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RAILWAY SHARES
SHOW BETTER TOME
Marland Oil Report—To Meet
in Association Rooms.
Credit Charters.
nr i. a. i'iemixu.
Tnere was a little belter exliibd
tion of strength in the local stock
market than on the earlier days of
the week, especially in the traction
shares, which have been inclined to
weakness.
Capital Traction sold at 99 to 99 lx
ami Railway common at 06. There
was no activity in either, but an evi
dent tinner tone.
Norfolk ami Washington Steamboat
snares moved up a fraction to -Is.
v hile Washington Gas was sold at
o! Vte. in a small way.
in the bond section Traction us were
easier at 96%, (Jus 7*- 2 per cent notes
brought 1031* and Washington (Jus
5s 97
Railway 4s sold at 72%.
Heady to Start Building.
The Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany is practically ready to start the
erection of its new bank building on the
corner of 17th and (1 streets north
west. It will be exclusively u bank
ing home, one story of the Italian J
renaissance, w r ith every facility for |
tiie prosecution of business.
The contract has been placed. Pend- I
ing the completion of the building
the banking offices will be removed
one door south or left in the present
structure, a matter not decided upon 1
as > et.
St. muei J. Prescott, chairman of!
the board of the Second National
Bank, is still in Florida, and is ex- j
pee’ed buck later in the month.
To Meet in Own Home.
Tl.e general committee of the Lis- !
trie? Bankers’ Association having in i
charge the fifth annual convention j
of ihe association, will meet on Mon- I
day atternoon in the association rooms, j
Net.- Masonic Temple, instead oi the j
slock exchange rooms, us first an- ■
nounoed.
Meeting is called for 1 o’clock. A ,
luh attendance of the members is de- j
sired.
Sentiment seems entirely in favor of ]
Tlei Springs. Va.. being chosen as the |
convention place. Greater satisfaction ■
wai given there than by any other ;
pla e.
In Working Order.
Granting three charters to federal |
land hanks under the agricultural
ere tits act, the Federal Farm Loan
Boi rd yesterday made progress in I
making the new government credit
iaw s available to farmers.
Charters were granted to federal
lai ci banks at Columbia. S. C.; Ist.
Louis and Baltimore.
In announcing that the charters
hfMi been granted, Commissioner Lob
dell of the Farm Loan Board expressed
tin hope that it would be possible
to have similar action completed
with respect to the other nine banks
within ten days.
The hoard has begun the drafting
of rhe code of rules for the system, and
upon completion of tills work, which
Commissioner Lobdell *aid was going
forward rapidly, will determine the in
terest rate at which money' will be
made available to the producers’ or
ganizations or to banks loaning to pro
ducers. Mr. Lobdell believes the code
would he ready' by the time all banks
receive their charters.
It has been determined almost defi- i
nitely that such banks will be allotted
11,000,000 with which to start opera
tions. The law provides a total capi
tal of $60.000.000, but the board has
decided that not all of the fund will ,
be needed at once.
Members of the board expressed the
belief that early demands on the sys-i
te n for credit would be small. They
expect the applications for loans to
increase rapidly', however, as those in
need of credit become more familiar
with the new federal facilities.
The Borland Oil Company. r
Col. Franklin R. Kinney, vice presi- |
dent of the Marland Oil Company, is- j
sued the following official statement !
today :
Directors of the Marland Oil Com- !
pa ay at the meeting just held declared j
the regular quarterly dividend of one j
do tar per share, payable -April 2 to •
stockholders of record of March 24."
’ The annual report of the •company j
shows the net income of 1922. before
capital extinguishments, of #7,12»,0i>6 |
ai d net income of $4,129,000 after capi
ta’ extinguishments, including canceled j
leases, dry holes- anil reserves for de- j
preciatinn. depletion against cost, bad j
debts and amortization. Balance sheet i
December 31. .1922. shows net current j
assets of $5,559,000.
insinuated earnings for the company
for the first quarter 1923 are $2,800,000
be'ore capital extinguishments, as com- j
pared with $395,000 for same period |
in 1922, or an increase of over 7 to 1.
Marland gross _ production on March 15
was 50.691 barrels daily: this includes j
partnership and royalty Oil and is prac- •
licaily all of 41 degrees gravity or bet- i
ter, with a posted market price of $2.60 i
a barrel, and with over 43 per cent I
gasoline contents.
This production is front well pro- ’
tested. large proven areas, with mul- ’
tipie sands, and. in the opinion of !
lending oil geologists, will increase !
and produce an enormous volume of |
high-grade light oil for many yearsv j
’ This is of vast importance, as there 1
is s. decline of high-grade light oil \
production in the United States. The!
increase being from the heavy grades )
of crude oil, which are not so rich in I
th» great essentials, like gasoline. j
"The crude oil production of 41
gravity or better In the mid-continent j
field is now 135.009 barrels daily, of j
which the Marland Oil Company and
associates are producing more than
30 per cent.
‘The Marland Oil Company is prob- |
ably the greatest discoverer and pro- *
ducer of light oil in America. Its 1
production could be enormously in- 1
creased, but inside lo< ations are not i
drilled, and conservative operation i
and Jealous protection of proven hiih- I
grade reserves is its consistent pol
icy.”
BULGARIA READY TO PAY !
REPARATIONS IN 60 YEARS
Willing to Settle for 350,000.000;
Gold Francs if Commission
Will Accept Sum.
B» the Associate.! Press.
PARIS. March 17.—The long conflict |
over settlement of Bulgaria’s repara- 1
tion debt to the allies is expected to 1
be terminated-through acceptance by j
the reparation commission of the sum i
of 550,000,000 gold francs, payable in I
sixty years, according to Henry F. 1
Hollis, financial adviser to Bulgaria. 1
He pointed out that Great Britain’s!
example in deciding to pay her debt 1
to the United States in a sixty-year
period probably will be followed'not
only by Bulgaria In settling her repa
rations debts, but by other nations |
owing money to the United States. I
Under the proposed arrangement Bul
garia Will pay the allies one-fourth
the sum demanded by the treaty of
Neullly, and if the reparation com
mission accepts the arrangement, the
first payment will be made this- y’ear.
CONVICTEDAS SLAYER.
Michigan Woman Found Guilty of
• Killing Husband.
CASSOPOLIS, Mich., March 17.—Mrs.
Maude Cushing Storlc was convicted
of killing her first husband. Claude
Cushing, by a jury In circuit court,
here today, and immediately was sen
tenced to life Imprisonment by Judge
U Burget dcs Volgnes. The jury had
deliberated since yesterday afternoon.
The state charged the woman with
causing Cushing’s death by poison.
i
% _
f~ NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office.
. BV WILLIAM F. HEFFRRNAN.
NEW YORK. March 17.—The clos
ing curb session of the week was
tor the most part dull and uninter
esting. The professional evened
across for over the week end while
outside participation was smaller
than in any previous session this
week. Prices generally proved over
a narrow range with gains and losses
about evenly divided, except in one
or two special instances where sub
stantial advances were established.
