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Evening star., 1924-04-26
WEEKEND BOND LIST
RECORD OF STRENGTH
Prices Generally Firm, With Ample
Indications of Genuine Invest
ment Demand.
FOREIGN ISSUES SOUGHT
High-Grade Securities Continue to
Excite Buyers.
FOREIGN ISSUES SOUGHT
BY GEORGE IT. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-The week
in the bond market closed with prices
firm and every indication of genuine
investment buying, especially in high
grade securities, as well as Of specu-
lative interest.
Foreign bonds were again strong
as class. French government issues
were especially favored The IS sold
at par and the TVS made 4 new high
on this movement At the same time
speculative buying carried the Jugo-
slav SIS well above so, also to a new
high. Confidence in the foreign situa-
tion appeared to be growing. 1t was
helped along by the announcement of
banking credit established on this
side by American financial inStitu-
tions for the benefit of the new Ger
man gold rediscount bank. The rise
in the foreign bonds, however, has
been going on all the week. OF the
South American bonds. the Brazilian
coffee secured 7la per cent issues have
gone up with sterling exchange.
Government Loans Open.
Buying of United States government
loans kept up today, but not at quite
SO rapid a pace. Gains this week
have been notable. Except only the
| taN-exempt 5hs, all the old liberties
have established new high records
for the year and the Treasury Az s
have done the same. All the issues
above par. Every listed issue, both
coupon and registered, including the
or2s. was higher today than at the
start OF the week. All this has been
accomplished without the aid of buy
ing for British account or for the
United States Treasury sinking fund
Banks and financial institutions were
the principal purchasers.
TO some extent the investment de-
mand has broadened out to include
the high grade railroad and industrial
issues. With money rates going still
lower. as they did this week. both for
call and time funds, there was every
incentive TO acquire high grade bonds
The movement would have gone
further had il not been for the di-
version of good deal of attention to
new offerings.
Market Especially Good.
For these the market was especially
good, even when the price appeared
high and the WELD correspondingly
low. For instance, the sl7.640, 900
Southern Pacific equipment trust cer-
tificates were sold at u, and s2.500.-
600 Alabama and Vicksburg first 5s
brought 81.
Public utility financing TO the
amount Of over $23.0oO.00o was also
accomplished. Investment houses re-
ported that more business could have
been done.
The only weak spots in the entire
bond market were in the industrial
list Most of these did better Fri
day and today. The heaviest losses
on the week were sustained by the
Wilson e. Co. bonds. the first mort
gage 6S being down over ; points and
the Junior bonds from II TO II points.
American Sugar Refining IS made a
new low since their issue. rallying
somewhat at the close of the week
Evening star., 1924-04-26
Washington Stock Exchange.

Washington Gas Us '33-s1 900 at lo1, 81, ,oD
at l0I. $500 at 1917, s406 at 1ooi.
Potomac Electric cons. Js-s1 900 at IA.
j.. c. Psper 81 900 al So.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.- at 74A.
Washington Gas Lights at 40.
National Rank OF Washineton-1o at no
Continental Trust Colo at 50, 10 at IS.
AFTER CALL
Washington Rwy. & Elcc. pfd.-10 Al "a.
) at ~ at 141s
Capital Traction 5s-s1 900 at es, $1,000 at
9s.
u. {. Paper Gs-si00 at 81
National Mortgage and Investment pfd.--I0o
al sas. 40 at Sis.
washington Gas Gs $500 at 1o114. $500
a. 10lA.
CAPITAL Traction 5s-s1, 600 at ss, $500 At
9S $500 at SS
Evening star., 1924-04-26
o. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES
touotations furnished by Redmond & co.,
RATES NOT JUSTIFIED.
New Schedules for Brick and Clay
Required of Railroads.

Proposed revision of interstate
rates on brick and clay products be-
tween southern points was found not
justified by the Interstate Commerce
Commission today.
The southern railroads were ordered
to cancel suspended schedules and to
file new schedules of rates in accord
ance with basic rates approved by the
commission.
The commission in it's decision de-
clared that all southern rates on
brick are disproportionate and that a
general revision is needed.
The decision affects rates in all
territory south of the Ohio and Po-
tomac Rivers and east of the Miss;s-
Sippi River. 1t also includes St
Louis, No, and related points.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
c. & P. NET EARNINGS
FOR MONTH, $12O,168
Increased Revenues in March as
Compared With Same
Month in 1923.
W. R. & E. GIVES DIVIDEND
Bond Prices Strong Today on Local
Exchange.

