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COL SAMUEL SYME
i CLAIMEDBY DEATH
Confederate Veteran Dies at
' Age of 85—Long in the
I Treasury Department.
Col. Samuel A. M. Syme, father of
Dr. William 11. Syme and Conrad H.
Syme, a veteran of the Confederate
army, a resident of this City since
13S1, and for a long- period connected
with the United States Treasury De
partment, died at an early hour yes-!
torday morning at hie home In the
Chaumont apartments, 1336 I street,
northwest, aged 85 years.
Col. Symo was a great-grandson
of Col. John Syme. who came to this
country from England about 1730 as
a member of the king’s council goy-!
erning the then Colony of Virginia.
He married Sarah Winston. There
■was one son by that union, who was
known as Col. John Syme 11. His
widow, arrived John Henry and be
came the mother of Patrick Henry.
Col Syme was a son of Dr. William
Henry Syme of Hanover county, near
■Richmond. Va. He was born in Lewie
burg. W. Va.. April 17. 1838. He was
a civil engineer by profession. When
the civil war started in 1861 Col.
Syme enlisted In the Richmond Blues,
a military organisation made up of
the flower of the best families of the
Virginia capital, lb- served with that
command in the West Virginia cam
paign under Gen. Wise and was later
a member of the staffs of Gen. Floyd
and Echols. In 1866. he married Miss
Marv Maxwell Hunt, of Fredericks
burg. Va. He had been connected
with the United States Treasury De
part ment for years. After the close
of the civil war Col. Syme was en
•-aged at his profession in West Vir
ginia and California, coming to
Washington in 1881.
He is survived by five children, Con
rad H. Svme. Dr. William H. Syme.
Miss Jano Grey Syme and Mrs. Eliza
Symo Whitehead of this city and Mrs.
May Maxwell Pratt, wife of Rev.
Hniry Waddell Pratt of Columbia, S. C.
The funeral will be held from Gaw
ler’s undertaking establishment to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Passion flay—Why f Advertise-
Wicnt.
CONGRESSIONAL PARTY
ON TRIP TO COLORADO
Leaves to Inspect Imperial Irri
gation Project and Boulder
Canyon.
T'io United Slates senators and
twenty-one representatives, some of
them accompanied by tHeir wives, left
Washington last night to inspect Im
perial valley and the Boulder canyon
project on tin- Colorado river, and the
reclamation project at Yuma. The
trip is under the auspices of the Im
perial irrigation district. The party
expects t.. reach San Diego Sunday.
The members of Congress in the party
Include;
Senators Ashnrst. Arizona, and Nor
ris. Nebraska: Representatives Davis,
Minnesota; Anthony. Kansas; Cram
ion. Michigan: Shreve. Pennsylvania:
Dickinson. Iowa; I’arlcr. Oklahoma;
Taylor. Colorado: Gridin. New York;
Young. North Dakota; Smith. Idaho;
Little, Kansas; Summe-s. Washington;
Barbour. • ’aliforma: Williamson. South
Dakota; Hayden. Arizona; Hudspeth.
Texas; Raker. California: I.yon. North
Carolina; Bankhead, Alabama; Sinnott,
Oregon, and Swing, California.
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CHARIES P. HANCOCK
CHUBBY DEATH
Funeral for Well Known Business,
Fraternal and Club Man to Be
Held Tomorrow.
CHARLES P. HANCOCK.
Charles Pannell Haneook, well
known in business, fraternal and
club circles, died yesterday at his
home, 3006 Dent place. Georgetown,
aged fifty-six years. The funeral will
be held from the chapel of Glenwood
cemetery, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and the interment will be In
that cemetery.
Mr. Hancock was a native of Albe
marle county, Va.. coming from near
Charlottesville. He had resided In
this city for the past quarter of a
century. He was a photo engraver
by trade, and for a long time had
been in that business here. He was
at the head of the Standard Photo
Engraving Company, at 1212 G street
northwest. Ho was a member of
Washington-Centennial Lodge,, No. 14,
F. A. M.: Knights Templars, the
Shrine. Scottish Rite. Grotto, Gavel
Club. Knights of Pythias, the City
Club. Washington Chamber of Com
merce. Washington Board of Trade
and the American Photo Engraversf
Association.
