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Evening star., 1926-02-18
BRUISES ON BODY
Of CONVICT FOUND
Severe Beating Indicated in
Probe of Charges Man Was
CIubbed to Death.
By the Associated Press.

TCSCUMBIA Ala, February Is.
Investigation of the death OF
Hoote Taylor. convict, shifted back
to TuScumbia today. where authori-
ties awaited the official report OF the
coroners jury which yesterday viewed
the body of Taylor when his grave
was opened at Town Creek. In its
report the jury said that bruises and
cuts we're discovered on Taylor's body.
and, although the charge that these
blows produced death was avoided.
the findings of the jury are declared
to be in sharp contrast to the official
report filed with the prison board set
ting forth that the prisoner died Of
heart trouble.
Charges by j. G.. Taylor. aged father
of Hoote TAYLOR, that his son was
dubbed to death by two negro trus-
ties led to the present investigation.
1t also was indicated that the find
ingS of the coroner's jury would be
placed in the hands of prosecuting
officials
The jury found that Taylor's left
jaw was larger than his right and
that six bruises or cuts were notice
able on various parts of his body.
Several of the marks stilf were blood
shot, it was declared. indicating thai
the blows caused the flow of blood
when they were dealt. Taylor. who,
was SO years old. died at Flat Top,
mine last November. He was serving
a 10-year sentence for second degree
murder.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
WASHINGTON X-RAY
SPECIALIST DIES
Dr.. Charles A. Pfender Sue
cumbs in Boston After
Operation.

Dr. Charles A. Pfender of 1916 n
street, we'll known authority on X-ray
and various forms of electrical treat
ment for diseases. and who had prac-
ticed in this city since his graduation
from George Washington Medical
School in 1905, died in Boston yester-
day following an operation. He went
to Boston for treatment December l.
DIR. Pfender long had been identi-
fed prominently in his speciality with
local hospitals and societies. He was
roentgenologist at Sibley Hospital from
1916 to the time of his death, and had
held the same position at the George
Washington Medical School since 1914
He had served also in the same capac-
1ty at the tuberculosis Hospital since
1913. In addition he had been pro-
fessor of roentgenology at Georgetown
University since 1921, and during the
World War served as a rentgenologist
ON Medical Advisory Board No. 3
Ever active in teaching and learn
ing in the various forms of X-ray
work, DR.. Pfender was aSSocia ted
with leaders in that work in various
societies.
I He was a member of the Roentgen
Ray Society, the Pathological Society
off North America. the District Med
ical Society. the Society of Paristol-
ogy and the Helminthological Society.
He was a member also of Calvary
Baptist Church and the University
Club.
Born in Round Top. Tex. January
IS. 1878. DIR. Pfender was the son OF
the late Amandus Pfender. He had
been a resident of this city continu
ously since coming here to attend
George Washington University in
1907 He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary +. Pfender.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Calvary Baptist Church Saturday
afternoon at . O'Clock. Rev. w. 5.
Abernethy will officiate. Interment
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be select
ed from his professional associates.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
TEST FOR COMMISSIONS.

A final examination of applicants
for appointment as second lieutenan is
in the Regular Army will be held In
the United States, the Philippines,
Panama Canal Zone. Hawaii and
China from June Il to June 25, in
elusive.
The examination Is open to all eli.
sibles and is designed to fill all va
cancies accruins to June 80 in the
combatant branches-Infantry. Cav
airy. Field Artillery. Coast Artillery,
Air Service, Corps of Engineers and
Signal Cocps-after the commission
ing of the next graduating class at
the United States Military Academy.
II Is estimated that there will be $50
vacancies. Information regarding the
examination may be obtained at any
military post or station or from 'hc
adiutent general of the Army, Wa
Department.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
Boy, 9, Accused
OF Hitting Girl, IL,
With Stone, Sued

