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Evening star., 1924-06-08
CONVENTION VISITORS
TELL N. Y. INTERESTS
Inquiries of Prospective Guests
Show What Places Are Most
Important.
WALL STREET COMES FIRST
Woolworth Building, Coney Island
and Zoo Next on List.
By the .Associa ted Press.


NEW YORK, June THE question.
What things peculiar to New York
city most tease the curiosity of the
person who never has been there?"
has been answered in thousands of
inquiries received from prospective
visitors to the Democratic national
convention.
and the stock exchanges; second, the
Woolworth and Metropolitan sky
scrapers, and. third, Coney Island, the
order representing the relative popu-
larity.
Curiously. those who profess the
greatest interest in the stock ex-
the scene of the Wall street bomb ex-
plosion in front of ]. P. Morgan's-"
Others, seeking assurance that they
will be able to view the famous sky
line from the dizzy towers atop the
Woolworth and Metropolitan struc-
lures, plaintively inquire, What has
become of the Singer and the F1af1ron
buildings!' those architectural mar
vels of generation ago that now
squat in the shadows of rivals which
scratch the sky much deeper.
Zoo Ranks Fourth.
Bronx zoo and botanical gardens
rank about fourth in popularity as as
Statue of Liberty and Tombs prison
close competitors for fifth place.
Then. in the order named, come the
American Museum of Natural History
and the Metropolitan Art Museum,
the subway system and the under
river tubes, Greenwich Village.
BROOKLYN bridge, Ellis Island and
''The Little Church Around the Cor
ner," the Church of the Transtgura-
tion.
reaus which are mailing answers 70
all these queries that Chicago people.
for instance, were interested above
all in New York's subways: that the
stock exchanges were the first things
town and village bankers wanted to
see: that parents who will bring
children here with them invariably
wanted to know will the zoo and the
aquarium be open?" and that 1nhabi-
tants of moderate-sized mld-western
cities were most curious about the
reputed bohemianism of Greenwich
thousands of prospective visitors
wrote, Can we see the SlumS, and
Chinatown and the BoweryT or In.
Grants. tomb on Riverside drive, the
NAVY Yard, historic Bowling Green
on the Battery, Central park with its
miniature lake and mountain play
Grounds, the great universities, the
6ubIic library, St Patrick's Cathedral.
the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
of st. John the Divine. Trinity and
St PauPs churches of pre-revolu-
tionary days, the world's two biggest
railroad terminals, down through the
long list of famous places and things,
modern and historical, with which
this city abounds.
Looks For Rum.
An inquirer with a facetious pen
wrote Stanley j. Quinn, directing
vice president of the local citizens
non-partisan national convention
committees:
"I have heard that tho Island OF
Manhattan was purchased from an
Indian chief for $z4 worth OF beads
and rum. VIII tho beads or the rum
be on exhfbdtion?'
M. quinn replied that ~they prob
ably Won't" but that everything else
n-fhe eaeaat Ved
Evening star., 1924-06-08

be; that the stoc kexchange gall
leries would be thrown open to
visitors, the Woolworth and Metro
politan towers would be open,
Coney Island would be bally-hooing
full blast and all the other attrac-
tions the city could boast would be
made readily accessible to sight
Seera
Evening star., 1924-06-08
Long Lost tablets Found.

What are believed to be some Of the
long lost tablets of Moses have been
deciphered by Prof. Grimme of the
of Muenster, according to
tho Jewish Telegraph Agency in vi
emma The tablets are thought to be
remnants Of those containing tho Ten
Commandments. The tablets were
actually found BY Flinders Petrie, the
English scholar. on the plateau OF
Serabit Ell Chadan. in the southwest
&n part Of the peninsula Of StAni.
Evening star., 1924-06-08

