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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
TEXAS RANCHER
TO DRIVE HERD
FOR. $50 MILES
Will Duplicate Scene Com
mon in Southwest of
Some SO Years Ago

ALPINE, Texas. Dec. 19
(AP)-A chaparejos adorn-
ed member Of congress,
cowboy from head to foot,
soon is to duplicate a scene
common in Texas 50 years
ago.
Claude B. Hudspeth of Ell Paso
has bought a 1,50O-acre, ranch among
the mountains of southeast Texas,
During December he expects to trails
1000 head of registered cattle frort
his ranch near Del Rio, Texas, on
the Mexican border, to the new ranch
in Brewster county, a distance of
$50 miles.
Congressman Is Rider
The moving Of these cattle over.
land, across mountains and over the
unmarked plains of Southeast Texas,
is looked upon as feat which only
the old-time catt,e:nen could &C
complish.
Congressman Hudspeth, himself
cowboy who came to this western
country with printing press strapped
on his saddle horn, will be one of
the cowboys in charge of the herd,
1t Will be impossible to travel the
highways on account of automobiles,
and rail transportation is out of tho
question because the ranch is remote
from any railroad.
One of the greatest obstacles will
be fording rivers. The largest stream
they will have to cross is the Pecos
Cowboys, cattle, AND horses will have
to swim this river, just as the COW
cred wagon pioneers did it.
First Since Seventies
Not since the seventies, when cat
tie were driven by the thousands
over we'll marked trails to railroad
terminals in Kansas, and to the
Pacific coast, has there been such
scene in real life as the Texas
congressman is undertaking.
Much of the route will be through
mountain canyons where the cowboys
must camp for days, far from CIV
iIization. while the herd creeps for
ward a few miles day.
Hudspeth started in East Texas as
a printers devil. When 16, feeling
the call of the West, he mounted Il
pony and rode to Ozona in West
Texas, where he started a newspaper.
Ill health led him to the outdoor
life of the ranches.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
TINY MODELS OF STAGES GROW TO
BRILLIANT BROADWAY SPECTACLES
EACH SCENE HAS SEPARATE. STAGE

, Scenery designing from beginning
to finish is an art The designer
first visualizes the scenery after read
ing the manuscript of the play Then
he sketches each scene as he has
v;sualized it. The sketches are col
ored and when finished resemble an
edifice.
The models are next. Reproduced
from the sketches, they are painted
and so arranged that with an cleo
tric light the designer can see how
the stage will look to the audi
ence, even to the lighting effect.
Designs Futuristic Scenery
The curtains usually are made from
sketches alone. Paint, sprayed and
daubed on the plain material, pro-
d1ces the desired effect. The paint
ers stand on a bridge and the huge
frames of canvas that are to be-
come drops" 40 to so feet high
are raised and lowered while they
work.
Novel scenery was designed by
Barratt for "a Pearl of Great Price,
Impressionistic, rather than realistic,
ideas were carried out
1--WE have tried not to show any
definite PERIOD Barratt said, "but
to express moods. Scenery hitherto
has been purely realistic, even III
the morality plays. In this play.
we have sought to reflect the mind
of girl as she goes through diff
ferent experiences. For instance,
when her mind is troubled the fur
niture is tilted and the doors and
windows oblique. The scenery is
askew."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
mel \
IS HER JOB,
ALWAYS BUSY
In Past Five Years, 5000
Wanderers Have ''Piped
Up" In Response To Her
Appeals.
HELPS SEAMEN
Has Heard Many Versions
of ''Where Is My Wand
ering Boy Tonight"

NEW YORK, Dec. Is
(AP)-The captain of the
Port of Missing Men is a
Woman-a woman without
a single son, but with men
afloat on seven seas who
call her mother"
She is Mrs. Jane Lord Roper,
house mother at the Seamen's Church
institute, New York City.
She has heard more versions OF
where Is My Wandering Boy To-
n'ght?" than any other person still
in active service.
Finding Men Her Job
And in the last five years, 5000
wanderers have pipsd up Here"
when she has called their names
That's her job-finding missing
men. But it is not the limit of
her interests, as thousands of sailors
have attested whom she has helped
through illness, poverty, joblessness
and friendliness.
A tall, spare woman of New Eng
land, with eyes wise with tolerancs.
The house mother at the establish
mert now boasting IL stcry quarters
at the tip of Manhattan Island, be-
gan her WORK Of being a friend to
wanderers when she was 16 years
Old She distributed religious tracts
in the Deepwater Sailor rooming
houses in Boston.
"When I saw men drinking and
gambling sh, said, ''somc feeling of
consideration made me think that
tho arrival os ) woman, especially
missionary, might be embarrassing.
So I always heralded my visits with
an Obvious cough, and it was anus
iHg to see their sheep!sh faces as
men scooped up the cards and hid
them.
Sailors Love for Fellows
"Times have changed now,' she
added. Now, don't suppose that
anyone feels even missionary can
be shocked.
"This work teaches tolerance
though. When 1 was 20 years old
could tell man just what his.
duty was. Now it isn't so easy, One
can learn something now and then
from the boys themselves, and the
talk Of some Of my radical and
agnostic friends would make your
hair curl.
"But there is one fundamental that
never has changed; love for ones
fellowman is the same today as it
was 1000 years ago. These sailors
cling to that"
Continued on Page Four.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
PASTURE, WHERE WRIGHTS FIRST
FLEW WILL BE GREATEST CENTER
OF AVIATION IN UNITED STATES

