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Evening star., 1925-08-15
GAS DOWN CENT A GALLON,

BALTIMORE, August 15.-A re-
duction of 1 cent gallon in the tank
wagon price of gasoline, which was
made here yesterday, is said by Off
ciais of the Standard OIL Co. and of
the independent companies to reject
an unusual situation in the gasoline
business Prices are declining at the
height of the Summer automobile Pc
riod when they usually rise.
This is said to be due to compett
ton among the producers and refiners
to capture some of the unusually large
volume of business. Consumption of
gasoline Is said 20 be unusually large
this Summer. The production also has
been unusually large, however, hence
the reduction in price.
The automobiles, however, will not
buy gasoline or blends any cheaper as
a result of the reduction. The drop
is to the filling station only and is for
the purpose of restoring to the dealer
the scent margin of profit which he
enjoyed until last October. At that
time the spread was reduced to
cents.
Evening star., 1925-08-15
Question for Investors.

However, the important question
for manufacturers and investors to
consider is whether the wage cut of
10 per cent is to apply only to the tex
tile, shoe, tire and a few other indus
tries, or whether 1t Is to be more or
less general. Unfortunately business
is largely determined by fads rather
than by facts, and this often applies
to changes in the wage scale. Such
evidence as Is at hand, however. leads
me to believe that there will not be
at this time a general decrease in
wages throughout all industries. Busi-
ness should be better this Fall than It
is at the present time, and there
should be less unemployment espe-
cially if the farmers prosper. There
fore labor leaders claim that there
should be no reason for reduction in
wages. On the other hand, many
manufacturers believe that this 10 per
cent reduction will be general and.
like wave sweeping over the entire
country, will be applied to all indus
tries
Evening star., 1925-08-15

busIHtss slightly improving.
General business is slightly i'm
proving. There is no radical change
The first half of 1925, although dull in
Evening star., 1925-08-15

union agreed to the cut. These cuts
were first made in shoe factories and
then extended to textile and other
mills. AS the plants involved were
fairly small, these cuts did not obtain
national attention. The recent an
nouncement, however, of the Ameri-
can Woolen Company, one of the
largest employers of labor in America,
that 1t is about to Put into effect a
10 per cent reduction in wages has
created great interest.
or course, it is generally known
that the woollen and worsted industry
has been in a bad condition, and this
applies to many cotton and other mills
as well. This condition has been due
partly to higher prices, which have
retarded buying; partly to the auto
mobile, which has taken money which
people heretofore spent on clothes, and
partly to the Introduction of rayon,
which is gradually but surely revo-
luttonizing the textile industry. / am
justified in this reference to rayon by
the fact that mills which are using 1t
and putting out attractive patterns
seem to be having plenty of business
today.
Evening star., 1925-08-15
REICHsBANK STATEMENT.

BERLIN, August Il P9.- The
Reichsbank report as of August
shows the following changes In reichs-
marks: Gold and bullion increased
9,542 900; deposits abroad decreased
&c. SOB. 900; reserve in foreign curren-
cies decreased 9.534,000; bills OF ex-
change and cheques decreased 83,11s,-
900; silver and other coins increased
445 900; notes on other banks increased
10 318, 900; advances decreased 36,-
448 900; investments increased $4,000;
other assets increased 116,039 600;
notes in circulation decreased $780,
600; other maturing obligations in.
creased 10, ,66S 900; other liabilities
decreased 45,771, 900; total gold hold.
Ings 111367S 900.
Evening star., 1925-08-15

ing markets. At both eastern and
western markets. and at points in the
southwest, where recent rains have
been beneficial TO corn and cotton,
more has been doing for Fall or be-
yond. II Is noted that dry goods, es-
pectatiy cotton and silk fabrics. have
sold better at some leading eastern
centers. and trade interest has been
quickened by perceptible readiness
on the part of some producers to
extend lines along the path of new
styled cotton fabrics for next season.
Weekly bank ciearings, $S,263 Ill.,
600.
Evening star., 1925-08-15

Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-08-15
SPREAD OF OPTIMISM.
Purchasing for Fall Held b.
Bradstreet's as Encouraging.

