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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19
# tried and true judges of radio pro-

of tried and true judges of radio pro-
priety.
What is claimed direct advertising
is also in for a, hiding by radio fans
near and far. They claim some sta
tons should be shut down, but here
again the laws under which, radio is
operated and controlled fail to give
the commerce hsead necessary author
ity- The only remedy IL a revised
law. The first radio conference rec
commended in 1922 that direct adver-
Using in radio broadcasting be abso-
lutely prohibited and that indirect ad-
vertising be limited to a statement of
the call letters of the station and of
the name of the concern responsible
for the matter broadcast, subject to
such regulations as the Secretary of
Commerce mighn. impose. No regula-
tons, other than the citing OF the
above resolution, have been forthcom-
ing, under the belief that 1T would be
censorship, which is unauthorized by
law. Most of The stations live up to
this early agreement chiefly because
they value the good will of the public.
and others which broadcast what
might be term ad legimate radio adj
vertiseing-thar is, indirect-label it
and see to it that it is composed
chiefly of high class entertainment
and educational features. Such pro-
grams, department officials believe,
are acceptable ITO an extensive audi
ence of fans who find this indirect
advertising unosbjectionable.
Object 10 Sales Talks.
What fans seem to object to is the
selling of apparatus and goods over the
air, such as seeds, eyeglasses, books
and other matter. in a mail-order man
ner; the advertising of corsets. shoes,
breakfast foods, spices, etc. The serv-
ices of performers and orchestras have
been offered viaL the ether by some
stations, to the objection of booking
agencies. When criticized, one station
has adopted the -'public-be.h changed" at
titude, although it is the public upon
which it's very life depends. A let
ter from Illinois states 1t presents the
views of $50 fans and files bill of
complaint against local stations ad-
Vertisements.
Actual ads intended for insertion in
publications have been sent via broad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19

The wonderful response to the opening
nouncement of great sale PROVES that the
n,usic.Fouing people of this city really apprsei-
ate values such lue are offering during this
great sale. Come-buy now-SAVE!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19

Charles W. Darr Ivan c. Weld
Chaplin Brown and A. L. Sinclair. The
substitute delegates are John III.
Hanna, John II. Small, ]. w. $.
Peters, Simon Lyon. w. C. Kendall.
ID. {. Cole and Ralph A. Davis.
Col. Harper is national councillor
and j. II. Hanna, substitute national
councillor
The meeting takes place May 2O-23.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19
Spanish Financier Dies.

MADRID, April 1s.-The Marquis
Comillas, financier. died here today of
pneumonia.
He was president of the Trans
Atlantic Spanish Co. and a director
of the Industrial Credit Bank OF
Madrid. the international Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation and other
enterpriSes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19


taken. / recall no
university t h at
has as yet sys-
tennatically used
radio for educa-
t | o n a | purposes.
Through the mu-
nificence of the
late Roger c. Sui
livan, famed Dem
ocratic leader of
Illinois, n o t r e
Dame is shortly
to possess a $780,
900 broadcasting
station of latest
design and high
power equipment.
The object is that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19

AS a Notre Dame man, learn with
liveliest interest that my alma matter
is about to enter the big league of
broadcasting. 1t will be a pioneer. if
Evening star., 1925-11-18
What Move May Mean.

After all. the question which in
telligent Americans must ask is: Can
Europe become stronger without max
ing America weaker?
Ii must not be forgotten that tE-
rope wants to get back at least some
Of what she has lost To America in
the past 10 years. 1t viii take ali -
ingenuity To hold our gains. In any
case. Locarno has started something
which is comma nding the undivided
interest Of we'll informed business,
men who clearly understand the new
DRIFT of things.
Public offering of l25 600 shares of
Roxy TheaterS Corporation. class 4
stock. has been overSubScrihed.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Prices and Values.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES

