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Evening star., 1923-05-16
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DENVER, May 1e.-The Midwest
Refining Company is planning the
erection of a 100000 electric light
and power plant in the Salt Creek,
Wyoming oil fields. according to an
nouncements by representatives of
the company here today.
THOMASV!LLE, Ca, May To-
South Georgia farmers are harvest
ing bumper crop of oats this week.
Both acreage and yield were larger
this year than in 1922.
SEATTLE. May 16.-Twelve hun
dred cars Of lettuce will be shipped
from farms of Kings county. near
here, this season to the east and mid
State Department of Agriculture to-
day.
FORT WORTH. May 16.-Farm ma
chinery is being shipped to Texas job
bing centers today in train load lots
farming districts. Twenty-six car
loads have been unloaded in the last
two weeks at Plainview and Lock-
| ney. Tulia and Floydada also report
heavy receipts.
| DULUTH, May ia group OF
capitalists. many Of whom are inter-
ested in the McDougall Lake Shipping g
and Warehouse concern. are taking
steps today to finance the establish
| ment Of large factory here to man
ufacture automobile trucks.
STEUBENSVILLE, Ohio. May 10
The Standard OIL Company has pur-
chased site for a large addition to
| its plant here. The Standard main
tains a large storage plant In
Steubensville.
PITTSBURGH. May 16. Steel
plants of the U. S. Steel Corporation
subsidiaries and the Jones and
| Laughlin Steel Corporation In this
district are operating in full today.
Smaller steel companies and allied
| industries are operating on the same
| scale.
ESCANABA. Mich. May 16.-The
Chicago and Northwestern railroad Is
expected to spend 100000 on new
ore docks here. which will be con-
| structed of steel and concrete. Sur
veys already have been completed,
the proposed sites chosen and final
plans submitted for executive ap-
proval.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Once.

500. .463. the equivalent of 1855 a share
on the new $25 par value stock or
sac a share on the old 500 stock.
1t was announced that dividends in
the future would be paid qaurtsrly
at the annual rate of 81.
Pennock Oil held firm in response
to the report for the first quarter OF
placed at $623.993. Gulf Oil Of Penn
the year In which net earnings were
sylvania, which on Tuesday had re-
sponded to reports that the deal to
take over this company by Standard
Of Indiana had been practically con-
summated. lost more than the recent
advance.
Trading started in the new Brad
ford Oil Company. 100000 capital
shares of IS par value, first sales TAX
ing place at five with a fractional
advance later. These shares represent
the stock to be distributed to hold
ers of Salt>Creek producers and noun
tain producers according to the recent
stock dividend announcements.
A feature in the industrial section
was the rather sharp advance In
Amalgamated Leather common.
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APPEAL is TAKEN
. IN SUGAR RULING
Attorney General Plans Further
Action in War on Trading
in Futures.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Mystery sur
rounding a secret meeting. on the
floor of the New York coffee and
sugar exchange yesterday was dis
PEELED last night when 1t was learn
ed that John w. Davis, former am
bassador to Great Britain. now coun-
sci for the exchange. had appeared
on the floor and announced .the TAX
ing of an appeal by the Attorney Cen
eral against the refusal of the feder-
al district court to grant the govern
mcnts petition for an injunction
against trading in sugar futures.
The secret meeting, which lasted
but few minutes. was called before
trading began, and newspapermen,
messenger boys and attendants were
ordered off the floor.
AS an outgrowth of the govern
ments investigation OF the high price
of sugar. Leopold S. Bache. men,
Der of the exchanges board of gov
ernors. and several other Individual
brokers were subpoenaed to appear
before a federal grand jury.
1t was learned that books. papers.
records and telegraph and telephone
messages of the men called have also
been subpoenaed.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
WHOLE WORLD NOW
SHIPS GOODS HERE
Heavy February Imports
Came From All Quarters of
Globe, Report States.

