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Evening star., 1924-10-17
POULTRY DEMAND1Y
INCREASES HERE
Fresh Turkeys to Appear iaI
Local Market-Eggs !
Remain High.

Dealers report an increased demand
for poultry, and receipts are Ia-ae
enough to supply the demand. Poul- -,
try is reported in splendid condition.
Live Chickens were quoted at 2S and
80, while dressed stock commanded
from 33 to 35 cents
Turkeys. chiefly storage stock, sold
around 40 cents and the demand has
increased. Fresh killed turkeys soon
will appear for the Thanksgiving
season.
PTlceS Of eggs remain high. but
with no material increase in demand
Fifty cents is the price for selected
stock and As and Al for average re-
celpts Western storage eggs are 40
cents.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics says:
Apples-Supplies liberal: demand
light. market dull; Maryland, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, No. /, 21z
inches up, Grimes, best, 5.00a5 50: fair
quality. 35oa45o. Boxes. washing
ton, medium TO large sizes extra
fancy Delicious, 4.25a4.50; Jonathans
and Winter Bananas, 3.00a3.25. Bush
els, Maryland and Virginia, various
varieties, 1.00a1.25: Stayman Wine
saps, best, I75a200; Delicious, 200
a250.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de-
nrand light, market steady; New
York, bulk per ton Domestic Round
type, 20.o0a25.00; mostly 5000.
Grapes Are Cheaper.
Grapes-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker:
New York. 2-qt. Climax bask cts, Della
wares and Niagaras, 23a24; Concords,
25a27; 12-qt. Climax baskets, Con
cords, lis.
Onions-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market steady. New York, Ohio
and Massachusetts, 1901 pound sacks
yellow varieties L. S. No. ], large size.
1.10a1.15; medium to small sizes, I.75a
200.
Pears-Supplres light; demand mod :.
crate, market steady New York,
bushel baskets. BartIeus and Seckels,
3.00a3.25; few SeckeIs, large size. $50
a3.1 Washington, boxes -Anjous and
Boggs, mostly 500.
Potatoes-SuppIes liberal: demand
good, market slightly weaker. New
York, 150-pound sacks Round Whites
L. S. No. l, 2.3Qa2.4o per sack Michi-
gan, 150-pound sacks Russet Rurals
L. s. No. l, 2.25a2.4o per sack
Lettuce - Supplies moderate: de-.
mand moderate, market steady. New
York, Big Boston type, small, firm,
150a1.75; poorer, leafv, 50aI25
Celery = Supplies light. demand
light, market du1l. New York, %
crates Golden Self bleaching, in the
rough, 2.00a2. so; full crates Golden
Hearts, punched, mostly 500: other
varieties, 4.00a5.00, according to quail
ity.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Once