All last Summer and most of this
Autumn there was active and excited
speculation at advancing prices in the
stock market The result was that
conservative investment securities
We're neglected simply because they
possessed the demerit as it seemed
then of price stability. What every
one wanted was something you could
huy today and sell tomorrow at a
higher price and so make a profit. For
the most part stocks were bought on
money borrowed for the purpose by
the speculator's broker. Unless that
were possible speculative markets
would he very tame affairs.
Now in all this uproar values were
lost sight of entirely. | do not mean
to say that some stocks were not
worth the market price. then or now,
but simply that intrinsic value was
not considered in deciding whether to
buy or to sell OF course. every one
knows that this sort of thing is peril
ous in the extreme and if kept up long
enough Is sure to result in heavy loss
For although at times there may he a
wide spread between values and
market price. me,imeS one way and
sometimes the other. in the end they
come together.
What most people see is the price
That can he obtained by "A glance at
the stock quotation tables. IT is not
SO easy to determine value. which de
pends first on the equity in the pro
perty of the corporation and second
on The earning power 1t is true that
measured hy these standards values
change IuSt as do prices. but they
change much more slowly and the in
telligent investor or the one who viii
avail himself of the usual sources of
information can nearly always tell
which way lies the trend of the value
of a stock. No one except for short
periods can with any confidence pre-
diet or forecast the trend of market
prices.
In these days. when stocks arc 80
popular uS investments. il is more than
ever necessary that the distinction be
tween price and value hc kept in
mind.
fCrnyright. 1928
Evening star., 1925-11-18
.tirplane Progress Watched.

The number of concerns watching
the development of aviation as a
source of profits is not confined To
engine manufacturers. The STANDARD
Oil Co. of California has established
widespread system of guide signs
for aviators along the airways of the
Pacific Coast. The names of the towns
are painted on the roofs of the Stand,
ard Oil buildings with indicators
showing landing field directions
Claude Johnson. managing direc-
tor of the English Rolis-Royce Co, is
now in America investigating posi-
bilities for the entry oi his company
into the airplane production field here.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
RAILROAD TO DECLARE
STOCK MELON SOON
Texas Pacific Plans $4,000. 900
Stock Increase When I. c. c.
Gives. Approval.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, November Is
The directors of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co.
decided at their annual meeting here
yesterday to increase the common
stock of the company from 81, ,000 900
tn SO 600 900.
Fairfax Harrison, Washington, presi-
dent of the road, said that after neces-
sary legal steps are taken. including
the securing of the approval Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
board will declare a stock dividend of
200 per cen, on the existing common
stock.
a quarterly dividend of l 4 per cent
on the preferred stock was declared
payable December / 10 stock of record
November u. and q semi,annual divi-
dend of 3 per cent and an extra divi.
dend of 81 per cent on the common
payable December 81 to stock of
record December |.
All officers We're reelected,
Evening star., 1925-11-18
TWO c. & o. DIVIDENDS
VOTED AT CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND. November Is LP)-
Dividends of per cent on the com.
mon and 314 per cent on the pre-.
ferred Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad 60. stock and > per cent
on the Hooking Valley capital stock
~.r. declared yesterday by the di-
rectors of these roads.
The dividends on both classes Of
Chesapeake and Ohio stock are pay.
able January | to stock of record
December 4. Dividend on the Hook.
ing Valley is payable December 81 TO
sotck Of record December 4.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
Would Res ain Old Power.

This massnS of European political
interests Is unpreCedente What does
Il mean What is its Ultimate pur-
pose?
The answer may be made = little
easier when we remember that Eu.
rope owes us quite a few billion dol
lars. Polite proteStationS Ot Euro
pean diplomats that there is no uues.
tion of their willingness 10 pay these
debts has never concealed from sharp
American eyes that Europe will pay
with only reluctance.
Perhaps the European idea is that
individual resistance TO the United
States can never he SO effective aS
mass resistance in which all Eu-
ropean powers take an active part
Howsoeyer this may he. and whether
or rot the debts arc paid. there can
be no question AT all that Europe is
envionS of the enormous financial
prestige and strength of the United
Evening star., 1925-11-18
NEW RAILROAD AWAITS
ALL RIGHTS OF WAY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. November 18.-Asked
relative to n statement purportins to
have been made by Vice President
Stanley of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway that the proposed extension
from Palm Beach to Miami. Fla, may
be abandoned, President :. Davies
Warfield said:
II presume Vice President Stanley
has confirmed the. statement made
by me last week that the new con-
structiOn would not begin until all
rights of way and station sites prom
ised or partly promised are forth
coming"
Evening star., 1925-11-18

have Slumped badly. brokerage
houses with Detroit connections have
bought more shares than they sold.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT
DROPS DURING WEEK

