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Evening star., 1926-10-28

NEW YORK. October % tSpeciaD.--
Two new issues of bonds for thu
Quaker City Cold Storage Go. of Phila
delphia are announced 10y Spencer
Trask & Co.. Brown Bros. & Co.
Howe, Snow & Bertles, Inc, and Har-
rison, Smith K Go. One il an issue o.
81. 900, 600 first mortgage bonds. 8 per
cent series. due 1851, priced at 90 10
yield about sos per cent. and the
other an issue of 81 .250. 900 in Ga per
cent convertible debentures. due IN
1941, at 98 and yield about go per
cent The proceeds of this financing
will be used to build and equip a new
warehouse; to equip the Baltimore
and Ohio-Reading warehouse. now
nearing completion. which is TO b.
operated under u 25-year lease; 10 pro
vide additional working capital, and
to retire outstanding bonds and othrI
obligations.
G.. W. McEear & Co. and h. j. NaI
Ingenen & Co. are offering new Issue
Of 81 100000 Osceola County. Fla.
per cent road bonds. The bonds ar.
due serially May I. 1896 to 1945. q
prices to yield from $50 to $50 PEI
cent. The proceeds will be used Z"
provide funds for road improvelueu'
purposes.
An additional issue of Sl,5V0.V0n
QueenSborough Gas and Electric re
funding mortgage ) per cent bonds
series of 1853. has been purchase
by W. G. Langley & Co. and Bon
bright & Co.
A new issue of 1850 900 first mu.1
gage 6 per cent notes, due july J.
1928, of the Beach Hotel Co viii ,
offered in the near future BY a. G.
Becker & Co. at par. The notes are
a direct obligation Of the Beach Hotc!
Co. which owns and operates the CL
cagO Beach Hotel.
Announcement is made by a bdis
ing group headed by the BBnkcw
Trust Go. Of the offering of new J.
sue Of 81 900, 900 Electric Securiti"e
Corporation collateral trust 5 per cent
gold bonds. twenty-second series. uua
turing November /, 1856. priced 81
sS1a. to yield about $40 per cent. A
sinking fund will be provided 20 Tt
tire about sc per cent of the issue piot
to maturity ny purchase or by rt
demption by lot at l03. The con
pany is a subsidiary of General Eler
trio Co.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
BUYS HUNGARIAN BONDS.

NEW YORK. October % LP).-Ne-
gotiations for the purchase Of
$6,0O0.000 Hungarian consolidated
municipal loan were completed yester-
day by Speyer & Co., New York bank
ers, who will offer an issue of 20-year
Z per cent bonds next Monday. The
bonds will be direct obligations of 32
Hungarian cities and will be issued
with the approval Of the Hungarian
government.
Evening star., 1926-10-28

An additional issue of Sl,5V0.V0u
Queensborough Gas and Electric re
funding mortgage ) per cent bonds
series of 1853. has been purchase
by W. G. Langley & Co. and Bon
bright e Co
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PLANS STOCK INCREASE.

NEW YORK. October % R.-
American and Foreign Power Co. has
notified the New York Stock Exchange
of proposed increase in authorized
common stock from 100000 shares to
SOC. 600
Evening star., 1926-10-28
HERCULES POWDER PROFIT

NEW YORK, October 2S C4).-Hel
cules Powder Co. earned S13.0f share
on the common stock, after preferred
dividends. in the nine months this
year. with net profit Of $2,476,779.
against S12.37 share and net profit
of S2.31S.501 in the same period Of
1928.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
COTTON GOODS QUIET.

NEW YORK, october % Especial
Cotton goods markets were quiet
today at unchanged price levels.
Print cloths were quoted at SIC for
64x6Os and at TIC for 6Sx72s. Raw
silks were steady.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS.

