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The Washington times., 1924-05-17
Chicago Live Stock

H oG s. Receipts. 4,oeo. Market
steady to strong. Bulk, 7.3O67.Oo.
top. 1855: heavyweight. S7.45@IsS;
medium weight .T.4o@7.s5: light
weight, $7lb 07.6O; light; lights, $6.I66s
!:2S; heavy packing sows smooth.
SO@110; packing sows, rough, 36.756
$50; pigs. $5.60@6.76.
CATTLE-Receipts, 1000. Market
steady Beef steers-Choice and prime.
$1i.00@12.25: medium and good, s.. 90 S
1880; good and choice. 1880 6l2.0O;
common and medium, 17.6CG9.b6.
Butcher cattle--Heifers, $500 0DiO.6o:
cows s4.2S0S.5o: bulls. Sl.o0@T.bo.
Gamers and cutters--Cows and heifers'
$2.2S @4.60; Gamer steers, S5.50@TOe:
Veal calves. light and handyweight.
$500 @11.tO; feeder steers, S60O@0.7S:
stocker steers. &5.5O&s.60; stocker COWS
and heiferA $a.Oo06.6o stocker calves.
s HE g P-Receipts. LOCO. Market
steady Lambs. 81 lbs. down, wooded.
$3.50 917.26: lambs. IS lbs. up, clirped.
2is.oe@lS.35; lambs. cuIis and common,
slo;90W12Oo; spring lambs, 1880
1875; yearling wethers. tS.6O0lO.00:
ewes ss.5o@e.bo: ewes. cuIis and com.
mon. ss.oo0e.oo; breegrng ewes. s7.56@
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The Washington times., 1924-05-17
STOCKS Dull
IN CLOSING
SESSION
Stagnant Conditions Prevail
As Big Operators Wait
on Bonus Action
BY InternstiOnal News Service.

NEW YORK, May 17.-Stagnant
conditions prevailed in the short
session on the stock exchange today.
Covering operations by timid shorts
as a result Of the Presidents veto
Of the bonus bill appeared to have
been completed in yesterdays clos.
ing hour, there being an absence Of
buying from this source save for a
brief squirt at the opening.
Trading throughout the session
was marked by a pronounced lack
Of initiative which was attributed
to the desire of big operators to
hold aloof pending the disposition
OF important Legislation. Uncertainty
regarding the attitude of the Senate
on the bonus veto was particularly
restraining, as 1t was generally felt
that failure Of Congress to uphold
the Presidents action would darken
materially the. Prospect for the Ad-
ministration's acceptance Of the tax
measure.
A more cheerful tone adopted by
the mercantile agencies in their
weekly trade reviews was of sus-
tanning influence in the early deal.
lngs. According to Dun's and
Bradstreets better feeling pre-
vailed In certain lines, due to the
adjustment Of production schedules
10 current consumption. Prices in
some markets have steadied, al.
though the condition Of business in
general was stin one Of hand.to-
mouth buying.
Activity, however. fell off con.
siderably as the session progressed,
the market drifting idly until the
close. Prices as rule were in
cllned to sag a little, but this was
due to the neglect rather than any
important pressure to sell.
Coppers formed the only group
which was distinctly heavy, in re-
Election Of the further weakness in
the red metal, Anaconda dropping
below 30 for q new low for the cur.
rent year. Baldwin was off about
point and other recognized lead.
ers yielded fractionally. Standard
OIL OF New Jersey reacted following
early strength, but other petroleum
shares held fairly steady. Congo
leum was soft, hitting new. bottom.
New Orleans, Texas ana MEXICO
was the outstanding feature in the
railroad division. Strength =, Wa =
based on the official announcement
OF the contamination Of the deai
with the Missouri Pacific road. THE
market closed irregular.
Bond trading was In fair volume
with prices generally steady. Some
OF the Liberties sliRhtly ahaAed
their previous levels.
The Washington times., 1924-05-17
Record Of Weeks Failures

An increase Of twenty in the num-
Der OF failures in the United States
occurred this week, the total reported
to r. G. Dun & Co. being 500. The
number a year ago was S51, or As less
than during the present week. The
East and the Pacific coast each shou,
four fewer defaults this week than
last week. but these decreases are
more than offset by increases of IL
In the South and is in the West.
The number Of defaults in Canada
this week-40-is the same aslthat OF
last week and is 80 less than the
total a year ago, or this weeks fail.
ures, "a had an Indebtedness of
$4,000 or more in each case, againet
16 last week and 20 in this week of
1923. -
N. Y. Cotton Exchange.
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PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
PAPER RATES SUSPENDED

