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Evening star., 1926-06-07
STOCKS IRREGULAR
|NTODAYS TRADING
Rails, Firm, Have Steadying
Effect or Remainder OF
the Market.
BY STUART p. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June To-day
market was fairly animated at times
in certain directions, but the price
tendency was mixed. The main I'M
pulse. however. still was directed to-
ward the side of higher prices.
The firmness of the rails was
steadying feature. Particular strength
was shown in members of the South
western group. like St. Louis San
Francisco, Missouri. Kansas & Texas.
and Kansas City Southern. Wabash
issues were higher. New Raven ran
into a good deal of profit taxing
after its advance last week of over
points. and it showed the erect
of this selling plainly. On the other
hand. Reading was higher, and Pitts
burch and West Virginia at one
stage had quite sharp rup-up.
Changes i'm Specialties.
The principal price changes occur
red in stocks of the speciality class.
General Electric new, selling ex-divl.
dend was lower and so was the old
stock. International Combustion ana
Engineering was very active, dropping
over a point at the start, but later
more than recovering its loss. Postum
Cereal was we'll sustained and so was
National Biscuit. Realizing sales
were conspicuous in General Railway
Signals and in American Safety Razor,
two stocks which had been very strong
in the market last week.
There was some demand Tor
REYNOLDS. Tobacco "B" at higher
prices and the advance in Foundation
co. was resumed. Leather stocks
were bid up on talk that trade con-
ditions had mended considerably dur
ing the second quarter.
Little Change i'm Oils.
In the oil section there was not
much change. Heavy trading in Lago
was feature. but it was not ac-
companied by advancing prices,
Stocks like Marland. Standard Oil of
California; General Asphalt, Skelly
and Pure Oil varied for the most part
within a radius of a quarter to half
point.
Altogether it was a day of no
great consequence i'll the Wall Street
situation. The market had proved
previously it's stability around the
current price level, but it had also
shown no inclination toward new
general advance. Traders We're dis
posed to work for higher prices in
most instances because they felt the
speculative position had been pretty
well liquidated during the big decline.
which eliminated in the first week
of May.
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French Franc Rate
Gets Down Below
Three Cents Again
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Sp0Ia1 DfBpAIch 10 L ne StaI.
NEW YORK, June Tn a day
which included movements of only
slight consequence in the stock
and bond market the chief incident
was the drop in French francs.
The rate got down below the g.
cent level again--that is, within
less than \ of a cent of the low
record Of 2.72 on May IS.
1t was evident that the reports
over the week end that the French
authorities were planning a re-
striction of imports, leading up to
general curtailment of domestic
consumption, were having anything
but a reassuring effect. Any meas
urc designed to bring about a drop
in trade in order to cause less de-
mand for the paper currency can
only be interpreted as a sign Of
desperation.
The gold in the Bank of France
is not to be touched. II this had
been agreed to, as the great ma
jority of the experts of the finance
committee wanted to have happen,
1t might easily have meant the be-
ginning Of the end.
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WHEAT HAS UPTURN
ON DROUGHT NEWS
Material Advance Scored-Foreign
News Also Conducive to Bull.
ish Market Today.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 7.-Severe crop
damage reported from parts of Kan.
sas and Nebrask gave a new up
ward swing to wheat values today.
Advices were also at hand that Italian
crop estimates had been much re-
duced and that stocks of wheat in
Great Britain are very small. Open
Ing * off to 7s up, wheat quickly
scored a material advance all around,
corn and oats and provisions were
nrmer, corn starting unchanged to "a
higher and later making moderate
general gains
According to trade reports current
here, on 2.500,000 acres i'm Russell.
Ellis. Grove. Logan and Scott Counties
and in other Kansas counties north of
these, wheat as whole is not much
better than a seed back crop. Nearly
all fields have large fired spots, with
the leaves curling on the remainder
and the crop deteriorating fast.
Nebraska wheat west of Hastings
and south OF Platte is also reported a
total failure. Throughout northeastern
Nebraska drought effects are likewise
stated to be unusual. A decided in
crease of buying of general charac.
ter resulted from the crop damage ad-
vices. but on the bulges there was lib.
eral selling to realize profits for houses
that previously were hl1vers
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touoted in dollars per million marks.)
WOOL INQUIRY BETTER.

