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Evening star., 1924-04-06
To Study Sound Waves.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Experiments on the propagation of
sound, involving the use of large
quantities of high explosives. are to
be carried on in May by the French
government. Three gigantic explo-
sions, each of them using about ten
tons of explosives, will be set off at
Camp de la Courtine in the center of
France. The explosions will take
place several days apart under differ
ing atmospheric conditions. The ex-
act time will be noted, and numerous
seismographs, and other forms of reg
istering apparatus throughout France
will record the direction, intcnsitk
and-chara.cter Of the;sound.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

The new steel Mississippi
river steamboat City of Cincinnati,
which recently made her maiden
voyage with a full complement of
passengers aboard, all bound for New
Orleans to the Mardi Gras, is electri-
cally lighted throughout. The 220-
foot main cabin is illuminated by
fifteen GrYSt2l luminairea
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Steam has again bowed to electric
ity-this time in the California oil
fields. Drilling of two wells was
started on the same day. For one
steam power was used and for the
other electricity. Both were com
pleted on the same day, but the cost
OF drilling the we'll with steam was
$500 a day, while the cost of drilling
with electricity was only SIS per
day-a saving of ss4 a day.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Acute French Crises Prevail;
Peace Is Insistent Demand

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1924-04-06
BY HENRY w. BUM.

The following is a brief summary
of the most important news of the
world for the seven days ended
April ):
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Netes.-A conference of Russian
and Rumanian representatives to
discuss sundry matters broke up on
April 2. after brief exchanges on the
Bessarabian issue.
The ocean tonnage of today ex-
ceeds the pre-war ocean tonnage by
80 per cent, but is doing 80 per cent
less. business. ...
Evening star., 1924-03-25
SCORES NEW ENGLAND
FOR WASTING FORESTS

EAST ORANGE. n. J., March 2J.--
Up in New England are the leading
nature scofflaws" Of the country,
Charles Lathrop Pack, with q long
New England ancestry back of him,
told members of the New England So
ciety in session here last night. The
state of Michigan. with 2 per cent of
her original pine left. runs New Eng
land n good second in the SCOTIA W
race" Pack said. in asking the United
States to pay particular attention this
year to Forest Protection week, April
81, as proclaimed by President Cool
idge. Pack left for Washington after
the meeting to attend hearings on the
McNary- Clarke forestry bill.
Pack. who is a member OF the So
clety of Colonial Wars. said New Eng
landers are doHbly to blame for vio-
lating natures laws in cutting forest
and not providing for reforestation.
They started cutting many years ago,
he said, and, of course, the rest OF the
country patterned after their actions,
since everything is so good that comes
from New England. including apple
pie and maple sugar, Connecticut nut
megs and Boston beans.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private, Wire Direct to The Star Office

sets as $4,5ss,3S2 against total cur
rent liabilities OF S775,425. The net
profit OF $429.333 Is equal to $2.14
share on the 100000 shares of no par
uapital stock.
other points of strength were Hud,
son and Manhattan preferred and
common and Hudson Company prefer
red. The buying here was in response
to the showing in the annual report
of the Hudson and Manhattan. fup-
lie utilities continued to. be bought.
especially Colorado Power, up almost
two points
Motor stocks moved in sympathy
with weakness in this group on the
big board Dubilier Radio lost over
a point and Cuba company declined
almost two points to 3S1s.
Dealings in the mining group were
mixed. Kelly extension failed to re
trace any appreciable amount OF the
loss of the previous day, while New
Dominion Copper and a number OF
the other active leaders held nrrn
around Mondays prices.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
BY WILLIAM HEFFERNAy.
Received by Private y

Special Dispztc. TO The Star -
NEW YORK, March 25.--rhe curb
market was unsettled most of ths
time today In sympathy with weak
ness on the stock exchange. Domes-
tic, oils We're left TO drift for them
selves. and at. times pressure against
Prairie Oil and Gas and Prairie Pipe
Line brought about substantial de-
Clines.
This failed to check operations in
the South American oils and buying
in this section was again unusually
heavy. Creole Syndicate was in de-
mard and reached a new high for the
year above Lago Petroleum also
came in for considerable attention.
In the Industrial section Park &
TilfUrd sold just under the high for
the year, following publication of the
favorable report for the last quarter
of 1923. This gave total current as
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BERLIN BANK STATEMENT.

