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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED
FLEEING AFTER ROBBERY

SPOFFORD, M H., Aug. 2S.--
Edward J. Patnode, of Keene, an
escaped convict, was shot and killed
by police officers early today after
robbery at the store of David
Slade. 1t was the sixth break
there. Three burglars have been
shot at different times, and Patnode
Is the second to die from his
wounds.
When the burglar alarm running
from the store to SHADES home
signaled the presence Of IN in.
truder, he called police officers, and
they surrounded the shop. The
burglar appeared an hour later,
with two bags full of goods from
the store. and was ordered to stop.
He tried to flee, the officers fired,
and the man went down.
Patnode died on the way to a
hospital. A loaded automatic pistol
was found in his pocket. He
escaped from the State prison in
1921 while serving a term Of eight
years for an attempt to kill Con.
stable John Allen, of Alstead, who
was shot in the leg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
SPECULATIVE ACTIVITY
LIGHTER ON N. Y. CURB

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-Specu-
lative. activity in the curb market
today was smaller than in the
previous sessions Of the week.
There was a smaller floating sup
ply Of stocks for sale at current
prices and bearish efforts to de.
press further were generally un.
successful. Some irregularity was
shown in prices of standard and
Independent oil stocks near the
opening Of the market, but early
declines were overcome in ag-
gressive buying later in the day.
No further weakness was in evil
dence in the petroleum markets,
though crude oil production this
week recorded q new high for the
year. Gasoline prices have been
cut this week, but not crude oil
prices. and inventories of refined
oil are being reduced. Prairie Oil
gained q point In the early trad
ing to 207; Vacuum Oil was frac.
tionally higher at Ga and Standard
Oil of Indiana at 56h: Cities Serv-
ice, in the independent oil group,
was steady and Red Bank slightly
higher,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
TILTED LOVER ENDS LIFE
BY FIRING HIS AUTO

MOUNT KISCO, N. Y, Aug. u.s.
Despondent because he had been re.
jected by his sweetheart two years
ago, Thomas Bibona, twenty-four
years old, Of Stamford, Conn.
parked his sedan on a road near
Bedford village. spread gasoline
about the interior OF the car, and
then set 1t on fire. After fighting
a farm hand, who tried to save
him, Bibona was pulled from the
car and brought to a hospital here,
where he died.
Bibona asserted that he had con-
templated suicide ever since the
Stamford girl refused his suit, but
that until last night he never had
the courage to carry out his inten-
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Concerts

Concert at Marine Barracks, at
$3.50 p. M, by the United States
Marine Band. william H. San
lehman. leader; Taylor Bran
son, second leader. conducting.
March, THE Shenandoah
Overture. IF Were King
"Andante and ROndO csprlocloso''
Duet for flute and horn, .:sere.
tMaSicians clayton Lindsay and
Adolphe Seidler!)
Master melodies from famous light
waltz. wine. Women ana song''
Norwegian Rhapsody ......: .LaIo
"staF-spangied Banner"
Montrose Park. Georgetown. at
United states Marine Band. VIII
liam H. santelmann, leader;
Taylor Branson. second leader.
March. National Emblem"
Ov0rturs, "MasanieIlo" .Auber
Romance, Eleanor. ..... Deepen
Selection, 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier"
Strauss
Mexican serenade. la Paloma.'
Yradier
waits, "AndaIusia". .....Le There
Selection, THE Force Of Destiny.
THE star-spangisd Banner"
Concert By the United states
Army Band. at Meridian Hill
Park. Sixteenth and Euclid
streets northwest. At 1880 p. m.
w. J. Stannard, director.
Overture. "The Four Ages Of Man"
Baritone solo. "The wandeFer'
performed by Sgt. 8. L. Johnsonj
Excerpts from "Ths Pink Lady"
Song hits of today
WY BID Did / xl;: That eirT'
Selection. THE sersnads" n. .Hsrbsrt
Mexican waltz. ''Impasaloned
March. Army and Marine" .starke
The star-spangied Banner"
Concert by the Army Music School
Band at Mt. Alto Hospital. at
1880 D. m. Senior bandleader.
students conducting. r. g.
Sherman, commandant; William
c. White. principal. Program:
March. AUX Flambeaux"
6cotson Clark
Conducted by Kenneth B. Watts.)
Overture, Grown DiamondB'
Conducted by Horace e. Nichols. J
Extra-Fox trot, 80 This 10
s. SsaiSS from adoins Up" .HirssS
Conducted by John A. Grable.l
Waltzes, Thousand and One
Ntghts STRAUSS
Conducted by John B, Veronneau)
Vario" ............... Brospsant
(Played by Kenneth B. Wattgl
Grand selection from "Rigolette"
Verdi
Conducted by william z. Rics)
Fox trot. From One Till Two"
Hoover
March. General LeJeune" .Branson
Conducted by William e. Rice.)
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
STOCKS SHOW
DECLINE IN
TRADING
Few Exceptions In Falling
Market With Volume
Reduced
BY w. s. COUSINS,
International News Service Financial
Editor

