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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05

1s26--John r. Booth, the
Canadian lumber king. born in
County Shefford, Quebec. Died
Dee. 9. 1926.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05

1s57-AIexander of Batten-
berg, the first Prince Of Bulgaria,
born at Verona. Italy. Died at
Gratz. Austria, in 1893.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05

1910 - Transandine railway
tunnel. linking Chile and the
Argentine Republic, was formally
opened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05

1s62-The only conflict of
Union and Confederate troops
fought on Arizona soil took place
at 81 Picaeho.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05
TODAY,S EVENTS

Opening Of twelfth annual OBJ
servance Of National Negro
Health Week.
Centenary of the birth of the
late John X. Booth, the Canadian
lumber king.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05

ls76-United States senate re-
5ectsd the appointment Of Charles
A. Dana Of New York to be min
ister TO England.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.
Status of Railroad Securities

1t is now in order to take up in de-
tail the various activities, business
and governmental, on which invest.
ment securities depend for their rat
ing. We will begin with the railroads.
For a helf century back at least rail-
road stocks and bonds have been a
favorite medium with investors.
Fundamentally this Is due to the fact
that transportation Is an essential in
dustry of modern civilization and that
the railroad typifies transportation.
It is only In very recent times that it's
supremacy has. been challenged even
tentatively.
In the past few years the auto
mobile. passenger car and trusk have
come to be regarded as a competitor
with the rails and there have arisen
doubts as to the result of the rivalry.
The matter is worth consideration in
view Of the enormous sum invested in
the railroad industry. In the first
place the motor car has made heavier
inroads upon the passenger than upon
the freight traffic of the railroads.
Probably the short-haul passenger
business has been lost to the railways
permanently.
1t is the private car rather than the
public bus which is the most serious
cOInpStAlOI loT tnlS business, ana planS
Of the railroads to go into the bus
business on their own account are
only partially helpful. In freight
carrying it Is also the short haul in
which the motor truck figures to the
disadvantage of the railroad. The
latter keeps its monopoly of carrying
bulky products over long distances.
This condition Is not likely to
change. The motor truck as. far as
any one can Sc now will never com.
pete with the railroad in the trans
portation of coal, for instance. and
coal. anthracite and bituminous, con-
stitutes the largest tonnage of any
one commadity the railroads carry.
On the asset side Of the balance
sheet may be placed the traffic which
the automobile industry gives to the
railroads that 1t did not have before
motor car manufacturing reached its
present heights. The chances are that
the railroads have gained on this ac-
count more than they have lost The
conclusion is that while the trend Of
this competition should be carefully
watched. in itself 1t is not now an
important factor in appraising the in.
vestment status Of railway securities.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
FEWER FOREIGN SHIPS
ENTERING BALTIMORE
April Figures Show 107 Vessels
Arrived as Against 125 in Same
Month Last Year.
special Dispatch 10 The star.

srecial Dispatch 10 The star.
BALTIMORE, May 12-Less foreign
vessels entered the port of Baltimore
last month than during the same
period of 1925, according TO figures
for April, just made public.
The report shows that 107 vessels of
$780, ,401 net tons entered the port dur
ing April and clearances of 10 YES
sells OF 326,649 net tons, compared
with 125 vessels of 263,563 net tons
entered in April IL year ago and 1873
vessels Of 394,223 net tons cleared.
CoaStwise and intercoaStal activities
in April show entrances of Ill vessels
of 436,301 net tons and clearances of
22S vessels of 564,771 net tons. These
figures compare with similar entrances
of 17S vessels of 421,047 net tons in
April, 1925, and clearanceS of POS YES
sells of 477,787 net tons in that month.
Export bituminous coal during April
is placed at 24.029 tons, loaded on
seven vessels destined for four over
seas points. An additional vessel tool
S97 tons of coke and the coal ships
loaded 1856 tons Of bunkers in this
port.
Grain exports from Baltimore in
April totaled 1.649,155 bushels, as com.
pared with 7,642,232 bushels in the
same month last year. From January
l last exports of grain have reached
S.1S6,074 bushels, against 14,113.996
bushels for a like ceriod Of 1926. Ex-
ports of -four were 20,344 barrels in
April, against S7,397 barrels for April
a year ago.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
SALES SATISFACTORY.
Hardware Trade Movement As