Fired with determination to
make higher education the ultimate
reward for their achievements the
three winners of the national ora
torical contest turned homewArd last
night to bask for . few neeting
months in tho rosy memories OF
honors fairly won before setting ont
to attain the goals theSSgsaa
academic halls
A professional career is. tho ambf-
ton Of each. Don Tyler Of Los
hopes to become lawyer and already
has one eye on q senatorial toga-
Miss Ruth Newburn, the pretty
Washington senior who captured
second honors, hopes some day to
be able to write as wen az she can
speak. John NJ Dallam. Sd. who
came out third best. wants to DO .
lawyer. too.
Have Donfnant Amhitfoaa.
To give themselves q start on their
chosen paths, each OF the three con-
testants has determined to enter col
lege next fail with the money they
won. Tyler hopes to matriculate at
Akboluld OuNcNSAyp &A4Ho
Newburn will at least start at George
Washington and young Danam prob.
ably will knock upon tho learned
gates Of PennsylvaniA for admission.
At least, those are the dominant am
bitiOns Of the young speakers At
All OF the contestants. except Van
Barnes. who WAS obliged to return to
New York, spent a busy twelve hours
yesterday seeing the National Capital
and visiting nearby places OF his
Evening Star. And 1t was a tired but
happy sextet that tumbled into their
beds after the busiest day since their
arrival in Washington.
whit Bowling E3eA
The day opened with . visit to
Boiling Field, Whefo they not only
saw Army aviators dare tne nws OF
Sensetion Of being photographed from
a speeding airplane. Lieut. Howard
X. Ramey and Lieut. George w. COD
da1d a;pssa the z5EuH upon
Graphing points of interest. and had
the pictures developed and in the
hands Of the astonished young speak
ers within twenty minutes.
From Boiling Field tne party, t. oS.
white House and were received BY the
President and Mrs. Coolidge. AFTER
being photographed with the Presi-
dent and the First Lady. the pilgrims
we're entertained at luncheon in the
cabinet room of the willard Hotel
and then departed for . tour OF
ARLINGTON, Fort Myer. Aexandria,
Mound Vernon and Rock Creek Park
Mount st. Alban. where Woodrow
wilson rests, was the last place
visited before tho day ended, with
dinner At tho War0mAn P1rk doeol
Discussed Mo6ek2 FKvoaeDD
Whirling through the streets Of
Washington and over Virginia roads.
the three winners chatted frankly
about their views on vexatious
modern problems and offered some
rather encouraging explanations. In
the first place little Miss Newburn
most emphatically disapproves of
girls smoking and when asked for
her opinion Of bobbed hair, natvely
called attention to the fact that her
own had never been clipped" She
thinks. however, that women should
and Win take their place tn worldly
activities
Don Tyler u living refutation Of
the theory that . man must do not6-
ing bat Gtudy " he - to Be brilliant
Tyler is only eighteen. but has the
poise OF q man Of twenty-oyA He
1laNasoDa6 en11: - zl1all1. f3guA
Evening star., 1924-06-08
BRAZIL TRAILS u. S.
AS COTTON PRODUCER
Must Adopt Modern Agricultural
Methods to influence World
Fabric Market.
RELIABLE W0RKMEN NEEDED
Indians, Now Only Labor Source,
Strike Often.
BY CLAUDE O. PIKE.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News Copyright, 1924.
BUENOS AIRES, June T. It will
be many years before Brazil becomes
a competitor of the United States in
cotton production, in the opinion of
z. T. Tutt. an expert Of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
who has contracted with Argentina
TO undertake to develop cotton pro-
duction in Argentina.
Mr.. Tutt recently completed a sur
Sey of Brazil at the instance of the
argentina Department Of Agriculture.
While agreeing that the soil is es-
pecially adaptable and that cheap
land and labor enabue Brazil to
produce cotton more cheaply than
other nations. he believed that the
eriteracy of tho natives, primitive
agricultural methods, and the aver
sion of Brazilian farmers in the cot
con districts to adopt modern methods
and machinery. together with care
/ aessness in planting. cultivation and
! eicking, all are factors preventing
Brazil from becoming an important
world producer Immediately.
In the opinion of Mr.. Tut it will
require many years to instiil in Bra
: xilian cotton farmers and workers
: the necessity Of improving grades to
sneet the competition Of other nations,
Of increasing acreage production and
also of conducting an active cam
paign to keep down the boil weevil
and other insect pests common to
! tropical countries.
Gsea LaAgrers Scarce.
| : The Argentine government is Civ
ing attention to cotton growing IN
Jthe northern provinces, seeking to m
ter ta aftrecf no,nnt.ss IN as to those seco %
: tions. The increase in acreage of
cotton in the past year indicates the
greater attention shown, but the
labor supply is held to be the chief
problem to solve.
At present Indians are the only
source of labor and they are unde-
pendable and generally antagonishc,
usually striking at harvest time,
making heavy military control neces-
It is generally accepted that such
unstaple labor is dercgatory to ex-
tensive sowingS Of new fields, hence
the anxiety of the government to Sc
German coionists are reported to be
eKAmining and studying the prospects
of settling in northern Argentina, but
it Is considered that climate AID
icap to European settlers making an
immediate success Of cotton growing
until several years administration.
Japeaese and Chinese workers are
) considered by many to be the only
people to Withstand the unhealthy
!, conditions Of those districts. News
has been received here that many of
tho 10000 German immigrants. which
the SHINES steamship line has con-
tracted to bring to Argentina. are ex-
pected to settle in the cotton district.
Evening star., 1924-06-08
New Danger From Matches.