NEW YORK, August IL C<1.-Brad.
streets tomorrow will say:
While buying everywhere is con-
servattve and no great surge forward
Is in evidence, there Is none the less
visible a disposition to convert some
of the optimism apparent for some
time past into actual purchasing for
Fall, and in the case of some lines
beyond that. Helpful in this direction
have been the large assemblages of
country buyers at the various trade
and market week gatherings at lead.
Evening star., 1925-08-15

Secondhand clothing, most of il
from Great Britain. cost natives of
East Africa S11 900 last year.
Evening star., 1925-08-15
General Price Reductions.

Beginning this week, the largest
glass manufacturing concern in the
United States has made a radical price
reduction to meet foreign competi-
ton. Before the war most of the win
dow glass used in this country came
from Europe, largely from Belgium
Like the dye industry and various
other industries which were then in a.
similar position, the glass factories in
this country made a great deal of
money during the war and since Up
10 the present time American manu-
facturerS of glass have been able to
compete with European manufacture
erS, and things have been going very
well In the glass industry. OF course
glass has been protected by a tariff,
as have been the dyes and similar
products, but now a point has ap-
parently been reached where even the
tariff does not keep out foreign glass.
Glass is now coming into the United
states in very large quantities, which.
with the import duty paid competes
seriously with our American products
Here. again, this one instance is
not very important, but il raises the
question whether or not other indus
tries which are subject to severe COM
petition will be compelled to make
similar radical price cuts in their
American products. If so, this NAV
mean distinctly curtailed net earnings
in many industrials, with wage cuts
and some unemployment. Investors
who have capital in such American
companies should carefully consider
the situation and watch its develop
ments. Workmen employed in such
Industries should also realize that their
positions and wages are not so secure
as In some concern which at the mo-
ment may pay less, but which can
hold its own against foreign competi-
ton.
RIISirnSS SIinLtl.- I........
Evening star., 1925-08-15
Totals S252.7 3o3.4 $780, 5S1 / SOL 4 324
.ImpOrts of merchandise in excess
Situation Changed by War


With the declaration of war by
Germany in 1914 the situation was
changed, and every year since then
has shown a balance in favor of the
United States. This balance has run
from minimum of 1924 .34S. 900 to
S4,Ol6, ,061 900. AS these balances, to-
gether with the invisible balances rep
reSenting shipments of securities, etc,
between nations must be paid in gold
this has resulted in the accumulation
of a vast quantity of gold in the United
States. Today the United States holds
about one-third of the total gold of
The world. AS our currency is based
on gold-that is, for every SO or
thereabouts in gold there may be
issued 800 in bills-this has made
possible the issuance of a large
amount of paper money in this coun-
try. Of course, our paper money is
not like that issued in Europe, which
has almost no gold behind it: but we
have not gold to the full value of our
outstanding bills. This means that
the outstanding Spaper money in this
country increases at an even more
rapid rate than gold increases, and so
our circulation may roll up like a
SNOWFALL as our supply of gold grows
Cur great gold supply largely ac-
counts for the low money rates at the
present time and the large amount
or money now available for home
building, automobiles and luxuries Of
all kinds. n
L. S. Shipping Gold to Europe.
For almost the first time since the
war, the United States is now ship
ping gold to Europe. This means that
the balance OF trade is temporarily
against us. This is caused by a de-
cline in exports and an increase in
imports, American investments in for
eign bonds and by the large sums of
money now being spent in Europe by
American travellers. There is nothing
serious about the situation at the
present time, and possibly it is all for
the best. The world cannot have truly
stable conditions with any country
holding more than its share of the
worlds gold. Hence the sooner a re-
adjustment is made the better for all
concerned, so long as II is made gradu-
ally. The fact that the tide has turn
ed should, however, be recognized,
and business men should watch the
situation TO see whether this turn is
permanent or merely temporary 1t
also should be remembered that if the
shipment of gold from this country
Increases at any considerable rate 1t
must result in d reduction of the
amount of money now in circulation
in the United States, which eventually
should mean higher interest rates.
Several months ago woolen mills
at isolated points cut wages 10 per
cent. In most instances these were
ncn-union plants, and in certain cases
where there were UNION workers the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
p0OLR00MS DO RUSHING BUSINESS
As RAIN SIISPENDS OUTDOOR WORK:
VIII! CATCH UP WHEN sun SHINES

