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Evening star., 1924-04-11
SELLING PRESSURE
HITS STOCK PRICES
Motors and Motor Accessories
Driven Downward in
I. Early Drive.
DROP IN TAXICAB SHARES
Wall Street Believed to Be Over
doing Pessimism.
DROP IN TAxICAB SHARES
BY STUART p. WEST,

Special Dispatch to The Star
WALL, STREET, New York, April
lin the early part of the session OF
The stock market today a selling move
ment of considerable violence broke out
in the motor accessory stocks and in
some of the motors themselves, oaseo
unon reports of curtailment in automo-
bile production, and in the case OF the
motor parts makers of possible cancel
1ation of orders 1t looked as if these
stocks and various others were oehns
driven down in order to facilitate the
taking of profits on the short side else
where.
stewart Warner had the sharpest
hreak among the motor supply stocks.
Despite reaSSuring statements from
headouarterS, the street pelleNeS tnaI
the company has lost the General MO
tors contract, the latter having oe-
cided to make it's own speedometers.
bosch Magnetic, rejecting the very
disappointing showing last year,
when earnings amounted to only sl.oo
per share, was weak, ana tnere was
another sensational break to wen pc
low 200 in Fisher Body. Failure 10
announce the much discussed capital
split-up was the motive back OF the
Selling in the latter stock. Strom-
berg Carbureter also broke badly.
TWO Issues Resist Pressure.
Among the motor shares themselves
Studebaker and Chandler resiseeo
pressure better than they naa or.
other days, but there was a 1ur tner
severe drop in Willys-Overland pre-
TERED following the failure at fhurs-
DAVIS meeting to take any aceion on
dividends The action or Huoson mo
tors indicated that the prospect OF
Sfn d1VlnPnO
been the sustaining influence Wnlle
other motors were going down.
With this support removed tne ne
stock dropped a point. Max"ell
Motors "A" for the first time broke
- the 40 level The motor truck STOCKS 5
went with the rest Both Mack
Trucks and White Motors made new
lows for the year.
A violent drop in taxicab stocks
was another feature. Yellow IaXl
+ and Chicago Yellow Cab were selling
; far out of line 30 it was felt, with
+, tiiyidends and earnings-that is, con-
sidering general market conditions
. Their decline was obviously in the
nature of a readjustment-
Wall Street Attitude Analysed.
Wall street is, of course, overdo-
ing it's peSSimiSm now in the same
y degree as three months ago 1t was
magnifyinE the favorable side or the
trade outlook. There can be no real
+, weakness in the business situation
% long as credit remains easy, and
so long as there is no overaccumu-
Ia ton of goods in the hand of mer-
chants and manufacturers. But in GER
tain lines-and steel and automobiles
are those most under disCuSSion-
there was too much optimism at the
start of the year as TO consumptlVe
requirements T7a> consequence was
that output was pushed too far. re-
sulting in a moderate degree of over
production.I The corrective for TINS.
is naturally curtailment of mill and
factory operations until surplus sup :
plies are work ed off, and this is what
is going on now.
Evening star., 1924-04-11
BALTIMORE DAIRY PRICES.

BALTIMORE, April II (SpeciaD.-
Live poultry-Young chickens, lb.,
25a35; Leghorns, 25a30; winter, 4oa
As; springers, 50a55; old hens. 23a26;
Leghorns, old, 23a24; old roosters, 16;
ducks, 24a25; pigeons. pair, 45a50;
guinea fowl. each, 30a6o.
Dressed poultry-Chlckens, d. Is
ass; ducks, 30aS5; old roosters, lea
II; capons, 35a45.
Eggs Qoss off)-Native and near
by firsts, doz.. %; southern, 21; duck
eggs, AZ.
Butter-Creamery, good 70 fancy,
3Sa4l1a prints. 42a44; nearby cream
cry, 35aSS; ladies, 30a32; rolls, 26a2S;
store packed, 20: dairy prints, 26a
2S; process butter, 36a37.
Evening star., 1924-04-11
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. April 11.-Both in activ-
ity and strength corn took the lead
ership of the grain markets today
during the early dealings. Damp cold
weather led to considerable buying of
corn and also gave firmness to oats,
Demand for wheat however, lacked
volume. Corn opening prices, which
varied from unchanged figures to %
higher, with May 1914 to TN, were
followed by a moderate upturn all
around.
In wheat the May delivery held up
a little better at times than the de-
ferred months. After opening un-
changed to a as lower, May 1.01 B
to 1.01 u al .02 and July 1.03& to 1.0S II,
the market underwent slight gen.
eraI sag and then scored a trile ad-
vance in some cases.
Oats started unchanged to 4 up.
May 46S to 46h Later the gain be-
came general.
Provisions wRre Steadied by an M
Evening star., 1924-04-11
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
DEFEATS MERGER
Vote of 1852 Against 245, ,642,
Rejecting Consolidation With
New Haven Interests.

