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, 1923-07-24
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. July 24-Forelgn
exchanges easy. Quotations in cents.
Great Britain demand $50 7-16; cables
45sx; 60 day bills on banks 457 1-16.
France demand sos: cables 5.93h
italy demand ADJ cables 4.s7h. Bel
glum demand ASS; cables Assn. Ger
many demand ,ooo215: cables .ooo2ie.
Holland demand 1921; cables 1924.
Norway demand 1871. Sweden de-
mand 26.71n. Denmark demand
I7.45. Switzerland demand 1870.
Spain demand 14.2sh. Greece de-
mand 2.4e. Poland demand .ooo6h.
Czecho Slovakia demand 2.se. Aus
tria domand .oo14. Rumania demand
sax. Argentine demand 1900. Rre-
I'll demand 1888. Montreal 81 T-1e.
, 1923-07-24
Money

NEW YORK. JUDY 24-can money
steady; high AZ; low AZ; ruling ratio
AZ; closing bid x; offered at five;
last loan 4&.
Call loans against acceptances AZ;
time loans firm; mixed collateral. So
30 days 8 to 5A; 4.s months BOSE;
primo commercial paper 595A.
, 1923-07-24
Silver Purchase
Hearing Sought

WASHINGTON, July "a Ameri-
can Mining congress reiterated its
demand for a court hearing on the
silver purchases made by the gov
eminent under the Pittman act in a
letter written today by its secretary.
j. r. Callbreath, to Acting Secretary
Gilbert of the treasury. Tho letter
was in reply TO a recent letter by Mr..
Gilbert in which he expressed sur.
prise at the action Of the board of
governors OF the western division OF
the congress in advocating the court
action"
, 1923-07-24
Market Gossip and Briefs
On Operations in Oil Fields

ordered by the Montana Railroad
Commission have been protested by
the Illinois Pipeline company. which
has submitted a statement TO the com
mission showing earnings OF only 3.7S
per sent on AZ investment Of sls2.-
900 during the first year OF operation
During this period It transported 1927
1870 barrels of oil for which 1t re-
ceived s2o.47s. Operating costs were
s15,107.
, 1923-07-24
ESchuster Well Is Drilled
In for Cusher Production

third one is expected TO at least main
tain or better the average.
This tract is shown to be especial
iy rich and valuable and with the
firm having a net interest equal TO
$50 acres in this and other sections
the COMPANY is placed among the lead
ers of the Independents operating IN
the Salt Creek field.
Added to the above the company
also has one well on another tract
which In a test made eight months
after its completion showed an in
crease Of rs barrels over the initial
run.
, 1923-07-24
Potatoes

CHICAGO. July N-Potatoes
steady; receipts SO cars; total United
States shipments 4o2; Kansas sacked
cobbiers s1.25@1.4o; few best $1-bo;
Kansas sacked Early ohios ungraded
s1.1o@1.3oi ditto grades $40; Hi
nois sacked Early ohios upgrade
s1.so; Virginia barrel cobblers $4.75
, 1923-07-24
Wheat Farmers
Get Big Loans

SPOKANE, Wash. July 24-Ar
rangements for loans OF three mil
dollars for wheat farmers OF
Montana have been made with the
federal farm loan bank Of Spokane,
II was announced here by C. M.
strawmnn. general manager OF the
Montana Wheat Growers association.
The money will be advanced on wheat
warehouse receipts. no said.
, 1923-07-24
Sugar

NEW YORK. July 2A.1rhere were
no changes in refined sugar prices
but q better demand was reported
with fine graduated quoted from
IS. IS to $500. Refined futures nomi-
nal.
Sugar futures closed steady; approx
innate sales 1900 tons; September
$40; December t4.4s; March ss.25;
My S3.bs.
, 1923-07-24
SEEK
MART CONTROL
ON ALL WHEAT
Production To Be Signed
Up by Association in
Leading States