The funeral will be under the aus
pices of the Masons. He is survived
by bis wife. Mrs. Sallie Elisabeth
Hancock, and three children, John
Paunell Hancock. Louise Henry Han
cock and Elizabeth Winbish Hancock.
WORLD MATCH IN U. S.
The next International match for rifle
championships will be held at Camp
Perry. Ohio. In September, in connec
tion with the national rifle matches.
Great Britain. France. Italy. Switzer
land. Belgium and Sweden will he rep
resented by craek teams in the compe
tition. During the past twenty years
these International matches have been
held in Europe, and except for vic
tories hy the United States teams in
1921 and 1922. were all won by teams
from Switzerland.
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THE WEATHER
District of dolumbla —Cloudy to
night. probably followed by rain or
•now tomorrows somewhat colder;
lowest temperature tonight near
freeslng; fresh soathwest, shifting to
northwest winds, diminishing tonight
and becoming easterly by tomorrow.
Maryland—Cloudy and slightly
coldsr tonight; tomorrow unsettled,
probably rafci or snow; colder in east
portion: fresh to strong southwest
winds, shifting to northwest and
diminishing tonight and becoming
easterly tomorrow.
Virginia—Cloudy tonight, probably
followed by rain in south and rain
or snow In north portion late tonight
or tomorrow; somewhat colder Sun
day and In the Interior tonight; strong
southwest and west winds, diminish
ing and becoming northeast and east
tomorrow.
Records tor Twenty-Fear Hoars.
Thermometer—4 p.m., 44; 8 p.m., 89;
12 midnight, 86; 4 a.m.. 87; 8 a.m., 41;
noon. 47.
Barometer—4 p.m., 80.89; 8 p .mu*
30.37; 12 midnight, 30.82; 4 0.m., 80.20;
H a.m., 30.06; noon. 29.92.
Highest temperature. 47, occurred
at noon today.
Lowest temperature. SB, occurred at
11 p.m. yesterday.
Temperature same dato last year—
Highest. 45; lowest, 42.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at 8 a-m.: Great Fails—Tem
perature, 36; condition, slightly
muddy.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States coast
and geodetic survey).
Today—Low tide, 8:88 a.m. and 9:19
p.m.: high tide, 1:57 a,m. and 2:30 p.m.
Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:40 a.m. and
10:20 p.m.; high tide, 3:03 a.m. and
3:37 p.m.
The San and Moon.
Today—Sun rose 6:29 a.m.; sun sets
6:09 p.m.
Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:28 s-tn.; sun
seta 6:10 p.m.
Moon rises 2.35 a.m.; sets 12:58 p.m.
w **ther in Various Cities.
w Tempera Curs. »»
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Abilene. feiTiiOO *4 r, B Aloud/"'
At entle eity 80.12 H 8 34 0.0 l luln
Baltimore 30.06 44 Srt 001 Ruin
Birmingham. 30,18 04 52 ooi Ke n
Bismarck ..29.80 20 22 .... pLolouOt
Buffalo 29.74 34 84 ft 02 Cloihlv
Chtfleiton." 30.2 H 56 54 .... Cloudy
,V'' 1,0 30 0.24 Pt.cloudy
Cincinnati... 2».ftß tie 42 0.18 Rain
Cleveland .. 29. HS 40 34 0.10 Cloudy
Denver 30.08 28 24 014 I Icar^
Sf'S!* -»?2 «« 32 Old Pt.cloudy
bl I aao 29. • 6 70 00 .... Pf cloudr
C. vctoo ..30.04 70 m .W. rk£dy *
Helena .....30.00 38 3o .... Cloudy
Huron. S. D. 30.04 80 18 Clear 7
Jaoksonvlll*. 30.20 «2 M ... Pt cloudr
Kanw. City. 30.18 03 32 .i” Cloudr
Lo* Angeles. 30.08 r«8 40 Clear
L)ul«rlllc .. 80.00 04 48 ft.OS Rain
Miami, Kin .80 24 72 08 0.01 Pt cloudy
New Orleans 30,14 70 M Cloudy
22-22 22 80 002 cioudy
Okln. City.. 30 00 72 40 .... Cloudy
Omatin 30.18 44 28 Clsnr
Philadelphia. 30 00 40 30 001 Snow
Phoenix. Aria 29.86 78 60 .... Clear
Plttshuryh.. 20.80 44 40 0.10 Rain
Portland. Me. 30.14 20 8 .... cloudy
Portland,Ore 30.30 .80 80 .... Cloudy
Raleigh,N.C. 30.22 62 38 .... Cloudy
H. Lake City SO 00 SO 28 Claar
Han Antonio. 29.94 74 04 .... Cloudy
Pan Diego . .30.08 :.8 4 8 0.01 Pt.cloudy
S. Pranclaco 30.24 50 50 Clear
Kt. fouls... 30.13 04 34 014 Cloudy
Sf. Paul 30.02 38 «o .... Cloudy
Seattle 30.20 44 40 .... Cloudy
Spokane 30.18 44 32 0.02 Know
WASH.. D.C. 80.00 40 45 0.01 Cloudy
FOHEIGX.
