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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-28
SLUMP
ON INACTIVE.
MARKET
Trading in Stocks Shows
Small Volume in Early
Hours OF DuIlness
By w. s. COUSINS,

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Tho
stock market was extremely duh
and price trends were downward
today. Trading dWindIed to an un-
usually small volume sin the frs.
hour. Opening prices were4 mixed
with Baldwin, General Electric and
some Of the oil stocks higher, while
Northern Pacific, General Motors
and United States Steel were down
from a fraction to a full point The
market was practically lifeless In
the first period and stocks wandered.
about ainlessly with prices gradual
" sagging to lower levels.
Industrial stock leaders were
openi17g, but plenty stock was avail
able at the higher levels and de-
cIines Immediately set In. The bril-
liant movement In Pan American
which closed Fridays session was
nowhere in evidence.
Some scale buying" In speciality
stocks and industrials accounted for
moderate spurts in prices In a few
Of these stocks. Bullish sentiment
was in evidence IN the buying Of. the
motor stocks and independent steel
stocks with Gulf States and CrIlcible
the most prominent In the latter.
group.
United States steel lost half u
point at the opening and the bulk Of
sales in the first hour were made
at prices below III. compared to
fridays close at 117z.
The forward movement In tbs
shipping stocks carried Atlantic Gulf
and Marine preferred to slightly
higher levels and the mercantile
stocks, including Macy and Beech
nut Packing made good responses.
to reports 0f good current retail
trade. Railroad stocks were inactive.
and generally low, Chicago and
Northwestern regained a little more
Of this weeks losses.
Grain and cotton were reactiOnary.
though losses in the early trading
were slight. Sugar prices were
lower; copper again sold at the
years low price. Coal company
stocks showed the effect OF smaller
current sales, Philadelphia and
Reading declining points to 4Sk
and Pittsburgh Coal losing D. at
545A
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chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO, March Is. Only 1000
hogs arrived but with 5000 left
over from the previous market
there were enough to meet the de.
mand. Packers bought slowly and
steady but shippers paid an nd
vance OF 10 to is cents on the light
weights. No choice hogs were on
sale. The best heavy sold at $13.50
against $14.15 q week ago.
Cattle sold uneHenly this week
but the market finished steady to
strong compared with last week.
Top for steers was $3.50 early in
the week. Cows and heifers sold
steady most Of the week. Bulls
were lower at the start. StOckers
Lambs declined IS cents to 81
during the week because Of an un-
usually weak demand.
HOGS-Receipta, 1000; market, 1Oco
I5c high. Bulk, 1900 q 1910; top. 1850:
heavy weight 1920 lsso; medium e
0Is.s5; light lights. II, so Oh. 10: heavy
packing sows,. smooth, 1850 13.00:
packing sows rough, i24o@I2.7s: pigs
iO c:aTT TIE. Receipts, 500; market.
steady. CaIf-Receipts 100. Beef steers.
Choice and prime, 10.50011 65: med
choice. 1850 012.5O; common and med
ium. T.500S60 Butcher cattle-HeiferH.
6,50@1125; cows, 450@7.75; bulls, 100
heifers. 2.k0@6.O0: Gamer steers. 6.50n
Y60: veal calves eight ana. handy
weight), 9.O0012.00: feeder steers. 500
sr cows and heifsrs. 3.5O06.0o; stOcksr
calves, B600s.26.
sHEEp-Receipta- 1880; market.
s4Sady: supplies all direct to killers.
Trmbs tat 1x.O0@16.00; lambs. culls
ard common. 13.O0913.5O; yearlings.
i1.SO@135O; wethers. 1000 @ 11.60;
ewes a5O@e.T6; ewes. culis and com
mon. lOO@I 90; feeder lambs, 1850
1850.
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Baltimore Grain Market