While most merchants were doing,
hut slight business today, and were
taking advantage of the slow trade
to take ,hcir annual inventory. one
class of TRADE was doing n rushing
business.
Poolrooms in all parts Of the city
were crowded, several hundred men
who have been working in thc let
tuco fields and packing houses look
mo to them rs the best place in
which 10 pass IN idlc dav.
\ walk this morning throuoh the
JapaucSc quarter between Fourth
aud Fifth streets on broadway.
showed every poolroom crowded
with mon of al dcScriptions. while
nj least another hundred or more
were scattered along the sidewalks.
the arcades protecting them from
the rain.
Smoke and Mud Sandwich
Each pool hall presented practi.
cailv the same appearance. \ cloud
of blue smoke from cigarettes. pipe
and cigars driftcd bcncath the low
ceilings, forming thu top part of a
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31

sandwich, with muddy floor form.
ing the lower part. In between the
two were the idle men, some PLAYING
nool but the ma ioritv of them "iust
looking on. The click of the ivory
balls and the inccssant chattcrinp
in Spanish. English. Janancsc. and
what have vou, provided the music
for the setting.
There was the easy comradpric of
men who work and play hard, con
siderable bantcring and an occasion.
al friendlv Scufflc helping the men
pass the time.
Will Soon Catch Up
None seemed to mind the cnforc-
cd idlcncSS. although il is costing
them no small sum in wages. as they
know they can make il up. once the
weather changes. One hoxmakcr
stated he is losing better than S2j
for each dav he is idle. and he has
last three lavs work this week.
I'm step on Il when get called
hack to work. aud in the eud I
won + lose anything hv this lay.
off - De- said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
TONIGHT MARKS
CLOSE OF GREAT
ERA in HISTORY
Many of Worlds Chief
Events ChrOnicled in
Twenty-Five Years.
by United Press LEASED Wire

Today marks the end of the first
quarter of the goth century, a period
which included many of the out
standing events in tn history of the
world.
Among the most important of
these were:
The Bocr war.
The Boxer uprising.
The death of Queen Victoria.
The insurrcction in the Philip
pines.
Marconi's announcement of sue,
ccssful wireless.
Assassination of President Nc
Kinley.
The first successful airplane
flight.
The Russian Japanese war.
The San Francisco earthquake
and fire.
Death of 100000 in Mcssina
earthquake and tidal wave.
Death of King Edward
Discovery of north pole by Ad-
miral Robert f. Teary.
The Balkan wars.
Discovery of tho south pole by
Roald Amundscn.
Formation of Progressive party.
Outbreak of the World War.
The torpcdoing of the Lusitania.
Death of Franz Joseph. king of
Austria Hungary.
Entrance of the United States in.
TO the World War.
Revolution in Russia.
Adoption of woman suffrage
Death Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Abdication of the kaiser.
The armisticc.
Adoption Of prohibition amend
mcnt.
Signing of treatev 1T Versailles.
Senate rcpudiarion of the League
of Nations.
First airpIanc flight across At,
lHntic.
Collapse and death of Woodrow
Wilson.
Japanese earthquake.
Death of President Harding.
First circumnavigation of globe
by airplanc.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
BID Is AWARDED
FOR NEW PAVING
OVER SAND Hills

As expected, in Wow of their low
bid, Schmidt and Hitchcock of
Phoenix, Arizona, were awarded the
contract for constructing paved
highway through the sand hills be-
tW""U lloltvillc and Yuma. by the
California highway commission yes
tcrdaY afternoon.
The Phoenix firm bid @270,5j1,
while The engineers of the highway
department had submitted an csti-
mate Of S299,j5l for the work. The
road will be of concrete construc-
tion 20 feet wide and six inches
thick at it's thmucst point. with nine
inch shoulder on either side of the
road.
1t is expected that work ON the
highway viii be started without any
delay and that the work will be rush.
ed as fast rs is consistent with good
road building. Preparations have
already been made for the work, the
highway commission having built
corrals and sheds for the equipment
which will be used ON the lob.
The paving replaces The plank
road, unique in road construction,
which was placed in position in
i9l6 and has continued to give sat
is factory results though at present
IT IS in unusually bad condition, the
highway commission deciding not
10 spend any more money in repairs
in view of the impending new road,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
FORD AIRPLANES
DISABLED, FLYERS
have CLOSE CALL

