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cationaI development of the countrys
resources, and for this work she has
RECEIVED membership IN several
learned societies. She is a writer Of
magazine articles ON educational mo-
ton pictures and philosophy and has
lived in Washington since 1913.
During the past year Miss BoSgS
has served as second. vice president
In charge of the study groups for
productive writing and the Isabel
Anderson contest, During the COM
ing year she plans to develop the
league along literary lines and to
continue the old English Coffee House
SYmpoSiums.
At the June business meeting,
which was held Friday evening, plans
for the coming year were talked over
and tentative program outlined.
The league will resume it's activities
in September.
The Susan b. Anthony Foundation
held special meeting Tuesday eve
ming at the Arlington Hotel, Mrs.
Clara O'Brien McCrone presiding.
The report of the president, Mrs
McCrone, shows such progress as to
renew faith In Mrs. Anthony's slogan
failure is impossible"
Report of the ways and means com
mittee, Mrs. Leon Arnold. chairman.
showed earnest work with satisfac-
tory results.
Extensive constructive work has
been carried on in the State of Mary
land by Mrs. Virginia Peters Park.
hurst.
A committee to revise the bylaws,
Mrs. George Seibold, chairman, was
appointed. -..,s-
Work of a social nature will be
carried on by the circles during the
Summer months.
V0teIess District Of Columbia League
of Women VOteTs-The first meeting
next Fail vii probably be held Octo-
Der 10. at the home of Mrs. Clifford
Pinchot. honoring the officers Of the
National League, and with Miss Belle
Sherwin as speaker.
Mrs Edward p. costigan, the new
District president. announces that
monthly bulletin of local league activi-
ties will be issued, beginning with an
October number, which will carry out
lines of the years work ahead by the
various committee chairmen, lmpor'
taalt national news Of interest will also
be noted.
TIL new board for the year 1927-192S
includes: Mrs. Edward p. Costigan
president; Mrs Laura A, Williams
first vice president; Mrs. Charles l.
McNary, second vice president; Mrs
James G. Cumming, recording secre
,tary; Mrs. Helen Gardner Cotton, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Harwooc
IRead, treasurer; directors. Mrs. George
NV. Eastment, Mrs. Albert Putney
Mrs George A. Kicker and Mrs. Nor
man Titus: committees, Mrs. WILLIAMS
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WOMEN HELP BARRIERS.
Partisan Shops Chiefly Patronized
by Feminine Sex. -.

PARIS, June II G4).-Parisian wonn-
en- are well on the way to controlling
the barber trade. IN
One of every five shops here is<de-
voted exclusively to hair-dressing and
the other four cater to the women in
marked fashion. There are no stats
tics, but it is noticeable that man
plays second fiddle in most of the
shops. ~
The women spend well. tip we'll and
insist on good service. They get the
best r-dressers-for in France bar
bers always are -dressers-an
their influence Is apparent in the way
old.fashioned places are Sticking up
with fresh paint and carrying a full
line OF cosmetics. WI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Pine-Needle Wool Appears.

Wool is being made from pine
needles by process perfected in Ger
many. The resin in the needles is re-
moved by chemicals. leaving q pine
wool" of fine strong fibers similar 10
hemp, which are woven into heavy
fabrics. The resin extracted is pressed
into briquettes, which give a high heat
that is valuable in the manufacture
of Illuminating gas.
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Builds Microscopic Motor.

FRIEND. Nebr.. June 11.-What
may be the smallest electrical motor
in the world has been built by Emanuel
Kahn, matchmaker. The motor is onlg
half as high as a dime and weighs bat
100 grains. Kahn made it under =
powerful magnifying glass. Power Is
furnished by battery of three volts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

William v. Cushing, 8. U. ". Aux
iliary No. 4, finance committee met
recently at the home Of Past Presi.
dent, Isabelle Champion. All COM
mittee reports were favorable. Special
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side at the table.
Members of the
hospitality o M
mites WIN assist.
Club members are
invited to come
in for a chat over
a cup of tea with
old friends in the
club and meet the
new members who
attend,
Miss Florence
Bell. chairman OF
the tennis section,
has the a d q 9 q
honor of being
chairman of the
committee t h a t
sp O sore d the
"a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
OPPOSES CHINESE.
State Legislature Of Zacatertas
Urges Mexican Restrictions. ~