Net income Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company for last
month amounted TO $120,16S. or prac-
tically on an even tenor with earnings
for the same month of last year, when
net of S11s.336 was reported. In
February. 1924, this utility earned
$113.9l9
Revenues OF the company advanced
to S4S0,S3S, as compared with $4Ss,2s3
in March of 1923. accompanied by a
corresponding movement in expenses,
$334,046 and $317.235, respectively.
Taxes assignabte TO operations and
uncolIectible amounted to Sss.27s
while income from other sources to
tailed s1,555.
Report of the months operations
will be flied with the Public Utilities
Commission this afternoon.
W. r. & e. Company Dtvidead.
The Washington Railway and Eiec-
IA per cent on the preferred and
s1.25 on. the common stock OF the
company on June to stockholders OF
record May Il. Total disbursement
TO be made on that date will totaj
$1S1-500 on the SIS, ,0eo, 900 capital out
standing.
Diversified Trading on Change.
Well diversified trading brought IA
material change in prices on the
Washington stock Exchange this
morning, slight variations being to-
ward higher levels. This was par
ticularly true of Railway preferred.
which sold upward to AN and 74A.
and Washington Gas Light, which
changed hands at ~.
National Bank of Washington was
again active ct 216, and twenty shares
of Continental Trust Company sold
at So. National Mortgage and In
vestment preferred sold to an aggre
gate of 40 shares, easing off from
Sas to Sk.
bonds show Strength
Bond prices were strong. Capital
Traction os sold at 9S. with Wash
ington Gas 6s at 1G1 and 1011S
Potomac Consolidated So were un-
changed ct 97i:, and =. c. Raper 6s
broke into the sales column after a
long period of inactivity. $1,000 SELL
ing at 50 and $4,000 at So.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
DOUBT OF CANCELLATION.

Contrary to reports of large jewelry
insurance contracts being Cancelled
in Washington by LIoyds LIE Roy
Goff, representative here of w. W.
Barton & Co., of London, brokers on
the exchange, declared yesterday he
had received no word from England
intimating that there would be any
cancellations in Washington.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.

DETROIT, April &c (SpeciaD.-E
ployment this week decreased here
1918 to a total of 235,35s, which com
pares with 226,S2S for the correspond
ing week a year ago. Seventy-flYe
firms reported decreases during the
week, while twenty-five announced
slight increases or remained un-
changed,
Evening star., 1924-04-26
TAKES OVER BIG PLANT.

NEW YORK, April 26.-The ma
cinery and business of the Cudahy
plant of the Worthington Pump and
Machinery Corporation in Wisconsin,
which produces power and mining
machinery, has been acquired by the
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing COM
pany at a reported price of less than
81, 100000. The transaction does not
involve real estate. The plant will
be closed, it was said. and the unsold
departments Transferred u larger
Worthington plAnta i
Evening star., 1924-04-26
DRY GOODS MARKET QUIET

NEW YORK, April 26 Especially =
Raw silk markets showed a slight up
ward turn at the week end. all grades,
both of Japanese and Canton silk. regis
tering cents a pound gain. Trading
was more active.
In the cotton goods market quiet con-
ditions prevailed. with unchanged quota
tiops.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 26.-Bar silver.
5t3s; Mexican dollars, 1914.
\ LONDON, April 26.-Bar silver. 33d
per ounce. Money, Is per cent. Dis
count rates-Short bills, 15-16aS per
cent; three-month bills, I-I6a3 "A
ger cent
Evening star., 1924-04-26
COLORADO FARM LABOR.

DENVER. April 26 (SpeciaD. The
supply of farm labor in this state at
present is rated at "a per cent of nor
nal and the demand at e3 per cent.
Wages are $37 month and board, as
compared with s56 last year.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
BY the Associated Press