Wheat-Easier: No. Red Winter
domestic $1.701z, No 2 Red Winter
earIicky domestic $1.70h; receipts.
rs, 40 bushels; shipments, $3.50
bushels.
Corn-Easier: No. Yellow do
n1estic SIPS bushel; receipts. S.140
bushels; shipments. 1886 bushels.
Oats-Du1l: supply more than
ample; No. White domestic sac
bushel asked: receipts, none; ship
ments, 1882 bushels.
Rye-FirIn; No. 2 spot export
$685. bushel; receipts, none. ship
|ments 212,553 bushel.
Hay-Quiet; stocks on hand
ample.
Flour-weaker to sell.
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Foreign Bonds
"SUB" SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
BY ROCK IN NIGHT FOG

The submarine S-44, running in
a heavy fog, struck a rock in Mar
ragansett Bay last night, but sus-
tanned only slight damage, accord
ing to advices received at the Navy
Department today.
The submarine anchored in the
bay overnight and will proceed to
Newport, II. L., as soon as the fog
lifts.
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Suggestions

In applying paint, enameloid or
Varnish always brush evenly and
with the grain of the wood. and
never apply one coat until the pre-
ceding one is perfectly dry. Follow
ing carefully the directions given
on the container of the particular
substance used eliminates many a
mishap.
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N. Y, Cotton Market

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Cotton
goods market was quiet today;
prinr cloth and sheeting prices were
easier. Finished !, goods, active.
wool goods continue quiet with
trading light. Raw silk was steady,
no change in prices. Silks for
spring delivery are active. Bur
laps market was quiet hare: 6rmer
abroad. Linens, steady.
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American Telephone & TelsgEaph Co.
iA2nd Diyfdend.

The regular quarterly dividend Of I've
DoIIars and Twenty-Five Cents f$a.36l
ner share will be paid on "Wednesday.
April Is, 1925, to. stockholders OF record
At the close of business on Tuesday.
March IT, 1925.
on account of the Annual Meeting Of
the Stockholders, the transfer books viii
he closed at the close of business on
Tuesday, March IL. 1925, and rO-oponed
at 1000 A. NJ. on April l, 1925
H. BLAIR-SMITH. Treasurer.
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Local Stocks
FURNISHED by w. b. Hibbs & Coz
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Traction 5s, $2,000@9S,
$500@9S.
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele'
phone SIS, $1,OO0@100, $1,000 100,
50, O0O@1O
Potomac Electric first 5s. $4,000
100.
Potomac Electric Consolidated 5s,
81, 0O0@99, $1,000@99, $3,0O0@99.
Washington Gas 5s, $50O@9S%.
Washington Gas IS, 1888, $1,000
1924, $1,000@1O31s, $400@1O3h,
$700@102, $800@102, $100@102.
Potomac Electric Consolidated 5s'
8,0O0Q99.
washington Railway and Electric
As, $1,000@79ss, $13,O0007Sas,
$5,O00@79ss.
Washington Railway and Electric
gen. and ref. 6s, $31 ,000@l01.
Washington Gas Light, 1O@58K.
Washington Railway and Electric
pfd., 1@S0K. 22@80N.
NationaI Bank OF Washington,
1@225, 10@225, 1O@2251s.
Continental Trust Company 100
S71k.
Lanston Monotype, 15@S1.
National Mortgage and Invest
ment pfd., 2O0@s1s, 50@Sh, 500
81. =.
After call-Potomac Electric first
5s. $lO0OM1O0
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Clearing House Statement

NEW YORK March 2S.-Clearirc
house statement: Exchanges, $500 :.
200, 900; balances, $S9, 900 900; Federal
Reserve Bank credit balance, $751;.
200 O00
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Oil Stocks

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
Bid Ask
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LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
Curb Stocks

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
Potomac Improvement.

The chief engineer Of the Army in
his annual report recommends that i'm
provements be made in the Potomac
River for the purpose Of aiding navi-
CATION. He reports that $500, 900
should be expended during the fiscal
year 1927 in deepening the channel
where it has shoaled in the lower part
expenditure Of $4,000 for continuing
the dredging Of the Virginia channel
opposite Washington. 1t is shown in
the report that there has been serious
tom. off Maryland Point, Smith Point
and Mattawoman Creek, and that near
Washington the channel is not of SUI
ficient depth off the old Naval Maya.
zine and off Marshall Hall. No main.
tenance work has been done on those
shoals since the completion of the
original project in 1905.
The commercial possibility of the
of. Its commerce is of considerable
Importance now, and the navigability
Of the river may become Of very great
Importance to large and popuIous
cities near the head of tide and to
cities which may come to be along the
lower reaches Of the river. 1t Is rea-
sonable to think that as the years
pass and as the country grows sew
eral million people will live and work
near the junction Of the Potomac and
Eastern Branch. The growth of
Washington is obvious. A large city
Is building along the west side of the
river between Great Falls and Hunt
ing Creek. The valley of the Eastern
Branch far into Maryland is gaining
in population.
The Potomac is q. great natural as
set to Washington and to large part
of Virginia and Maryland, and it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
The Pension Building.

