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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-27
ST AMI, EY- OR ANDALL
REAL TY, So, OOO,O 900

Expansion circuit OF eates operated BY The Stanley
Cranda Company Washington in the National Capital and
vicinity consolidation the payous founded
Crandan and the Stanley Company of last October
bring holdings Of the Stanley Cranda Com
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-27

CLIFFORD
BROOKE,
mentor of the
National
Theater
Players
last year who
returns for
the new
season
beginning,
Easter
Monday
20 direct the
players.
Mr.. Brooke
has been with
Anne Nichols
throughout
the winter.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09
HIGH RENTS DRAG
 ON AUTO DEALERS
R. I. Hodskins Of Rickenbacker
 Co. DeplOreS Situation

Too many automobile dealers are working for the landlord and not enough for themselves or in the in- terests of the customer" says l.. T. Hodekins, General Sales Manager, Rickcnbacker Motor Company. That dead weight of overhead in the form of rent for fancy show rooms on Main street" brushes most automo, bile dealers is Mr. Hodgkins conten- tion.
 "Disregarding all economic laws and all experience, may automobile dealers feel they must have sales room located at the corner of Main street. and First avenue in their town and the building must be an architectural gem. "The automobile buyer seldom walks; and never does he drop In casually.
 He drives; and when he is look ing for a car he goes wherever cars are sold.
 If the advertising has done it's work as it should. he has become l prepossossed in favor of q certain make of car.
 "He has not decided to buy it per haps: but he has resolved 10 see that car before he buys any other.
 Such a customer will go round the corner or even on second street"
 But do mean that when "Auto- mobile Row" means Michigan ave- nUe in Chicago. Broadway in New York, Van Ness in san Francisco. or Figueroa in Los Angeles; and when rents on those streets have gone to an altitude that doubles the two per cent allowance-then I'd start a new Automobile Row" and spend the difference in advertising 10 induce customers to beat a pathway to my door-whcreve it was. But "Automobile Row" in any large city no longer means one street.
 "It may mean several streets or several sections in any city
 Since the motor car has become q commodity of every day use q veritahle staple of transportation people no longer go on long oxcur. sions when in search of new one
 'Ninety per cent of cars aro now bought 'within six or ten blocks 0 the home of the customer
 "People like to trade with people they knoW-so the noighborhoot automobile dealer like the com munity drug store, is coming into his own.
 "Hose->rents are more reasonable A better show room can ho had fO
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09

less than holc-in-the-wall on Main street"
 Similarly with service stations.
 "ln order 10 render quick service at a reasonable price, the dealer cannot afford big overhead in the form Of rent based on downtown land values.
 "A block or two from his sales. room invariably he can find plenty of space for a first class service station al q still lower rental rate.
 Here he can meet his customers often, From these, provided his scr. vice is right, other prospects will dc. velop while he is nursing his best of all prospects--the present own. CT
 From every standpoint the auto. mobile dealer who is located in the kind Of residence section where live that class to whom his particu. lar car appeals, has greater chance to get business and a much better chance 10 show net at tho end of the year.
 "On the other hand tho dealer who brides himself on his cxpan- sive and expensive iron on "Main street." and spends his time in ad hiring the monument hc has erect od for himself while still alive will be working mostly for the landlord.
 "If he would keep in close touch with demand and deliver the best service 10 owners, every large city distributor should have several rc. gional dealers or branches in tho various residential sections of his metropolis,
 His main office may just as wei hc in one of these as in q side street down town.
 "A distributor for a popular makc
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09
Huge Development Record In Motor Car Industry

Washington, March "A survey of the automotive industry shows that 4,S?5,00o cars and trucks were produced during the last year at an aggregate wholesale value of SS,ooo,- 0Q0, h00.
 Approximately 2O,o0o,o0o motor vehicles are registered in the United States, Of which c,5oo,oo0 are trucks.
 The 90,00n, ,noo motor cars in use travel over S,o00,ooo miles of high way Along these roads arc scatter cd 55,o00 garages. A total of B. 20o,o00 persons in the United States derive their living from the auto motive industry.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09

of car who, because he cant get rid of the longtime lease, maintains | hig place on Michigan avenue. Chi cQgo, tells mo customers seldom come in there and his small branch stores on the north, south and west sides sell more cars,
 "lt Is from these the revenue must come 10 maintain the Main street" show place"
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09
NASH CONTINUES AT RECORD PACE Popularity of All Models Re
 leCted in Sales