NEW YORK, May l. (SpeciaD. -
In it's weekly market summary,
Hardware Age will say tomorrow:
Hardware sales throughout the
country continue satisfactory, ac-
coriing to reports from the various
wholesale hardware market centers.
In certain of the markets, particu
farlv New York. the movement OF
Spring merchandise has ut last be-
..iln to assume decent proportions.
The unusually late Spring has proved
n serious factor in Curtailing the
demand, but the warmer weather of
the past few days has resulted in re-
tailers coming into the market in
increasing numbers with recorders.
As Il result of this belated buying
surge, some difficulty is naturally be-
ing experienced in securing prompt
delivery on all items. This condition
has, of course, been foreseen, and
many of the wholesalers have urged
their customers to buy in anticipa-
tion of the last moment congestion.
STAPLE lines are moving satisfac-
fori,- and collections, which are one
C9 the surest indications of basic
conditions. are generally improving"
Evening star., 1926-05-12
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received BY Private Wire Direct to The Star Once

Those favoring the Oil shares o'u
not like the reported increase IN
domestic crude production Tor tne
week ended May s, when the oaiiy
average rose 1850 barrels over the
total of the week preceding. OIL shares
We're somewhat higher at the STAR,
but the initial upturn meant nothihe
more than part of the general I'M,
provement early i'll the day. Imperial
OH Of Canada gained point. put
eased off in the afternoon. Gun on
responded to reports of favorable drill
ing operations in the Panhandle Field
with a gain of almost a point, but the
gains elsewhere were confined to small
fractions.
The slight hardening of the market
for motor shares brought about In
creased offerings and carried prices
slightly under those prevailing at yes
terday's close. Freshman Corporation
was freely sold at declining prices.
while Gillette Safety Razor, after ad-
vancing point or so, did nothing
urther.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
by WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Curb
Market had it's opportunity today to
show what it could do on the side of
higher prices. The final results were
dlsheartening to the speculative
element, which has been contending
for the past week that the great
British strike sit uation was the only
thing which stood in the way of a
general renewal Of the upward move
ment.
Following the calling off of the
general strike the main body Of stocks
gave indications of living up to these
expectations. Prices started in higher
all around, but after the first Is
minutes the demand subsided and the
market dropped back into the rut
from where it has been moving for
the past month or so. This was one
OF the clearest Indications that the
outside public is not disposed to come
In on the buying side until some
definite change develops in our own
industrial and business situation.
NEW YORK. May 12.-Following
Is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
Market today.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
CAR LOADINGS FOR FOUR
MONTHS TOP RECORD

The American Railway Association
announced last night that from Jan
uary / to May railroad car loadings
We're the heaviest for any correspond
ing period on record. 1t placed load
ings at 16,777.076 cars, exceeding the
same period last year by 2s3,7 ,764, and
also exceeding by 221,500 an estimate
for the period which the association
made in March
Loadings for the week ending May
l reached 995.641 cars. an advance
Of 22,337 over the preceding week
Miscellaneous freight totaled $50 1872,
an advance of 1902; grain and grain
products 3S,016. Il decrease Of 394
merchandise and less than carload
lots 263,4G5. a decrease of 73s; coal.
1857. decrease OF 959. and live
stock, 81 ,S56. an increase Of ,462.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
COPPER STOCKS SMALLER.
Production of Metal Decreases i'll
Month of April.

NEW YORK. May IL R.-Stocks
of refined copper III the hands OF
North and Aouth American producers
on May amounted to 1854 short
tons, the American Bureau Of Metal
Statistics reports, reduction OF
1852 tons from the month before.
Blister stocks at smelters and re-
fneries and in process of transit were
2G5.698 tons, an increase OF 3,s2s tons
over April ]. Total copper above
ground was 33s.342 tons, an increase
of 1895 tons over April ].
Shipments in April by North and
South American producers were. llS-
364 tons, making the total for the
four months this year, 463.06O tons.
Production of refined copper in April
was 116,3O2 tons against 121,79S In
March and 1929 tons for the four
months Of 1926.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
A Fool and His Money.

The fact that a stock certificate is
printed in fancy green scrollwork is
no proof that 1t Is worth any more
than ordinary wall paper. Thousands
of people in Washington would have
saved their money il they simply had
asked their banker to tell them what
he knew Of some supposedly wonder
Sul investments @
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Didn't Affect Cotton.

