis' income
has been derived from ragpicking which,
added to the wages his wife received
from taking in washing. barely support
ed them. His clothes are in tatters and
as for shoes he might as well not have
mad any. The approaching winter threat
ened to deal severely with Pettfs. and
ne awaited its coming with much ap-
prehension.
Heart Gladdencd by Award.
Then, like bolt of lightning from
a clear sky. the great news came. An
agent from the Department of the In
lerinr found him erda,. .ol.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
FRIENDS DIARY PUT
IN WEBB EVIDENCE
Mrs. M. P. tombstone Leaves
Notes on Society Woman's
Illness With Jury.
BY the Associa ted Press.

] BY the Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, October a.
Mrs. Margaret p. Johnstone. wife OF
a former New York judge and an
intimate friend Of the late Mrs
Charles Webb. went before the grand
jury today to tell what she knew
about the society woman's mysteri-
Gus death at the Notwithstanding
| more Country Club a week ago yes
terday.
Mrs. Johnstone. who has been
quoted as expressing the belief that
her friend had been poisoned, kept a
diary in which she recorded events
directly preceding Mrs. webb's death.
She left. her diary with the jury.
An admission that evidence of Di-
chloride of mercury had been toand
in the viscera OF Mrs. Webb by DIR.
Alexander o. Goettler, toxicologist
was made today %; Coroner Fitzger-
aid. after calling on DR.. Goettler at
Bellevue Hospital yesterday.
May Go to Governor.
A move was started among former
friends of Mrs. webb last night to
take the case to Gov Smith and ask
him to designate the attorney general
TO continue the investigation. This
move was taken shortly after Coroner
Fitzgerald and District Attorney
Rowland had made statements that
If more evidences OF poisoning were
not forthcoming Immediately the case
would be dropped
The fight over Mrs. Webb's win. or
wills. which were said to dispose OF
an estate Of between 100000 and
definite form today. Late yesterday
8. Jennings German, the dead WON
ans father, entered protest to the
filing Of the will. which was sub.
mitted by attorneys for the husband
Other relatives will attempt to show
Webb LEFT unsigned. because of her
illness. in reality expressed her
wishes.
Webb Agrees to Bequssts.
Mr.. Webb issued q statement that
although the sigred will left all his
wifes property to him. he would
carry out the bequests mentioned ir
the unsigned one. despite its invalid.
ty, because he believed II expressed
her wishes at the time of her death
Former Surrogate Cohalan was re.
tained by Mr. and Mrs. William T
Hunter of Devon, Pa, and by Mrs
Irene Augusta Derbyshire OF Cham
bersburg, Pa, to contest the will filed
for probate.
A controversy was started between
DIR. William j. Meyer. who attended
Mrs. Webb. and Mr.. Webb. when thu
latter charged the doctor with ex.
cluding him from his wife's sickroom
The doctor> said Mr.. Webb had con-
tinued to transact business with his
wife during her critical illness. but
added that this was not the reason
for excluding him.
"1t was for a very different reason
which I shall not reveal now." he
said, but which the authorities may
have IL they desire it
Evening star., 1923-10-03

endure such party strife but twenty
four hours more. Al the end of that
time, he declared he would go before
the reichstag as an Individual With
his program
Panic immediately seized the two
government parties. the socialists
fearing the eight-hour day was IN
danger of being abolished, while the
peoples or industrialists party pc
came apprehensdve because OF the
threat OF government control over
their own financial and mercantile
doings, as well as over taxation.
There Is still faint hope that a
personal arrangement may be MADE
between the two parties. But, mean :
while, Chancellor StresemAnn's own
party has virtually revolted against
him and ia in virtual alliance WIN
the nationa1ists. who this week nave
assumed a dictatorial attitude to-
ward tho government. They nave
practically threatened the reichstag
with direct action similar to that
attempted over the past week end
bnt cn a larger scale.
Chancellor Stresemann has thrown
u Gordon of reinforced reichswehr
around Borlin. but he is almost q
prisoner within his fortress. All
political decisions must be made with
reference to the nationa1ists threat
of direct action.
REICHsTAG DEADLoCKED.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
HITS ENGRAVING BUREAU
"SWEAT-SHOP" CHARGE

