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Evening star., 1924-10-10
FAMOUS OLD STRUCTURE
MADE PART OF MUSEUM
United States ASSAY Office in Wall
Street to House American Art
From Earliest Days
by the Associated Press


NEW YORK. October lu-The facade
of II" cid t'ni'ed States Assay Office
Rutidins. which formerly stood at -
wall street. has been reassemblcd
stone by stone as the front Of the new
American wing Of the MatroDolitan
Museum of Art in Central Park The
new wing VIII be devoted entirely to
American art of the colonial. revo-
lutionary and republican periods and
VIII be formally thrown open to the
public November 10.
This building VII be unique in that
its IL rooms for the most part Will be
inst"l'ed with the actual woodwork
that formed the walls and ceilings of
historic and characteristic early
rooms. Collections Of objects of
American furniture. silVerware, glass
and patterN Of the seventeenth. eight
eenfh and early nineteenth centuries
will be shown in the apDroDriate rooms.
The American wing will teach pres
ent and future generations OF Amer
leans that the men to whose struggles
they owe the Foundation of the Amer
lean Commonwealth were refined in
the + tastes and hv no means indiffer-
ent to beauty. Though for the most
part thew neglected the arts of paint
ing and sculpture. their instinct
found expression in the houses they
built and the furniture they bought
for daily use.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
GONDOLA FROM "CYMBA.
Charons Skiff Responsible for
Name of Venetian Boat.
rom the Manchrsler GHardian


One hoDeS the story thai the gon-
dolaS of Venice are to be eject trically
driven in the future may be dismissed
as a bad joke. For no means OF
locomotion ever invented has so
venerable d history or is SO suited to
Its environment.
"Gondola" is said to b. a derivation
from the word 'cymba." which was
applied to the skiff in which Charon
ferried the souls of the dead across
the Styx. and the passenger who
enters the modern boat LAYS his coin
on the gunWale just rs the soul was
supposed to pa its obol TO Charon
The uniform back of the gondola's
paint, however, has no funereal
significance. bat is a result of the
Venetian sumptuary laws of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
which curbsd the attempts OF the
mobiles to outshine each other in the
magnificence of their appointments
A Sondola is the product of very
long and meticulous ESSAYS in con-
Structlon. 1t IS tilted slightly to one
SIDE Tor the purpose of balancing the
weight of the gondclier and the ferro
or combike Prov of steel, which is
deSl gned by its projection to give
notice of the silently moving boat
coming round the corner of a DIM
canal. the felze. or open deckhouse
ana the tenda. or awning. are all
'he SunJec-s of special regulations
ana repeated experiments.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
COAL OUTPUT GROWS.
Both Hard and Soft in Much Ret
ter Demand.