The strike did not last long enough
TO affect the annual cotton eXport
volume materially. but there IS Ger
tain to be Il heavy surplus of the
raw staple on hand in this country
before the next crop is picked, and Il
large acreage is now under cuitiya-
tion. The settlement has relieved i'm
mediate anxiety, but the South has
already begun TO look for another
market than Lancaster.
Planters and exporters are looking
10 Italy as prospective customer for
large amounts of cotton. The tremen-
dous hydro electric power development
there IS sure, they feel. to be given
outlet in textile manufacture since
labor and climatic conditions also are
favorable. Heavy cotton consunlp-
tion, however. necessarily must be
several years in development.
Weak demand for cotton goods les
sened the sting Of the British shut
down. The real net loss TO the cotton
industry, which annually has been
selling Great Britain over $500, 900 .00u
worth OF cotton, will be in the lessened
buying power of the English consumer.
The strike has served 10 lessen that
only psychologically. Planters. how
ever, feel that the danger of a huge
crop this season is q real menace TO
profits and warnings against over
production are growing louder and
more persistent.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
NEVADA COPPER INCOME.

NEW YORK, May IL R.-Nevada
Consolidated Copper reports net in
come Of $748,545 for the first quarter
Of 1926, after taxes and depreciation,
but before depletion, equal to 81 cents
81 share, against $Ss1,776, or "A cents
1; share. in the preceding quarter and
$685,588, or "a cents Il share, in the
first quarter Of 1925.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
OIL RECEIPTS LARGE.
nisnafch to The Star.

prcial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 12.-Receipts of
oil products figured largely in the
business of the port last week. Nine
tankers brought 73S,000 barrels. Crude
oil led, with 200 barrels. Fuel
oil came next, with 245.000. and gaso-
line. with $4,000. Mexico, California
md Texas fields and retlneries sup
piled the products.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

" washiqgsoa j, Gss ss ,s3Msi 900 at 1oas
l031 10 at 103,3s 10 at 1885,.
Potomac Elec. Pow. pfd.-5 At 10SA
106 "a
Washington Gas Light at 6s1s. 20 at
Columbia Title Insurance Co.--10o at O.
Lanston Nonotype-l0 at S5A. 10 at
S5 y.
Merchants Transfer & Storage Coo
at f15.
az 299A.
AFTER CALL.
Columbia Title Insurance Coo at 9la
Capital Traction Coo at 103$4. 20 at
I03 q. 10 at 103 81. 20 at 104. 20 at 104.
Money--Cau loans. 5is and = per cent.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
tQUotssions furnished 10y W. B. Hibbs l. Coz
Nominal Selling checks

NEW YORK, May 12 Gp.-Foreign
exchanges firm. Quotations (in
cents): Great Britain, demand,
1865; cables. 4S6 SIG; 60-day bills
on banks, $50 1916. France, de-
mand, 3.14I.; cables, 315. Italy, de-
mand. 3,ySA; cables. 399.
Demand: Belgium, 3.15h: Ger
many, 23.7s; Holland, 40.17; Norway,
21.62; Sweden, 26.75; Denmark,
26.lG; switzerland. 1894; Spain.
14.46; Greece, 123A; Poland. 1000;
Czechoslovakia, 296; Jugoslavia,
1.76; Austria, 1900; Rumania, .3S:
Argentina, 40.31A: Brazil, 14.43a;
Toxic, 47.125; Shanghai, 1850; Mon
treal, 100.03ls.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
MINING STOCKS.
COTTON GOODS QUIET.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, May 1e.-Cotton
goods markets again We're quiet today,
with print cloths quoted unchanged at
19s for 64x60s and S6s for 68x72s
Raw silks were slow at unchanged
levels.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
RUBBER DECLINES
Disnatch IN Tha at,r

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. May 12.-Crude rub.
ber, smoked ribbed sheets, was quoted
at 491ac at noon today. This compares
with soc yesterday. 50hc a month ago
and Gle q, year ago.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
BUTTER IS HIGHER.

