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Evening star., 1926-06-16
WHEAT HAS UPTURN
ON FRENCH REPORTS
Suspension of Duties Gives Ameri-
can Grain Stronger Tone in
Trading Today.
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 16.-Suspension of
import duties In France brought about
an immediate upturn today in wheat
prices here. The rise amounted to
about 2 cents a bushel during the
early trading. Starting at "a to q
cents gain. wheat continued to climb.
Corn and oats turned weak, corn
opening unchanged to "a up. but re-
ceded quickly TO well below yester-
days finish. Provisions scored de-
cided advance.
Accompanying the news that
French tariff obstacles to exports OF
wheat from this side Of the Atlantic
had been removed was word that crop
conditions in France pointed to 10 to
20 per cent deficiency in the 1926
wheat production of the country as
compared with last year. The de-
velopment Of French wheat this sea
son. as reported today, is backward
two TO four weeks
Owing to incessant rains. crops In
western Germany were also said to-
day TO be deteriorating rapidly. Offers
on the earliest shipment of wheat and
rye from the United States were being
asked for. a liberal export business
in North American wheat overnight
was noted. Meanwhile, at various
times today houses here with Eastern
connections were active buyers Of
future deliveries
Evening star., 1926-06-16
BANANA RECEIPTS.

BALTIMORE, June Is (SpeciaD.--
Three steamers delivered 1926
lunches of bananas at the fruit piers
off Pratt street yesterday. With the
arrival tomorrow Of the Port Antonio
from Jamaica to the United Fruit Co.
the receipts for the week will be
more than 100000 punches. The
steamers in port are the Juan,
10 the United. with $500 punches;
the. Fort Gains. 10 A. Lanasa, with
$3.50. both from Jamaica. and the
Dictator. from Cuba, with 1886, TO
the Banana Sales Corporation.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
NEW POTATOES FIRM.

Receipts, new. As cars; old, 19 cars;
total United States shipments. new.
472 cars; old, 126 cars: on track. new.
141 cars; old, 126 cars; old stock trad
ing very slow; market weak; Wiscon-
sin. sacked, round whites, 2.25a2.50;
Idaho. sacked, russets, 2.75a3.OO;
Washington. sacked, russets, 2.75a
2.S5; new stock trading good; market
firm: Alabama, Oklahoma. Louisiana.
sacked. Triumphs. 3.25a3.75; mostly
3.50a365; California, sacked. round
whites, $50; South Carolina. barrel,
Cobblers. G.00a6.50; North Carolina.
6.50a6.75
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK P).-Stocks strong
steel. motors and oil shares rally.
Bonds steady: Brooklyn Union Gas
slas lead rise in utilities. Forelsn
exchanges firm; Spanish pesetas a.
years high. Cotton STEADY; New VI
leans huving. Sugar barely steady
Cuban huvinc. Coffee firm; firmer
Brazilian market.
cHICAGO-Wheat barely steady;
sood rain northwest. Corn lower;
favorable crop report. Cattle duii'
Hogs firmer.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
New York fractions Heavy.
EXTRA DIVIDEND.

NEW YORK, June 16 P).-Nation-
al Biscuit Co. has declared an extra
dividend Of so cents a share on the
common stock. payable July 10, TO
holders of record June 30, and the
regular quarterly of 81 share, pay,
able October Is to holders OF record
September 80
Evening star., 1926-06-16
BANK CLEARINGS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 16.-New York
bank clearinGs. $1,17S,00O, 900; New
York bank balances, $40, O,O00,OOO New
York Federal Reserve Bank credits,
Sl33 900 900: Boston bank clearings,
S102 900 600.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
DRY GOODS QUIET.
Dispatch to The Star

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 16.-The cotton
goods market continued quiet today.
Print cloth quotations gained Is to
sss for 6Sx72s. and remained .at 7ss
for 64x60s. The raw silk market held
firm.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
W0OLS IN DEMAND.
! Dispatch to The Star.