NEW YORK. October 2s Hp).-Iron
and steel exports in September
amounted TO lS2.I71 tons, a gain Of
lh.+63 tons over August.
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SAFETY RAZOR EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, October IS Pl.--
American Safety Razor earned SO a
share in the FIRST half Of 1926 on net
Income Of S601>499.
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Evening star., 1926-05-18

More than 1890 workers are con-
structing the extension Of the govern
ment owned railroad In Colombia
Evening star., 1926-05-18
BENCH AND BAR MEET
ON LINKS TOMORROW
Golf Contest at Congressional Club
.' Will Feature Outing of
DC. Attorneys.

Jurists and lawyers will vie in
golf tournament tomorrow after
noon at the Congressional Coun-
try Club on the occasion of
the annual outing of the Bar AS
sociation. A base ball contest he
tween the older and younger mem
bers of the bar is also to feature the
outing. Most of the justices have
accepted invitations and it is expected
a large number of the lawyers will be
in attendance. Dinner will be served
Joseph A. Burkart is head of the
committee on arrangements with Alb
ner Fl. Ferguson secretary and the
John Lewis Smith, Alexander H.
Bell. W.. w. MILAN, John I.askey, j.
Miller Kenyon and julius I. Peyser
Richard E. Wexford is chairman Of
the ticket committee and has the fol-
lowing assistants: William G. Ash
ford, Arthur P. Drury, Bertrand
Emerson, George C. Gertman, Luns-
ford L. Hammer. Bolitha J. Laws,
Godfrey l.. Munter, David A. Pine,
Frederick Stohlman and Lucian H.
Vandoren.
The golf tournament will be in
charge of Roger J. Whiteford, Ralph
P. Barnard and William E. Richard
son. Mr.. Stohlman will have charge
Of the base ball.
' John Lewis Smith, president of the
Bar Association, will preside at the
dinner and will award prizes to the
successful contestants In the differ
ent sports.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 1s.-Be-
cause pie in Jail costs more than pie
outside, Cayahoga County Common
Plea Judges will try to find out II
Sheriff Fred Koi1ler Of Cleveland has
been rrofteering in selling candy,
pastry and tobacco to county Jail
inmates
And because Louis CI.ouie the pie
man., Sagors. former prisoner, says
he was charged 81 day rental for a
cell used as L .,toreroom when he was
the sheriff's chief salesman, grand
jury inquiry into conditions at the
jaih may be made.
Chief Justice Homer G. Powell OF
the Common Pleas Court said he
would lay the matter. before the
judges this afternoon. Judge Frank
c. Phillips said he would determine
If a. grand jury could investigate the
charges Of Louie the pie man." es-
pecihlly his statements that bread,
coffee and soup formed the diet Of the
prisoners, for whose food the sheriff
Is allowed 45 cents a day. -s<G
The sheriff admits pie costs more
in Jail because of handling expenses .
but he denies he made anything like
Evening star., 1926-05-18
BUILDINGS REPORT
ACCEPTED BY HOUSE
$165, ,0oo.coG Measure Now Goes to
President for Final
,fe.s- ..
Action.

Congressional action was completed
on the s165 900, ,000 public buildings
bill today when the House, adopted
the conference report which was ap'
proved by the Senate yesterday. This
measure now goes to the President
for his signature.
This measure carries S50,G00,00
over a tiF@-ycar period for much
needed federal buildings in Washing
ton to house Government activities
which are now widely scattered In
rented buildings and in many struc'
lures that are known to be fire traps.
Chairman Elliott of the House pub
lie buildings committee, Who is amen
Der of the Public Buildings 'Connais-
sion. stated that an effort will be
made to St- an appropriation in the
deficiency, appropriation bill now
being framed, so that work may be
started this Summers a couple of
new public buildings in Washington.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
CONGREGATIONAL CLERGY
HOLD CONFERENCE HERE
Ministers of Washington and Bal
timore Churches Begin Quarterly
Meet in Cleveland Park.