prices, and others Of the group went
along sympathetically.
New Mexico and Arizona Land. the
new Pennock stock, and Venezuelan
Petroleum were outstanding points or
strength among independents.
In the afternoon the radio shares
we're taken UP. Ware, after opening
fractionally lower, resumed its up
ward movement, carrying along with
it Dubilier and Jones Radio.
Persistent strength of public utili-
ties caused considerable attention to
be directed to this group. The de-
mand kept on for such active ia
vorites as American Light and Trac-
tion, American Power and Light,
new; East Penn Electric and West
ern Power. Tennessee Electric Pow
er second preferred, selling ex the
quarterly dividend. retraced most of
the amount which came off the SELL
ing price.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
FARMERS SHARING
in BETTER TIMES
Maryland Agriculture Is Get
ting Back to Normal, Lat
est Reports Show.
Special Dispat teh to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, October 17.-Agricul-
ture in Maryland is "swinging toward
par" The farmers share in the gen.
eral prosperity is gradually approaching
what it should be. The authority for
these statements is John S. Dennee.
agricultural statistician OF the United
States Department of Agriculture. Mr..
Dennee explains that while the re-
covery from the price decline OF 1920
has been discouragingly slow for the
farmers, the average of farm prices
continues to rise and the spread be-
tween the price farmers are getting
for what they have to sell and for
those articles which they have to buy
grows noticeably narrower.
At the present time the ratio OF
farm prices to wholesale prices or
non-agricultural commodities is above
IS and is moving toward 80, accord
ing to the statistician. Farm prices
continue to improve in relation to
the general price level.
Companion With 1914 Yields.
The following figures show the per-
centage of crops this year, as com
pared with those of 1914, the prices
of that year being regarded in each
case as 100 per cent.
140; rye, 120; tobacco, pound. 300;
potatoes. bushel. 1856; sweet potatoes,
2S6; apples; Ill; butter. pound, 1873 :;
eggs, dozen, 103; chickens. pound.
1856; hogs, cwt., 107; beef cattle, So;
veal calves "a; sheep. 100: lambs.
143; milk cows, 40; unwashed wool.
pound. 173; hay, ton. timothy, 11s;
clover 115. Mr.. Denne says:
Higher prices for wheat and corn
are supporting higher prices for oats.
Prices of oats may not be expected
to rise in proportion to the higher
prices of corn, as the price of oats is
almost wholly determined by the
United States crop. And the United
States crop is considerably larger
than last year.
Higher Hog Prices Likely.
This fact, coupled with a prospec-
tive reduction of about 20 per cent
in hogs, which consume about 40 per
cent Of the corn crop. indicates the
corn crop will be relatively small
even under favorable weather condi-
tions.
The general tendency Of hog prices
is upward. Hog prices move in
cycles and evidence supports the view
that they are now on the upward
swing Of the price cycle"
Evening star., 1924-10-17
SZECHENPS PROPERTY
NEARLY SOLD FOR TAX
Hungarian Envoy's Estate Saved
When Funds, Delayed by Ac-
cident, Arrive.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PRAGUE, October 17.-An accidental
delay in the payment of state taxes,
amounting to 100000 Czechoslo-
vakian crowns, on the estate near
Pressburg of Count LasZlo Szechenyi.
Hungarian minister to the United
States. almost caused him to lose Il
considerable quantity of his property
today.
The failure to pay the tax caused
the authorities to advertise the auc-
ton of 1000 sheep, 5000 pounds of
cereals and several tons of agricul-
tural machinery belonging to the es-
tate, and 400 eager buyers assembled
for the sale.
At the last moment, however, the
estate administrator appeared with
the money and the auction was called
of, the manager sending a cablegram
to the count informing him of the
narrow escape of his property.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
THOMAS R. SIMPSON DEAD.
Boilermaker Dies Suddenly at
Home Here,

Thomas r. Simpson, 33 years old, a
boilermaker. died suddenly of heart
disease at his residence, 904 Sixth
street southwest last night. He was
resting on a couch and talking to
friends when the end came. DR.. Will
liam Walters was summoned and pro-
nounced Mr.. Simpson dead.
Only few minutes before his death
Mr.. Simpson had been talking to his
mother and seemed in a cheerful hu-
NOR. He was born in Charles County
Md, and had been a resident OF
Washington for about 20 years.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs
Aradenia M. Simpson, and two sis
ters, Miss Catherine V. Simpson and
Miss Caroline Simpson, all of Wash
ington. Funeral services and inter
ment will be at Wayside, Md, Sunday
morning
Evening star., 1924-10-17
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
A. T. Stewart Sues Washington
Terminal COMPANY

Adelbert T. Stewart today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $50, 900 damages from the wash
ington Terminal Company for alleged
personal injuries. He says he had
purchased a ticket and was about to
board a train at Union Station when
a truck was propelled against him
and injured his right foot and leg.
AS a result of the injuries he lost
large sums of money, he declares, and
also had to refuse an offer of an ap-
pointment as assistant director of the
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign
Commerce, at a salary Of $4,000 per
annum. He is represented by Attor-
neys Daniel Thew Wright and Philip
Ershler.
II you need work, read the want
columns OF The Star.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, October lit was
evident from the action of the curb
market today that speculative op-
orators were giving more considera-
ton to developments in the political
situation than they were a week and
two weeks ago. After a period of
quiet strength in which the oil shares
were Did up a point to two points
further. the demand for stocks grad
uaiiy increased and took in public
utilities, radio shares and a large
number OF industrial specialties.
Inc puying movement kept on in
Pralrle OIL and Gas, which began to
be felt following the announcement a
few days ago that this company had
abandoned it's. pro-rating schedule,
CARRYING the price up another four
points to PA. Standard of Indiana
and Imperial Oil of Canada were
prominent on the side Of higher
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Potomac Electric deb. 6s--$7 800 at 1904.
Potomac Electric x. and ref Is AL 900
At 1OSA, s., coo at 1864. ST. 900 at 1O6A.
Washington Gas 5s-$l 600 at 81
Washington Gas is $500 at loo&, $ooo
at 100A.
Washington Gas Lights at 51h.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-S at 70.
Commercial National Bank-10 at 14O, 70
at 40 20 at 40.
District National Bank at 167, > at 167.
Second National Bank at l6o.
Ianston Monotype-20 at 10. 10 at 1914.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas IS $500 at 1OOA. $500
at 100&..
Wardman Park Hotel 6s-S1 ,OOO at 100
UNLISTED DEPT.
Departmental Bank-14 at IN.
washingt ton Title Insurance Co.-16 at 8.
Money-Call loans. 5 and per cent.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
GIVEN MILITARY RITES.
Richard T. Jones, Former Mes
senger, Buried at Arlington.

