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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
President nafidil soudnf
vySetf0yani.


vani skandAlu Teapot Dome.
President uiist'uje narod. ze nes-
trpi aby petrolejni magnati vykofi-
st'ovali narod pomoci graftu bude.
Ii soudne komusi nepoctivost doka-
zana. president jest pro potrestani
lakoz pro to, aby najemna smlou-
va vlAdnich olejoy5ch polich byla
okamzite zrusena. Proti vinnik0m
nebude vystupovat generalni ma.
vladni Daugherty. z te ptfciny. po-
nevada sam je v podezfenf, ze dot
cenou neslechetnou transakci pod
poroval. Vladni justicni depart.
ment ziska tudiz specielniho zalob-
ce, ktery zalezitost tn u soudu pro-
vetra provinilcnm pokutu zajisti.
Byval5 tajemnik vnitra Albert
Fall prodleya dosud New Orleans
a ieho pfatele uiist uji. let k l6zku
pfipoutan, takze nelze mu vyhovet
vyzvy senatu do Washingtonu pfi-
jet, aby se zodpovfdal.
Anderson vinen v Ob0u bOdech
Obzal0bv.
William H. Anderson, superin.
tendent protisaloonicke ligy. uzn&n
byl v 1ter1 vslkororotou nejvyssiho
soudu vinn5m re dvou bodd obzslo-
by podroben ve spoieni 9 d9lenim
penez ligy Sc sberatelem fondd pro
ligu. Anderson odsouzen bude v
patek. 8 1nora. Postaveu byl pod
zaruku $4,000. Nejvetsf trest ma
pfestupek stanoven na zalaf pro do
bu S roka.
- Anderson znstane dale superin
tendentem ligy New Yorku pone-
vac tato neveff, ze by byl vinn5m.
Proti rozsudku podano bylo odvola- 1
nf.
BohaG zmrzl.
V ch5si. niz bydlil po ctyfieet
rokd. kter6z dob9 nahromadil
jmeni odhadujfcf sc ma pdl milionu
dolard, nalezena byla nedeli mrt-
vola samotafe Stephen Seniora
Perthe Amboy. N. ]. Byl zmrzly.
Stafec nemel v chysi ohn6. Mrtvola
lezela zahrabana hadrech. KITE
rSch oblek jeho pozhst&val. DIE
posice tela zda &c, ze v poslednf
chvili poznal, ze umira . chtel se
dovolati pomoci; lec nemel jiz silly
z hromady hadrn Sc vymotati tax
bidne, beg pomoci uprostfed svych
tisic1 zahynul. Senior narodil sc
poblize Perth Amboy pied SIS roxy.
V meste znsli jej lide vice jak ety.
fleet rokn. Penize vydelal hlsvne
spekulaci pozencich
Lieut.. GriffiS propnSten z nemec-
keho zalafe.
Lieutenant Griffis. propulsion byl
re zalafe v Mosbachu v N9mecku.
kan odsouzen byl SWIM cssem pro
pokus unesti v Nemecku sc skrSva-
jfciho americkeho voienskeho sbeha
Grovera Clevelanda Bergdolla.
Propusteni sse dskuje pficineni
Iearstovych list1. kter6 v Nemecku
o jeho propuStenl pracovaly pro.
ssfednictvim sveho zpravodaje Vie.
gands. VAmerice podpisovana by
la petice ku n9mecke vlad9 zadaiiei
propusteni Griffise.
Kralan 0loupen 0 $1OO a truck.
v pekafskem zavod9 "Al's Baker
Shop" zamestnanS krajan Vaclav
Hulka iako rozvazec ma obvykle OBJ.
chodni ceste byl ma zap. 20 ul. q
liz. 49. ave. v Cicero zastaven tfe-
mi bandity. ktefi iel oloupili G
asechny penize obncsu 500, JED
incl sebe. jakoz o nakladni auto
jehn zamestnavatele. nemz rozva.
eel petivo zakazniknm.
Americke zaS0by nemeckYm
j ditkam.
! Do Berlina dopraveno bylo nako
i Tx zeleznicnfch vozn americkym
potravinami pro namecke ditky, je'
zakoupeny byly fondo pomccn'
organispce, nachazeiici Sc pod fize
MIN generals Allena. byvaleho a
, merickeho velitele v n6meckem 6ze
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
Bruceoya proti pr0hibltni
predlOha.