Preston Sisk, . years old. 322
Narnum street. was sued for sle.-
900 damages today in the District
Supreme Court by Gladys Pritch-
ard, II years old. The boy is
charged with assa ult. it being al
legged that April Il. 1925. he threw
a stone which struck the girl in her
left eye, practically destroying its
vision. The suit is brought by the
girls father, John S. Pritchard.
through Attorneys Harlan Wood
and ROLAND l.. Mutt. The oldest
employe of the courthouse could
not recall when a child of years
had before been made defendant in
a vivil action to recover damages
for an assault.
The declaration alleges that the
girl was near her home. 80 Var
mum street, when the boy threw
the stone without just cause or
provacation. The missile striking
her eye, it is alleged. split open
the pupil and permitted a large
portion of the lense to escape
through the wound. AS a result
of the alleged assault. the court is
told, the girl suffered great pain
and was prevented from attending
school for long time and the WIS.,
ion Of her left eye has been pract-
ically destroyed.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
ANNUAL DAY OF PRAYER.

The women's department of the
Wa shington Federation of Churches
will observe the annual day of prayer
at the New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church tomorrow morning at II
o'clock. This observance is fostered
throughout the country by the Wom-
ans Council for Home Missions and
the Federation of Woman's Foreign
Missionary Boards.
The program here will include a
celebration of communion conducted
by Rev. DIR. Earle Wilfley and Rev.
DIR. w. S. Abernethy, president and
vice president, respectively, of the
Federation, and Rev. DIR. J. f. SiZoo,
pastor of the church. The depart
ment extends an invitation to all
Christian women of Washington to at
tend.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
Fire-Warning Light
Changed From Red
To Amber Flashes

Coordination of the traffic lights
on Sixteenth street and MasSachu-
setts avenue has resulted in
change in the fire warning signal
from the red to the amber lens.
il was announced today by Col. l.
c. Moller. assistant director of
ira ffic
BY staggering the lights for the
new co-ordinated system the traffic
engineers were unable to arrange
the signals so that all of them
would fash red simultaneously
when fire apparatus started a run
on or across the raffic-controlled
areas. The only satisfactory ar
rangement for flashing fire
warning signal. according to Col.
Moller. was to shift to the amber
lense, which had not been changed
in the staggering process. Under
the new system two lights will
flash as 4 fire warning, either am
her and green or amber and red.
The amber light. however, will
blink intermittently
when motorists see two lights
burning" said Col. Moller. they
should Immediately draw to the
curb to give the fire apparatus the
right of way. Those who have
stopped to make a left hand turn
should clear the intersections i'm
mediately.''
Evening star., 1926-02-18

the few extra grams being tossed in
for good measure without additional
charge.
DIR. Wiley made an appeal for ex-
tension of the metric system of
weights and measures to American
currency. He pointed out that the
nickel Is the only coin whose weight
is prescribed in this system by law.
the statutes providing that it shall
weight 5 grams. 1t would be quite
possible, DIR. Wiley said to make this
coin a complete set of metric weights
and measures in itself, since it's pre-
scribed weight is such as to permit
it's coinage in a definite size and
thickness.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
Praises Nays Part in War.

An address on the part the Navy
played in the World War was
delivered yesterday to the patients
and personnel of the Naval Hospital
here by Lieut.. Col. Thomas J. Dick
son. He asserted that the Navy in
effectually transporting the men and
materials of the Army not only put
this nation in a position to fight its
enemies with its allies but saved the
morale of its allies when 1t was ut
lowest .ebh.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
MEXICO Will AID
CLERGY TO DEPART
Special Facilities Planned for For,
eigners to Leave
Country.
Bv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. February 1S.--The
government is continuing to close the
Catholic schools in enforcement OF
the religious clauses of the constitu
ton. which provide that no schools
may be conducted by fore isners.
Five have been closed at Guada
,upe, Hidalgo. in the federal district
and all private chapels have been
closed at Tacumba. The Colegio
Teresiana at Mixcoac. also in the
federal district, which was closed
Tuesday, has been reopened by a spe
cial arrangement providing for cessa.
ton of religious instruction.
The minister of the interior has
announced that special facilities will
be given to foreign priests and clergy.
men who desire to leave the country.
Evening star., 1926-02-18