An analysis of the sources Of Feb
ruary imports, made public today by
the Commerce Department. showed
that all quarters Of the globe are
participating in the increasing ship
ment of commodities to tho United
States.
The imports from Europe Cam
ada and Asia made notable in
creases over the totals Of February,
1922. while the imports from Pacific
islands. in the territory classified by
the department as "Oceania" were
more than five times as great as
during the corresponding month a
year ago.
The imports. classified as to sources,
were reported by the department as
follows:
Grand divisions-Europe, February,
1928. $89.74S.827; February, 1922,
$71, 1,491.32S. North America, February,
1923, $75,3s9.972: February. 1922.
$57.70O,677. South America: Febru-
airy, 1928. $41.654.427; February,
1922, $25.114.322. Asia. February, 1923,
$76,375, ,76S: February. 1922, z$53,337,-
986. Oceania. February, 1893. $10.-
$685.; February, 1922, sl,S0s,285.
Africa, February. 1928, $s,32s,237;
February. 1922. $6.2s0,6S4.
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T0DAY'S COTTON PRICES.
Market Shows Continued Nervous
ness in Trading.

NEW YORK, May 16.-The cotton
market showed continued nervous
ness and irregularity during today's
early trading. Futures opened steady;
May, 26.05; July. '25.00: October, 23.05:
December. 22.65; January, 2232.
NEW ORLEANS. May 16.-Cotton
futures opened steady; May. 26.o3;
July, 1886; October, 22.50; December,
22.14: January, 22.04.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Cotton fu-
lures 11:45 am. bids: May, 1851; July,
24.63: October, 22.78; December, 22.42;
steady.
NEW ORLEANS. May 16.-Cotton
futures II am. bids: May, $3.50; July,
24.S3; October, 22.37; December, 21.95;
January. 21.S3; steady.
NEW YORK. May 16.-Cotton-Spo
quiet; middling, 26.45; futures closed
very steady; May, 1925: July, 2522;
October; 1880; December, 22.so; jan
NEW ORLEANS. May 1s.-cotton
futures closed very steady at net
gains Of 1s to % points. Close: May.
26.lS; July, 25.3s: October, 22.74; De-
cember, 22.38: January. 22.28.
NEW ORLEANS. May 16.-Spot cot
ton steady and unchanged. Sales on
the spot, 879 bales; to arrive, 500;
low middling, 25.26; mfddling, $500;
good middling, $3.50. Receipts, $50
bales; stock, 103,977
Evening star., 1923-05-16
BY WILLIAM r. HEFrERNAN.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Pressure was
renewed against the market on the
Curb Exchange in the early dealings
today. but later on prices rallied. 1t
was evident that the forenoon selling
was coming from professional traders
and that it was involving little or no
real liquidation. Buying operations,
though, were small In character and
no organized effort was made on the
long side.
Oil stocks bore their share of the
selling. but except in a few special
instances were well supported at the
low levels.
Ohio Oil among the standards sold
OF almost two points overnight,
while the losses in the New York
stock and Standard of Kentucky were
fractional. Despite the remarkable
Vacuum Oil report for 1922. showing
that the year was the most profitable
in the history of the company, the
stock at one time was off almost q
point. Net earnings amounted to $13,-
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SEABOARD GRANTED
$6,759,o00 LOAN
I. C. C. Also Grants Other Permits
to Various Railroad
Pleas.

A government loan of s6,15s,00o to
the Seaboard Air Line Company was
authorized today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The road will
deposit securities as collateral.
The Illinois Central was authorized
today by the commission to issue and
sell $14,0o3,o in equipment trust GER
tificates to raise the funds. for new
rolling stock.
Permission was given the Gulf. Mo-
bile and Northern railroad to-day by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to take over and operate under a ten
year lease the thirty-three emile line
of the Meridian and Memphi.; railroad
in Mississippi The Meridian line IS
already owned by the Gulf. Mobile
and Northern, but the company Ssti-
mated that it could save $4,000 per
year annually in operating expenses
by consolidating the two companies.
The New York, Chicago: and st.
Louis railroad asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission today to
authorize an issue of $4,275,000. in
per cent equipment trust certificates,
to provide the funds for new equip
ment.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
HARDWARE PRICES UP.
Public Hunting Bargains, But
Rates 90 Higher.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-Hardware
Age, in it's weekly market summary,
will say tomorrow:
Hardware retailers in the larger
cities report that the public Is begin
ming to shop for lower prices. which
is regarded as significant. and rep
resentative of the publica attitude
toward present prices. Cola and un-
seasonable weather is retaraing retail
sales.
Manufacturers are behind on de-
liveries, and jobbers in some sections
are said to be embarrassed by stock
shortages. Nails, wire cloth. poultry
netting and builders hardware arc
all diff1cult to obtain. jobbers say.
among the important price changes
made effective during the week are
the following:
"Wrenches. soap holders, toothbrush
holders, hollow ware, stove dampers
and hot plates, roller skates, spout
pitcher pumps. wheelbarrovs. carpet
tacks. door springs, screw clamps,
galvanized pals, miscellaneous nails,
washboards, hickory handles, ice
creepers and some makes OF hunting
apparel, all advanced about 10 per
cent"
Evening star., 1923-05-16
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
EARNS $3.50 ON COMMON