Owing to the growing vogue OF
radio and automobiles with the re-
sultant increasing use OF batteries,
safety officials have issued warnings
against lighting matches around a
battery that Is being charged A bat
terry whom being charged gives on
hydrogen gas which, when mixing
with the oxygen in the air. forms an
explosive. An electric fash right
should be used under such conditions
to SEQ the level Of the electrolyte.
Evening star., 1924-06-08
Tasty Sandwich Filling.

Put three hard-bofled eggs and
three sour or sweet pickles through
the food chopper. Mix thoroughly,
add two tablespoonfuls of peanut
butter. and salt and pepper to taste.
Then add prepared mustard and vine
gar to make Of the consistency to
Evening star., 1924-06-08
Not Too Timid.

Fro0 the Boston Transcript.
Il hear your son Tom has brought
homo q timid little bride"
WILL. she isn't so awfuI1y back
ward It that. She started in right
aWay to improve mothers game of
brid1l and show the girls how to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
TRADING.
LED BY RAIL
STOCKS
September Earnings and
Heavy Freight Loadings
Starts Rally

NEW YORK. Oct. %. Railre ad
stocks led the market into 4 mod
crate rally in prices in the early
trading today, in response to the
report Of the American Railway
Association, which showed that
freight movement in the week OF
October 18 were the largest in the
history of the country.
The railroad systems in that
week loaded 1.1O2 1915 cars with
revenue freight, exceeding the best
previous record by 4,843 cars
Another batch of September rail-
road earnings was made public to.
day. The results of operation
shown to be quite favorable as
compared with the same month
last year. The first twenty.foul
roads to report. including such sys-
TENS as the New Haven, AtchisIn,
baltimore and Ohio, st. Paul, Erie,
Lehigh, Pere Marquette, had q
total net income for the month Of
$67 ,26l,2 20 compared with 46,183,.
3l2 IN the same month last year
Good buying Of 1.-The low priced
rails. including Rock Island, st.
Paul preferred, Lehigh Valley, Kan
sas City Southern, Katy, Texas ana
Pacific, Pittsburgh and West Vir-
GINA, Frisco common and Seaboarl
Air Line was the most pronounced
feature Of the early trading today,
and while no wide changes were
recorded in prices, the trend of
value was moderately higher.
The forward movement in low
priced independent steel stocks alsJ
received a boost in the activity of
Penn Seaboard, which sold at the
highest price on the move, RepIogle
Steel and Vanadium, coppers took
another squirt, under the leadership
OF American Smelling, United States
Smelling and Anaconda. Shipping
stocks sold higher, with American
international Corporation the most
active in this list. Sears RoebuclS
led the mercantile stocks, with an
advance Of points to 1888; Yellow
Cab Manufacturing lost 81 points
at S8% in continuation Of the selling
pressure which stopped after pub
lcation Of estimate of third quarter
earnings yesterday afternoon. Max.
well Motors "A" stock forged ahead
to new high at 681a at the head
Of the movement in motor shares.
Call money renewals were posted
at Nv per cent. Cotton markets
were steady; grain markets firm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
KING
AIDS BRITISH
LABOR
Bernard Baron. Gives Most
Literally to WAR Funds"
in Election