BOSTON, April 11.-Completion of
the count of ballots cast at the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad annual meet
ing on Wednesday shows that a reso-
luton opposing consolidation at any
time with the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad was defeated
by a vote. of 255.240 to 245,642. The
resolution was introduced by the Bos-
ton and Main Minority Stockholders
Protective Association.
The shares represented by the as
sociation and by the first preferred
stock holders voting trust were voted
in favor of the resolution and those
owned by the New Haven road against
it. The proxies held by the Boston
and Maine management, S,10S were
voted in favor and 23,345 against and
120.0O7 contained no instruction on
the matter.
Evening star., 1924-04-11
STOCKS EX-DIvIDENDS.
BOIL WEEvIL FOE.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Amos L.
Beatty. president of the Texas Com
pany, announced today that the com
pany contemplated marketing a new
and inexpensive process for exter-
rninating the boil weevil. Expert
ments with the process, which is
spray, have been successful, he
stated, but further tests would be
made before the contrivance was
offered,
Evening star., 1924-04-11
Washington Stock Exchange.

! bAIIES.
Washington Gas 6s $500 at 10l, $500 at
1O0A.
Washington Gas Light at 49M
Second National EGnk-15 at 16O, 10 at 100
Is at 100, at 100.
American Security and Trust Coz at 302
National Mortgage and Investment pfd.-
20 at SS.
AFTER CALL.
american Security and Trus' Cos at 3o2.
lOrat 30g.
Second National Bank-10 at 16O.
American Security and Trust Colo at
302h.
Washington Gas 6s '33-S1 800 at 100A
81 900 at 1904. $1,000 at 1904. $2,700 at
1907.
Capital Traction Co.-59 at 93h.
American Security and Trust Co.-1oo at
302h. 35 at 302h.
Washington Gas $500 at 95.
Money-Call LOANS and 9 per cent.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1924-04-11
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
N Y. RESERVE BANK REPORT.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The state
ment of the condition of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York at the
close of business April shows:
Total gold reserves, $913.616,o00!
Total reserves, S940,O15,000.
RilIs discounted secured by govern
ment war obligations. s90,340,000.
All other, $40, $4,000.
Bills bought in open market, S49,-
$4,000.
Total earning assets, $z3S,l75,0OO.
>Uncollected items, s24,936,000.
Due to members: Reserve account,
$747, $4,000.
Total deposits, s7S0,769,0o0.
Federal reserve notes in actual cir
culation, 1862. 200.
Ratio of total reserves to deposits
and federal reserve note liabilities
combined, 1922 per cent
Evening star., 1924-04-11
LUMBER OUTPUT. LESS.
Moderate Recession at Washington
and Oregon Mills.

SEATTLE, April IL Especially -
There has been a moderate recession in
the lumber output of Washington and
Oregon recently, latest reports showing
that mills of the West Coast Lumber
mans Association are only running 10
per cent above normal eight-hour capac-
ity, wfale new orders are per cent be-
low production. The foot and mouth
disease now raging in California has
had a decided effect on some businesses
Sn the northwest
Evening star., 1924-04-11

An old belief was that babe born
on Easter morning was likely to
know neither want nor care.
Evening star., 1924-04-11
IN. Y. Stock and Bond
Averages.
STOCKS.
Thursday, April 10.

