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Evening star., 1924-08-15
SUGAR PRICES HIGHER.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15.-An
increase of Is cents hundred pounds
in sugar Is announced by the Western
Sugar Refining Co. and the California
Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. here, The
increase, which affects both cane and
beet sugar, makes the price for cane
sugar $40 a hundred and beet sugar
$500 a hundred.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
CHANGES IN FRANCS.

PARIS. August 1.-THE weekly
statement of the Bank of France
shows the following changes in
francs: Gold in hand, increased
$4,000; silver in hand, increased 12S,-
600; notes in circulation, decreased
171,732.000; treasury deposits de-
creased $4,000; general deposits, de-
creased 121, ,654.000; bills discounte ed
decreased 52,779,0O0; advances, de-
creased 61,400,O00.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
COTTON OIL MILLS
FORM BIG MERGER

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, August Is
Merger of dozen or more cotton oil
mills operating in Arkansas, Tennes-
see, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.
into single system to be controlled
by the National Cotton Seed Products
Corporation, a newly formed Tennes-
see concern, with a capital of $S,0OO,-
900, is announced here
The purpose of the National Cotton
Seed Products Corporation was to
buy, own and operate cottonseed oil
mills and cotton gins in the five
states named
Evening star., 1924-08-15
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 15,-From the
action of radio stocks in the mark ct
Doth Thursday and again today, 1t
was evident that the upward move
ment had finally got under way again.
however, there was considerable diff
ference of opinion as to whether the
present high selling prices for most
OF these stocks are justified by earn
lngs. The pools back Of these stocks
went ahead bidding up their favorites
with the utmost confidence. Thomp-
son and Rova sold at the highest
prices SO FAR reached, and Dubilier
ana ware moved up point.
Some of the public utilities came in
for more attention, notably American
Evening star., 1924-08-15
BUTTER IS HIGHER
At CENTER MARKET
Wholesale Price Advanced
One Cent-PouItry Drop
Predicted.

Dealers reported the poultry market
as being in good shape this morning,
and said they thought the prevailing
advanced prices were only temporary
1t is thought prices soon will de-
crease.
Live chickens were quoted at 2S to
So, and dressed stock at from 80 to IS.
A price of 25 was quoted on live
fowls, and dressed stock at % and 80
Turkeys were quoted at 25 for live
and 35 for dressed.
An advance Of l cent in the price
Of butter was reported, prices being
AZ, As and Al. The egg market is very
firm.
The daily report on fruits and vege-
tables, compiled by the Market News
Service Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics, today says:
Cantaloupes-Suppli liberal; de-
mand moderate; market about steady
North Carolina. Ridgeway section,
Salmon Tints, standards, ass mostly
ordinary quality and condition, 5Oa
200; Delaware and East Shore Mary
land. standards, 36s and ASS. Salmon
Ttnts and Pink Meats. 3.00a3.25; Bal
timore section. 14-quart hampers.
Green Meats, 1.oOa1.25; california,
Turlock section, Salmon Tints, stand
ards. ASS, fair condition, S.50a4.00;
standard crates Honey Dews, 2.00a
$50.
Peaches-Supplies liberal; demand
good; market steady. North Caro-
lima, bushel baskets Elbertas and
Hales. best, 3.25a3.75; mostly $50;
North Carolina and Georgia, 6s, Ell
to small sizes, 200a2.75: Virginia,
bushel baskets and IS. Carmans, large
size, 1.50a1.75: few higher; medium
to small sizes, 1.OOa1.50; IS, Hileys,
small size. LIS; Elbertas, medium
size, 2.50a2.75.
Potato Supplies Light.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate, de-
mand light. market firm; Virginia.
Norfolk section, cloth top slat bar
relS Irish CobblerS, United States No.
/. 2.00a2.50. few 2.75; New Jrrsey.
150-lb. sacks Irish Cobblers, :nited
States No. 1, 2.O0a2.5O, moss. $50
per sack.
Watermelons-Supp mSderate,
demand moderate, market steady,
sales direct to retailers; Georgia an I
South Carolina, Thurmond Grays, &C.
2S-lb. average. 65a7O; 1S-22-lb. av-
erage, 45a50 each.
Peas-Supplies light. demand mod
crate. market steady; New York
bushel baskets Telephones, mostly 200.
String beans-Maryland truck re-
CelptS, HOQeTdle, QemdnQ mOQerate,
market steady; MaMryland uncov-
cred barrels green, mostly 900.
Tomato Market Firm.
Tomatoes - Homegrown receipts
light, demand moderate, market firm i:
homegrown, half-bushel hampers No.
l, 1.25a2.50, mostly around 200.
Onions-Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market steady; Massa-
chusetts, sacked. per 100 lbs. yellow
varieties No. l. mostly $50.
Corn-H receipts mod
crate, demand moderate, market
steady; homegrown, doz. bags sugar
corn, 2.00a2.5O.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate. de-
mand moderate, market steady; New
York, 2 doz. crates Big Boston type
best. 1.50a1.75; ordinary quality and
condition, 50a125. D.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate, market steady: Vir
ginia, bbl. crates, round type, 1.9Oa
200, mostly 200.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