LONDON, Oct. %. ~ Bernard
Baron, born In the United States. q
self.made millionaire, and 'cig.
arctic king" was one Of the most
liberal contributors to the war
funds" Of the Labor party In the
general elections.
Baron started the Labor party
off In the elections with gift of
$26, 900, which came from q clear
sky and was 9 windfall to party
that was accustomed to receiving
contributions in pennies. and nickels.
Worked with GOmpers.
Nearly half century ago Baron
worked side by side with Sam
Gompers, president Of The American
Federation Of Labor, both cigar
makers in q New York factory.
Baron inventea O cigarette-maIkfng
machine and came TO England. q
poor inventor, with ais machine.
After the greatest difficulty he sue.
ceeded In persuading q t3w English
tobacco manufacturers to use his
continuance.
He formed an English company to
exploit the invention, but the conf
pany had to borrow money from
the banks to pay the first dividends.
Eventually the invention became
recognized as a valuable asset to
cigarette manufacturers, and it be-
came a determining factor in the
war between English end American
tobacco interests, who were contest.
ing for the English market as well
as eastern markets.
Directs Careers, Ltd"
Baron Is now the managing Cli.
rector Of Carreras. Limited, one OF
the largest tobacco Arms In Eng.
land and the owner Of the Baron
patents and its developments. The
company has paid regular dividends
OF 10 and IL per cent and has an
adequate reserve.
For a long time Baron has been
a personal friend Of Ramsay Mac.
Donald, J. r. Clynes, J. H. Thomas,
and other Labor leaders, and despite
the fact that he is a large employer
And a capitalist, he Is q staunch
supporter of the Labor party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
GAIN IN WHEAT
To REDUCE
PRICE
South America and Australia
Have Increased Acreage
on Grain
BY A. e. GARVTN.
Tnternn tionaJ News SePv,ca

CHICAGO, Oct. 2s.-The price Of
wheat. according to Chicago agri-
cultural foundation, probably will
be lower next year.
Large increases in the wheat acre
ages seeded for the 1925 crop have
been predicted by the foundation,
based on recent surveys of the wheat
sections in the United States. az
well as in Argentina and Australia,
prepared by the United States De-
rartment OF Agriculture. With
average yiclds, the foundation he.
lieves the price will drop next sea-
son. Consequently, fields seeded in
poor condition, or too late for q fair
growth before winter sets in will
have a poor chance of returning q
profit at harvest.
In the north Atlantic States plant
ing of winter wheat is ten days to
two weeks behind normal, and the
same holds true for several mid.
Western States. Rainfall has been
unusually spotted, and to this is
attributed the cause of the lateness
o. 'he n'onfing.
These conditions should t.ava a
tendency to cut down the total
acreage, but in Kansas. Missouri and
most of Nebraska-some OF the
heavy winter wheat States-seedins
conditions are good, and present
prices and yields are encouraging
heavy seeding this fall. ,..
The wheat acreage in South
America countries has beer in.
creased this fall over las. years
more than 1000. 900 acres, whiln IN
Australia approximately 900 900 more
acres are being given to wheat for
the. 1925 crop over that Of this year.
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BONDS.
PLACED On
SALE
Bankers Offer New S. $780,
900 Issue Of Birmingham
Water Works

