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Evening star., 1925-12-08
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received BY Private Win Direct to The Star Oaee

Although no definite announcement
has been made. 1t u understood that
new Lago company bearing the same
name, Will be formed. the present
stock to b exchanged on the basis OF
two shares for one Of new.
Declaration OF q seTni,annual divi'
dend of $3.50 or Clan Alden Coal,
which had been deferred last month,
brought about an immediate response
In the market today and II ~as bid
up 4 points to las.
Johns Manvilie jumped points,
due to that company having acquired
jointly with another the American
rights on U successful foreign process
of storing live steam.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
STOCK PLAN RATIFIED.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. December s G4)
Stockholders Of the American Laun
dry Machinery Co, have ratified pro
posal of the directors to exchange
1892 shares of the company's stock
for stock in the Canadian Laundry
Machinery Co., q subsidiary. The ex,
change will be made on the basis OF
four shares of the former for each
share OF the latter. leaving 27.5lo
shares unissued and 375 shares OF
trusteed stock to be sold to employees.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
$1,250,OcO TOBACCO
SALE is REPORTED

LEXINGTON, KY, December L4).
A sale of approximately 5,500,000
pounds of Buriey tobacco, involving
nearly $3.50 900, to the American To-
bacco Co. was announced here yester-
day by James c. Stone, president and
general manager of the Burley To-
bacco Growers Association. This is
the American Tobacco Co s second
large purchase here, the other being
$2,75O,0 900.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
GRAIN ExPoRfs HEAVY.

BALTIMORE, December tSpeciaD
Grain exports from Baltimore In No
vember reached l,147,128 bushels
while for IL NOR tins of 1925 a total of
26,692.382 bushels was exported. Flour
exports in November were 1868 bar,
rels and for II months Of the present
year, 54o,o27 barrels.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
London Banks Are
Now in Scramble
For New Business
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December S.-Re-
opening Of the London investment
market to foreign loans after .
long-stand!ng embargo has resulted
IN q scramble tor new business
contrary TO the traditions which
prevailed before the World War,
according to reports received here.
Competition among London bank
ing houses. 1t is said. Is now fol-
lowing tho more or less open policy
which prevails in New York, with
prospects that new foreign financ-
ing will 60 to the highest bidder,
Evening star., 1925-12-08
LARGER CROP FORECAST.
Estimate Of 15,6O3, 900 Bales Made by
Government Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Cotton production this year will
amount to is ,603. 600 equivalent 500
pound bales, exclusive of nnters, the
Department OF Agriculture today an.
nounced, from December ] conditions.
An estimate of 15,298,000 bales was
"ade from November 21 conditions.
Last years crop totaled 1887 1886
tales.
The abandonment Of acreage Is esti.
mated at a.6 per cent Of the estimated
acreage of cotton in cultivation on
June %, compared with an abandon.
ment of 80 per cent in 1924 and 3.3
per cent, the 10-year average.
The December revised estimate OF
area Of cotton for harvest this year
is 45.945.0 acres, compared with Al :
$50 900 acres in 1924 and 1861 900
acres, the five-year average.
The total yield Of lint cotton per
acre on the area for harvest Is esti.
mated at 1923 pounds, compared with
1874 pounds in 1924 and 1854 pounds,
the hye-year average.
Weather Very Favorable.
Weather during the last half OF
November was unusually favorable
for picking in most States, and grow
ers have picked or now expect to pick
some cotton which a few weeks ago
they feared would be lost the Crop
Reporting Board stated. The quantity
Of low grade cotton that will be picked
Also depends on the price paid for the
lower grades. Recent ginnings are
said to show some improvement in
grade, but are mostly below fniddling
white cotton"
Cotton of this years growth ginner
prior to December ] amounted to I3,
S57,6s6 running bales, counting round
as half bales and excluding linters,
compared with II ,237 ,659 bales to that
date last year. the Census Bureau to-
day announced.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
fouotations furnished by Redmond & Coz
COAL DIVIDEND VOTED.

SCRANTON, Pa, December R.
Directors of the Glen Alden Coal
Co, who, at their regular meeting
here q week ago deferred action on
their semi-annuai dividend Of $3.50,
voted today to declare il.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
POSTUM SALE DENIED.

NEW YORK. December S CP.-A
report from Batavia, n. Y, yesterday
nat the Postum Cereal Co. had been
nurcha sed by the Jell-O Go. In a $40,
200, 900 transaction was officially de-
MED today ~ the Postum CO.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
BY WILLIAM F. HEFERNAN.