Two hundred and twelve thousand
two hundred and ten tons Of fish pass
through RillipESE2ts aaarik1t gaar1x,
Evening star., 1926-02-18
.EX-JUSTICE PERRELL
FINED $3.50 AND COST
Montgomery Judge Denounces Be.
thesda officials Failure to
Turn in Collateral.
Srecial Dispatch 10 The Star.

DIsUdIFH StBF.
ROCKVILLE. Md. February 49,
Upton Perrell, former justice of the
peace at Bethesda. was sentenced by
Judge Peter of the Circuit Court this
morning to pay fine of $3.50 and
costs on his recent conviction of mis-
conduct in office.
1t was alleged Perrell failed to
forward to the Rockville Police Court
collateral and papers in an assault
case. Upon his indictment several
months ago, he resigned as justice
of the peace, after seven years serv-
ice. Judge Peter characterized the
act as reprehensible and obstructive
Of justice. But said that inasmuch as
the defendant is no longer in law
enforcement the punishment of fine
would be sufficient.
Evening star., 1926-02-18
Reserve Corps Commissions.

Franklin W.. Ryan, Department of
Commerce Building. has been commits
stoned by the War Department a
major in the finance department., and
Karl Schaffle, 1909 Macomb street, a
major In the Medical Corps. both in
the Reserve Corps of the Army,
George S. Rice. 230 North Royal street,
Alexandria, Va. also has been com
missioned a captain of Infantry in the
A sS,,,, Dne>rpo Cornu
Evening star., 1926-02-18
5000 PEARL IN OYSTER.
Whereupon Traffic Cop Orders An
other Dozen, Raw,