ny W. % NVO0A4NOp
International News Service Financial
Editor.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-With the
volume Of trading considerably re-
i duced, the decline in stock market
values which featured the close Of
yesterdays session on the stock
market was continued today, and
stocks in practically every division
OF the speculative list declined.
There were q few outstanding ex.
ceptions, the most notable being
Rutland preferred, which in =he few
weeks has advanced 20 points on
reports of accumulation by New
York Central interests. The stock
was 4 points higher today. Chesa-
peake & Ohio also exhibited strength,
and accumulation around IS con.
tinued.
Offerings Of the leading copper,
motor, speciality, oil and some of
the active railroad stocks was not
as heavy as in the last two sessions
{ and not SO much progress was made
in battering down prices Of the
pool stocks. 1t Is reported that
some Of the pools whose recent
operations have been. very unprofit.
able have re.entered the market and
are lending more active support to
the stocks they were compelled to
throw overheard. AS a result bear
igh pressure on these stocks has
lifted and the downward movement
halted, temporarily at least.
The market was nearly at a stand
still in the second hour as trading
fell off to the smallest proportions
In month or more. This was due
In some measure to the holiday
aspect Of the market, many large
traders being either entirely absent
for the Labor day holiday, or un'
willing to enter new commitments
over the week end.
Independent steel stocks and q
few Of the rails displayed poor form
In the ealy trading, and stocks of
the mercantile companies sold higher
on the fine showing of July trade
as reported by the Federal Reserve
Bank Of New York. Oils were in.
active and slightly lower as evidence
az over production Of crude oil con.
>tinued to pile up.
The American Petroleum Institute
today reported crude oil production
this week at new high for the
year at 2,O37 900 barrels, indicating
that consumption has not yet caught
up with production. Production is
still 200 barrels a day behind the
same period last year, but con.
sumption is about 20 per cent
higher. The prospects are therefore
much better than present per-
kormances.
Outside markets were generally
steady. Corn continued its sensa.
tional rise and added about cents
a bushel to yesterdays prices.
Wheat was steady in the early
trading, cotton few points higher
foreign exchange firm, with slight
Increases in sterling and French
francs; money in good supply and
rates for long-term funds un.
changed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
cITYS WATER SUPPLY
TURNED INTO HIGHBALL

BRISTOL. Va, Aug. 2S.-Corn
whiskey was served to Bristol
water users through the municipal
mains as a result of a raid by
local officers two days ago at the
filtration plant. The raiders say
four or five gallons of whiskey
were dumped into the public water
supply when those at the plant
learned raid was impending.
The officers arrested Robert Fry,
caretaker of the plant; Barley Fry
and Fred Cloyd, and seized fifty
eight gallons of whiskey in the
plant.
The next day city officials re.
ported a water shortage in some
OF the more elevated districts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Wrecks Strew Coast.


HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. %.
With sections of the Nova Scotian
coast strewn with wreckage of
storm damaged ships there were
strong indications today that the
gale which for two days swept the
Atlantic had cost heavy toll in
human life.
Captain Miller and his crew of
five men are believed to have lost
their lives when their schooner, the
Prince Edward Island, crashed on
the rocks at Kitty Witty Shoals,
twenty miles west Of Halifax. Frag-
ments Of the Prince Edward Island q
jolly boat have been picked up.
The schooner, enroute from New
York, was laden with coal.
A number Of ships were reported
over due.
The crew of one vessel was
rescue off Canso as 1t was sinking.
The schooner Julia r. c., of
Cape Breton, is helpless off the
coast.
Portions of the schooner Anna
Macdonald have been washed
ashore. but the fate Of her crew is
unknown.
Saved from Junk.
The Chinese junk, Shanghai,
bound from Norway to New York,
was driven upon White Point shoals
off Canso. All on board had a
miraculous escape. They included
Dewitt Wells, former municipal
judge in New York city; Jay Wells,
son OF ex.Judge Wells Chandler
Chapman, a cousin OF ex.JudgS
Wells, and two Norwegian seamen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
DISSOLUTION OF.
RE|CHSTAG
LIKELY
Course Of Action On DaWe1
Plan Now Depends On
NationaIists

BERLIN, Aug. 28.-Dissolution
Of the Reichstag appeared inevitable
today, following the governments
defeat In the test vote" upon the
crucial railway bill changing the
constitution to conform with the
Dawes plan. 1t failed to get the
necessary two.thirds.
Everything now depends upon the
German Nationalists, whose attitude
il still uncertain.
The final vote was scheduled tor
tonight, but may be postponed until
Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
NAVAL EXPEDITION FOR
RESEARCH DISCUSSED

The proposed United States Naval
Expedition for research ip oceano.
graphy was discussed yesterday
when the executive committee OF
the Conference on Ocenography met
in the photographic office, Navy
Department.
The committee IL meeting daily
until it's work is completed and
final plans are drawn up for sub
hitting to the whole conference
prepatory to present them to the
Secretary Of Navy for his action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Rails Show Loss

Z. NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The aver.
age price Of twenty representative
railroad stocks at noon today was
$6S.75 a share, decline of 16 cents
from yesterdays average. The
average price Of twenty representa-,
rive industrial stocks at noon was
$S6.93 share, a decline of 40 cents
from yesterdays average.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
INVENTS KIDNAPPING TALE
TO COVER GAMBLING LOSS

NEW OELEANS, Aug. 2s.-After
startling relatives and police by
telling a thrilling story Of how two
men kidnapped, bound, gagged and
left him tied to a tree in st. Ber-
nard parish for thirty hours, dur
ing which he nearly died, Clifton
Herbert, twenty-six, confessed that
he kidnapped" and bound himself
to cover a loss Of $40 gambling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARX
Local stocks
FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs q Coz
SALES.


Capital Traction, IS, $6O0@97%.
City and Suburban, IS, $4,000
s2A.
Washington Railway and Electric,
As, $500@75.
Washington Railway and Electric
gen. and ref. 6s, SO. $100o@S9.
$50000s9, $5O00@99.
Wardman PIX Hotel, IS, $1Oo@99.
Capital Traction Company, so
s2N, 10092A. 20@s2K. 10@92A.
6@92H.
Washington Railway Electric
Com, 5@75h.
Lanston Mon. 1O@77, 2o@77.
After Washington Gas. 6s,
80, $2000@172.
Notice-This Exchange will stand
adjourned until Tuesday, Septem-
Der Q.
Money-Call loans, sos percent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Hearing On Rail Mercer

The application of the Aitchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad FOR
authority to acquire control bV
lease Of the Oklahoma Central
Railroad will be heard by the Inter.
state Commerce Commission on
September 10, it was announced by
the Commission today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Foreign Bonds
Dividend Notice.


The regular quarterly dividend Of Two
Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents per share
will be paid on Wednesday, October Is,
1924, to stockholders of record at the
close Of business on Saturday. septem-
Der 20. 1924.
H. BLA1R-sMITH. Treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Eek. Dividend
Oil Stocks

FURNISHED by W. B. Hlbbs 8 Coz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-28
Foreign Exchange
(Furnished By w. B. Hibbs & {

(Furnlshed by W. B. Hibbs & Cos
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06
PUBLIC WORKS REPORT