NEW YORK. November Is G4D.-
The daily average crude oil production
In the United States decreased 1880
barrels for the week .ended November
"a. totalinG 2.039. 100 barrels, accord
ing To the weekly summary of the
American Petroleum Institute
The daily average production Of
Smackover, Arkansas. heavy oil field
decreased 1850 barrels. The daily av-
erage production in the United States
excluding Smackover heavy decreased
! 900 barrels. The daily average pro.
duction east of California was 1874 :.
500 barrels, n decrease Of $50 bar.
relS
Evening star., 1925-11-18
NEW COMPETITION
SEEN IN EUROPE
LoCarno Results Mean For
eign Nations Will Seek to
Regain Financial Power.

At the Locarno conference some
thing happened which may affect the
political and economic position of the
United States for many years. That
something was what amounts to
political isolation of the United States
from Europe.
This point needs some development
In the first place, says the Magazine
Of Wall Street. while the estimable
purpose of the Locarno conference
was to establish a definite peace
among the nations OF Europe. it was
also to impress the United States with
the fact that in future dealings 1t
would have to contend with a united
Europe. The LoCarno conference in
effect was Il family party with the
United States not invited.
Germany and France we're the
principal guests. meeting not only as
equals. but. for the first time since
the beginning OF the war, as friends.
The other nations, except Russia, par
ticiDated in the ceremony of recon-
Ciliation. Antagonisms seem to have
been brushed aside. Treaties have
been made. The family of European
nations seems to have agreed not to
war any more upon each other for
the time being. ~ least.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE
STEAMSHIP PURCHASE
Eastern Company Takes Over Linz
Running Between Florida
and New Orleans.

BY the Associated Preee
ELIOT. Me, November lG.-The
purchase of the Gulf and Southern
Steamship Co. by the E,1.tcrn steam.
ship 60. was approved here vester-
day ut Il @pecial meotin" Of Easte ern
Steamship stockholders. The South
ern firm operates passenger and
freight vessels between Tampa and
Miami. Fla. and New Orleans.
The Stockholders indurSed the pro
Evening star., 1925-11-18

posal of the directors to issue 15,2of
shares of-con!mon stock In exchange
for 5000 shares of Gulf and Southern
It was al.;o voted To increase the
capital stock Of the Eastern Steam
chir Go. from 1000. 900 to Sl5".=
GOO nnn
Evening star., 1925-11-18
States and that she will now make
every effort to regain her old power.
Greater Competition Seen.

every eNOft TO regain hef oiu pp"ci.
Greater Competition Seen.
1t is generally acknowledged that
the United States in the past few
years has profited from the fighting
and pickering between European ma :
tions. They have. In effect. been
too busy to pay attention to business.
In consequence. we have practically
had a clear road. 1t stands to rea :
son. however, that united Europe
is quite different proposition. y
Europe bent, not on making war,
but on producing business for il
self. at once becomes a formida bic
competitor to us.
II must be remembered thai we
have steadily been growing more
unpopular in Europe. The avera sc
Britisher can never forget that his
taxes are high because his country
has Ia pay its debt to The United
States. The Frenrhman Is com =
mencinc to think OF Us ~ sort 'ot
financial ogre bent on squeezing out
the last franc from his pocketboo'-,
The German probably has less tr
comDiain OF, but even he Is com
mencing to associate US with his
troubles And 50 ON down the line.
Wherever one travels in Europe. one
is mot with growing hostility 20
Evening star., 1925-11-18
HUGE SUMS MADE
IN AUTO STOCKS
Many Detroit Investors Hold
On to Shares and Ignore
All SIumps.
RY j. {. ROYI.E.