BERLIN, March 25.-The state
ment fthe Bank of Germany. as of
March Is, shows an increase in coin
and bullion Of 3e,526, 900 marks. Colo
holdings increase 1000 marks to 1s4. :
S07 900. Also the following changes
in trillfofs OF marks:
Treasury and loan association
notes decreased 100000; renterbank
notes increased 2,s56.460;, notes of
other banks increased $40; bills of
exchange and cheques increased S.
274, ,009; renterbank bills and cheques
decreased 0s,6S3, 500; advances de-
creased 7i,934,193; rentermark dis
counts and advances decreased 49,
623 $50; Investments increased rs, 420:
other assets decreased 3S.745.8S5; notes
in circulation increased 307, ,S76; deposits
increased 9.618.779: other liabilities in
creased 1880. .6ss; renterbank loans un-
changed.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
DENIAL OF OWNERSHIP
OF SALOONS INEFFECTIVE
Judge Rules Defendants Must Tell
to Whom Raided Property
Belongs.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. -.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Denial of
ownership of premises speeifed in
federal prohibition complaints is not
sufficient ground for the dismissal OF
such complaints. Federal Judge. Knox
ruled yesterday, holding that de-
PENDANTS can be absolved of liability
only by revealihg the name of the
owner. Heretofore numerous dis
nissals have been made on such pleas.
Judge Knox also issued paddock in
functions closing nine saloons in New
York city and nearby points. -
Prohibition activities yesterday in
cluded a, search on the Atlantic
Fruit Steamship Cayo Mambi by GUS
toms agents, who seized ninety-two
demijohns of rum and a quantity OF
assorted liquors. The captain of the
steamship was instructed to appear
at the customhouse tomorrow morn
ing The liquor. concealed in the
bulkheads of the ship, was found
only after a two-hour search, All
officers and members of the crew de-
Aied ownership of the liquor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
WALL STREET BRIEFS.
= the Associated Pre- 81

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 25.-Barrins
some unforeseen news developments,
stock market observers expect the
nrhsent irregularity of price move
ment to continue until after the pub
LEGATION of the Dawes reports. In
tarests which have been active on
the constructive side in the past are
restricting their commftm tents until
this report is out of the way, ~,
There has been a growing tendency
for American companies doing
large foreign business to organize
European and South American sub
sidiaries.
The Morgan Engineering Company
reports net profits of sL0I5.53 in
1928, az against a deficit of sS9,6sS
the year before.
Wall street today heard reports
that American and British bankers.
who recently extended large credits
TO the French government, were not
entirely pleased with the sensational
recovery of the French. franc. These
bankers are OF the opinion that II
would have been for the best inter-
est of all concerned if the rise in
French currency had been an orderly
one. Private cables today indicated
that the so per cent interest rate to.
involuntary defaulters would be
abolished ard less severe penalties
imposed.
Associated Oil Company and it's
proprietary companies, including
Amalgamated Oil. had net profit of
s5,950,6s3 in 1928. equivalent to s2.65
a share, on its $25 par value capital
stock. .- .--... e. -- .r.s
The May. Department Stores Conn
pany reports net sales OF s90,997.65
for the fiscal year ended January 81,
1923. the largest for any year, and !
net profit of s6.6s0.542, equal after
preferred dividends to $12.09 a share
on the common stock.
Net profit of Park & Tnford,
Inc in the first four months under
tho Schultz Stores management,
which purchased the property last
August, was s42s,334, after taxes and
depreciation.
Steel production in the Youngs-
town district is declining. but roli-
ing mill schedules are well maintain
ed. OF the fffty-one Independent
-open-hearth furnaces forty are melt
ing, against forty -four last week and
forty eight earlier in the month,
The Midwest Refining Company has
completed its NO. well on Hogback
Dome, Navajo reservation, north
western New Mexico, at SAT feet,
with additional production estimated
at 1000 barrels of oil. This is the
largest well completed in that state.
Further confirmation of reports
that northwestern railroads would
make a good showing for February
was seen today in the February
statement of the Pere Marquette,
which shows net operating income OF
sS21.317, compared with s1B9,S20 In
the same month OF 1923,
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BOSTON WOOL PRICES.