NEW YORK, August 15.-The
board of directors of General Motors
declared today regular dividends on
all classes of the company's stock
The dividends follow: Thirty cents
per share, quarterly, on common );
s1.75 per share, quarterly, on per
cent preferred; $3.50 per share, quar-
terly, on per cent preferred, and
$3.50 per share, quarterly on per
cent debentureS.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
FALL BUYING ACTIVE,
New Orleans Reports Lively
Wholesale Business.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ORLEANS, August 15.-Fall
buying by country merchants is in
full swing here and the current week
promises to be the largest for whole
salers of the year so far. Rural re-
tailers now are willing to stock up
freely except those located in Sec
tions seriously affected by drought.
The returns for all Mississippi crops
promise to be we'll above those of
last year, higher prices compensating
for smaller yields.
Retail sales of mems clothing,
shoes and furnishings has been espe-
cially good this week.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
NET EARNINGS INCREASE.

NEW YORK, August 15.-Net earn
ings of the American Waterworks
& Electric Co, Inc, foc the
twelve months ended June 80, 1924.
were s3,O93.544, compared with a net
for the previous IL months of S2,621.-
2S4. Net income of the West Penn
Co, a subsidiary for the twelve
months ending June 80, 1924, was s3,-
065.6 against s2,521, 1922 for the pre-
vious year, gain of s544,355.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
RAW SILK DECLINES.

NEW YORK. August Is (SpeciaD.-
Raw silk continued it's downward
trend in quiet market today, prices
declining 10 cents a pouKd on all
Japanese grades. The reductions
stirred little interest among buyers.
The cotton goods markets were quiet,
with prices unchanged. Print cloth
quotations were 9k cents for GA by 60
and 10k for 68 by r..
Evening star., 1924-08-15
HOGS BACK TO S1O.15.

CHICAGO, August Is Especially
Good hogs were again higher from
the start today. Heavy butchers had
the best OF the trade, and these were
up as much as rs cents in many cases.
A week ago today the best hogs sold
at $10.35. Today they were $10.15.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
STEEL MILLS EXPAND.

BALTIMORE, August Is Especially
Steel operations in the Baltimore
district are expanding slowly, and
manufacturers are more cheerful than
they have been at any time this year.
Buying by railroads is expected to
stimulate the steel industry greatly
over the next IL months.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
SEAT BRINGS ss1.0 900.

NEW YORK, August 15.-The New
York Stock Exchange seat of Wynne
deceased, has been sold to
Johan D. Struys for $4,000, the con-
unchanged from the last
previous sales.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
T0DAY's METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, August 15.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot and futures,
13%; tin firm; spot and futures,
53.12; Iron steady and unchanged; |;
lead firm; spot, S.00aS.25; zinc steady; !;
East St.Louis spot, $50: futures, $40
a6.25. antimon. SPOT, 9.12,
Evening star., 1924-08-15
WHEAT PRICES JUMP.

WINNIPEG, August 15.-The wheat
market was very strong and active
today, with prices up more than 3
cents from yesterdays close. The
advance was due to the heavy cover
ing of shorts.
Evening star., 1924-08-15
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

LONDON, August 15.-Bar silver,
33% per ounce. Money, 2h per cent.
Discount rates: Short bills, 3A per
per cent.
Evening star., 1924-08-15

Before You Invest-Inyextfx.te.
Ever motive that the fellows who
try to get rich quick are always
Evening star., 1924-08-15

NEW YORK, August 15.-Following
is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
Market today:
Evening star., 1924-08-15

1 Kgdm Neth'lands 6s 89% 99% 99T
II Swiss Govt 5s....... 10OE 100% 10Oh
Evening star., 1924-08-15
Washington Stock Exchange