BOSTON, June z (SpeciaI.-
Somewhat better inquiry for wool
was evidenced at the start Of the
weak. Much of the movement In me-
dium grade woods has been for ac-
count of top makers. Knitters are
absorbing more raw material. There
Is Mttle activity in fleece woods, and
dealers have picked up new clips at
slight concessions. Some lots of
Ohio have moved ct 36a3ec. and 33c
is commonly bid for Michigan clips.
Territory half hlood 10 held for 800
clean basis.
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ISSUES OvERSUBsCRIBED.

LONDON, June R).-The "a. 900.
600 Sac Paulo BraziD Coffee Institute
loan. comprising ~ per cent bonds.
was 80 oversubscribed this morning
that the subscription lists were closed
almost as soon as they were opened.
There is a large amount of money
available here for investment. An.
plications for the recent $4,000 900
New zealand loan totaled 6 120. .OOO. 900
while an issue of cotton mill stock
amounting to f2,250,o0O brought out
tZZ'0oo,OO0 in applications.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC.

NEW YORK, June Z R).-Gross
earnings of the Missouri Pacific for
May are estimated at $10,S50, 900 com.
pared with actual gross of $lO,114,s9s
In May last year. For the last 10
years the system has shown a. consist.
ent increase In May business excepting
q nominal recession in 1921 and 1922
Freight traffic in May was 1926
carloads against 1856 in Nav. 1928
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WILL ADDRESS MEETING.

NEW YORK, June Z R.-R. H.
Ashton, president of the American
Railway Association; w. G. Besler,
president of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey. and Elisha Lee, vice pres.
ident OF the Pennsylvania, are sched.
uled to address the three-day conven.
ton OF the purchases and stores divi.
sion OF the American Railway Asso.
ciation In Atlantic City next Wed.
nesday. The organization comprises
purchasing agents and storekeepers
OF almost all railroads in the United
states, Canada, Mexico and Cuba.
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Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK. LP.-Stocks irregu-
lar: mercantile and speciality shares
higher Pond : eady: German issues
strong. Foreign exchanges mixed;
French frame hack to three cent level.
Cotton easy: better weather Sugar
featureless. coffee. firm: higher;
Brazilian markets.
CHIC ICAGO.--Mhe neat. higher; unfa.
vorable weather. Corn steady: invest
ment demand. Cattle irregular Hogs
active and higher.
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GIBSON OIL WELL.

NEW YORK. June (Speciap -
Gibson Oil Corporation announced
completion of another 1000 barrel
well on its 60-acre Laredo lease. in
Aviator field of Texas, at 1,725 feet.
One other we'll on this tract is expect
ed to he drilled this week. Gibson
owns this entire lease.
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WANTS DIESEL FERRIES

SAN FRANCISCO. June 7 (SpeciaD.
The Southern Pacific Railway will
let contracts shortly for construction
OF three Diesel engine propelled ferry.
boats TO supplement ferry service be.
tween San Francisco and Oakland.
The boats will cost about s50, oon
each and must be completed by March
I, 1927.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, June (SpeciaD.-
Live poultry-Spring chickens. H.. 40
a50; Leghorns. 30a42; old hens, 2Sa31;
old roosters, 20; ducks, 17a23; pigeons,
pair, 3Oa40; guinea fowl, each, 75a
S5; old, 40a50.
Eggs-Receipts, 923 cases; native
and nearby firsts, doz.. offered at 30h
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
lb., 40a43; pints. 43a45; ladies', 32a33;
store-packed, 2S1aa2s; dairy prints,
2Sba3o: process butter, 35a36; rolls,
2Sha30.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
(Quetations furnished by W. B. Hibbs &ro =,
Nominal Sailing Oh col,.

NEW YORK. June @.-Foreign
exchanges irregular. Quotations fin.
cents): Great Britain, demand. 4S6h;
cables. 1861; e0-day bills on banks,
4S2 3-16. France. demand. 800:
cables. Sol. Italy, demand, 3.72;
cables, SIS. demand - Belgium,
S.02h Germany, $3.50; Holland, 40.15;
Norway, 22.19; Sweden, 26.76; Den.
mark, 2s.4s; Switzerland, 1896; Spain,
15.17h: Greece, 1.25h; Poland, 900;
Czechoslovakia. 2.96; ;Jugoslavia, 1.7s%;
Austria, 14.125: Rumania, .40h;
Argentina, 40.371a; Brazil, 15.37H;
Toxic, 400; Shanghai, 72.25; Mon.
treal. 100.06H.
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VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, June Z OP).-The Wis.
ible supply of American grain shows
the following changes, in bushels;
Wheat decreased 1,13S,000; corn in
creased 1.116, 900: oats decreased 274,-
600; rye decreased $1,000; barley de-
creased 1000.
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ALCOHOL TO ADVANCE.