output of bituminous coal is inn
proving steadily. the total for the
week ended September -, according
10 the Geological Survey being esti-
mated at 1O,lS9.000 net tons an in
crease of $4,000 tons over the week
ended September 20. when e.SsO, 600
tons was produced, according to re-
Flsed fgures. The average daily out
put-nearly 100000 tons-is l93 600
tons less than at this time a wear
ago. but is Slightly higher than at
thracite output also continues to
the same time two years ago An
mount. the total for the week ended
September %. being $4,000 net tons
COMPARED with 1.S5l 900 tons during
the previous week
Anthracite is moving easily in most
markets. though large proportion
OF the business is in small orders
and prices hold firmly. Stove con-
tlnueS to be most in demand. but
there is a better call for the other
sizes also, including steam Goals, No.
! buckwheat being in particularly
good shape. Production has been
hampered considerably by foods at
number OF mines following the
heavy rains of last week.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
GERMANS DROPPING
TRADE WITH RUSSIA
Too Much Spying and Official
Meddling, Is Experience Com
monty Met.
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN, October 10.-Germany's
withdrawal from the Russian COM
mercial field becomes more pronounced
every day The SHINES interests
make no concealment of the fact that
they have practically ceased all
effort TO do business with Soviet
Russia. and have very Slight invest
ments in that country.
Every day the German press con-
tains letters and articles narrating
the difficulties which Germans have
encountered in attempting to carry
on business relations with the Soviet
government, and rejecting the dis
appointment that the Rapallo treaty
did not bring the business in Russia
promised by Rathenau. Wirth, Malt
Zan and other German political
leaders responsible for the treaty.
Too Much Supervision.
A German wholesaler who has just
returned from Leningrad contributes
"A letter to the Berlin Zeitung am
Mittag in which he says the ability
or RUSSIA to export decreases con-
stantly. 1T would be crime" he
says. TO export cereals from Russia
now when new ia mine is expected
There is no foreign money coming
into Russia through the sale Of ex-
ports, and the Importation Of foreign
goods is stopping. Why? Because
the principle of the government is
that everything needed within the
country has to be provided by the
state agencies
ANY foreigner is regarded as an
intruder ana is under suspicion, the
writer continues. Any business deal
a foreigner handles may be classed as
speculation and he may be punished
accordingly. The natives dread con-
tact with foreigners, because they
knew they are constantly watched
Hotels are state owned and guests
under constant control. Every letter
is censored. Russia is country OF
dictatorship under which business is
impossible"
Inc writer comments on the re-
treat CT American interests from Rus
sla, especially the manufacturers of
farm machinery, who had large fac
tories in Russia up to the time of the
bolsheVist success. He says Amer
lear finance is especially hostile to
the Soviet regime and has induced the
French to refrain from trying to do
business there.
me German made some effort TO
gam RUSSIAN business" the writer
continues, bat ne IS retreating like
wise from day to day because the
sharing system of the Soviets leaves
NO profits. 'Hhe only FOREIGNERS who
work for the future and remain in
RUSSIA are the English. Recently a
hrltlsh retriserating car company in
vested s"oO,oOO in d Russian branch
e IN germany. with our scarcitv' of
money, nave better uses for our cap
ltal and cannot be keen on Russian
investments
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Smaller Surplus of Copper.
ON HE Eostcn Transcript.

From ih. Eostcn Transcript.
Due - the increased demand for
c6rpor metal for manufacturing pur-
poses in the United States, the visible
supply OF copper metal has been re-
duced by approximately 100000 tons
during the first half of 1924. accord
ing to estimates made by trade au-
thorities. 1t is estimated that the
United States consumed 81 per cent
more copper in 1928 than it did in
1919. while European consumption
had been curtailed to the extent of
3S per cent in the same period. Ac-
cordine to the opinion of trade lead
ers. consumption in this country can
not expand indefinitely, consequently
the trade is depending upon Europe
to take care of a considerable amount
of the future supply. At present Eu-
rope is taking fairly large amounts
of the red metal, but hope is express
ed that larger quantities will be ship
ped abroad when economic conditions
a broad are corrected.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Malamute Dog Disgraced.

The malamute dog. for many years
the famed Steed of the North, appar-
emily is destined to go, says the Phila-
delphia Record
With the coming OF railroads dog
teams were driven farther into the
interior. And now the prevalence of
reindeer herds and the growth of the
market garden and the town-lot gar
den have caused restrictions to be
drawn around the malamute until he
is coming to be classed d nuisance in
the more settled parts of southern
Alaska.
The malamute had his genesis in
the wolves and wild dogs of the
North. All fowls and quadrupeds
were his common prey. But when. in
more modern days, malamute began
pulling down reindeer and the live
stock of farmers he was treated as a
wolf and hunted down.
Owing to the light demand for dogs
it is difficult to procure pure-bred
specimens south of the Yukon. and the
one-time aristocrat of the Arctic is
becoming mixed with the blood of so
many mongrels that he has almost
lost his identity.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
FOREIGN PANACEAS
FAILURE IN MEXICO
Fascist and Ku Klux Klan Move
mentns Collapse Without Help
ing Situation.
correspondence Of The star and tho Chfrs-..
Daily News