ment more than $5,o0O,oOO accord
ing to the program originally out
lined. Already $1,500,000 has been
appropriated, and the work is being
pushed by small army of engineers
and workmen.
Build Huge Field Plants
Two huge hangers will provide
housing facilities for airplanes. An
immense laboratories building is
being erected. An administration
building, final assembly and ma
chine shop, propeller testing equip
ment, warehouses, power plants and
other buildings dot the field. When
the field is completed not a wire
will appear above the ground.
the striking feature of the field
will be the 500-acre cross-shaped
landing field. 1t is a bluegrass.
covered tract over which one can
ride at high speed in an automobile
with the smoothness of paved high
way.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
Earth Is Not Trembling
More, Says Georgetown
University Observer
GLOBE RESTLESS
Annual Average Frequency
OF TremOrs Now Set at
5000 or One An Hour.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18
(AP)-The earth is not
shaking any more than it
used to, but people are
noticing it more.

This is the answer of Director Ton
dorf, of the Georgetown university
observatory, to the flood of Inquiries
reaching him as to whether earth
quakes are increasing in number and
frequency.
TremOrs Reported More Fully
Because of the precision of instru-
ments which record tremors, the
public is informed constantly through
their newspapers of disturbances of
the eaFtIl's crust in all parts of the
globe. The lay belief that tbs
shocks are becoming close togethe,
is result of this publicity.
"The layman. unofficialy interested
in the restlessness of the earth'a
crust, should know the truth says
Dr. Tondorf. 1.-The problem of CON-
putting earthquake frequency was
first scientifically undertaken by
Count de Montessus de Ballore one
time director Of the Seismologfca.
observatory of the government o.
Chilli. In 1900, after close analysis
of the then available earthquake rec
ords, 1922 in number he placed
the annual average earthquake oc-
currence at 1880, equivalent to an
earth shock every two hours and
q minutes.
Violent Every Three Days
Four years afterward, DR.. August
Sieberg, of the University Of Jena,
questioned the estimate as too low.
A recalculation made by him in 1928
lifted the annual average frequency
tos 5000, or about one every hour.
Five thousand of these quakes he in
dicated as being felt sensibly on some
part of the earth's surface in varying
intensities. Violent quakes, classi-
fled by others as world shaking, oc-
cur at intervals of every three and
cne-half days, either on the con
tinents or on the oceans bottom
Those on land, however, average
every fifth day.
california, the least immune of all
United States territory, is visited by
a shock on an average of 81 times
annually The liability of one OF
these shocks being heavy is about
eight-tenths of one per cent"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
SHE DELIVERS STEAMBOATS,

JEFFERSONvILLE, md. R.-De-
livering steamboats, is one of the
duties of Mrs. Loretta M. Howard,
secretary-treasurer of the Howard
Shipyard and Dock company, here.
Mrs. Howard has just delivered the
Louisiana big ferry boat which
will ply between Baton Rouge and
Port Allen, La. In addition to max
ing trips to deliver boats, Mrs.
Howard attends meetings of shipping
officials, solicts orders for the firm
and looks after much of the field
work The shipyard was founded
in 1884.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
NEWS ABOUT WOMEN
FIRST BURMA LADY LAWYER

RANGOON, zurma Q71. - Burma,
known as the land Of the pigeon
blood ruby and of the tinkling bells
made famous by Kipling, has taken
another step in it's stride toward
women's rights Ma Pwahee, daugh-
ter of a Burmese official of the Rau-
goon municipality is the first Bur-
nese woman barrister.
Ma Pwahee is the only Burmese
woman to adopt the law as a pro-
fession.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
nurCHEss, SKETCH OF CHICAGO