Military honors marked the burial
in Arlington National Cemetery yes
terday of Richard T. Jones. a retired
messenger formerly on duty In the
office of the chief OF staff. who died
at his home in this city last Monday
He was a veteran Of the Civil War
and for many years served as mes
senger to the late Gen. Phillip II.
Sheridan, Lieut.. Gen. SchofieId ard
Lieut.. Gen. Miles, com nanding 1he
Army. At the time of his retIreIh ent
in 1922, he was on duty III the office
of the chief of staff of the Army,
Evening star., 1924-10-17
SUGAR BEETS ABOVE 1928.

An estimate of the sugar beet crop
in Czechoslovakia just received by
the United States Department Of
from the International
Institute Of Agriculture at Rome
brings the total Of estimates received
to date from seven countries up to
19,7's,0 900 short tons, compared with
1883 900 short tons produced by the
same countries last year.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Commissions Awarded.

Arthur T. Brice, jr.. 1887 Spring road,
has been appointed a major Of Infantry !;
George E. Strong, Wardman Park Hotel,
a captain in the judge advocate gen.
eral's department., and Gerald A. Fitz-
gerald, United States Bureau of Fish
cries, a second lieutenant, Coast Artil-
Iery, all in the Officers Reserve Corps Of
the Army.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Wife Charges Cruelty.

Rebecca Kaplan today sued her hus-
band, Simon Kaplan, for a limited
divorce. charging cruelty, inadequate
support and desertion. They were
married September 10, 1894, and have
four children. Besides incidents of
alleged cruelty, the wife tells the
court her husband left her three
times in the last nine months. She
is represented by Attorneys Wilton
l. Lambert and r. H Yeatman.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

A German school teacher has re-
oentfy broken the world record for
glider flights, remaining in the air
for hours AZ minutes seconds.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

NEW YORK, October 17.-Follow-
ing is an official list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1924-10-17

II you need work, read the want
olumns OF The Star.
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Self Respect and the DAYS Work.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

HE most valuable possession Of any human being his
self respect.
= Men have died rather than lose it.
;, Women have taken their own lives rather than go
living without it.
But self respect matter of great crises It not
to be by dramatic decisions depend upon
the turn OF any great battle.
Self respect is thing needs every day. 1t is
something to live with 1t is like bread water and
not like champagne and plum pudding. It is weekday
affair." and not something to be put only Sunday
man needs self respect in the morning that he will
not hate to look at himself in the glass when shaving
And he needs it at night for there better remedy
some rest.
The very best reason for not getting drunk for not
dropping into profanity obscenity for telling e
for not cheating either at the card table the market
place, for being decent and straight, self respect
Indeed, is deficient in self respect there is
much use In giving him advice or handing him moral
About the only kind of person pays help who
has self respect for when you help who has self
respect you likely to make him than he be-
fore.
To give dollar to who is keeny sensitive to his
obligation to repay it worthy deed to give dollar
beggar who feels no responsibility to do anything
turn to make him mendican than he was before
You only climb ladder of success yourself
without self respect but there is much trying to
help anyone else the ladder if he has self respect
People do not need outside aid much they need
inside aid
To take pauper out of howell and put him into
palace is quite likely to harm him to do him good;
but if you take out of envy and self pity and
despair ana set MN over INTO courage and cheer and hope
you have done something that is really benevolent
The greatest curse OF the worlds system of dealing with
criminals that effort to punish them proceed
to destroy the only thing that change them from being
to being blessing to socetyther self respect
No religion that merely proposes to from the
consequences Of his evil is a sound religion
The only religion that is of any value that will re-
from the his love of evil and insti into him
self respect That alone is safe from doing wrong
who is ashamed to do wrong.
The kind of fear that wholesome the fear of ones
self condemnation
The Judge and Master that every man greatest
virtue to is himself.
Copyright by cCIursN Newspaper syndicate1
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
Killing the Boil Weevil
And "Movies" By Radio.