RICHMOND. Va, May 16.-The re-
road Company for the year ended De-
cember 81, 1922, shows net income
of $11.604,073 after taxes and charges.
equivalent after preferred dividends
to $500 a share on the $68,586,200
common stock. against $1,790.569, or
92.61 a share. the previous year.
Gross revenues amounted to $780,
S23.344, against $66,730,768. and ex-
penses and taxes were $56.390,321,
against $61.150,483. Total income was
91s.340.ss1. against $10.003.395, and
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany-l0 at 11n, 10 at 2nG
Continental Trust Compsny--5 at 20.
Lanston Monotype-l0 at so. 10 at S0h
10 at s0L. 10 at S0I.
Potomac Electric z. and ref rs, 1858, wi
Mersenthaler Linotype-a It l4o. at 14s
AFTER CALL.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.-5
at 1915.
Washington Gas Light at 80.
Washington Gas TEs-&5O0 at 103.
Washington Railway and Electric COM
10 at 63
Money-Call loans. and 8 per cent.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
SEEK WAGE INCREASE.
BRoCKTON, Mass. M

BROCKTON, Mass. May Is
Dressers and packers employed in
shoe factories in this city number
ing about 1900 men and afiiliated
with the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union remained away from the fac
tories in an effort to enforce a de-
mand for q wage increase OF 20 per
cent and abolition of the agreement
whereby disputes between the manu.
facturers and the union are referred
to the state board of conciliation and
arbitration.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
CALL MoNER LOWER.

NEW YORK, May 16.-Can money
easier; high, Az; low, 4; ruling rate.
An; closing bid, 4; offered at N last
loan, 4; call loans against accept
ances, 4: time loans easier; mixed col
lateral, sixty-ninety days, 5a5 4 four
six months, 5a5A; prime commercial
paper, 5.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
MILK REACHES NEW HIGH
PRICE FOR PEACE TIMES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
UTICA, N. Y, May ia new
farmers milk, $215 per hundred
pounds. was announced here yester-
day by officials of the Dairymens
League Cooperative Association. De
ductions for various expenses will
bring the net price $2.07h for April
milk. an advance OF ~ cents over
April, 1922.
Sales of milk and milk products in
March shows total increase of 81 1,00O,-
900 over February and about $780,
900 over March of last year.
Evening star., 1923-05-16

GREENvILLE. s. c., May 1s.-Con-
tract has been awarded by the Dun
can mills for the construction of a
new weave building. Six hundred
The company is adding $50 houses TO
the village
Evening star., 1923-05-16

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, May 16.-The
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corpora
tion has acquired about 1000 acres
Of valuable coal land in northern
Cambria county, the consideration be-
fnr about $1,O00,o00. It is reported
1hat . new coal town ta,planned.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
DIVIDENDS RESUMED.

Shoe Company, Inc, resumed pay
ment of dividends today, declaring
- on Common stock payable June 1.
Tho dividend was passed in Novem-
Der, 1920. -
Evening star., 1923-05-16
TREASURY CERTIFICATES,
Quotations furnished BY Redmond 4 Co,)
OIL CONTRACT AWARDED.

Standard of New Jersey has re-
ceived 80 per cent Of the awards for
gasoline to be delivered At Norfolk,
-Vas by the Navy Department.
Evening star., 1923-05-16

NEW YORK, May 16.-Following is
an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1923-05-16
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, May 16.-Following is
list Of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1923-05-16

ss.7oa.2o4. against deficit Of s3.o2o.-
500 In 1921.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion authorized yesterday a payment
of $3,231.937 to the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad in full settlement of
the first six months guarantee after
termination Of federal control. The
company already had payments which
brought the total to $8,131,967.
Evening star., 1923-05-16

LENOIR, N. c., May ia spinning
mill will be built here by the Cald-
we'll cotton mills, with 5000 spinning
and 5000 twister spindles. The COM
pany also plans warehouses and q
village
Evening star., 1923-05-16
More for Your: Money