LONDON P).-The Dowager Dutch-
ess of Rutland brought back fond
recollections and a wealth of good
stories from her visit TO the United
States.
Her favorite story relates to Chi
cago.
IT wanted 30 sketch a group of
buildings in Chicago" the dutchess
tells friends "One of the buildings
had just been started when l began
my sketch. But they worked SO
quickly that, although l went 10
sketch every day, the building was
finished before the sketch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
TURKISH WIVES FOR ALL

CONSTANTINOPLE (F. = Turkish
women hereafter may marry foreign
ers of no matter what nationality or
religion. Under the old Koranic law
Turkish men were allowed to mar
ry Christians but Turkish women
could wed with Moslems only.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
WOMAN cENrENAR1AN's VIEWS

BELFAST A9.-Jane Mckee, Ul-
ster's latest centenarian, entertained
200 persons on her Tooth birthday
but disappeared before the evening
was over. She was found out in
the garden shooting fire e-crackers.
She told her friends that whisky
did no one any harm; that she is
fond of motoring but dislikes tn
cinema as she is afraid the cow
boy actDrs viii ride through the
window, as size calls the screen. She
is the mother of tea children but
has neve.' hc,n attended by physi-
clan.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
PRINCESS FAvoRs COUNTRY LIFE

LONDUN (H1.-PrlnceSS Mary IS
more devoted to Countrywide than
other members of the royal fam,
lilies. with two children on her
hands, the princess has Deen taking
less interest in London social af-
fairs, and it is announced thar sh.t
will spend most of the winter al
Goldsboropgh hall, in Yorkshire, ana
is planning many hunts with the
Bramham Moor pack of hounds
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Chinese genius for lf-government
is all that saves China from COM
plete chaos during the revolution
ary ups and downs of the country
said A, H. George, British govern
ment commercial agent in Shang-
hal.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Frisco railroad engine No. 103, in
45 years, has run total of 100000
miles, equivalent to 100 trips around
the globe. Mechanics say the en-
gine is still good for 100000 miles
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

The Chicago Art institute points
out new way to make money
invest in art. A Chicago waiter
bought picture three years ago,
paying for it in installments. He
has been offered twice the cost
price
Evening star., 1926-04-24
STOCK LIST STRONG;
TRADING LIGHTER
Brokerage Advices Bu|Iish,
But Market Is SIoW-Gen-
eraI Motors Gain.
BY STUART T.. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 24.-On the
Stock Exchange today there was no
particular indication of the market
getting far in either direction.
Brokerage advices were for the most
part bullish, but they did not bring
in much outside response. The trad
ing was not as active as Friday.
For time toward the end OF the
first hour the market looked strong.
General Electric had one of its char
acteristic run-ups. General Motors
was actively bought, some of the
rails were strong.
United States Steel did not share in
the buying. 1t went slightly higher
AT the start. then dipped off. Bethle-
hem Steel was up. So was Colorado
Fuel and Iron. But as a group, the
steel stocks were doing nothing that
would have indicated a change in
sentiment toward the steel trade situ-
alton.
The advance in General Motors,
which carried the stock we'll above
127. was the result of the highly IA
vorable earnings estimates for the
first quarter. which led to talk OF
extra dividends at the next meeting.
The market closed strong for the
industrials, which had been promi.
nent all day-stocks like General
Electric. General Motors, Allied
chemical, Colorado Fuel, and Fisher
Body,
Evening star., 1926-04-24
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. April "a United States
Department of Agricultural
Receipts. 5000 head; mostly steady
to strong; lighter weight dull; Is to
25 lower: desirable 200 to 225 pound
averages. 12>90a12.65; better 1870
pounds down, 13.50a14 90; top on $50
pounds. 400; 24O to $50 pound
10.75a11.25; shippers. 500: estimated
holdover. 1000: heavyweight hogs,
11.70a12.75; medium, 12.35a12 go: light,
12.S5a14.00; light light, 1300a14 90;
packing sows, 10.70a11.35: slaughter
pigs. 13.50a14.00.
Cattle-Receipts. 500 head: com.
pared week ago good and choice ma
tured steers, 10 to 25 lower; yearlings
and lower grades of killing steers
steady; stockers and feeders steady to
25 higher: better grade of yearling
heifers, 25 to so lower: extreme top
yearlings, 1850: mixed steers and
heifers at same price: heavies upward
to 1895; lightweight heifers, 1000:
good fat cows and heavy heifers, 25
lower: very dull at close; other grades
and classes of she stock steady; bulls,
25 higher; vealers steady to rs higher
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head: for
week around 11,000 direct and 164
cars from nearby feeding stations;
today's market. nominal; practically
all receipts direct; compared week
ago, fat wool lambs. $50 to 200
higher; clippers. mostly 200 higher;
spots UP more on heavy and medium
weight; yearling wethers. mostly
1.25 to LIS higher; supply, small:
fat sheep generally so cents higher;
shearing lambs, very scarce;
rs to 100 higher; none Of
fered late in week; week s
top prices; fate wool lambs, 1910;
shorn lambs. 1425; 91-pound aver
ages at that price late; wool lambs,
15.00a15.75; clipped lambs. 13.00a
14.00; shearing lambs, 14.O0a14.50;
top, 1856; fat wool ewes, 9.00a9.75.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
TRADING QU|ETER
IN BOND MARKET
Prime Investment Issues Hold
Recent Gains, But Few Ad-
vanCeS Are Made.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