Correspondence of The star and tho Chfrs-..
Daily News.
MENICO CITY, Mexico. October .
That ii is impossible to cure Mexico'S
ills by foreign panaCeas has been
proved by the utter failure Of tho
Fascist party. borrowed from Italy
and the ridiculous collapse of III.
Mexican ku klux Khan. The Fas-
cisti, composed Of the rich and con-
Scrvative elements who hoped for a
President who would quietly cour-
teously, but none the less efficiently
squelch the turbulent agrarian ami
labor factions. began with an enroll
ment of 100000 members and the sup
port of the property owners and CAPT
taliSts
In MAY. 1928 a labor strike against
an American company was dramaii-
cally attacked hy group of wealthy
Young black shirts" who tore down
/ the red and black labor banners and
attacked the tired and dirty labor
cards, substituting the national tri-
color and their own impeccability
The newspapers of the conservatives
nailed the action as true patriotism.
out subsequent complaints of the in
justice of millionaireS against prole-
tarians took the edge off the victory.
Since then the Fascist have been on
the rapid decline. until by election
time they had been completely Swal-
lowed into the defeated Flores party
While in Italy the Fascist were an
outgrowth of an anti-SOCialiSt anti
communist and anti-church reaction.
in Mexico the moVeuent was a vague
reaching for d golden feudaliSm that
is recognized as completely past The
church. il is said, secretly supported
the "nationalists" in their efforts To
gain the franchise for MEXICO. bur
their declarations and their actions
were not based on sufficiently clear
principles. F'urth ermore. " While the
Italian Fascist were a party growing
directly out of the people. the small
middle class and military elements. in
Mexico the Fascist were group Of
property holders and landowners
whose actions Were motivated. not by
the blind enthusiasm that led the
Italians TO tear. kill and burn for the
sake OF redeemed Italy but by q
miscalculated idea OF smothering the
manifestation of the peasant and Ia
Dor parties. which had funds and for
eign recognition and were natural
part of the situation.
Copyright, 1924. by Chicago Daily News Co..
Evening star., 1924-10-10
TREND IN STOCKS
SLIGHTLY UPWARD
Early Trading in Very Mar
row Range-SteeI Tonnage
Report Awaited.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSociatnd Press.
NEW YORK October 10.-Openins e
prices in today'S stock market gave
no indication of a definite trend.
changes generally being small and
unimportant. The first sale of L. s.
Steel common was 1000 shares at
10S1s. up Is; recent strength of this
issue being predicted on sD@cul1tiv"
expectation of favorable .onnage
report this noon. American ttn and
Baldwin also opened slightly higher.
Trading in Narrow Limits.
Prices moved within rather narrow
limits during the early trading. wi II
the main tendency SEEMINGLY upW' rd
American WaterworkS. Gem Il, F-lec-
trio Gulf Sat. Steel and New York
Dock moved uD TO > nO'nts. and
scores of others improved fraction
ally.
Goodvcar Tire rraftrred d Oh Il Il
point and some of III" tobacco yield
ed slightly on realizing. Trading
continued relatively quiet and ap
peared To he lar~elv in the HI nds OF
professionals. Foreign eXchanrnS
opened firm. Sterling made further
recovery, moving up about 4 cent TO
4.f9as, ana French francs advanced )
points to so.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
see street Car Replaced.
OLD FORT UNDER WATER.
Missouri Flows Over Ground That
Was Once Strategic Point.
ON the Adventure Magazine

From the Adventure Magazine.
Manuel Lisa was one of the earliest
of French traders in the Northwest.
Lisa had to keep on the alert most of
the time against Indian attacks and
caused forts to be erected at several
of his trading posts.
one of these, old Fort Manuel has
it was named after him. 1t has been
discovered that this old fort and its
site have been "eaten" away by the
river and are now several hundred feet
out in the stream.
At the time it was eSta tabliShed it
was 81 miles north of the point where
the Grand River flows into the Mis-
souri, at a point near the present
boundary line between North and
South Dakota.
Early records show that when the
old post was esta blished it stood back
from the edge of a high bluff 100 or
$50 yards. The Missouri River, how
ever. has been working on the bluff
for centuries. Old Indian records
stated that the bluff was being worn
away by the swift waters of the river
at the rate of two steps year.
1.-TWO steps" is about six feet ac-
cording to white mems measure
ments. which would bring the river
back about 200 yards since the post
was established
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Aids Marriage of Poor.

Fearing race suicide among the
poorer classes due to the high cost Of
getting married, the social works bu
reau of Toxic municipality proposes
to establish a matrimonial inteIli-
gence bureau, says the New York
Herald-Tribune.
The bureau will register the names
of those who express the desire to be
married. and Will act as go-betweeH
to arrange satisfactory matches a
stock of handsome kimonos will be
purchased by the bureau and loaned
to the prospective brides, and the serv-
ices of an officer to perform the cere-
mony and hall to hold the ceremony
will be donated without charge
At the conclusion of the wedding
ceremony the responsibility of the
bureau for the financing of the newi>
married couple ceases
Evening star., 1924-10-10
PEACHES RUSHED NORTH.
POTOMAC Yards Receive l2e Spe-
cial Trainloads.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