Znalci nyn9jsf zakonodarny neve.
Fl, ze Annapolis nfjakA zvlaste
ostra proti prohibicni pfedIoha pfi-
jata bude, Senator Bruce Balti-
more rfedlozil pfedlohu. ktera sotva
projde. Bruce pfedloze navrhl.
ably Volsteadnv vynucovacf zakon
odvolan byl odvolavaie Sc ma 10 Eel
povstavsjicich prohibice.
V senatu susi majf die vseho vet
sinu. Dome delegate da sc ceka-
ii. ze so zastupco hlasovati bude
nadsene pro:i prohibici.
Znalci uvazuji. ze nebudou pick
vapeni u uslysf.li. ze nynejsf zasedanf
Marylandske zAkonodarny skonci
nyneisim stavem v ohledu prohibic-
nj otazce.
- V zakonodarne znovu uvedena
byla pfedloha o vojenskem bonusu
sepatorem Curranem Baltimore.
Pfedloha jest skoro tataz. jaka byla
podana roku 1922. .kdy pfedloha "a
konodarnoa pfijata prohlassna BY
la nezakonnou odsolacim soudem.
Pfijeti pfedlohy znamena. ze stat
must Sc postsrat pnjckou SO, 9,0O0.-
900.
= Zakonodarnu zamestnano jest
20 dobu zasedanf IS zffzenc1.
RuSka Smi zIStati v zeni.
Olga Burneck. 23leta Ruska. iez
v Baltimore Sc svojf c mesic1 sta
rou dcerou bydli po diva roxy. smi
zosta,i v Americe. jak We Washing
tonu We stfedu rozhodnuto bylo.
Burneckova mela byti deEortova-
ma jako n9zadnuci esoba ma zaklada
zakona Mannova bilem otroctvi.
We Washingtonu zjisteno bylo, ze
divka stala Sc nevinnou oEeti Ed
munda P. Philippe, b5valeho anne.
rickeho d6stoinfka. ktery &C zenat.
vylakal do Ameriky dfvku slfbiv il
manzelstvf.
Phillips zavfen byl do vladnfho
vezeni na 2 roxy pro pfestoupenf
Mannova zakons.
V dobe kdyz Sc poznala Phillip
sem pred roxy. byla prodavackou
v Harbinu Cins. Seznamil Sc Y
tanecni zaba Ie. Kdyz "a rok Phil
lips musel do Sangaje. jela dfvka g
MIN. Odtud vratiti Sc musel do
Ameriky. Vratil Sc g nj Pc pff-
Jezdu do New Yorku odeiel cd nj
slibiv j ze Sc vratf q nj oddati sc
da. Po tydnu vratil sc k nj a zave-
Il il do Baltimore kde tatn dostals
praci kde sc il ditko narodilo.
Mayor a Bryant We krizku.
Mayor Jackson q Howard Bryant.
president mestske rady. dostali sc
We stfeGu do ostre pntky zasedanf
vyboru ma odhady, kde rozhodova'
no bylo. ma-li vyplacena byti Cast
zb5vajici staviteli skoly v Clifton
parku anebo al nutne opravy prove
deny budou.
Konec diskuse bylo. k1yz mayor
obratil sc ma Bryanta prohlasil |
nemu: "Nikdo neumf Sc tax rychle
uhnouti jako wy"
Pfi volbach pred mini po nicf
mayor Bryant byli jsou pry ie
Ste dnes velicf pfatele.
Cizinec postal $1,000 pomoci
Schrailky na 0dpadky.
Ma postovnim dfade stezoval 8
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
Sto padeSat kandidatI pro
Bay View.