The Washington Association of
congregational Churches. with rep
resentatives from both the District
and Baltimore opened its quarterly
conference of ministers this after
noon at the Cleveland Park Congre-
gational~ Church. Thirtyfourth and
Lowell streets. Dinner will be served
at o'clock. by women of the con-
gregation in charge of Mrs. Knowles
Cooper and Rev. George Farnham,
the pastor.
At the evening session, at 80, DIR.
Charles G.. Abbott of the Smithsonian
Institution, and DR.. Carleton Ball Of
the Department of Agriculture will
speak on Religion and Science" The
association sermon will be delivered
by Rev. Kyle Booth of Ingram Con
gregational Church. Rev. Juett No
BILE Mcdonald, from the Associate
Congregational Church of Baltimore
is presiding as moderator.
Among the churches represented
are the First Congregational Mount
Pleasant, Ingram Memorial, Lincoln
Congregational and Peoples.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
HOWARD INITIATED
BY PHI BETA KAPPA
British Envoy Inducted at
Celebration of 15Oth Birth
day of Society.

Sir Esme Howard, the British Am
bassador. was initiated into Phi Beta
Kappa. the national honor society for
scholarship. last night at the May
flower Hotel. at the sesquicentennial
celebration Of the founding Of the So
ciety. A distinguished gathering Of
scholars, legislators, publicists and
diplomats attended. Sir Esme was
made a member of the Alpha Chapter
of William and Mary College. where
the fraternity was founded $50 years
ago The ceremony was conducted
by DR. Robert NJ. Hughes OF Norfolk.
member of the Alpha Chapter.
Sir Esme eXtOlled the scholastic so
ciety and expressed appreciation OF
the honor of his induction. pointing
out that the Alpha Chapter had con
ferred the honor upon but one other
British subject, Sir Arthur James Bal
four. -.
Speaks on Books.
Taking as his thesis the philosophy
Nothing that is human is alien To-
me-" Sir Esme delivered an extended
discourse on the value of novels as
means to understanding the life and
ideals of foreign peoples. He said
Cervantes' Don Quixote was the
outstanding example of novel which
gave a satisfactory index Of the in
tensely human characteristics of the
people it portrayed.
Senator Glass of Virginia was
toastmaster. and DR.. j. A. Chandler.
president of William and Mary Col
lege. presided in the absence of DR..
Albert Shaw, president of the Alpha
Chapter. who was ILL.,
DR.. Charles Franklin Thwing, ma
tional president of the fraternity. who
is president emeritus of Western
Reserve University, reCounted the
history of Phi Beta Kappa and paid
high tribute to its scholarship.
Senator Glass read a greeting from
Chief Justice Taft. who was not able
to be present A welcome to Sir
Esme was delivered by David Jayne
Hill.
Senator Glass was chairman or the
dinner committee. Other members
were Vice President Dawes. Chief JUS
tice Taft, DIR. Sao-ke Alfred SEE. Chi
nese Minister: Representative Burton
of Ohio, DR. George Otis Smith. direc-
tor of the Geological Survey; DR.. Gil
bert ii. Grosvenor. president or the
National Geographic Society; Dr. Yer
non Kellogg, secretary OF the Ma
tional Research Council; DR.. William
T. Thorn, president of the washington
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; w. [.
Ruediger. dean. school of education
of George Washington University, and
William A. Hard.
Among the guests were Representa-.
tives Bland. Brigham. Burtness ana
Burton, Frederick V. Coville, Rear Ad-
miral Gary T. Grayson, DR.. Gilbert H.
Grosyehor. William A. Hard, David j.
Hill. George Horton, DR.. Vernon l..
kellogg. Representative Montague.
Representative Moore, Maj. Arthur \.
Tasker,. Alfred r. Thorn. Representa-
tive Tucker and Benno Lewinson OF
New York City.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Train Wins Race
With &iork: Baby
Born in Hospital