CHICAGO, February IS GP-Cele-
brating his, night off, John McDady,
a traffic cop, dined on oysters. Sud.
denly he bolted from the restaurant
Walters thought he had gone to call
the wagon, swear out warrants, or
something.
But he came back shortly, smiling
gleefully. A jeweler had just told him
the pearl he found in the oysters was
worth $500. He ordered. another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, July 16 UNITED States
Department of Agriculture. Hogs
Receipts, 81 900 head: active; mostly
Is to rs cents lower than yesterdays
average. Spots, SO cents of from high
time; top, 1880; bulk desirable 210
pounds, down, 14.15a14.40; better
grades butchers averaging gao to 800
pounds, 13.00a13.75; bulk packing
sows, 1l.25a1I.50; most slaughter pigs,
IA. 00a14.35; heavyweight hogs, 1915
al3.S5; medium, 13.50a14.40: light,
l0.75a14.50; light light, 13.75a14.50;
packing sows, 10.75a11.75; slaughter
pigs, 13.75a14.40,
Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head: lifeless,
draggy trade on most killing classes;
spots shade lower on grass steers;
best fed yearlingS, 1885; heavies, up
ward to 9.85; several loads matured
steers and yearlings, $50; some Texas
grassers, 6.50a6.S5; most grass cows,
b.OOa5.50; few grain fed upward to
700 and better: practical top medium
bulls, 800; vealers, largely 12.00a12.50
to packers; outsiders, upward to 1900.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; gen.
orally steady; no westerns on sale:
bulk desirable, sorted, native 20 to IS
pounds, 1915; few 400 to small kill.
ers; some sales downward to 1900;
buck lambs scaling 90 pounds and up
around 1900; culls mostly 10.50a11.00;
bulk smalls supply fat ewes, 5.00a6.50:
one double 94.pound yearling wethers,
11.50; few two.year-olds, 102 pound,
1000; late yesterday Idaho and Wash
ington feeder lambs scaling 81 pounds,
1855; some 10 to 70 pound kind, 12.75a
1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
WHEAT PRICES RISE
IN Days DEALINGS
Heat in Northwest and Lack
of General Rainfall Give
Values a Boost.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 16.--Wheat prices
ran upward 8 cents bushel in the
early trading today before there was
any important reaction. High tenn
pefatures in the. Northwest and alb
sence of any general rainfall in the
Spring crop States acted as a de-
cided stimulus to buyers. Opening
" to INC up. the wheat market quick
ly developed notable strength. Corn
and oats sympathized with the wheat
advance, corn starting unchanged to
" cent higher and subsequently
scoring gains all. around. Provisions
were easier.
Wheat in North Dakota especially
Is reported going back fast under wind
and hot sun. One crop authority tele-
graphed from Minot, N. Oak, says
that for $50 miles from jamestown,
north and west, the wheat crop is
gone. Scores of moving machines are
cutting 6-inch wheat for hay.
Much of today's buying in the wheat
market was credited to the East
Some leading houses that sold on fur
ries yesterday were aggressively on
the buying side today. Notice was
taken of advices that the Canadian
crop is approaching the critical Pc
riod. In this connection it was re-
ported that some good rains had
taken place in Canada, particularly
around Saskatoon. Saskatchewan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
BEST GRADE BONDS
STILL ARE HEAVIER.
Speculative Railroad issues
Are Irregular Foreign OBJ
legations Steady.
BY GEORGE +. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, July 16.--IIigh.grade
bonds were still heavy In today mar
ket, with quotations around the lows
Of the reaction. and only in few In.
stances was any substantial recovery
shown.
Apparently there had been a let-up
in institutional buying, which, com.
hined with q large amount of new
financing, actual and prospective, and
firmer tone in time money, has
brought the bond market to a halt,
temporarily, at least. It ID reasonable
to expect, however, that support will
be encountered II there are further
declines, inasYnuch as the long-term
outlook for money remains I'M
Central Pacific SIS, selling today at
par for one block OF 100000 par
value, were down 2 points from tho
high of June. Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern SIS at 1O8 were down Ia
points from their top. st. Louis, San
Francisco liens A Is dipping below 49,,
compared with S4ss. the years max
imum. Illinois Central joint 5s at 101s6
today bad lost almost points from
the best earlier In the year. More or
less the same conditions prevails
throughout this part OF the list.
S Even the speculative railroad bonds
continued irregular today. New
Haven convertible SIS were in supply
around 1913, against the high Of 104K.
Small losses were recorded by the
Illinois SIS, Chicago Great Western Is.
Denver and Rio Grande Western SIS
and Western Maryland 4s. The
strongest section Of the high-yielding
part of the market was copper group.
Anaconda Is, Chile Copper 6s and
Andes rs were all In good demand.
Detroit United AIS, at. 95, were UP a
point from yesterdays low. There
was unusually heavy selling of Brook
lyn Manhattan SIS, carrying the price
down " point to soy, which com.
pares with the years high Of 98. Sin.
clair Oil 6hs held around the low Of
the day before.
Foreign bonds were steady. French
issues again displayed Indifference to
the fate of the franc. German Gen.
eral Electric Is were strong, UP over
a point. Japanese obligations were
