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Evening star., 1926-09-29
FARM AID BACKED
BY HOOVER IN WEST
Secretary Urges Inland Wa
terWay Development to
Cut Freight Rates.

OMAHA, Nebr., September 29.-Sec
rotary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
in a series of conferences here today.
discussed with business leaders prob
lens of vital interest to the Midwest
especially the inland waterways.
His plans for the development of q
national system of inland waterways
with particular stress on development
of the upper Missouri River, held the
attention OF his audiences. The Sec
retary is, understood to favor the de
velopment of Missouri River even be
yond Sioux Eity, Iowa, the limit
named in the present rivers and har
bors bill. which will come up before
the Senate in the Winter session.
MITCHELL, S. Oak, September %
R).-Development of waterway trans
portation was held yesterday by Sec
retary Hoover as an aid to farmers
of the Middle West.
In an address, Mr.. Hoover said in
creased freight charges arising from
the war constitute lone of the under
lying causes" of the present difficult
ties of the farmers.
"If we could secure the lowered
transportation charges promised from
waterways,V he said. land thereby
bushel on grain, we would add a very
important percentage of the farmers
profit.
'It Is generally agreed that the
price of our farm products is deter
mined at those points on our seaboard
or abroad where the competitive
streams of exports come together.
Thus the price at the farm Is the
price made at this junction market,
less the cost of transportation and
handling to this market. Ocean
freight charges have remained about
the same as before the war because
the standards of living Of the rest OF
the world, unlike our own have not
increased over pre-war times.
Cites Greater Cost
Railway rate increases have forced
the Midwest farmers to pay from q
to II cents more per bushel in freight
in order to get their products to mar
ket. Therefore the foreign farmers
reach the world market at q lower
cost In proportion than can our Mid
West farmers.
For instance, pre-war a ton OF
South Dakota wheat cost $11.90 to
reach Liverpool by the cheapest
route. while ton of Argentine wheat
reached the same point for 1923.
To-day the increased freight charges
on this ton have moved the Argentine
only $1.17 further from Liverpool
while they have moved the South
Dakota farmer $40S further away.
II believe we can contribute great
ly. to remedy this. situation by i'm
provement Of our waterways"
Evening star., 1926-09-29

Generally on the down grade since
November, 1925, retail food prices In
Washington today have nearly
reached the average level OF 1925 and
are we'll on their way TO levels below
that of last year. If the present trend
continues. A steady upward move
ment in retail prices. which began
In May, 1924, and continued through
November, 1925, was stopped in that
month, and although food prices fiuc-
tuated by small degrees throughout
the Winter and early Spring, the re-
progression from the peak Of Novem-
ber, 1925, has been clearly marked.
Only within the past two months,
however, has the downward trend be-
come most pronounced, the retail food
price list of the Bureau OF Labor
Statistics showing a drop in mid-July
Of per cent over mid-June. down.
ward trend that has continued
through August and September.
The bureau obtains food prices from
a score of retail stores in Washington
on the fifteenth Of every month, cor
relates them and makes them public
as the average price for the average
store. No attempt Is made to secure
prices from stores that cater only 20
a limited clientele or those Wlich
maintain uniformly high or low prices.
and the names of the stores are kept
a secret. Several chain stores are
included in the list of Washington
concerns which furnish figures for
the bureau.
65 Per Cent Higher Than I'm 1913.
Food prices at retail in Washington
on August Is. the last complete figures
available and correlated, were IS per
cent higher than the average price Tor
1913. Only one city-Birmingham,
Ala.-ranked above Washington IN
the percentage of increase since the
pre.war year. For the month from
July Is to August 10, food prices here
showed an increase Of less than half
Of l per cent.
Prices Of food at retail III the Cap
ital reached their peak In 1890. TOR IN
June Of that year an increase OF 107.6
above the average price for 1913 was
reached From that month In l92o
prices slackened until the low mark
Of 46.3 above 1913 prices was reached
in April, 1924. Since then prices
have been steadily on the upgrade
until last November, when the upward
Evening star., 1926-09-29
FOOD PRICES HERE MAY DROP
BELOW LEVELS OF LAST YEAR
Downward Trend in Retail Quotations
Since 3Per Cent Decline in Mid-Ju
Continues Throug III September.

