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The Washington times., 1926-03-12
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chicago Grain

CHICAGO, March 10. = Grains
opened nrmer today.
Wheat started q to Ike higher
with general buying on the strong
cables. Some realizing was met on
the upturn. but offerings were well
taken.
Corn met with scattered buying
and on limited offerings. advanced
* to 15zc early.
Oats started unchanged to &c
The Washington times., 1926-03-12
New York Coffee Market

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
coffee market was irregular at the
opening today, with prices from
points lower to points higher.
May, $17.SS, up 3; July, 1861. down
8; September, 1920, down 8.
The Washington times., 1926-03-12
New YORK TEXTILES

NEW YORK. March 12.-TexfiIe
prices were Irregular today. Print
cloths and sheeting eased of one
eighth of cent: couvertibles were
quiet and irregular:1 tire fabrics
markets were irregular. with prices
ct last wears low. Wool markets
were quiet: raw silk again lower.
The Washington times., 1926-03-12
Short Term Securities
FURNISHED BY w ,. Hlha. 9 Co
Foreign Honds

FURNISHED by ". =. Hibbs . Col
French - sequences. ses.eesseee "
French IS ssssss.seseessssss.e 81
French Premium So .s.ss...s..s... =
Brftish Victor la,.......... as
National War Loan ss.......... k2e
war I.oan ....,.... sol
Italian Notes Of l925ssss.s.s...s.. 81
ltailan % .......sseesssssss. "
BeIgian Restoration So ....s.s.es.. 81
belgian Premium ss.............. -
The Washington times., 1926-03-12
Brokers Loans Decrease

Brokers loans BY member banks
~ the Federal Reserve system in
New York for the week ending
reduction OF $50. 939. coo from the
preceding week. the Treasury an
ilounced today.
The Washington times., 1926-03-12
cIearing House Statement

NEW YORK, March 12.-CIear-
ing house statement: Exchanges,
81 ,079, O00, 900: balances, $94 1000. 900.
Federal reserve bank'A credit bal.
ance, $81 ,00O, OOA.
The Washington times., 1926-03-12

WINNIPEG, March 12.-Opening
wheat prices were: May, $3.50, up
IN; July, $1.4S, up Is; October.
$1.33, up IL.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
ACTING, SCENERY
 PARTS OF OPERA
These Things Now Are Con-
 Sidered an Asset

Chicago, Aug. 20 Pl-A quarter of century devoted to giving grand opera the variety of background which opera demands. has ended here for John Ambrose Bassett, master of hydraulic apparatus un- der the stage at the Auditorium.
 Vast changes have been wrought in my time" he said the day he re- signed, past seventy years of age. Forty years ago the opera going public was satisfied with music. To- day it demands sight as we'll as sound, a spectacle with music, and that the singers be actors and act resses as well.
 Demand Scenic Acting
 When I first heard The Lady of Lyons fifty years ago, one of the leading characters came on stage with his sheet music m his hand. That would not be tolerated today. Even rapturous singing such as our Chicago Civic Opera has had. is not enough. The public demands scenery with the singing.
 Demand for scenery gave me a job. I've heard all the operas here, but always from under the stage with my hydraulic apparatus, trap doors and pits. Only once did my hydraulic rams slip at such time as to give me a memorable experi- ence. It supported the stairway out side q house in a mountainside town. The stair rail broke. AS I was mending 1t Mme Calve, the soprano, approached me.
 Quip With Mime. Calve
 Where's my dressing room 9 she 
 Whats the number? I asked.
 "'Don't ask me what the number s she stamped
 "Don't ask me where it is them" I said.
 There is no use signing for the great artists of long ago, for the great of today are just as great" Mr. Bassett said. And moral status of those connected with operatic life lhs immeasurably improved through he years.
 We would not say who we like best but Cali Curci was one of the sweetest haracters-almost angelic at all times"
 Lately some of the spectacular use of hydraulic rams. mostly in German operas, as the ascension scene in Faust, have been superseded oy the use of lights. Marguerite may ascend to heaven much more ef- actively, under the play of electric | ights, than at the top of the hydrau- ic, he declared
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
Miss of 15 Years Ranks
 High in Tennis World

st, Gabriel, La. Aug 29 Pl-At fifteen years of age Doris Leblanc Is one of the promising women ten- his players of the south.
 Mis- Leblanc went to the South ern tournament In New Orleans where she entered both the senior women's singles and the mixed doubles. In the former she went to the finals without losing a set. only 10 bow to Miss Irving Murphy. of
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
PICTURES VIKINGS
 DISCOVERING LAND
Author Completing Book on
 Early Explorers