BOSTON, March 25 (Special).-
Trading In the Boston raw wool mar
kets again was spotty today, but
prices were well sustained. The level,
however. despite the strength of wool
abroad. Is about cents below prices
OF hist year at this time. Fine staple
territory is quoted at S1.40 to $1.45.
At the end Of last March $1.45 was the
bottom
Evening star., 1924-03-25
CLOTHING SHOP LOOTED.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md, March 25-Men's
clothing, valued at about $4,000, was
taken from the Young Mems Shop in
the central part Of the city. just
square from the police station. early on
Sunday, morning. Entrance was gained
through n rear barred window adjoining
the Trinity Chapel Of the Reformed
Chrrchs
Evening star., 1924-03-25
BEET SUGAR DIVIDENDS.

NEW YORK, March 25.--Directors of
the American Beet Sugar Co., yester-
day declared four quarterly dividends
of 81 each on the common stock. This
is the first dividend action stince JAN
uary 81, 1921, when 2 per cent was
paid.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
LONDON WOOL AUCTION.

LONDON, March 25--A fair selection
at the wool auction. yesterday. The Of
ferings were steadily absorbed at firm
:ings were steadily absorbed at firm
rates. American buyers purchased a
fair supply CT fine, greasy merinos.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Banking Trust & Mortgage Co.
Rooms 20-2I 1410 q st. NV.
Phone Franklin s7S<
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
U. S. BRANCH, LONDON GUARANTEE &
a aocIDEET COMPANY, LTD, OF CHI
on the s1st day of December, 1879. as required
under the District OF Columbia code, amended
June 30, 1902, and August is. 1911.
Capital stock, paid up. in cash ~
deposit -............-s-... sIJ1.OOO. %
ASSETS. -
CASH in office ............... 1856 2s
Cash in bank. k...................s 500. sS9. 40
Collateral loans ................rs 900, 900. 90
Real estate mortgages (hrst
stocrs and bonds market va,aej IS o45, go. q
Prem iums uneollected and In
hands OF agents. ....,........ 3, ,426. I13. as
Interest due and accrued. .,..... 1Ss. .0S3. SO
All other assets ................ sos, All 03
Total assets .......: SIS 4sJ, ,e96.sa
LIABILITIES
Net unpaid claims ......... So. o.. .3s3. IL
Reserve as required by law.....- 6,2a3, Al. 20
Salaries. rents. expenses. taxes,
Commissions, brokerage. etc.,. s69, 1864
Capital stock, statutory Deposit i5O, LOO
All other liabilities Voluntary
reserve for contingencies 1.O00.000.O 90
sundry accounts ...............- IL, 799. 60
Total liabilities. ........... s16,597 27I. y
Character of business transacted during the
year 1928. casualty insurance
1928. ~ ...'.......... @ $685.. 144oe
1879. ..........-........... II, ,4s8. .5sa IA
Expended during the year 1928. II, 800. ESQ 81
c. M. BERGER.
Y. s. Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of February. 1924
lSeaI.) II. W. BEAL,
Notary Public.
my commission expires November IL, 1921
DAVID N. LEA. General Agent.
D. @, aad Adjacent Territory In Nd. and Va
1s1. Main 3e17. 141o-14i2 G st. NV.
Member of the Insurance Club d
Washington.
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Have. You seer s,.r~ Vet,

Have Y0u Heen StunE Yeti
Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to be eau
tious in making investments. Be-
fore you fnvest--investigate
Evening star., 1924-03-25

NEW YORK, March 25.-Following
is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
today:
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Supplies Mostly Light

Lettuce-Supplies moderate. demand
good, market firm; California. crates
Iceberg type. doz.. mostly $50 doz.,.
8 5.00a-5 so. Onions--Supplies moderate,
demand light. market fairly steady :
New York. Ohio and Michigan, 100-ib.
sacks. yellow varieties! No. l. 2.25a
80: small sizes. 200. Potatoes-Sup
plies moderate demand moderate. mar
ket firm : Michigan. 150-,b. sacks. Rus
set rurals. United States No. /, 250a
2.75 per sack: New York, i50-lb. sacks,
round whites. United States No. !. most
~ 500 per sack. Spinach-Supplies
moderate, demand moderate, market
slightly weaker Texas, bu. baskets.
l.15a1.S5.
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Trust & Mortgage Co.