movement was definitely stopped and
general downward movement begun,
eliminating in the per cent drop be-
tween June Is and July 10.
The index figure of food prices in
Washington for the year 1924 stood at
1924. or SO points above the 19la
average, while the index for 1929 was
1916, or 64.6 points above the 1918
level. While the drop in prices has
not been rapid enough here to justify
a prediction that the. 1926 level will
reach the 1924 level, If the retrogres.
sion in food prices continues it may
approximate the level Of last year
when prices as a whole were higher
than in any year since 1913, excepting
the war years and the peak years OF
1919 and 1920.
The index for November, 1925. stood
at 1875. dropping to 171.7 in Decem.
Der, 1925, and slackening considerably
since the beginning of the year.
Fluctuations Are Cited.
Here is the way food prices have
f1uctuated in Washington since No
vember, 1925: Decrease of / per cent
in the month from November to De-
cember; increase of less than half of
l per cent In the month from Decem'
Der 10, 1925, to January 10, 1926; de-
crease of per cent in the month
from January Is. 1926, to February Is,
1925; decrease of 2 per cent between
February Is and March 10: increase
Of per cent in the month from
March Is to April 10; decrease OF less
than half of / per cent in the month
from April Is to May 10: decrease of
the same amount from May Is to June
15; decrease of per cent from June
Is to July Is; and increase Of less
than half Of l per cent from July Is
to August Is.
In it's schedule sent out to a score
Of Washington stores, the bureau Sc
cures prices on the 18th of every
month on 43 different articles
of food, from which an average is
struck, representing the grand ave
rage price for Washington on that
date.
Some stores may sell food articles
at lower prices than others, according
to the grade Of the article. or special
sales may reduce the price. But the
general average is all that concerns
the bureau in it's work of securing
an average price. and it does not take
into account fluctuations in the price
level as between stores.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHOENIXYILLE, Pa, September
29.-Abe Buzzard, notorious mountain
chicken thief, is again behind prison
bars.
His life has comprised 81 years of
freedom, much of which was spent
in chicken and other petty thievery,
and 43 years spent in Jail in repent
ance. study and evangelism.
With two companions he was ar
rested yesterday in the hills of North
Coventry township with a wagon
load of chickens, automobile tires and
other articles alleged to have been
gathered during q nights raid on
ncighboring farms.
His arrest brought to an end one
of the longest stretches of freedom
Abe had enjoyed since he was a strip
of a boy. Each term in a cell has
found him more determined than ever
to reform and to go out into the world
as an evangelist to atone. His de-
termination usually vanished quickly.
In his youth he was the leader OF a
Evening star., 1926-09-29
MRS. LESLIE CARTER SUES
Claims to Be Co-author OF "The
Shanghai Gesture

los ANGELES, September 20 N'.
Shit for S10O 900 damages and an &C
counting Of the profits from the New
Work stage success, "The Shanghai
Gesture" was filed in Federal Court
here Yesterday by Mrs. Leslie car
ter. also known as Caroline PAXTON
against John Cotton, the action charg-
Ing infringement Of copyright.
Mrs. Carter declares in the suit ina!
sbe and Cotton wrote THE Shanghai
Gesture" as a story and play in 1925
and that Cotton as co-author later as
signed his title and interest to her
In July, 1925. she charges she sent
articles to Washington for copyrlght
and discovered that Cotton had closed
a. deal with Boni & Liveright for pup
lication of the story. COTTON Mrs'
Carter says. received $lO,ooe.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
CHARITIES GET BIG SUM.