MEXICO CITY, June II H14-
Stringent restrictions on Chinese are
urged upon the Mexican congress by
the State Legislature of Zacatenas.z
Declaring that cheap Chinese labor
should be prevented from competing
with Mexican labor, the Zacatenas
Legislature asks the expulsion from
Mexico of all Chinese who have en-
tered the country clandestinely, the
prohibition of marriages between
Mexican women and Chinese, the seq
regation of Chinese who are per-
mitted to remain in Mexico and the
rigid limitation of the number of
Chinese permitted to enter Mexico
hereafter.
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M -
cial f CO n omics,
which is affiliated
with mora than q
hundred univer-
sites and. OBJ
feges of t h e
United States,
The bureau is in
ter a tienal in
scope and has for
its aim the pro-
noting of amity
between nations
through vi s u a !
education. M | s S
Roggs has been
the guest of many
foreign govern
nents as an ex-
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W0Hlen'a City Cluh.-The usual
Aea hour at s O'Clock at the clubhouse,
2s jackson place, will be observed this
afternoon. Miss Hazel Swift will pre-
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There are few, If any, antique stores
in London which Queen Mary has not
visited or does not know about.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs - Receipts, $4,000; market
steady. Top, $3.50; bulk, $7.65@8.75;
heavy weight, $s.25@s.s0; medium
weight, $S.15@8.75; light weight,
$775@S.50; lignt lights, $7.5O@8.25;
packing sows, $7.25@S; pigs, $7@
IT'S; holdovers, 1000.
Cattle - Receipts. 1000; market
strong. Calves: Receipts, 1900; mar
ket steady. Beef steers: Good and
choice, $16@1S: common and medium,
$S@15; yearlings, $s@1s. Butcher
cattle: Heifers, $6@13: cows. 5000;
bulls, $6@9: calves, $11@13.5o; feeder
steers, $s.50@11; stocker steers, $50
1925; stocker cows and heifers,
$4.50@S.
Sheep Receipts, 10000; market
steady. Medium and choice lambs,
$13@13.75; culls and common, 500
11.5O; yearlings. $S@11; common and
choice ewes. $4@7; feeder lambs,
S12.50613.50.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22

afraid to go his own way: he has
little reverence for standpatism.
But his nomination assuredly
would not cause the filters Of the
country's pay envelopes to lie
awake nights.
Ex-Governor Lowden has made
himself known best by his un-.
ceasing advocacy OF better treat.
ment FOR our farmers. But that
does not mean that he is even re-
motely antl-capital. Nor Is any
other Republican now viewed al
at all likely to be nominated re-
garded as dangerous.
Let lis, then. firmly make up
our minds that the presidential
election need not and shall not
interfere in the slightest with our
industrial and business plans for
1928. Let US cease being fright.
ened by this old bogey-nan. Let
us cease acting as a nation Of
economic i,literates.
Copyright. 1927. by B. c. Forbes)
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
COPPER STOCKS
AGAIN LEAD

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Aggres-
sive buying of the steel and copper
stocks in the first period today, ac-
companied the sharp advance in
prices of a score or more of the
best known Shares in these groups.
New leaders were brought forward
in various sections of the market,
and prices were generally higher.
Near the end Of the first hour con-
siderable profit-taking appeared, and
the market was irregular.
The extent and effect of "tax.
selling" to establish losses in
matter of considerable importance
in speculative circles. 1t is re-
ported that re-purchasing of stocks
sold in October for this purpose
forms an important part of the cur
rent activities of the stock market.
though short-covering, also to estab.
lish losses, has been going on at a
considerable pace.
Stocks of the copper companies
moved upward in response to
heavy buying demand, and under
the leadership of the same group
that has occupied the limelight in
the last two weeks. international
Nickel scared to new high at
83 in very active trading; American
Metals, Greene Cananea and Ana
conda showed the effects :. of a
broad buying movement. Crucible
Steel led the advance in the inde.
pendent steels.
With the exception of Sinclair,
the oils were duh and heavy, with
Pan-American settling down to a
slightly lower price level. The
turnover in Sinclair was in excess
of $4,000 shares in the first hour.
Rails were again dull and irregu-
lar, with New York Central and
other prominent dividend.payers los
ing a point or more. American
Sugar scored further recovery to
around 80. Motors were unusually
quiet and inclined to sag.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Mother Petitions Court
To Change Family Name

For family reasons" Mrs. Maude
w. Abrams of 2SO2 Twenty-seventh
st, N. W.. has petitioned the Dis.
trict Supreme Court to change her
name and that of her two children
from Abrams to Watson, which was
her maiden narne.
The two children, whose names
she would change, and who Join
her in the petition. are Walter
Scott Abrams and Kenneth Watson
Abrams. The last mentioned wants
his name changed to Kenneth Nicolil
Watson.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
PLENTY
IN 1928
By w. s. COUSINS
International News Services
FINANCIAL EdifoP