One of th€ noteworthy occurrences
of the week was the exceptional
vstrength in boml and stock of Mara
.caibo Oil Exploration Company. The
irise in the bonds aggregated a gain
iof about forty points on the week,
‘while the stock rose from 10% to
NEW YORK, March 17.—Following
is an official list of bonds and stocks
’traded In on the New York Curb
.Market today:
>Sale« In BONUS.
(thou samis High. Low. nose.
- Allied Pa.kers 65.. 69 69 69
1 A Inin 7s new ’33 106% 106% 106%
1 Am Itepnblio Corp «s NO Ml Nit
3 Ain Rolling Mills 6s 99% 99% 99G
4 Am T& T (is ’24... 100% 100% fim%
15 Anaconda 6s 102% 102% 102%
4 Anglo-Amer Oil 7%s 102% 102% 102%
2 Armour A- Co 75.... lo.T 105 105
9 Armour Co I tel 51... s 96 96 96
4AH(IAW IS» 5s 60G .-,9% 60%
2 Betli Steel 7s ’23... 100% 100% 100%
3 Beth Steel Ts '35... 102% 102%. 102'.
I Can Nat By Equip 7s 108% 10N% KING
1 Canad'an Pacific 6s. 100% 100% 100%
2 Central Steel Ns ... 100% 106% 106%
7 Charcoal (V Am Ns. 97 96% 96%
i I Cities Service 6s It. 129 129 129
.V Cities Service 7s C. 95% 95% 97. G
j 1 Co] tirapi) Ss gr tr.. 25 " 25 25
j 2 Cons 'ins Ita'.to 7s. . 108 ION ion
) 1 Cuban Te! 7%s .... 106 H 106% 106 G
4 Detroit City Ga> 6s. 100% 100 100%
( 1 Detroit Kdlsoii 6s. . . 105 105 105
12 fisher IMv 6- ’24-2N 96% 90% 96%
6 Catena Sig Oil Ts. . . 1(15% 105% 10.5%
31 Coif Oil of Pa 55... 94% 94 94
3 Hood Bobber is .... 101% 101 lot
t Kennecott Onp tot 104 DM
1 8 Libby. McN A I, 7s. >OO% 100 100%
II Lig. Well. I, re es Ts lot% 101% 101%
6 Louisville GA E ss. RHG ST NN%
45 Mu deal ho Oil 7s ’25 160 14N 160
I to Nat fit; A Suit Ns. 106% 106% 106%
13 National Acme 7%5. 97 07 " 97
6oh o Power 5s B. . 56% 86% N 6%
• 1 Penn Power A- L* 5« 88% NN% NN%
• 1 Pub Scrv of N .1 Ts 102% 102% 102%
.5 Southern Calif Ed 5s 92 91'., 91%
1 ISO X Y 7s *2N 1"7 107 107
5 S o N Y7“ ’3l DVt% 108". 109
I ,5 Solvey of fie N- . 105 10'% 1145
T Southwest Bell 7* . 102% 102% 102%
K Swift A Co 5s 91 '"'■% 91
j 2 fnited Oil Pro! Vs. 103% 103% 103%
2 fni liv of Har 7%s 104% 104% 104%
I 3 Vacuum Oil Ts 107% 107% 107%
( 2 Wick're Spen St 7%s 96% 96% 96%
FOKEIGV HON US.
•J Argentine 7s *23. . .
■J Fr«*n«*h 5s 47 47 47
• .3 Kirn* of sis. . 9T 7 * W7 7 < 97 7 .*
j .7 I‘arJista Hy ... 97 1 •, 97 Vj 97
1 Knssian flovt 7 1 4«. . 17 1.7 17
1 Hnsvian Govt «» 2 9.. 17 15 15
1 2 Swisk Gort 5 V.s .. 103* j 103 103 V.
j Sa*-« STANDARD OIL ISSUES
I in unit*.
I 402 Anglo Am Chi . 17\ IT 1 * 17*%
j 100 Atlantic l*nho* . 4 7 H 4 7 H 4 7 *
! 35 Hur?eyp PI.. ** ST SS
TO r*mil»f*rlnnd P 1... 113 V. ns'.. 113 V.
| HR*O 11 uml»l♦* O A- R n**w 39% 39% H 9%
1340 Imp Oil of Pun.. lIDV. IVO* 3
2100 Intrr’l IVt Co Ltd 23% 23 23
100 N Y Transit . .. 135*. 125 u; 135%
190 prairie Oil A- Oas 250 247 270
! 100 Penn Mex Fuel.. 20 20 20
J 215 Prairie P 1 115 114 115
j 5400 s o Did r,s» 4 Rvi.,
j 100 S O Kansas new.. 72% 52V, 72%
000 S O Ky 105 104 " 105
10 s O Neb 2TO 270 270 •
1 4300 SO N Y new .. . . 40% 4*l 4»*.% *
j 2200 Vadium Oil new., 71% 70% 51%
i Sales INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS.
I in hundreds.
| 5 Ark Nat Vas .. . S•% s% S%
I 70 P.iir Indian Oil . .28 .28 .28
i ;55 Cities Service I**7 ISO ls7
J 2 Cities Service pfd 09% 090!»* 4
j ITS Creole Syml 0% 5% 0%
j 30 Engineers Pet 13 .13 .1,3
74 Federal Oil SO .83 ,S7
57 Gilliland Oil 75% 7
1 .57 tilen Ro.-k OH . . 1 ,*« 1% 1,%
7 Oranada Oil 1% 1% IV. ■
} 7 Gulf Oil of pa 65% 67% 67% 1
2 Harris Cons Pete. 1% 1% 1 % I
j 250 Hudson OR 17 .14 .17 •
j 28 Independent OA- G 14% 14 14% I
J 320 Keystone Ranger.. .37 .32 .34
60 Livingston Oil 12 .09 .12
17 Livingston Pet ... 1% 1% \\
35 Lyons' Pet 11 1
4 Mnnioth Oil 70% 70 50%
J 2 Marland 3 2% 3
172 Maracaibo oil 16% 14% 15%
261 Mr* Oil 2 lit
j 4 Mex Pnnuco I*o .77 .90
J 6 Mount Prod . . .. .19% 19% 19%
! 35 Mutual Oil vot cf 14% 14% J 4%
I 12 New Mex Land. 3% .3% .3%
440 Omar Oil * Gas... Itt 1% 1%
j 29 Penn Heaver Oil 4 3% 4
: 4 Pen nock oil . . . . 12% 12% 12%
9 Royal Canadian 6 7% 6
13 Uypn Con 6% 6% 6%
! 10 Salt Ck new *24% 24 24%
j -IL 1 J. . ■
i Washington Stock Exchange
* . BALES.