Pending an investigation, the In.
terstate Commerce Commission to.
day suspended, until September II,
the proposal Of certain railroads to
change the differential basis Of
commodity freight rates on paper
and paper articles. including print
ing and wrapping paper. paper.
boards, pulp-board, and so forth,
from Michigan points to Louisiana
and Texas destinations.
The effect Of the proposed change
would be to increase the rates apa
proximately 10 cents per 100 pounds.
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AOil. Stock

tTurnlshed by W. 3: Hlbbs 9 COD
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LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MA
Curb stocks

eyurnl.hsd y v. ,. Hiebs 4 CO,
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Foreign Exchange.
FURNISHED by w. b. Hibba a Z
SELLING. CHETsYc
BANDITS GET $4,000
IN DETROIT BANK RAID

DETROIT, Mich, May 1.-Two
bandits held UP three clerks in
branch Of the Bank Of Detroit an
the institution opened for business
today. ,..
They escaped with more than
$4,000.
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Stock sales up to-
II am. ~ noon. 1p.m., 2pm.
108,700 219,700 ........
Bond sales up to-.
IL am. ~ noon. 1p.m. 2p.m.
3,224,OO0 6,53S,OO0
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FURNISHED by W. B. HibOs q Co,
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Local Stocks
Furnished by w. b. Hibbs d Col
SALES.

tE SALE6s
I. Washington Railway and Electric,
preferred. 1OD73, BOTS.
American Security and Trust Co.
10302.
Continental Trust Company, 10@
IS, t10@85, 5085.
After educational Mortgage
and Investment, preferred, 1909
31s.
Washington Gas 6s, 'SS, 10000
i !. d5s !, 2,0OO@loIR -, 2.Ooo@1O1h,
Mergenthaler Linotype. 9@16S,
1115S.
Riggs Realty Long 5s. 100000.
District Title Insurance Co., 10
1874.
Washington Title Insurance Co..
1@S.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-12

The building lge occupy has beer
sold, and lUe must Uac0te.
We have only tUo months to dispose
OF our entire stock of good, better
and best Footwear for Men, Women
and ChiIdyen-one of the bigges1
stocks in DenUer.
A distressing condition WIlich re
Quires heroic treatment.
Neither profits nOr cost WiN be give,
any cORsideratiOn-the stock NUS
be sold quickly and compIeteLz
regardless of the loss entuiled.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
WHAT'S DOING TO-DAY
AND TOMORROW

Today.
Concert-Army Band at Montrose
Park at 1880 D. m.
Meeting-Anna Maude Hallam Pract-
ical Psychology Club to meet at the
playhouse at 7:45 p. m. DR.. Joe
Shelby Riley to speak
Musicale. Frank Gebest's pupils to
give q recital at the Temple Baptist
Church.. Tenth and N streets north
west, at S:15 p. m. Public invited.
Rehearsal-G. A. r. department band
to give rehearsal at 921 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, at s D. m.
Dance-Under auspices of the enter
tainment committee at the Women g
City Club at $3.50 D. m.
MeetinE-Final meeting of the season
Of the Mid-City Citizens Association to
be held at Thomson's School, Twelfth
and l. streets northwest, at 8 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Outing--St. Martins Catholic Church
parish to hold their first annual ex-
cursion at Chesapeake Beach
Convent!on-Third annual convention
OF the Lutheran League OF the Mary
land Synod to be held in Luther
day.
Entertainment - The Phil Sheridan
Women's Relief Corps will be enter
TIMED Al the residence OF Mrs. Nor
man HI. sos Taylor street northwest
The Washington times., 1924-06-23