The third annual report of the De-
partment of Public Works, formerly
the Railroad Commission and Public
Service Commission, will probably be
ready for distribution soon. As In
previous years, copies of the report
are in great demand, particularly from
other sections Of the United States.
This department of Washington
state government from its inception
as the railroad commission has pc.
culiarly been leader in regulativs
work. Just as the oil railroad COM
mission was probably the first such
body in the United States to develop
and carry out plan Of valuations Of
railroad property, which plan was sub
sequently to considerable extent
adopted by other state commissions
and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, so was 1t the pioneer in formu-
lating methods of regulating the new
motor vehicle transportation.
1t has been the practice for many
years in this department in printing
its report to include In detail almost
the entire text of all of It's decisions
just as the decisions Of the supreme
court of the state are printed. These
printed reports, with the exception OF
the original order on file In the de-
partment, are the only source by
which the public interested may ad.
wise ITSELF
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06
THE NEW "cow COUNTRY"

There are still those who think OF
the West - including the Pacific
Northwest-as the Cow country" OF
highly imaginative literature and the
movies-with its harried sheriffs, bad
men, cattle wars and dance hall cpl.
sodes.
Impressions, indeed, are deep root.
ed. AND so swiftly has the Pacific
Northwest risen to world pre-emi
hence as modern dairy and live.
stock country that the old ideas have
scarce had time to take their leave.
The truth is that the Pacific North.
west is today country in which
dairying and livestock raising Is a
great and highly specialized indus.
try. 1t Is land Of purebreds, great
stock shows, scientific practice Its
vast army of farm livestock numbers
more than 27OOO,OOO animals worth
approximately $319,0OO,000.
1t is the purpose Of the advertise.
ment this month to present to the
people of the United States q true
conception Of the livestock and dairy
ing Industries of the Pacific North
west as they really are. In doing
this, 1t Is typical OF the entire Pa
clflc Northwest Advertising Cam.
paign. For 1t is one of the purposes
Of this campaign to clear away false
ideas regarding the Pacific North
west and substitute for them accu.
rate knowledge Of the country. These
advertisements seek to paint true
picture Of the great resources, swift
growth and large opportunities OF
the Pacific Northwest; and, in this
way, to arouse the public to fresh,
active interest In this Land Of Oppor-
tunlty.
Ten big national magazines, with
combined circulation OF approx.
mately 100000 copies, are carry
ing this story Of the Pacific North.
west to the people OF the United
States. Estimating five readers for
each copy, the total number Of peo.
pie reached by this campaign may
be conservatively placed at 10000 900
each month.-The Burlington, Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Rail.
roads,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06
Students Plan Study
OF Stone Quarryins

BEDFORD, Ind.-Students of min
ing engineering, representing mum
Der of different educational institu
lions, will go into the stone quarrie>
of the Bloomington district
this summer to study latest methods
of scientific quarrying.
Special arrangements will be made
by commercial organizations for the
entertainment Of the groups, while a.
quarries and mills every facility will
be offered to make the intensive shor'
courses most valuable.
Experts will take charge of the
groups as they proceed from one
branch of the industry to another
Brief talks will centralize attention
on the most important phases of the
industry from an engineering stand
point The talks will then be followed
by general discussions among the stu
dents.
Perhaps the largest single groul
will be the 40 mining engineering stu
dents from Lehigh University, who
will travel 5000 miles in the United
States and Canada this summer, get
ting flrst-hand instruction in dozen
or more different mining industries
They are scheduled to reach Bedford
late In August
In the last few years, according to
quarry officials, the popularity of stu
dent excursions Of this character has
been growing rapidly. Reports from
educational institutions show that
during the present summer thousands
Of students will carry on study and
research work In practically every in.
dustry In America. Their reports fire.
quently provide fresher and more in.
innate information for class work
than is usually found in the text
books
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06
"Who Pays the Taxes?"
{ Asks Educational Assoc.