Stamant New Orleans florist has killed millions Of the
boil weev at night He puts brilliant lights in the middle Of
the field the boil weev flies to the light the flame destroys
him.
1T would surprise planter to the great quantity
variety Of insects lying dead around the light says Mr.
Stamant
The thing works undoubtedly This writer years ago sub
md to the Department Of Agriculture plan for destroying
insect pests in orchards attracting them by strong light and
then drawing them down to destruction by the clean
ing The opinion given by the agricultural scientist
that such method would be effective but dangerous
destructive would kill not only the harmful insect pests
but destroy other insects necessary to agriculture It's
gerous to interfere with natures balance
Sending moving pictures by radio is possibility
science The thing has been done in crude way With
idea perfected fifty million people might the football
game in their homes actually the President speaking
while hearing his voice.
You live in fortunate time apart from oil scandals
Wallace write his admirable book The Wonderful Century
about the nineteenth century It wonderful but these
first few years of the twentieth century have already
echpsed the nineteenth What will the coming centuries
produce? Let hope that shall be allowed back
and see
The Washington times., 1924-02-26

TT is a question which will
never have, perhaps, any
Il practical value, though 1t
will always be Of enormous inter
est to curious minds. whether or
not the physical universe is in
finite in extent. This was one of
the things debated at the recent
meeting of the most learned body
Of men in the Western world, the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science.
Those who took part in the dis
cussion might reply, If accused Of
wasting their time, "Well. what
we gain in mental expansion
through such discussion we MAY
carry into a future state of ex-
istence to serve as a foundation
for future growth. but what you
call useful things, like money and
machinery, certainly stop on the
edge Of the grave"
With great earnestneaS the
astronomer and mathematician
F. r. Moulton, Of the University
Of Chicago, attacked this QueS-
ton with the frank avowal. to be-
gin with, that no definite and
final answer can be given to it,
''either now or in the future"
In his avowal there was con.
cealed the true spirit Of science,
which is completely misunder-
stood by many persons. This
spirit is no slave. Neither is it
an apprentice bound to the
leather apron strings Of the giant
blacksmith that the popular mag
nation often mistakes for SCI
ence.
The immense contributions that
the spirit of science afford to
industry are only incidental by.
products Of its work. It willingly
and gladly makes these contribu.
tons, but II 1t were forced to hold
them for it's chief aim, its arm
would quickly lose it's strength
and it's hand its cunning.
It was in accordance with the
true scientific spirit, which hopes
for no other result than to be
forever pressing onward, its Joy
being in progress and not in
moveless finality, that Prof. Moul-
ton presented his ideas Of the
infinity of the universe. Science
advances into the unknown by
the aid of postulates and hypo.
theses. But 1t drops it's postulates
and hypothesis like used-up sticks
when they no longer help it on.
ward. It Is for that that many
who do not understand science ac-
cuse 1t. They do not comprehend
that aids to truth may be worn
out, while truth remains I'M
changed and. in its fulness, un.
attainable.
If. said Prof. Moulton. the
universe be built up of an un-
ending succession of cosmic units
(cosmic meaning only pertaining
to the universe'), which at each
stage make larger units, as cleo
irons make up atoms, atoms make
UP molecules, molecules make up
worlds, worlds make up solar sys.
TENS, solar systems make up ga
axies, galaxies make up super
galaxies and so on--each. unit
separated from its neighbors by
distances that are great compared
to their diameters-then the uni
verse is not only infinite in ex-
tent, but it has an infinite mum.
her Of each type Of cosmic units:
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

THEY who pleased themselves must always please
- When nothing is enjoyed, can there be greater
waste?
Render until all their DUE but remember thou art
also
little too late is much too Late
Faultfinders out of a lob
He is very blind that cannot see the sun
Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone tho
pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher
Yielding is sometimes the best way Of Succeeding
Do not expect friends to do for you what Won can do
for yourself ~ w
a thousand probabilities do not make one truth.
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
SAP AND SALT

Unnecessary curiosity II won.
ans GROWING blunder.
When tears start to run, the
nose often follows suit.
Sin has this advantages: It gives
you something to repent Of.
The value Of a favor depends
upon how much 1t lowers you to
accept It..
Much genius is required to
maintain high social position on
O low bank account.
Money seems to gravitate to
people who don't know how to get
any real fun out of 1t.
A mans wife sometimes spoils
him, but very often it is another
mans wife who does it.
Hez Heck says: True bravery
consists o. fightin' FER a principle
when they amt no gate receipts
to grab off,"
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
Expensive Distribution
That s Our Great Problem.