SPOKANE, Wash, July 24-Tbe
American Wheat Growers ASSOCIATE.
on with headquarters In Minneapolis.
plans TO sign up IS percent of the
wheat production of eleven states by
July l. 1924, and to create a price
fixing board OF farmers to determine
the price Of wheat offered for home
consumption, w. J. Brown, presl.
dent of the organization. has an.
nounced here. The movement win
Involve 400 million bushels. or half
the normal national production, he
said.
Directors OF the Washington Wheat
Growers Association, in conference
with Brown, approved the program
and indicated that they will seek to
sign up Sc per cent of the washing
ton tonnage by October OF this year.
An intensive campaign ia contem.
plated. II was announced.
OMAHA. Nebr.. July 24-Special
reports. ~emanating from various rur-
nj points throughout Nebraska indi.
cate that the farmers in this state
will delay their threshing to a much
greater extent than ever before. ow.
Ing TO the low price of wheat and
the general poor harvest
Threshing has been reported by
only two or three farmers, who de-
clared that financial difficulties made
It mandatory.
Several hail storms during June
and early July caused a heavy dam
ago to the growing grain in Nebras-
ka. destroying fully 20 per sent of
the wheat and oatcrop s in some To-
c~allties. In places where the thresh-
ing has been carried out. the aver-
age yield per acre for wheat was
placed at from ten to twelve bushels.
, 1923-07-24
FIowers
In One Bouquet

CHICAGO. July IA boduet Of
5000 flowers, each representing a
new member. was presented yester,
day to Miss Anna A Gordon. world
and national president Of the Wo
mems Christian Temperance Union.
The blossoms represented new mem
bers that have Joined the organiza-
ton since June II. 1928. and filled a
room about IL by 20 feet in dimen-
sionn-
, 1923-07-24
Ship
Strikes Reef

WASHINGTON, July "a. The
American steamship Mendora Is
aground off the west coast OF SanSal'
vador and tho cruiser Cleveland has
rome to her assistance Tho navy
tratsport Kittery reported the &C
cident to tho navy department today
hut gave no details.
, 1923-07-24

LANDER. July 2s-The Sage
Creek company which is drilling in
the Buffalo Basin country. encounter
ed another heavy flow OF gas at a
depth OF 1.040 feet In tho Second Wall
Creek sand
Tho company struck n So million
cubic feet OF gas pressure some weeks
e. This was shut off and drilling
struck
, 1923-07-24
Metals

NEW YORK. July 2A-copper
steady: electroiytio spot and futures
14%o.
Tin easyT spot and nearby Sss.76;
futures $ss.62.
Iron steady; prions unchanged
Lead steady; spot 1925.
Zinc steady: East St. Louis spot
and nearby delivery 1910.
Anthony spot s7.oO07.2o.
, 1923-07-24

During the month of June the Md
west Refining company loaded out
1900 900 gallons of gasoline from
Casper for shipment 10 the Standard
OH company of Louisiana al Baton
Rouge. where It Is loaded into tank
ers and shipped to Europe. The ship
ments from Casper should average s.
900. 900 gallons monthly t. I'll a con-
tract with the Louisiana Standard
, 1923-07-24
Receiver Named
For Film Firm

NEW YORK. July IA federal
receiver was appointed for the
Morosco Holding company. Inc,
Delaware corporation holding the
capital stock OF the Morosco Theatre
company and the Morosco Produe-
lions company.
, 1923-07-24
Plane Carries
Harding Mail

CHICAGO. July 24.-Mal for Pres
ident Harding. relayed hero from the
White House. left Chicago at $50 a.
m. by special airplane for Cheyenne,
wyo.. where It will be placed aboard
n train scheduled TO arrive in Seattle
WASH, July &c. the date of the Prest.
dents return to the atates from
Alaska
, 1923-07-24