NEW YORK, September % R).-
Hospitals and charity organizations
were the chief beneflciaries under the
will Of Mrs. Kate S. Richardson, filed
yesterday, which disposed of an estate
of more than $1,000, 900. Mrs. Richard
son was the widow of Edward w.
Richardson of this city.
TO the New York Hospital is left
two-thirds of the residue of $5S7,97S,
in memory of the decedent's father.
The National Child Welfare Associa-
ton, Inc, received 100000. and the
Salvation Army. Inc, 100000
Evening star., 1926-09-29
FORD ASKS RECOVERY
OF CAR GIVEN "BAR0N"
Specially Built Machine Believed
Sold by "Krupp Heir" While
in the West.
BY the Associated Press,


WILMINGTON, Del, September
2a.-When Henry Ford presents an
automobile to a baron" he wants
that person to be a real baron ana
not an impostor.
1t was learned last night that MI
Ford. through Il secretary, mas writ
ten to the courts or TINS State ash.
ing what may be done in his favor
concerning the restoration. or the
equivalent cash value, Of the especial
ly constructed touring car that ne
presented to Baron G. Frederick f..
yon Krupp, ir." George r. Gabor.
who posed as the baron now IS
in the Newcastle County worKnouse
n,r,itinr trial on charges OF passing
worthless checks while n guest at a
hotel in this city last July.
The automobile in question was re-
ported sold by the baron a. Alou'
querque. y. Mex.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
GIRL DIES AFTER LEAP
FROM FOURTH STORY
Tells Police She Was Forced to
Jump to Elude Two Men.
Homicide Charged.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September o9.-Miss
Dorothy Smith, a cloak model. who
had told police she jumped from the
window of a four-stOry apartment to
escape from two men who are charged
with having lured her there, died
yesterday of a fractured skull and
internal injuries.
Miss Smiths parents live In Holden.
Mass. She made her fatal leap early
Monday. AS q result Of the story
she told police during periods Of con-
sciousness in city hospital, two men,
describing themselves as brokers,
were arrested on charges Of attempt
ed criminal assault. The two men
were Francis Murphy, who lived in
the apartment from which she leaped.
and j. Fitzpatrick of the Bronx.
AS she leaped from the window
the girl clasped a crucifix to her
breast. She was % years old
Following Miss Smiths death, po-
lice said. the charges against Murphy
and Fitzpatrick. who are in Tombs
prison. were changed to homicide.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Buzzard, Former Evangelist, Behind Bars
In New Chapter in Career of Petty Crime

band of highwaymen that for years
terrorized the Welsh mountain coun-
try near Reading.
He spent much of his time in prison
in studN The Bible was one of his
favorite books. After his release in
1901, after having served seven years.
he toured the State, lecturing on
Ruin and Reformation" Two years
later he was again in prison for steal
ing chickens this time for 10 years.
Three other periods of repentance
were followed by various terms be-
hind the bars.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
BANDIT TRIO SENTENCED,
Two Negroes Who En- tered Boyce
Va, Bank Get 1S Years, One IS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRYVILLE, Va, September %
Just eight days after the hold-up of
the Boyce State Bank, this county
three of the four negroes implicated
were sentenced by Judge Frank E.
Whiting in Circuit Court here Tues
day, two to 18 years and one to Is
years in the State penitentiary. The
other, James Lee, driver, was wound
ed by a West Virginia State officer
and Is in the Winchester Hospital. He
will be arraigned later.
The last man, James Adams. alias
Merton Smith. was apprehended by
Deputy Sheriff w. w. Smallwood, jr.,
near Reedsville. Pa, Monday.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
]. E. Kim Is Dead.