BY ASSOcIdLpu FItS6,
NEW YORK. April 2S.-Foreign ex-
changes strong. Quotations Omitted
States dollars): Great Britain, de-
mand, 4.3Ss4; cables. 4.39: sixty-day
bills on banks, 4.36h. France, de-
mand, .044S; cables, .044S1s. Belgium,
demand, .0551; cables, .0552. Germany,
demand (per trillion), .23. Holland,
demand, .3716. Norway, demand,
1883. Sweden, demand $3.50. Dem
mark, demand, 1871. Switzerland,
demand, .177s. Spain. demand, 1880
Greece, demand, .02O3. Poland, de-
mand, .0o0012. Czechoslovakia, de-
mand. 1924. Jugoslavia, demand. .t124.
Austria, demand, .0o0000l4k. Ruma-
mand. .3275. Brazil. demand, .fl20
Tokioa demand, - II Montreal -aS L.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
N. Y. BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-The actual
condition Of clearing house banks and
trust companies for the week shows an
excess in reserve of s1S.607,3OO. This is
a decrease of 81, 3,565, 500.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
RAW SILK QUOTATIONS..

NEW YORK, April 26.--Raw silk
steady; prices per pound: Kansai dou-
BILE extra cracks, 6.00a6.15; Kansai best
No. 1, 5.S9a5.90: Shinsu No. l, 5.75a
$50; Canton extras A 1916, 5.20a5.35.
Shanghai-China steam fiji gold double
deer, 6.50a6.90.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET,

CHICAGO, April 26.-Following is
a report of today's sales, high, low
and closing quotations, at the Chi
cago Stock Exchanges:
Evening star., 1924-04-26

Nine. Culianova, widow of Nico-
lai Lenin, has been made a member
Of several important soviet govern
uoant bureAna
Evening star., 1924-04-26

fPartly extra. Payable In preferred stock.
Dividend rates as given in the above table
are the annual cash payments based oo the
latest quarterly hsf-yearly declaration
unless otherwise noted, extra or special
divide ENDS not included.
Evening star., 1924-04-26
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, April 26.-Following is i
list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1924-04-26
N. Y. Stock and Bond
Averages.
Friday, April 2J.
STOCKS.
Friday, April 25,

STOCKS.
Total stock sales, s32,400
shares.
Twenty industrials averaged
s2-46; net gain, 80.
High. 1924. 1924: low, sosS.
Twenty railroads averaged
S1.65; net gain, AZ.
High, 1924. $3.50; low, S1.00.
BONDS.
Total bond sales (par value),
s14.s07. 200.
Ten first grade rails averaged
36.3S: net loss, .05.
Ten secondary rails averaged
S4s7; net gain. 10.
Ten public utilities averaged
S7.45; net loss. .o3.
Ten industrials avera ed
95.17. net loss, Is.
Combined average, SSH; net
loss, 0S.
Combined average month ago.
89.o9: year ago, S6.63.
Evening star., 1924-04-26

Kelly 6pr InO. So
kenne Cop o.
keystcAc T & r..
Laciede Gas I'd,
Lee Rub & Tire.
Len Val t3h)..-
Leh Val rights I.
Lig & My tnew).
Lig G. My Btnew)
Lima Loco o..
Loews Inc CD -.
Louis & N'sh (Sl
Ludlum Stl (2)..
Mcintyre t1)...-
Mack Trucks CO.
Mallinson & Co.
Man FL Sup 90 =.
Man Eiec gtd 90
Man Elevated =.
Manhat Shirt (3l
Maracaibo Oil. .
Mkt st Ry pr pf.
Marland OIL.
Maxwell Mot A.
Maxwell Not b.
May Opt st 49,.
Mex Seabd (50c)
Mex Sid ctfs soc.
Miami Cop (S)..-
Middle st Oil. 90.
MINI & st Louis :.
Mis- Kan & Te0
Missouri Pac pf.
Mont Power 90.
Mont Pow pf 90.
Montxom Ward.
Moon Not o..
Mother Lode (1)
Nash Mot (fSh).
Nat Biscuit t3,.
Nat CT & S pf CD
Nat Dairy o..
Nat Dept Stores.
Nat En- 6 st.
Nat Lead o..
Nat Lead pf Cd.
Nat Supply t3)..
New Cons Coy. +.
" Or + en- (7)..
~ Y Air Br (4l.-
~ Z Central (7l.
~ Y C-Readx rt5.
" Y.C& StL 90
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