BOSTON. June 16.-Territory woods
of all descriptions were in demand
today and noils took a decided spurt
The top is SLIP for fine and fine
medium territory stple. Noils sold
generally 53a54, with choice quarter
blood reaching 60. Dealers here are
securing some new Montana clip at
33a351a
Evening star., 1926-06-16
OIL IS DISCOVERED.

NEW YORK. June 16 Pp--Pure
Oil Co has discovered oil in the
center of it's 10,00O-acre lease in the
Sweet Lake District, Tex. Two wells
have been completed and a third well
iS being drilled.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
RUBBER ADVANCES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June l6.-Crude rub
ber. smoked ribbed sheets advanced
cent to Al cents at the noon quota
tion today. This compares with 48
a month ago and - year ago.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
LOSS IS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, June Is @.-Amal-
samated silk Corporation. including
subsidiaries, reports loss of S141.49
for the first four months Of 1926, after
depreciation taxes and interest.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
BUTTER LOWER.

CHICAGO, June 16 P).-Butter
lower. receipts, l,975 tubs: creamery,
extras, 3S: standards, 38A: extra.
f1rsts. 37a37l2; firsts. 3olaa36ha; sec
onds. 33a34l2.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
STEEL SCRAP ADVANCES.

NEW YORK, June 16 LP).--An ad-
vance of so cents ton in the price
of heavy melting steel scrap is re,
ported from the Pittsburgh district;
quotations ranging from SIG to $16Ne
ton.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
to,totations furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
Nominal Selling checks

NEW YORK, June 16 R).-Foreign
exchange firm. Quotations Din cents):
Great Britain. demand, 1856 3-16;
cables, 4S6 11-16: 60,day bills on banks.
ASP 5.16 France, demand. 2.89k:
cables, 29O12. Italy, demand, 3.62;
cables. 3.63.
Demand-Belgium. 2.94; Germany,
23So; Holland, 40.13; Norway. 22.24;
Sweden, 1852; Denmark. 1858; Swift
zerland. 1859, Spain, 1919; Greece,
i.24l2; Poland, 800; Czechoslovakia,
o9s: Jugoslavia, 1.76A; Austria,
i4.125; Rumania, .431a: Argentina,
+a37h; Brazil. 15.56K; Toxic, 1915;
Shanghai, 1900; Montreal, 100.125.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
STOCKS CONTINUE
PUSHING UPWARD
Prices Waver at Intervals OF
Heavy Profit aking
Today.
BY STUART r. WEST.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. June .6.-Today's
market continued to push ahead, not
In any sensational way. but with the
sort of persistence which denotes
strong guiding hand. At the same
time there we're intervals of heavy
nrort taking, under which prices
wavered But on each occasion new
huying would blow into certain groups
of stocks and have it's steadylng
effects elsewhere
Railway equipment shares were
very much in demand. Some fresh
inspiration was found in the mid
week steel trade review, which made
p special point of the improvement
in railway buying. 1t was true that
the reference was to steel rails, but
the Street reasoned that if the rail-
roads were disposed to increase their
orders for rails they would be equally
disposed to increase their orders for
cars and locomotives.
Business Picking Up.
II has, of course, been known for
some time that the business of the
equipment companies was picking up.
The only new idea todayA was that
this new business. judging by the re
10 be expanded.
American Locomotive, which is an
assets proposition quite as much as
1t is a manufacturing proposition.
was the leader Of the group. The
stock is always in small supply, and
today it was up several points IN no
time. Baldwin Locomotive. where the
outstanding total available for trad
ing purposes is always small. re-
sponded readily to the buying. So did
American Car and Foundry, Amerl-
can Brake Shoe, General Railway
Signal and Pullman.
Hudson Motor ran up on what was
apparently the hasty covering-in OF
contracts for the decline by recent
short sellers. who dislike the notion
Of paying a stock dividend. which
comes off the price Thursday. Gen
eral Motors went through It's previous
high. Mack Trucks. Packard, Fisher
Body. Studebaker, Jordan and Chrys-
Ter were all strong in one degree or
another.
Oils Still Strong.
The campaign which has been going
on in a moderate way in the oils for
several DAYS was cautiously renewed
under the lead of Marland and Gen
erat Asphalt. Large blocks OF Pure
Oil were taken around 2Sas. aIter
which the stock rose fraction. Inc
special operation noticeable Tor tne
lac. week In Panhandle Producing
and Pefining was sustained.
pan American b Maracalbo,
I.aso and Sinclair Consolidated were
inclined to so higher most Of the time
although the changes We're small. Ihe
rise was resumed in Atlantic kefn-
ing.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
BAR SILVER PRICE.