NEW YORK, June I LP.--Deliver-
les of industrial alcohol by the United
States Industrial Alcohol Co, from
September l to December 81, will be
advanced to % cents gallon for tank
cars and 81 cents in drums. August
deliveries will be l cent less and July
deliveries, cents less.
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PARIS PRICES FIRM.

PARIS, June R.-Prices were
firm on the Bourse today. Three per
cent rentes, AZ francs Is centimes.
Exchange on London, 100 francs 10
centimes. Five per cent loan, 54
francs 10 centimes. The dollar was
quoted at 80 francs 81 centimes.
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BANK OF ENGLAND EXPORTS.

NEW YORK, June 2 (SpeciaD.-The
6ank OF England exported 10000
pounds In sovereiEns to Ars.ntine
1000 pounds to Brazil, 5000 pounds to
Uruguay and 21, 900 pounds to Spain.
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BUTTER IS LOWER.

CHICAGO, June z @,-Butter
lower; receipts. 2o.3ss tubs; cream
cry extras, 39ha39A; standards.
Ss%; extra f1rsts, 3sa3s; firsts, 36a37:
seconds, a3a35.
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. BANK CLEAnINGs.

NEW YORK, June (SpeciaD.-
New York hank clearings, $33S, ,00O,.
900; New York hank balances. Ss2. .000,.
900: New York Federal Reserve Bank
credits, $4,000. 900; Boston bank clear
ings, 1861, 900 900.
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DISCOUNT RATE CUT.

BERLIN. June I ND.--The Reichs-
hank discount rate was reduced today
to 612 per cent, and the deposit rate
to Il per cent.
Evening star., 1926-06-07

Irrigation. which will double the pro.
ductive Afee ~ the Nile Valley In Iraq.
II being planned.
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Bank Clearings Take Slump.
Today's Financial Notes.

May sales Of s. 8. kresge Co. in
creased to $500, ,s04 compared with
81, ,s37,554 in May last year. A total
Of Sll, ,002,941 for the five months of
1925, against $3s.757.379 in the same
period of 1875. gain of 11.55 per
cent.
r. II. p. Siddons, business manager
of the institutes year book, known as
Dollars and Sense" reports that the
banks are showing wide interest i'm
the coming issue. AS already noted. T.
Hunton Leith has secured the serv-
ices of five former editors to help
make this number the best one ever.
1t viii appear about July /.
Safeway Stores, Inc, OF Maryland
has declared the regular quarterly
dividend of 31.75 share on the pre-
ferred stock. payable July ], 1855. -
stockholders Of record June Is.
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1oA onGo ii Common ,nls stock. payable < quar-
terly. CPus in stock E, c.!P PGPayaSkle or stahk
5S.Is S: .ids sfSsfs IL Raf sa.rs In 1s9 .S..
iPayable in common stock tPlus 4 e %
stock. payable IL quarterly. sPlus 81
In stock.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
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Evening star., 1926-08-19
SMITH IS CAREFUL
ON PUTTING GREENS


Mcdonald Smith. one of tho greatest
stNliSts a"d shntnlakers in profes
sfonal golf. has q "stop.loOk listen
method OF putting. hut il usually gets
results. Mac tates the utmost Of
his native Scotch caution with every
stroke on the greens. examining con
tours. feeling the VesEirnCy of the
sod. sighting: his ball fore and nft
then ma King final tour OF inspection
to eliminate all stray obstacles no
matter how minute
An excellent illtst ation of the Of
Sectiveness of his putting methods was
furnished by Smith in carrying off tho
metropolitan open golf title in third
nlay-oH round with Gene Sarazen
Sarazen. the defending champion. sho,
a 20. and was 3 under par with n card
good enough to win Q out of 10
matches. But Smiths uncanny work
or the green's gave him Il rccor,
breaking G6 and the crown. Macs
magic wand was ain aluminium putter
Of the Schenectady type. and with II
he was finding the hole from distances
of 40 feet as easily as he did from T.
In the cata'o" OF Colf's Outstandinc
scoring foats of 1926. Smiths 66 at
Salisbury and his average OF 20 - fo+.
the seven rounds necessary to decide
the metropolitan tournament arc
rankel by critics on ti1N same plane
with Bobby Jones 1874 in the British
open Qualifying play and Walter
Haeen's record breaking 1872 nor the
first two rounds Of the Eastern open
championship.
Evening star., 1926-08-19

