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Evening star., 1925-01-18
Many Sharp Advances Feature
Saturday Trading in Stocks
Nash Motors Scars 10 Points and Dry
Goods Gains 1O-Other Adudnces
From One to Four Points.

cago Great Western preferred, Atchi-
son, Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago North
western preferred, Missouri Pacific com
mon and preferred and Illinois Central,
all Of which closed a point or so higher.
Further recovery of Italian lire.
which advanced 6ia points to Az
cents in reflection of the vote Of con
fidence given to Premier Mussolini,
was the feature of the foreign ex-
change market. Other rates held
firm.
Wall Street Briefs.
NEW YORK, January 17.-E. W
Marland, president of the Marland
Oil Company, announced today that ]. P.
Morgan and Company would buy 100
600 shares of Marland stock at once
and that an opticn on 2S5, 200 other
shares had been extended for six
months from February 10. The
transaction, Mr.. Marland explained,
would enable the company to avail
itself Immediately OF the advantage
Gus opportunities in the oil industry
The closing market price of Marland
oil stock today was 43a4 Under an
old agreement, the oil company prom
ised the stock to the banking firm at
80 and 81 a share extra for the option
privilege.
Stock Increase Proposed.
The Mercantile Stores Company,
Incorporated, proposes to increase
the authorized capital stock from
$500, coo to s21.600, 600, stockholders
TO receive three shares on new com
mon, which viii begin paying divi-
dends of So a share annually, and one
share of new per cent preferred, in
exchange for each share of the pres
ent o-par-value capital stock. Mer-
camille Stores old stock is quoted at
$50, a gain of about 250 points in the
last year. The new stock is selling
around 120.
Gold Movement Continues.
The gold movement to Europe and
India continues Exports to date
have been comparable only with
periods prior to the war. The bulk
of shipments has been made for the Far
East In the opinion of observers,
the quantities sent to India may be
regarded as lost owing TO the habit
of the natives there TO hoard their
supplies. Thus far the movement has
been accomplished without any dis
turbance.
Evening star., 1925-01-18
OVERB0UGHT CONDITION
NOTED IN WALL STREET
Bv the Associated Press.

By the AssOClAted Presb.
NEW YORK, January 17.-Reac-
tionsry tendencies predominated in all
the financial markets this week.
Indications that the stock marke 4
was again in an overbought condition
led to active selling for both ac-
counts, which was stimulated by COM
mission house advices suggesting a
temporary reduction In long commit
ments. With the possible exception
of the maintenance of relatively firm
call money rates there was nothing
IN the weeks news to account for a
general selling movement.
Evening star., 1925-01-18
BUTTER PRICES HIGHER.

CHICAGO, January 17.-Butter
higher; creamery extras. 40: standards.
40; extra f1rsts, 3Sa39; f1rsts, 36a37 /:
seconds, 32a5413. Eggs higher; re-
ceipts, 1856 cases: firsts, 59a6O /:
ordinary firsts 5oa55; refrigerator
firsts, 4Sa4S12.
Evening star., 1925-01-18
ADVANCE IN FLOUR.

BALTIMORE, Nd, January II (Spe-
cial) AN advance Of so cents per
barrel on all city milled flour and
an advance of 10 cents a. barrel on
Western grades of Spring patent and
Spring straight and on hard Winter
patent and hard Winter straight was
announced here today.
Evening star., 1925-01-18
WEEKLY BANK REPORT.

NEW YORK, January 1.-THE
actual condition of Clearing House
Banks and Trust companies for the
week shows an excess in reserve of
S70,260,320. Reserve increased $685.
771,99O, compared with last week.
Evening star., 1925-01-18
WILL INCREASE STOCK.

NEW YORK, January 17.-The Con
solidated Cigar Corporation has notified
the New York Stock Exchange that it
proposes to increase the common stock
100.0 900 shares to 250,000 shares
Evening star., 1925-01-18