1 _ Wabhmplon Uwy. & Elcc 4s—sl,ooo at
1 Capital Traction—s at 99. .5 at 99. sat 99V».
| Washington Bwy, A Kicc. com.—lo at 66.
j Norfolk and Washington Stcaml>oat Co.—B
1 at 21N, 1" at ITN.
I Mcrgcnthaicr Linotype—o at 170”,. 4 at
| 170%. 10 at 170U
AFTER CALL,
j Capital Traction ss—ssoo at 96",
1 Wasliinctoii (las 7 1 .." —$l.(Hai at 103 1 ,
Capital Traction Co.—s at 994,. 5 at 99b(. I
Wasldiurtou Bwy. A- Elec. 4s—sl,ooo at 72',». 1
Washington (las Light—lo at 51 1 -.. 10 at I
I 6m. 10 at 51 6 at 51 G.
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
Hid. Asked. I
. American lei. & Telga. 4s 91% 92
. Am. Tel. tt Tel. ctl. tr. 5s 05% 98
j Am. Je|. .v Tel. on. 6s lid 117
; AnacostU A- Potomac 7h 89 90%
Anacosiia A- Potomac guar. 55... 89 90%
i (*. & P. Tele|dione 7s 97
j C & P. Telephoto* of Va. 75... 93% 95
I Capital Traction R. U. 5s 96 97
; City »& Suburban 5s 84 86
• Georgetown Gas Ist 5s 88
j Metroi*olifan R. R. 5s 97
I Potomac Elec. l*t 7s 97 98
j Potomac Elec. cons, ,5s 97% 97%
I Potomac Electric deb. 6s 100 .....
1 Pot. Elec. P«\v, g. in. 6s 100
| Pot. Elec. Pow. g ni. cc ref. 7s. IfM*
I Wash.. Alex. & Mt. Vern. 75.. 25
. Wash.. Alex. A Mt. Vern. ctfs. 24
i Wash., Halto. & Annap. ;55.... 76% 77%
Wa.-liington Gas 7s 95 97% i
i Washington Gas 7%s 102% 103% .
; Washington Rwy. A Elec. 45... 72% 72%
I Wash. Ihvy. & Elec. g. m. 6s. . I(K* 100% j
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 D. C. Paper Alfg. Co. 6§ 80 j
! Riggs Realty 5s Gong) 92 *
: Riggs Realty 5s (short) 9S
} Security Stor. & Safe Dep. 65.. 95
| Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 75... 95
• Wardoian Park Hotel 6s 100
STOCKS
PUBLIC UTILITY.
I American Tel. A Telga •lk’34„ j
* Capital Traction *99 99V.
) Washington tins 51 sl<&
' Norfolk A Wash. Steamboat L‘l7”u
< Wash. Bwy. A Klee, com 6666V>
i Wash. Bwy. & Elec, pfd TNVs 73Va
j Terminal Taxi, com 75
i Terminal Taxi pfd SW .....
NATIONAL BANKS.
\ Capital 225
j Columbia 230
j Commercial 147 149
j District 173 183
• Fanners and Mechanics* 245 253
| Federal-American 188
j Liberty 130
I Lincoln 230
j National Metropolitan 237 277
| Riggs 600 625
Second 150 165
Washington 195 210
TRUST COMPANY.
• American Security & Trust 308 315
Continental Trust 90 95
Merchant*’ Hank 127 128
National .Savings and Trust.... 333 345
I Union Trust 147
j Washington Loan and Trust..., 323 330
SAVINGS BANKS.
Commerce and Saving* 180
Hast Washington 18
Security Savings & Commercial. 245 250
Seventh Street 175
United States 275
Washington Mechanics* 30 .....
IT HE INSURANCE.
American 225
Corcoran 135
firemen’s 18
National Union 8 .....
J TITLE INSURANCE.
, Columbia Title 6%
I Beal Estate Title 125
MISCELLANEOUS.
Columbia Graphophotie com 2 2*i
Columbia Graphopbone pfd 10 11 Va
Merchants’ Transfer A Storage. 100
Mergenthaler Linotype *I7(H4 170^
Old Dutch Market com 2Vi 6
Old Dutch Market pfd ..... 7V4
Lanston Monotype 78V* 79Vk
Security Storage 225
Washington Market 37 40
Yellow Cab.. BV4
•Ex-dividend.
■THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1923.
16 during- the same period.
The Incentive back of the move was
the report that Gulf Oil is seeking
control of company and that negotia
tions are nearing completion. Mara
caibo has concessions In South Amer
ica, which have been made extremely
valuable by the bringing in of a great
well recently in the Maracaibo Bastn.
Veneßucla. ,
Peerless Truck at 60 \k was up only
slightly from above the previous
close, despite announcement that the
dividend rate had been increased
from 75 cents to $1 a share. Durant
Motors crossed 61 again, while others
of this group were neglected.
United Verdi featured the mining
group, reaching a new top, reflecting
recent dividend action, while Cortese
Silver rallied from the low levels
reached earlier in the week. Inde
pendence Lead was another of this
group that was active and strong.
4 Snpulpa Refill ... 4** 4V. 44h
45 Sentmard Oil ..... 3V. 3
21 Sou States 01L... 21 20% 21
140 Texas Kansas Oil.. .48 .47 .47
14 Tunimti Oil 98 .95 .Its
37 West States Oil .. IDa U'a o*s
INDUSTRIALS.
14 Ariue Coal 52 .50 .50
3 Ainal Leather .... 17‘ 2 17 17
fi Auto Knit Hose.. 24 23's 23%
10 Am Drug 8 s .85 .85
45 Cent Teresa 2»» 2% 2%
8 Centrifng Ir Pipe.. 13*a 12V* L’D.
4 Chicago Nipple ... 3% 34* 3s*
2 Cheeker (‘ab Mfg A 58 57 58
3 Col Curb Co vt efs 47 V* 4(JVi 4(iVi
1 Cox Cash Stores.. 4’a 444 S'-a
5 Curtiss Aero B'.* h l ,* B',*
1 Cnyamel fruit ... (54 64 64
V, 1) 1. & W Coal.. 84 84 84
I" Dubilter C & Radio 9 f » ID'S 9Vs
24 Durant Motor «l'i» 59", 61
3 Gardner Motor .. . 14% 14Vs 14%
1 Clou Aide" Coal,, (59 69 69
t Goodyear Tire ... 14% 14'* 14V*
5 Goodvear Tire pfd 40% 47Vs 47%
2 Hud A Mann It R 11'. II 11V*
I Hudson Co pfd... 17 17 17
75 Inter Cont i Rub., SV» SV. s'/.
14 I, A- N new w i.. 88% 8s 8s
6 Lehigh Power sec 24% 24% 24%
1 Lit. McN A L new 6G 6G (5G
3 Mercer Motor t % I % 1%
2 Mesuhi Iron 10% 10% D'%
1" Nat Dept St w i. 34% 34 34% I
9 Nat Slip Co of Del 69% (58 69% j
1 N V ' aimers w i 13% 13% 155% 1
G N V Tel Co pfd . 110% 109% 109% !