Of the Government with no money
to make initial payments on the
soldiers bonus, or to meet other
pressing financial needs.
The efforts Of Western Senators
to include a number OF reclanna.
ton projects in this bill was the
principal thing that caused its de
feat before; but, with a whole SEES
sion ahead, these reclamation PRO
Jects can be taken care of sena,
rately and the bonus money
granted.
The World Court problem was
only nicked in the first session and
there will be a real fight over Il
this winter. Two plans are before
the Senate-one by Senator Pen
per (Rep.), of Pennsylvania. which
provides for American entrance
into the permanent court Of inter
national justice divorced from the
League Of Nations, and the other
by Senator Swanson Dem). OF Vir
glnia, For American adherence tc
the league court, with the Harding
hughes reservations. It is the
swanson plan that has the ap
prevail OF President Coolidge, and
ne Will make a determined effort
70 get Congress to act upon it.
Among other international prob
lens confronting the Senate is that
involved in the ratification of the
new commercial treaty between
Germany and the United States
This treaty was negotiated by Sec
rotary Of States Hughes and a
standard for other commercial
treaties OF a type competent to
deal with the unusual trade coudi
tons prevailing in the world since
the war.
Farm relief legislation and aboli
ton OF the United States Railroad
Labor Board will again be urged
by the insurgent blocs in both the
Senate and the House. The House
appeared to be ready to pass the
Howell Barley bill to- end the rail
road labor board, but the lam in
the closing hours led Congressman
Barkley Dem.) of Kentucky, the
| author, to withdraw 1t.
The Navy Department also will
come forward with demands for the
enactment Of legislation to brine
the American naval establishment
up to the 5-5-3 ratio authorized by
the washington armament con
| ference.
A bill appropriating money tc
build new cruisers and other craft
passed the House in the last ses
sion. but didn't get through the
Senate.
Many Of these problems, domes
tic and International. will be dis
cussed by President Coolidge in a
message to Congress shortly after
the session opens.
AT this early date 1t is impossi
BILE to forecast the contents of that
| message, because much depends
| upon whether or not the voters de
eide to permit Calvin Coolidge tc
| remain in the White House after
| March 4 next.
But one thing is certain -, the
Presidential message will carry a
strong and straightforward plea fol-
economy in Governmental expendi
lures, regardless of the outcome OF
the election.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
LeopoId's Pictures
OF Birds Created
Sensation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June %.
Nathan Leopold, jr., indicted
in Chicago with Richard Loeb
on the charges of kidnapping and
numbering Robert Franks, star
tied bird-life experts from all
parts of the country when they
gathered at the Agassiz Museum
of Harvard University for the
annual meeting of the American
Ornithological Union last Octo-
Der, it has become known
through records of the union
just made public. Leopold be-
came an associate member Of
the union in 1915, when he still
was in his teens.
What startled the ornitholo-
gists was the exhibition of 1000
feet of moving picture film
showing one Of the rarest of
American birds, the Kirkland, or
pine warbler, feeding her
young. Leopold made the pic
ture and told interesting facts
about the bird and scenes in the
film. This boy had accomplish
ed a feat that never before had
proved successful. The bird ex-
perts set back in their chairs
and gasped at what they seen
and heard.
"The pictures were really
wonderful to the ornitholopist,
but the paper he read was a
feeble effort" said a Boston
ornithologist.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
B USY SESSION
IS FACED BY
CONGRESS
Many Big Questions Wait
Return of House and
Senate Next Fall
By H. X. REYNOLDS.
international News Service.


There will be, plenty for Congress
to do in the short session starting
in December.
So much was left undone when
Congress quit on June Z, for the
summer, that a veritable stack OF
legislation, much Of it of a contro-
versial nature, will confront the
Legislators when they get back on
the job.
The first important division Of
the new session will come on the
Muscle Shoaln question, agreement
having been reached to vote on
this on December 3. Two plans are
Rep) Of Nebraska for Government
operation of the great nitrate and
power project in Alabama, the
to turn the whole works over to
Henry Ford. AS Norris heads the
Agricultural Committee Of the Sen.
ate and as his proposal is the
majority report of that committee,
the test will come on vote to
substitute the Ford bid, carried in
a AIIAHOI1Iy ISpOTbs AnC GOA0 OAACA
already has received the approval
Of the House, acting upon the sug
gestion of President Coolidge, sc
with the Senate rests the final
decision.
Other Important Measures.
Scores of other important meas
ures will crowd to the front as
soon as the session gets under
way. Among these will be the de
ficiency appropriation bill, which
failed Of passage in the first SEES
| sion, leaving the executive branch
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
GOTHAM 5 CIT IS
SWAPPING
VISITORS
Radio Sets and Pens Among
observation-disclosures Learn
Politics
BY ROLAND KREBS,
international News Service.