Dividend given table
Evening star., 1925-07-23
PLANS FOR SPENDING MILLIONS
FLOOD PHILANTHROPIST SCHEPP

urgent" important" and please
read" The flood of missiyes may be
increased to 100000, Mr.. Ritter fears.
when mails from far cities start COM
ing in.
Some of the few altruistic sugges-
tions pertained to plans for the aid
of boys and girls, subject close to
Mr. Schepp's heart. He has already
established a $2,500.000 fund to help
young boys.
One person submitted lengthy es-
say on the difficulty that men and
women with false pride have in beg
ging money. An institution to teach
people 10 overcome false pride was
suggested.
Another seemed to berIeve that Mr..
Schepp needed money, instead of try
ing to give 1t away He offered real
estate in the Bronx without charge.
A man who said he had remark
able cure for rheumatism suggested
Mr.. Schepp put the healer in bust
ness, buy his output of medicine and
distribute it among rheumatics. An
other suggested vocational boards for
psychiatric analysis to separate the
mentally fit from the unfit.
Still another suggested Mr.. Schepp
finance an invention of the writer, en-
abling one-handed persons to play the
saxophone.
A physician sought aid to stamp
out illiteracy in New York's East
Side. He claimed Sc 900 illiterates.
AS a 9-year-old boy Mr.. Schepp
bought cocoanut palm fans for Is
cents and sold them for SO. He con-
tinued to deal in cocoanut products
throughout his life and amassed un-
told millions
Evening star., 1925-07-23
WORK URGES CURTAILING
BUREAUS TO CUT BUDGET
States Could Perform Functions of
Many Better Than United
States. He Declares.

Turning over to the States of ad-
ditional governmental functions was
advocated today by Secretary of the
Interior Work as one way to cut
down the Federal budget. Some of
the things now done by the Federal
Government, he said, 'the States can
do as we'll or better" He did not go
into details.
Authority should be centralized In
Washington" he added. but respon-
sibility for operation should be de-
centralized in States wherever pos
sible.
Mr.. Work also proposed that dupli-
cation of effort among the bureaus in
Washington be curtailed by giving
executive officials authority to dis
continue such activities as are found
unnecessary.
Different bureaus of the Govern
ment performing the same or similar
functions has long been a source of
unnecessary waste" he said, ''in the
operation of our. Government. The
situation has largely developed
through creation of independent es-
adjustments in Government instead
of delegating new activities to estab-
lished departments and bureaus"
Evening star., 1925-07-23
FIRES At OFFICER
AND GETS AWAY
Prisoner Escapes From Po-
IiCeman Almost in Shadow
of Precinct Station.

Quietly drawing a pistol while he
was being marched to the second pre-
cinct station house last night, COL
ored prisoner fired on Policeman r. l..
Hinton and, running through a near
by house at 509 NJ street, escaped.
1t was at Seventh and n streets,
about 9 o'clock, that the colored man,
apparently about % years old, at
tracted Hinton's attention by suspi.
cious actions. Closer. Closer inspec-
ton by Hinton revealed that the man
had a police badge and a pair of hand
cuffs on his belt at the right side.
Hinton took him into custody for
investigation and started toward the
station with him. Reaching M street,
just around the corner from the sec
ond precinct station, the prisoner sud
denly jerked away, drew a revolver
returned the. fire, but is also believed
to have missed.
A description of the man was sent
to all police last night, but city
wide search was in vain. Investiga-
ton is believed to have established
that the mans name is McNeel and
that he left a house at GAL N street
last night carrying two suit cases and
a music rack. He is believed to have
come here from North or South
Carolina.
The fugitive is ITO pounds in weight,
about five feet eight inches in height,
wearing a small mustache, a gray
suit and gray hat turned down over
his eyes.
Evening star., 1925-07-23