Transfer of the Pension Office to the
Interior Building and the proposed
shifting Of the Labor Department to
the structure in Judiciary Square il.
l,,strate the make-shifts to which this
Government is put to provide for the
housing of its working forces. Incl
dentally the departure of the pension
force leaves the red-brick building
with a misnomer. 1t will no longer be
officially. though it may remain In
popular terms, the Pension Building"
a now historic designation. Its terra
Gotta frieze of marching soldiers, de-
signed to illustrate the character of
the work for the transaction of which
within it's walls it was designed and
built, will no longer be appropriate.
The Pension Office force has dwin-
died from it's proportions of twenty
wears ago, when it was. despite the
long lapse of time since the Civil War,
which b1 ought it into existence. one
of the largest bureaus OF the Govern
ment. Within the lost two years the
roll has been reduced by more than
.H'i. =; 1928 the office force numbered
Ill, Today it comprises only S01,
one.third less.
There is a sad thought in this con-
nection, that the dwindling OF the Pen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
Twenty-Four Years of Radio.

Twenty-four years ago today GU
glielmo Marconi, listening in at st.
Johns, Newfoundland, picked up the
first transatlantic radio signal from
Poldhu, Cornwall, on the southwest
tip of England. Marconi and his as
sistants had been busy at ST. Johns
for several days in preparation, but it
was not until the 18th Of December,
1901. that they We're able to send up
an antenna Wire by. means of a kite
400 feet in the air. When that was ac-
complished, Marcohi cabled for the be-
ginning Of the tests, the British OPP
orators at Poldhu being instructed to
ode by three dots. Shortly after noon
this signal was heard, and 1t continued
to be picked up internationally until
2:20 pm. Marconi waited for two
days. meanwhile receiving other sig
nails. before he announced the sue
cess of his great experiment of trans
atlantic radio communication.
Phenomenal advances have been
made in radio during this span of TWEEN
ty- four years. But Marconi's achieve
ment in 1901 was the most remarkable
of all. He demonstrated the possibility
of etheric communication over vast dis
tances, and in that demonstration he
gave to the world an invaluable agency
for the protection of lives at sea. 1t
took some years to get the wireless"
installed upon the ships. At first only
a few carried sending" equipment.
Today no ship is allowed to leave port
without a radio set.
In these days of almost universal
radio use, with even children making
apparatus, with practically every
household equipped with receiving
sets. with broadcasting stations scat
tered thickly over the map, but little
thought is given to the highly prac-
teal uses to which wireless" is APP
piled. 1t has become means of en-
tertainment. but it remains an inValu-
able aid to navigation and 10 the al
most instantaneous spread of infor-
nation. These have been twenty-four
wonderful years that have passed since
Marconi first heard three faint clicks
coming in series from across the At
4antic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