BY measuring things against
each other as our grandmothers
did when theyswapped eggs for
calico, we get the clearest idea
Of values.
Coal and wages make up
more than half the manufacture
ing cost Of cement
The chart above shows price
fluctuations for portland cement,
coal and wages during the past
ten years. In each case 100 is
used to represent 1913 figures,
ythe Government departments
Evening star., 1923-05-16
BUSINESS NOTES.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

NITRO, w. Va, May 16.-This war
time industrial suburb OF Charleston
will soon have q 100000 plant for
battery containers un-
der a patented process. the Fuller
Container Company having been or
ganized for this purpose.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
ALEXANDER CITY, Ala, May /

ALEXANDER CITY. Ala, May 16.-
The Avondale mills plans to enlarge
its present plant, adding about
27,000 spindles and necessary looms.
Additional warehouses will be built.
ATLANTA, Ca. May ia reduc-
tion In freight rates on iron and steel
shipped from Pittsburgh to Atlanta
of $3.50 a ton, effective July 1, has
been announced. Present rate is
$14.50 q ton.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Raw Wool at New High.
Grocer. VIII Expedite Turnover.

Announcement made at the National
Wholesale Grocers' convention in ST.
Louis that the Quaker Oats Company
would grant grocers a cash discount
on all its goods is expected to induce
grocers to press quick turnover of
their stocks in order to take advan-
tage OF the added profit. II other
cereal manufacturers follow this ex-
ample 1t Is expected to mean at least
100000 added profit to grocers this
week
Evening star., 1923-05-16

which compiled these statistics.
Translated into eggs and cal
leo" language this chart shows
that a ton Of coal would buy
nearly twice as much cement
in 1922 as in 1913. A days
wages also would buy more ce-
ment in 1922 than in 1918.
This means that even though
coal and wages make up more
than half its manufacturing cost,
cement is now relatively lower
in price thanzeither coal or
wages.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Cuban Sugar Produc tion Down.

which have finished grinding up to
today shows decrease from the pro-
duction of 1922 of 301.507 tons Only
thirty three centrals still are engag-
ed. and they will complete operations
sugar orders for export to Great
Britain in this market, which have
been heavy recently, have slackened.
Repeated cuts in the prices Of crude
Oil have not suff1ced to stop heavy
production in the southern fields, ac-
cording to reports today from Shreve-
port. La. where output and drilling
operations are on the increase.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Road Again Making Profit.

KANSAS CITY. Nav 16.-Reorgani-
cation OF the Kansas City Railways
Company and the lifting Of the re-
ceivership in effect for the last three
years is expected in the near future.
The receivers report that the street
railway company has now reached a
footing where revenues more than
equal expenditures. A city ordinance
eliminating jitneys has been a factor
in the situation as, until they were
profitable short-haul non-transfer
removed, they took much OF the
patronage. The company is control
led by the Armour interests of Chi
0aRo.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18
MAROA NOTES

MARoA. Oct i7--C. n. Dryden
rent 10 American Falls on bushes.
Tuesday Of last week, returning
Thursday.
l. NJ Tucker lost . horse BY an an
kno~n cause last week
Mrs. ~ y. Horsinx and little
daughter usisn. started Friday
snornins tor . fsw weeks visit with
relatives II Omaha. Lincoln and
other towns la eastern Nebraska.
Mrs emesy nvnois OF Twin Fails
accompanied them. The ladies are
sisters
Mr. and Mrs. IL Elsoa Mecut-
ehsen we're st Asre~ sunday morn
Tag sud svsaiss. The, we're dinner
guests ef NJ. ssd Mrs. X u. Abel
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18
ODD supers,itions.

A curious custom Is practiced In
Norway, where those In search OF a
drowned body row to and fro with a
cock In the boat. fully expecting that
the bird wifi crow when the boat
reaches the spot where the corpse lies.
In Persia the Growing OF cock Is tho
sign OF some event affecting the family.
and the master OF the house hastens
to feel the birds feet. II they are cold
II II premonltion OF death, but II they
are warm the sign Is propitious. and
the master rejoiees In coming good
fortune.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

Tn poet must put far from him the
amazing word. the learned allusion
the facial invention. the clever twist
OF thought. for nil these things will
blur his poem and distract his reader.
He must not oyercrowd his lines with
figures Of speech. because. pillng these
one upon another. he defeats his own
purpose. The poet should try
to give hts poem the quiet swiftness OF
flame. 50 that the reader shall feel
and not think while he Is reading.
But the thinking will come afterwards.
Sara Teasdale.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