The exceptional national populari- " of the Nash Advanced Six and Special Six models wrote a new page in motor car history during 1925 and from reports now at hand 1t seems certain that even this bril- liant sales record will be far sur passed during 1926. The new Nash Advanced Six and Special Six series which were Introduced July 27th, 1925, were greeted with rnprcco- dented warmth throughout the coun- try and despite the fact that all Nash plants were working overtime at full capacity we were unable 10 meet the demand by great margin.
 The Nash Special Six and Ad- Nanced Six line has been given add ed attractiveness with two new body models priced so low in contrast 10 their quality that they are bound to jump right Into the front ranks of best sellers. Tn addition Nash is in- troducing great new motor en- bodyins important engineering changes which will give tho indus try an entirely new standard for en- closed car performance in the way Of unusual power-smoothness fleX- ibility, and speed of acceleration.
 Then with the beginning of 1925 the Nash sales curve began to push hriskly upwards right on through January, February, and March with the result that the first quarter Of 1925 surpassed the same quarter of 1924 by more than A per cent. With the opening of big Spring business the Nash demand gathered even greater momentum and when tahu- lationS were completed for the months of April, May and June they revealed that the second quarter Of 1925 had sprung up past the rec ord figures of 1924 by better than S5 per cent.
 Further indication Of the manner in which buyers are receiving the Nash product Is provided by the very large growth in overseas de- mand. Nash export sales are rising steadily and the selling oreaniza ton abroad is growing on very sound and substantial basis.
 Trustworthy reports gathered from various sources together Witl the information which I have secur' cd from our own dealer organization leads me 10 believe that the auto mobile industry In general and Tht Nash Motors Company in particula, is entering upon a great new period of sales expansion. The character O our own business has been such tha we have undertaken steps which vii provide us with additional plan facilities and productive capacit! end vet I would not be at all sur nrised 10 see condition in thu Spring where Nash will not he en tircly able to meet the demand. Tn new body models Nash is offering plus the unusal engineering deVnl
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09

opments centering largely in the new Nash motor considered in conjunc- ton with countrywide prosperity all combine 10 place Nash In the mosl favorable situation the company has ever faced at the outset of q new Yonr.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-09
AUTO HELPS RAILROADS

Sta,isticians find that 1t would take all the passenger and freight locomotives and all Of the various kinds of freight cars of the railroads nearly 10 days 10 handle all Of tho years auto freight business at one time. During 1925 more than S,ooo,- 900 carloads Of freight were in- ducod by the manufacture and use of motor cars.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
BROTHER-IN-LAW TO SUE
LAW AND ORDER. CHIEF

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, Oct. 21.-
Suit to recover damages from Ray
mond j. Funkhouser, of Hagers-
town. president of the Washington
County Law and Order League,
Roy Funkhouser, Of Gettysburg,
Pa, and Marvin Funkhouser, of
Hancock, will be filed in court
here today, by attorneys for Dir.
a. Lee Franklin. Cumberland
and a brotherin.law of
the Funkhouser brothers. according
to information received from Cum
beriand.
The suit will be the outcome Of
a fight between the Funkhousers
and DIR. Franklin in Hancock Tues.
day in which DIR. Franklin was
badly beaten and a shot was fired.
The suit will charge, it is stated,
all three men with assault, al
though Marvin Funkhouser is
charged with being the only one
who struck DIR. Franklin.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
VACRANT GIVEN HOUR
TO GET OUT OF DISTRICT

James Bradson, WHO'D says he
lives in Richmond, Va, was given
one hour to get out OF Washington
today. He came to Police Court
on charges OF being vagrant and
intoxicated.
"He said il he went free he'd
shoot me down like dog" Police.
man Fl. w. Gather, Of No. pre-.
cinct,. told Judge Schuldt after Brad
son was freed under 30,day sus-1
pended Jail sentence and a $500 fine.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
ERNST SPENT 1929
IN KENTUCKY PRIMARY

Richard p. Ernst, Republican Sen.
atorial nominee in Kentucky, spent
approximately S19,213 in the primary
campaign and received contributions
totaling $20,180, while Leo Krzych.
accepted no contributions and spent
nothing to gain the Socialist. NOM
ination in Wisconsin, according to
campaign expense returns flied with
the secretary of the Senate.
Three other candidates expense
returns were filed at the same time,
it was announced today. They in l..
cluded those of Willard Il. Tydings
Maryland Democratic nominee, re-.
ceipts, $2,126; expenditures, 1921.
Evans Wooden. Indiana Democratic
nominee for the short term, receipts.
500; expenditures, SG,S52, and Rollin
u. Tyler, Connecticut Democrat, no
receipts and an expenditure of
81 900.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
CLA|MSHOOT|NG
WAS ACCIDENT