with one another, such Sits beng
made in lines which are quite close to-
gether. and with the Sits of one line
alternated in position with those or
the lines at both sides of II, and then
stretching the metal in the plane or
the sheet so as to spread the Sits into
fairly wide openings. An important
use thereof Is in the walls OF buildings
as a substitute for laths, for the sup
port Of the plastic materials of which
walls are composed, II having among
it's advantages that Of being fireproot.
O. How much room is allowed for
each horse in a race?--J. i. NJ.
A. Five feet of space is allowed Tor
each horse entered in a race.
r"Without popular education. 40
government 1chich rests upon Dopu-
lar action can long endure. These
are the. 1Cords Of Woodrow Wilson,
1cho 1cus one Of the great authorities
on Government Uncle Sam realizes
his responsibility in educating his poo
pLe and has made available TO th'm
the immense governmental resources
Of inform alton. our washington m
formation Bureau 1UfU act as agent
for you and procure any data thdt ~
is 1Cithin the rules of the Government
to oiUe out Just submit your CUES
toin and inclose 2 cents in stamps 10
corer the return postage. Address me
star Information Bureau. Frederic d.
Haskin. director, T1renty-HrSt ana
streets northwest. Washington, d a.
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sion Bureau force signifies tie passing
OF the veterans of the Civil War and
their immediate dependents. The
work of that Office has been in strik-
ing manner supplemented and sup
planted by the Veterans Bureau, car
ing for great number of claims
growing out of the Great War. In a
few more years the Pension Office
will diminish into & small section, will
perhaps be abolished and absorbed into
one of the other units of the public
service.
Meanwhile the shifting of offices,
with the Department of Labor going
down into Judiciary Square and the
Pension Office up into the Interior De-
partment. comes at opportune time
to demonstrate anew the urgent need
of comprehensive public building
program for the relief of the depart
mental administration from choking
congestion and extravagant dispersal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
The United States and japan.

Premier kato of Japan has declared
that war between Japan and the
United States is IAN absurdity and
physically impractical He speaks
adVlsediy. There is no conceivable oc.
casion for conflict between the two
nations, and the difficulties of wagins
such war are insuperable. In the
first place the United States would
never assume an aggressive attitude
toward Japan. 1t seeks no advantage
over Japan, it cherishes for that ma
ton only the friendliest of sentiments.
and it would not deliberately give af-
front to it. There remains the pos.
sibility of u war declared 10y Japan, as
aggressor, for which there is no known
or imaginable cause. and which would
be, as the japanese premier says,
physically impracticable.
An aggressive war conducted by
Japan against the United States would
be one of the most disastrous blunders
ever committed by a nation. The dis
lance from coast to coast is so grea
as to render virtually hopeless any
maneuvers Of attack. Japan might,
perhaps, intiict injury upon outlying
American possessions, might levy toll
upon American commerce, might
even for a very brief period secure
landing upon American shores. But
the distance from base, the lack of
supply sources within range of ac-
tivity, not to speak of the potency of
the American powers of resistance and
counter attack, would put any Asiatic
nation, Japan or another or a com
bination, at disadvantag sc from the
outset leading to early catastrophe.
All these considerations have with
out doubt been fully considered in ia
pan. when at times feelings have been
ruttied over American legislation. \
militant party in Japan has for some
years been conducting war propa-
sanda. for domestic political purposes
garded these Nominations as serious.
To America Japan owes too much of
gratitude for aid rendered in times of
dire need. for guidance and sympathy
and constructive cooperation. to he
misled by jingoistic clamor into a
state Of war hysteria.
The immigration question is settled.
Premier kato expresses the hope that
some day the United States ma Y
amend the law 80 far as it pertains
to the japanese. That day may come.
Perhaps. on the other hand, II will not
But whether it comes or it does not.
the thought of war between the TWO
countries remains abhorrent and fan
tastic. and it is not only reassuring.
but gratifying. to hear the leading
statesman of Japan so plainly and dis
tinctly state the absurdity and the
physical impractical bility of war. His
words should serve as a rebuke to
those in other countries who would
perhaps like to see this country en-
broiled in d conflict with that Far
Eastern neighbor and friend for whose
entrance into the family of nations
il is responsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Is coal now being formed be-
meath the earth's surface?-J. +.
A. A fuel technologist says that
there is no coal being formed under
the earths surface now and there
never was. The coal that is now
found under the earth's surface, no
matter how deep it may be. was
formed above the surface and later
covered up. Coal was formed in an
cient peat boys in the same manner as
peat is formed at the present time.
Q. When was it found that iron
ships would float as well as wooden
ones?-C. w. *.
A. 1t Is not recorded who first dis
covered that an iron vessel would float
corded that an iron boat was built and
launched on the River Foss, in York
shire, England, as early as 1777, but
the date Of the invention OF iron as a
recognized material for ship construc-
ton is often given as 1918, when the
lighter Vulcan was built on the Monk
land Canal, near Glasgow. Scotland.
@. Where was the Los Angeles
built?-P. b.
A. 1t was built by the Zeppelin
works, at Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Q. What is expanded metal?-N. l..
A. Expanded metal is material OF
openwork or netlike appearance, man
ufactured by taking sheet metal, form
ing numerous short Sits in it parallel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

