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Evening star., 1925-03-16
CONTRACTS AWARDED
FOR TWO new SHIPS
Newport News Company to Build
M. & M. Steamers to Cost
$1,25o,OOO Each.
snecial pisnatch To The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 16.-Contrac ct
for the construction of two combina-
ton freight and passenger steamers
for the Merchants & Miners Trans
portation Co. will be awarded the
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Docks Co, it's bid being lowest. Work
will be started soon, and the two
ships arc expected to take part in
next years service on the Baltimore
TO Boston and Baltimore to Savannah
and Jacksonville lines, with Miami
also considered.
When ready for service. each ship
will represent a value of $1.250,000.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
ORDERS 783 NEW CARS.
Cities Service Tank Line to Ex-
pand Operations.

NEW YORK, March IA contract
10 build 7S3 steel tank cars has been
awarded to a large tank car manu-
featuring concern by the Cities Sery-
ice Tank Line Company, transporta-
ton subsidiary of Cities Service Com
pany. The cars will be used by the
Cities Service Refining Company,
Empire Gasoline Company. Empire
Reflneries, Inc; Empire Gas Fuel
Company and the Crew Levick Com
pany. This order will give the oil
division of Cities Service about 1900
tank cars.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
22.4OO APPLY FOR STOCK.

NEW YORK, March 16.-The Beth
lehem Steel Corporation announced
today that %, 400 of its employees had
applied for total of 46,766 shares of
per cent preferred stock, offered at
500 a share, in response to the sec
ond annual Offering under its en-
ployes' savings and stock ownership
pian.- The initial offering last year
brought subscriptions from 1892
workers for 51.134 shares
Evening star., 1925-03-16
YEARS EARNINGS DROP.
American Water Works Has Loss
of Over 13 Per Cent.

NEW YORK, March 16.-Surplus re-
ported by the American Water Works
and Electric Company and subsidi-
aries for the year ended January 81,
1925. amounted to s2.662,240, equiya-
lent after first preferred dividends to
10 per cent on the combined 100, 900
shares of participating preferred SO
par value. and 5000 shares of con-
mon, go par. In the previous corre-
spending period surplus was s3.244.-
602, or l3.1 per cent on both stocks.
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BOND INTEREST TO BE
RESUMED AFTER II YEARS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 16.-For the
terest will be paid by the Maryland
and Pennsylvania railroad. The COM
pany is to pay $23 per $1,000 bonds
outstanding, this representing the
If earned during that year. The pay
ment will be made on or after April /
Evening star., 1925-03-16
CAST IRON PIPE REPORTS
Company Shows Striking Gain in
Earnings in Year.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-The
pamphlet report Of United States
Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co. for
1924 shows net profit of $6.020.92O
after taxes and charges. equal after
Z per c@nt preferred dividends to
S4J.i7 q share on the common stocl;
compared with s3.47I.267, or s2I.s2 a
share, in 1923. Profit and loss sur
plus jumped to Si1,101,783 from
$5.920,S63 the year before.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
FISHERS PRICE INDEX.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, March l6
Especially D.-Prices, 163 40; purchas-
ing power, 81 2-l0; Crumps, 16O 7-10.
Irving Fisher announces.
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MUCH CORN UNSOLD.
81 Per Cent of Illinois 1924 Crop
Still on Farms.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 16.--
Corn remaining on Illinois farms
amounts to 108. .632,0 900 Bushels, 81
per cent of the 1924 crop. Only
$4,000 bushels of wheat, or 10 per
cent, are left. Nearly the entire
crop was marketed before high
prices came. Reserves of oats are
55.651,0 900 bushels. or "a per cent,
compared with 100000 last year
Evening star., 1925-03-16

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Evening star., 1925-03-16

IT is the result of an exhaus-
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This study demonstrated very
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Due to the peculiar shape a
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and to the consequent working
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is greatly reduced.
Because of this better load
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tread movement II two
factors which add to early tread
wear in round tread Balloon
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Because of the greater road
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There is also better nom
skid protection because the
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Steering, too, is easier
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Evening star., 1925-03-16
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Evening star., 1925-03-16

But above all, the new Flat
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running the tire on the low in
flation necessary to give real
Balloon Tire cushioning with
out causing early, uneven and
disfiguring tread wear. This is
of great Importance because a
fewpoundsincrease,e evenfo or
five pounds, in air pressure in a
Balloon Tire will greatly affect
its riding quality and comfort.
Evening star., 1925-03-16

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14th & Corcoran SITS. NV.
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Dexter Auto Supply,
1854 Mount Pleasant St.
Evening star., 1925-03-16

Lo-ko Service Supply,
1880 Florida Ave. NE.
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Edwards Motor Service,
18th & Rhode Island Ave. NE.
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Brightwood Auto Supply,
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Evening star., 1925-08-30
Marine Band Concert.