Reports tbSt Policeman John Ed
ward Prendergast, 26 years old, Of
the Ninth precinct. was shot by
his friend. Policeman Francis Wade
Gordy. "a, of the same precinct,
while the latter was demonstrating
his theory OF the manner in which
Detective Arthur b.. Scrivener met
his death. were denied. by police
heads today. It was pointed out
that the bullet had been fired
through the holster.
Prendergast was shot yesterday
afternoon in Gordy's home, 1915
First st. n. W., while he was
visiting Gordy. Both men say that
Gordy's pistol had started to slip
from its holster and when he
attempted to straighten it. the
weapon accidentally exploded. The
bullet passed through Prendergast's
left hand and right groin.
Following the shooting, the in
jured man was carried to an auto.
mobile by his companion and rush
ed to Casualty Hospital. q Gordy
carried him from the automobile
into the hospital. Later Premier.
CAST was removed to Emergency
Hospital, where DIR. Marbury, police
surgeon, operated. His condition is
reported to be improved today.
According to statements made to
Inspector Charles A. Evans. assist
ant superintendent of police, Gordy
went TO Prendergast's horne, 511
Fourteenth st. n. E.. yesterday.
After remaining there for awhile,
both men went to Gordy's home.
While they were in a second floor
front room the shooting occurred.
Prendergasts relatives have been
notified
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
MAKE
GOOD GAINS
BY international News Service

NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-An over
crowded short interest was COM
PEELED to scramble for stocks TO
cover their short trails at the DC
ginning of trading today, and prices
of active stocks ranged all the way
from 2 to 6 points higher in the
early trading. General Motors ana
Dupont led the way to the higher
price levels. with initial jumps
of Az and s points respectively
and numerous motor and industrial
shares recovered a good share OF
yesterdays losses.
Further impetus was given to tho
upward move by the retention o.
the 4 per cent bank rate by the
Boston Reserve Bank and rumOrs
that the New York bank might re-
duce its rediscount rate.
Crude oil price cuts are looked
for as an essential check on tie
huge production of that commodity
at present. Call money renewals
were posted at Az per cent.
The rally lost momentum in the
second hour, when stocks bought
during Wednesdays decline were
thrown on the: market. Good buy
ing demand appeared for the divI-
dend industrials and few of the
rails, but oils, specialties, coppers
and equipments sought the lower
price levels as stocks continued II
be freely offered. Grain and cotton
We're steady.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
E. II. PULLMAN HEADS
PARENT-TEAcHER GROUP

Ernest II. Pullman. president OF
the Manor Park Citizens Associa
ton. has been elected president OF
the Columbia Juniorl High Parent
Teacher Association. it was an.
nounced today. Other officers are
Mrs. Amy Veerhoff. first vice presi
dent; Mrs. Arthur Pierce. second
vice president: Mrs. W. A. Hooker
secretary. and Mrs. o. Owens. treas
urer.
After the election Miss Alice Deal
principal. outlined the courses Of
study and suggested activity alons
various lines to advance the inter
ests OF pupils and to bring parents
and teachers into closer contact.
The following were elected officer
of the newly organized Parent
Teacher Association of the Whittier
School Mrs. Fl. S. Bryant. president
Mrs. u. l.. Maine. first vice presi
dent: Mrs. Herbert Wilson. SECOND
vice president: Mrs. E. H. Pullman
secretary and Mrs. John D. Smoot
treasurer
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Chicago. Livestock

CHICAGO, Oct. 21-A supply of
$4,000 hogs proved excessive for the
immediate demand and prices were
Is to % cents lower than Wednes-
days average. Light weights
showed the most decline. Early top
for heavy butchers was $1.S5.
Cattle values were generally
steady with receipts liberal. Cows
and heifers sold steady and slowly.
Bulls met with a good outlet.
Lambs sold steady to strong on
a light supply.
Hogs-Receipts. $1,000: market
15@25c lower. top, $3.50: bulk,
1.50@13.65; heavy weight. $3.50
1880; medium weight, $13.10@
1885; light weight. $12.75@13.75;
light lights, $11.50Q13.35: packing
sows, $10.0O011.S5: pigs. $11.25@
1900
CattIe-Receipts, 1900; market
steady. Calves-Receipts 1000
market steady; beef steers, good
and choice. S1O.00@$11.0O: common
and medium. $7.O0@9.0O: yearlings,
$7.50@12.50; butcher cattle, heifers,
$5.50@11.25; COWS, $4.75G 800; bulls.
$4.5007.50; calves. $12.0O01350
feeder steers, $6.OO0S.75; stocker
steers, $575@8.50; stocker cows and
heifers. $4.006 500 western range
cattle. beef steers. s6.50@9.00; cows
and heifers. $4.00G7.50.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market
strong; medium and choice lambs,
$13.50 @14.75; culls and common,
$9.50@11.50; spring lambs, culls and
common, $9.50G11.50; yearlings,
1O.00912.25; common and choice
ewes. $4.50@7.25: feeder lambs,
$12.75014.00.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
CONSCIENCE MAKES
HIM RETURN BARK