CHICAGO. September 20 LP)-J +.
Kipp. fourth vice president of the
Order of Railway Photographers. q
member during the war of the United
States Railway Administrations Board
of Adjustment. and former general
chairman Of the telegraphers' order
in the New York Central System, died
here Yesterday.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Two Serious Thirsts
at the Worlds Series

When Roger Hornsby's hard hitting
Cardinals descend upon the Yankees ir
the coming worlds series battle, well
not attempt TO guarantee whose thirst
for victory will finally be quenched, but
here in Washington we'll guarantee tha,
DO thirst for long, tall drink of water
need 60 unquenched in any home that
takes clear, sparkling American Ice!
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Praying Plants Reported,

Sir Jagadis Base, Hindu plant spe-
cialist. tells of praying plant that
each evening prostrates itself ABOUT
the hour that the temple bells cal! the
neonle to PRAYER. The plant is like
tree and twice the height Of a man. 1t
is said.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

holders OF the Georgetown & Tennallytown
Railway Company will be held AZ the otf"e
Washington, b. C.. on October 20. 1896 a.
10 O'Clock noon, for, the purpose OF con
sel ali the The estate proprrty ri"htS ''i and
franchises of the said COMPANY To the
Washington Railway Electric Company
under the provisions of an act of Congress
approved June 5. 1900. The books for the
transfer of the stock of the said company
for the purposes mentioned will be closed
from the close of business on October l.
1928 to the opening of business on October
B. 1926.
H. ". KEYSER.
Secretary
Evening star., 1926-09-29

p1vIDExDs AT A MEETING or THE
Board Of Dire,tO of the STANLEY Crlrdsl
Company of Washinston; held y lis Offices
1926 H,d Rare It, Phl4dePhia iaI4 Pa ;,., on Fri
secutive dividend OF 81 so per share on tht
preferred stock was declared payable Octo
Der ] 1926. To stockholders of record a
the close Of business II noon. Septembel
80 1896.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

A SPECIAL MEETING or THE STOCK
holders Of the City 4 Suburban Railway Of
company. 14th and SITS. NV. Washington.
D G.. on October 20: 1929. at 80 o'clock
taking the requisite action to sell all the
estate. property, rights and franchises Of the
Eectri c'Cy Company under f the to pr"visions "sH
OF an act Of Congress approved June >,
stock of the said oompapv. for the purposes aes
mentioned Will be closed from the close VI
business on October l, 1926. 20 the opening
of business on October D. 1926.
II. NJ. KEYSER.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Policy OF Union Cited.

1t has been the policy of union
leaders in the past TO ignore the agi,
tation of radicals until their machina.
tions actually become dangerous.
Perhaps it will do no harm to look
over their handiworlk a little in ad-
vance Of that point.
Shaw Desmond. the Gritish writer
Evening star., 1926-09-29
American
I c. E
Company
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
FORD GENERATORS EXCHANGED. SO,
"ompGey rehn!t sSd gTarsmtteed r, ksses @
i. 81 ?" ~ sI''' - up 'NNl'' lOO0 -f'l.
yANS AVAILABLE IN OTHER CITIES As
SFM y6RK * cilTHYa iH ocToBEh >
TIT. Fa!Trstr Gis J ffH HkAlsr2& FA 9fTGph!k ~
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
Ane"sn S"rry aad Trnt ~ G% er has has, de nn
srG& Sa6td 5Essr sok teHs" o s46o q od@ F s SaHa6i
October II, io26 TO the stockholders OF
Scr a" s e Of ranseF Books
company Will be closed from October ] 70
he BE f2tn Pre.dda faEs i9ss5f FkEbERtk iRAFhT r f.
sIDDoNS secretary.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ,THE;
American Security & Trust Co. has declared
T9sp toc Tfaf of @ ppayabe hns
II. 1920. to the stockholders of record at
rhe ctPs transfer Ge "sesS hooF of tho viii be-
,'loced from October ! to II, both Gays
FREDFRIGK ? H. slbboNS secretary.
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SsTooCIK-
, hc tosmT Tl th of and hf" ,s s me o Wash
inaton. D. C. on October 20. 1926. II II
and II taxing E'' the requisite acton to purchase
all the estate. property, rights ana iran,
Rsf Of the snS dix .Se R%as 4enas2
town Railway Company. under the ,provi-
poses mentioned. viii be closed from tie
opening o' 0'''"e'' Oh H. INK M. iKSEiisER.'
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Union With Reds Advocated.