THE Marine Band program for two
concerts to be given tomorrow
are as follows:
Marine Barracks at pm, William
Fl. Santelmann. leader: Taylor Bran
son. second leader. conducting:
March, Salute to Mexico" (Brooke);
overture. "Stradella" tFlotow); Flu
neral March of a Marionette" (Gou-
nod: trombone solo, "Recitative and
Song: Oh, Thou Sublime. Sweet Eve
ming Star" from "Tannhauser" CWaS-
ner). Musician Albert Bennert; grand
scenes from "Maritana" (Wallace);
characteristic, THE Butterfly" CBen-
dix: Second Polonaise" Iiszt); Ma
rines' hymn. THE Halls of Monte
yuma: THE Star Spangled Banner" T"
Mcmillan Park, First and Bryant
streets northwest, at 1880 pm. Con-
cert by a section of the band. Taylor
Branson conducting:
+. March, Gate City" CWeldonb; over.
ture, Don Cesar de Bazan" (Masse-
nett: (a) characteristic. "On Tiptoe''
tHosmer), Cbl Chinese idyl, Lady Pick
ing Mulberries" (Kelley): excerpts
from Rose Marie" Fr1mD; melody
(F'rmD; waltz. Artists Life" tStrauss);
scenes from Tales of Hoffmann" (Of-
fenbach); THE Star Spangled Ban
ner."
The band will also play as follows:
Wednesday. September ., United
States Capitol: Thursday. September
3. Sylvan Theater; Friday, September
4, st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Stransky Opens Mozart
Festival In Baden Baden

Under the inspiring baton OF Jo-
seph Stransky. formerly director of
the New York Philharmonic Orches-
ira, the Mozart musical festival of
1925 was successfully launched on
Sunday evening, August Is, at Baden
Baden, where it will continue melodi-
cally until the night of September L.
",rhe Magic Flute" was the happy
choice for the premier presentation,
and it was made further noteworthy
by the appearance in the cast OF TOUR
American artists, all OF whom acquit-
ted themselves with distinction. This
was particularly true of Miss Lucille
Chalfant, the recent operate debu-
tante. who scored so signally on the
occasion of her Partisan debut, and
who has won new laurelS in The
Magic Flute" prina donna role of
queen of the night. She was most
enthusiastically received. and the
critics noted with fullsome delight
that, for the first time in many years.
the role was sung in the original
key as scored by the composer and
without a single transposltion. the
beauty of her bell-like tones creating
an ovation, and adding still another
personal triumph to her brief but
brilliant record in European opera.
Edward Lakow was the Sarastro, and
other Americans in the cast were
Editha Fleischer and George Meador
of the Metropolitan.
At the conclusion of the Mozart
festival Miss Chalfant will return to
the United States for brief season
of concert recitals in New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Washington
under society auspices, after which
she will spend another year abroad,
gaining added experience in operate
repertoire in Italy.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Studio Secrets.