CpCNldi AJispdtGH w Lie okuL
NEW YORK, April 24.-Bond trad
ing quieted down today after the ex-
cited market yesterday when sales of
domestic issues broke all records for
volume and when advances to new
highs were common.
Prime investment issues held their
recent gains, but there We're few i'm
portant new advances.
More attention was paid to the
speculative and second-grade obliga-
tions. Prominent among these We're
international Mercantile Marine 6s.
The report that the bonds might be
retired II the proposed sale Of a part
of the company's property went
through brought new buying into the
obligations, carrying the price up to
a new top for the movement.
The fact that the redemption price
is 10. however, raised a doubt as to
the company's calling the bonds
Explanation was at hand today for
the swift upturn in Cuban Dominican
Sugar 712s in the proposals to re
ca capitalize the corporation. The bonds
held the gain of the day before, but
appeared to have discounted the an
nouncement. American Sugar Re
fining 6s sold at a new high price and
other sugar bonds were fractionalIv
higher.
In the local fractions, speculation
was more guarded today after TIE
setback Of rates in the preceding ses-
sion.
Foreign bonds were generally steady
and the French issues improved.
French 8s at 1913 were only half point
below the years high and the same
was true of French rs at 90L2 There
was more investment buying in Aus
tralian 5s, and the German Is were
in demand around their recent best
prices. Montevideo rs moved up close
to par. but other South American
bonds did little
In the strictly high-grade domestics.
Southern Pacific refunding As sold
around the best of the year and u. s.
Government bonds were firm. Activi-
ty. however, was not comparable to
that of Friday.
In the second grade rails, Missouri
Pacific general As, Chicago and
Eastern Illinois 5s. and Erie general
As were the leaders.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
WHEAT PRICE EASIER
ON LIBERAL SELLING
Rains in Spring Grain Belt Lead
to Liquidation. But Rallies
Are Frequent.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 24.-Rains in the
Spring wheat belt led to considerable
selling in the wheat market today. and
prices early averaged lower The
rains, however, were not general and
with world shipments small and
Liverpool quotations firmer than
were due, price rallies here were
frequent. Houses with Northwestern
connections were liberal sellers of the
July delivery. Chicago opening prices.
g off TO q up; May (new). 1.62ssa
1.6234, and July. 1.41a1.42, were fol-
lowed by fractional gains all around
and then by an irregular downward
trend.
Corn and oats were easier. infiuenc.
ed by wheat weakness. Opening un-
changed to y off: July. 771aa77&,
the corn market underwent a material
further sag.
Oats started unchanged to IA lower:
July, 421sa4214. Later, all months
showed losses
In line with hog values, the pro-
vision market was firmer.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
AMERICAN OIL co. BUYS
$1.OOO,O0O PROPERTIES
Baltimore Firm Purchases Holdings
of Transcontinenta tai Co. in
Pittsburgh District.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

BALTIMORE, April "a. The
American Oil Co. of Baltimore has
purchased the properties and bust.
ness in the Pittsburgh district of
Transcontinental Oil Co.
This includes not only the two bulk
plants and the large chain of retail
service stations within Pittsburgh
proper and vicinity, but also includes
like properties in other towns. such
as Charleston, W. Va; Follansbee, w.
Va; Mars. Pa; Greenville, Pa, and
Steubenville, Ohio.
1t is understood that $1,000 900
worth of property is involved in this
transaction.
The purchase Of the transcontinent
al properties will largely augment the
American on Co. s facilities in Pitts
burgh and surrounding towns. and
in Pittsburgh alone the American
will now have three bulk plants and
% retail service stations.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
New Orleans Quotations.