New York. Aug, 20 PA-How the Viking discoverer of America first set foot n the new continent is a freshly painted picture of American | history which an author will soon present. -E.'
 Two sagas offer nearly all that history knows of the Morse discovery of North America 500 years before 1 Columbus the Saga of Eric the Red and the Saga of Thorfinn Karl sefni Imagination to history. as serts Clara Sharpe Hough, author of Jeff the Lucky" to be published by the Century Company.
 In her romance, Mrs. Hough gives this conception of the Morse land ing for comparison with the morr familiar debarkation of Columbus:
 At sunset the Grey Gull took her way lightly through a surge of breakers to the sandy shore of all island that lay bright with verdure and fragrant after the cold smell of the sea.
 Now the old light was back in Jeff Eriksson's blue eyes, as in his damp blue coat, his. winged helmet on his head once more, he swung up the shingled incline where no shod foot had ever tracked before.
 Triumph was in the set of his broad shoulders and the swing of his step. Blood of his father and his fathers father and all those who had gone before him sang paen in his veins. He had found the new land - another new land. as Red Erik had come on Greenland in his youth. as Erik's father Thorwald had come on the rock ribbed land beyond Britain. As earlier Vikings had found the Hebrides and Iceland. He, Jeff the Lucky. was greatest of them all. His new land was furth- est west. -
 Turning to his followers, who on damp and solid earth behind him and bent eager eyes he flung an arm toward the green upland.
 Seek water yonder,' he directed | briefly. Thus the first speech made 1 by the discoverer of the New | World"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20

New Orleans, who became Southern women's tennis champion for the seventh consecutive time.
 In the mixed doubles Miss Leblanc played with the veteran Mills New ton. With him she again went into the finals only to lose the champion ship in this class to Miss Murphy and Maurice Bayon, of New Or leans.
 Having just completed her junior year in high school, Miss Leblanc began playing tennis when she was eleven years old. She learned the game on the single court this will lage boasts.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
Wild Life Still ROams
 Virgin Superior Forests

Duluth, Minn., Aug. 20 P(--Pri- meval forests, where moose, deer and bear roam. and eagles fly. may still be found untouched by log gers axe, in parts of the Superior National forest.
 Situated along the Canadian boundary line, just west of Lake Superior in Lake and Cooke coun- ties, the National forest covers 1,250.000 acres. Each year some mature timber is harvested, but 1t is all done under direction of the |. s. Forest Service, by private com- panies. No more is cut that the an- nual growth, so the forest may be perpetuated, and much of the vast district has never head the ring of an axe. .t .---..
 The United States once issued a
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
Little girl suffers five years from unusual skin trouble
 Resinol relieves and heals

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. D. Sometime ago my little girls whole body became dry and scaly. The skin where her shoes were laced and under her toes cracked open, which made it very painful. We were advised to keep her skin soft with a good cold cream or pure lard and fer five years I have spent many hours and used numerous half-pound cans of cold cream, but to no avail. As she grew older the trouble gradually became worse un- til I remeubered that when she was baby I had cured bad case of eczema by using Resinol Soap and Ointment. e
 So for three weeks she has had no other soap on her skin and 1 cannot begin to tell you how much improvement has heen made. Her feet are almost normal and the rest of her body is better than it ha; been for years. Up to this time I had never been able to bathe her oftener than was Mz absolutely necessa- =--.=.s.:-- s '.',.',| ,: }. ]. E E
 ", put Iess REsINoI wonder
 ful soap actually makes her skin moist and rosy, whereas befora, soap and water made her look and feel parched and dry even after a liberal application of grease" (Siened) Mrs. Edwina Vanderleest,
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20

Red diamonds are more rare than blue. and blue rare than green, amber and citron diamonds being valuable but comparatively. common.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20

The United States once issued a gold coin with a face value of $50.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20

SAMPLES from the Jamestown Lounge Companys exhibit o at Grand Rapids have just been received and will go sale tomorrow
 Formerly have had from two to three carloads of each seasons samples but this year only carload will be avail able Last February two and half carload purchase samples was sold out in two days in order to give all equal opportunity to inspect the Agust samples we will offer them in day sale-Saturday
 There are only about fifteen suites in this shipment in addition to the odd pieces but only part of them are listed here The others just being unpacked when this an- nouncement written could be included in our des crpon However those listed will give idea of the inter- esting values to be offered
 Each suite or piece is design or has new con- bnaton of covers shown before and from identical pieces that dealers throughout the country purchased their fall stocks.
 Mir Clarence Berquist representative of the Jamestown Lounge Company will be hand Saturday meet those who wish to inspect the Grand Rapids Samples He will be glad to explain the design and construction pieces and will personally take care of special orders
 Come and this little bit of the great Grand Rapids Market which we have ranspanted to Manchester Store open at A. M. and closed at P M, tomorrow
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
ARE YOU READY?
DAY NOV. 2!