said to have been written by Frank j.
Coleman, q former employe OF the
bureau Of engraving and printing, re-
ferring to the bureau as . sweat
shop" were denied today by Francis
G. Huhn, for twenty three years q
plate printer at the bureau.
He said further that the assertion
that any special group OF individuals
Of the bureau has the power to force
the reduction or discharge Of men Is
uutruse
Evening star., 1923-10-03
FANORITES ADVANCE
IN WOMAN'S TOURNEY
Miss Collett and Miss Stirling Pass
Second Round at Golf; For
mer Shoots 81,
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RYE, N Y. October 3.--Miss Alexa
Stirling of Atlanta and New York to-
day defeated Miss Miriam Burns OF
Kansas City In the woman's national
golf championship, / up.
Other results In the second round
of the woman's national champion
ship follow:
Miss Gleuna Goiiett. Providence.
defeated Miss Dorothy Higbfe. Chi
caEo, and Z. Miss Coiiett had q
81 going out.
Mrs, Dorothy Campbell Hurd. Mer-
cen. Pa. defeated Mrs. Norman X.
Toerge. New York, and z.
Miss Edith Cummings. Chicago. was
up on Miss Audrey Faust OF st.
Louis at the ninth.
Evening star., 1923-10-03

him of his good fortune. Today a
letter came In which it was an
nounced his claim was accepted and
probably tomorrow the check will ar
rive.
Pettis will place the money In bank,
where no spectators can tempt him
to give it up. and in tte meanwhile
ing seasons.
A few old soldiers from the. SOL
diers' Home hunted him up today and
congratulated him. and left him sit
ting in the doorway OF his abode,
monarch of all ne surveyed.
Evening star., 1923-10-03

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the estimates that have been made
Information keeps coming in from
sources that seem we'll informed that
the crops are not rs large as has
been represented and that conse-
ouentIy the surplus will not be as
great as was at first believed. all of
which should tend to increase ma
terially the price OF wheat.
Tempted to Sell.
In the absence of cooperative or
ganizations--which by the way, are
not holding organizations--the farm
ers have all been tempted to sell at
once. Reports of large surpluses and
other factors usually have Influenced
their crop at whatever seemed to
be the best price. The purpose of the
cooperative organization Is to in
sure the farmer the very best price
Collective marketing Is ever so much
more effective than individual effort.
and this is no longer theory but
proved fact.
Naturally the government makes
advances Of money to the co-opera-
tiyes and part of this in turn Is given
to the farmer so that he can almost
immediately get the beneht OF the
transaction and pay his debts. Rel
atively little risk has been taken in
the financing OF these cooperative
The War Finance Corporation
was organized particularly to extend
emergency credit and bring about
in America - more orderly system
OF marketing through the use OF
timely credits. Its name now really
should be the Emergency Finance
n. 0,1- most of the
troubles which 1t is trying to cure
are the direct outgrowth of war
conditions.
Many Plans OGered.
The Coolidge administration Shas
been listening for several days to
all sorts OF plans to help the farmer.
but the solution at last determined
upon is to bring the federal govern
ment into closer touch with the pro-
WAR BY nsnes ssaes
to the west to confer In person with
the agricultural interests most af-
fected at the moment. 1t was the
War Finance Corporation which came
to the rescue of the livestock in
dustry and helped materially in the
cotton situation.
Eugene Meyer, who has been trav-
cling constantly from one end of the
country to the other since the War
Finance Corporation was revived four
with credit and marketing conditions
as anybody In the administration.
Mr.. Meyer has also been making an
investigation of European conditions
and believes there is little opportunity
to finance an export trade under pres
ent fluctuations of foreign currencies.
but is rather inclined to the idea that
the export situation will cure itself
as the surplus is gradually reduced
by home consumption. Wheat prices
are higher than they were year ago
at the corresponding period, and the
general belief now Is that they will
tend to go higher and make the farm
ers happier as the true figures about
the existing crop are ascertained.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
SEE CRISIS AvERTED.
Compromise Expected to Save
Stresemann Cabinet.