5 Penn Coal A Coke 41% 40% 4"% j
19 Peerless Motor ... "1 58% (50%
4 Prima Radio Co. . .61 .6" .61 ;
8 Radio Corp ..... 4% 4% 4% I
2 Radio Corp pfd ... 3% 3 t : « 3%
5 Keo Motor 15V* 15V. 15'*
26 R.isenl. Grain Corp 54 53 % 53%
2 Shelton Looms ... 26% 26% 26% j
2 Saguenay 1* .... 62V* 62V* 62G |
(51. So C A I . .27 .26 .27
18 Springfield Hug 47*. 45% 47V.
5 Swift lull . . . 19% 19% 19%
3 Technical Prod s% s% s %
2 Tend Elec Power, 18% 1- % 18% ]
I Timken Axle 11 II 11 |
7 Ti.liHc.-o Prod Kxpts 5% 5% 5% '
40 Triangle film 34 .31 .34 |
I fni Prof Sliar new 5% 5% 5% |
11 Unit Retail Candy. 6% 6G 6% I
I fni Bel Can Kr Sli h 8 S
I fui Shoe Mach Cor 54% 54% 54%
16 C 8 Li A Heat ... 1% 1,", 1%
1 Utah Idaho Sugar. 5V% 3% 3%
1" Wayne Coal 1% 1 % l-%
1 Willy* Co Ist pfd. .8 s s
1 Yellow Taxi Co NY 132 132 132
MINING.
8 Alaska-Hrit Colo . 2% 2% 2%
8 Alvarado Min .... 6 6 *5
I" Arias Globe Copper. .70 ,6" .67
3" Big Ledge . . "2 .61 "1
3 Untie A Western.. I % i% 1%
8 Calaveras Copper.. 3% 3% 3%
10 Caledonia Min .. , . 6 6 >5
19 Canada Copper ...
22 Canaiio Copper . . 2% 2j’ s 2%
11" Candelaria Min . .23 .21 .21
123 Chino Exlen 75 72 .75
I" Columbia Emerald. .16 .16 .16
II Con Cop Min Dm cf 4 3% 1 '
79 Cortez Silver 88 .85 .87
3 Cresson Gold . 2% 2% 2", I
2 i'av.s Daly t 3% ( 1
oM Delores Esper ... 2% 2 2%i
10 Dryden Gold ... . .68 ,68 .68 i
3" Eureka Croesus ... .21 .21 .21 '
450 fortiina Mines 28 .2" .25 i
20 Goldfield Develop . 16 .15 .15
10 Goldfield Deep Mine .13 .13 .13 1
7" Goldfield Florence . .59 .47* .19 1
83 Goldfield Jackpot . . .52 .51 .51 j
20 Gold Coin Mining.. 72 71 72 |
4" Gobi state 49 4S *9 i
20 Hardshell Min "7 ."7 .07
i I" Henrietta Silver . .19 .19 .19 I
21 Hilt Top Nevada .. 1% 1% 1 % I
I 40 Homcstahc Ext . .69 .68 .69 1
9 Howe Sound 3% 3% 3% |
' 110 Independenee Lad. .39 ..".6 .39 1
lo I nut Blossom 32 .32 .32 I
3 Mason Valley 2% 2% 2% |
80 National Tin 2t .2" .21
4 New Cornela 22% 22_ 22% j
20 New Dominion Cop. 4 3% 4 .
1.73 X Y Porcupine ... .62 .Co 62 !
114 Ohio Copper .89 .86 .86 I
146 Kay Here]tiled Inc. 2% 1% -% i
390 SB Kg Dv Min reor .13 12 12
.30 S mon Silver 32 .31 .82
130 Spearhead Gold . .06 .07* .06 I
12 Ti-ck Hughes 1% 1% I%]
29 Touopali Divide 73 .72 . .73
13 To'iofiah l!xt**ns .*D* 3Ar \
IB Unito<| E:i*tfrn -A - 1 • -A
JI UnDwl V,4.b‘ Ext.. 3B 3» 5T* / I
35 I’nifr Gobi !... •'*% **ki •” > ,
DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY
i
i Madrid Prosecutor Names Two in ;
Trial for Slaying Ex-Premier. j
MADRID. March IT.—A preliminary I
investigation of the assassintition of
former Premier Dato. who was killed
here on March S. 1921, has resulted in j
a demand by the state’s attorney that ;
the aieath penalty be imposed on ;
i Pedro Mateo and Luis Nicolau. A
j higher official must pass on the at-;
| torney’s opinion before the trial be-i
; gins.
| Mateo was arrested in Madrid soon ■
'after Premier Dato was sltot to death :
iby the occupants of a motor cycle *
j sidecar. Nicolau was taken in Bit- |
i| in in October. 1921, and later*
i brought with his wife to Madrid, |
i where both were imprisoned. The;
woman was released March 6.
NAMED AS LECTURER, i
Columbia University Professor to 1
Discuss International Problems.
j
NEW YORK, March 17. —Prof. James i
T. Shotwell of the Columbia Univer- I
sity department of history, has been j
selected by the Nobel Institute, scien- |
tific organ of the Nobel peac prize, to i
inaugurate an annual series of lec- j
tures on international problems as- |
fecting peace and war, it has been (
j stated. The series was provided for j
by a foundation recently craeted.
Prof. Shotwell. who has been de- j
voting most of his time since the j
I war to the preparation for the Car- j
negie Endowment for international \
Peace of an exhaustive economic and I
social history of the war. will sail j
March 27 to attend the international '
conference of historians at Brussels.
WANTED ON U. S. CHARGE.
Alleged Alley of Communists Long j
Sought By Officers.
DANBURY, Conn., March 17.—Al- j
fred Wagenknecht, arrested by fed- j
eral authorities in a remote part of |
the town of Bethel, here, on the j
charge of fraudulently applying for j
a passport by declaring under oath j
that he was Walter Frederick Bon- ]
strup of Cincinnati, is said to be j
wanted also on a federal warrant in j
Michigan. i
Federal officers are said to have j
searched the country for Wagen
knecht. whom they had watched for
a long time, and it was only re
centl ythat they learned the man
had gone to Europe last spring on
a mission said to have been linked
up with the communists.
lie has been released on $5,000 bail j
furnished by his mother-in-law, ilr-.
Mattie A. Martin of Bethel, pending i
a hearing March 26.
FRENCH OFFICIAL RESIGNS. |
PARIS, March 17. —Jean V. Par-)
mentier. administrator of the minis- i
try of finance, is reported to be leav- j
ing his post, the Journal says today, j
The ministry would neither confirm |
nor deny the report,
GREEK PARTY AT WEST POINT
WEST POINT, N. Y„ March 17.