!
pocatku tohoto t5dne $50 zadosti q
misto superintendenta dstavu, JED
spojeno jest sc sluznym $4,000 rocne
bytem a zaopatfenim pro rodinu
auperintendentovu.
Ksndidati must podrobiti Sc
zkousce Z Do polovice bfezna sotva
asi bude vyboru MONO kandidata
imenovati.
Velice mocny politikafsky natIak
cin9n jest ma mayora Jacksona. ably
nejak5m zp1sobem William H. Cur
ry, pflbuzny demokratickeho bossa
Mahona. nejak vpracovan bSti ,mohl
"a surerintendenta vzdcr tomu. ze
dues jiz Sc vi, ze ohledne skolniho
vzdelanf nevyhovuje pozadavknm
konkursu. Nebude-li tam nyni vtla-
Cen, pracovati pr5 Sc bude az nov5
vybor 6stavu jednou slozen bude
Curry misto dostRl. Prozatin ma
nynejsl vybor ustanoviti jej v nej-
horsim padu misto superintendent
tenn.
Novy boj o misto veden byl We
stredu. Kdyz dohlizitele mad NEST
skou dobrocinnosti odepfeli proza-
timns ustanoviti superintendentem
Curry. ktery po odstoupeni McClea-
ryho by vedl sprawl al do DOLBY ,kdy
misto definitivne by obsazeno bylo
Predseda dohlfzitel1. Towers. fekl
msyorovi Primo. ze bude-li jmeno-
vati Curry prozatimnim superinten-
dente N, ze odstoupi z 1radE. "a MIN
totez prohlasili ostatni dohliz tele.
Mayor vidal sc gro okamzik rozhod-
nouti veci znstaly pfi stsrem.
Mayor hned ma to vydal dosti tbsa-
hle prohlasenf do novin. ze neni
pod vlivem p0litikafn.
McCleary. nyn9jsi superintendent
jenz rssignoval q dosnd vede sprawl
1stavu. d6la 81 naroky ma zv5senf
sluzneho eaperintendenta. Mayor. !.
mestsky pravnik kontr olor jsou
proti tomu, ably McClearymu IVY
semi dano bylo pro prOzatimniS ve-
deni 6stavu. Dohlizitele .jsou opat
presvedcenf. ze zvyseni mu patff cd
L. ledna az do den, kdy fizeni IL.
stavu oistoupi.
NejstudenejSi letos den.
Baltimore stizen byl letosni III
me dosud nejstudenejsim dnem v
nedeli, kdy cd hodir rano do 8 byl
IL stupila nad zero. Nsjtepleji v
nedeli by 10 kolem A. hodiny, kdyz
teplomer yystoupil ma 26 stupnn
mad zero
James Dorsey. delnik, nalezen
byl zmrzly v chatrci U Annapolis
silnice. Ve6la mrtvoly verne hlidal
mal5 psik. ktery napadl policisty
Jacoba Leona Jonha Blocka TAX
zufiye, ze tito sraziti jej museli po.
liceinim obuskem. Pro yernost
policiste psika wall sebou umlu
viii sic e~neho spolecn9 pecovati.
Diyka veznena v dome r0diCl
Zemrela.
Grace Marschall jez roku 1915
po us9zneni IL rokn trvajicim =
dome svSch rodic6 v St. Michaels
Md. vysvobozena byla, zemfela ,
nemocnici Cambridge, Md. Mars
chall byla 35 r1kn stara. Podlehls
mrtvici. Otes jeff a matka po ma
lezeni divky byli zatceni. Souden
pro nelidske zachazsnf dcerou tre
stani nebyli.
Stein nZnan nevinnym.
Michael Stein. bohatS obchednil
nenovitym majetkem. jenz souze.
byl pro dsfiove pfestupky. uzna,
byl nevinntm. TIL re sv9dkn, kite
ri sv9dciti meli proti Steinovi. ode
pfeli svadciti.
Pro tentyz rfestupek souzeni je
Ste b5ti mali: Peter Quinn, byval
1fednik rnetskeho zdanovaciho dfa
du, Albert l.. Spielmann. byval
soudnf klerk Edward Rolnick.
) Dye zeny poraneny.
Ma Wilkens avenue dter5 sra
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
Cizinec postal $1,000 pomoci
Schraflky na 0dpadky.

Ma postovnim dfade stezoval 81
neimenovan5 cizinec. BE check ma
$1,000 poslan5 Jim We paani, adresat
nedostal. kdyz urednik Sc steznji-
elm al We stTedu cizozemcem ~zava-
del protokol, dovedl iej tento ma o.
|tazku do ktere schranky ma poste
penize vl,zil, ku stojici rohu Gle
chove nadob9 ma odpadky, ma nil
napsano jest: Deposit Rubbish
Here
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
PenezOkazi v Baltimore.

Ma stopu falesnym $40 prislo sc
v Baltimore. Mary M. Pugh, KITE
"a ffdi dun (. ISL N. Calvert uli-
CO, dossala jednu falesnou dvacitku
cd muze, ktery dome najal 81 sve'
tnici ku preb5vani. Ma dvacitku,
dala mu osmnact dolar0 nazpatek
Pozdeji poznala. ze dvacitka byla
vlastne jenom dvoudolar zfalsovan!
ma dvacitidolar.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
AmeriCke zaSoby nemeckYm
ditkam.