e"'lai Dispatch TO Ihe star.
NEW YORK. November Is. The
fortunes made in Detroit in the last
10 months in automobile stocks. aC.
cordinc to leaders in the automotive
industry gathered at the automobile
salon here. are small. compared with
those of men who have put large
blocks of stock away in the sock"
They say many Of the really hig men
In the industry can honestly boast
that they have never sold share of
the stock of their companies, and
maintain that they are less inclined
t. sell now than ever.
Ready for Emergencies.
The conviction Is growing among
the 'hiChcr-ups'' that when. or If the
time comes when, automobiles have
reached the Saturation point and pro
duCtion Of motor cars must he cur
tailed, the larger companies will be
ready u make airplaneS. motor husseS
and motor boats. artificial refriGera-
tion plants and; other products. Some
of them already are preparing such
ClanS. No center is equipped like De
troit with both machines and men for
mass production of mechanical de
vices. and motor people inquire thelr
future is assured in half dozen new
developments regardless OF what hap
l"'lS ~ Nil' b'i~N'li- ''''''''''''iN
business.
In the meantime. it l. highly doubt
ful if such y lar-e number of lars.
and small fortunes have been made IN
such short space NJ time in this coun
try as have been piled up by De
troitcrS in the last 10 months in motor
stocks. ndoubtedly many Specu.
lators have been wiped out by stock
market reactions. but hundreds show
handsome returns--at least on paper
on motor investments.
Tel of Bic Profits.
Brokers say the reason Detroit Gus
TONER'S have won 50 largely is he
cause they had faith in the industr,
even when others declared tha future
"f the automobile was anything hu'
bright.
Brokers I'll nf u iaintor in 4 De
troit bank who is still pushing ii mop
who now is worth 800 as n result
Of buying 100 shares of HUDSON stock.
\ suburban barber. his friends say.
bought 80 shares of Maxwell moW
Chryslerl at Sit. because one of his
customers urged him to. This advice
Welded $1,000 from an investment
Of $500. Thousands of similar in
stances have been recorded.
The feature of the situation how
ever * that the profits OF many are
still paper profits The larger mum
her OF the Detroit investors have held
or and even on darS whom motors
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
CIRCUS DAY

BY this time you ought to know
that it's circus day in San Antonio.
And when the big ''perade' started
through the downtown streets, there
were as many little boys as there was
noise on the sidewalks-eyen count
ing 80 whoops and shrieks to every
little boy.
Lions, ''taggers," ELEPHANTS" the
fat man, the living skeleton-all the
things that are a circus, were in the
big parade of Sells-Floto circus, Tues.
day at noon.
Camels critically (dare We say dis
dainfully) cycling drugstore sheikS on
the sidewalks; bears growing impu-
IDENTIFY at policemen lions Illuminating
aloud on the disadvantages of civil
cation, as they beheld the prosperous
looking people of San Antonio Git was
dinner time, you see), and reflected
what might have been if only their
cages weren't so strong
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
SMOTHER
MONTH-OLD INFANT

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-CP-while
the mother and a nurse sat in an.
other room listening to the radio,
burglars last night smothered to death
the month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Raymond Allen in a suite of a
fashionable North Side hotel.
The room in which the baby had
been left asleep was ransacked. Cloth
ing and pillow had been pressed
over its face.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
CROWDED STREETS.

The streets were q circus themselves
every face sideshow, that could be
seen for nothing. Pompous financiers
and important business men trying to
drink peanuts and crack soda water,
in the excitement; rustic youths stand
ing aghast as the bearded woman
threw them kisses; stout women sur
veying themselves proudly in street
mirrors as the "fattest man in the
world" passed by; little boys consumed
with envy as they watched the fire
cater dine on fire.
Circus day
Turning time backward to the kiltie
days of grown-up men and TO the pig
tail days of gray-haired matrons /;
bringing back visions of barefooted
youngsters following big brass band
down village understanding the years
roll away-making peanuts taste good /:
driving care and worry from the streets
CONTINUED On Page Two)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
SAYS FOLEY
ASKED HER
TO TWIST
EVIDENCE
Widow Denies She Said
False Testimony
Sought.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ITO
Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne told the
Shenandoah court today that she hal
not used the expression, "false testi-
mony" in describing a newspaper in
tervicw the efforts she said were made
to guide her testimony before th1
court.
After once refusing to testify be-
cause her attorney had been excluded
from the court room by a marine
guard, she reversed her decision and
said that what she had charged was
that Captain Paul Foley, formerly the
courts judge advocate, sought to have
her twist the facts
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
u. S. SUB-B0AT POLICY
REMAINS UNCHANGED

WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-P)-
The policy as to submarines laid down
by the Washington government at
the time of the arms conference here,
remains unchanged, although Presi-
dent Coolidge is prepared to listen
with an open mind to suggestions for
further restrictions of that class of
armament.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
DISMISS TEST CASE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1T.-R)-
An appeal of the American Feature
Film company to test the constitu-
tionality of the Connecticut law impos-
ing tax on motion picture films, was
dismissed today by the Supreme Court
upon motion Of parties TO the suit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
BELGIUM PREDICTS
TREATY WITH RUSSIA

BRUSSELS, Nov. 17.-F)-"A
second Locarno, at which all Europe
will make an agreement with Russia
to the great advantage of BOTH" was
envisaged by Foreign Minister Van
dervelde in a speech before the Cham
Der Of Deputies Tuesday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
LEGISLATURE GUSTS
MEXICAN GOVERNOR

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17.-P)-
Special dispatches from San Luis Po-
tosi say the Legislature of that state
has removed Governor AureliO Man
rique on charges of violating the law
in his official capacity. Abel Cano,
appointed his successor, is said 10
have been recognized as Governor by
the federal department of the in
terror.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17

n II. AUSTIN, head of the road
D'contracting firm which recent
ly offered to do for IL cents per
square yard the work which was let
at 80 cents by the road commission
ers of Harris county, was a guest
OF the Lanier hotel Tuesday. Mr..
Austin denied that his visit to San
Antonio was related in any way to
the alleged "road scandal at Hous-
ton.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
Firemen Busy Repairing
Discarded Toys for
Poor Children.

Santa Claus has discarded his herd
of reindeer.
This year he is going to drive a
big fire engine from the San Antonio
fire department. Instead of tine tin
klc of bells as he glides from chimney
to chimney in his chariot drawn by
the fleet-footed 'denizens of the frozen
north, poor children in San Antonio
this Christmas will be awakened from
their slumbers by a moaning siren,
Continued On Page Two.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17

HCATTLEMEN of Southwest
~ Texas can look their bankers
in the eyes without flinching now,"
said Gray Childers at the Gunter
hotel Tuesday. Mr.. Childers has n
largo ranch at Cotulla, and SIS
that the recent rains have put mil
lions of dollars in the pockets of
cattle raisers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17

THAT attitude is not unusual in
L Oriental countries. Until public
opinion interfered, a rich man con-
demned TO death in China could hire
n substitute, the latter using the
money to take care of his parents.
They think more Of parents than they
do of children over there.
You wonder at the Turks readi-
ness to die. But if we really be.
licved what we religiously profess,
how many Of us would initiate him,
and without any charge?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
BUILD NEW BRIDGES.

Street widening and opening projects
will require almost one-half of the
total sum, 100000 having been prom
ised for this work, while S2J0,000 will
be used for the paving of streets
alone.
One hundred thousand dollars will
20 towards the erection of several new
bridges across the San Antonio river
and the creeks, and the remaining
$4,000 will be expended on storm and
sanitary sewer laying.
The bonds will be payable serially
over period of 40 years in equal
yearly installments and will bear 4 IL
per cent interest, Mayor Tobin ex-
planned.
The bonds will be sold to the high
fContinund on pa0a Two 4
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
CEREAL BEVERAGE
TAX is APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. - Up
A new tax Of one-tenth Of a cent
gallon on cereal beverages was APP
proved Tuesday by the House Ways
and Means committee in its prepare
ton of a revenue bill.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
FRENCH NAVY PLANS
NORTH POLE FLIGHT

PARIS, Nov. 17.-P)-The French
navy department plans an expedition
to the north pole next spring and a
subsequent airplane flight from the
pole to New York City, it was an
nounced today.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
Bic TOP FANS
HEED CALL
OF BAND
Elephants, Clowns, Calliope
and All Invading
San Antonio.
By BESS CARROLL
Symptoms Day has come.

ogHptoHIS LAY mas cOLle.
Early Tuesday morning every little
boy in San Antonio woke up with a
worried expression that gradually
latter deep thought) turned into pain
while he moaned--
SOW, gee. Nal simpally can't go
TO school this morning. got awful
symptoms. Guess l must be ketchin'
something"
But by noon, when the voice of a
big brass band and the howl of a
hyena and the strains of a steaming
calliope called across the city to
young sufferers like a miracle all
these little boys recovered and
literally fled to town-symptoms,
boarded pennies and everything.