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Evening star., 1926-12-01
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

NEW ORLEANS. December 1.-The
Shell Island Products Co. has been
formed here with a capital OF $780,
900 to manufacture chicken feed. lime
and road material from oyster shells
on the Shell Island Reef leased by the
company. A $175,000 plant Will be
erected
HIGHLAND, Calf, December l.
Citrus fruit growers in the San Ber'
nardino district near here are report
ed to have refused offers of $4,000 an
acre for their land. Prices of fruit
lands in this district have almost dou-
bled in the last two years.
HELENA, Mont, December 1.-The
wheat growers of Montana have in
creased remarkably in efficiency, ac-
cording to the Department Of Agricul-
ture officials here. The average acre
age per farmer has now increased
from SO in 1909 to $50 in 1926.
DETROIT, December Farmers
along the Lake Michigan shore have
received checks totaling 1852, 100 for
the purchase Of the first installment
Of their 1926 sugar beet crop from the
Menominee River Sugar Co. Approx
mately 1900 tons Of sugar beets at
$3.50 ton were purchased by the
company.
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COTTON SLOWER
! IN TRADING TODAY.
Slight Declines Due to Fine
Weather for Picking in
Southern Belt.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December 1.-The
cotton market opened steady today
ak a decline of to points ander
renewed Southern hedge selling, ap-
parently combined with further local
and Wall Street selling promoted by
relatively easy Liverpool cables ana
raarerarrt reports Of freer spot Of
terings in the South.
January contracts sold off to 1Z.lI
IN early trading and March to l2.42'
the general list showing net declines
Of about to points. Trade interests
we're buyers on scale-down orders,
but demand from that source was
lass active than recently, and prices
we're within point or two OF the
lowest at the end Of the first hour.
Private cables reported liquidation
Of near months in Liverpool, with
some investment buying of distant
positions.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS. December l.
Dry and favorable weather for pick
ing and ginning cotton caused the
market here today to open TO
points down. The weather showing
and the bearish character OF the
weekly weather and crop reports Gre
s'ed considerable selling. Pre- bureau
liuuidation and hedge selling was also
feature. December traded down
to 1917. January 10 1920 and March
to 1924, or . to il points below yes
terday's close. Additional December
notices were issued here today.
Liverpool Cotton.
LIVERPOOL, December 1.-Cotton
Spot. moderate business; prices
steady; American strict good mid
ding, 7.75; good middling, 7.4O; strict
midding. 40; middling, 6.75; strict
low middling. 6.35 low middling, $50;
strict good ordinary. 5.45; good ordi-
nary. 4S0. Sales. 1000 bales, includ-
ing 400 American. Receipts, 10000
bales: American, 10.700. Futures
closed barely steady. December, $50;
January. SIS: March. 6.64; May, SIS;
July, 6.S4; October. 6.93
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Washinuton Stock Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Pot. EIec. Pow 7s-1 900 at 100 m
Wash r & F.. pfd--5 at 80. 20 at so
ComI Nail Fanl-10 at 233.
Mergeuthaltr--10 at l06. 10 at l0o
AFTER CALL.
Wash. R, &E $1,000 at s3'. $4,000
Pot Elsc Pow ,pdmoaa at 1997H.
Merch Trans. 4 Stse. pfd-5 at 101 a.
Pot Eicc Pow $500 At 1o7N.
Merch Rank & Trus. 6s--4 at 1917. 2
Canital Trar. $50 600 at a97.. $1,000
a. 90 = 81 600 At 90 "a
Wash Gas as-S5OO At 1OOb.
Pc Elec. Pr. MD a. o 10, %oo.
Carl'al Trac 10 at lo4. 10 at 1o4, 90 at
int 20 Al l04
Nat Met Rank--l AT 406
Rigs Natl. Pank-1n at a..
Monev-Cal loans. 3 II and per cent.
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EARNINGS SHOW GAIN.
American Railway Express Ahead
of 1925-Other REPORTS.