Washington Gas Lights at 4SA
IAnston Monotype-o at Is; AZ 90, az 20;
sz.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction 5+sl 900 At ss ,o,,
Washington Gas IS '33-$l.OO0 at l0lA.
washington Rwy. Elec. 4s-s1. 900 at =.
&. 5000 600 at at 74a. 5000 at tx
Capital traction Co.-10 at e3h. 10 at s3As.
20 at ssA. 10 at ssh: 10 at at & ss; so so At, At 49,
National Mtse. Inv. pfd.-loo at sh.
UNLISTED DEPT
These securities not listed under Exchange
Rules"
Bid Asked.
Army and Navy Club. ......... I5 .....
Commercial Club 1st 5s....... 80. 70
Metropolitan Club 4hs........ ~ 49,.
STOCKS.
Anacostia Bank. ..........:..... 200
Chapin-Sacks TO pfd........... 90 40
Chaplin Sacks SO pfd.. 20 %
Citizens Savings Bank. ia 10
Connecticut Pie Co. 100
Christian Heurich Brewery. 40 80
Departmental Bank
District Title Ins. Co. ~
franklin National Bank. 14O
Munsey Trust Co.. 1O5
North Capitol Savings Bank. 10 .....
Northwest Savings Bank........ "A
Northeast Savings Bank......... u
Park Savings Bank. k............. so
Potomac Savings Bank.......... 200 49,.
Raleigh Hotel Co.. .......... " lIO
Standard National Bank. ........ 10
washington Title Ins. Co........
Washington Baseball Club 81
Woodbridge & Langdon Saw. Rk. IL
Nonev-Call loans 5 and per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
SOCIAL CALENDAR

Band No. 1 of Twenty-seventh Street Baptist church will present a mock trial Friday evening, February 8, at s o'clock, in the auditorium of. the Lakeview school, with Judge Abernethy presiding.
 Wesley class of the First Methodist church of Woodlawn will serve an oyster supper at the home of Mrs. Robert Echols Friday evening for the benefit of the new Sunday school build ing fund. The public is cordially in vited.
 A called meeting of the Junior league will be held at the Independent Presbyterian church this morning at 10 30 o'clock
 The members of the Mother Goose club will meet Thursday with Mrs. W. k. Bare. All members are requested to meet at Saks' corner at 12 o'clock instead of II as has been announced.
 The Treble chorus will have rehear- sal Thursday at 9 :50 at Cable hall. All members are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
DUDLEY'S RHYMES
THE HEN

Oh, what would we do if the hen were to quit and simply refuse to lay eggs? The civilized world would, I'm sure, have fit and come down couple of pegs. Just -ehink how de- pendent we are on the hen for food and the strength that it brings If Biddy should quit we would realize then that she's more important than Kings. This morning I sat in a little cafe with dozens who'd come there to feed. I listened and heard every one of them say that eggs were his upper most need. They ordered them this way. they ordered them that. they ate with relish, and then 1 swallowed a couple and reached for my hat. inn pressed with the worth of the hen.
 So let's drink toast to the beauti- full bird who's proving humanity s friend. She's set me to thinking-my soul has been stirred. Her name shall ever defend. Oh, lady-here's S to you! It's you we revere. No praise we can give can suffice The eggs that you lay bring to millions good cheer. But gosh! Try to keep down the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
Dorothy Dir'S Letter B0r
Has 4 Mother The Right To Decide Her Daughter Future?-The Lonely Husband Whose Wife Is Merely
 4 Good Housekeeper With Little Witely Affection

fights back death itself from the sick room.
 If you really feel that being trained nurse is your vocation follow it. A foolish mother has no right to let her prejudices stand in the way of your career.
 Dear Dorothy Dix-I have been mar ried about II years and havN several children. My wife and l have been getting along fine. but l have not very much love for her becalse she treats me coolly. She is good housekeeper. but l want her to love me as a real wife should. My caresses and kisses are pushed aside, and 1 feel more like d money maker for my family than real husband. I have a girl friend with whom l am very much in love. Do you think it right for me to go to see this girl for l know she loves me :? Please advise me what to do to increase my wife's affection for me, for l am very lonely.
 LONELY HUSBAND.
 should think, Lonely Husband that the first step toward increasing your wife's affection for you would be for you to climb back on the straight and narrow path and stop chasing young girls. How can you blame your wife for being cool toward you when you are philanderng around with other women? It wouldn't exactly endear her to you for her to be flirting with other men, would it:
 