Do Berlina dopraveno bylo n6ko-
Tx zeleznicnlch vozn americkymi
potravinami pro nsmeck& dftky, JED
zakoupeny byly fondo pomccne
organisHce, nachazeiici se pod fize-
MIN generals Allena. byvalsho g.
merickeho velitele nemackem 6ze.
mi. Behem n9kolika dni zapocne
se denni vyzivou 625.OOO meme.
ckych ditek 1868 m9sicsch.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
Dye zeny poraneny.

Ma Wilkens avenue dter5 sra
zila sc poulicnf kara trnckem. We
srazce zraneny byly dvs zeny: He.
len Freeman q Edith Marburg.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1924-02-01
Kralan oloupen o $1OO a truck.

v pekafskem zavod9 "Als Baker
Shop" zamestnany krajan Vaclav
Hulka jako rozvazec ma obvykle OBJ.
chodni ceste byl ma zap. 20 ul. a
liz. 49. ave-, v Cicero zastaven tie
mi bandity. ktefi ie1 oloupili o
esechny penize v obncsu 500, jez
mel u sebe. jakoz o nakladni auto
jehn zamestnavatele. v nemz rozva-
eel petivo zakazniknm.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
COAL AND AUTO CAR
LOADINGS INCREASE
Wall Street Watching Next U. S.
Steel Meeting-0ther Sparks
From Ticker.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22.-AFeraSe
daily coal loadings for tho New YORK
Central lines for the second week IN
January showed an increase or 80 2
per cent over the daily average tor
December. At the same time the IN
crease in automobile loadings parai-
lcled the gain in coal traffic.
Net earnings OF the Federal Re
serve Bank OF New York for 1923
totaled S3.043.619, as compared with
s3.12I,593 in 1922. In 1920 an IN
nationary" year. tho bank earned
s39,31s.511.
Recalling the extra dividend de-
cIared unexpectedly by the United
states Steel Corporation at it's last
quarterly meeting, Wall street Is
looking forward to other important
developments when the directors
meet next week. Financial news
agencies have limited that condi-
ton may be made in the capital
structure by retirement Of some of
the preferred stock.
Standard Gas and Electric Com
pany stockholders have authorized
an increase in tire common stock
from 100000 to 100000 shares of
no-par value. The additional stock
100000 debcnture bonds recently Of
fered
Refunding Of the Maxwell Motor
Corporations S4,456.s56 notes due on
Iune 1 will be accomplished by the
sale of s5.000.000 7 per cent sinking
to stockholders, They will be con-
vertible into the company's class a
stock at SIS a share. Bankers will
underwrite the issue.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
GROWERS GET VERY
SMALL RETURNS
Receive Less Than Fifth of
Each Dollar Spent in US.
for Cotton Cloth.

Manufacturers receive almost one
half, retailers about one-thlro anu
growers of cotton less than one-hrth
tof each dollar spent for cotton cloth.
Those proportions are revealed To-Day
| in a preliminary report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture of an analysis IL
has made of the difference between
the retail price of cotton cloth ana
the price of cotton.
Separate analyses were made 70
show how the consumers ooliar 10
divided among the various agencies
engaged in the production ana manu-
facture of cotton sheeting, slnsnaiIi.
| these four items shows the growers
received 1873 cents. The dllierenSe
between the growers price ana tne
quotations on the New orleans coI-
ton exchange averaged "a cents; s;,.rd
TRANSPORTATION to New England
mills averaged l.25 cents. The differ
cnce between the New Orleans price
and the price of finished cloth IN New
England averages 45.2 cents "nicn
goes to pay for miscellaneous cotton
the cotton dealers service and Tor
manufacturing the cloth as well as
| the selling expense. The joboer
and retailers margin combined aver
Iaged 32.3 cents.
The retail mark-up on cotton goods,
the report states, varies from around
| % per cent to so per cent of the sell
/ ing price Jobbng margins vary
| from ) to % per cent of the 1obber s
/ cost price. Manufacturing margins
have not been isolated, but they are
| the largest single item in the spread
between the price of raw cotton ana
| the price of cotton cloth, the report
| states.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
FARMERS BURN STRAW
WORTH MANY MILLIONS
Fertilizer Valued at $5OO,OOO Lost
in Smoke Every Year in
Oregon Alone.
Epe~.ai Dispatch to The Star.