CHE wanted to see the wheels go
- round That is to say, she wanted
to find out just how these screen
dramas are made that make you thrill
one minute and gulp the next, while
wtping away a tear from the last
sniffie. So the picture editor gave her
a letter of introduction to Charles L.
Mccarthy. the genial and accommo-
dating publicity manager who helps
TO make Paramount Pictures so popu-
lar.
This is what happened:
After a wild taxi ride through a
hotbed of politics TO the region of
Forty-second street and Fifth avenue,
! reached Mr.. McCarthy's office at
Paramount headquarters. Gee. he's a
nice man. I almost didn't have to tell
him what I wanted before he had me
whirling along in another wild taxi to
the Long Island studio of Famous
Players-Lasky. at Astoria.
a. No casting today was the first
thing that smacked me in the eyes
as l opened the doors TO Wonderland.
Then had a lot o. trouble explaining
to the man there that l wasn't new
find from the West, an aspiring star.
nor an obsolete extra. and thanks TO
Mr.. Mccarthy he let me in.
hiefS ngntS, directors, aSelsLaIlJ III
rectors, carpenters, electricians, cam
eramen and extras all were apparent
ly engaged in making the wonderful
ballroom scene for "A Kiss for Gin
derella believe me, II is truly
wonderful dream for pretty little
Betty Bronson.
But there ain't no romance in
screen actors. There sat Tom Moore.
all rugged up in his king trappings
under the canopy Of his throne and
munching an apple, rather bored at
what was going on. I heard some one
say that Director Brenon had just
shot that scene for the eleventh time
in the endeavoF to make the 500 extras
understand that the scene was q
dream, not a nightmare. Maybe that's
why Mr.. Moore had lost his smile and
turned his attention to what Eve
made Adam do.
Poor me. I Just gasped and looked
and looked and gasped. / knew that
at last / was seeing a photoplay in
the making with real stars. I'm a real
studio and with real inhuman direc-
tors And they were all doing their
darndest for US folks who merely pay
our way, or slip a pass, to see and
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Army Music School Con-
certs.

The Army Music School will give a
concert at Washington Barracks Tues
day at $50 pm. Warrant Officer
Thomas F. Darcy conducting.
The program will be: March, 1.-THE
Noble Commander" (Williams); over
ture, "The Beautiful Galatea" (Suppe):
fox trot, "Waitin' for the Moon"
Brown); trumpet quartet, (a) Sweet
and Low" (Barnby), Cb) Hawaiian
Love Song" (Arr. Dacy), Warrant
Officer Hebert, Staff Sergt. Mel
lado, Staff Sergt. Svec, Sergt.
Papi; air de ballet, fa) Pier
rette" (Hadley), (b) "yalse," op.
81, No. l Chopin; selection. Mile
Modiste" Nerbert); waltz, italian
Nights" (TpbanD: Spanish suite. la
Ferfa" Uacome); fox trot. Summer
Nights" Gohnson); march, General
Lejeune" tBranson); 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner
The Army Music School will also
play concert at judiciary Park
Thursday, September 8. at Tao pm,
and ct Walter Reed General Hospital
Friday, September (. st $50 Pm.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Forty of Sousa's Bandsmen
Are College Men.

That the silver cornet" band of
the small town gradually is yielding
to the college and university as the
recruiting ground for brass band
musicians is the statement of Lieut.
Comdr. John Philip Sousa. who this
season will make his third-of-a cen
tury tour at the head OF his famous
organization. This year the sousa
personnel of more than 100 men will
include about 40 college and uni
versity graduates, students and for
mer students.
Throughout most of his musical
career. Sousa has been looking to
sElall-town America for his most
promising new blood. Small-city brass
bands, always source of local
pride, have yielded the big organiza.
ton many cornetists, saxophonists
and trombonists. But a few years
ago Sousa began to notice an occa-
sional college boy In his ensemble
entire band will be composed of col.
lege men,.
A few of Sousa's college musicians,
of course, received their elementary
training in the small-town bands.
But courses in band music have been
added to the curricula of many schools
of higher learning. Perhaps a stu
dent completes q course in band music
and comes to Sousa to begin a life
career. Or. perhaps, he earns with
his trombone or clarinet the wages
which will enable him a year later
to return to his university for the re-
mafnder of his course in law or medi-
cine.
other qualifications being equal. the
college man, Of course. has the prefer
ence when Sousa's roll for the season
is made up. The Sousa bandsman
must not only be a capable performer
upon his chosen instrument-he must
be clean-cut and intelligent as we'll.
and college men may be counted upon
for these virtues.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Quick Thinking Saves
Werrenrath in Crisis

Quick thinking Is needed to save art
lists from predicaments' that arise on
the concert platform. according to
Reinald Werrenrath. the noted bari
tone, who recently spent several days
in Washington, and will appear here
in the Peggy Albion series October 10.
Werrenrath was singing one night
In Carnegie Hall, New York, when he
suddenly found himself in that guam
dairy experienced occasionally by any
one having a repertoire Of s0.some
numbers-he could net recall q eer-
tain line in .'Ringers," which number
he already was singing. Instead OF
slurring over the passage, WEARY"
stopped. and to his audience con-
fessed:
"You know, have sung this $4,000
times, but tonight. for the life Of me.
can't remember the line which comes
next"
The artists frankness was applaud
ed enthusiastically, and<in addition at
least SO persons in the audience called
out to him the forgotten words.
Thanking them, Weary sang the
line and the rest of the song.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Swanee to Open Septem-
Der Ia.