1890, but contains hand-colored maps, in- cluding one of the world, which is an exact copy of the world-map as orig inally drawn by Ptolemy himself in Alex andria about 200 AID.
 This map is particularly interesting be- cause of its contrast with another map in the Morgan collection-also map of the world-drawn and painted almost a thou sand years later by Spanish monks, in the early twelfth century, on double page of the so-called Spanish Apocalypse" or Commentary on the Book of, Revelation.
 The map drawn by Ptolemy, 200 A. D., only two hundred years after the birth of Christ, is very fair and accurate rep resentation of all the world that was, then known. It shows England, Ireland, Eu- rope, the Peninsula of Spain, the Mediter- ranean Sea, the Atlantic, the North Coast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08


 ical fantasy, bearing no relation to actual geographical facts, depicting the world as a flat table, with the Garden of Eden in the upper center, and the whole entirely surrounded by water.
 What is the answer?
 The answer is that during the inter- vening years classical learning had been partially buried beneath the bigotry of the Dark Ages by the persecution of zealots, who discouraged all scientific knowledge as an invention of the devil and contrary to the Scriptures.
 Of course, this statement must be quail fed There were great scholars in the church. St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine both knew perfectly we'll and taught that the world was round, but they were regarded as the modernists of their day, and there were plenty of monks in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

the year 1900 in Spain who still believad the earth was flat.
 Even when Columbus set out on his voyage of discovery, about three hundred years later, there were thousands of pious people who predicted that he would come to the ledge of the world" and fall of into perdition.
 But Columbus himself knew better. All navigators of his time and all scholars knew that the world was globe. They also knew pretty closely the exact size, and the serious objections raised to the voyage were not on the ground that the world was fiat, but that it was SO far to the other side of it that boats couldn't carry enough provisions and couldn't surs vive the storms in such a terrific expanse of water.
 Columbus set out to find better way to reach the coast of Asia, and died be- lieving that the West Indies, which he discovered, were in reality part of Asia.
 The Morgan Library collection, now permanently open to all students and scholars who have legitimate need for perusing and studying it's treasures, is filled with thousands of interesting orig inal documents, comprising a record of literature, history and art from the earl- fest times-an inexhaustible storehouse of treasures. "The Morning Stars," an Original Was6
 Drawing for Blake's Book of Job."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

At the bottom is shown the Res1rrec- tion, with the angel sitting at the opened door of the tomb, the two Marys, and the surprised s hiers 8 who have awakened from their sleep. '
 Artists in those days, three. hundred years before the Rem aissance, knew noth- ing of perspective, but despite this fault the drawings have a naive, indescribable beauty.
 Many of the books now in the Morgan collection like the prayer book of the Countess Mathilda- were once owned by great personages in history.
 Among them also is the fam ou s PtOlemy Geography that was in the pri- vate collection of Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded by Queen Elizabeth.
 This geography was printed in the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

At Left, Reproduction from One of the Original Manuscripts of Thackeray and the
 Original of His
 Drawing for "The Rose and the Ring."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

of Africa, the Red Sea and Arabia and a part of Asia, more or less as they actually are. In other words, it shows a real knowledge of geog- raphy. The map is curved, too, like a globe, and, as a matter of fact, Ptolemy knew and taught that the world was round.
 Yet a thousand years later a Spanish monk, drawing a map of the world, presented a myth Two Pages from a First
 Folio of Shakespeare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
Beautifully Collected by t
By w. B. SHAMROCK.

IF Conan Doyle and the spiritualists
 could get in touch with Mathilda,
 Countess of Tuscany, who died in a great 'odor of sanctity eight hundred years ago, they would find themselves tal&ng with an extremely angry ghost. ] And if ghosts had any standing in law courts, the Countess's wrath would de- nand heavy damages from Brock Penn berton, the American producer; Luigi Pirandello, the Italian playwright, and the management of the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, New York City.
 These gentlemen presented her to the American public last Spring as the heroine Of a drama called "The Living Mask" and implied in the plot that love-interest had existed between the Countess and King Henry W of Germany.
 Mathilda in real life detested Henry W. She was not given to light, worldly loves, even with emperors. She was an intensely religious woman, yielding great power in Northern Italy, and when Henry attacked the Papacy she made him crawl on his hands and knees to her own court to do penance and ask forgiveness.
 She had one of the greatest religious libraries of the time, including some of the worlds most beautiful illuminated manuscripts, and the finest example which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

has survived in @ marvellous prayer book, once her private treasure and now included in the Pierpont Morgan collection in New York City. It is not only beautifully illu- minated, but contains a.number of full-page illustrations, done in line and gold, depicting vari- ous events in the sacred story. sacred story.
 One of these pages shows three scenes from the Cruel fixion. At the top Christ is shown on His way to Calvary, carrying the cross, followed by disciples, Pharisees and the Ro- man soldiers with their spears. In the center is the Cruel iixion, showing Mary and John, the beloved apostle, mourning near the cross, with the two crucified thieves at either side.
 Below, Curious Old
 Map of the World from the
 Spanish Apocalypse of the
 Twelfth Century. Showing the
 Garden of Eden in the
 Upper Center.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-05
THE JUNIORS WORK