Epe~tai Dispatch to The Star.
SALEM, Ore, January 22.-Concident
with reports of financial difficulties con-
fronting American wheat farmers comes
the statement that farmers actually
are destroying produce worth millions
Of dollars q, year. In western and
southern Oregon alone. says +. E.
Price, soil specialist OF the Oregon
Agricultural College, the loss os
wealth through burning straw is
enormous. Farmers there are de-
stroying A half million dollars Of
plant food value year, he said.
similar estimates applying to other
wheat states run the total deStruc-
ttcn into the millions.
approximately $500 tons OF grain
straw are produced each year in
western and southern Oregon, Mr..
Price said. OF that amount fully one
third is burned.
The Pacific Homestead explains the
loss as follows:
"A chemical analysis of ten OF
straw shows that it contains ten
pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of
phosphorous. eight pounds of potas-
fsium and two pounds of sulphur.
This quantity of plant food purchased
IN the form of commercial fertilizer
would cost S3.S4. In addition there
IS very large humus value to the
straw when returned to the soil.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Tips for Taxpayers
No. 20

Misunderstanding of the provi-
slons of the revenue act relating
to personal expenditures is indi-
Gated in the returns of many tax
payers. Claims are made for
deductions of house rent, car fare
to and from the taxpayers place
of business, amounts spent In i'm
provement of the Taxpayers
dwelling and similar items. All
these are personal or living. ex-
penses, deduction of which from
lowed by the statute.
a physician who maintains an
once in a rented home may de-
duct the proportion of such rent
properly charged to the portion
used for professional purposes.
if, however, he maintains an Of
flee elsewhere and incidentally
receives patients at his home. he
is not entitled to deduct any part
of his rent for his residence as q
business expense.
If a physician owns the home or
building in which his office is
located, no deduction for rent is
claimed is reported by him as in
come. The reason is that money
paid as rent becomes income to
some one, and, in this instance,
the physician Is that person.
However. Il professional man who
maintains an Office in a home or
building owned by him may de-
duct as a business expense a pro-
portional part of the amount
properly chargeable to the use of
such offices for heat, light, insur-
ance. repairs, depreciation, etc,
which he may not deduct on that
part of the house used as a resi-
dence.
Other deductions not infrequeut-
ly claimed by taxpayers but dis
allowed by the revenue act as
family or living expenses" are
amounts spent for food, clothing
and education of children, hire of
domestic servants and similar
items for the upkeep of a home.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
MARYLAND FARMERS
IN GOOD CONDITION
Eastern Shore Residents Look for
Larger Acreage During
Coming Season.
special Disps tch to The Star.

special Disps tch to The Star
BALTIMORE, January 22.--R. Full
on Powell of Berlin, Nd, prominent
II banking and agricultural circles
II the eastern shore, was a visitor to
he financial district yesterday. Asked
elative to business conditions in that
,art OF the state, Mr.. Powell said:
The eastern shore is realizing good
lines. Farmers had a fairly good
ear in 1928 and look forward to an
Ither good year in 1924.
Acreage planted will probably be
omewhat larger than II was last
ear. Agriculturists are reducing
heir loans and buying farming i'm
dement's In increased quantities.
The nursery industry in my Sec
ion is prosperous. one of the larg-
.st nurseries in the world is located
Iear my home. 1t comprises 5000
eros and it supplies stock TO all
parts of the United States"
Evening star., 1924-01-22
SEEK LONGER TRADING
HOURS IN CHICAGO
Effort Renewed to Keep Board of
Trade Session Open to
2 O'Clock.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
CHICAGO. January 22.--The most
ersistent effort made to lengthen the
me of trading on the Chicago Board
f Trade was started here today. A
'esolution was proposed which would
ct the closing time at pm. central
me- instead of 1:15 pm. No change
l the opening time of $3.50 am. is
ontemplated.
Reasons advanced arc that for some
me trading has been getting duller
aed" to be picked up in the addi-
ionsl forty-five minutes, and because
he wire houses keep their Offices and
wires open anyhow until the close of
he New York Stock Exchange. Pre-
ious efforts to extend the time of
rading have always failed.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
HARDWARE PICKS UP.
Wholesale Buying Improving All
Over Country. e..

tpecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 22.--Hard-
ware Age, in its weekly summary of
the hardware markets, says:
Stronger buying tendencies are
becoming more evident in the hard
ware markets throughout the coun-
try. Jobbers and retailers are placing
substantially larger orders with
manufacturers than they did year
ago at this time. Inventory is prac-
tically over, wholesale and retail
stocks are. low and the buying move
inent is under way.
Manufacturers SEQ little likeii-
hood of lower price trends during the
first half of this year. a number OF
price readjustments are being made.
The majority Of these are in the ma
ture of advances.
although the open winter in many
sections of the country has hampered
the sale of seasonable winter goods,
this has been offset to some extent
by the continuation of construction
and repair work"
Evening star., 1924-01-22
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