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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
A WET SPOKESMAN
FOR CHICAGO

Mr.. Chas. " Barrett, of Chicago, as
suming to speak for the Republican party
OF Cook county, as reported by the Chi
cago Tribune recently, said: The Vol
stead act has brought about such a con-
;ion of affairs in every large commu-
nty that in Our opinion it is imperative
modification be effected Immediately to
permit the sale of light wines and beer"
If the conditions in the circles in which
Mr.. Barrett moves or concerning which
he has intimate knowledge are as de-
plorable as he intimates, the fault cam
not with straight face be shifted to the
Nolstead Act unless the man who at
tempts to turn that trick holds his tongue
ii. his cheek while doing it.
The responsibility lies at the door of
Mr. Barrett and other petty politicians OF
his type in both political camps who
through the judges and other admins
trative officials whom they control, have
in Chicago and Cook county, done what
they could to belittle the law of their
state and to virtually nullify that part of
the Constitution which they do not hap
pen to like.
Mr.. Barrett is SO thirsty for change
in the law in order that wine and beer
can legally be manufactured and sold
again in Cook County that he claims 1t
is imperative that modification be eff
fected immediately
But only Congress can furnish the re-
lief so ardently desired. The Congress
which meets in Washington in December
is so dry that no relief can be hoped for
at that time. The one wL..ch will contain
the members elected this fall will, from
present indications, be dryer than the
present one SO it looks as though MIR.
Barrett, to paint the rosiest hue possible,
upon the eastern sky-is due for long
dry SPELL
"Hope deferred it is said, "maketh the
heart sick"
We are confident that Mr.. Barrett will
be much sicker before he is better.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
THE RUINATION OF PEORIA
How Prohibition Destroyed 1t

Before Prohibition came, Peoria was
the great whisky producing center OF the
nation. It's thirteen distilleries manufac-
tured practically one-half the distilled
damnation our country then offered for
sale. 1t was "the hell of corn for the
glorious harvests of the Illinois prairies.
Whisky was its basic industry, Hall OF
the internal revenue of the government OF
the United States from whisky, or a total
OF $36,0O0,000 year, was paid by the Pc
oria disti1leres. The tax was $1.l0 gal
lcn-one hundred thousand day.
When prohibition came, seven years
ago, it was regarded as a financial blight
darker than the plaques OF Egypt. So
many keen business men OF the city
thought and said.
What has been the result OF the Pro
hibtion blight upon this important in
dustrial center?
The employment of labor is several
per cent higher than even i'll the world
war time when as everyone knows, the
amount of labor employed was altogeth-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
THE FRENCH Wine INTERESTS

the sale with
the fnanci assist o lie we France
the
n
can safely S nconsideabe
with headquarters
Brussels of Prohibition
Eighteenth Amendment upheld this the
land beyond
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01

famed distillery city-one firm shipping
5000 tons a day.
Peoria is now building a sixtccn-story
81 100000 hotel and her population has
increased more in five years since 1920
when the prohibition blight" came than
in the ten years before that terrible dis
aster.
In view of these facts will some one
kindly page the Chicago Tribune from
whose brilliant correspondent. Mr.. Ben
nett most of the information for the
above article was secured.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
Answer Of Federal Government
to Challenge of the Vets
YellOwley Tells of One
Years Work

Prohibition Administrator Z. c. Yel-
1owley has completed his first years work
in the Chicago area. His headquarters
are in Chicago and the territory over
which he has supervision includes Chi
cago and adjacent territory in Illinois, In.
diana and Wisconsin,
To the persistent monotonous and abb
solutely false cry of the vets that 'the law
cannot be enforced" the Federal govern
ment through one of its most efficient en-
forcement officials in the person of Mr..
Yellowley, makes reply with series of ac-
complished facts for the past year i'll the
language which even the lawless vets can
understand.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
er abnormal.

Ct dUHUI IiIdI.
Practically all of its distleries have
been turned into manufacturing plants
OF foods and other useful products. There
has been an increase of sixty per cent in
its factory pay rolls in the last two years.
The alcohol production that in the old
distllery days went into the manufacture
ufacture of paints, varnisheS and chemi-
Gals.
Large quantities OF live stock and poul-
try foods are being produced in this long
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01

Since 1913 savings deposits of the coun-
try have increased from $9000,0O0000 to
more than $23,0OOO0O0OO, while the
wages paid in dry 1925 totaled more than
double the wages paid in wet 1913.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
Soft Drink Parlors Closed

There have been Az soft drink parlors
"padlocked, closed for a year, for viola
ton of the Prohibition Law. 65 of these
were put-out-of-business in June. 1t is
we'll known fact that most of the so-called
soft drink parlors" in. Chicago ami else
where are to all interests and purposes sa-
looms
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01
Drug Stores