Preparations are going forward
rapidly for the Fall opening of Swanee,
the Meyer Davis ballroom de luxe
under the Earle Theater. According
to the present program Swanes will
be opened on September IL. On the
week of September Z the Swanee Syn
scopaters, led by AL Kamons. will be a
feature of the Earle Theater. Re-
hearsals Of this act are now In prog
ress, and q group of highly colorful
orchestral numbers especially suited
for vaudeville presentation have been
developed.
j. w. Wood, manager of Chevy
Chase Lake. and one Of the most able
of the younger Meyer Davis execu-
tives, is taking a brief vacation, the
greater part Of which will be spent In
Canada.
The Meyer Davis Society Orchestra
is playing for the horse show being
held at Warrenton, Va, this week.
Sunday evening concerts by the
Spencer T ,pman Hotel Mayflower Or
chestra will be an attractive feature
of the presidential room OF the May.
flower during the Autumn. The mum.
bers played by the orchestrs will Be
supplemented by attractive vaud0vfflS
specialties from week to NDsk.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Army Band Concert.

THE Army Band, Capt. II. G. Sher-
man, commanding. and Capt.
W. J. Stannard. directing, is sched-
uled to present four concerts this
week For each of the four an In
teresting program has been arranged.
The first will be given at Logan Park,
Fourteenth between V and w streets,
Anacostia, the opening march start
ing at 1880 pm. tomorrow.
Tuesday, September l, will find the
Army Band at Walter Reed General
Hospital, under the baton OF Capt.
Stannard. Two numbers at this con-
cert are 'The Mill on the Cliff" by
Reissinger, and that most remarkable
tone poem, LES Preludes," by Liszt.
Assistant Bandleader l.. 8. Yassel
will direct Thursdays program at
Mount Alto Hospital, the first number
commencing at pm.
Friday. September 4, will be given
over to the regular post concert at
Washington Barracks. Starting at
$50 pm. an hour-and-a-half program
will be rendered, to which the public
is invited.
On Saturday. September 5, a large
audience is expected at the Sylvan
Theater. An imposing array Of mu-
sical gems will be played, which will
be sent out to thousands of Army
Band followers through stations
wCAP and associated companies. The
full band of 80 pieces will be en-
ployed with Capt. Stannard directing.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

member of the cast in this story of
the Far East, in which are also fea-
tured Percy Marmont, Noah Beery
and Raymond Hatton.
Fred Datig. the man who knows
fifty thousand faces" and who has
been made casting director of Para
mounts West Coast studio. is said TO
be the oldest casting director in mo-
ton pictures. He estimates that he
has cast nearly a half million actors
during the last decade.
Among the famous people who are
watching Rex Ingram direct Mare
Nostrum" in France is Mary Garden,
IL is said.
Canada may enter into the picture
production field on a large scale, it is
rumored. Deputy Minister w. J.
Healy of Manitoba has been in Gull
yer City recently collecting data on
American picture production for
Canadian financiers.
Clara Bow in kiss Me Again
made a hit with young New York
lawyer, who has offered her a job as
stenographer, because. he wrote her,
II was greatly impressed with your
speed Gn taking dictation, of course)
III hiSS Ale AGAIN.
Alyce Mills says that although the
painted knee Is declared to be the
latest vogue I'm Paris and New York,
it seems to be passe in the place
where 1t originated, the South Sea
Islands. where the star has been max.
ing scenes for with This Ring" Fan.
ME Heaslip Lees story.
Pomona (Calif.) foot ball fans may
have an opportunity for little pre-.
season roofing soon, according to Di-
rector Wesley Ruggles, who is MAX
ing 'The Plastic Age and who has
requested the residents of the town to
form a roofing gallery" for a foot
ball game to be staged as the big
climatic sequence.
Douglas MacLean began production
OF his initial Paramount comedy,
Seven Keys to Baldpate," this week
with a location trip to San Diego.
Edith Roberts has the chief feminine
rolei while Crawford Kent and Anders
Randolph also appear in the cast.
Gloria Swanson's new picture, 'FThe
Coast of Folly" is the perturbation of
Conigsby Dawson's popular novel.
Thomas Meighan is on the Levia.
than homeward bound, after working
for three weeks in picturesque sites
about Dublin, Lake Killarney and
Blarney Castle, Ireland, on scenes of
Irish Luck" his latest film, adapted
from 1.-THE Imperfect Imposter." Mr..
Meighan is expected to arrive Monday.
Accompanying him are Lois Wilson,
who plays the heroine; Victor Heer-
man, the director; Tom j. Geraghty,
supervisor of Mr.. Meighan's produc.
tions. and technical members of the
unit.
Michael Arlen, the clever British
| writer, who has just arrived here, will
go to Hollywood next month to per-
sonally aid In the adaptation of Gross.
roads of the World" his original story
for Pola Negri. At present Miss Negri
is engaged in making Flower of
Night" written especially for her by
Joseph Hergesheimer.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