elimination OF stars by one dnOtner.
Bobby Jones Of Atlanta, British and
American open champion, and for the
last two years amateur titleholder in
the United States, of course IS placed
at No /, and the second man is Jess
Sweetser of New York, who won the
British amateur crown this year
George Won Elm. Los Angeles, is
third, and. Francis OuiMet fourth. a
step In front Of Jesse Guilford. also
from Boston.
Sixth place has been awarded to
Chick Evans. Chicago: seventh to
Watts Gum, youthful Alta ntan
eighth TO Roland Mackenzie of Wash
ington. ninth to- Bob Garner of Chi
icago, and tenth to the newly crowned
Western amateur king, Frank Dolp
Of Portland.
A second ten was announced alpha
betically. as follows: John G. Ander-
son. New York: keefe Carter. Kansas
City: d. Clarke Cochran, Philadel-
phia: William G. Fownes, jr.. Pitts.
burGh Eddie Held. st. Louis: Harri-
son r. Johnston. St. Paul; Fred w.
Lamprecht. Cleveland Max r. Mars
ton. Philadelphia: William NJ. Reekie,
Montclair. y. j.; Clarence c. Wolff.
St, Louis.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
MARLBORO FEATURE
TO HAVE GOOD. FIELD

c. c. Smithson of Washington. one
of America s shrewdest horsemen, is
said to be pointing his clever oat
muncher Aucilla for the $1,000 final
| handicap. mile race. which is to
feature the Southern Maryland Agri.
cultural Associations five-day race
meeting, September 1918 at Marl-
boro.
.Aucilla. a mighty fast trick. who
just is a trif1e shy of stake caliber.
showed a sparkling performance re-
Gently at Long Branch when he beat
Deronda. Cross Bow and host Of
other good ones over the. one-and-one-
siXteenth-mile route.
Smithson would like nothing better
than to win at Marlboro. as thousands
of his friends from the Nations Capt.
tai will be ON hand.
Several high CLASS horses which will
grace the Havre de Grace. Laurel,
Pimlico and Bowie programs later in
the Fail also will start in the Mari.
borO feature
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STARS CONTEST
FOR TEAM HONORS