4 ne most SPAllcn'ptiDlc Oh IL Hu1EIf taW
violators are those men who, under the
respectable covering of drug store are
running a law defying saloon and bringing
into disrepute a respectable and honored
business.
During the year 40 drug stores in the
Chicago area have been closed for year
and in addition to this their permits have
been revoked and criminal proceedings
have been instituted against them.
Structures housing fifteen wildcat and
two permit breweries (permtted by the
government to manufacture near beer)
were closed by injunction for one year.
Other Places Closed
Among other places closed by injunc-
ton for year in Illinois, are included
81 residences and five apartment houses,
for gross violations of the law
In addition to all this, As restaurants,
nine cabarets, nineteen cafes and SO road
houses were put out of business, with a
government paddock A total of 1883
doors have been closed by injunction by
Mr. Yellowley in the II months he has
been located in Chicago
Law Can Be Enforced
The law can be and is being enforced by
the Federal government in the large CEN
ters of population wherever honest Off
Gals are back of the law.
The law can be and is being enforced
in the rural counties where the Judge the
States Attorney and Sheriff regard their
oath of Office as sacred pledge to the
voters who have honored these officials
with an election to their important posi-
tions.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-18
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et with Senator Pepper and received
 the Republican gubernatorial nom- nation had the leagues endorse ment said Wheeler. The committee l had on hand today Charles Ander- son, Pittsburgh labor leader and Ware supporter, who was directed i by Chairman Reed, after a brief ex- animation last night to "come here sober tomorrow" Before he was called. Dr. l.. D. Peeles of Parnasus Pennsylvania who said he had charge of the second degree in the Klavalier of the Ku Klux Klan. was ques- toned. klan members were largely for Pinchot, he said, but leaders of the order made no attempt to use their influence in the governors be- half.
 The committees figures on the to- tai cost of the three-way campaign have received few additions for sey- eral days, but it was not finished with this angle of its probate. This was clearly indicated with the pub lication this morning Of the filing of committee reports with the state bureau of elections at Harrisburg, showing expenditures of S1,620.0Q0 in behalf of the Pepper-Fisher tick ct. The last official computation of the senate committees figures on this race placed the total of amounts reported thus far around $1,045,000.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-18
May Need Money at Once
 For Condemned School

r. will be necessary to ask the board of finance and taxation to meet in special session and appropri- ate funds with which to recondition the condemned Smith school, unless minor repairs will suffice. Chairman P. r. King Of the school committee said this afternoon.
 The building inspectors statement accompanying his notice that the building should be vacated indicates extensive alterations including the ripping out Of the entire east wall will be required.
 An architect is now making q survey of floor wall and roof condi- tions and will also study the founda- tion requirements, presenting an esti- mate Of tho cost to the committee. Since the work must be done before the reopening of school in September the board is anxious that no delays be occasioned.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-18
COLLEGE GIRLS CAN NOT
 SMOKE WITH MODERATION
Ncigthcr Can They Smoke Like Ladies' Smith President
 ln no.
Declares.

Northampton, Mass, June IS Pt- College girls cannot yet smoke with moderation. or like ladies. or like gentlemen," President William Allan Nelson Of Smith college said today in an address at the final chapel services at the college. Dis cussing the action of the smith col lege student government in allowing the students 10 smoke, the president said:
 "The attitude of the families of the students has changed. If the administration trusts the student government association to make de- cisions on these matters it must be prepared 10 stand by what it thinks their mistakes as well as their wis dom. IL has done so in this case at the cost of many protests and a, the cost of much ofense to good people and friends of the college. but be- lieying that keeping faith with the students in this matter of self-gOv- ernmcnt was of more importance than those matters of manners and health which seem to some to be compromised.
 Like all young things learning new habits they have smoked awk wardly. They cannot yet smoke with moderation, or like ladies. or like gentlemen. l believe that this perfectly natural abandon in the uso of a new privilege will gradually subside. Meanwhile the present sit nation must bn formally acknowl- edged 10 be inc outcome of th" principle of education with which we arc proceeding and we have no other apology 10 make"
New Britain herald., 1926-06-18
Finds But One Old Timer With Whom He Could Talk

Oswego. \. r., June IS [P)-John D. Rockefeller, ST, found only one person with whom he was able 10 talk about the days when he was q boy in this vicinity. during his visit in this section. as far as is known here. This person is Mrs. Susan J. Life, for many years head Of Rye seminary. who is spending tho sum- mer at her home here. She is more than % VI: , old. For an hour yesterday Mir. Rockefeller talked with her after calling upon hor with Mrs. Fannie Evans o9 Fridge port, Conn, his cousin. and Mrs, Ira Warner.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-18
TO GET PLYMOUTH STONES

A delegation from this city in charge of A. P. Marsh. secretary of the Connecticut Motor Truck asso- citation. and a delegation from Newington in charge Of former Representative H. E. Erwin, will motor 10 Plymouth, Mass, tomor- row to obtain four stones from near Plymouth rock, to be placed in memorials in different parts of the country.