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Two i'm
portant facts and factors in the
business world command particular
attention as the year 1927 draws to
a close:
First, the moderate decline in the
years total volume Of business in
the steel, motor and other important
industries; the falling off of freight
car loadings in the so-called harvest
period of the transportation indus.
try; the lower range of net profits
for many of the well-known cor
porations In the steel, motor car,
copper and other important indus.
tries.
Second, the emergence of other
Industries from the state of depres.
sion into which they have been held
since the "deflation period" of 1921.
until their deliverance this year.
These include the important textile
industry. the rubber trade. and
various lines of activity closely
allied thereto.
Conditions Better
While business records and ''ba-
rometers'' show a mild decline in
the output OF mills and factories,
and a smaller market demand for
raw and manufactured goods, busi.
ness leaders are generally of the
opinion that the unfayorable fear
lures Of the decline have been over.
emphasized; that financial and busi-
ness conditions are much better than
they appear on the surface and that
comparisons are made with super
normal" year instead OF measuring
its accomplishments with an average
period.
1t Is also worthy of considera-
tion that 1927 prosperity was dis.
tributed over very wide territory,
as the result of which the dividend
records of American industrial cor.
porations will compare most favor.
ably with that of any previo6s year
In history. not excepting the war
baby and postwar initiation period.
Motors in Lead
The leadership in dividend in
creases was taken by such prominent
concerns as General Motors, United
States Steel, New York Central Rail.
road and other of the best known
corporations. as the result OF which
investment buying of their stocks
and bonds was in unusually large
volume.
Without doubt the outstanding
business development of the wear
was the 100000 decrease in motor
car buying, attributable mostly to
the withdrawal OF tha Ford Motor
Company from the field in prepara-
tion for the production and market
ing OF the new Model A car.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
LOCAL PRnnucE

ESgs-Cufrent receipts, 4Oc; can
died and graded. 4O@42c; white and
brown, No. /. hennery. 42045c;
stale and bad stock not wanted.
Poultry-AliveS Turkeys. top, 40c;
chickens. Plymouth Rocks, 2s124c:
Reds, 2Sc; large hens. 20@21c;
White Leghorn hens, 15@1sc; young
keats. 7O975. Dressed; Turkeys,
42@4Sc; chickens, Csc; large fowl,
22Q25c; Leghorn fowls, 20c; keats,
9Oc9sl,
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market firm. Cal
ifornia crates, Iceberg type, As doz.,
$47505.25; few best high as $3.50.
Florida, Ia -bu. hampers, Big Bos-
ton type, considerable ordinary
quality. sf.5o92; few best high as
$3.50.
Calves-Top, 14@15c; medium, SO
lie.
sheep-Fat. 506c.
Apples-Supplies, moderate. De.
mand, moderate; mraket, steady.
Barrels-Few sales: Sales direct 10
retailers, New York, 215 inches up,
Kings, 2% inches up, $3.50; Vir-
ginia, 21s inches up, Staymans, best,
$3.50; poorer $70S. Boxes; Wash.
ington medium to large size extra
fancy Delicious, $404.25: Spitzen.
bergs best, $3.75; r1pes. $2.756S.25,
extra fancy Staymans, $3@3.25.
Bushel baskets: Virginia, 21s inches
up, Jonathans, $1.S5: ~ inches up,
Staymans. "a inches up. $2.5O@
2.T5; Virginia II. S. No. /. Yorks
21z inches up, $2.25. Pennsylvania,
U. S. No. 2, Romes, 2% inches up,
$1.75@2.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de.
mand light; market steady. South
Carolina. few sales barrels crates
pointed type, $2@2.25; 1K.bu. hamp.
ers whites, 81. Florida. IL -bu.
hampers pointed type, fair quality
and condition, $1@1.25.
Celery--Supplies hbersl; demand
moderate; market about steady. New
York, 2.3 crates, $2@2.25, mostly 81,
poorer low as $3.50. California.
crates, s4.5o95.OO, poorer low as
$3.50
Lettuce-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate: market about steady. Cal
ifornia, Iceberg type. 4.5.doz.. sac
$50. Arizona. crates Iceberg type,
4-5-doz., $3.50@4.00, Florida, 2-doz
crates Big Boston type fine quality
and condition. $2.75; 11a.bu. hamp
pers Big Boston type good to ordi.
nary quality and condition, $500
2.25.
onions--Supplies moderate; de.
mand moderate; marker firm. Mich.
igan, 100-lb. sacks yellows, U. S.
No. 1, medium to large size, $2@
2.25.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate; market steady. New
York, 150-lb. sacks round whites,
U. s. No. /, $3.15@3.25. Michigan,
150-lb. sacks Rdsset Rurals, u. S.
| No. 1, $3.25@3.35. mostly $3.25.
Spinach--Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate: market firm. Vir.
ginia, Norfolk section bushel bas
kets Savoy type, $1.4001.5e.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; de
mand light; market steady. Re-
packs, unknown origin threes ripes
wrapped fancy count $325@3.50
choice count, $2.75@3.Co. Originals
Florida, skies ripes and turning
Wrdppeu 4dHCS COUNT SOsoUWosOu
mostly IS, repacked locally, few sales
skies ripes wrapped, fancy count
81.
String beans-Supplies light. De
mand light. market about steady
Florida, v bushel hampers. green
mostly $3.50. few high as SITS
poorer holdovers. $1.50@2.
Peppers-Supplies light. Demand
light, market dull. Florida, pepper
crates, fancy, $2@2.25. few high Al
$3.50.
Eggplant-Supplies light. Demand
light, market dull, Florida. pepper
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
DR.. Thomas M. Chatard's
Will Filed for Probate