STOCKS.
Total stock sales, s26,2o0
shares.
Twenty industrials averaged
91.64; net loss, 1926.
High, 1924, 1924; low, OLGA.
Twenty railroads averaged
s1.25; net loss, $40.
High, 1924, S6.32; low, s1.25.
Decline in railroad averages
due to Lehigh Valley selling
ex-rights.
BONDS.
Total bond sales (par value),
$1O,s37, 900.
Ten first grade rails averaged
$50; net gain, .09.
Ten secondary rails averaged
S477; net loss, IL.
Ten public utilities averaged
1886; net loss, .01.
Ten industrials verage d
93.3S; net loss, .0s.
Combined average. sS.1S; net
loss, .03.
Combined average month ago,
$3.50; year ago, S6.A0.
Evening star., 1924-04-11

tPartly extra. payable in preferred stock.
Dividend rates as given in the above table
the annua. cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half-yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise noted, extra or speciai
dividends are not included.
High. Low Last.
Call Money. A. ~ 4M
HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
IL am. $50 400 p.m..... 596 800
IL m..... 400 600 2p.m..... 600 600
Evening star., 1924-04-11

A new Life of Napoleon is being
written by the English statesman.
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TOTAL SALES (Par vaIue):
lam. 3O79O0o IL noon 44S3 900
1p.m.. 5579000 2p.m... z ISL 900
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ON NEW YORK BONDS STOCK ExcHANc
(Sales are in $1,000

UNITED STATES 6ONDS'
Fract.ons represent thirty seconas'
Example: 98-2 means SO 3-32.)
Evening star., 1924-04-11
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

(Quotations furnished By Redmond & Coz
Evening star., 1924-04-11

Edward L. Hillyer, vice president
Of the Union Trust Company, is en-
route to Europe for several weeks
vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
TIRE BUSINESS GOOD WITH KAY
Steady Increases In Tire Section At Met Cormack
 Bros.

'sThere has been<quite a deal of talk about tire business not being good lately." remarked Roy Kay, Of MO Cormack Brothers. We are not ind ing it so, however, and do not be- Heye this is true with the dealer who ia selling high grade merchandise ana Ia standing behind what he sells.
 "We have shown steady increase in business in our tire department since the first of the year, and the indications are that this month will be a record breaker with us. Since taking on the sale of United States Royal Cords our volume of business has increased won derfully. I, personally, have been Tn the tire selling business for more than ten years and I have never seen a nre that equalled in value the present Royai Cord. Neither have ever seen tire which was 50 universally admired and boosted by it's users.
 "Of course, l have always known that the United States Rubber com pany was in a better position to sell real tire value than any of the com petitive companies. This, by virtue of Its privately owned source of supply of all its raw materials. also knew that once a man had used a Royal Cord it was mighty hard to sell him anything else. But, frankly, United States tires have opened my eyes to real tire value.
 With such a good tire to sell our customers, and with our service behind them, we feel that we have more to of- fer than any other tire sconcern. The fact that business is getting better ev- cry day with us tends to prove that there is always plenty of business for the place where the values are best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
CONDITIONS SHOW
 BIG IMPROVEMENT
Ford Motor Officials See Up
 ward Trend

DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 20.-Busi- ness conditions of the country generally are showing a decided improvement, ac- cording to August sales reports of, the Ford Motor company.
 The most striking evidence of this up- ward trend is shown in the retail sales of Ford cars and trucks for the last ten days of August. During that period sales exceeded by more than 900 per day those of the previous ten days. .Tele- grams asking for additional shipments to take care of the retail demand have been coming in to the Highland Park plant from practically all sections of the country, and all indications point to September sales being the greatest September business in the history of the company,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
UNHEARD EXPRESSIONS

"Yes, mum, one day off each fort night will suit me nicely"
 I'm returning your umbrella, took it by mistake"
 Now our honeymoon is over, dearest, you must insist on your mother coming to stay with us for a month or so."
 Il regard the payment of income tax as pleasant and patriotic duty"
 That hair you found on my coat, dear, come from the head of my pretty typist."
 Good afternoon. I was sincerely hop ing 1 shouldn't see you."
 Yes, darling, I've kissed many girls before you"
 She's much prettier than I am."
 Sure, Pat an ye can call me what ye loike, I won't foight ye. I hate scrappin'."
 %Why, yes, dear, I've been enjoying myself thoroughly at the club. I was not detaiped at the office"
 "Your worship, wish to state that was driving 60 miles an hour when the constable stopped me-"
 Please, sir, may have the day off? I want to go to a cricket match. - Passing Show, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
SUSPICIUUS UF FTSHERME Turkish Government Thought Foreign
 CTS Might Be Smugglers.