We want good First ana Second
Trusts In Washington and Vicinity
Reasonable Terms-Prompt investiea-
tions. Call or write,
Evening star., 1924-03-25

There has been a growing tendency
for American companies doing
large foreign business 10 organize
Europcan and South American sub
yidiaries.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

DAVID n. LEA, Gensral Agent,
D. @. and Adjacent Territory In Nd. and Va
nj. Main 3e17. 141t-14i2 G st. NV,
Member of the Insurance Club q
Washington.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Associated Oil Company and it's
proprietary companies, including
Amalgamated Oil, had net profit of
s5,950,6S3 in 1928. equivalent to s2.65
a share, on its $25 par value capital
stock. .---..... 2. ~.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

The Morgan Engineering Company
reports net profits of sL0I5.536 in
1928, as against a deficit of ssS,6ss
the year before.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Further confirmation of reports
that northwestern railroads would
make a good showing for, February
was seen today in the February
statement of the Pere .Marquette,
which shows net operating income OF
SS21,317, compared with s1B9,S20 In
the same month Of 1923,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06

The idea behind this immense
project of developing SUMMIT
PARK is to foster a choice COM
munity of people who desire sub
urban homes with an atmosphere
of refinement and culture. In our
many years of experience develop
ing suburban property we have
yet to uncover a subdivision with
the immense possibilities Of SUM-
NIT PARK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
BEAUTIES To CO.
/. ON EXCURSION
To HARBOR
Gala Day Is Planned For
Prize Winners in Severn
Contest

Another big day at Herald Harbor
on the Severn Is scheduled for to-.
morrow and officials of The Herald
4iarbor Company have arranged to
give another record crowd a full day
Of recreation and amusement.
More than $4,000 persons, accord.
ing to the conpany's officers, visited
the new salt water resort last Sun.
day and Monday. The final judg.
ing Sunday in the Beauty Contest
drew thousands from Washington
and Baltimore and special trains
over the Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railroad was
necessary to handle the crowds Of
friends, and relatives who want to
cheer their favoTites.
The winners Of the capital prizes
were guests Thursday night at the
LIE Paradis roof. They will be at
the beach at Herald Harbor tomor-
row to greet their friends.
Tomorrow afternoon, the prize
bungalow and two lots won by Miss
Winlfred Maurice, who was named
Miss Herald Harbor, will be award
ed. There will be a special cere-
mony at that time. The presenta-
ton will take place between 2 and
$3.50 o'clock.
Excursion trains will be operated
tomorrow from Fifteenth and H
streets northeast, over the w. B. &
A.. Railroad, and a special rate of
81 for the round trip win be charged.
Motor buses will meet the trains at
Colt station and transport visitors
without charge right to the beach.
Excursion trains will leave White
House Station at 500 and 1920
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Persons who do not take their
lunch and bathing suits may get
them at the beach at a nominal cost.
The Herald Harbor Inn is now open
to the public and chicken dinners
are being served daily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06

white, the floor is dark walnut. rub
finish and there are several oval
rag rugs.
The four-poster colonial bed IL a
splendid reproduction Gnexpensive)
Of antique finished birch. One latter
Seventeenth Century rocker with u
lovely needle point cushion and a
Governor Winthrop chair, beside a
gate-leg table.
At right angles to the fireplace
is eettee with an oval back which
can be converted into a table, u
floor cushion in front OF It and a
very good copy Of fire-side chair
opposite.
So far everything in this room is
a reproduction, including the win.
dow treatments which are Of black
background chintz, and the furni-
ture is absolutely correct as far as
design is concerned, and Is 80 very
inexpensive that the entire furnish
ings cost less than the few antiques
used, which are chest Of drawers,
a small mirror and pair OF candle
sticks.
These harmonic nicely and the
effect was typical Of the Colonial
period.
In the days Of Marie Antoinette
the French made the habit Of COM
bining the writing OF messages con-
corning household affairs and the
many social things that arise with
the dressing room; so here desk
was placed to serve this convent.
ence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
ARE
NECESSARY
IN HOME
Cases Built In Are Part Of
Modern Architects
Plans