(Copyright, 1924, by International
News Service.)
NEW YORK. June 2S.-Any one
who came to New York for the
Democratic national convention and
did not bring along a two-ton truck
discovered today that he was losing
money on a large scale.
It would take at least that to
carry away all the souvenirs that
are being bumped upon the people
from out Of town.
New York used to be q place
where q stranger saw nothing but
open palms and heard, GIVE me a
dime, boss" or Gould you spare
five?" Now it's a place where he
hears, won't you take this?" and
'.Have you got one Of these?"
If q delegate had some way to
carry back his trophies he could
furnish home. The convention is
q great place for girl with an
empty hope chest.
Pens and Radio Sets.
The newspaper club, just for an
of hand illustration, gave Tom, Dick
and Harry a guest card, a pocket
radio set, fouptain pen that writes
and may be worn with palm beach
suit, two tickets for midnight per.
Torrance of "Abie's Irish Rose, y
and skull for the ball games.
The Missouri delegation passed
out sandwiches and salad, ginger
ale and cake.
In Herald Square stood a gentle.
man in whose veins gurgled the
blood OF a proud and noble race OF
OIL cans and handed packages OF
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
3 Generations jailed
For Attack Made
On Church

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, June
23.-Three generations of the
Bishop family, Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, mountaineers, con-
victed of an attack upon the
Black Oak Church last Christ
mas are under sentences today.
The heaviest sentence of one
year in Jail and a fine of $500
was imposed upon Preston
Bishop. The latter's father and
leader of the Bishop clan, Dave
Bishop received q sentence Of
six months in Jail and a fine of
500. Wilbur Bishop received
the same sentence. Charles
Bishop was paroled in bail of
$1,000 for a period Of five years.
Walter Bishop, his brother, was
paroled for two years.
The Bishop case was one of
the most unusual in this section.
It grew out of fight at church
services in which Isaac Bishop
and L. "A. Richards were badly
injured. The men were not ar
rested for more than a month
after the attack and then fol-
lowed a trial consuming more
than week.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23

pancake flour to any one who would
take them.
An out-of.town person who can
cross Times Square without having
a suit of clothes and a sample cake
of laundry soap chips given to him
is one who travels in an armored
caterpillar tank
Women Learn Politics.
Some of the women delegates, are
catching on to politics in no mean
fashion. That is to say, they now
understand why political economy is
best studied over three fingers of
Scotch and not too much soda.
Most Of them have not, however,
learned how to pour drink for
safety's sake. They treat Jumping
jack as If 1t were fattening and
health giving and good for the
kiddies.
To them ''snifter'' means enough
bourbon in which to bathe collie.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
SHORT CIRCUIT BURNS
CAR CONDUCTORS ARM

Shortcircuiting Of a switch box on
Washington Railway and Electric
Company street car seriously burned
the left hand and arm of Robert
Sazerf, twenty-eight, the conductor.
SaZerf was treated at Casualty
Hospital, where he told nurses and
doctors that he had placed a small
metal cigarette box near the switch,
causing the shortcircuit.
No one else is said to have been
injured.
The Washington times., 1924-06-23
Hurt in Auto Crash

w. S. Bachopner, No. 22s Nichols
avenue southeast, was slightly in.
jured when he lost control of his
automobile yesterday and the ma.
chine mounted the sidewalk and
crashed into the window of a real
estate office at No. 314 Pennsyl.
vania avenue southeast. Mr.. Ba.
chopner was removed from the car
by passers-by but refused hospital
treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-25
FLAMING om GUsHER AT SEA Product Forced Up From Ocean l3ed In
 Gulf OF Parfa yguitns

Passengers and crews of boats run ming between tho island of Trinidad and the coast of venezueia. in the gulf of Paria, report having seen the surface of the water illuminated for, n great distance by blazing column of gas and oil, says Popular Mechanics. It is.explained by scientists that the Orinoco river carries into the gulf enor- nous quantities of silt and that this part of the coast is subject to earth quake shocks and also is underlain with oil. 4 Assure developed in bedrock oll the floor of the gulf will extend to an oil reservoir. The pressure is so gr%ae that the oil and gas, forcing their way upward and pushing along everything in the way, cause an island of silt to suddenly appear on the surface.
 Continued pressure beneath the island eventually causes it to burst like bubble and fsee the accumulated oil and gas beneath, which immediately ignite and burn until the supply is exhausted, usually in from four days to a week. The gas has rather low ignition tenn perature and heat developed by friction between it and the salt water is snffi- cient to ignite it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-25
sIMPLER NAMES FOR GIRLs
A Vote On The Subject Reveals PhylIi
 Is Most Popular