Princes Christopher and Andrew of
Greece, paid an informal visit to the
United States Military Academy yes
terday. They spent more than two
hours In a tour of the buildings and
points of Interest. , (
WEEK SEES HIGHER
PRICES IN STOCKS
Industrial Averages Again
Get Into New Levels—Other
Shares Heavily Bought.
By the Associated Press.
. YORK. March 17.—Despite in
termittent profit-taking and short sell
ing in various sections of the list, the
main price tendency in this week's
stock market continued upward, with
the industrial averages again getting
into new high ground. Railroad aver
ages showed little change on the week,
i although they enjoyed a brief period of
midweek activity and strength in re
sponse to a continuation of record car
loadings.
1 radinfe was on a reduced scale be
c: use ot the interference with wire
traffic caused by the country-wide
storms. While pools were again the
dominating factor in the determination
or quoted values, an enlarged public
demand was Indicated by the unusually
intKe increase in odd-lot transactions.
•New High Price* for Year.
Equipments and sugars developed
impressive strength, virtually all the
active issues in those groups establish
ing new high prices for the year.
Equipments benefited by the heavy
railroad buying of rolling stock, while
the establishment of a new high price
tor Cuban raw sugar and a heavy buy
that product by British and
1 renth importers revived speculative
Interest In. that group.
Motor, motor accessory, shipping,
food merchandising and some of the
public utility and oil issues also were
j heavily bought at various intervals,
I out they developed considerable ir
-1 regularity in the closing days of the
j week. Metal shares made a inod
■ erate response to reports of unusuallvl
I neavj copper shipments abroad at
. prices as high as 17 V: cents a pound, j
I and the report of the American Zinc j
showing surplus stocks of !
1 . Bf>4 tons at the end of February. as I
J against 64.124 tons at the correspond- I
mg period last year. February con
( sumption exceeded production by !
a.ilo tons, and the price of the metal j
advanced to 7 7 « cents a pound, the |
1 highest since August, J 920.
Important Dividends,
j ijouisville and Nashville railroad I
'‘‘rectors declared a stock dividend of |
I folf l a per cent and a semi-annual cash |
dividend df 2V2 cent on the new j
stock, equivalent t.. an annual rale of
on the old. which had been paying
, jn r cent. The only other important
declarations were the raising of the
Magnolia Petroleum rate from $4 to
s.i. and the resumption of pavments
on Sioss Sheffield !■; eferred and War
ren Brothers. The New York Central
■ directors deferred action for one ■
I month owing to the absence of a j
j quorum.
The sharp recoverv in French ex
change. which got above 6.30 cents'
j f ( * r the first time in nearly two j
j months, was predicated on reports that '
negotiations between the French and j
. the Germans for the settlement of the i
J Ruhr controversy vould be instituted i
.in the near future The sterling - rate
I dropped in reflection of the unusually J
j large volume of bills against grain, i
cotton, sugar and copper exi«orts. and I
j the payment of more than $4 000.000 i
j to the United States as interest on j
j the war debt, Canadian exchange!
j also was conspicuously heavy.
j SIOUX WARRIOR DEAD. |
North Dakota Indians Mourn Loss ‘
of Charging Thunder.
j From The Hester, Transcript. j
j Old i-hiiux Indians are mourning the j
death of the famous Indian warrior, j
i “Charging Thunder.” which occurred re- j
l eently on the Standing Rock Indian ;
j reservation. His spirit has gone to the
[proverbial Happ> Hunting Grounds. But I
j the name of “Charging Thunder” will 1
J not be forgotten for it was conferred i
1 upon Marshal Focb in an • impressive 1
I i eromopj at Bismarek. at the time of 1
•he allied eommander’s visit in 1921. I
| While the name was not purposely given 1
| b-caus? Charging Thunder bore if, the i
• old Sioux considered that it had been'
; taken from him. and declared that he j
•was dying nameless. |
j Frank Fiske ~f Fort Yates, a historian 1
of the Sioux Indians, has written an ac- !
t count of the life and times of Charging j
i Thunder. Mr. Fiske's story follows in i
! part:
) Charging Thunder took part in many j
; an escapade against all foes of the .
Sioux. On December 21. 1866. the!
j hostile attacks of the Sioux culminat- j
I ed in a general assault on the wood I
i train and escort at Fort F’hil Kearney !
[on a tributary stream of the Powder
! river. The post outlook had been
! signaled for aid. and Commander Car- !
j rington sent out a relief party of!
• eighty-one men. consisting of infan- j
' try and cavalry under Co!. Fetter- j
j man. The Indians were seen near j
i Poe Creek, having retired in a feint j
! from the wood train in order to en- j
I trap the soldiers. Fetterman rushed 1
! into the .ambuscade, and all were
j killed. The buttle, known as "Fort
| Phil Kearney Massacre." next to Cus
j tens' last fight ranks well among the
i big encounters with the Sioux. Charg
| ing Thunder killed fifteen soldiers
• that day.
1 Charging Thunder, in early man
i hood, had the audacity to defy - the
j great thunder birds, so the story goes.
[ After a storm had passed he saw - one
, of these birds hastening to overtake j
i Its companions. He shot the bird and j
1 brought it down, and has thus been i
i known as "Charge-of-the-Tbunder- j
1 Bird,” or "Charging Thunder.”
j PICKED WOMAN FOR BOSS. I
« I
,
J From the N>w York Sun.
I Trimming finger nails may not be
j generally regarded as a profession
| offering rewards for skill and in
dustry greater than a fat tip or a
; theater party, yet one young manl
j curist in the financial district has
worked herself into a position that
will be envied by all wielders of the
orange stick.
This young woman has the distinc
tion of having held hands with almost
every member of the New York Stock
j Exchange. In her position in the stock
[exchange barber shop she has “lis
-1 tened in” on conversations that might
i have precipitated battles of financial
| giants. Yet with true good breeding
I she never repeated in one company
[ that which she learned in another.
I Friends pumped her for "tips,” but
i outside the portals of the stock ex-
I change the manicurist talked about
! the weather. The time arrived for the
1 stock exchange to increase its facilt
] ties and a new building was put up
| that towers above the old one. In
j the basement a handsome new barber
| shop was installed exclusively for
! members. The problem arose of flnd-
I ing a trustworthy manager to replace
the old veteran retiring. One member
suggested the young manicurist for
the job. The governing committee
surveyed the slim young brunette
and gasped.
Some time later the dignified gov
-1 ernors of the stock exchange, who
j met only to expel a member or to
• perform an equally important duty,
jin solemn conclave decided that the
j former manicurist should be made
| supreme boss of the new barber shop
j with the full weight of the power
| of the committee of arrangements to
I back her up. And she is hardly old
enough to vote.
The stock exchange barber shop re
quires the services of about ten bar
bers. Some of the men have been em
i ployed by the institution for many
years. Yet evevy barber is a loyal
supporter of the female skipper.