By tho Associated Press.
LONDON, October 3.--There is q pos
sibiIity that German ministerial crisis
viii be averted. inasinuch as the united
socialists have said they are prepared
to rake q few concessions. says an Ex-
change telegraph dispatch from Berlin
today.
The nationalist party has requested
the appointment OF Minoux. managing
director Of the SHINES concerns, as
Hilferding.
The socialist group in the Saxon diet
has decided TO invite the communists
ton that they recognize the constitu-
ton, the dispach adds.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
Revenue IL Limited.
100000 LIQUOR SEIZURE.
Police Capture $50, 900 Yacht With
Wet Cargo Aboard.

NEW YORK. October 3-Three po-
lice boats trapped and captured with.
out shot a $4,000 gasoline yacht
with $4,000 worth OF whisky on
board in the East river early today.
Poles maneuverins forced the craft
in share after engine trouble had
forced her to snut down her speed.
-Four men were arrested.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
REICHsTAa DEADLocKED.
Issues Holly Fought; Socialists
Make Demands.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October Sat o'clock
this afternoon the reichstag parties
were still stubbornly deadiocked on
the issues raised by the socialists.
The latter were In caucus all the
forenoon and then adjourned in order
to report the party's sentiment to
the cabinet. The socialists are de-
manding assurance that Chancellor
Stresemann's proposed legislation
will not discriminate against the
working classes with regard to the
eight hour day and are also insist
ing that the central government as
sert it's undiminished political and
military authority in Bavaria.
SEE CRISIS AVERTED.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
o. s. SCIENTIST TO AID JAPAN.

DIR. r. A. Jaeger. voicanologist of
the weather bureau in Hawaii, has
been authorized TO proceed to Japan
at the request Of the Japanese gov
ernment to assist DR.. Omori, the jap
anese authority on volcanoiogy and
seismolosy, In an Investigation Of the
sarthquakes which caused the recent
catastrophe.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
M0RGANTHAU ACCEPTS.
Will Head Greek Refugee Commits
sion.

GENEVA. October $.-Henry Nor.
s&dor to Turkey, has cabred the
league OF nations accepting the presi-
deency Of the Greek refugee settle
laaent commission, to which he was
appointed yesterday. Mr. MorgHufhsu
Evening star., 1923-10-03

FORT WILLIAMS. Ontario, October
3.-Nearly two and q half million
bushels OF grain went down the lakes
yesterday In eleven boats. There are
thirteen here now loading grain.
From Saturday to Tuesday the deet
took out eight million bushels.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
DRY DIRECTOR MOVES
TO STOP JOHN P. HILLS
WINE MAKING

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commissioner said, IL made 1t clear
that, while cider and non Intoxicating
fruit juices. when made exclusively
for use in the home, do not come fully
within the purvicw Of title of the
national prohibition act, AS relates to
definition, pcrmissive requirements.
etc. they do. nevertfteIes So. come with
in its scope until Intoxicating strength
is developed. and are obnoxious to the
fnhibitioss~ EhxtH Intoxicating liQuors
SHALL not be manufactured. sold.
transported orrpossessed for beverage
purposes. =
HisiHtion of Law.
You request to be advised as to
whether these developments of al
cohol In Notwithstanding fruit juices.
and similar developments generally
are lawful, and i have no hesitancy
in holding that they are in violation
of the PROVISIONS OF the national pro-
hibition act. which prohibits the
manufacture and possession of alco-
holic liquors for beverage purposes,
and I therefore feel 1t my duty to
bring the matter to the attention of
the United States district attorney
for the district OF Maryland, for such
action as he may deem proper in the
premises"
Evening star., 1923-10-03
STRESEMANN PLANNING
TO DEMAND POWER As
BERLIN SUPER DICTATOR

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U. S. TO HELP WEST
SELL OWN WHEAT

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LAUREL ENTRIES

Entries for Thursday. October ~
FIRST RACE-Purse. $500; claimias: fsI
six furiongs.
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Evening star., 1923-10-03
GRAIN SHIPMENT HEAVY,