Horting home and gave the bride
and groom reception" with guns.
horns and other noisemakers until
Carl came out and passed out the
usual treats.
Mr.. j. ~ Blakely and family ar
rived home Saturday. after spending
a few weeks visiting relatives and
friends In Kansas.
Mr.. I'D Morris has been on the
sick Hat for the past week or ten
days.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

RUPERT. Oct, is--At meeting
OF the school board held Monday
night II Was decided To dismiss the
Rupert schools as soon a. the wealth
or cleared enough to permit work In
the fields In order TO help In the de-
layed work OF harvesting bsets and
potatoes. Many schools "a the coun-
~ have been closed the past two
weeks for this purpose.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

Monday the MeCuieheon's moved
from their Presbyterian manse at
knuli 20 the Reed apartments 4
Twin Falls
Mr. snd Mira. Arthur Brown and
three children Of Kimberly. attended
preaching services At Maroa sunday
morning and spent the remainder OF
the day al the home OF Mr.. Browns
brother. Leonard Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac willard we're
sunday dinner guests at the home
Marriage
OF their nephew. Leonard Brown.
Mr., Carl Horting aud Miss Doro-
thy konkle OF Twin Falls were mar
ried Wednesday. October 10Th. In
Twin Fails. They are making their
home for the present at the home OF
". v uorting The men and boys
met Friday evening and went to the
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18
LIVESTOCK BRINGING GOOD
PRICES AT AUCTION SALES

Teams sold at the Floyd Osborne
sale near Bull Tuesday for as high
as t5iB aud t2s0. and the top on
cows was sts7.s0. says Col. Earl
Munyon OF the auction firm OF Nun
ron 4 Hopkins who have sale
every day excepting Monday of this
week IN tho west end OF the county.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18
ENGINE orr TRACKS

An engine got OF the track IN the
local o. 3. L. yards Tuesday. due to
the spreading OF rails on the new
passing track which was only re-
esatiy completed The read bed had
become sof, due to thu recent wet
weather.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18
ENROLMENT FIGURE WRONG

sapt. n. l.. Peek states that he
made an error In BITS school report
o. last week. wherein u was stated
that the present enrolment Of the
two grade schools vas tos. This
figure should have been SOS.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

Announcement has been made
from Boise Of the recent action Of
the pardon board In granting a par
don 20 Harold Sims. formerly state
representative from this county, who
three years axo vas convicted of a
crime involving a statutory offenss.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

The Literary club. also known as
"Johnson's club" was founded by sam
uel johnson and sir Joshua Reynolds
in London In 1894. Boswell Burke
ana Goldsmith were among the nrst
members
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

Nest men are liars. but few Of the
wiser ones are discovering that the
habit Is q foolish and damaging one.
and lie as little as possibis.-E w.
uew.'s Monthly.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-10-18

An eclipse Of the sun can onl, occur
AZ the time % rev moon aud the usoon
can only b sclipssd when Il 10 calt
Evening star., 1923-12-26
SPEEDY CITY CLUB
FIVE FACES YANKS

City Club tossers may figure i'll the
running il they show the way to the
Washington Yankees Friday night al
Central Coliseum. In preparation for
! the fray. the Yankees will meet the
I Terminal r. r. Y. NJ. G. A. tonigh,
at Union station gymnasiu
The Yankees most recent accom-
Wyman team of Baltimore City
Club is apt to give the Yanks real
battle Friday night, for it has been
developing ra.ridly since 1t took the
measure OF the strong Peek team
Pete Gitlitz. star Yankee performer
will not play Friday, az he is spend
; ing the Christmas holidays at New
Haven.
TOssers repres~nting Company & of
the Tank battalion will encounter
Peck Memorial tomorrow night on the
iatter's floor. The Peckmen have
hooked another service game Satur-
day with the Navy Yard Marines on
! the formers court. Peck Reserves
averaging 1So pounds. also will repre-
season. Frank Athey Is captain and
! Herman Meyers manager.
Washington Prep basketers will
strive to add TO their laurels at ths
expense OF the Walter Reed tonish,
at the Congress Heights gymnasium
! Washington Prep Juniors and Centra
Athletic Club are to appear in a pre-
liminary tilt at 1:4o O'Clock.