NEW YORK, June 16 (P).-Bar sill
yer, 657s: Mexican dollars, 50k.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
SHORT TERM SECURITIES.
Quotations furnished by Redmond & CO..


-Noon.-,
Bid. Offer
Adirond P & L. c. 6s 1929. 1O2ss l02Is
Alum Co of Amer. rs 1888. 106h l06A
Amer Beet Sugar 6s 1885 81 81
Am Tel & Tel. Co. As 1929. 9SI. 9Sh
Anaconda Copper is 1929. 1929 1903
Associated Oil Us 1888. -. 102 Is 103
baltimore & Ohio Us 1929 103 1885
Bethlehem Steel 5s 1898. 81 n 81 =.
Central of Georgia 6s 1929. l03 lr 103 a
Chi" Mil & st Paul is 1894 l04 !. l04s.
City of Lyon Is 1884 49,. "a 80
ColImb G & +. 1st 5s 1927 100 u l00ss
Continental G. & f. 5s 1927 1904 l00h
Federated Metals rs 1889 80 81 n
Fisher Body Corp. 5s 1928. 100 a 1901
goodyear T. & r. IS 1881. lI0L ll0S
Great Northern Ts 1886 F.. 113ss ia
Gulf Oil Corp Pa IA $ 1928 1909 10I "A
Humble OIL 51as 1892 -. 102 4 1923.
M St p. & S. ). NJ. l2s 1891 l02 g l03
Mo Pac r. r. Co. 5s 1927. zoos zoos
Morris & Co : 1as 1880. -. l03a 104 u
New York Central 6s 1889 1O1 N l0a :.
Oregon short Line As 1929. 9Sl4 9Sa
Penna r - 1880. ..... 101 = 101 4,
Sinclair c. Oil P c. 6s 1928 l0l l0l "a
Swift & Co. 5s 1882 ~ = gS =
Union Oil of Calf. 5s 1885. 9Sss 9S q
Union Pac. r. r. Co. Is 1927 g9a. 100
Il S Rubber 7lss 1880. -. 1862 1867
Western Union 6l2s 1886. III ~ liz
Westing house E&M. IS 1881 105% 106
Evening star., 1926-06-16
BONDS IRREGULAR
IN TRADING TODAY
Government Loans Firm.
Rails and fractions Heavy.
German List Strong.
BY GEORGE L. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
NEW YORK, June 16,-Confusing
cross currents characterized todays
bond market. Irregularities were ap-
parent not only in the general list,
but within the various groups.
United States Government loans
were firm and most of them higher.
Treasury 3As duplicated the new high
established the day before. The ten
dency now appears to be TO give the
preference to the Treasury notes over
the Libertys and to the lower coupon
issues in the Treasury list.
High.grade Rails Heavy.
On the other hand, high-Siaae rails
were heavy. Here there was no re-
sponse to the lower rate lof money;
Southern Pacific refEndins 4s sold
off in anticipation of an offer of an
additional block and the others of this
same class barely held their ground.
The almost universal demand for an
attractive yield Is causing HesIect Tor
this class of security.
in the foreign group there was the
same mixed trend. japanese boius
were in vigorous demand. The G}2s
crossed 96 under large transactions
reaching new high for the year,
while the Japanese sterling as helu
their recent gains. This buying was
based apparently on the belief that
The bonds had been selling out of
line. Japans credit. il was argued
ought to command a better price than
the $50 per cent which the 6i2 per
cent bonds have been returning up 10
date. :.
All the German municipal and IN
dustrial bonds were strong. khelnelpe
is went up a point, accompanied ny
great activity There was a speclai
huying run-up OF more than point
in Greek rs. Against these advances,
Italian Is were heavy. selling IN Foi-
ume at 80. only half point above
the record low. French and Belgian
issues ranged around the preceding
close.
New York fractions Heavy.
In domestic industrials Marine rs
cha nged hands in large blocks, Dul
without much effect on prices. me
local fractions were still heavy, par
ticularlv the Third Avenue issues.
Some of the sugar bonds were shaoe
higher. In the railroad group Ne"
Haven 6s of both maturltleS We're
firm. but there was some realizing IN
Chicago Great Western As.
\ good reception was ACCORDED !ne
dav's new issues The $o3,O0o,Ooo Ne
ada California Electric 5s, priced 10
weld about $50 per cent. were heaVliy
and all the $15.0oo.ooo
Public Service of New Jersey secured
5hs. offered on a 5.57 basis. were
sold.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Local and Other Notes.