ara, arc who sa died early this month was
bate Court. 1t leaves $3.50 each to
his four servants. Kate Calvin, his
wife's maid; Thomas Hughes. chauf-
feur; James 7. Spriggs, butler, and
Belle Hanley, cook, were the bene.
ficiaries.
Philip v. Won Phul, a nephew,
is left $4,000, and Mary Chatard
Brown and Mary 2. Michel. nieces,
are each left a like sum.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22

crates fancy mostly around 1925,
poorer low as 81.
Carrots-Supplies very light. Too
few sales reported to quote.
Beets-SuppliesE' y light. Demand
light, market dpsR Texas. Western
lettuce crates, punched, $3.50. Flor.
ida, pepper crates, loose, 50.
Cauliflower-Supplies moderate.
Demand light, market steady. Cali.
fornia crates mostly around $3.50,
few high as $2.75.
kale-Supplies moderate. Demand
moderate, market steady. Virginia
Norfolk Section, cloth top veneer
barrels. $1.26@1.4O.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Grains OPEN
ed irregular today. with wheat
Il to sc lower. Corn u to Nc
higher, and oats unchanged to 5Sc
higher.
Opening grain quotations:
Wheat-December, $1.26E; March,
$1.2SX; May, $1.29X to $1.S0A.
Corn-December, S4%c; March,
SS1sc; May, 91A TO &c.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
ATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
Common Stock Buyer
Is AdUised
By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYsER

NEW YORK Dec. 22.-What will be the experience Of
dor+a div bioh nrices
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Forbes SCOTS at 1923
Depression Bugbear
By B. O. FORBES

The presidential campaign should not have any bad effect
upon business.
Every indication that both parties will nominate safe
and candidates. thoroughly understanding the vital
part business plays in the webeing of the nation.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22

A New York inventor has pat
ented a machine to sell tickets
printed in strips that are folded
within It.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Bonus Is Voted

The usual Christmas bonus for
the staff Of the District National
Rank has been voted by the direc-
tors Of the tank.
The directors OF the Second Ma.
tional Bank yesterday declared the
regular senliannua1 per cent divi.
Gend as well as an extra dividend
Of Ia per cent, both payable Janu-
ary ]. The usual Christmas bonus
was, also, voted for employees of
the institution.
The fifth annual Christmas party
given by employees OF the Federal
American National Bank took place
last evening at the Columbia Coun'
try Club. Much favorable comment
has been aroused by the handsome
Christmas tree in the lobby Of the
Federal-American which is lavishly
decorated and surrounded by enough
toys to make many youngsters
happy.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
RESERVE BANK
OPTIMISTIC
By RICHARD HATTON

The most reliable information upon
which to base opinion regarding
banking operations Is sound in the
bulletin issued by the Federal Re
serve Board. According to this Of
ficial publication in the issue re-
leased for publication today, cur
rent banking developments In re-
cent weeks have been characterized
by a continued growth in the out
standing volume of bank credit.
Commercial loans nave been decIin-
ing slightly since the middle of Oc-
tober, when they reached their sea-
sonal peak, but loans on securities
and investments have continued to
increase. The total volume OF loans
and investments of member banks
in leading cities reached $21 500, ,O00.-
900 in November and was larger
than in any previous month.
''Since November of last year this
amount has increased by IA per
cent, compared with an increase of
about 20 per cent in the year ended
in November. 1925. ana SIS per cent
a year earlier. Thus the growth in
the volume of member bank credit
in leading cities has been larger dur
ing the past year than in either OF
the two preceding years though
not as large as in the year ended in
November, 1924, when 1t was ia
per cent.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Rapid Growth