Special Di.nafeh 10 The Sta.
CUMBERLAND. Md. May 18.-
Train 80. -. Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, yesterday won a race
with the Ssork. As the train left
Martin.bU. Z, NJ. VI, Mrs. Vivian
Rarkman. Il. consulted with Con
ductor JnsepG Lowe. VINO made
spcci&! stop At the next signal
tower and sent a telegram to Paw
Paw for physician. WHO boarded
the train there and urged high
speed to Cumberland. AN ambu-
lance was IN waiting and Mrs.
Rarkman was taken to Western
Maryland Hospital just q few
minutes ahead of the stoTk, which
left a Ane boy. Mrs. Barkman
formerly lived in Cumberland. She
had been In the Salvation Army
Maternity Hospital in Philadelphia
and deceied to return to Cumber-
land
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Prisoner Admits Food PrOfiteering
Among Others as Agent for Sheriff

$40 to $40 day profits, or that
hungry prisoners bought FIVE pieces
of costly pie a day because Jail fare
was insufficient, as Louie charges.
TITS. all -la-la, but it makes good
story. Sheriff Kohler told, news
paper men. '-,...
"Louie the pie man" said he was
the chief sales agent more than six
months, and that when released he
owed s42 back rent on his cell
storeroom. He sold for 90 cents Gig
arettes that, cost Is; penny boxes of
matches cost prisoners 10 cents for
four: chewing gum cost double. and
33-cent pies were cut in six 10-cent
portions. Louie. related. Prisoners paid
5 cents for daily and Is cents for
SUNDAY papers, he said
Each day Sagors and his five
assistants, were charged up with so
many pies so many cigarettes and
So on. and every morning he had to
account to a deputy for@his sales. and
give, him the money, Sagors said.
The judicial inquiry will proceed on
the theory that the sheriff Is an Of
ficer of the courts, and that the
judges have the power to make rules
he must follow in controlling the Jail,
Chief Justice Powell said.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
AUTOLAW CHANGES
GIVEN APPROVAL
Commissioners Limit Truck
Weight on Six Bridges.
Parking Liber allied.

The Joint recommendations Of Traf-
nc Director NJ. o. Eldridga and Chief
of Police Edwin b. He-ee for con
1ensing the District traffic code and
liberalizing parking restrictions in the
downtown congested zone during rush
hours were approved tod1% hv the
District Commissioners afte" snore
than a months consideration.
The Commissioners at the same
time adopted a regulation prohibiting
trucks carrying gross weight of
more than 20.Co0 pounds from using
six bridges. but permitting CONNER
cial vehicles with a maXicum weight
Of $4,000 pounds to continue to use
Highway Bridge. and the Navy Yard
Bridge across the AnacoStia River.
The bridges on which the 20 900
pounds limit is placed follow: Ben
ming Bridgt, over the Anacostia
River, Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge,
over the Anacostia River; Sixteenth
Street Bridge. across Military road;
South Dakota Avenue Bridge. across
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks: Wharf No. 6. Water street
NJ
and the District Fish Wharf at the
foot of Eleventh street southwest.
Restrictions Are Considered.
A recommendation to prohibit heavy
commercial vehicles from using resi-
dental streets was referred TO Di-
rector Eldridge for study and report.
The Commissioners recently held a
public hearing to consider this pro
posal but decided that action should
be deferred until the Traffic Director
makes a recommendation on the ques-
tion.
The request that Park road he made
q two-way thoroughfare between Six
teenth and Mount Pleasant streets
with parking prohibited on the north
side was approved. Park road now
is one-way street for west bound
traffic from Fourteenth to Mount
Pleasant street
The Commissioners also approved
the request Of Barber & Ross and
other commercial establishments to
lift the restriction on heavy trucks
using Rhode Island avenue between
iowa Circle and North Capitol street.
The commercial vehicles now are pro-
hibited from running on Rhode Island
avenue from Connecticut avenue to
North Capitol street.
Chief among the new traffic regula-
lions adopted tk one which will require
all vehicles approaching a street car
going in either direction on tracks
which are located on the side of a
highway shall come to a full stop not
closer than eight feet from the near
est exit. This regulation is designed
to apply to car lines on the side OF
highways such as Wisconsin avenue
between Massachusetts avenue and
Thirty-seventh street. Wisconsin ave
nue. between Belt road and the Dis.
trict line, around Dupont Circle. F
street from Seventh to Ninth street. B
street northeast from Delaware ave
nue TO First street, B street southwest
from First street west to Delaware
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Day-Dreaming Held
Drain on Emotions
And Harmful Habit