'ptfidi pl>pafch 10 The Star
ATLANTA. Ga. October lD.-Au
p'st records for handling peaches
from the South to markers in ,ba
East and Central West were broken
oE 'he Southern Railway System dur
ing the 1924 sea son which recently
ended when total o. 7.433 cars were
moved From Georgia alone the
southern handled 6,014 cars, as com
pared WIN 300 cars in 1923. the pre-
vious high record from this Stata
AS In past years. the bulk of tho
Georgia movement was handled
through Atlanta. $3.50 cars having
moved through the terminals of rho
southern, 2.lO6 east via Charlotte and
totomac Yards. Va; 1901 north and
South iu
From Atlanta. the Southern ran o5s
special peach trains. 129 to Potomac
yards and 121 TO Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
STEEL SHARES SOLD.
Investors Take Profits After Rise
of Is P1ints.

NEW YORK. October 10 investors
liuuidated l2O.43S shares of United
States Steel common stock in the last
three months. il WIS revealed in q
fetal statistics. Tha floating supply
in the hands Aof brokers iNcrc sed
120.f3S during the quarter end sep
tember 30. In that time the price rose
nearly II points.
As Of Septt mber 80. brokers held
1.l60.l63 sh"res. or 22.S2 per cent Of
the total out nd n2. on the other
hand investors Increased their hold
inss of United States Steel preferred
from SS6.40? shares on June 20 TO
l.005.3j9 shares on September 50. The
latter comprising l9.12 per cent of the
outstanding preferred.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Depends on What You Want.

From the Christian Register.
When james A. Garfield was
president of Hiram College. Il man
BROUGHT up his son to be entered as
student. He wanted the boy to
take course shorter than the
regular one. My son can never take
al those stGd;es,' said the father.
He wants to get through more
quickly. Can't you arrange ii for
him?'
"Oh. yes. said Mr.. Garfield. He
can take a short course. 1t all de-
pends on what you want to make of
him. When God wants to make an
oak, He takes a hundred years, but
He takes only two months to make
a squash.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
WOOL PRICES ADVANCE.
London Reports Higher Charges
Are Now Prevailing.

LONDON. October l0.-The wool
auction sales closed today. An in
different selection amounting to So
bales was offered.
Compared with the previous sales
the following advances ruled: Fine
merinoS, 10 per cent: inferior m@rinoS.
: to 10 per cent: tine cross hrCds. 10
70 l.. and medium coarse cross bredS
10: lower grades, unchanged to > per
cent; Cape of Good Hope and Natal
snow white. ~: greas!. 10: PGnta
Arenas and Falkland Islands 10 per
cent During the series the home
trade took >,.965 bales. the continent
1000 and American / 0U0. and $1,000
were held over.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Why Diamond Is Hard.
IN the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One of the most simple and bet.,.-
tiful crystals is the diamond. 1t con-
sists. says Sir William Bragg, only
of carbon atoms arranged In a verA
symmetrical way. Every carbon
atom has four others spaced rouuu
it. The symmetry of the structure i
such that the atoms are most difficult
to displace, for which reason a dia-
mond can be used as d tool to cut
any other substance, because the
atoms of the other substance GIVe
way before the rigidy set atoms of
the diamond" In the diamond can
be found the rings of benzine. the
fundamental structural unit OF al
the substances included in one great
section of organic chemistry
Evening star., 1924-10-10
He Meant All Right.
From the Worcester Gazette.

rom The w orceSter Gazette.
Johnny, having reached his teens
was invited out to dinner without
his parents. Mother was at first
doubtful whether she should allow
him to go. She was afraid that with
out the influence of the maternal eye
he might disgrace himself.
Now, be very careful" she sa id,
having at last given way to his en-
treaties. Mind your manners and
say how nice everything is"
Seated at dinner. Johnny was
served with soup. Having tasted it
he remarked. intending to be gala mt
This is pretty good soup. what there
is of it,
He was greatly disconcerned to see
a dark frown on the face of his host
ess. and he hastened to remedy his
blunder by remarking: And there's
plenty of it. the kind it is
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Horses Show Comeback.