should be kept in good order. 1t is
Washington for the year 1924 was
l ,442 $50 short tons, valued at SIS
263.3S0. 1t consisted mainly of sand
and gravel, gas-making oil and gen.
eral merchandise. A wide and deep
waterway to the Chesapeake and to
the sea is feature which should not
be neglected. 1t is important at this
time and its Importance will probably
increase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

\. Nellie Durham. notable player
of o!d-time jigs and reels, is delight
ing them out Dearborn way. Any
one who has ever had the good for
tune TO visit his quaint and quiet
home town will imagine. however,
that the below of the Grand Trunk
brakeman, South Paris, change for
Norway" will be music in his ears
as sweet as any coaNed from his
fiddle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

A Berlin champion skat player re-
ceived package of tomatoes on his
head. hurled by an irate woman.
Americans spell it Scat" and fur
thermore. they are too enthusiastic
over Coolidge's economy program ever
to say it with such a delicacy as to-
matOeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Invincibility.

ITS nothing strange"
Said the stout Red Grange,
ITO see a fallen foeman.
But few I've met
/ can't upset
Since l became a Snowman.
And yet L sigh
AS I draw nigh
To quaff Fame's glorious Nectar.
LIES incomplete;
I'll never beat
The income tax collector
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

The Nationals, champs of the Ameri-
can League, are to be sartorially
splendid when they take the field next
Spring. Not all details of the pat
terms of the new uniforms are di-
vulged. but it is definitely known
that they will not be ornamented
with checks as large as those worn
by the Pirate outfit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

AS a part of his early training
young MIR. La Toilette is contemplate
ing incidents of great importance in
his senatorial career strictly as an
innocent bystander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

The foremost champion of Spanish
labor died recently in Madrid. Ac-
cording to popular conception Of the
Land of Manana.' this title would
be about equal to the Admiral of the
Swiss Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

Representative Blanton of Texas
has introduced a bill providing that
if any foreign diplomat violates the
eighteenth amendment, he shall be
grata to whom?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

An explorer says that women and
children do most of the ruling among
the Eskimo tribes. American fathers
and husbands find nothing in this
announcement to cause their eyes to
bulge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

An artist in his way, Red Grange
has risked health in an effort to COM
ply with an unrelenting program of
commercialization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

A noted sculptor says John D. is
willing and patient subject. This
shows that he can, at times, conquer
that almost irresistible impulse to
throw dimes around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
The Bright Spot.

morous anecdotes in your speeches, as
you used to?"
They interfered with the argu-
ment," answered Senator Sorghum.
1.-The papers picked out the funny
story and didn't print any of the rest
of the speech"
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Drowning the Argument.

When father scoldS at idle chaff
With "therefores" and "whereases,
His daughters start the monograph
And all the family jazzes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

de race hoss,'' said Uncle Eben,
has most Of de luck aroun' de track
in alIus bein' sure bout where he's
gineter eat an sleep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
UNIFORMED,

"You can't believe all you hear"
Most of what I've heard today
answered the jazz-weary person,
didn't tell me anything in the first
place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
No Rest.

Oh, Scientist, pray have a heart
AS you new theories disclose.
You hint that days and nights depart
And never leave us true repose.
You say our dreams are made from
things
That memory has left behind
And that my sleep occasion brings
To wake up my unconscious mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

Jud Tunkins says experience is a.
rough teacher when 1t comes to learn
ing the traffic regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

Europe Turns the Corner by
Stanley High, is a more hopeful book
than most of the many postwar books
on Europe. The author believes that
Europe is improving economically and
socially. He does not gloomily pre-
dict another war in the near future,
as do most writer's, and for this the
reader is grateful. He does, however,
strongly express the opinion that the
United States should cease her self
righteous aloofness and do something
to help world settlement.