Sport is not lacking in Turkey, though the Turks themselves care lit- tie about it. It is almost exclusively the European who goes hunting or fish ing for pleasure. It has indeed been one of the nuisances of the new regime this year that the Angora government, in it's passion for regulations, for a time prevented foreigners from using their pleasure boats for fishing.
 It seemed to think that when European went out for bass he was bound to be doing some sort of con- traband trading or to be using Turk ish waters illegitimately in some way or other. His fishing boat was looked on with as much suspicion as a dread naught. It was only after long negotia- tions that Angora consented to allow these expeditions of sport in foreigners craft. But the craft have to flyla spe- 0ially designed Turkish flag to show their innocence.
 During the allied occupatio Constan- tinople had the unique experience of having two packs of hounds and the flats and uplands above the Straits and by the Marmora saw many fine run. Prince George followed the hounds Q fthe European side when he was there on a visit and took toss among the wonderfully diversified steeps and valleys. The hunting, indeed, was even less exciting than the riding, where precipitious gradients and plunges into deep-lying nullahs succeeded one an- other breathlessly. If horse and rider were safe at the end it was as great matter for congratulation as a kill. Fox was the aim, but it was very ire qnently jackal that was followed from the start or that broke across the trail and turned the hounds astray. Once, in Anatolia, it is veraciously stated that the pack went away after a local in- habitant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

A surprising number of motor car troubles on the road are Gue to the most .trifling causes. Curiously, fore most among them is lack of gasoline. The motor dies several miles from nowhere, you walk around to the tank in the rear, and you see to your disgust that the gage registers empty. The ex- perience is particularly annoying be- cause it is such an obvious trouble and so easily avoided. Perhaps the safest rule is to know how far your cap will go on gallon, keeping track of both the gasoline gage and the speedometer. When your tank registers less than one-quarter full, have it filled without delay. This is important, for if the gage is inaccuate or there is dent in the bottom of the tank, or if the car is not perfectly level, the amount of fuel in the tank may be considerably less than five gallons To be on the safe side, the gasoline gage should be inspected at least one a day, and oftener on long run.
 Lack of oil in the engine is even more serious, and a safe rule is never to allow the oil level gage to register less than half full, and even then it is a good plan to carry a gallon of oil in the car at all times. Here again it must be noted that when the gage shows half full the oil reservoir may be one quarter full due to defect in the gage, to the parking of the car on a slope cross-wise or lengthwise or due to the shape of the oil reservoir.
 If, however, the oil supply is allowed to get too low, remember the usually the oil pressure gage on the instrument board will indicate less than normal pressure before any real harm occurs to the engine. Therefore, when reduced pressure is noted, first look at the oil level gage. If the level is low, fill the reservoir at the first opportunity, mean while driving the car slowly if the pressure is very low, but do not run the engine after marked loss of power is observed.
 Whether the oil reservoir is full or empty, never run the engine after the pressure gage on the instrument board this trouble smay be cured on the road by removing the external oil piping and blowing it clear, or by removing and cleaning the strainers. Otherwise the car should be lowed unless it is possible to obtain several gallons of oil in which case it is permissible to pro- ceed at a moderate rate after pouring oil slowly into the running engine until it begins to smoke. Every ten miles or so add oil until the engine begins to smoke again. Failure to observe these direction may result in burned out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
BEFORE NEWTON

At a prayer meeting in a negro church the pastor was explainin gthe passage which tells of the passing of the children of Isreal through the Red Sea.
 Tt is all very simple" he sai. You know that water generally flows down hill, but in this yere instance things was jus reversed. The water, instead of flowint down hill, done suddenly flow up hill, leavin' the bottom of the sea all dry, so that all the children ob Isreal jus passes ober without eben wettin' their feet. Then"
 But" interrupted a young negro who had been to college, "it wouldn't have done that, pastor. It< would have been against the law of graVitation."
 You jest set down, sah," answered the pastor. "You don't know what you are talkin' about. This all happened three thousand years fore the law of gravitation done been discovered. - Tid-Bits, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
FORBES EXPECTS STEADY UPCl)RVE
Reports o f Increasing Commercial And Indus
 trail Activity