Directors of the American Security
and Trust Co. yesterday declared An
extra dividend of per cent and the
usual quarterly dividend Of 3 per cent.
Francis NJ. Savage. president of the
Central Savings Bank. is now in New
England investigating the working
methods of mutual savings banks. The
other evening he attended social
gathering of young married people IN
Swampscott, Mass. and from the cor
versation he overheard he writes that
he is sure 75 per cent of them had sav-
iEgs accounts.
Bertram Chesterman. vice president
of the Morris Plan Bank. has returned
from his annual vacation, part OF
which he passed in New Orleans and
the remainder at his farm in Virginia.
Public offering of a new issue of
5000 900 Public Service Corporation
of New Jersey secured gold bonds, 0la
per cent series, due 1856, is being made
today by Drexel & Co. and Bonbrlght
& Co, Inc. The bonds. which are
priced at 80 and interest, TO yield
about 557 per cent. are redeemable AT
any time on or before June 80, 1943.
at l06 per cent: thereafter at sue
cessively reduced premiums.
Life Savers, Inc. which yesterday
reported the drawing up of its 1926
budget calling for the expenditure of
$l,2550 900 in advertising alone, re-
ports record sales for the first five
months of this year.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Local Stock Prices Steady.

Prices of local securities remained
steady today during very quiet trading
on the Washington Exchange. Capis
tai Traction opened at 103 and closed
at 1O31a. Washington Railway and
Electric preferred opened at SS24 and
closed at 80, while Potomac Electric
Power preferred recorded small sale
at 1094. Ten shares of Washington
Gas Light stock changed hands AT
6SA. In the bond division Washing
ton Gas 6s sold at 105. Other sales
in very small denominations in this
issue brought 1929.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Votes Dividend: Adds to Surplus.

At a recent meeting Of the Wood
ridge -Langdon Savings and CONNER
cial Bank the regular semi-annual
dividend of per cent was declared.
payable to stockholders of record as
of July I. and the surplus fund was
increased to 100000. This bank has
been in business four and a half
years: it has a capital of $4,000; sur
plus and undivided profits, 5000,
deposits. $425. .00o: total resources.
e5t0 000
Evening star., 1926-06-16