Indeed, the men barbers are fully
appreciative of the many advantages
of having a woman over them. For
instance, one barber reported to work
with a sick stomach. Instead of a
brutal remark about “hangovers” he
was heard with sympathetic under
standing and sent over to the near
est drug store to 'Jgat something for It."
|
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY
KANSAS CITY, March 17.—The de
thand for farm labor in the fields of
the middle west will be far ahead of
the supply this spring, according to an
nouncement by the local branch of the
United States farm labor bureau today.
ATLANTA, March 17.—Cotton plant
ing Is well under way today in the
southern section of the southeastern
belt, although weather conditions have
not been specially propitious. The fer
tilizer movement has been heavier than
any time since the war and sales of
planting machinery have been unprece
dented.
PITTSBURGH, March 17.—Whole
sale! s today are shipping straw hats to
retailers in larger volume than last
year. The largest demand is for low
and medium prices, but more costly
hats have also found a ready market.
Wholesalers say retailers have bought
with a confidence that has not been in
evidence fqr several years.
EAST ST. LOUIS. March 17.—Trad
ing in horses and mules in this mar
ket is exceptionally brisk today.
Volume of transactions again is on a
normal basis and shipments of stock
are going freely to the southeast and
southwest and to New England.
CHESTER. Pa.. March 17 —The Mer
chant Shipbuilding Corporation has
resumed the manufacture of pipe.
The plant is now working on an order
for New York city water supply ag
gregating 10,000 tons of pipe eight
feet in diameter.
PHILADELPHIA, March 17.—The
silk manufacturers in this, state are
steadily increasing their producing
capacity. Aronson & <'• announced
today they would start l new factory
at Christiana employing 200 workers.
“LIE DEIWoFMAN
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
i
| Mart-Imi Provides 82,500 Bail in
Boston Arraignment for
Alleged Mail Fraud.
'Hr (l,e A.*«i>ciated I*re»s.
j BOSTON. March 17.—William M
| Marston, a professor at American
t University. Washington, who claims
to be the inventor of a "lie detector"
to aid in criminal investigations, was
arraigned here yesterday c.n two fed
eral grand jury indictments charging
fraudulent use.of the United Suites
mails and aiding in concealing assets
from a trustee in bankruptcy. He
•pleaded not guilty and was belli in
*2.500
j The indictments relate to alleged
(acts of Marston as treasurer and a
(stockholder of the United ! tress
j Goods, Inc. of this city, now in fiai.k
[ruptcy. Marston was arrested in
! Washington.
i Marston was arrested in WaGiing
j ton Saturday. March by Deputy
i Marshals J. H. Clarkson and Ernest
!.1 Weaver upon information received
! from William A Carroll, special
J agent of th. Department of Justiet.
He was brought before United States
| Commissioner George H. MacDonald
| Pending removal proceedings he was j
j released on a bond of $.2,000.
Best Roof in Snowfall.
| From the Journal,
j From generation to generation, here,
lin N* w England, our ancestors, in j
I building their domiciles, tended to j
j steep-pitched roofs. They had learned I
i from their experience that the snows [
i prevalent in this region every winter
[played havoc with houses where the
; pitch of the roof was not sufficient to
I carry away the surplus blanketing.
! But nobody had then experimented j
i with the flat roof. By all ordinary
| logic, one would expect the flat roof !
I to pile up trouble for the hous, -own- j
i er. Surely such a man would have 1
j his hands full shoveling the accumu- !
| lated drifts on such a building, rea- ;
j sonod the folks. j
Today vse behold a host of new j
(structures with flat roofs; and if you I
(have been observant the last few j
j winter seasons, and especially this ■
i winter, when the snows have been!
| deeper than usual, the flat-roof j
I dwellers have never he, n caught j
[shoveling off these levels. The only
j shoveling they hove had to do is to
: keep the tops of the verandas cleared,
on the lee side,
j The reason? if is perfectly obvious,
j On these exposed roofs the wind lias
,a clear sweep and it hac proved a
[thorough snow remover. Here's
j where the old folks, who stuck so
j conservatively to pitched roofs for
j three centuries, in a snow-laden cli
j mate, were really tricked out of the
I advantages of the flat-roof house.
! They didn't believe anything but a
j roof with a sleep pitch would work
| well.
Forget War for Heine.
From the Youth's Companion.
The grave of the German poet
Heinrich Heine is In the cemetery
of Montmartre, Paris, ami the flowers
and shrubs about it are kept in order
by a firm of Parisian florists under
contract with the Frankfurter Zel
| tung. Because the value of the mark |
) has decreased almost to nothing the j
j Frankfurter Zeltung recently found
j that it had not enough money in the
| Heine fund to pay the caretakers and
j regretfully told them so. The answer j
lof the French florists is the most
j pleasing word that has come out of
Europe since the armistice; "Hur
ling the war we tended the grave of
! the great poet constantly, and we
have no intention of quitting now.
If things are readjusted to their for
mer values, you will be our debtor:
If not, you will owe us nothing,”
*— —— i
Return of 5-Cent Fare.
From the Portland Oregonian.
Segttle, having on its hands a muni- j
cipal street railway, whose operation |
j was giving rise to many financial j
difficulties, seems to have decided j
that a few more financial difficulties ■
could not make that branch of muni- [
cipal activity any worse to bear. So j
on March 1 the city restored the
5-cent fare.
It is not exactly the 5-cent fare
of the days before the war, for the
5-cent fare in those days carried
with it the free transfer privilege.
The present 5-cent fare is for a ride
without transfer. Tokens which
carry the transfer privilege may be
had at the rate of four for 25 cents.
A single cash fare, with transfer,
costs 7 cents.
Seattle bases the experiment on
two theories. One is that a great
many more persons will ride at the
lower rate than at the old S 1-3-cent
fare, the other is that by leasing a
large number of cars of a smaller
type, by rerouting and by the practice
of numerous economies, a saving will
be made, which, together with the
increased traffic, will put the system
on a sound financial basis.
We hope Seattle is right.
Reports on the first day’s results j
did not bear out the increased travel I
theory. The new rate was just 40
per cent lower than the old, and
the days receipts fell off Just 40
per cent." But the weather was
bad. and although it is admitted that 1
most bad weather drives people into j
the street cars, the cheerful optimists
in Seattle say that this was bad
weather of a type that keeps people
at home.
Ethereal Drapery. *
From Life.
“Don’t you think Angelica looks
aplrituell® in that evening gown?”
"Well, I must admit there’s not much
of the material about her."
PACKERS' MERGER
NEAR COMPLETION
Armours’ Purchase of Mor
ris Interests May Be An
nounced Next \Aeek.
EFFECTIVE OCT. 28, 1923
Believed Federal Intervention Has
Been Avoided by Methods
Adopted in Deal.
By the Associated Pres*.
CHICAGO, March 17. —Purchase of
Morris & Co. by Armour & Co., news
stories published here today said,
probably will be announced early next
week, the transaction being effective
as of the close of the former's fiscal
year, October 28.