CHICAGO. May u [E). 49, Butter.
higher; receipts, 1881 tubs: creamery
extras, 391a: standards, 391a; extra
firsts. SStaa39; f1I1sts, 361sa371a; sec
ondss 34a35 ms
Evening star., 1926-05-12
SENTIMENT BETTER
/. AS BIG STRIKE ENDS.
United States Grain and Cot
ton Trade Breathes Sigh of
Relief at Settlement.
BY j. G. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Impending
difficulties, which threatened the grain
and cotton trade of this country, have
been ironed out as result OF the
settlement of the British strike.
Sentiment in business circles in all
lines, especially in the agricultural
districts, therefore, Deltefeu nm
mediately.
Relief was felt. especially by the
growers and dealers in wheat and cot
ton. The wheat harvest will start in
southern Texas in about fortnight.
oats now are being cut there and
wheat Is heading everywhere III the
State. Most of this wheat goes to the
Gulf for export, and had the strike
last until after harvesting 1t would
undoubtedly have thrown the orderely
marketing and milling of the wheat
crop into confusion.
Danger Is Obviatetl.
This danger seems now to have
been obViated, since the effect or the
strike on both the wheat and flour
situation will have passed by the time
Oklahoma and Kansas wheat, good
part Of which is milled. comes on the
market. The estimated yield of Amer
lean wheat is placed at 548. .000 900
bushels This Is more than l00,00o.O0O
bushels larger than at this time last
year, but does not indicate market
glut since it is we'll under the five
year average
Flour mills III most parts of the
country are waiting until they can buy
new crop future wheat, since the May
delivery now is over twenty cents
above July. Next month mills will
be able to buy cash wheat on July
basis. The Canadian reports estimate
3 per cent Of the Canadian crop has
been Winter killed.
In the South. West and Northwest,
mlllers have been able To get what
wheat they needed without calling
on the supplies tied up through the
delay in lake navigation. The stu
alton at Buffalo commenced to clear
to-day. Winds from the West had
moved a barrier of ice miles in width
before the mouth Of that harbOr. and
elevators and mills were about down
to their last supplies when the first
boat broke through Monday. Nearly
90 vessels. most OF them grain-laden,
waited within sight of the break
water, while ship after ship battered
at the foes. These vessels are now
being emptied Of their cargoes, and
any shortage that existed has been
overcome. England now is expected
to take wheat and flour III the usual
O1I3 DflfiaS
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Potato Market Weaker.

IOtatOeS-SuppneS liberal; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker;
old stock. Michigan, 150-lb. sacks,
Eusset Rurals, Z. S. No. l, 6.50a7 90,
best mostly 100. New stock. Florida.
double head barrels. Spaulding Rose
L. s. No. !, 10.25a10.50; few low as
1000.
Strawberries - Supplies moderate,
demand good, market firm; North
Carolina, 32-qt. crates, Missionaries,
7.00aS.00, few poorer, low as $50,
Virginia, Norfolk section, 32.qt. crates
various varieties, acc per qt.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
lnand moderate, market steady,
Florida, rs, ripeS and turning. wrap
lcd, fancy count. 7.50as.00; fair quail
ity and condition, 6.50a7.00; few high
or, poorer low rs 80.
peaS--Supplies liberal; demand mod
crate, market dull; South Carolina
hushel hampers, large-pod varieties,
hest, 3.00a2 80: poorer low as $50;
5mall-pod varieties, 1.00a1.25; few
80: North Carolina, bushel hampers.
large pod varieties, 800; Mississippi,
bushel hampers, 2.75.
Bcets-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market steady; Virginia, Nor
folk section, crates, 10 per bunch.
String beans-Supplies light; de
lnand moderate, market steady; Florida
and Georgia. 7s-bushel hampers,
green, 6.00a6.50.
ucumbers-Supplies liberal; de-
n1and light. market steady; Florida,
square bushel crates and Is bushel
hampers, fancy, 300aS.50; choice,
I j0a2 so.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
BAR SILVER PRICE.

NEW YORK. May IL Up.--Bar stl.
yer. 65ss; Mexican DOLLARS 60%a
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Directors OF the Glen Alden Coal
Go. yesterday postponed action on
the semi-annual dividend due at this
time until the June meeting.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
New Orleans Quotations.

NEW ORLEANS, May II G4).--Cot.
ton futures opened steady. May, 1890
July, 1890; October, 1922; December
1870: January G920, 1888 asked.
The cotton market was firm on the
news from England that the general
strike had been called off. First trades
showed gains Of 6 to Is points and
prices continued to advance until
July traded to 1900, October TO 1880
and December to 1898, or II to II
points above yesterdays close. Fears
of return of rainy weather in the
belt helped the rally. Toward the
end Of the first hour prices eased Off
on realizing dropping back 10 yester
days closing levels. The market then
became quiet while awaiting the week
ly weather report.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
TRADING IS LIGHT
IN COTTON MARKET
Ending of Strike Has Little
Reflection in Today's Deal
ings in Staple.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 12.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady. July. 1852; Oc-
tober. 1885; December, 1918; January,
l7.6s; March, 1880. Announcement
that the general strike had been call
ed off in Great Britain seemed to find
comparatively little reflection in the
opening action Of the cotton market
today.
Liverpool was better than due. and
the opening here was steady at un-
changed prices to an advance of Z
points, but trading was only mod
erately active and early fluctuations
were rather irregular. At the best ac-
tive months showed net advances of
to II points. but there was some
selling around 1853 for July and 1916
for December, which probably was en-
couraged by the better showing of the
weather map and reports of beneficial
rains in North Carolina. This caused
reactions OF or s points from the
best, but the market showed net gains
of to points at the end of the
first hour
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
NOTICE OF SALE IN BULK
STATE OF ARIZONA,