firm. The new Toho Electric per
per cent notes sold at q premium over
the offering price,
OF the days new offerings, the $10..
000, 900 Free State of Bavaria 20.year
6lss, priced at 92A to yield over 7.20
per cent, were quickly sold. The
bankers were the Equitable Trust Co.
and Harris. Forbes & Co. A syndicate
headed by the Continental Commercial
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago Is
offering $2,500,0O0 Brown Paper Mil
serial 6s. maturing 1925 to 1941, at
prices to yield from $50 to $40 per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
GENERAL MOTORS
AT new TOP MARK
Volume Of Trading Small.
Other Auto Shares Aided
by Market Leader.
BY STUART p. WEST.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July lett was
Z another speciality market on the Stock
Exchange today. The volume of bust
ness. which had been dropping all
week. did not pick up much. This
failure of transactions. to increase to
any extent showed better than any
thing else could have done the lack
OF outside response to what the Wall
Street professionals were doing.
The market hinged largely around
General Motors. which was bid up TO
another new high record. The finan-
cial community reasoned that the
same powerful support coming into
this stock when II went off like It did
yesterday was a sign that prominent
banking attitudes had not changed.
There were other strong features.
One of these was New Haven, which
was unusually active. Every time
this stock gets strong Independent of
the other rails 1t raises the discussion
which has been going on tntermit-
tently for the last three years OF the
possibility of the, New Haven roads
being operated jointly by trunk lines
leading to the West.
The great strength in General Mo-
tors had some effect upon other MEM
bers Of the motor group. Mack Truck
reached the best prices of the pres
ent move.
DUPONT got well up to its top
figures. Realizing sales, which had
been going on for several days in
WHY'S Overland, appeared to have
been absorbed and the stock rebound
ed over a point. Buying continued
in Dodge A, still in anticipation OF a
highly favorable semi-annual report.
Pierce Arrow, which has been idle
recently. suddenly awakened. Among
the motor supply shares there was
moderate demand for Stewart Warner
and Thinker Roller Bearing.
The story that Standard Oil of New
Jersey proposed to call in its pre-
ferred stock brought some buying into
the common. 1t had closed the pre-
vious day at 43%. 1t went UP to AM.
But subsequently the stock came
down when officials of the company
referred to the retirement report as
being premature and stated that no
plan had been approved,
Copper shares kept on leisurely
with their upward movement, which
started a week ago when the price
Of copper metal began to improve.
Anaconda, selling ex the quarterly
dividend at IS cents, made this up
with half point or more besides.
American Smelling was strong again
and so was Cerro de Pasco.
In the industrial section Electric
Storage Battery attracted some at
tention and so did Certain-teed Prod
ducts, which ran up a point and a
half. Coca Cola was higher for
time and Pullman gained nearly two
points. International Harvester and
Congoleum were features, and in the
public utility division the demand
continued keen for American Power
and Light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE. July 16 (special)-
New potatoes. barrel. 1.00a3.50;
bushel, LOCALES. Beans, bushel,
50a90; beets, 100, 2.00a2.50; cabbage,
100, 3.00a5.00; carrots. 100, 2.00a5. 90:
corn, dozen, 15a30; cucumbers, basket,
40a50; elephants, crate, 2.00a3.50;
lettuce. bushel, 100; onions, bushel,
75a1. 90; peas, bushel, 1.50a2.25; pep
pers. crate, 2.o0a3.50; squash, basket,
30a40; tomatoes, crate, ripe, 75a1.5o;
green, 50a1.00.
Apples, barrel. 1.o0a3.0o: bushel.
50a1.25; blackberries, quart, 10a14;
crate, 90a4.5o; huckleberries, quart,
20a25; peaches, busheI, 1.50a2. 90; pine
apples, crate, 2.O0a3.00; raspberries,
pint, Sa12; blackberries, quart, 10a15;
watermelons, 100, 25.00a50.00.
Selling Prices at Noon.
wheat-No. 2 red Winter, domes-
tic, spot, no quotations; No. red
Winter, garlicly, spot, LASH.
Sales-Bag lots of nearby at wharf
sold at o range Of 1873 to lao per
bushel.
Corn-Domestic No. yellow. 90
per bushel in carload lots; No. 2, spot,
export, 81; No. 8, spot, export, 81.
Oats-No. 2, SO per bushel; No. 8,
40 per bushel, nominal.
Rye-Nearby, old, 80a90 per bushel;
No. 2. export, spot, no quotations.
,Hay--Receipts for today, 36 tons.
The demand for hay is quiet and
centered on the better grade of tim
othy and clover mixed and No. /
clover. The medium and poorest
grades are in ample supply, with very
little outlet for common hay at any
price.
Quotations. per ton, today: No. 2
timothy, 26.00a26.50: No. timothy,
%. 00a24.08; No. light clover mixed,
25. 00a25.50; No. 2 clover mixed, 23.50a
24.00; No. clover, 20.00a21.00
Straw-No / wheat, 13.5oa1 100;
No. oat, 14.00a14.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK UpD.-Stocks, strong:
buoyancy of General Motors features
trading. Bonds. steady; Chesapeake
q Ohio convertibles advance. For
eign exchange, mixed: French francs
at new record low Cotton, steady:
firm cotton goods market. Sugar.
higher. Cuban buying. Coffee, lower;
easier cables.
favorable Canadian report. Corn,
barely steady; warmer weather. Cat
lie, easier. Hogs, weak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
WOOL BUYING ACTIVE.