NEW YORK, December s.-The
general list was quieter on the curb
exchange today. and there We're few
features. Higher prices were the rule
however. with improvement for the
most part confined to selected stocks
which were moving for special rea-
sons.
Laso Petroleum featured the oil
group in point Of activity and strength,
block of $1,000 shares opening at a
new high at 97s. after which II was
dealt in In enormous volume. Its
strength was coincident with great ac-
tivity in Pan-Amencan Petroleum
class B on the stock exchange
NEW YORK. December 8.-Foi-
lowing is an official list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1925-12-08
Other Prices Today.

ggplant-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market firm; Florida, pepper
crates. fancy stock, 3.5oa4.00.
Okra, squash and cucumbers-No 0
supplies on market; no sales reported.
Peppers = supplies light; demand
moderate, market firm: Florida, pep
per crates, fancy, i.00a4.50.
Spinach-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market fairly steady; Vir-
Tinia, Norfolk section, cloth-top veneer
. barrels, Savoy type, $50.
Kale-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market fairly steady; Vir-
ginia, Norfolk section, cloth-top veneer
barrels, 1.50al.75.
Evening star., 1925-12-08
Money to Loan

Secured by first deed of trust On real estate
Prevailing interest and commission
Joseph /. Weller AZ .,SI ~sss,. s.h /. s Trust q
Evening star., 1925-12-08
Have You Been StunG YETI

Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to be eau
tious in making Investments. Before
you invest-inVestigate!
Evening star., 1925-01-23
SERUM IS FOUND
TOEND H|CCOUGHS
Mayo Clinic Expert Describes
Experiments and Re-
suits in Speech.
'y the Associated Press.

ROCHESTER,, Mimi, January ca
How rabbits We're infected with hic-
Dough by the injection of streptococci,
Isolated from human beings, and then
Eured OF these spasms by a serum
made from horses, was revealed here
last night by DR.. f. c. Roseno in a
bublic lecture on the cause of hic-
heeted with the Mayo clinic as a bac-
aeriologist.
I'm two previous epidemics of hic-
eough," DR.. Roseno declared, Il iso-
lated a streptococus from infected
hreas, such as infected teeth or ton
eiles. in cases of epidemic hiccoughs
|These produced spasms of the dia-
|phra GIN and other muscles when in
beeted into animals.
aThe duration of hiccoughs in the
0 bases studied range from two to eight
Hays.
"In seven of the ten cases there
were symptoms of an associated in
Fection of the throat, of carrying Sc
EeTity. Moderate tonsilitis was found
In all.
eThe serum from horses immuniZed
with streptococci from encephalitis
eapsed disappearance of spasms of
he diaphra gm in animals Several
patients having severe persistent hic-
Dough were afforded prompt relief
through administration of this
serum"
Evening star., 1925-01-23
The Soft Answer.

My neighbor came, with swinging
tread, that he was mad | could di-
vine; Your kangaroo" he grutfiy
said, "ate all the washing on my
line, my Sunday shirt, of green and
red, and socks and nightgowns
superhne. I've stood for this blamed
beast OF yours too long, JeruSa lem
too long; ! am voter who endures
too patiently a grievous wrong, but
when the tiEle has come tor cures
my remedies are always strong. And
| have sought you at your home to
say that you must make things right
or | will rearrange your dome and
drive YOUR whiskers out of sight; SO
Law aside that dusty tome and oil
YOUR shoulder blades and fight. |
might have told this man OF guile
his warthogs pestered me by day
by night his noxious crocodile would
hang around my house and play; his
wombats came, III single file, to eat
my turnips and my hay. But that
would merely stir his ire, and he
would soak me on the nose, and |
would bust him with my Tyre, and
kick him roundly with my toes, and
we would battle and perspire until
the village cops uprose And so
say, "Oh, Neighbor Bum, it's evil
tidings that you spill; Just estimate
the damage done. and | will gladly
pay the bill though kangaroos must
have their fun, men should not
scold and scrap and kill | pay him
more than he demands and place my
blessing on his head; when parting
we are shaking hands and only
friendly things are said, and | sur
vey my rolling lands and give three
whoops and go to bed.
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
BILL WOULD ALLOW
BONUS ASSIGNM ENT
Representative Andrew Introduces
Measure in House to Permit
Veterans Action.