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dee. 81. -
Three ~ the Ford all-mctal air
planes curoutc to service on Florida
mir lines were completely disabled
here today and several pilots. me.
ohanirs aud local airmcn narrowly
q sraPcS death when an unavoidable
ground accident married fhc take off
for Birmingham aud Tallahassee,
I iurida
The planes will await new wings
and equipment here aud will then
continue their trip 10 Florida.
Lieutenant Harding and Licutcn-
ant Bradv had encountered the only
nishap~ ~ The trip prior {" todav's
accident, in which The other three
planes were wrecked. These two
pilots l"st their wav in a severe
sH"wsi"rm out - Detroit Monday
and ioinea their mates here YES
terdav.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
CHIMES FROM OLD
IIREPTY BELL To
WELCOME IN 1926

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dee. 81
Silcnt for 90 years, the tones Of
liberty bon, symbol of American
freedom. viii be broadcast through
out the world from It's shrine in In
dependence hall hero tonight. usher
ing in the scSWiccntcnnial year of
American independence.
The ringing Of the holl will he
mart of the ceremony of thC New
Years reception of the mayor of
philadelphia, traditional event
which this wear was arranged as n
pageant.
Practically at midnight, Mrs
Frccland Kcndrick, wife of Mayor
kcndrick, will tap the liberty bell
with ruhhcr-tippcd gold hammer,
counting off the numbers 1926,
the sound being picked up by n
group Of microphoucs and broadcast
ihrought station WIr. The full
power Of the station will he utilized
IN nm effort 70 81 clear reception
in Europe, throughout the United
States, the West hldics Mexico and
south America. The wave length
used will he 500 meters.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
THIRTY DIE
As VA TER
FILLS Mine:
Factories, Dwellings, in
British Isles Struck,
Burned by Lightning.
40 OLD MEN BURIED
Avalanches, Landslides.
Swollen Rivers Report
ed All Over EurOpe.

LONDON, Dec. 31.-Floods, light
ming and fire wrought serious DAM
age throughout the British Isles
today. Many factories and dwell
ings were burned when struck by
lightning and some towns were dark
through gripping of their lighting
plants by storms.
In the slums of London g easr
end. u huge chimney nf. a. poo
house fell burving forty aged men
inmates who were still abed. Ore
man was killed and eight injured
Todav's high water aqd hghtning
were thc aftermath of heavy rain
storms yesterday when in greater
London alone eleven million tons
of water fell Within IN hour. %~
so Miners Drown
\ Budapest message related
that 80 miners drowned at Marc.
suivor when trapped in a flooae'i
mine.
Amsterdam reported the rainfall
in Holland in December had been.
the heaviest in - years.
Out of Copenhagen came word o.
landslides while Budapest reported
great ice avalan"hes in the RoumHn.
ian mountains. adding to the inun-
dations which in Pennsylvania alon5
have already taken several hundred
lives
Rivers Are Swollen
The Rhine. Moselle and Danuh"
rivers are swollen. The Rhenish
town of Ncuwied reported hun
dicds of families forced TO abandon
their homes brcausc of high water
while RugenSburg tRatisbon )v-A in
Bavaria reported the Danube oyer,
flowing the surrounding territory.
Budapest messages related that
the river Thesis at Tiezda. Hum
gary. was clogged with avalanche
ice. Solidifi"d subsequently, by ~,
freeze into stubborn ice pack four
miles wide and three miles long,
that artillery vainlv sought for
hours to blast it loose. = -
From the Rumanian flood region
continued to come tragic tales of
families separated in the flight 70
get away from the floods to safer
regions.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
EXPECT COOLIDGE
TO CUT SENTENCE
IMPOSED in QUIZ