"AppTenttoe aiiowaaoe CLAIMED
wssthsr clsar. track fast.
Evening journal., 1923-02-03

pastor.
Services in ST. Georges NJ r.
Church tomorrow will be in charge
of the Rev. J. r. Mccoy who viii
speak at 1880 O'Clock on "Workins
in Gods Vineyard and az 7.3o
O clock on "Ruth's Loyalty" The
sunday school will meet at $50
o'clock and ia Epworth League at
: o'clock. The Rev. Mr.. Mccoy will
preach in the Summit Bridge NJ F..
Church az go o'clock on Work
ing in Gods Vineyard" The SUM
nit Sunday school VIII meet at 1.30
o'clock.
A social and business meeting Of
the Epworth League OF, these
churches VIII be held in the social
rooms Of the church at s o'clock
Tuesday evening.
owing to the illness of the Rev.
Joseph II. carp. minister in charge.
all but the church school services.
william B. Jester. superintendent.
will be eliminated i'm Christ Church
tomorrow The church school meets
at II o'clock.
The subject to be discussed by the
Rev. Robert c. Pitzer in hie morning
sermon at 1880 o'clock tomorrow in
the First Presbyterian Church vii.
be The Power OF Jesus" and the
80 o'clock topic will be Evidences
of Survival" The Sunday school,
Harry G.. Price. superintendent will
meet in the chapel at 12 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1923-02-03
Safe Fat Reduction

Reduce. reduce. reduce. is the slogan
Of all fat people. Get thin. be slim. Is
the cry Of fashion and society. And the
overfat wiring their hands in mortii-
cation and helplessness; revolving at
nauseating drugs. afraid OF Violent
exercise. dreading the unwelcome AMI
unsatisfying diet. until they hit ppon
the harmless Marmola Prescription ami
learn through 10 that they may safely
reduce steadily and easily without one
change ~ their mode OF life, but larm-
lessly secretly, and quickly reaching
their ideal of figure. with a smoother
skin. better appetite and health tiian
they have ever known. And now comes
Marmola Prescription Tablets from ,ha
same samcusly harmless formula as
the Marmola Prescription. II Deh0lves
YOU % learn the satisfactory, beneficial
effects Of this great safe. fat reducer
by giving 20 your druggist one dollar
flr n case. or sending a Ike amount
10 the Marmola Company, 1872 Wood
ward Avenue. Detroit Mich. with q
request that thev mail 20 you a case Of
Marmoia Prescription Tablets.
Evening journal., 1923-02-03
TERMINAL TROLLEY
LINE Is ASSURED

Formal approval was given by
the Board Of Public Utility Commis-
sioners. last night, OF the resolution
passed by the Street and Sewer De-
partment permitting the wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction Company
TO extend its trolley service TO the
new Marine Terminal
The extension will begin al the
terminus of the line on Christana
avenue and run along the thorough
fare southeasterly and across Chris
tian7 avenue 20 the entrance Of tho
Terminal property.
Reports were made by the W..
mington and Philadelphia Tractoi
Company Of the estimated receipt
and expenses in the city for tine
month ending December 81. 1922
and by the Wilmington Gas Com
pany. for the same period.
Operating revenue on the rail
way lines for the month totale.
ss3O.4S6.S1. Expenses OF operating
including taxes. amounted TO Sl3S,-
472.gO. leaving a total operating in
come OF S97.013.91. Railway sur
plus for the month OF December
S1E32.12. Surplus other than rail
way. s4O.6S5.GS. making a total sur
pus OF Sfe.467.S0 for the month.
\ total surplus Of SI9S6.99 is
shown on the December report of
the Wilmington Ca Company The
tofaf Irtrrar roef for shn month was
S71.309.23.
Evening journal., 1923-02-03
PRODUCE MARKET
Opening PRICES
Quotations Today for Pro-
visions, Grain and Poultry
in Philadelphia

Following are the opening quota
tlons today in the grain. provision
and poultry market in Philadelphia:
DRESSED POULTRY-Market quiet
turkeys nearby fancy. fia45c; fair TO
good, i0ai3c, Western fancy. 4laf2c.
fair 10 good. 37aiOc.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady;
fowls leghorns. 2ia26c. spring chickens,
fancy Arohere. 35a3sc. small young, 30
a33c
FLOUR-Ml-ket quiet: hard winter,
straight, i6 a $40. short patent, S6.5oa
SO
CORN-Market higher; local car
lots IN exports elevator. No. 2, SfaS5c:
No 3. S2aaS3. No. 4. siaS2c; car lots
for local, No o yellow, SsaSsAc; No. 3,
yellow. s7as7i..
HAY-Market steady: clover. light
mixed, 40 1. $50; No. ., slSai9. me-
dium mixed. No. /. Sis; No. ?, si7als;
heavy mixed. No. /, SIS.