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. May 1S.-Day
dreams are in reality evil things
which sap the emotional strength
of child or adult and weaken his
grasp on reality, declared experts
at the convention today of the Ma
tional Health Congress.
The teacher should study those
pupils who are inattentive and aid
them in overcoming the vitiating
day-dreaming habit. DIR. Henry c.
Schumacher, Philadelphia psychia-
trist. asserted in one address.
His fantasies are full of mag
ical solutions of all his difficulties
and are for him a much more pleas
urable activity than school work.
he said of the dreaming child.
THE teacher should try to uncover
the deficiency in his environment
or personality makeup for which
the day dreaming is Il compensa-
tory function. 1t is her duty as a
teacher so to guide the child that
he will adopt reality and abandon
the fantasy where the principle of
egoistic pleasure predominates."
Evening star., 1926-05-18

avenue. r street southwest from
Twelfth to Fourteenth street, First
street northeast from + street to b
street southeast. FIRST street nOrth-
west from + street south TO Maryland
avenue, Canal street southwest from
3 20 f. street, the approach to High
way Bridge from Water street TO the
bridge. NJ street southeast from Sew
enth and Eighth streets. Benning road
from the viaduCt to- Fifteenth and ii
streets northeast, the Union Station
Plaza, Dix street northeast from Fifty
fourth street to the District line and
kenilworth avenue from Benn;n@ sta
tion to the District lire.
Other regulations approved follow;
To prohibit all vehicles from pass
ing "a street car on either side OF n
one-way street when it has stopped
to load or discharge passengers.
To prohibit parking in front of for
eign embassies or legations.
To lift the restriction on morning
and afternoon rush hour parking on
all streets in the downtown Congested
zone.
TO require al vehicles t. come to
a complete stop before crossing or en-
tering voulevards or arterial nigh
ways. This regUiation was adopted
on account of q recen+ decision OF
Police Court Judge -.cMahon. who
held that the ErCGrnt rCSiii,:l on
this subject is inadequate because it
does not provide for Il vehicle intend
ing to make turn from an inter
secting street into u boulevard or
arterial highway.
Three one-way streets were created
in Georgetown, as follows: o street
between Thirty fifth street and Wis
conSin avenue, for eaStbound traffc
only; p street from Twenty-eighth to
Thirty-siXth street, for westbound
traffic only. and Twenty-eighth street
from Dumbarton avenue to l. street,
for northbound traffic only.
Two-hour parking limit was estab-
iished on the following streets be-
tween s a. m. and pm: street from
Eighteenth to Nineteenth street, G
from Seventeenth to Nineteenth
street II from Jackson place tu
Eighteenth street, Eighteenth street
from Pennsylvania avenue to F street.
Seventeenth street from Pennsylvania
avenue to * street and New York ave
nue. from Seventeenth to Eighteenth
street.
The only regulation in the joint re-
port of Maj. Hesse and Director Ed
ridge which was not approved would
require automobiles parked on the
left hand side of oneway streets to
burn their headlights at night or a
special parking light on the front OF
the machine,
Evening star., 1926-05-18
SHOTS STOP RUM BOAT.
Canadian Vessel Confiscated After
Chase in Lake Ontario.