knock. maybe. the picture when il Is
done. But III never knock again. Ny
what an experience IL was. I could
almost feel that I was part of the
picture and that the picture was the
real thing.
Next. Mr.. Mccarthy gently chased
me over to where the great director
D. w. Griffith. and Carol Dempster
were doing a small scene for "Salh
of the Sawdust." Two cameras were
clicking their clickiest about two feet
from Miss Dempster. who was reg
istering what l thought were glyce-
rine tears-because | do know some
things. Mr.. Griffith told me thev'
weren't. He said they were drops Of
perspiration brewed by the Kleig
lights. and l believed him. lie is
very nice man. / couldn't tell, though
whether Miss Dempster is blonde or
brunette, because the poor girl looked
greenish like because OF the Klieg
lights. And I was ashamed TO ask
Mr.. Griffith.
Next, Mr.. Mccarthy had me shot
right over 10 Mr.. Hal Hall, publicit,.
director for First National. Their
studios are up on One Hundred and
Seventy fifth street. They didu't
have out a sign No Casting To-day
but, oh, the stars and the high lights
They quickly made me feel perfect
ly at home; and 1 did enjoy looking ar
Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon and
Miss Cassinelli. And I liked Director
Hillyer, too. They invited me 70 have
lunch with them. Could heaven be
sweeter?
II don't know whether I drank our
of the finger bowl or seemed to be
trying TO cut my throat with a knife
L was with the stars. l didn't thinl
about table manners. And oh, how
human they all are. just loved them
I saw Milton Sills getting q nice
shoeshine spoiled by Miss KENYON.
and Director Hughes making a scene
of an unnamed picture and then
almost forget. But in a few minutes
L found myself whirling back in a
wild taxi to Times Square and Forty
second street. It had been a won
derful experience and some day 7
hope to be able to write about it.
But that night, from my hotel
as watched the long lines of people
crowding to get into the different
theaters, 1 wondered how many OF
them knew or could realize that the
beautiful entertainment that holds
them for an hour or two had been
the hard labor of perhaps thousands
for weeks and even months to show
them the barren wastes of SNOW y
bound Alaska, or the wave.kissed
shores of sunny Florida, without as
much as a frozen finger tip or even n
moderate case of sunburn."
Evening star., 1925-08-30
National American Ballet
Plans Concerts

An innovation in things musical will
be the twilight concerts to be given
by the National American Ballet at
the Washington Auditorium on Sun
day afternoon, at o'clock. The open
ing date of the series will be an
nounced in a short time and it will be
in September.
Similar concerts will be given by the
same organization in Baltimore and
Richmond.
Famous American and European
artists win appear in vocal. instru-
mental and dancing numbers. Special
attention will be given to the revival
of the old spirit of American music
and folk songs, and old-fashioned
music as well as semi-classic produc-
tions will be presented. At all these
concerts feature of the performance
will be solo dance numbers by Desiree
Lubovske, the famous premier dan
Seuse.