 monstrative nature and finds it difficult to show the love she feels. That is Il pity, because all of us. men and women alike, dote on having a fuss made over us. We like 10 be petted and jolled and babied and woman never makes u greater mistake than when she thinks that her husband doesn't just lap up soft talk and ask for more
 You know the old proverb that says Love begets love- So the best way to increase your wife's affection for you is to be atfectionate toward her. Tell her how much you think of her. Bring her little gifts. Woo her again as you did in the courting days and you will find that her coldness will melt like snow under the sun
 AS TOT the other girl, you know well enough that you have no right to make love to her. You know that the attentions of a married man can bring | nothing but harm to Il girl. And so, if you have any affection for her or any sense of honor of manliness. you will keep away from her and let her for get you.
 Aud don't forget this, Lonely Illus band. No matter whether your wife is cool or not, it doesn't alter your duty toward the children you have brought into the world. That is the thing you have got to consider first, last and all the time. DOROTHY DIX,
 Dear Dorothy Dix-Tell me, is there anything to do for husband who drinks: When sober he is fine fel-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

Dear Miss Dix-Ever since I was a very young girl I have had my whole heart and soul on becoming Il trained nurse. l have never wavered i'll my de sire, but my path is blocked by my mother, who absolutely refuses to per init me to take up that oc"upati ton for which feel l have Il special talent. My mother gives no reason for her oppos- ton, only says that she doesn't want me to become nurse, and that if become Il nurse l will only earn a small salary. She pays no attention to me when l tell her that my happiness is bound up in doing what 1 believe to be my lifework.
 Do you think that mother has a right to decide her daughters future for her and to keep the girl from doing the work she wants to do in the world!
 CONSTANT READER.
 Certainly not. A mother who pre- vents her children from following hIeir ambitions take upon herself an author ity to which she is not entitled, for God himself has already decided that question, and it is blasphemous for her to intermeddle with His purposes.
 When nature implants in q child q strong desire to be carpenter, or d nurse, or a musician. or Il writer. that is what he or she should be, and not the bricklayer, or the clerk. or the grocer that the parents want the child to be-
 We see the effect of parents setting up their own judgments against that of the Almighty in the thousands of misfit people who are bungling along. making failures of things they were never in tended to do. when they might have made successes if their fathers and mothers had let them follow their own bents.
 Stevenson says: If a man loves the labor of any trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
 That is true. Each of us should listen to the call within cur own souls because we only do we'll the work we love to do and for it's own sake. And doing the work we love brings the truest happiness that we ever know.
 Why your mother should object to your becoming a trained nurse is past comprehension. If she is snobbish, you can tell her that it is the aristocrat among professions, and one that is fol lowed by many women of title abroad who have chosen it as their means of livelihood now that so many noble families have been impoverished by the war.
 It is learned profession, for the trained nurse has to have better medical education than most doctors had 25 years ago. It is well-paid profession, and certainly no profession could be nObler or more humanitarian For no woman in the world does more good or is more of x ministering ange lthan she who with tender and skillful hands sOothes the bed of pain. ana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

NEVER NEGLECT A CHEST COLD. IN If allowed to "hang on" it means lung tissue weakened, air passages predisposed to infection, There is then danger of pneumonia and pneumonia is now more deadly than tuberculosis.
 When cold goes down deep, with soreness. right breathing and heavy, hollow cough, apply hot wet towels over throat and chest to open the pores of the skin..
 Massage briskly with Vicks for five minutes. then spread on thickly and cover with two thicknesses of hot flannel cloths. Leave the bed clothing loose about the neck so that the vapors arising may be freely inhaled. These vaPors, inhaled with each breath, carry the medication directly to the affected parts.
 At the same time, the Penetrative and stimu- lative effect of Vicks through the skin increases the circulation of the blood throughout the chest region, and thus helps to relievethe tight ness and congestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
Women Slow To Support Women
 For Office

'.It is loyalty, not prejudice, that makes women generally slow to sup port women who run for office says Mrs. Ann Webster, social hygiene chairman of the National League of Women Voters.
 When man and woman of equal desirability are candidates. the woman voter W i'll usually choose the man. It do better. It's because it won't worry her to see the man do badly, and it does worry the average woman tre- mendOusly to see another woman make mistakes.
 "1t is somewhat the same feeling one has about members of ones own family. Out in New Mexico, my home. l used to notice mothers at school exercises. If Susie from somebody's else's ranch recited "Curfew Shall Not Ring To night" Mrs. Our Ranch sat back, not caring much if Susie did mix things and say. Go your liver loves, said Cromwell l once heard Susie declaim. But when our Lucy gets up, mothers brow is heavily beaded. Mothers lips move, and mother. with all her heart and sonl, n trying to boost Lucy through "The Wreck of the Hesperus." If Lucy does we'll, mother beanfs. If Lucy falters, mothers won't for the world admit it. but she'll sim ply writhe in mOrtification.l
 Its that way with women in gen eral. Women are so fearful that other women won't appear well. l don't be- lieve most women realize it, but they re sensitive about the women who run for office and until they get over it it will take the very best possible kind of woman to beat a very ordinary man in most places. If we do not get the right kind of woman to run, she might as we'll not begin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