KANSAS CITY. January 2e.-De-
nand for sound, unblemished horses
for use in the southern states has
made it's appearance in this market.
Southern buyers have been purchas-
ing mulea freely. but until this week
there was little call for horses.
BOSTON, January 22.--Foreign de-
mand for hides and skins is strong
err at present than the domestic call.
Recent inquiries from Japan fore
shadow an increase in future ship
ments.
SAN DIEGO, January 22.-The let
tucs cron of the Imperial valley is
expected to approximate S'ooo,ooo
crates. an increase of 100000 crates
over 1923.
WICHITA. Kan, January q
There are at present 325.00O0O0 bar
reIs of oil above ground in this coun-
try, according to Horace G. james,
president of the Missouri Oilmen's s
Association. He declared il overpro-
duction were checked prices would
advance still further.
SHREVEPORT, La, January 22.-
The advance Of Is cents barrel on
all grades Of Louisiana and Arkansas
crude by the Standard Oil Company
Is expected to cause a renewal OF
drilling in the two states.
YAKIMA, Wash, January 22.-Not
more than two-thirds of the boxed
winter-keeping apples from Wash
ington and Idaho have been sold and
the oversupply has led bankers in
this state to seek a practical method
for cooperative marketing.
-
RICHMOND, January 22.-The Gen-
tinental Tobacco Company of Vir-
ginia, recently formed in New York,
with David A. Schultz a. president,
has just been granted a charter in
this state,
Evening star., 1924-01-22
INTERNAL REVENUE HELD
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
New England Collector Says De-
sire Is to Cooperate With
All Citizens.
By the Associa ted Press.

by the AsSOclat tn0 Press-
MILWAUKEE, Wis. January &C.
The community should be made to
feel that the internal revenue service
Is d community service and that its
officials earnestly desire the advice
and suggestions Of all citizens. NAL
colin E. Nicois OF Boston, president of
the New England Association of Col
lectors Of Internal Revenue, said in
an address at convention of col
lectors of the middle. e.west here.
In addition to being a receiver Of
public money, the collector, the
speaker said, became, through his ef-
forts to protect the rights of the cfti-
Zens, the head of a great consulting
law office. Mr.. Nicols advocated
home rule" in the various collection
districts of the country, and added:
mo two collection districts are alike.
No two ought to be administered in
identically the same way. The admin
istration of each should be adapetd
and Is today adapted to the peculiar
needs Of that district. An illustra tion
of this is to be found in the recently
fnaugurated policy Of the bureau Of
having more tax returns audited in
the various collectors Offices"
Evening star., 1924-01-22
RECEIVERS IN CHARGE.
Atlas Steel Company Unable to
Meet Obligations.

Judge Hazel, in federal court today
appointed receivers of the Atlas Steel
Corporation of Dunkirk in an equity
conservation. action brought by the
behalf of itself and all other creditors
OF the company. The papers in the
proceeding show that the Atlas Steel
Corporation has total assets of more
than Ss,600,000 and liabilities OF about
$500. 900.
The bill of complaint states that
the corporation is solvent, but unable
10 pay it's debts as they mature In
the ordinary course of business.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
BY WILLIAM f. HEFFERNAN,

NEW YORK, January 22-Interest
in the oil group on the curb market
today centered in Standard of Eebras-
ka, Mutual and Continental. That
some form Of capital split-up Is un-
der consideration by directors of
Standard Of Nebraska, there appears
to be no doubt
Accompanying the buying in Ne
braska. 4 good sized demand appear
ed for Continental and Mutual.
The action of these three stocks
strengthened reports that Standard Of
Nebraska might be included In the
pending merger of Continental with
Mutual. Pan-American Petroleum
rights sold off with the pan-Americans
on the big board, rejecting unfavorable
political conditions in Mexico.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
ANOTHER BOOST IN OIL
PRICES NOW PREDICTED
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

pecial Dispatch TO The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 22.-De-
creases in California crude oil and
gasoline production arc responsible
for the increases IN gasoline prices
1ere and oil men predict that further
advances will follow Figures just
made public show 103,s72,1s5 gallons
Of gasoline were produced in this
state in December, or approximately
10000 gallons less than the month
previous. Crude oil production for
the first two weeks of this month in
dicates the total January production
will be about 100000 barrels under
December. On January l there were
lsl,76o,375 gallons of gasoline in stor-
age in the state, or less than two
months output