loA in co Common stock. payable 2 IL 60 quar-
terly. C-Plus 5e4 in stock. payable
share in stock. H-Plus ST. a. share in spe
cial stock sPartly stock. tPartly extra.
Payable in common stock. tPlus AZ in
stock. payable 70 quarterly. TPlus 80
In stock.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
RESTORES MEMORY
Amnesia Victim Remembers Name
Through Association of
Word Ideas.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May IA psyche
logical test In association of ideas, 1t
was learned today, restored the mem
ory of William l.. StringfelloW of
Dayton, Ohio. an amnesla victim IN
the city hospital since Wednesday.
Becoming interested In the mysterl-
Gus stranger, who could not recall his
name or anything about his past. DIR.
James +. McFadden, neurologist.
and Rev. r. C. Mccarthy. S. j., head
Of the psychology department of St.
Louis University, decided to question
him.
Asking the patient TO let his mind,
without effort, form q word in reply TO
each word spoken, the examiners
brought out that he had wife, Ruth.
and child, Bobby. In response to
the suggestion name" he also men
toned "William" and "StringfelloW."
Asked # that was not his own name,
Il surprised look came over the pa
tiant face and he said he was sure
his name was William Stringfellow.
Stringfellow then seemed to regain
his entire memory and recounted that
he formerly worked in Detroit but
had recently been living in Dayton
He said he and his wife separated
and he started to walk to st. Louis,
Monday, but was picked up by auto
mobilists. He forgot everything, he
said, when he barely escaped a bad
accident here.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
CHICAGO TO OPEN AIR
PORT NEXT SATURDAY

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Chicago will
become one of the chief centers of air
mail and express service in the United
States Saturday with a celebration
opening the new municipal air port
and christening the Chicago" one of
the new Chicago-DallaS mail planes.
The Chicago air port is being opened
two months ahead Of schedule to
couple the event with the opening of
the 1.000mile Chicago-Dallas air mail
route. The christening of the Chi
cago'' after it flies into the new port
will include the release of 10 carrier
pigeons carrying greetings from Chi
cago to President Coolidge and Post
master General Harry New.
Mail deliveries over the Chicago
Dallas route will begin May II after
trial trips have perfected the flying
schedule. The Chicago Dallas equip
ment will consist of 10 flying trucks
carrying 900 pounds of mail and ex-
press packages, each in fireproof in
closures.
The new route will be the third in
regular operation from Chicago.
Daily service has been operating to
and from the East and only recently
service was established between Chi
cago and st. Louis. The new service
will link Chicago with Kansas City,
ST. Joseph, Mo; Wichita, KanS.; Okla
homa City, Fort Worth and Dallas.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
COLLEGE RELIGION
TENDS TO SERVICE
315 Presidents Divide on
Wisdom of Enforced Chapel
Attendance.

PRINCETON, N. j., May 1.-The
basis of college religion shifted in the
first quarter of the twentieth cen
tury from devotion and individualism
to social service. This opinion was
expressed by the majority Of the 315
college presidents replying to the first
QUESTIONABLE Of the National Student
Federation Of America.
Compulsory chapel attendance of
both Sunday and week days was ad
vocated in the South. New England
opposed all compulsion and other sec
tions of the country favored ii for
week day services. FortytW0 student
editors and 20 ministers conversant
with academic problems also We're in
cluded in the poll.
The ma jority of presidents fav-
ored compulsory attendance because
of it's religious and inspirational value
and it's contribution to college unity.
The editors reported that it developed
an esprit de corps. and that q relig-
ious spirit was highly desirable in
starting the day correctly. The mi
nority editors held that inattention
and disreSpect fostered by compui-
sorry attendance tended to destroy re-
ligious faith.
Ministers Not Alarmed.
The ministers as a body were not
alarmed at the religious status of
American students. TWenty-nine of
the presidents, however, declared there
had been a change for the worse in
the religious interest of students, while
two believed that the students were
drifting toward bOlSheViSnl.
Nine of the ministers favored com
compulsory chapel, five opposed it and
six left it to local conditions.
II would rather speak to a hundred
men who were there because they
wanted to come" declared the Rev.
George Craig Stewart of Evanston,
H., than to a thousand who were
goose stepped to the service. Too often
students become mere sermon
tasters."
President John Martin Thomas of
Rutgers University said there was
greater emphasis now on the social
application of religious teaching.
Thirty-two presidents said the es-
tabliShment of voluntary chapel and
the maintenance of compulsory class
attendance would be Objectionable. as
it would exalt the intellectual above
the spiritual life.
Evening star., 1926-05-02