SACRAMENTO, Calf. Oct. 21.--
A bulky piece of mail. opened at
the Governors office, disclosed a
large piece OF bark from a redwood
tree.
Accompanying the package was a
letter from Thomas James. OF Tue
son, Ariz.. declaring that he had
taken the bark from a CALIFORNIA
redwood tree in 1906. but since his
recent conversion, his act Of vanoal.
;sm had so preyed upon his con-
science that he could no longer re-
tain it and keep his peace OF mind.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
$4,000 RING REPORTED
STOLEN, FOUND BY OWNER

A diamond and ruby ring valued
at $4,000. reported stolen from or
lost by Mrs Florence Kendall, of
New York city, wife Of the owner
Of the Capitol Theater in that city,
was found in her belongings last
night after Detectives Wilson and
kuehling had searched for two hours
among the rubbish at the Union
Station.
Mrs. Kendall reported that while
she was walking through the sta
ton, porter had rushed up to her
with Il valuable necklace seen to
drop from brief case she was car
rying.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATION" OF THE FINANCIAL MAI
Army Officers Ages
Are Found to Range
From u to 81

Some War Department Stats
tician has been delving into the
age records of the 1857 Off
GERS of the Army. He has found
that the oldest, two colonies and
a lieutenant colonel, are "a, and
the youngest, Is second lieu
tenants, are %.
Five major generals and six
brigadiers have reached SO. The
youngest major general is 46
and the youngest brigadier. At.
Colonies range from "a down to
As, with Sc of them scoring So.
Lieutenant colonies are scattered
between 81 and Al.
Majors range between 81 and
30, while captains are dis
tributed between 63 and %.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
FLORIDA ROAD SEEKS
TO ACQUIRE ANOTHER

Application was made to tie
Interstate Commerce Commission
today by. the Jacksonville. Gaines
willie and Gulf railroad for authority
to acquire the Tampa. and Jackson
Vile, running from Sampson City
to Enathala. Fla. a distance of sc
miles.
The road also asked for authority
to issue $3.50 shares of capital
stock and $450,O of first mortgage
6 per cent 25-year gold bonds. The
road will eventually be taken over
by the Seaboard Air Line.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Daily Treasury Statement

The daily statement of the United
States Treasury shows:
Income to date this year, $l,128,-
$50. 548.48.
Income to date last year, $1,048,-
762 ,125.12.
Increase, S79,S34.42336.
Income over outgo this year,
sos, 456,262.56.
Income over outgo last year, $780,
$50 1851.
Balance general fund today. $276.-
e66. 230.20.
Increase, S6.S53,9 025S
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Pittsburgh Produce

Butter-Prints, $40 53lac; tubs. 50
@52c; Pennsylvania and Ohio, 441a
gaelic.
Eggs-Current receipts. 41W42c;
fresh selected. 46048c; white, near
by. 400 sic.
Poultry Hens. light, 20G 22c;
hens, heavy. 3Om32; rosters, ITO
1Sc; springers. 28030c; ducks, 2Gn
&c: geese. 22@25c; turkeys. 40G 45c.
NeYeta b.es-Potatoes (Michigan).
$4@ 4.25; tomatoes Chome-grownl. 75c
WE1 per basket; cabbage (homc-
grown, 50M CSC per bushel.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL. Oct. 2I.-Spot cot
ton was in better demand here to-
day with prices easier. Sales to-
tailed 1000 bales; receipts. 1000
bales.
M'dlands fair was quoted at $8.28;
good mids.. $7.43: strictly mids. ,S7.18;
1pids., $3.50; strictly low mids.. $3.50;
low mids., 1888: strictly good ordi-
nary. $5.38; good ordinary. Sab.
Futures opened steady with De-
Gambler at $6.72; January, $3.50;
March. $3.50; May, $G9s: July, $7.04.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
coLoRED CIVIC BODIES
ARRANGE WINTER PLANS