Unmistakable signs of an increasing upcurve of business are reported by President Myron E. Forbes, of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company of Buffalo, NY. a
 Because of their widespread distrib- uting organizations, motor car manu- lecturers are able to keep an unusually said Mir. Forbes.
 "In this respect the management of the Pierce-Arrow company is singularly fortunate. Our truck representatives are in almost daily touch with more than two hundred lines of industry. In handling the distribution of our motor busses, Pierce-Arrow men are constant ly gaining first hand knowledge of day to-day conditions in the field of pas senger transportation, which is an im- portant index of commercial activity. And in their contact with owners of Pierce-Arrow cars-both the higher priced and moderately priced models our distributors and dealers have most favorable opportunity to discuss the trend of business affairs with men who are leaders in commercial life,
 This network of contacts with the business world reaches throughout the United States and we are virtually a clearing house for information as to conditions. It is because of this that we are quick to feel any change in the pulse of the business world.
 During the last few weeks we have recognized a pronounced quickening of business activity. This, of course, has reflected itself in an increasing demand for the products which the Pierce-Ar- row company manufacturers.
 "The fact that we are planning in- creases in our production schedules, in- dicates how much importance we attach to the picture of general business, ac- tivities, which comes to us through our distributing organization"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
Motor Trouble On Road
By Barney Oldfield

bearings, scored cylinders, and pic.ons, and many other serious troubles.
 Engine missing a stroke or explosion is becoming rarer, year by year, but it still is one of the most common troubles. In most cases 1t is due to carbon deposit on the spark plug procelain. After re- moving the offedning plug, all carbon should be removed from the porcelain, the points should be adjusted to 1-32 inch and the plug put back unless the porcelain is cracked, in which case the plug should be discarded.
 In examining fuses in generator or lighting circuits it is we'll to bear in mind that the wire within the fuse may burn at the end where the defect cannot be seen. Thus fuse may appear to be oke and yet be. burned out. To guard against this possibility, then examining a fuse twist the two ends slightly. If the wire within twists the fuse is okeh, but if the wire rotates without twisting the fuse is burned out. Copyright, 1924, by International Fea-
 lures Service Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

years it has left the longest trail of any motor car in the world without it's motor ever once being taken down.
 The car has travelled 150,000 miles and it is asserted that in the period during which it was rolling up a mileage equal to six times the distance aroundk the earth at the equator, no personBhas ever witnessed the internal mechanism of the motor.
 The coupe. a model SAB, engine No. SS202, was bought by Dr. George A. Spencer, a kell-known physician in the Sacramento valley, in November 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
so TRYING

The Irishman was away on his holi- days. One morning he came down to breakfast with a very worried frown on his face and an open letter in his hand. He looked so gloomy and ate so little that presently one of his fel- low holiday-makers asked him what was the matter.
 He replied that he had just had a letter from his sister to say that she had had an addition to her family.
 You don't look very pleased about it." answered the other. "Is it a boy or a girl?"
 That's just what is bothering me" was the reply. "They didn't tell me in the letter and now, bejabers, I don't know whether I'm an uncle or an aunt r'-Answers, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

He disposed of the car in April, 1923. During the years of his ownership the car was in constant use, day and night, Sundays and holidays included.
 Dr. Spencer emphatically states that never while he possessed the coupe was the motor opened for any mechanical work whatsoever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
BEAUTY TIP

This is the time, of the year when a. car comes back to the garage cov- cred with tar spots. Vaseline, if given reasonable time, will soften tar spots. When these have softened, wash away the grease spots with a mild soap, and will leave spots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
AGED AUTO HAS
 SPLENDID RECORD
Willys-Knight Coupe Goes 15O,-
 900 Miles Easily

Signed statements by reputable men through whose hands a Willys-Knight coupe, now owned by W. P. Rouse, of Sacramento, Cal. has passed, give ground to tine belief that in seven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
GEAR CREASE

Gear grease should not be too stiff. It should flow between the teeth of the gears freely. For this reason d lighter grade of lubricant should be used during cold weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
BATTERY SERVICE

A storage battery is kept properly filled with distilled water, neither over nor undercharged, will give service for fifteen months or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
WHITE MARKS

White marks on the exhaust pipe indicate a prematurely overloaded en- zine of car that has been driven too fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
LITTLE FAIRY STORIES

I just knew you'd be angry, Fred, but I really couldn't help it. I left the car at the curb, right in front of the store, and when I came out, dear me, but that fender was all banged up. Gracious, but was vexed!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
KEEP OUT OF SUN

A car should never be washed in sum- light. The direct rays of the sun striking on water causes heating which, of course, affects the paint, enamel or Tarnish.