The convention is urged to con-
denim American imperialism" and to
Oppose participation in the League of
Nations. At the same time it is pro
rpsed that international affiliation of
labor shall be advanced through in
dorsement by the convention of the
Anglo Russian Trade Union Unity
League, which aims at the amalgama-
ton OF the Amsterdam International,
the Red International of Labor
Unions. the American Federation of
Labor. and the unions Of South
America. China, India and other
countries.
Ratheg an inconsistent proposal.
wheteyer one may think Of the
League of Nations. II ii Is proper
that this country should remain aloof
from world problems Of one sort, why
should labor dash into entanglements
having little or nothing to do with the
adjustment Of American economic and
social problems?
There isn't the slightest chance of
the adoption by the American Fedora
tion of Labor convention of any char
acteristic proposal Of the Communist
propa gandist. Indeed. 1t is hardly
likely that the more radical of these
ideas will even be mentioned on the
floor. much less debated.
There is the danger, however, that
some misinformed persons and others,
who believe il to their interest to mis-
represent labor, will make use Of this
propa ganda 10 injure the reputation
Of the sound la Dor movement. That is
WHY this writer believes 1t worth
while to attribute the program for
building the trode unians" TO its true
source
Evening star., 1926-09-29

CHARLES J. BELL President.
FREDERICK 7. II. SlDDONS Secretary.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

PAPERHANGING ROOMS PAPERFI
with embossed or poly chrome papers ST tt
$l". Call w j. ROBBINS, any time. Adam.
I9O3 cQs
Evening star., 1926-09-29

FORD GENERATORS EXCHANGED. Sc ,
completely rebuilt aud guaranteed; EsseN
aud thevr@lnt. SI2 80; rew0und armatl:cs
for ALI cars. 50 up. CARTY. 1908 l4th
81. flt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06
HEA Wy GAIN
IN GAS TAX
rs REPORTED
Collections Increase 81,
075,465 During Fiscal
Year.

An increase Of $2,O75, 465.S7 in the
gasoline tax collections during the
fiscal year which closed Sept 80,
over proceeds the preceding year is
shown today in the annual report Of
Archie N. Bobbitt, State gasoline
tax collector. Collections for the
last fiscal year totaled $S,S67,947.59
as against s6,792, 4S1.72, making an
increase Of approximately 80 per
cent.
The increase is due partly to the
fact that during seven months OF the
fiscal year which ended Sept. 80,
1925, a 2 cent rate prevailed. During
all Of the more recent year the
cent rate was effective. A 2l,S11 1929
gallon increase in consumption of
gasoline the latter year, however,
was recorded.
During the year just closed. Indi-
ana motorists burned 296,472, 739 gal
Ions Of gasoline, as against 274.660,-
SO the preceding period. Refunds
during the latter year were $67 ,23S.S4
larger. Operating expenses for the
latter year totaled 81, SOo05 against
$11,S2449 for the former period.
Total cost of administration amount
ed to about one-eighth of 1 per cent.
Collections for September. 1926,
totaled $966.177.75, an increase of
s102 ,O17.04 over receipts for the
same month last year. Bobbitt re-
ported. Hoosier motorists consumed
3,414.S73 more gallons of gasoline
last month than they did in Septem-
Der, 1924. the report shows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06
WORLD COURT IS
DEAD ISSUE, SAYS
SENATOR WATSON
Puts Wreath on Major Meas
ure of Coolidge at G. 0. P.
Meeting.