RIDGEwAY. wis.. July 24.-Mrs.
Charlotte Bell. 10. OF Aberdeen. 8. D..
was killed last night when the auto
mobile in which she was riding with
friends and relatives colllded with
another car n mile west Of here.
Leonard Olson, 23. Boscobel, WIS.,.
and Tom Glenn. co. Galena. Wis.
driver Of the other car, were arrested
on charges Of drunkenness.
, 1923-07-24
NEW Dill STRIKE IN
WYOMING REPORTED
Southwestern Petroleum Company Said to Have En-.
countered Gusher Production in Wildcat Drilled
On Medicine Bow Structure

Southwestern Petroleum company is reported to have
brought in a gusher sand we'll on section 25-21-79w of the
Medicine Bow structure about six miles southwest of Medi-
cine Bow, Wyo, where flush production of 1900 barrels is
said to have been encountered at about 1000 feet. The
company had previously struck oil in the shale at $500 feet
but deeper drilling a authorized fol- a thorough test Of the field.
, 1923-07-24

CHICAGO, July 24-By Tho As
sociated Pressl-Intruder, n small
sloop flying tho colors of the Jack
son Park Yacht club, Chicago, and
owned and sailed by John James
and Edward O'Rourke, early today
won the sixteenth annual 1881 mile
yacht raos for the Macldnac cup In
81 hours, 81 minutes. corrected
time, according 10 a dispatch re
ceived at tho Chicago yacht club
from the racing committee.
, 1923-07-24
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO, July 24-Butter higher;
crefmery extras s9hc; standards
s9Mc; extrn firsts 37h0 ssc; firsts
@36hc; seconds 3403bc.
Eggs unchanged; receipts 1914
cases.
, 1923-07-24
Cash Grains and Provisions

CHICAGO. July 24-wheat mum.
Der . red LOOK @1.o2; number 2
hard ssh @1.oo%.
number 2 yellow 5000.
Oats number ? white 42@45; num-
Der 3 white zoh @42. Rye number
2 65h. Barley &C. Timothy seed
5.50@e.bo. Clover seed 15.oo@15.7o.
Pork nominal. Lard 1885. Ribs s25
@9.25.
, 1923-07-24

DULUTH. MINI. July z4@Cosing
nax $2.6s; September sass: October
sz1E Engembog s2-2IA.
, 1923-07-24

NEW YORK. July 24.-German
marks continued their course down
ward here today. establishing a new
low record at .ooo2K. or n million
marks for s2.2b.
, 1923-07-24

DENVER, Colo. July 24-Cattle
Receipts 1880; market steady; beef
steers 9.oo@1f.oo; COWS and heifers
8.O0M6.b0; calves 4.ooqs,oo; stockers
and feeders 3.5o@7.25.
Hogs Receipts 1900; market 70 TO
$50 higher; called steady; top sos;
bulk 7.s5@7.s5.
Sheep Receipts 400; market steady
lambs 11.75012.25: wethers 5000
ZOO; ewes 4.00Q6.50.
, 1923-07-24
Silver

NEW YORK. July 24.-Bar silver
.sSAi Mexican dollars Ash.
, 1923-07-24


OMAHA. Neb., July 24%U. g. De.
partment of Agriculture)-Hogs Re-
ceipts $4,000; mostly 15925c lower;
bulk 200 to 800 pound butchers $50
@7.25; top 7.4O; bulk mixed grades
e.40@6.s5; packing sows largely 500
@6.25.
Cattle Receipts $500; beef steers
and she stock fairly active. Is to 25c
higher; top long yeariings 11.25; bulk
steers and yearlinm s.b0910.25;
grass cows l.259e.oo; dry lot COWS
6.25@7.25; heifers up to 900; bulls
strong; bulk bologuas A.75@5.1o;
veals steady; top 500; s~tockers and
feeders slow. steady.
Sheep Receipts $4,000; lambs most
iy 1850 lower; western lambs 12.0o@
1880; natives 11.50Q12.oo; fed lambs
11.4o; sheep steady; eve top 400;
feeding lambs strong; 12.25 paid for
choice light western feeding lambs
, 1923-07-24