Bookcases are Of necessity an In
tegral part Of the architecture Of
every modern home.
It is to the modern built.in type
to which we refer, for, Of course,
the old style cumbersome bookcase
that occupied so much floor space
is now a thing of the past.
The natural time to build your
cases is when the house Is con-
structed, for then they can be in
cluded in the wall space and de-
signed to conform properly with the
arrangement Of the rooms.
The plan Of embodytng the book
cases In the design of the home
when 1t is under construction IL
simple and quite inexpensive.
"Built.in" bookcases need not al.
ways mean the type that Is sunk
into the walls of the room. The cases
built on the wall surface, while often
thought Of as movable, should never
be treated as furniture.
Bookcases sunk into the walls of
room, however, are a very desir.
able type, for they leave the entire
floor and wall space free. And
surely if floor or wall space is to
Dc considered with great economy,
as In the average small house or
city apartment, cases built into the
walls are a happy solution to this
problem.
For bookcases that are a part Of
the interior decoration of the home
there are two usual types, the
open front and the cases closed
by doors.
If the open case is to be treated
as a tapestry or hanging in the
room, 1t must be so placed that
it is fixed by the architectural
frame that holds 1t in place. But
1t is not movable like tapestry, so
it must therefore be designed as
a part of the room in such a
place that 1t is right for the room
as a whole. and the open front
your tapestry of books-is nee.
essarily fixed to this position.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
IS NEEDED
IN USING
ANTIQUES.
Many Poor limitations Spoil
Real Value of Originals
In Use

One must have a strong imagi.
nation these days to believe all
the antique furniture that is Of
fered for sale,
Most Of the antique furniture
that is really old belongs in the
museums because in many cases
it is not useful.
These which have necessitated
replacement of some part or other
because of age, lack just that much
of the real value.
On the other hand, there are
things which age has improved and
are very useful. But just to buy
antiques because they are antiques
and not for the use or beauty they
impart in the home is a mistake.
A copy or reproduction Is far
better and then it is wise to note
the different kinds of reproduc-
tions there are.
Beware of artistic reproduce
tions. ut would be much better
to have a print of one of the
Raphael Madonnas than a copy in
oil.
There is one style among anna
teur collectors to which l wish to
call attention. That is the style
of Chippendale.
He is sort of god to young
collectors, but among older, better
learned ones he is not first by
any means. He produced some
wonderful things, but along with
them some monstrosities.
1t is the Zine Of the design" so
to speak, which attracts the atten-
ton of the serious amateur and
wins the affection of the expert.
Those who can appreciate the
grace Of line Of Hepplewhite will
show better judgment by securing
worthy reproduction for home
use than to pay a fabulous sum for
original pieces.
say this for such reasons as
these: When go into a home which
has many wonderful original pieces
Of furniture and see the principals
Of decoration neglected, I Just
wish the owners had used the price
Of some Of those pieces for a back.
ground that such furniture re-
Quires.
II your object is to furnish your
home suitably, what need have you
for antiques? The age Of furniture
is of great value to museums, but
for home, beauty and usefulness
will do.
Here Is a way you can use
a few antiques very nicely in a
room furnished in reproductions OF
the colonial style:
The walls, and woodwork are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
DELAY TRIAL OF STOKES
AS DEFAMER OF WIFE

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-The case
against w. e. D. Stokes, New York
city, and co-defendants. under in
dictment charged with conspiracy
to defame his wife, Mrs. Helen
Elwood Stokes, of Denver, Colo,
today was transferred to October
term of criminal court.
The case previously had been set
for September s, and motions to
quash the indictment had been
oVerruled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
ORDER PITTSBURGH COPS
TO ARREST ALL SPEEDERS

PITTSBURGH, Sept. g. Strict
orders to ararest all automobile
speeders in place of issuing the
usual tags were In effect today in
a drastic effort by Director c. A.
Rock, Of the department of public
safety to reduce the rapidly mount
ing number of automobile accidents
Under the new order motorists
arrested for speeding will be held
until bail is furnished for their
appearance in court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06

The bookcase with the doors is
the one most commonly used and
installed in small houses today. 1t
is usually built on either side of
the living room or reception hall
fireplace and is extremely simple
in design.
But, when planning your home,
whether you decide to have the
open front type or the kind with
doors, 1t is always well to remem-
Der that both are subject to the
principles of design that are EN-.
ployed in the plan OF your rooms
AZ q whole.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
SUMMIT PARK offers the best


and safest investment in home
ownership obtainable. It is high
and dry and commands an inspir-
ing view of Washington and the
surrounding country. SUMMIT
PARK is an insurance policy
whose dividends are pleasure,
pride, happiness, gain and indie
pendence. Splendid highways lead
to and from the property, fresh
air, unexcelled natural beauty and
a steady and natural increase in
value are just few of the adj
vantages.
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