The paramount issue before the
people of Washington, declare taz
students, is the question of taxation
including the matters of bond issues
and bond redemption, for these also
hold an important bearing upon the
subject, since about 20 cents out OF
every dollar paid In taxes is devoted
to this purpose alone. The matter OF
tax exemption both in securities and
public ventures Of one sort and an
other is also making itself felt, di.
rectly and indirectly, for the reason
that every dollar that so evades pay
ment of share of the public burden
must be added to the load already
borne by the people.
The American Educational Associ
alton of Philadelphia has issued a
pamphlet on this subject for the pur
pose of bringing realization of just
what taxation means to every resi-
dent. 1t says in part:
Let us face the matter fairly and
squarely. Everybody pays taxes! We
may not own one square foot Of land
OF the first two bricks of house. We
may not have 81 In the bank, or one
single $40 bond or savings certificate.
We may not own the tools we work
with, the stove we cook with or the
bed we sleep on. We may not yet
have paid in full for the hat on our
head, the clothes on our back or the
boots on our feet.
But we pay taxes, just as surely
as II he owned houses and lots, stocks
and bonds, bank accounts, farms,
mills, factories or railroads.
1--WE all have to eat. If the grocer's
landlord has to pay higher taxes the
grocer has to pay higher rent, and we
have to pay the grocer higher prices
for our food.
1--WE all have to sleep. If the man
who owns the house we rent has to
pay higher taxes, then we have to pay
higher rent.
1--WE all have to wear clothes. If
the clothing manufacturer and mer.
chant have to pay higher taxes, then
You and and The Other Fellow have
to pay higher prices for our clothing
"If the railroads have to pay higher
taxes, they have to charge higher
rates for carrying coal, and we have
to pay higher prices for our fuel
I'VE all have to pay taxes! We can
all see how this principle works in
these direct ways. But the indirect
ways in which high taxes are the
cause Of high cost Of living are SC
roundabout that it Is not always clear
that in the long run we who are con
sumers must pay all taxes.
"Unduly heavy taxes on financial
institutions mean high interest fol
! loans, expensive mortgages and JUS
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06

Worlds grand champion work horse
Major McFarIane, a ten.year-o id cIydes.
dale geIding, owned by Wilson g. Co.,
packers, who won six first awards In
six successive classes at the last Inter.
national Livestock Show, took the after.
noon off from his regular routine Of
hauling meats and provisions around to
the butcher shops In Chicago to assIst
In the laying Of the cornerstone Of Chi.
Cages now million. dollar riding club.
Major MoFarlane has won the coveted
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06
Hydraulic Resources
Of State Surveyed

How scientists at the University
of Washington are constantly contrib
ing to the development of the state
and its wealth of resources is shown
by recent announcement of research
carried on by the University's engi
neering experiment station under d.
rection Of Dean c. e. Magnusson.
This work includes expert investI.
CATION in electric and hydro-electric
power, clays and ceramic resources,
forestry and numbering, hydraulics,
and coal mining,
An important recent contribution
was made by Dean Magnusson, who
In addition to being director OF the
experiment station Is also dean of the
college Of engineering and professor
OF electrical engineering. He has just
published reconnaissance survey
of hydro-electrlc power in Washing
ton. In pursuit of the university's pol
Icy Of serving the empire which i'm
mediately surrounds it, much atten-
ton Is paid by its scientists to the
water power resources of the state,
which are among the most extensive
In the Union. Dean Magnusson's sur
vey of electric power in Washington
describes developed water power iu
the state, the daily output of electric
power in Washington, the power
plants under construction, undevel.
oped power sites, and the transmits,
sion lines now in operation 1t Is but
the first part of projected treatise
on the states water power resources.
AS an aid to the coal mining indus
try of the Northwest, scientific in
vestigation on Goal Washing Prob.
lens Of the Pacific Northwest" has
just been completed at the University
by Earl r. Mcmillan and Byron M.
Bird
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-06

/, so much higher cost for the houses
We buy or rent.
Every time we pay 81 to a railroad
we pay 5 cents for taxes.
"No matter who pays taxes direct.
ly to the tax collector, we all pay our
share indirectly, whether we own
taxable property or earn taxable in.
come, or not.
"Out of every So of our national in
come 81 goes for taxes, federal, state
and local.
"The boy whose living expenses are
So week pays 81 in taxes in the form
of prices made higher by taxation.
"The man who pays out $24 a week
is paying SO of taxes, the man ex.
pending $48 pays Sc, and so on. And
he pays this, even If he does not own
one dollars worth of taxable prop.
erty.
"He pays 1t in cost of living, and he
cannot pass the cost along to some
body else. -
Let US all remember that we now
pay 81 out Of every SO for taxes!"