Even girls names are becoming sim pier. Whether it be a side benefit of the war struggle or not, that is the in- dication of a recent vote in England, says The Toronto Globe. It reveals the preference of many people, and that ought to count with the parents, who are supposed to have final say
 In a plebiscite conducted from Bris- tol, Eng, 628,000 persons voted on the subject of the best names for girls. And, strange to say, the Dorises and lrises and Gladyses are right out of the picture. Us
 At the head of the list stands the beautiful old English name of Phyllis, and next to it come Grace and Elsie, but after these the preponderance of votes goes to simple, old-fashioned names like Barbara, Patience and Pru- dence, Jaife and Susan, with Priscilla and Matilda also-rans. Royal names are conspicuously absent. The popular ity of the princess does not produce any majority for Mary, nor is the duchess of Yord's Elizabeth represen- ted in the first ten.
 A London writer regrets the omis- sion of Mary, which he thinks should have been put at the head of the list, and rejoices over Jane, plain Jane, which was for years overshadowed by the pretentiOus names of the Gwen dolen type. On the whole, this reac- tion to a choice of simpler names for girls is considered healthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-25
GO ZIP IS FINE
 SAYS WHITMAN Getting More Miles With Fuel Says Taxicab
 Operator

Affirming that Go-Zip is netting more miles to the gallon than any other motor fuel ever used by the Yel- low Cab company in Birmingham or any other company throughout his long connection with the taxi-cab business here or elsewhere, P. Y. Whitman of the Yellow Cab company has sent Chi cago headquarters samples of Go-Zip with statement of the record which this fuel has made.
 We are not only getting more miles to the gallon with Go-Zip," says Mir. Whitman, but have eliminated start ing troubles. Even on those coldest days of winter, our engines started on the first crank without moments hesi- tation. And furthemore the start is al- ways quick. This is an important con- sideration with us, especially in down town traffic"
 Yellow Cabs use nothing but Go Zip, because it is the cheapest fuel we can buy-giving us the longest run for our money..'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-25
PROBABILITY OF CHRYSLER SHOWN
Demonstrates Its Flexibil- ity In Quick Trip
 To Montgomery


 The roadabiIity of the Chrysler Six, was strikins1y demonstrated on re- cent trip to Montgomery, according to W. E. Pat Murphy, of Dominick- Murphy Motor company, Birmingham distributors for Maxwell- Chalmers- Chrysler.
 7This trip may be regarded as q very important test of the roadabiIity of any automobile, for few people realize that the distance, a motors car can travel in . given time is not altogether a matter of speed, but of rapid change of speed, ease of handling fast pickup and flexi- bility. The, trip to Montgomery was made in four hours of night. driving. The return was made in three and q half hours, and counting detours, the mileage, via Wetumpka was hundred and twenty eight miles, each way. The remarkable feature of this performance was that the Chrysler used required no attention upon it's return, not even doping being needed and not squeak or rattle had developed in all that rough going" said MT. Murphy.
 A number of sales are reported in Montgomery as result of this demon stration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-25
MOST MYSTERIOUS BIRDS Marital Fidelity Of Wild Swans s
 Lesson To Humanity

Wild swans are the most mysterious and beautiful of birds Their martial faithfulness is touching and a lesson to humanity. It is more than ordinary brutality to shoot one of a pair, for you leave survivor who will never remate, writes Struthers Burt in the Saturday Evening Post.
 Last summer a rumor reached us that two of these stately and dazzling birds-a fairy prince and princess spellbound-had settled in a lake to the northeast. I did not believe this rumor until saw with my own eyes, for wild swans are rare in our country, and a lack of knowledge of them may confuse them with pelican; but one dusk I came to the lake through a gap in>rthe hills. and saw the bride and bridegroom floating in the still, many colored waters-translucent spots of whiteness in waters the color of the flamingo's breast and the color of the wings of the oriole.
 l. think they must have chosen the lake deliberately, for it is a lake that looks like a primitive Italian back ground, with round hills where saints could have set up chapels, and clumps of spruce and fir that resemble cy- presses.
 When we turned our horses loose the swans, hearing the bells, stopped in their occult, imperceptible swimming and craned their necks and floated near to the shore. The bells, tinkling and huddled, seemed to enchant them.
 Until darkness plotted them out we could see them swimming to and fro, and at sunrise they were still there.
 In the saffron twilight of gather ing thunderstorm the following after noon, my wife and myself poled an an- cient raft we had across the lake. I was whistling and singing, and the swans, hearing a new sound, consulted together and followed us. They make no move without turning their heads and staring questioningly at each oth- CT; and in the end 1t is the woman I think, as always, who decides.