Class A common slock, figuring in
the transaction, reports said, had been
valued at SBS a share.
Circumvention of federal interven
tion was believed to have been ac
complished by the methods by which
the deal will bo consummated, said
the news stories.
Armour Plan of Purchase.
Armour & Co. will buy the physical
assets of Morris & Co. through one of
its subsidiaries, probably Armour &
Co. of Delaware, recently organized,
it was said. Os the $30,000,000 pur
chase price. $10,000,000 will be paid in
cash, $10,000,000 in preferred stock of
Armour & Co. of Illinois at par and
j $10,000,000 of class A common stock
of Armour & Co. of Illinois at SBS.
Morris & Co. then will liquidate,
giving its preferred stockholders a
dividend of 100 per cent in preferred
stock of Armour & Co., its common
stockholders a cash dividend and a
dividend of 110,000,000 of Armour &
Co. common stock.
The $10,000,000 Armour & Co. corn
mot, stock will be turned over to
Morris & Co. by J. Ogden Armour,
chairman of the board.
No Morris <fc Co. slock will enter
into the deal, said the newspapers.
STUDENT IS KILLED
IN HIGH SCHOOL BLAST
Several Others Injured When Gas
Plant Blows Out. Shaking- City
of Erawley. Calif.
By the Associated Press.
BRAWLEV, Calif.. March IT. —One
student was killed and several others
severely injured here when the gas
plant of the Brawiey Union High
School blew up. The explosion rocked
the city and wrecked the front of the
school building. The student killed
was Haltie Smith.
Another girl. Katherine Hovley, sus
tained severe spinal injure s. and
Richard Powell is suffering from
burns and bruises which may prove
fatal.
The cement pillars in front of the
building were blown 100 feet out onto
the lawn.
| RAIL EARNINGS DOUBLED.
January Total. $68,941,000. Com
j pared to $35,265,000. Year Ago.
j Earnings of railroads during Janu
j ary were approximately twice as
I great as during the same month of
1922, according to Interstate Com
merce Commission ligur, s announced
yesterday. The railroads earned a
not of $68,941,000 in January. 1923.
[against $35,265,000 for the same month
a year ago. A large increase in the
j volume of transportation was re
j sponsible for the increased earnings,
j total revenues for the first month of
j the present year being $502,160,000.
• against $295,777,000 for January of
( last year.
j The figures announced by the com
j mission were from 194 class 1 roads,
j operating about 90 per cent of the
j total rail mileage of the country.
PLEADS TAX REDUCTION,
Vermont Judge Cites Constitutional
Right in Letter to House.
By tliA Associated Press.
MONTELIER. Vt.. March 17.—fcxer
cising his right under the stale con
stitution. Judge Harland K. Howe, of
the United t-tates District Court at
Burlington, has sent a communica
tion to th" House of Representatives
remonstrating against further in
crease by the legislature of taxes "on
anything for any purpose, whether
against the rich or poor." He also
petitioned for “reduction of taxes on
anything that is being taxed,"
The communication, which was read
to the house yesterday, cited this
clause in the Vermont constitution:
“The people have a right to apply
jto the legislature for a redress of
j grievances by petition or remon
j strance.” During the day the house
! killed two tax bills.
! •
! ACCEPTS TREATY REPORT.
French Chamber' Committee to Rec- I
ommend Naval Armaments Pact, j
By the Associated Press.
PARTS. March 17.—The chamber of
deputies foreign affairs subcommit
tee formed to study the Washington
conference treaties has adopted the
report of M. Guernier. w-hich. in ef
j feet, recommends ratification of the
j limitation of naval armaments pact.
I The full committee will deal with the
I report at its next meeting.
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THE WEATHER
District of Columbia and Maryland
—Fair tonight, with lowest tempera
ture near freezing; tomorrow increas
ing cloudiness and warmer; rain to
morrow afternoon or night; much
colder Monday; winds becoming
southerly and increasing tomorrow.
Virginia—Fair tonight, warmer in
extreme west portions; tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness and warmer, prob
ably rain tomorrow afternoon in ex
treme west and north portions:
diminishing north and northeast
winds, becoming southerly and in
creasing Sunday.
West Virginia—Fair and warmer
tonight: tomorrow increasing cloudi- i
ness and warmer, followed by rain
tomorrow afternoon; much- colder
tomorrow night.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer —4 p.m., 60; 8 p.m., 45;
12 midnight, 39; 4 a.m., 37; 8 a.rn., 35;
noon, 42.
Barometer —4 p.m.. 29.77; 8 p.m.,
29.91; 12 midnight. 30.08; 4 am., 30.16;
8 a.m., 30.30; noon, 30.23.
Highest temperature, 60, occurred
at 4 p.m. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 35, occurred at j
8 a.m. today.
Temperature same date last year—|
Highest, 46; lowest, 30.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the i
water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tern- (
perature. 38; condition very muddy. j
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United Slates coast and
geodetic survey.)
Today—Low tide, 2:22 a.m. and '
2:44 p.m.; high tide, 8:14 am. and
8:35 p.m. .
Tomorrow—Low tide. 3:03 a.m. arm
3:24 p.m.; high tide, 8:52 a.m. and
9:13 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today—Sun rose 6:18 a.m.; sun sets
6:16 p.m.
Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:17 a.m.;
sun sets 6:17 p.m.
Moon rises 6:22 a.m.; sets 6:33 p.m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
S Temperature. a a
I j? rj
H n s 5.
biaieins - „• £ State of
-> =•£ S'S- a, Weather.
; - s
Abilene, Tex 29.»8 56 38 7771 Hear
Albany 30.28 50 26 0.08 Cleur
Atlantic City 30.2*1 54 30 ITS Cloudy
lialtimore ..30.28 00 30 096 I‘t cloudy !
Rinnjr.giiain. 30.28 4K 28 0.50 Clear i
Bismarck .. 30.22 40 —6 Pt.cloudy
Boston 30.12 54 34 0.48 Cloudy
h'Hfalo 30.30 54 20 Cloudy
Charleston... 30.12 74 50 0.01 Bain
Chicago 30.12 20 2o Clear
Cincinnati... 30.32 20 22 .. . Clear
Cleveland ..30.30 52 24 Clear >
Denver 20.40 48 30 !..! Clear
Detroit 30.28 34 20 Clear
El Paso 29.94 54 32 Clear
Galveston .. 30.24 52 48 ... Clear
Helena 30.34 48 lo 0.12 Cloudv
Huron, S. D. 29.72 40 22 Snow*
Jacksonville. 30.14 78 62 0.01 Cloudy
Kansas City. 29.80 38 28 .... Clear’
Los Angeles. 30.00 74 52 .... Clear
Dullsville ..30.30 36 26 .... Clear
Miami, Kla.. 30.16 80 74 .... Clear
New Orleans 30.22 62 38 0.44 Clear
New York , 3<> 2o 58 32 1.08 Cloudy
Okla. City.. 29.92 50 36 .... clear
Omaha 29.08 30 34 ... Clear
Philadelphia. 30.24 60 30 1.08 ( loudy
Phoenix.Arjs 29.94 68 44 .. . Pt.cloudy
Pittsburgh.. 30 34 60 24 ... Clear
Portland. Me. 30.10 44 32 034 Cloudv
Portland.!O'- 3'>,3s 60 Ss (MM Cloudy
Italelch.N.C. 30 22 70 30 Iml Rain
S, I*ake City 29.84 40 32 020 Pt.cloudv '
San Antonio. 30.18 58 38 .... Clea- " j
San Diego. .. 29.98 70 50 .... Clear
8 Prat eiseo 30,14 06 50 .... Clear
St, Louis... 30.14 34 28 .. . Clear
Sc Paul 29.64 22 1 6 .... Pt.eloudy
Seattle 30.40 50 30 0.01 (loudy {
Spokane ....30,24 52 32 0.02 Cloudy I
WASH..D C. 30 30 OO 35 0.92 Clear"
FOREICX.