J %.
COUNTY OF NAVAJO. J
Notice is hereby given: That on
the 22nd day of May, 1925, that I,
M. L. Davis, of Winslow, Navajo
County, Arizona, hereby give notice
of my intention to sell, assign,
transfer, and deliver, all my inter
est in and to the STANDARD
FURNITURE COMPANY" CO.
partnership, consisting of V. H.
Driver and M. L. Davis, which busi-
ness has been conducted and oper-
ated under the firm name and style,
as "THE STANDARD FURNITURE
COMPANY" at 110 West Front
Street, Winslow, Navajo County,
Arizona; that it is my intention to
sell, assign, transfer, and deliver
all of my interest in and to the
stock in trade, furniture, fixtures,
good will, ETC., on the above-named
date to my co-partner, V. H. Driv-
er; that this notice will be record
ed in the records of Navajo Coun-
ty, Arizona, at the court house of
said County located in the Town of
Holbrook, Arizona; that this notice
will be published three consecutive
times in three consecutive issues
of the WINSLOW MAIL, weekly
newspaper, published each and
every Friday in the Town of Wins
low, County of Navajo, State of
Arizona; that one copy of this no
tice will be posted, in CONSPICUOUS
place, in the place of business of
the '<STANDARD FURNITURE
COMPANY" at 110 West Front
Street, Winslow, Navajo County,
Arizona.
Dated this 3rd day of May, A. D.
1926.
M. L. DAVIS.
This NOTICE OF SALE IN BULK
was acknowledged before me this
3rd day of May, A D. 1925, by M. L.
Davis, known personally to me tC
be the person acknowledging the
foregoing instrument and that he
signed the same of his own free
will and act and for the intentions
therein expressed.
]. L. SWEENEY,
Notary Public.
(My commission expires January
26, 1929. May-7-14-21
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
Baby Cyclone Visits
w. L. Platt's Ranch

W. L. Platt, while in town this
week, told of what must have been
little cyclone at his ranch, IL
miles southeast from st. Johns,
short while back. He said the
twister swept down in the cedars
and uprooted hundreds of trees in
strip about quarter of a mile
long and so to rs yards wide.
Such storms are foreign in Ari-
zona and this is the first in the
history of Apache county 1t did
no harm further than to level
path through the cedars, but If
there had been buildings in it's
course they would have been de-
molished. The storm occurred in
the evening and was over in few
minutes.-St. Johns Observer.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
Game Warden Will
Arrange To Build
New Fish Hatchery

D. E. Pettis, state game warden,
has gone to Springerville to ar
range the details for the construc-
tion of new state fish hatchery
at Greer, in the White mountains.
The new hatchery which is in the
same vicinity as the present fish
hatchery, near Springerville, will
be devoted exclusively to the
Matching of trout eggs.
Work on the new hatchery will
be started as soon as the roads are
sufficiently free from mud and
snow to allow the trucking of ma
terial and supplies in to the new
hatchery.
The new hatchery will consist of
approximately Is troughs for hatch
ing the eggs and will be located
in one of the mountain streams
near Greer, only a few miles from
Springerville.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
State Receivers Entire
Deposit In Duncan Bank

PHOENIX-The full amount of
the state deposit in the Bank of
Duncan, of Duncan, Arizona, when
the bank closed it's doors on March
%, 1926, has been recovered by the
state, it was announced yesterday
by Vernon S. Wright, state treas
urer.
The state had $4,000 on deposit
in the bank at the time it closed,
covered by Liberty bonds and sure
ty bonds aggregating $4,000.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
Secretary Of State
Collects $114,883 In
Fees During April

The total fees collected in the of
fee of the secretary of state for
the month of April totaled $114,-
883.46 according to a report issued
yesterday by James H. Kerby, sec
retary of state.
The fees collected during the
month are divided as follows: Auto
mobile license fees, $40,3S4; gaso-
line tax, $74,22196; and miscellan-
eous fees $277.50.
The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
MisapprOp ria tiOn
Of S12,5OO Charged
To Banker OF Yuma

neutrality-suspicious. of $12,-
521 and requirement through this
sum of an additional amount of
$12,500 is charged to J. E. Frank
lin, prominent Yuma banker, in a
civil suit filed in supreme court
here by the Mortgage Guaranty and
Security company. Until April 1,
Mr.. Franklin was president of the
nj o in if nOrnnra fiOn