WASHINGTON, Dee. 31.-Prcs-
id"nt Coolidge decided today to
speed up review of the Mitchell
courtmartial sentence and if posSi-
bic to render his decision within a
fortnight.
Mitigation of the sentence i'm
posed for Colonel William Mitch
ell 5 criticism of aircraft admins
tration has been recommended hv
white house political advisers.
II is believed the president will
decide the courtmartial sentence
SuSp"ndmg Mitchell from the army
for five wears without pay or al
loWancc Is too severe. He may
Tighten If by restoring at least part
OF the pay. Several congrcSSmcu
are urging him 10 cut the suSpcn-
sion to two wears.
Since there is no army precedent
for Suspcnding an Officer and also
cutting off his Livelihood. they fear
Mitchell may effectively raise the
cry of alleged persecution if the
court sentence is sustained by thc
president.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
50,
ADMITS PLOT TO
MATE, 65
Ex- x-Convict, AZ, Is Nabbed
After Brutal Staying of
! Rich Chicago Man.
By United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
: CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-For the love
Of an ex-convict, with whom she
had been carrying on an affair for
Is years, Mrs. Eliza Nusbaum, SO,
grandmother of eight children. plot
ted the murder Of her husband. AL
bert, 65. she admitted to police fol-
lowing her arrest in connection with
the brutal Staying.
John w. Winn, Al. the ex-convict,
was arrested at Crown Point, Ind.
last night and brought here today
for examination. Winn denied know
ledge of the affair.
On Winn, police said. they found
a letter from Mrs. Nusbaum, giving
instructions for the murder.
Versions at Variance
Edward Goff. fpiend of the Nus
baum family, told differing stories
of the murder. In one story he
charged that Winn crushed the old
man s head with an axe. In anoth-
or story he said he murdered Nus.
II.
Nusbaum. a well to do contractor
was slain Tuesday night in the home
of Mrs. Deliah Martin, who catered
to roomers. Early yesterday police
saw fire on the far south side
Investigation disclosed body in
a mass of flaming paper and rags
An undertaken identified the body
as'i police took LLOYD Nusbaum
grandson; into custody. A piece OF
tn victim s skull was found in the
back of LLOYD 5 machine.
1t was Llovd's father, Roscoe
who last night betrayed his own
mother with the assertion that she
was in love with an cx-convict and
could explain the affair.
Four Are Arrested
Police arrested Mrs. Nusbaum
then Goff. Mrs. Martin and Marion
Springham, Il roomer at the Martin
home.
The woman said she became ac.
quainted with Winn some Is wears
ago when her husband had an affair
with the cx-convict's wife.
Calmly. the dark-eyed. withered
little woman told of being caught
in similar affair with Winn.
"My husband shot him and he
bears the scar TO this day. Mrs.
Nusbaum said
"Winn and had planned for a
long time to kill my husband. Scv-
eral months ago | persuaded my hus-
band to put title to all his property
he's worth about 50.000-in Joint
tenancy with me, So that when he
died or we killed him we could live
in comfort. -
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
MANY WILL.
DAN('||:: AND
MAKE MERRY
Noisy Celebrations Are
Planned in Coast Cities
and All Over u. S.
nRy WARNING GIVEN
ReveiIers VIII Thr0ng
Cafes ON BrOadway's
"Whitc Way" Tonight.
u, United Press LEASED Wire

EN I nifeN frSSS tfHSeA W are
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. - Los
Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach and
other Southern California cities plan
noisy midnight celebrations in honor
of 1926.
Cafes. hotels and private clubs
have sold out their reservations.
Many theaters are putting on spe-
cial programs, ana tickets were at
premium.
L.ps Angeles will rore off n see
ton IN ttc heart of the downtown
district Tor pedestrian merrvmak-
ers. Between the hours of 6 %. m.
aud . u. N. motor aUd trollcv traf-
fic will he rrohibitcd in this area.
and street dancing and unrestricted
noise win be IN order.
Col Robert F Firth, prohihjtion
rdminiatra or for the southland. has
issued final warning TO drinkers.
He claims he will have large de-
tail Of enGsial Deputies, disguised in
evening dress, ON duty n cafes, ho-
tell aul night club parties.
The dry chief asserted also thot
thc law would bc enforced regard
less Of nll qld Influence
Thousands of eases Of hootleg
Scotch, giu and other liquors We're
delivered 'o homes. clubs and arart-
mcuts here durine the day. Stand
ard prices prevailed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31
TO DESCRIBE BIG
GAME and PARADE
FROM DEPOT KPSN
Ny United Press Leased Wire .

PASADENA. Cal, Dee. 81. - A
complete description of the tourna.
mcnt of roses parade as it maves
through Pasadena tomorrow wilt he
broadcast for the first time bvaatFr
new ,000 watt radio station. KpSN
owned by the Pasadena Star-News.
Each float in the floral procession
will be described ms it passes the
new Star-News building. s
Charlie Paddock, track flash and
sports writer, will broadcast n ran.
ming description of the Alabama.
Washington engagement from the
rose bowl in the afternoon.
KPSN has wave length of 315.6
motors.