Economical distribution Of products the days great
problem.
Economy in transportation, economy in middleman cost
diminishing overhead by increasing sales.
man in Florida grows box of fruit picks it, sorts it,
and packs it carefully supplies the box He gets ST. So
The middlernan, for handling it, gets $150.
The express company for carrying it to New York gets
$1.M o.
The three times the actual of fruit box
and labor. That's too much
1t is the with fish caught in or lake. where it
takes care OF itself The actual fisherman gets five
cents pound The from thirty sixty cents
he must raise and care for from its infancy
The railroad to the nation what the elevator to hotel
or office building The of the building would be fool
to let outside private his elevators exploit the
tenants This nation is fool private individuals own
the railroads and exploit the people.
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON THE
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.


o1ACuGAAAC 1OplCS Oh FOpu13f 1nCef0So
: the total mass is infinite; ther9
Is no center or absolute position
in 1t; and 1t may have infinite
duration, both past and future.
Taking this view Of the universe
we must regard all phenomena as
In general way cyclical. or re-
current.
In these GREATNESS heights of
philosophy the adventurous mind
gradually becomes acclimated. It
accustoms itself, as happens with
the lungs Of climbers Of lofty
mountains, to sustain itself on
lighter elements.
It is only after such exercise
that things like the Einstein
theory can be attacked How,
for instance, can the mind I'M
trained in these intellectual flights
hope to understand such concep-
tons as that to which one view
OF the Einstein theory has led
namely, that the universe 10 at
the same time finite and yet un-
limited, or the dictum that where
there is no matter there can be
no space.
1t ts useless to try to furnish
answers to those who ask for "a
plain statement in ordinary lam
guage Of Just what the Einstein
theory means" Yet these same
persons most likely feel that it
is easy enough to believe that
the universe Is infinite because
common experience suggests that
beyond every boundary there is
always something more, even
though It be only empty space.
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
The Little Fellow Paws
That s How It Is Arranged.

The talking about cutting down income interests the
small percentage that pay these More interesting
the majority would be talk about cutting and city
taxes Those the really heavy One chamber Of
commerce declares that the average citizen works six weeks
out of the ywo to pay his share of Governments cost
National State and local. Many who think they pay no
taxes badly mistaken They hand to the landlord in
rent and he pays the tax
The landlords tax the tenant pays the merchants the
consumer Whatever the tax the little man. the big
crowd, must pay in the end.
The Washington times., 1924-02-26

Not to go forward in the way of virtue is go back
ward.
When the wise fall out then rogues by what
not their own.
All the wit in the world useless to him who has none
1t is best to know the worst at once.
He who has lived in obscurity has lived WELL and every
body ought to live within his own lot in life,
1t is clever thing to know how to give.
No storm hurts man who believes.
Care follows increasing wealth and the desire for greater
things.
Love Of money grows the money itself grows.
Virtue improves under oppression
IcoOsrlsht 1924 Ax Feature sarsiOa pa
The Washington times., 1924-02-26
Wise japanese
They Know What War Is Coming.

The Japanese discuss the moving Of the capital of their
island empire from Tokyo to Kobe Kayota because it
not possible to defend Tokyo from air attack
It is difficult to how any city, inland the coast
can be made safe against attack through the air. except by
building flying machines to do the work.
Every boy has seen small king bird driving off maraud
ing five times its sze the cawng in distress the
king bird from above picking at its eyes,
This country ought to think about protecting its great
Cities now exposed to flying visitors and get ready
necessary liking birds
It possible without any great loss but money in the
late war to postpone preparation and then plunge into
action on basis Of graft and incompetenCy Nothing very
serious happened for the fighting three thousand miles
away would be different the fighting over here
through the air.