committee for economic restoration,
which is the most important of the
chambers numerous committees, will
seriously influence the execution of
the Dawes plan and the settlement of
the interallied debts.
Necessity Emphasized.
TT should be recalled that at the re-
cent convention of the chamber at
Brussels the absolute necessity of Ger
many's membership in the chamber
was strongly emphasized in connec-
ton with discussion of fulfillment of
the Dawes PLAN
Germany will be represented in the
International Chamber of Commerce
by the Associated Chambers of Com
merce of Germany, the Central League
of German Banks. the Retailers
League, the Federation of German In
dustrialists and the Central Union of
Wholesalers.
The Boursen Courier added: Ger
many's Joining the chamber is an
event of great economic Importance.
There is scarcely an economic or po-
litical question of international sig
nificance which has not been carefully
discussed by standing or special
committee of the chamber.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
PUBLISHERS WANT
POSTAL LRATESCUT
Southern Group Tells Con-
gress Committee Breaking
Point Is Nearing.
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 23.-With
newspapers gradually weaving away
from use of the postal service, there is
danger of still more defections if the
United States Government continues
TO raise rates on second-class mail, as
serts q brief by the Southern News
paper Publishers Association, pre-
pared for presentation today to the
joint postal committee of Congress.
The brief takes exception to a belief
that the postal service should be self
supporting, and that the rates should
be SO made as to take care of it's ex-
penses. Rather, it points out, the rates
should be based on the answer to the
question
What will the traffic bear?'
The traffic to newspapers has al
ready almost reached the breaking
point. Many newspapers deliver their
entire editions in the cities and nearby
towns by their own service for one of
these two reasons: More prompt de-
livery service or less cost" 1t adds.
Want Rates Cut.
Attention is called to the fact that
many periodicals entitled to second
class mail rates have deserted the
postal service because they find they
can transport their products by freight
more economically.
We maintain that even the present
basis of second-class rates is unreason-
ably high. We strongly protest
against any adjustment that would in
crease these rates and urge that the
Investigations of your committee will
be such as to prove to you the advisa-
bility of the restoration of the rates on
second-class matter that were in effect
in 1920. after the second advance of
the war revenue act, which are the
same rates that were advocated by
Senator George at the last session of
Congress" 1.-The brief concludes.
Representatives of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
were present at the hearing. which
was a resumption of that held in
Washington Monday and Tuesday.
They included Jerome P. Barnum.
Syracuse, N. Y. Standard, chair
man of the A. N. P. A. postal COM
mittee; L. B. Palmer, New York City,
manager of the A. N. P. A, and Elisha
Hanson, Washington, legal counsel for
the same organization.
After the hearing here the COM
mittee win go to Northern States for
further sessions.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
ROBBERS FIND 3 VICTIMS.
$125 Watch and $275 in Cash in
Days Loot Of Thieves.

Dr. Charles C. Graham, GIG Keefer
place, was robbed of a gold watch
and chain, valued at $125, yesterday
afternoon. The theft was committed
in his office at 927 Seventh street. He
suspects a strange colored man who
was in his Office shortly before he
missed his watch.
Mrs. George c. Byrd, 1917 Columbia
road, was robbed of her handbag, con-
tanning 81, while on Thirteenth street
between Park road and Kenyon
street last night. The bag was
snatched by colored man, who left
the scene in an automobile.
Richard H. Manuel, 1853 Four-and-
one-half street southwest, was robbed
of $273 yesterday afternoon. He told
the police his room was broken into
during his absence.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
SCOTT HAS LITTLE
CHANCE FOR LIFE
CIemenCy of Governor or Ap-
pearance of Brother Might
Cheat GaIIoWs.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July e3.-On the slender
thread of remote possibility hangs the
chance of Russell Scott to escape
death, awaiting him on the gailows a.
sunrise tomorrow.
This possibility depends on hear
ing for clemency which his attorneys
insist they have arranged with Gov.
Small and the last-minute appearance
of Robert, his brother, indicted with
him. but never found.
Scott says Robert was the real
slayer of Joseph Maurer, drug clerk,
in hold-up a year ago. A telegram
signed with Roberts name and later
established as a hoax, caused Gov.
Small to grant a week s reprieve six
hours before the time set for Russell's
execution last Friday.
Will Not Stay Execution.
mo eleventh-hour circumstances
will halt the execution this time is
the only public indication from the
governor, made in a letter from his
secretary to Windsor, Ontario, friends
of Scott working to save him.
But Scott'S attorneys are hopeful
They have fund of $1,000 raised by
group of Detroit clubwomen TO aid
Scott, and they say new evidence has
been uncovered which they feel will
induce the governor to grant a fur
ther reprieve. They will ask for a 90
day stay to develop this new evidence
His spirits sinking as the time draws
near for his execution, Scott thinks
only the return of his brother can
save him. His wife, Catherine, and
his aged father, Thomas, have return
ed TO visit him, after making every ef-
fort to obtain the brothers return.
Pleads Over Radio.
The wife made a plea last night
over the radio to Robert, IF in the
hearing of my voice." to come back.
and called on anyone who might know
where he is to send him, asking all
those who oppose capital punishment
to add their appeals to Gov. Small in
her husbands behalf
Appeals to the Governor and to
President Coolidge in Swampscott,
Mass, continue to pour in in steady
stream. The President has referred
them all to the Attorney General and
declined to take action, regarding the
case as beyond his Jurisdiction.
A personal appeal to the President
would be made by two Detroit club
women interested in raising the fund
for Scott, his father said on his re
turn from Detroit yesterday.
Scott has given out his probable last
interview, in which he opposes capital
punishment.
IF am hanged, then some day my
innocence will be proved and there
will be great movement against
capital punishment he told news
paper men.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
CARNEGIE STEEL PLANS
FOR LONG RIVER HAUL
Buys Transfer Station Site on the
Lower Mississippi for Un-
loading Barges.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BATON ROUGE. La, July 23-The
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate says
that the Carnegie Steel Co. of Pitts
burgh has acquired tract of land
in West Baton Rouge Parish, with
a 3,000-foot frontage on the Mississippi
River, on which will be built an ex-
port warehouse to handle shipments
of steel to South America. Details
of the transaction were not available
Will Build i'm Few Years.
PITTSBURGH, July % GP-The
Carnegie Steel Co. yesterday exercised
an option on 80 acres of land at Baton
Rouge, La, on which it is proposed
to erect steel transfer station. The
amount involved was not made public
The company held the option since last
Fall, but negotiations were held up
pending decision on the proposed erec-
ton of a bridge near New Orleans.
The company intends TO construct
the transfer station when the Ohio
River becomes navigable throughout
the year, which, it is expected, will
be in four or five years. The sta
ton will serve as a transfer point for
steel from the river to the railroad.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
GERMANY JOINS CHAMBER.
Admission to International Body Held
Important.