From the jamestown Post.
The horseless wagon was to pro-
duce a horseless age. Ye there are
more horses in the country today
than in the first year of this century
when the automobile was very much
of an experiment. Here are the
figures: In 1900 there were some
100000 horses. in 1914 total of
about 20,0O0,O00, in 1923 a total of
$4,000 600. Today there are 5000. 900
more horses in the land than at the
opening of the century.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
NEW ENGLAND EXPORTS
COD TO MEDITERRANEAN
rom the Baltimore sun.

InlOTr
Not Goldfish SWims nearer the
Straits of Gibraltar than the banks
of newfoundland or Iceland, and yet
all Mediterranean peoples eat salt cod
cooked in many and varied forms
New England got its salt from Italy
and paid for it with Goldfish, some
times with Old Medford rum. Those
days are past.
The French explorers who followed
close upon the heels of Columbus dis
covered the virtues of Newfoundland
cod lately curing plants have been
oSt.b iSled on the Mediterra mean. shores
OF F'rarce---to save one handling, since
the Mediterranean peoples eat SO much
Of it. also because the salt is conven-
inetly dried out from the very salty
water oT the Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Not What It Seemed.
tho Edinburgh Scotsman.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman
Two clubmen were discussing the
relative merits of their wives, when
one of them remarked:
My wife looks after me. / can as
sure YOU Why. she takes off my
boots for me in the evening.
"Ah. When you come home from
the club" suggested the other.
"No-when / want to go there.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
So Trying to Him.
From the London Answers.

From the London Answers.
The Irishman was away on his holi-
days. One morning he came down
to breakfast with a very worried
frown on his face and an open letter
in his hand. He looked so gloomy
and ate 50 little that presently one
of his fellow holidaymakers asked
him what was the matter.
. He replied that he had just had a
letter from his sister to say that she
had had an addition to her family.
You don't look very pleased about
it," answered the other. is it a boy
or girl?"
That's just what is botherins me"
was the reply. They didn't tell me
in the \letter and now, bejabers. I
don't know whether I'm an uncle or
an aunt,
Evening star., 1924-10-10
That Much Settled.
From .Iudge


A man with a little asthmatic trou-
BILE was thinking of spending a vaca-
tion in high altitude. But first he
went to consult famous specialist
The latter heard his story, thumped
his chest a few times and then said:
Il don't think I'd go"
How much do l owe you?" asked
the patient.
Two hundred dollars"
Here you are, Doc. Now l know
L can't GO"
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Just Fooling the Horse.
From the ROYAL Magazine.

A traveller in Ireland once hired cab
to take him into the country, and had
not proceeded far when it pulled up at
the foot OF a steep hill. The driver ap-
peared at the door.
What are We at man." said the trav-
eler this isn't where l ordered you to
stop"
whist. yer honor. whist" calculated
Paddy. I'm only decefvin' the beast.
II / bang the door he'll think you're out
andl cut up the hill like the divil."
Evening star., 1924-10-10
LIVING COSTS HIGHER.
Great Britain Figures Are Higher
Than in August.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK, October 10.-On Sep
tember /, the average level OF retail
prices of those commodities taken
into account In the British Labor
ministry statistics, which include
food. rent, clothing, fuel, light and
miscellaneous items, was approx
mately Y per cent above that of July
1914, as compared with Il per cent
a month ago and 73 per cent a year
ago, according to advices received by
the Bankers Trust Company.
This rise in the August percentage
was almost entirely due to increases
in food prices.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
BANK PLEAS HELD UP.

RICHMOND. Va, October 10
Briefs submitting the claims of sew
eral Carolina cities for branch of
the Fifth Federal Reserve Bank are
still in the hands of a committee of
directors which has not yet reached
a decision, Gov. George j. Seay told
the Associated Press here. The COVER
nor said he did not know when the
ma tier would be decided.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
BIG EQUIPMENT ORDER.

NEW ORLEANS. october 10.-Roy
Terrell vice president of the New
ORLEANS, Texas & Mexico Railroad
(Gulf Coast Lines) announces the
company has placed orders for So
100000 worth of new cars and $500, 900
worth of roadbed equipment. Delivery
of the rolling stock is to begin within
80 days.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Sperm Whale Valuable.

From the New York Tribune.
The most valuable catch that can be
made in salt water is sperm whale.
A very large specimen taken off the
west coast of Vancouver Island was
found to contain $50 pounds of am
bergris. This alone brought s150,000.
while the blubber "~d Spermaceti were
worth another $S,s04. Es<n0