VICKS IS A BOON TO MOTHERS because it is an outside treatment There is no dosing to upset child's delicate stomach. You just rub it on
 Vicks is a combination in salve form of the old, time-tested remedies for colds-Camphor, Menthol, Eucalyptus and other volatile oils. Being externally applied, it can be used as freely and as often as desired. even on the youngest child, with perfect safety.
 When the kiddies come in wet and "snifling" Vicks is applied to prevent colds. An applica- tion at bedtime will usually prevent night attack of croup
 Just as good, of course, for the cold troubles of adults-sore throat, tonsilitis, head and chest colds. bronchitis. coughs
 Made at first in the back room of little drug store in North Carolina, Vicks has so con sstently demonstrated it's worth that now it is 3 more widely used than any other remedy of 2 its kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

low, respected, with many friends, btI he is slowly sinking and soon I fed he will lose his principles, his friend and their respect. This is really hj only fault. but it is enough, becau4 during these days of bootleg whisl 1 am in continual anxiety about hiJl 1 don't feel that my husband is h} bituaL drunkard, as he can stay sob@ as long as two months at time, thej he goes on spree. I have pleadeI with him. quarreled and tried in everI way to reform him, but my efforts hav been in vain. He promises that Il will not drink again, ands stays sobd for while, then goes on another drunl ell orgy.
 l am g years old and can easiI' support myself, but I love him verI much and 1 want to help him overcon his weakness for drink. Is there anJ thing else 1 can do? Is it advisable t send him to some place to be cured this habit? Isn't the only cure sel1 will? HOPE. My dear. you have asked the uI solvable riddle of the ages mad one tha nobody can answer for you. Nobod iuS FNFE DttI dDit, tU utNfSt any BUT cure for drunkenness. because the onl real cure for it is self-control.
  And the man drink nearly alway lacks the strong will that makes hir the master of his fate and the captail of his soul Undoubtedly many of th cures do help. but they are only effe< tive when backed up by mans deter imitation never to touch liquor.
 Nor can any one advise the wise of I drunkard what to do, because so man, men who drink are so lovable and hay so many fine qualities that, despite thei weakness. they are better worth havin than many men who are as dry os tn Sahara and as sober as the town pumr You will have to decide for yoursei whether your husband is worth tn price you have to pay for him.
 DOROTHY DIX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
Miss Linthicu1n ToEntertaiin For
 Guest

An enjoyable hospitality will be ex- tended this afternoon when Miss Helen Mae Linthicum will entertain in honor of her guest, Miss Olive Geiger of Washingtno, D. C.. who arrived yes terday, and for Mrs. A. A. Woodland of North Carolina, who is spending some time with her father, Mir. w. s. Stallngs. This hospitality will be in the nature of Lyric party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

For Deep Chest Colds, Sore Throat, Tonsil- tits, Bronchitis. Coughs Rub yicks briskIy over the throat and chest. In severe cases first redden the skin to open the pores (see direc- tions). Then spread on thickly and cover with one or two thicknesses of hot flannel cloths. Leave the bedclothes loose about the neck so that the vaPors may be freely inhaled. If the cough is annoying, q small piece the size of a pea can be swallowed every two or three hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
Hog Ticks Should Be Used

For Spasmodic Group, Children's Colds Rub Vicks over the throat and chest until the difficult breathing is relieved, then spread on thickly and cover with hot flannel cloth. One application at bedtime usually prevents night attack of croup.
 For Head Colds, Asthma, Catarrh, Hay Fever --Vicks should be melted in a spoon and the Nspors inhaled. or little can be applied up the nostris and snufed we'll back up the head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
MRS. GRAY TO COMPLIMENT MRS. ENGLAND TODAY

Mrs. Henry B. Gray, Jr., will be among the hostesses of the day, when she will entertain with a bridge lunch. con at her home on Essex road, having as her honor. guest Mrs. John England of Tennessee, who is visiting Mrs. B c. Mccormack, Jr.