BERLIN, July 23 CP.-Gernany's
apphcation for admission to the Inter
national Chamber of Commerce has
neen accepted. Financial newspapers
regard Germany's joining this organi.
zation as a move of great Importance.
The Boersen Courier suggests that the
execution of the Dawes plan and set
tlement of the interallied debt prob
iem may be seriously influenced by
this move.
Germany now Is a full-fiedged mem
Der of the International Chamber of
Commerce, the Boersen Courier said
corresponding to her political and
economic Importance. Representatives
of other countries have realized their
work in the chamber is ultimately rem
dered difficult IL not illusory without
Germany's participation.
Membership in the chamber may
bring great advantages to Germany,
especially In the discussion of the
reparatisa problem. Doubtless the
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Pay Provided Engineer Force.

With the approval of the Acting Sec
retary of War, Gen. Taylor, chief of
engineers of the Army, has allotted
S105 900 out of the last annual lump
appropriation for river and harbor
improvements in all parts of the coun-
try - ts.- payment of salaries Of
civil engineers, clerks and other en-
ployes of his Office at the War De-
partment employed in connection with
that special work and not provided
for in the regular departmental ap-
propriations. The action involves no
increase or other change in the operat-
ins +c4es VI The Office.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
FIRE COSTS S5OO,OOO.
200 Families Homeless in Detroi1
Apartment Blaze.

DETROIT, July % CP).-Fire swept
the Gladstone Linwood residential
avenue district late yesterday after
noon. destroying seven apartment
buildings and one residence before be-
ing brought under control. The loss
was placed at 100000. Two hundred
families were made homeless.
A crowd hindered the efforts of fire.
men. A check-up has failed to reveal
any missing persons. Police Sergt.
John Kroon was badly burned, but
will recover.
The fire started in the basement Of a
six-story apartment building under
construction, presumably when a gaso-
line can exploded. Children, who were
playing with the can, escaped injury.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Leopold
Schepp. S3-year-old philanthropist and
cocoanut magnate, sought surcease
today in his country home,s lin New
Canaan, Conn, from deluge of sug-
gestions as to how to spend his money
for benevolence.
On the heels of his appeal to the
public to advise him how to do good
with his millions came an avalanche
of mail, kilograms and personal ap-
peals. Three thousand letters bulged
from distant parts of the country had
not yet had time to arrive. The most
of the letters were frank touches"
for funds and pleas for Jobs. Few
offered concrete suggestions.
All but fifty of the letters failed to
hit upon Mr.. Schepp's main purpose
the most good to the greatest num-
Der for the longest time. Old men,
young men, mendicants, evangelists
and heads of charities poured into
his offices.
Cash to Buy Husband.
The mail appeals for aid ranged
from the romantic request of a
woman, fat and 40, for $4,000 to get
a husband to the request of a man
for endowment of "a refuge for poor
souls about to commit suicide"
1t was too much ror tne philan-
thropist. Wearily he packed his
things and departed.
Those who called in person were
told to write letters setting forth
their claims for aims. To answer
those who appealed by mail, a
printer was ordered to strike off
10000 formal notices acknowledging
their requests and stating that all
appeals would be referred to Philip
Ritter, Intermediary for Mr.. Sehepp.
A committee will be appointed to
adjudicate the most worthy claims
cisions.
Some of the letters were brief, 9TH
ers were so pages long. Many of
them were captioned with the words
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Burglars Fail to Open Safe.

Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the safe in the w. L..
Douglas Shoe Store. 905 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, late last night or early
this morning. Detective Weber said
the work was done by amateurs.
Two screwdrivers. used in an at
tempt to open the door of the safe,
had been broken. Before attacking
the safe, however. the intruders h& d
broken open a cash register in which
there was no money. Entrance was
gained through a second-stor win
dow from u fire escape.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
$50 Missouri Mules
Enlist With Spain
In Var Upon Riffs.
By the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The Mis-
souri, mule, which has played an
important, if not conspicuous, part
in recent wars, is entering the con-
flict in northern Africa, where the
Spanish and French are trying to
subdue the Riff tribesmen.
Market reports note a shipment
from here of 40 cars of mules to
Barcelona, Spain. Included with
the $50 mules in the train are 1876
horses. 1t took dealers several
weeks to fill the quota. The mules
sold from $110 to $3.50 and the
horses from $40 to SIS each.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Dairymer, Order
Vast Playground
To Improve Work
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July ga 2,500-acre
national playground" in North
ern, Wisconsin for members of the
dairy industry, established in the
belief that men who play together
can better settle problems of the
industry, was agreed upon at a
meeting of dairy executives here
last night.
Plans call for a $150,0O0 club
house in a virgin timbered region
near Crivitz, Wis. A model dairy
equipped with blooded stock will
be one of the educational features.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Two Are Retired.

Capt. Donald S. Grimm, U. s. In
fantry, has been placed on the re-
tired list of the Army on account of
disability incident to the service.
Staff Sergt. James Hawkins, 18th
Infantry, at Douglas, Ariz-, has been
retired on account of age.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Textile Workers Wage Cut.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass, July %
Co.-Notice of a 10 per cent wage re-
duction. effective July 81, were posted
in Sutton Mills here. Three hundred
textile operatives win be affected by
tae reduction.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
Bandits Get $4,000 Pay Roll.

DETROIT, July % OP).-Four arm
ed men in touring car late yesterday
held up the pay roll car of the Mills
Fox Baking Co. and robbed two en-
ployes Of the firm Of $4,000 in cash.
Evening star., 1925-07-23
ALLIES FAVORABLE
TO GERMAN REPLY
Hope for Security Pact Is
Brighter With Attitude of
Cancellation.
By the Associated Press.

by the AssocidteU fTtSS
LONDON, July 23.-Germany's re-
ply to Frances note outlining the OBJ
servations of the allies with respect
has been thoroughly studied by the
foreign department experts of the
three countries directly concerned
Great Britain, France and Belgium.
London now is awaiting a commu
nication which it is learned that NJ.
BRAND, the foreign minister, has sent
to the French Ambassador in London
outlining the deductions made by
France after careful examination by
the foreign Office.
Despite all criticisms of the Ger
man reply, it cannot be doubted that
the impression created is on the whole
favorable. Even in France, where
many of the press comments have
been written in more or less ironical
tone, there Is an admission that Ger
many's attitude is conciliatory, and
hope for satisfactory outcome is en-
tertained.
England Hopeful.
In England most of the comment is
based on qualification that Germany
Pevidently is anxious for a settlement
and framed her reply in a manner to
encourage hopefulness. The fact that
the speech of the German foreign min
ister. DR.. Gustav Stresemann, in the
Reichstag yesterday was received
without any pronounced opposition is
regarded as rejecting the desire of the
Germans to do nothing to hamper the
progress of the negotiations to which
1t is hoped the reply will lead.
Dr Stresemann expressed confidence
that further discussions would develop
something definite. He eXhorted the
German people to have faith in the
promises which had been made to
Germany by the allies. Referring to
the great problems of the present.
the foreign minister declared econ.
omic distrust in France and Germany
could be removed only with the CO.
operation of great world powers.
GERMANY JOINS CHAMBER.