business man, and James j. Stanow
OF Boston, head of the biggest bank
III New England, also attended.
John Wallace. brother of the former
Secretary of Agriculture, was present
Colin Livingston. one of the founders
OF the movement, was once head Of
the Federal American National Bank
here. DR.. Erwin Schenk is a promi.
nent physician of Des Moines, who
broke away from his practice to con
fer with Boy Scout officials here.
Bolton Smith stopped in the midst of
swinging q huge real estate deal in
Memphis to help the Boy Scouts.
Other men like Myron T. Herric,l,
William II. Taft, William G. McAdoo,
Theodore Roosevelt, Robert j. Cuda-
by. Cyrus II. X. Curtis. Josephus
Daniels, Adolph Ochs, Ogden Reid,
Melville f. Stone are also hackers of
the movement
ScOutmasters Also Vary.
Among the scoutmasters, or those
who voluntarily give Il day each week
to a Scout troop, are Army and Navy
officers, chemists. clergymen, doctors,
craftsmen, engineers, farmers, jour
naliSts, lawyers, merchants, teachers
and others to the number of 21165.
According to O. II. Benson, an Off
cial of the Scout organization, it is
the interest of successful men that has
enlisted one boy in every seven in
the Scout movement. These men
travel in the interest of the Scouts
and pay their own expenses No
other cause has been able to arouse
the interest of men of business like
that of the Boy Scouts, Mr.. Benson
says.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
MILITARY TRAINING
FOR GIRLS is URGED
Brooklyn Miss with a Grievance"
Writes Coolidge That Boys
Have All Chances.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, May 1-Representing
"a number of girls with a grievance"
who are "dissatisfied with the way the
Government treats girls" Miss Helen
letter of protest to President Cool.
idge. She wants to see military train
ing camps founded throughout the
country where girls will be given the
same opportunity 'as that offered to
men at the citizens military training
camps.
The text Of the letter follows:
Dear Mr. President: represent a
number of girls with a grievance. We
are dissatisfied with the way the Gov
ernment treats girls. We think girls
are Just as important to this country
as boys and they should receive the
same opportunity that the boys do.
''But they don't get them the way
things are now. The Government
trains thousands Of boys every Sum-
mer at citizens training camps free.
Any boy can go there and learn to
hike, camp, swim and shoot. What
does the Government do for girls?
"Besides. these boys at colleges are
kicking at something they got for
nothing. while girls at the same uni
versities go out and practice rife
shooting on their own time and ex-
pense without any encouragement or
instruction from the Government
whatever.
''Is that square, MIR. President"
At her home she reiterated her
her sentiments.
Girls would be most appreciative
Of the chance" she said. I'VE want
the same opportunity to train that the
boys get. Do we get it? No.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
RUSSO-GERMAN PACT
DEFENDED IN BERLIN
Officials Deny French Contention
Treaty Incompatible With
League Article.


BERLIN, May German foreign
office legal experts deny that "a basis
exists for the French contention that
article III of the recently negotiated
Russo German treaty is Incompatible
with articles XVI of the League of
Nations covenant.
THE contention rests on miSun-
derstanding." q prominent member of
the legal department said. Article Ill
obligates the contracting parties not
10 participate in an economic and
financial boycott against one of the
contracting parties only in two cate
gories of cases: While both sigma
tories are at peace and when, despite
peaceful behavior. one signatory is at
tackled by a third party.
should. however, one SiCnatory be
guilty of an aggressive undertaking
gainst a third power. the other sig
natory is not obliged to observe neu-
trality.
This eventuality alone bears on
Article XVI of the covenant, for
league action against a state, accord
ing to that article, always depends
upon that state committing a breach
of the peace.
"In such event Germany, by the
terms of the treaty, has free hand
IN fact. notes appended specifically
emphasize that Germany as a member
of the League of Nations must in
such cases Loyalty fulfil the obliga-
tionS arising under Article XIV"