1.-THE rapid growth OF member
bank credit this year has not been
due to an increase in so.called all
other loans which comprise loans
for commercial, agricultural, and
industrial purposes. as well as real
estate loans. That loans extended
to trade and industry have actually
declined during the year Is indi-
Gated by figures of loans and in
vestments for all member banks,
which have recently become avail
able for June 80. 1925 and 1927.
During the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1927, member banks of
the Federal reserve system showed
10 large increase in investments aud
in loans on securities. and an in
crease Of $27e, 900, 900 in real estate
loans. Other loans, however, which
are the closest available measure of
commercial demand for credit,
showed a decrease of $3.50, ,000,0 900
for the year. This decline in COM
mercial loans reflects the sone-
what smaller volume of production
and trade in 1927. compared with
1895, and the lower level OF prices
at which business has been trans.
acted.
THE growth in member bank re-
serve balances. which has been the
first substantial growth of these
balances since 1924, reflects the
growth in 1927 of demand deposits
of member banks which did not
occur in the two preceding years,
and also the growth in the deposits
of New York city banks. where
the reserve requirements are 1S per
cent.
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Volume Of Credit

Total volume OF reserve bank
credit in use has changed but little
for the year, but there has been a
considerable shift from discounts to
United States securities. while ac-
ceptance holdings have declined
slightly. The growth in security
holdings, which has been fairly con-
tinuous since last May and has car.
ried the total to a higher level than
at any time since the end of 1924,
reflects for the most part purchases
Of securities by the reserve banks
to offset the effect on the reserves
of member banks of gold withdraw
ais for export or to be earmarked
for foreign account.
During the three months ending
in November net exports of gold.
largely to Argentina, Brazil. and
Canada. totaled about $4,000. 900.
and during the same period gold
withdrawn from the reserve banks
and earmarked for foreign account
also amounted to about $4,000, 900,
with the consequence that the coun-
try's stock of monetary gold de-
creased by over $3.50, 200. 900, and on
December 1 was lower than at any
time for more than year"
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
Retmrna From Visit

Norman T.. Towson, manager of
the foreign department OF the Wash.
ington Loan and Trust Company,
has just returned from a short va
cation at Atlantic City.
The directors of the Liberty Ma
tional Bank have declared a divi.
dend of $3.50 per share out Of the
earnings of the bank and for the
six months ending December 81, to
be paid to stockholders of record
December 23.
The regular semiannua1 dividend
of per cent declared by the direc-
tors of the Seventh Street Savings
Bank will 20 payable December 81
to stockholders of record Decem-
Der 2S.
David P. Smith has been elected
y director ot the Merchants Trans
Ger and Storage Company. Mr..
Smith is secretary treasurer of the
company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
MT. VERNON NATIVE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. Louisa Chew Was
Daughter of J. A. Washing
ton and Civil War Widow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, July 2
Mrs. Louisa Fontaine Chew, widow
of Col. Roger Preston Chew. com
mander of Chew's Battery of Jeffer-
SON County, in the Civil War, died
last evening about o'clock at her
home on South George street, aged S3
years. Death was due to the inf1rm-
tiles, and followed prolonged illness.
Mrs Chew was the daughter OF
John Augustine Washington, the last
member of the Washington family to
live at Mount Vernon, and was her
self born at Mount Vernon.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Eleanor Washington Howard of
Washington, also born at Mount Yer
non, who is the last member of the
family.
Mrs. Chew came to Jefferson Coun.
ty, w. Va, with her family during
the Civil War. She is also survived
by three children, Roger Chew, with
the Standard Oil Co, New York; Mrs.
Brantz Rosel of Winchester, Va. and
Miss Margaret Preston Chew, at
home. Col. Chew died at his home
here about seven years ago.
Funeral services will be held Sun.
day evening at 5 o'clock at Zion Epis
copal Church. with interment in the
Zion graveyard. Rev. Conrad II.
Goodwin will conduct the services. as.
sisted by Bishop st. George Tucker
and Bishop Beverly Tucker, nephew
and brother-in-law of the deceased.