Pipeline Rate Protested
Reductions in pipeline rates from
the Kevin-Sunburst field to
, 1923-07-24
Cotton

NEW YORK. July s4-Cotton, spot
quiet; middling s24.65.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

establishing barriers and maintaining
guards. The only real progress is in
the matter OF warning signs which
are literally distributed along the
roads in the neighborhood Of cross.
mss. In many places bells and fash.
lights have been provided, sometimes
by the railroad companies, in other
cases by. automobile organizations and
in few instances by the munich.
palities.
The American people are supposed
to be news readers. 1t seems incredi.
Bile, however, that so many people
fail to read the news Of these FIRE.
quent fatalities at the crossings. Ger.
tainly if the people read they do not
heed. Many drivers seem to forget
everything but the power OF their
machines when in action. They &C.
quire dangerous confidence in them.
selves and their motors. There is a
sort Of autointoxication from gasoline
that deprives a certain type OF driver
OF all sense Of risk and responsibility
These are doubtless the ones who
chiefly contribute to the Monday rec.
ords of Sunday Embarrassing trag-
edies. The moral is, pick your driver
with care lest he be one of the cross
ing crowders who court peril and
make news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
Making Sunday Records.

Yesterdays fatalities at grade cross.
ings in this country were not as nu-
merous as the Sunday preceding,
when thirty.five persons were slain
by steam trains. Yesterdays score
at latest accounts is eleven deaths.
Eight were killed and two fatally hurt
in q motor truck at Niagara Falls
on the way to picnic. Three were
killed when motor was hit at a
VIGOROUSLY dangerous crossing which
has been the scene Of numerous &C.
cidents at New Carlisle, Ind. In both
of these places the grade crossings
were well identified. They were not
out in the country, masked by trees
or buildings. They were on the main
routes of travel. Yet the drivers went
upon the tracks without observing the
precaution Of stopping and looking
and listening, which should be the
first rule of the road for all motorists.
So heavy has been the mortality
at the grade crossings this season
already that it seems assured that
1923 will top all records in respect
to the sacrifices OF life. Yet appar-
emily little progress is being made
toward the elimination of these cross.
inEs by sinking tracks or roads at
points Of frequent travel. Nor is
there much advance In the matter OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
Taking Over Private Property.

1t Is said that the assistant engineer
commissioner, charged with making
IA survey of the city for sites for pub.
lie school additions and Fairgrounds
is meeting with some difficulty and
has found some property owners I'M
willing to sell at the price offered"
1t is also reported that "condemna-
ton proceedings may be resorted to
by the District government if the
owners fatty refuse to SELL" In TAX
ing over number of parcels Of pri-
waite property for public uses difficulty
is usually met and condemnation Is
frequently necessary. The money
available for the purchase is often less
than the properties would bring at
private sale. The occupants do not
want to break up their homes. A
family may have established home
Icy years of exertion and economy
and the older members dread the con.
fusion and excitement of establishing
another. The old home may be
known to be sound and sturdily built.
ana, ditHOuSn It's market price Is con-
siderably higher than 1t was five or
seven years ago. the price Of new
houses is higher than ever before.
and the price of an old house will not
buy new one that is as large and as
we'll built, ground values being equal.
In connection with the search for
sites it is said that few owners
have attempted to hold up the Dis
trict government by placing exces-
sive valuations on their property.
This is usual. Persons are always to
be found who place an extravagant
value on their holdings when a pro
spective purchaser appears. There
are difficulties to be encountered. but
the work of procuring sites for schools
and Fairgrounds will go forward,
though condemnation should only be
resorted to where the authorities can
find no other way out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
EDITORIAL DIGEST