Former service men would be per-
mitted TO assign their bonus from
the Government to patriotic, educa-
tional and philanthropic organizations
under bill introduced yesterday by
Representative \. Piatt Andrew, Re
publican, of Massachusetts.
The measure, he said, has the ap-
proval of the director Of the Veterans
Bureau and of the American Legion.
and it's purposes have the Endorsement
of the Secretaries of War and of the
Navy.
This bill is intended to allow gem
erous- minded veterans to devote their
bonus benefits to public purposes"
said Mr.. Andrew, in a statement. 1T
Will make IL possible for them to turn
over what the Government has offered
them to the American Legion for its
Endorsement fund for the orphans and
disabled of the World War, or to any
Evening star., 1925-01-23
To California Via New Orleans.

A most comfortable Winter route
to Los Angeles, san Francisco and
other California cities, by the excel
lent train service of the Southern
Railway from Washington to New
Orleans, thence de luxe New Sunset
Limited" train of the Southern Pa
cific Lines, leaving New Orleans
1910 noon, featuring club car with
barber shop, bath and valet, and OBJ
servation car with ladies' lounge,
BATH maid and manicure, with modern
sleeping cars. Excellent dining car
service all the way. Booklets, fares
and schedules, :. r. Burgess, ID. p. A.
Southern Railway System, 1910 II
street NV, Washington. Phones Main
5633 and 7063.-Advertiseme
Evening star., 1925-01-23
other similar organization chartered

other similar organization chartered
by Congress.
TT will enable colleges, schools and
universities to seek from their grad
yates who served in the war funds
for the erection of memorial build
ings. the enjoyment of professor
ships, fellowshfps, scholarships and
the like. 1t will allow hospitals and
philanthropic institutions to add to
their equipment and endowments,
provided they are incorporated and
have the approval of the Secretaries
of War and of the Navy and the direc
tor of the Veterans Bureau.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
This Sincere Letter for
Surgeons, Physicians, Dentists

We are calling the attention Of
the good people of Washington
and vicinity to the most powerful,
non poisonous, non alcohollc,
non-irritating Antiseptic known,
kojene.
In this newspaper we Will tell
the people. and especially the
ailing people, TO whom ii Will
prove a blessing, just exactly
what physical ills it Will help,
and In spite of our enthusiasm
for this wonderful antiseptic, VIII
stick to the truth in every state
ment we make.
We will not ggerate-al-
though some of the things we
write may seem exaggerated.
Nothing equals Kojene for ir-
ritation of the antrum; for Pyor-
rhea and Gingivitus; for Stoma-
tits, Trench Mouth, pus pockets
and all cases Of infection.
Kojene. SO we will tell more
people who need it, is four times
as powerful as an antiseptic than
carbolic acid. 1t is much more
powerful than poisonous btchlo-
ride OF mercury, and Will not
burn or even irritate the tender
est membrane.
We will tell the readers Of this
paper Of it's wonderful and quick
" effective action in Tonsilitis
and sore throat: Of how COM
pIetely tt drives out the offensive
Evening star., 1925-01-23
RETURNS TO FACE COURT.
Indicted Man, Learning of Charges,
Hurries Back From Florida.

Raymond A. Fleishell. %, 1921 G
street, charged by William Fl. Schaef-
fer, jeweIer, at 50512 Eleventh street,
with conversions of five diamond
rings after trust, learned of the is
suance of the warrant while In Flor
ida and Immediately returned here to
answer the charge.
1t is claimed that he and Schaerer
had business dealings and Fleishell
stoutlv maintains that he did nothing
in violation of law. He expressed a
Willingness to appear in Police Court
January %, and was not required TO
furnish bond.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
LARRY SEMON WEDS.
Movie Comedian Is Married in New
York to Dorothy DWan.

NEW YORK, January 23.-Larry
Semon, comedian, and Dorothy Dwan,
motion picture actress, were married
at the Fordham Manor Reformed d
Church here yesterday The Rev. DR..
oliver Barnhill officiated at the cere-
mony and Earl Hammond, president
of the Semon's Picture Producing
Co, was best man
Evening star., 1925-01-23

mucuous of catarrh and thor
oughly cleans the entire nasal
tract.
We will tell them of it's re-
markable success in the treat
ment of cankers in the mouth
and how quickly 1t succeeds when
used for Eczema, itching skin,
ulcers, boils and skin eruptions.
And last, but by no means least,
we Will tell them that as germ
destroying mouth wash 1t is as
far ahead of the highly favored
and bubbling kind as daylight is
to candlelight.
It is seventy five times as pow
erful as the weak kinds whose
popularity seems to lie in their
weakness and the ignorance of
those who use them.
4 sixty-cent bottle &C ounces)
of kojene. will make one-half
gallon of stronger, better and
more efficient mouth wash than
the high priced doubtful ones
you buy ready made.
Medical men like to join in any
effort to drive menacing poisons
from the home and give their
support to any great and worthy
preparation that destroys pergI-
cious germs and helps human
ity-that is just what kojene does.
In six-uunce bottles at Peoples Drug
Stores and every progressive druggist
IT. America. 6Oc with the understand
Ing that money viii he returned If
any purchaser Is dissa tisfed.-Adv.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
DR.. Patton Observes Birthday.