(8 a.m.. Greenwich time, today )
Stations. Temperature. Weather.
London. England 30 Part cloudy
Parle. France 30 Cloudy
Vienna. Austria , 30 Raining
Copenhagen, Denmark 80 Part cloudy
Gibraltar, Spain 32 Cloudy
Hortn (Fayal). Azores...., «2 Part cloudy
Hamilton. Bermuda 56 Part cloudy
Kan Juan. Porto Ric 0...., 70 Clear
Havana. Cuba 70 Clear
Colon. Canal Zona TS Cloudy
PACKER MERGER
REARMED
Forma! Statement of Absorp
tion of Morris Company by
Armour Expected Tuesday.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 10.—Indications
today were that thu formal state
ment making effective absorption of
Morris & Co. by Armour & Co., con
summating a merger of two of the
"big five” packers with a combined
capital of $500,000,000, would be
forthcoming probably either Tuesday
or Wednesday of next week.
Despite the complaint of Illegal
combination filed by Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, the one stum
bling block that remained, establish
ment of values of Armour & Co. stock
for purposes of exchange. Was un
derstood to have been removed yes
terday.
Agree on Valuations.
Adjudicators of the stock values.
James B. Porgan of the National
Bank of Chicago and Albert H. Wig
gin. New York banker, agreed on the
valuations after a conference with
Nelson Morris, head of Morris & Co.,
and other officials of the concern at
Ocean Park, Fla. No announcement
was forthcoming from Mr. Korean as
to the value placed on the Armour &.
Co. certificates that aro to bo ex
changed for the Morris & Co. slocks.
The last published financial state
ment of Armour & Co., as of. Decem
ber 81. 1922, placed the assets of the
concern and Its subsidiaries at 5441,-
589,620. Morris & Co.’s statement, as
of October 29, 1921, placed its assets
at 591.405.239.
Ruling by Daugherty.
Attorney General Daugherty ruled
against the proposed merger. But the
plans for the merger were continued
and Secretary Wallace filed his com
plaint of illegal combination.
The packers have denied the allega
tion* and propose to prove their con
tentions when the case is called for
hearing.
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PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC
HITS NEW HIGH MARK
168 Vessels, Including 81 Ships of
the Atlantic Fleet, Passed
Through Locks in Week.
A new high record for Panama canal
traffic was established during the
week ended February 17, when 168
vessels. Including 81 ships of the At
lantic fleet, were transmitted. The
naval craft passed through to Join
ships of the Pacific fleet* for Joint
maneuvers In Pacific waters without
delay to commercial traffic.
Despite the heavy load, requiring
operation of the locks until late at
night, the traffic “was handled by the
regular organizations without any
special arraripertibhts being mads,’* ac
cording to the current Issue of the
Canal Record, “and no merchant ves
sel failed of prompt transit on ac
count of the passage of the fleet.”
18 BELGIAN REDSHELD.
Prisoners Deny Receiving Propa
ganda Money From Berlin.
By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. March 10. —Eighteen of
the forty Belgian gommunlsts round
ed up by the police have been held.
Their leader Is said to be Le Soil,
councilor of tho commune of Chate-,
lineau.
The men deny having received
money from the Germans, but police
investigation disclosed that the
money for the communist campaign
In Belgium came from Berlin.
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