ROCHESTER. n. Y. May Is R.-
The Coast Guard cutter CG2330 made
it's first capture of the season early
today, when it overhauled a 45-foot
Canadian rum runner off Braddock's s
Light. placed three men on the boat
under arrest and confiscated the boat
and it's cargo of ale.
The capture followed spirited
chase in Lake Ontario three miles
north Of Rochester, which ended only
after the cutter had fired FIVE shots
across the rum runners bow.
The three men arrested gave their
addresses as Toronto.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
HONDURAS CHOOSES GOLD

TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. May
Is @.-The Honduran Congress has
adopted law establishing the gold
standard for currency, which hitherto
has been on silver basis. The new
currency unit will be called 'lempira'
instead of peso.
The circulation of foreign silver
currency in the country is forbidden.
the. only legal tender being the cur
rency of Honduras and the United
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Woman Rider Killed.

ATLANTIC CITY. May Is P).-
Mrs. Fannie Dennan of Davenport,
Iowa, was killed. when she was
thrown from q horse while riding on
the beach today. She came here with
her husband, who is a delegate to the
National Electric Light Association
convention.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Tire Company Buys Jungle.

Advices to the Commerce Depart
ment. say the French Michelin Co.,, a
leading European manufacturer of
pneumatic tires, has acquired about
10000 acres of virgin jungle, in. the
rubber belt of Cochin, French Indo
China. to place under cultivation with
in two yaers.
Evening star., 1926-05-18

Brides Of England are wearing
wreaths of brightly colored Spring
flowers instead Of orange blossoms.
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way and plant in deep. rich soil. and
then allow plenty Of water.
In planting iris. be sure to cut back
the leaves. In planting iris Of the
bearded type, use plenty Of lime or old
mortar in the soil and do not plant
too deeply.
Peonies. rhododendrons and lilacs
are benefited by the removal of the
faded flowers and the seed pods. The
production of seed in any plant is
always a devitalizing process. This
strength should be diverted into
growth instead Of seeds.
Pinching back the terminal and side
shoots Of the Fall-blooming chrysan-
themums will encourage the develop
ment Of more Towering branches.
Have you dug your tulips? They
should have a rest period In the stor-
age cellar every two years. and then
they will be ready for replanting in
September.
These are fine evenings in the back
yard. Why not plan for some garden
furniture, a garden seat or even a
tiny Summer house?
There Is some danger in being too
tidy in the garden. carrying the clean
ing-up to a point where 1t will be
harmful to the garden itself. Some
gardeners are prone to pick up every
leaf. especially in the shrubbery Dor.
der. These leaves, decaying in place,
make a natural supply Of plant food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
TIMELY HINTS.

Do not let newly-set plants suffer
for water. Lack of moisture stops
the growth Of plants more often than
the lack OF plant food. Water the
ground and avoid sprinkling except
for special purposes, like washing the
foliage.
Tomatoes are beginning to send out
the side shoots, which are not needed
If the plants are trained to a stake or
to wires. Pinch out these extra
growths and throw the strength of the
plant into earlier fruit production.
Start few plants Of tomatoes for the
late Fall crop.
The thinning of fruit after the
June drop" is an economic and i'm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

portant operation in the home gar.
den. It affords each tree a better
chance to produce larger and more
perfect fruit with a minimum Of drain
on the tree in the formation of seed.
Thinning also tends to prevent the
habit of some varieties to have alter.
nate years Of bearing. by preventing
the everlasting of tree in any year.
Thinning should be performed by snip
ping off the surplus fruit when quite
small. using pair Of round-pointed
shears. If the green fruit IS pulled
off, there Is a tendency for the other
fruit to fall later.
Grape clusters are forming rapidly.
Be sure to bag some, for the f1ne.ap.
pearing punches in the Fall are we'll
worth the trouble. At this time select
the canes for bearing in 1927, and cut
off all others before they have used
valuable plant food.
Many perennial plants will produce
a second flush of bloom IL the flower
ing shoots are removed as soon as the
first set Of flowers have begun to wilt.
Hollyhock blooms are naturally
crowded on the Towering stem. They
make a better appearance and last
longer when the flowers are thinned.
The tip of the spike might we'll be re-
moved. for 1t seldom produces worth
while flowers. In planting hollyhocks,
give each plant at least 3 feet each