BOSTON, July is (SpeciaD. -Free
movement of quarter-blood fleece wool
featured the wool market today. Buy.
ing by knitters and weavers is active
around AZ cents. and some dealers are
holding for "A cents, which is the
equivalent of IS clean basis. Con.
siderable quarter blood Territory wool
has moved at the equivalent of so
clean. There Is a broader inquiry for
low foreign cross.bred wool, with Mon
tevideo IS at SO and As at 80. The
market was slightly more active than
at the start Of the week,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

3 BALTIMORE. July lie Special
Live Spring chickens, pound. sOa43.
Leghorns. 25a35; old hens, 2Sa32; Leg.
horns, 23A25; old roosters, lSa20:
ducks. s26asO; old, 1Sa23; pigeons, sd
sa4e. y, "A Il
Eggs Receipts, !, 611 cases: native
and nearby iirsts, dozen, offered at
s2Sa2s3z.
Butter Good to fancy creamery,
pound 40a42;; prints, 42a44; ladies', SO
sa33;; rolls. 2Sa30; store packed, 2e:
dairy prints, 2sa30; process butter,
49, aS6 ".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
OTIS ELEVATOR PROFIT.

NEW YORK, July 16 R.-Net
profit of the Otis Elevator Co. for the
first half of 1926 rose to $2,683, 01S.
after depreciation. Federal taxes and
other charges, compared with $2,301,.
500 in the first half Of 1925. Net for
the second quarter was $1,319,817,
ter last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
NEW pREFERRED oFFERING.

NEW YORK, July 16 O9.-Publio
offerings today include a new issue of
$1,000, 900 cumulative 2 per cent pre-.
ferred stock OF the Middle West Utili-
ties Co., priced to yield about 6.54 per
cent. The company's common stock
has a market value of about
$53, 900 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
Buying in Winnipeg.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July Is up.
Speculative buying continued today
as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange
opened. in which wheat rose 4 to AS
cents bushel. Grain for delivery In
July reached $1.64. October, $1.44k,
and December, SLAB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16
FOREIGN ExCHANaE.
Quotations furnished by w. d. Hibbs Ca. i
Nominal Selling checks
NEW YORK. July I6 CN..

NEW YORK, July 1s CE9.-Foreign
exchanges irregular. Quotations I'm
cents): Great Britain, demand, 4SG;
cables. 486 TIC: 60-day bills on banks,
482. France, demand, 2.43k: cables,
2.4l. Italy. demand, 3.39; cables,
B.39M. Demand - Belgium, 2.3Sls;
Germany, 1919; Holland, 40.14: Nor
way. 21.s2: Sweden, 26.77. Denmark,
$3.50: Switzerland. 1887; Spain, 1917:
Greece. 1.20%; Poland, 100: Czecho.
slovakia, 2.96k; Jugoslavia, LIT;
Austria, 14.i2M; Rumania, .46i5: Ar.
gentina, 40.66; Brazil. 15.SIA: Toxic,
47.12h; Shanghai, 71.S7tss Montreal,
l0Ol25.