5 II p
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.--A syndi.
cate composed Of r. w. Chapman
& Co.. I1c.,, and Halsey, Stuart 4
Co, Inc, are offering Il new issue OF
S., 500, 900 Birmingham water works
first mortgage so per cent gold
bonds. due October /. 1854, at 99%
and interest, to yield over $50 per
cent.
Robert Garrett 4 Sons, Of Balti-
more. are heading q banking group
which is offering today new issue
of $5,Oo0,OoO ten-year per cent col.
lateral trust sinking fund gold
notes, series A, of the Commercial
Credit Company of Baltimore, at a
price Of s9h and interest, yielding
more, than sos per cent. Associa-
ted in the offering are Spencer
Trask & Co., Marshall Field, Glore,
Ward q Co, and the First Trust
and Savings Bank Of Chicago.
Otis & Co., Howe, Snow & Bertles.
Inc, and Peirce. Fair & Co, are Of
fering today for public subscription
$4,0Oe.OoO Continental Gas ana Elec.
trio Corporation to be presently a
subsidiary Of the United Light and
Power Company Z per cent prior
preference stock at S92 per share
ana accrued dividend to yield 7.6l
per cent.
EIdredge q Company and M. M.
freeman q Co. are offering a new
issue OF $2.206,0O0 City Of Newark.
N. j., AZ per cent bonds due
serially December /, 1880 to 1868
inclusive at prices to yield 4.O6
per cent for maturities 1880 to
1894, 4.10 per cent for maturities
1895 to 1949 and AIS per cent for
Inaturities 1860 to 1863. The bonds
are tax exempt in New Jersey and
legal investments for savings banks
and trust funds in New York, New
Jersey and Massachusetts,. They
are issued for market house pur.
poses and are direct and general
obligations of the entire city.
A new issue of 100000 City of
indianapolis, Ind, AZ per cent
bonds is offered by Eldredge & Co.
These bonds are due annually July
j, 1926 to 1855, inclusive, and are
offered at prices to yield from $50
to 4.05 per cent.
NJ. ". Freeman & Co., Of Phila.
delphia, are offering through their
New York correspondents, Ludwig
& I Bauchle, an issue Of $170 .OOD
City Of Duquesne, Pa, Az per
cent improvement bonds, due July
!. 1910 to 1854, at prices to yield
4.025 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
NEW INVENTION
MAY ASSIST
DUMB.
London Lawyer Perfacts
Resonators That Say
''Mother!
~ International Nawn aervins.

LONDON, Oct. 2S.--Artificial re.
production Of the human voice,
enabling dumb persons to speak, is
practically assured by an invention
now being perfected by Sir Richard
A. S. Paget, London lawyer, who
tor many years has been interested
in inventions.
Models, already designed by Sir
Richard, by proper manipulation,
have been made to pronounce the
Harry AS soon as further nfodi.
fled resonators have been con.
structed the inventor confidently
expects to be able to reproduce all
the vowel and consonant SOUNDS Of
the English language.
Made Plastieine ResOnatOr.
Sir Richard first constructed a
plasticine resona tor, shaped in imi-
cation Of the human mouth cavity,
to which he added an artificial
larynx, which consisted Of a rubber
strip fixed edgewise across flat
tened air passa &c formed in paraffin
wax and encaAed in plasticine.
Various models based on the same
principle with slight notifications
~ each case, secured the reproduc.
tinn of several vowel sounds others
reproduced consonant sounds, and
finally a model was constructed.
with four resonators. capable Of
producing vowel and consonant
sounds In conjunction.
When the vowel, resonator was
closed by hand and released. while
at the same ime a connecting tube
w"s Dinched nj relc ed. thp m"Anl
distinctly pronounced the word
mother"
The inventor hopes eventually 20
substitute electrical for acoustic
resonators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
BRIToN TO SUE FRENCH
WINE MACNATE FOR LIBEL