NEW ORLEANS, April "a R.-
Cotton-Futures opened steady; May,
1890; July, 1855; October. 1870: De-
cember. 1870; January Q92O 1868.
The market was steady despite the
fact Liverpool came in worse than
due. First trades here showed gains
of / to points. Although prices eased
off to points after the call they
rallied again on map indications of
rain in the belt. May traded up to
1898, July to 1888. and October to
1914, or to 7 points up from the
early lows. The market continued
steady to the end of the. first half
hour of trading owing to storm
warning issued for the gulf coast from
Port Arthur, Tex, to Punta Gorda,
Fla
Evening star., 1926-04-24
DAIRY PRODUCTS,

BALTIMORE. April "a (Speciap.--
Live poultry--Young chickens. pound.
30a40; springers, 50a55; Leghorns, Asa
so; Winters, 45a50; old hens. 33; Leg.
horns, 30; old roosters, 20; ducks, 27a
"a; pigeons. pair 40; guinea fowl
each, 75aS5; old 35a50
Eggs-Receipts, 593 cases: native
and nearby firsts, dozen. offered at
2s& a29.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
pound, 3Sa40; prints. 40a42; ladies', 34a
81; store packed, 20; dairy prints, goa
80; process butter, 36a37; rolls, 30a32.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK Cp). - Stocks strong;
General Electric scars 19 points.
Bonds firm: International Marine 6s
at new high. Foreign exchanges mix
ed: sterling strengthened by money
flow to London. Cotton steady; heavy
rains Texas. Sugar dull and feature
less. Coffee higher; firm spot market,
Evening star., 1926-04-24
DEFICIT IN RESERVE.

NEW YORK, April "a P).-The
actual condition of the clearing house
banks and trust companies for the
week shows a deficit in reserve of
s7.5S2,S50 This is a decrease in re-
serve of SCI ,797, $50 compared with
last week, when excess reserve of $14,-
264 $50 was reported.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
PARIS PRICES IRREGULAR.

PARIS, April "a O4D.-Prices moved
irregularly on the Bourse today,
Three per cent rentes. At francs 80
centimes. Exchange on London, 144
francs Sc centimes. Five per cent
loan, 81 francs 20 centimes. The dol
lar was quoted at 20 francs y cen
times.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES
Capital Traction No 5smS3looo s. oS$l at 99h'
Capital Traction Cos at 1o41a. at
potomac Elec. Pow. pfd--4 at 1o7. 5
Washington Gas Light--4 at 67 q. 10 at
67a4 6 at % q. 10 at 67s 10 at GA 10
AZ 81 "a
AFTER CALL.
National Mtse. & Inv. pfd.--50 at 8 u, so
at SIs 100 at s. Is
Lanston Mon0type--10 at 81.
Washington Rwy. e. Elec. &. r. 8s-
So 0G0 at 1903 "a.
UNLISTED DEPARTMENT.
departmental Bank at y.
Money-Call loans. 3 and per cent.
Rid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
DRY GOODS STEADY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 24-Cotton
goods markets closed the week quiet
but steady, with print cloth quota
tions unchanged at 7% for 64x60s and
ss, for 6Sx72s. Raw silks were slow
at unchanged levels.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Structural Steel
Sales Show Cain
In First Quarter

NEW YORK, April 24.-Larger
sales of structural steel are re-
ported for the first quarter this
year than in the corresponding
period of 1925, the total of $4,000
tons comparing with SCI 900 tons.
March shipments were 247,050
tons, against 1872 $50 in February,
and for the three months. 649,650
tons. against 5S5. 800 a year ago.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Data on Financial
Status of Firms on
Curb to Be Asked
Bx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.-Infor-
nation concerning the financial
position of its members is being
sought by the New York Curb
Market, in line with the policy of
the New York Stock Exchange.
Data on outstanding loans, market
value of securities in transfer.
customers accounts and opera
tions by partners in individual
firms and with other houses Is
requested before May Is.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
RUBBER UP A BIT.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK. April 24.--Crude rub
ber smoked ribbed sheets were quoted
today at ASA cents a pound. This
compares with 4S cents yesterday, SO
cents a month ago and AZ cents a
year ago.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
PLANS STEAMER LINE.
pecisl Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, April 24.-Still an
other expansion on the part of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway will be a
steamship line from Miami to Havana.
TO be run when it's All-Florida- Miami.
West Palm Beach lines are completed.
Both freight and passenger services
will be offered from the Seaboard Air
Line dock in the new Miami harbor,
it Is stated The steamship line will
be owned by an affiliated corporation.
Fast passenger service between New
York and Havana will be offered, ac-
cording to the plans Of the Seaboard