DR.. James Richardson, president
of the Colored Federated Association
of Washington, announced today the
% colored civic organizations of the
federation have scheduled programs
for their respective bodies for the
winter season.
Special effort will be made during
the year to cooperate with the
school board in developing several
plans of the school officials.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Japanese Remember;
$43,15O Is Sent To
Aid Florida

Bread cast upon the
waters"
A check for $4,000 yen, ap-
proximately $43,150, was on it's
way to help Florida storm suf-
ferers today. It is the gift of
tNa japanese people and was
ra.sed by popular subscription.
When the disastrous earth
quake visited Japan several
years ago, a huge sum was
raised in the United States to
relieve suffering.
The japanese gift was made
through the Red Gross. Presi-
dent Coolidge sent a message to
Japan. thanking the people for
the gift.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Cotton Market Easy

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The local
cotton market remained easy today
on agenera1 belief that a substan-'
tial increase would show in the
yield of the Government crop esti-
mate, scheduled for publication next
Monday. Trading was rather re-
stricted in the absence OF outside
buying interest and proved highly
professional, at times.
Continued hedge selling and the
large amount of cotton offered for
sale by the South, Wall Street, Liv-
erpool. and commission and spot
houses more than offset the de-
mand.
Initial losses were added to in the
second period OF trading. Noon
prices were: December, down s
points. January. down 5; 1882, down
6, and may 1901, down z.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
PRINCE CARO- SEEMS
TO BE "OUT" FOR GOOD

BUCHAREST. Otc. q. --- Prince
Carols recent converse tons with
Queen Marie concerned family affairs
only and had nothing To do with the
remuneration Of Prince Carols rights
TO the throne, which is ''irrevocab le,"
according 10 an official communique
issued TODAY.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
TWO HELD. CHARGED
WITH $15o,ooo THEFT

ENGLEWOOD. n. j., Oct. n
Identified as having robbed a New
York jewe1ry salesman in his room
at the Palmer House. Chicago. Sep
TENDER q. OF diamonds valued q
$150.O6O: two men. giving the name
Of Geer and Mcclellan. were beini
held at police headquarters here e
day.
A search of their car revealed
.45-caliber revolver and q black jack
Englewood> police said. Geer an,
Mcclellan admitted having been II
Chicago recently. but denied tn
crime
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BANS
STUDENT AUTOS AT GAME

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. Oct. 21.-The
regulation pertaining to student
operation of automobiles at the
University of Illinois will be strict
~ enforced this weekend. university
officials declared today.
Students detected driving cars to
the Michigan-IIlinois game at Ann
Arbor Saturday without permits will
be taken before university author
tiles and punished. it was stated.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Panama Canal is Doing
100000 Monthly
Business
The Panama Canal is doing a

The Panama Canal is doing a
100000 a month business.
Figures made public by the
War Department today show
that tolls for the first nine
months of 1926 totalled 1921
28S.88.
The September tolls were
$2,O19,626.4 when 446 vessels
moved through the big ditch.
The total for nine months was
4,089. The daily average is Is
vessels.
The tons of cargo during the
nine months totalled 20,629, 3O7.
Since 1921 the canal tonnage
has increased approximately
$50 per cent while the revenue
from tolls has more than
doubled.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
FRACTURED RAILS HELD
CAUSE OF PENNSY WRECK

Two fractured rails were respon.
sible for the derailment of a pas
senger train on the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad near Deiair Junction. y j.,
resulting in the death Of three per
sons and the injury Of III others.
according 10 findings made public
today BY the. interstate Commerce
Commission.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21

His wife was crying when he
came home last night-"tIey had to
move again, the third time i'm the
last year." The classified ads solved
the problem by telling them how
easy it was to own a home of their
own. Now they are happy.
The Washington times., 1926-10-21
Clearing House Statement

NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-Exchanges
$969. 900 5000; balances. $12l 100000;
Federal Reserve Banks credit bal
arce, S9l .00N, 00o
The Washington times., 1926-10-21

Canada. New York funds in Montreal.
$.93% discount at $1,000. Montreal
funds in New York. $93% premium at
81 900.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-26

Libby-zonolite company viii build
new plant and greatly increase ca
pacity. Five-hundred ton aerial tram
way from mine to railroad, eontem-