'Sam Greenwich time, today 1
Stations. Temi*erature,Weather. !
tyindon. England 40 Part cloudy I
Pntis. France 30 Clear
Vienna. Austria 34 Cloudy |
Copenhagen. Denmark 3*l Cb-ar
Stoekholm. Sweden 34 Clear
Gibraltar, Spain 50 Part cloudy ]
Horta (KayaD. Azores... . 44 Raining
Hamilton. Itermuda 00 Clear
San Juan. Porto Rico 70 Part cloudy
Havana. Cuba 74 Cloudy
Colon, Canal Zone.... 78 Part cloudy
JOINS WIFE IN DEATH.
Former Minister Charged With ,
Slaying. Leaves Suicide Note. i
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. March IT.— j
Leaving a note saying he had gone !
to join his "dear wife, who has gone •
before me." XV. A. Ruis. fifty-four, j
former minister, who was out on bond j
on a charge of having murdered his i
wife, committed suicide at his home [
near MacClenny.
Mrs. Ruis was killed several weeks i
ago as she lay in bed. Ruis. admitting ;
(that he killed her, maintained that a I
shotgun was discharged accidentally J
after he had procured it for the pur- I
pose of frightening away some dogs. |
STATE HONORS PORTER. ;
Governor Orders Suspension of
I
Business During Funeral. j
JACKSON. Miss?., March 17.—Gov.]
Lee M. Russell has issued a proclama
tion ordering a suspension of public i
business in the capitoi buildings to- [
day during the funeral hour of "Uncle I
Lew’s" Mahoney for twenty-five years
one of the negro porters at the state- !
j house. "Uncle Lewis" wen! violently '
[insane Thursday and died yesterday.
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Bavarian Newspaper Says
“Putsch” Was Part of Plan
for New League.
URGED CUNO DOWNFALL
Amy Officer Declared to Have
Pushed Conspiracy Bared
by Arrests.
| By tno Associate] Press.
MUNICH. Bavaria. March 19. —Tbs
J occupation of the Ruhr and an up.,
j rifting in Bavaria have been pans o|
ja French plan for establishing a con
■ tinental league of nations under the
domination of France, according to
I tlie Muencher Neuesto N'achrlcliten,
which makes the charge in connection
with the arrest here March 7 of prof.
Fuch, a dramatic critic, and Herr
Machaus, a musical conductor, on
suspicion of treason.
The newspaper claims it has re
ceived information that the pros
pectus for tlie contemplated league
provided for »lie inclusion of France,
Italy, ilie little entente. Bavaria and
several parts of Austria. The project
was mentioned by a French lieuten
ant colonel, Richer!. during secret
treasonable negotiations sometime
ago with Fuch and Machaus, the
newspaper asserts.
Advocated Bavarian “Fnlvch.”
Riehert is alleged to have got in
touch with these men when the
French first met with stubborn resis
tance in the Ruhr and lo have advo
cated a Bavarian ‘putsch" for inde
pendence from the rest of Germane
in order to confuse and break the
front of the resistance in the Ruhr,
j "If you don’t cat now,” Richer! is
j said to have told Fuch and Machaus.
“Bavarian activities will have no in
terest for France any longer. This
action must and will bring about the
downfall of the Cuno government and
the establishment of a ‘red’ govern
ment in central Germany.”
Asked to Start I nrest.
The Nachrichten asserts that Ma
chaus at an earlier date had bean
asked by the French Col. Baque, in
Mayence to start bolshevik unrest in
central Germany, with the aid of the
French, in order to give Bavaria the
utmost occasion for action.
Continuing the newspaper says that
when asked why France had such in-,
tcrest in a Munich “putsch” Riehert
replied: "A new era in European pol
itics is now beginning. The. Ruhr
operation is not a continuation of
the* reparations policy. "With this
step the new European policy will
1 be introduced."
j Riehert is then said to have an-
Jnounced the plan for a new league of
i nations and Fuch and Machaus al
j tegedly agreed with it. Therefore. >t
j was decided to carry out the “putsch
jat the earliest possible moment. The
{newspaper adds that Riehert declared
| Bavaria would gain France’s grati
I tude if an action should be carri* d
lout in Munich in support of the
[ Ruhr operation.
■ A dispatch from Berlin March 7. an ■
!nounced that a coup d'etat planned
[for the following week had been
[averted by the arrest in Munich ot
■fifteen persons. The ringleaders were
j mentioned ns Fros. Fuch, H-rr Mac
] iiaus and Dr. Kuehles, the latlei
former legal adviser to tlie Munich
town council. Kuehles was lonp"-
rarily released from custody and shot
himself.
MISS FONTAINE LOCATED.
Indicted tor Perjury in $1,000,000
j
Breach of Promise Suit.
i NEW YORK. March 17.—The seaivii
! for Evan Burrowes Fontaine, wanted
i for trial on purjury indictments, was
: reported successful last night. al
i though she was still at liberty,
i Sheriff Brown of Rockland count?
i who had taken up the trail, served
‘her with a bench warrant and then,
jit was said, refrained from taking
: her to jail for tlie night because the
I dancer pleaded she didn’t want t...
j leave her two-year-old son alone. ’
Miss Fontaine and her mother, Mr.-
! Florence E. Fontaine, were indicted
! by the Rockland county grand jury
1 for perjury in the daughter's recently
! unsuccessful $1,000,000 suit against
j Cornelius Vanderbilt iSonny) "Whitney
I for breach of promise,
j Miss Fontaine’s attorneys declared
! the dancer would fight the perjury
; charges with counter charges that
I Whitney’s representatives, defending
tlie $1,000,000 suit, had falsified cer
i tain envelopes, letters and jduilo
] graphs.
] A new member of the British pat -
) Lament recently invited his 30.000
i constituents to tea with him in the
{house of commons. As the constitu-
I » ncy i>. 400 miles from London the
offer was not largely accepted.