LONDON, Oct. 2S.-The Star re.
ported that q sensational libel &C.
ton soon will be brought by a
British colonel against a wealthy
wine merchant in Paris in connec.
ton with piracy aboard a rum
runner of New York. According
to the Star the officer will main
tain that the Paris wine merchant
wrote a letter accusing him OF COM
plicity in the footing of a ship
Of cago OF champagne.
There is already one Paris wine
merchant involved in a piracy SUIT
in the French courts. He is Leon
Macquillier, who was said to be
financially interested in the theft
Of $4,000 cases of whiskey from
the French freighter Mulhouse off
the American coast last July. He
IL one of the compliments against
Max Jerome Phaf in the French
naval court at Brest.
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LIVERPOOL, Oct. 2S.-Fair de.
mand for spot cotton. Prices firm.
Sales, 5000 bales.
Mids. fair, 14.94; strictly good
mids., 14.44; good mids, 14.09; strict
ly mids., 1889; mids., 1899; strictly
low mids., 13.49; low mids. 1904;
strictly good ordinary, 1904; good
ordinary, 1904.
Futures opened firm,
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N. Y. Cotton Market
NV International News Service.

BY ImteFnHtIOnHI NeWB HoFVItt,
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Cotton
prices were steady at the opening
of the market today with the first
prices two to eight points lower.
December opened at $3.50, down
eight points; January, at 23.47, down
three points; March, at 1880, down
five points, and May, at ,24.04, down
two points.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
Short Term Securities

FURNISHED BY W. B. Hibbs Co.,
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SPAIN IS EDUCATING
PEOPLE WHO EMloRATE

MADRID. Oct. 2S.--With the
avowed object Of making the Span
ish emigrant a model of his kind,
new emigration measures are an
nounced by the government.
Realizing that many emigrants
frequently suffer disappointment
on arrival at their destination, the
Government has instructed the
director. general Of emigration to
take steps to educate, as far as
possible, intending emigrants. and
to inform them as to the general
conditions Of the countries they
select to 90 to.
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Foreign Bonds
furnished BY W. B. 'Hlbbs &
CHICAGO Grain Market

CHICAGO, Oct. 28.-Grains opened
irregular today. Wheat opened a
off to 4 up; corn, y to v up; oats
unchanged to X up. Opening:
Whea t--December. $1.44@1.44A:
May, S1.49Is 91.49&; July, $780,.
Corn-December: S1:0S% 9l ,OsN;
@1.074s.
.oats-December, 4sK @5Oc; May,
649S 054lsc; July, 62Mc.
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FOREIGN Exchange

Germany, a3SO per rentemark.
New York funds in Montreal, 31h
premium q 81, GOO.
Montreal funds in New York. SIX
discount q $1,000.
Eor Fact
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
GASOLINE PRICE CUT
FOR PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ga
general reduction In the price Of
gasoline on the Pacific coast today
followed action of the Standard Oil
Company Of California in cutting
the price cents in California and
3 cents in northwestern. territory
served by water freight.
The new price 1t service stations
is IL cents including the State tax
OF 2 cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN SHERIFFS DANCE

POMEROY. Ohio, Oct. 3s.-In a
most unusual manner, Sheriff VIII.
bur Reeves fractured an arm.
While attending dance, he be-
came very warm.
Going out Of doors to cool off,
the sheriff sat down on a stone
wall overlooking the Ohio river. He
tainted and fell off.
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Liberty Bonds

FURNISHED by w. b. Hibbs & Coz
First 3Ms, due 1947............ t10i. o6
First 4hs. 1897 .k............... 1914
Second 4hs le42.........,...... 10t.19
Third Ans, 1898. ............. 102.09
Fourth AIS, 1888. ............... 1920
U. 8, Treasury ctfs. 1sb2........ 100. "a