Senator James E. Watson CLASH
fed the World Court. major meas
ure Of President Coolidge. among
the dead" Democratic proposals. in
an address before 500 young Repub-
leans at the Columbia Club Tues
day night.
What has become of the Demo
cratic issues?" Watson asked.
Then he enumerated Gree silver,
States rights, he kept us out of war,
the League of Nations"
And American participation in
the World Court-dead." was Wat
sons climax.
. John X. Ruckelshaus, city attor-
ney, headed a committee of junior
Columbia Club members in charge
Of the meeting while John Bright,
head of the G.. o. p. First Voters
Bureau, assembled young Repub-
licans from over the State.
when young man nominated
me for secretary of a Republican
club when / was 16 years old he
ruined me-" Watson said, laughingly.
II have been running ever since"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06
Gone but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported stolen to pc

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
Merchants Heat and Light Com
pany, Meridian and Washington SITS.
Chevrolet, 565-999, from Meridian
and New York SITS.
w. H. Lewis, As N. Ritter Ave,
Ford, 503-049, from Washington st.
and Senate Ave.
]. o. Howell, 1245 w. Thirtieth
ST., Ford, 565-7S2, from Alabama
and Ohio SITS.
Clyde Holmes, 1916 w. Thirty-Sec-
ond ST., Ford, T, 17457, from 2642
W. Washington St.
Grover Dawson, r. r. A, Box 1896,
from garage in rear.
Glenn Richards, Castleton, Ind,
Ford, 53S-947, from rear Of 715 N.
Illinois ST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06
SMITH TALKS OF EXPOSE
Charges Huge Slush Fund Raised
for Independent.

BIZ United Press
LAWRENCEVILLE ILL.,, Oct g.
An, exposure of campaign expendi-
lures that will rock the State of
Illinois" is threatened by Frank l..
Smith, Republican nominee for
United States Senator, who last
summer was the center Of Senate
investigation of campaign expendi-
lures in the Illinois primary.
Smith, who accepted $125,O00 from
Samuel insult, the utility baron, In
his primary campaign, charged that
already a slush fund amounting to
between 100000 and 100000 Is
ready to be thrown into the cam
paign in behalf Of Hugh S. Magill,
independent Republican, one of
Smiths opponents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06

tinue In the organization as vice
president in charge of the engineer
ing and experimental work. Duesen-
berg has a substantial interest in
the new company, Cord said.
According to Cord, the local com
pany will have no relation to the
Auburn Automobile Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06

Incorporated, a new company, head
ed by E. l.. Cord, president of the
Auburn Automobile Company
The assets and good will of the
Duesenberg Motors Company were
taken over by Cord for the new com
pany in a 100000 transaction. Cord
announced the new company will is
sue 100000 shares Of "B" stock and
rs, 900 shares of "A".., stock Of no
par value. Capitalization of the new
corporation will be more than one
million dollars.
120-Mile Speed
Sixteen acres, adjoining the pres
ent buildings of the plant in w.
Washington ST., will be utilized in
the expansion program.
The ears will be built according
to specifications of customers and
will be produced with a speed up to
1870 miles an hour. The prices which
have been from $4,000 to 81 900 will
now be $4,000.
Fred S. Duesenberg, information
ally known auto engineer, will con-
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Chicken With Dumplings.

Cut UP one chicken. cover with not
water and stew until quite tender.
After cooking for an hour add 0alt.
Peel and slice or cube some potatNes
and add to the stew. When the ~
tatoes are partly cooked, thicken with
flour mixed in cold water until the
mixture is the consistency Of a thin
gravy. Season with lump OF but
ter, pepper. and salt if necessary
Then add dumplings made as follows
Cooked peas may be added with the
seasonsing For the dumplings. sift
one and one-half cupfuls of flour. or
enough to make a stiff batter. with
one heaping teaspoonful of baking
powder and one-half a teaspoonful OF
salt. Break one egg into a dish, beat
lightly, add one cupful Of milk. heat
again, add the flour, baking powder,
and salt mixture. beat up quickly,
drop with a tablespoon onto the stew,
cover, then wrap towel around the
kettle to prevent the escape of steam.
Boil for Is minutes. Serve lmme-
diately.