energy and capital in the cities. The
present swing Of the scales aeains
the farmer is one of the things that
are wrong with the United States at
the present moment. There can be no
stability, political or otherwise. while
such condition exists"
The Syracuse Herald feels that the
loW-price level is directly chargeable
to falling off In export demand, which
1t believes is fairly attributable. in
a substantial degree, to an interna-
ington of which the keynote is in
difference to European interes SITS and
domestic self-sufficiency with regard
to foreign trade" Inasmuch as there
is no profit in growing wheat at pres
ent prices. the Springfield State Jour
nal suggests perhaps, after all. the
migration from the farm to the city
is necessary to create balance be-
tween the capacity of the earth to
grow and the capacity of the earth to
consume" Possibly manipulation is
to blame, and the Pueblo Star-Journal
says once the crop gets out OF the
hands of the farmer. the wheat mar
ket undoubtedly will show consider
able flrmness. The farmer is going to
be the chief loser. and later on the
some Of the same medicine in the
shape of increased prices when the
spectators boost the market"
The Lincoln Star holds the tariff re-
sponsible and believes when the next
Congress convenes a new measure
will be introduced providing for ma
terial reductions in duties, and 1t will
be passed by an overwhelming vote.
regardless Of the wishes of the Presi-
dent and his advisers" The whole
development Is tragedy that must
not be ignored" the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat insists, and when dollar
wheat Is measured in dollars that will
buy only about 60 cents worth of me-
cessities other than those supplied by
the farm, 1t must not be ignored.
The agrarian distress Of the past
three seasons threatens not merely
to be continued, but to be intensified.
despite all hopeful plans for relief:
With legislation tragically helpless,
except so far as it may supplement
individual and associated effort, anx-
ious thought must go out to the hard =
working, persevering farmers of the
country, on whom the prosperity of
the rest Of US is dependent in major
degrees" 1t also should be remem-
bered, the Des Moines Register de-
clares. that 1t Is not the operation
OF any natural law Of supply and de-
mand that is hitting the wheat grow
err today. The reason why the food
producer is worse on than anybody is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
Until Death Do Us Part

Almost Immediately after President
sured her friends who were seeking
to comfort her, saying: Il am not
going to break down" Though
stricken as by a lightning fash with
the greatest brief that could befall
her, the more shocking and severe
because of the apparent escape just
achieved, she realized her duty and
faced her responsibilities with cour-
age and fortitude, and ever since that
awful hour of a bereavement that
was more than her own alone she
las steadfastly maintained herself,
attending to the manifold matters
that must inevitably be considered by
her in the arrangements for the fu-
neral. All this might have been taken
upon other shoulders. = She preferred
to bear the burden. Her wishes are
being carried out. Her plans are
being respected and executed.
IL is most fitting that this should
be, for Mrs. Harding was throughout
! their joint lives her husbands great
est help and inspiration. She joined
with him in his work as publisher.
She became his partner. She learned
the newspaper business and carried
on with him as coadjutor and asso-
riate. She joined in all his aspira-
tons and shared with him the
triumph of their attainment. Their
lives were as truly one as it is pos
sible for two persons to unite.
When about q year ago Mrs. Hard
ing was taken i'll and for a time was
in grave danger the people of this
country mourned and sympathiZed
deeply with her husband, thus racked
by domestic as well as state cares.
As she slowly progressed to conva-
leseence there was rejoicing. When
last spring. as soon as possible after
the adjournment of Congress, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harding went south for a rest
greatly benefited, especially as he had
shortly before suffered from indispo-
sition Undoubtedly they profited by
this outing, brief as it was and free
from official cares and restrictions.
When the presidential party started
west in June the chief anxiety felt
was for Mrs. Harding, lest she might
not have the strength to stand the
strain Of travel and the unacceptable
social duties that attend a progress
OF this character. There was some
doubt as to the wisdom of her going
It proves now to have been best that
she accompanied the President, for
If he had to pass out of life at this
time 1t was most fitting that she
should be at his side at the time.
Indeed, nothing could have been
more suitable than that he should
go as she was reading to him
and. what is best of all, reading an
appreciation of him written by a
friendly pen. Her voice, conveying
words that must have been a comfort
10 his soul, was the last to reach his
ears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
Headlights.