N ANDED together in service, ready to do
n anything at any time for others, 125,OO0
school children in Minnesota representing
2,032 schools were enrolled in the Junior Red
Cross during the past school year. That the
value of this children's organization is being ap-
precated by teachers all over the state is shown
by the fact that the membership is constantly in
creasing.
These children have record of activity back
of them of which the state of Minnesota NAV
be justly proud. Practically every county in
the state has an active Junior Red Cross or
ganization. AT the beginning Of each year their
first effort is directed towards packing Christ
mas boxes for little children overseas who but
for the thoughtfulness of Minnesota Juniors
would not have any Christmas at ALL Nearly
4OOO boxes have been sent from this state since
September. Letters of thanks from their little
foreign brothers and sisters are received later.
international school correspondence is no.
pular project of Juniors in this state. Goodwill
and understanding is thus being promoted be-
tween children of many lands Teachers have
growing appreciation of the educational and So
clal values of the Junior Red Cross movement
IL is fast becoming worldwide, nearly 5000 900
school children being enrolled
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-05

What we want to know is HOW can Frank
A. Day live in the same town with that man
Haycraft and yet be so absolutely off in his poll
tics as to support La Toilette! Seems to us that
anyone who has the chance to get in touch with
Haycraft's political sense and sanity every day
would, after enough years of it, get to know that
the fundamentals of sound government are not to
be found in the theories of La Toilette and his
band of communists. At any rate we who heard.
Senator Haycraft at the armory last Thursday
night got that-and got it good and plenty! Are
we to imagine, then, that Frank isn't as suscepti-
BILE to education as was the audience hero is
he just plain ornery?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-05

Lord Bryce in his book describing the beau
ties of the City of Washington remarked that ii
was not in need of any more equestrian statues
that there were enough of them. But Wash
ington has new equestrian statue of which, in
the words of famous writer cit rejoices." II
is the statue of Methodist Bishop Francis As
bury, who rode the circuits in Pennsylvania be-
fore the Declaration of Independence. It is a
wonderful piece of work by an English sculptor,
Augustus Lukeman, who has succeeded in evolv-
ing an equestrian bronze that looks like horse.
The great mass of statues throughout Washing
ton are of war heroes of the Civil war and pre-
vious wars. Appreciation of these fighting men
has been very much overdone, and this places
the statue of the good Man of God in contrast
that adds to its popular approval.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-05

We wish every man in Minnesota who thinks
a woman can't be fair or unprecedented and that
the woman-mind can't comprehend political sci
ence could have heard Mrs. Marclay talk at the
meeting sponsored by the League of Women
Voters last Wednesday. Seldom have we heard
so lucid and sane an explanation of political pur
poses and processes as Mrs. Marclay laid before
her listeners. She also achieved that very diff
fcult thing for a speaker on such subjects-the
maintaining of the perfect balance of bipartisan
ship. To have had a woman of Mrs. Marclay's
ability here for the giving of this instruction
privilege to all of US, and the women who heard
her greatly indebted to the Redwood Falls
branch of the State League for bringing her
here. The editor has only one regret and that
was that necessary duties called us away in the
middle of Mrs. Marclay's extremely interesting
talk
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-05

1t is reliably reported that the American
people played sucker to the tune of over two bill
hon dollars last year for fake stock schemes
alone It always has been-and perhaps always
VIII be-a mystery where SO many people get so
much money to invest in worthless stock in spite
OF frequent warnings against such investments
through the press. We have known people who
were always hard up when the payment of neces-
sary and legitimate obligations was due but who
seemed to have all kinds of money for needless,
useless and sometimes luxurious doo-dads or big
wads of worthless fake stock around their pre-
misses. Invariably such people have the greatest
number of faults to find with the way the ma
ton and state is run. They never stop to con-
slider that No. One might be to blame for their
untoward circumstances Sherburn Advance
Standard.