HAMILTON. Bermuda, January "a
Or7 Francis l.. Patton. former president
# princeton University celebra ted his
sd birthday here yesterday. DR. Pat
on has been a resident of Bermuda for
several years.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
Hold-Ups Get Away With $1,000.

ALBANY, y. -, January 23.-Three
armed men held&p group of men in a
room near the business section here last
night and escaped in a waiting automo-
bile with cash and Jewels valued at
$1,000.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

Coleridge, the English poet, and
Washington Irving, the American
author, were the youngest Of IL chill
dren.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

If women were permitted to do the
there would be fewer male
egoists.
Evening star., 1925-10-15
Just Folks.

L have met the famed and mighty,
men Of wisdom and OF sense, and, l
never found them flighty with a
vanity intense. They were simple in
their manners, they were quiet, often
shy, and they waved no gaudy BAN
ners to impress the passing guy.
We're Just folks" their whole de.
meanor seemed to say, in modest
tones, and they called for kraut and
wiener just like Smith or Brown or
Jones. We're just folks, we grieve
or frolic like the unknown passerby,
and at night we have the collie if
we've eaten too much pie. We have
made some small successes since the
day when we were born, but the best
of us confesses that he has an ach-
ing corn. We are told we may have
places in the Nations hall of fame.
but we've pimples on our faces and
the gout has made us lame. We are
only common mortals, we have sor-
row. hope and gloom, walking sadly
to the portals of the pride-effacing
tomb" I have seen the selling platter,
1 have seen him in his den, and he
fancied he was greater than the COM
mon run Of men. He had gathered
transient glory that would ffzzle in
day, and he thought in song and
story he would shine and throb away.
And his bearing was so regal, it was
quite a holy show, and he thought
himself an eagle, while he struck me
as a crow. TinhornS. pikers Scowl
and grumble if we bow not and adore,
but the truly great are humble
they're Just folks, and nothing more
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1925-10-15
-FOUR KILLED IN DIP
OF FREAK TORNADO
Hits Louisiana Farm and
Makes Clean Sweep Over
2Acres Before Rising Again.
By the Associated Press.

BATON ROUGE. La, october 10
A freakish tornado dipped to earth 10
miles east of here yesterday, leaving
in it's wake a toll of four dead, one
injured and the debris of siX-room
house.
David Myers his wife and two chill
dren. girls, aged and 3, were killed
and an 1S-month- old baby was injured.
A boy, I, escaped, having just left his
home for school. The four killed and
the injured infant We're blown ~
yards from the house, i'll which they
had taken refuge on seeing the az
preaching storm.
The baby was brought to a. hospital
here, and it IS believed will survive.
Everything standing on about two
acres, in the midst of which stood the
house, was swept away, then the tor
nado lifted, and as it swept high above
the country dropped bits of debris
from the spot where it took its freak
ish dip
Funeral services for the dead will
be held tomorrow at Fora Baptist
Church, not far from the scene of the
tragedy.
Evening star., 1925-10-15
Heart Functions With Nerves Cut Away,
Harvard Professor Tells Doctors

tions Of the denervated heart" DR..
Cannon asserted that the chemical
control Of the denervated heart Is
largely through the adrenal gland, just
above the kidneys. A tiny bit Of
adrenalin-.0G06S of a milligram-
thrown into the blood stream will in
crease heart beats as much as "a per
minute.
Two important factors in handling
diphtheria cases were discussed by
DR.. H. b. Gushing, clinical professor
of pediatrics, McGill University facul-
ty Of medicine.
One is to administer the toxin as
soon as possible to prevent suffocation
from the disease and the other is to
watch and combat the after effects Of
the toxin. These effects, when cared
for, never do any permanent damage,
Dr. Gushing said.
Evening star., 1925-10-15
By the Associated Press. :

BY tne AssOC1ateu PTess.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, October 15.-The
heart, with all nerve controls cut
ton. but will meet the special needs
of the body through chemical control
of the blood alone.
SO declared r. Walter B. Cannon,
professor of physiology, Harvard Uni
versity Medical School, in a talk yes
terday before the Interstate Post
graduate Assembly Of America.
III the individual faces danger, If
the body becomes cold, if the sugar
supply in the blood runs too low, the
heart will rise to the occasion, and
pumps faster, even though there is no
nerve connection left to tell it what
to do" he said
Speaking on "some recent revela-
Evening star., 1925-10-15
Near Enough.