The automobile headlight question
is being taken up again and it seems
that an increased effort will be made
by authorities to enforce the law. 1t
is apparent that there is a considera.
BILE degree of noncompliance with the
regulations. Perhaps there is little
defiance of the law in this matter,
but many motorists carry lights
which create a glare that is contrary
to rules prescribed by the authorities
Of the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Many accidents are attributed
to lights which blind pedestrians and
drivers OF approaching cars.
As preliminary to the strict en-
forcement of the law the Washington
Safety Council has begun a campaign
calling attention of Washington mo.
florists to the danger of glaring head
lights and the first step of this cam
paign is the setting up Of posters on
which appear this legend: Binding
headlights are dangerous and unlaw.
full. How about yours?" The council
urges automobile owners to special
effort this month to bring their head.
lights in line with the regulations
that the streets of Washington may
be safer for automobilist and pedes.
trian and that the driver may thus
exempt himself from arrest"
Several months ago the bureau Of
standards offered to make free test
of auto headlights. Four hundred
machine owners accepted the offer
and Of the number of cars examined
IS per cent were found to have lights
that were defective in adjustment and
a large percentage of the lights were
not in conformity with the law. The
Safety Council will aid an automobile
owner to give his headlights the legal
adjustment and cooperation of many
service stations, garages and automo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin

q. How many countrieS belong TO
the Pan-American Union?-J. r. NJ.
A. 1t is composed of twenty-one
American republics: Argentina. b.
livia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia. Costa
Rica, Cuba. Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras.
Mexico. Nicaragua. Panama. Para
quay, Peru. Salvador. United States,
Uruguay and Venezuela
Q. Are ships built at the navy
yard?-A. J. W.
A. 1t Is an ordnance factory. not a
shipbuilding establishment.
Q. How often does the Leviathan
make the transatlantic VOYAGE
X. L. D.
a. The Leviathan is scheduled to
sail from New York for Southhamp-
ton and Cherbourg every three weeks.
Q. Is there such a thing as a self
starting pump?-A. L.
A. There is an automatic starter
for use on pumps in mines, subways.
railway tunnels. etc, which starts
the pump when rising water touches
foatswitch.
there running In Europe?-M. Fl. +.
A. Sixteen companies are now OPP
Grating airplane routes connecting
London with the near east, soviet
| Russia and France with North Africa
and covering an aggregate of 5000
miles These are in addition to mill
! tary air fleets.
Q. Who invented the armored tank
| that was used in the war?-K. II.
A. The earliest patent for a cater
pillar armored tank was granted in
Germany. February 20. 1912. to Gunter
Burstyn OF Austria The number Of
this German patent is 252Si5 and
copies or II are on file in the United
states patent ONCE. The tank illus
| trated in this patent has long ad-
| Unstable arms extending from the
| to cross bitches that are wider than
the length of the body of the tank.
O. What was the original name Of
| Albany. n. VI. NJ. C.
A. The name of Albany was as
| sumed in 1854. The settlement had
previously been known by the names
Fuyck and Beverwyck.
Q. Is Harvard a college or a uni
versity?-T. c. r.
A. This institution is now a uni
| versity. although it retains for it's
legal name and academic department
the title of college. The state con-
| stitution that refers to Harvard is
older than the American Constitution
and the name of its founder was
familiar long before that of George
Washington.
Q. What is the motor cycle mile
| record?--T. \.
A. The one-mile record for the
| motor cycle was made by Otto Wal
ker at Fresno. Calf. on February %.
1921, in o.33 2-5 seconds
! Q. From what country did Frank
Inns ancestors comet. NJ.
A. Franklin came of line of
sturdy blacksmiths who lived for 200
years in England only twelve miles
from the manor house of Washing
ton ancestors. 1t Is interesting to
reject, in the light of subsequent
| history, how the pink-coated hunts
men of Washingtons aristocratiC
family may have had their horses
| shod by Franklins kinsmen.