By the Associated Press.
l~ CHICAGO, August 19.-The dash
ing feminine racketers who recently
have monopoIized the tennis spotlight
with their energetic rivalrieS at For.
est Hills will share tournament glory
for the remainder of the week with a
score of the country's ranking male
luminaries competing here for the ma
tional intersectional team champion
ship.
Six United States teams, represent
ing as many sections of the country
and pair of dazzling Filipinos are
competitors in the four-day elimina
ton tournament on the turf courts of
the Chicago Town and Tennis Club.
Aided and abetted by the versatile
Johnny Hennessey of indianapolis,
last years Western Association en-
try. George Lott, jr, and Lucian
Williams, Chicagoans. will defend
their title to the Simpson trophy
against a field of uniformly able per
formers.
: Vincent Richards. the young man
from YOnkers who has thrice this
year hewn down his tennis god
father, Rig Bill Tlden. goes. into the
play AS the national third ranking
star, but he will rot. have another
shot at his old master, for rilden re.
mains in the East in preparation for
the national championship.
With Francis IT. Hunter as Rich.
ards mate, the New York team is the
outstanding favorite to- topple the
titleholders. if the trick is to be ac.
complished.
The New Workers were first up in
the drawings. matched for the open.
ing play today with the Middle Attain.
tic team. pair of Baltimore gentle.
men who have tagged honors to the
names Of Ed Jacobs and G. Alphcnse
Smith throughout the season.
The Filipino Davis Cup team. Gull.
lermo Arago and Rafael Gonzales,
were matched with W. w. Ingraham,
Harvard. and Arnold Jones, Yale; the
standard-bearers of New England.
In the lower half of the draw the
Missouri Valley team, composed of
Wray Brown of St. Louis. and Har-
ris Coggeshall of Des Moines. will
clash on Friday with the Pacific
Coast doubles champions, James
Davies and Phil Neer., Cranston
Holman. last years national junior
champion, was a. third entry on the
West coasts team, but he had not
reported for play when pairings were
drawn.
The defending Western team, Lott.
Williams and Hennessey, drew a bye
and will meet the survivors of the
California Missouri Valley play in
the semi-f1nals Saturday
Two singles and one double will
make up each team match.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
GOLF STORY EARNS
WATCH FOR keller
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga. August 80. 3.
Keller. golf writer for the Atlanta
Journal and known as the Boswell of
Bobby Jones. last night was pre-
sented with watch by the Associated
Press and made an honorary: MEM
ber of it's staff for writing the only
interview. which the British and
American open. and American anna
teur. champion has ever given.
keeler wrote the interview for the
Associated Press Immediately follow
ing .Robby's victory in the American
open at Columbus. It attracted wide
attention and is now being repub-
lished in England.
The presentation was made by Kent
Cooper. general manager of the AS
Sociated Press. at dinner given by
Maj. John S. Cohen. president and
editor of the Atlanta Journal. in
honor Of Keeler and Cooper.
Other guests, numbering about $50.
included Bobby Jones. world cham
pion golfer Robert II. Jones, Bobby's
father: Clark. Howell. ST. editor of
the Atlanta Constitutions; F. 4. Will
SON. Laurenson. publisher of the At
lanta Georgian: Thomas J.'1Iamilton.
editor Of the Augusta Chronicle. and
L. J.. Mccall. superintendent: south
frn division 'of the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
EIGHT SEEK BERTHS
IN SOCCER LEAGUE

Eight teams, five of which took
part in the 1925-26 series, were repre-.
Sented last night at the first meeting
OF the Washington Soccer League.
held for the purpose of organizing for
the coming season.
Three suburban teams. Marlboro,
Rockville and Walter Reed Hospital,
made application for admission to the
loop. Their applications were referred
to Chairman w. j. Birch and will be
acted upon at the general meeting set
for September /.
= +. G. Wilson and II. l.. Nicholson
represented the Marlboro team. John
r. Hughes spoke for Rockville and
David Adamson of the Walter Reed
Y. NJ. G. A. was the Medicos' spokes-
man.
Walford and Fort Myer elevens.
winner and runner-up respectively in
the leagues first series, had their
managers on hand and expressed a de-
sire to compete in the 1926-27 cam
paign. GermanAmerican. German
American Reserve and Monroe clubs
also had representation. No British
Embassy players were present, but
the team is expected to enter the race
again.
1t is planned to open the schedule
on October Il.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
WOMEN'S TITLE TENNIS
TOBE RESUMED TODAY

FOREST HILLS, y. Y. August 10
P).--Rain has added at least one day
to the Wills-less women's national
tennis championship. and probably
two. Yesterdays play was postponed.
Feature matches for today we're:
Mrs ';Islla Mallory VS.. Alice Francis;
Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chaplin VS..
Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Eleanor Goss vs.. Mrs. Helen Gilleau-
deau Lockhorn; Mary. X. Browne VS..
Mrs. Theodore Sohst.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
BASE BALL SECRETS
Cross the Plate at Full Speed.

VFUSS tHV EIdtt AT r U1I SpFtU.
When a runner is on second. two
out and the batter singles safely
to the outfield, the runner on sec
ond should dig for home and cross
home plate at top speed, as the
player on the left in the illustration
is doing. The one on the right is
slowing up when he sees he can
make home safely. He is only
fooling himself, for the batter will
unquestionably try for second. and
should the fielding team. make the
play for second and catch him be-
fore the runner crosses home plate,
the run will not count. Run out
such a hit at top speed in order to
make sure you score whatever hap
pens.
Evening star., 1926-08-19
KEARNS SUES DEMPSEY.

NEW YORK. August 10 (P).-Pa
pers in the suit for 1898. 1888 brought
hy Jack kearns against Jack Dempsey
were filed yesterday in State Supreme
I 'ourt This represents one third of
the 81 900, 600 which the champion $
former manager claims vas to have
been received for bouts this year with
Harry Wills and Gene Tunney