From the Argunaut.
Solomon has atteSted to the strange.
ness of a mans way with a maid, but
the way of maid being courted has
always been mystery to "a man. A
girl dismissed her sweetheart with
the statement that she could not think
of marrying him until he had a few
thousand dollars.
A few months later she met him
and asked him how much he had
saved.
"Thirty-f1ve dollars" he said.
"Well," she remarked with a blush,
T guess that's near enough
Evening star., 1925-10-15
His Luck.

From the Boston Transcript.
.'Is your husband having any luck
in his garden?"
ooh, yes. He got sunstroke and col
iected 5000 from health insurance"
Evening star., 1925-10-15
MAKES DEBUT ON STAGE.
Daughter of Publisher to Play
Part of Nun.

CINCINNATI. OhiQ. October Is Up.
-EIinor Patterson, prominent Chicago
society girl. made her debut in the
part of the nun Megildis in 1.-THE
Miracle" play here last night.
Miss Patterson is the daughter Of
John Medill Patterson, Chicago news
aper publisher, and is the. second
american girl to play the role of the
nun, the first being Rose Pinchot,
niece of Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania
Morris Gest selected Miss Patter-
son for the role because of her dra-
matte ability as well as her beauty.
Helium gas now is being liquefied.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-18
COMPLETE SURVEY
FOR power line

Livingstcn.-Surveys have been
completed for the new power line
from Lcweth to White Sulphur
Springs, according to officials of Cas-
tie Mountain Mines Inc.
Construction of the new line, which
Is being built for the Montana Power
company, will start as soon as Off
cial permission is received from the
Milwaukee railroad to tap its line at
Loweth. While the Milwaukee owns
the trunk lines, the current is fur
nished by the Montana Power COM
parry, and permission to tap the line
is only a formality in the proceedings.
Three men are at work developing
the lead into the manganese deposit
in Castle mountain, and the mill for
Castle Mountain Mines Inc. is being
hauled to its site, according to the
officials.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-18
WE ARE RICHEST
PEOPLE ON Earth
Roads Will Swear This to $780,
600 People; State Expect
ing Crowds

The astonishing deposition that
jewellers in the Pacific northwest are
the richest people on earth will be
made to 100000 readers of national
periodicals., in a huge advertisement
to appear some time in February in
the Literary Digest, the Saturday
Evening Post, Golfers Weekly and
the American magazine. The adver-
tisement is part of the mammoth
campaign to colonize the northwest
undertaken by the Burlington, the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern railways.
AS the spring opens up the roads
are launching advertising movements
on a big scale which will be supple
mented by hOme-seekers excursions.
Local railroad officials say there will
probably be more people in Montana
this summer than ever before in the
states history.
Explaining the advertisement which
soon will appear in the four national
periodicals the following statement
is made by the railways:
Before the development advertise
ment was written, we checked care
fully the various induces of material
property-home ownership, automo-
bile ownership, savings account, ex-
p%enditures for education, etc. These
figures reveal that the people in the
Pacific northwest are, on the whole,
enjoying a degree of well being con-
siderably above the average for the
nation"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-18
News of the Treasure State
INHERITANCE STORY
Is BRANDED Myth
Livingston Girl Suffering From
Toxic GOiter; Taken to
Warm Springs

Livingston.-A victim of toxic goi-
ter, according to physicians, Miss
Esther johnson, who a few weeks ago
declared she had been bequeathed
$2,C00,O 900 was ordered taken to the
state hospital at Warm Springs after
a hearing in the local district court.
The doctors claim that her condition
Is the direct result of the poison dis
charged by the gOiter, and that cor
receive treatment probably will re-
store her to normal.
Her father, a prominent railway
man of this city, told the court that
ne had spent the past two weeks in
an effort to s~ubstantiate her story Of
the legacy but without avail. He said
she would undergo an operation for
the removal of the goiter as o 0 as
her condition will warrant the step.
Miss Johnson, who startled this part
Of the state recently when she told OF
being made heiress to a man whonl
size met in Yellowstone National park,
attended the University Ct Washing
ton at Seattle, for two years, and
was credited as an exceptionally bright
student. Her high school record shows
that she stood we'll at the front of
her classes. Her condition has
aroused the compassion of hundreds
# Livingston pecple, with whom she
IS very popular.