NEW YORK, December / P).-Net
income of American Railway Express
for the first eight months this year
was slightly larger than for the same
period of 1925. $1.4S7,372. against
4Ol ,474. Total income was $780,
9s3655. against $1s6,7l4937.
Skelly Oil Co. earned So a share
on the common stock in the first nine
months of 1926. net earnings amount
ing to $4,965, ,56G.
Net loss of s139.121 for the six
months ended October 81 Is reported
by Amalgamated SILK Corporation.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
BY WILLIAM #. HEFFERNAN.
Received by Privat

NEW YORK, December 1.-The
trading on the Curb Exchange today
was the same sort of professional
speculation which has been in prog
ress throughout the present move
ment, with the outside public taking
only small part in the proceedings AS
has been the case for the past two
weeks. most of the important price
changes occurred on the side of the
advance in specially favorites without
influencing the main body of stocks.
American Light and Traction fea-
tured the public utilities group. with
another of its sharp upturns which
have now become common and excite
little or no surprise. Activity in the
stock merely reflected the confidence
Evening star., 1926-12-01
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wirs Direct to The Star Once

OF those back Of the buying In future
earnings of the company. because
of the high selling price ana the 1act
that the floating supply has been con-
siderably reduced. such sharp ad-
yances as have occurred recently are
thought to have little significance.
After recording a gain of almost
points the subsequent profit-taking
more than offset the Improvement.
The oils again gave good account
of themselves with special buying In
some of the low-priced issues OF the
type Of Gibson Oil. Lion Oil and Re-
fining came in for more attention at
better prices, but most OF the stand
ard issues remained practically un-
changed. The board of governors sus-
pended trading in Euclid Oil and Gas
in accordan nee with article 8, section 6.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
STEEL SLUMP SEEN.

NEW YORK, December / CR.-
Further curtaiment in steel opera
tions has brought the industry to "A
level under. rather than over, 20 per
cent of capacity Iron Age says.
"The Steel Corporation itself is close
to a 73 per cent basis. Signs now
are that the recession will continue
into January, with estimates of 60
per cent rate before an upward turn
will occur"
Evening star., 1926-12-01
MEAT TRADE MIXED.
Wholesale Returns Unsatisfactory
But Volume Good in November.

A review of the meat and livestock
situation in the United States issued
by the Institute of American Meat
Packers. through its Washington
office says:
with f1uctuating beef markets and
prices of pork products showing more
substantial declines than the prices of
hogs, the wholesale meat trade during
November was rather unsatisfactory
from the viewpoint of returns. The
volume of the trade was good, how
ever. especially in the case of fresh
pork products. during the latter part
of the month"
Evening star., 1926-12-01
CANADA'S TRADE JUMPS.
Both Imports and Exports Much
Larger During Year.

BY the Associated Press
OTTAWA, December 1.-Canada's
total trade in the 12 months ended
October 80 is 1929 600, 900 greater than
in the preceding 12 months.
Trade with both the United King
dom and the United States showed a
large increase. Imports from the
latter country for the II months were
S659 600 900, as against $563,O00, 900
the previous year, an increase of
$96 900, 900.
Exports to the United States were
S472 900 900, an increase of $15 100000
for the year.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, December 1 CR.-
Eggs - Irregular: receipts, 1895
cases: nearby hennery whites. close
ly selected extras, 66a6s nearby and
nearby Western hennery whites, firsts
to average extras, 51a65: Pacific
Coast whites, extras. express. un-
quoted; freight. 64a65: Pacific Coast.
whites. firsts to extra firsts, unquoted:
extra firsts, 63a631A.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
Virginia Stock Farmer Dies.

SPECIAL Dlspatch 20 The Star.
WARRENTON. Va, December l.
Eugene G. Gatewood. stock farmer
and director of live stock freight traf-
fic on the Southern Railway, died this
morning in Emergency Hospital from
injuries received two weeks ago. He
was experimenting the clearing Of
wreckage from the tracks at Della
plane Station, near his home, when a
horse standing near kicked him in
the abdomen.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
WEEKS CAR LOADINGS.

Revenue freight loading on the rail
roads for the week ended November
20 aggregated 1,078,Sl2 cars, an in
crease of 20,8S9 cars over the corre-
spending week last year. and Of 67,-
S93 cars over the same week of 1924,
the American Railway Association an
nounced today. The weeks total was
a decrease of 34,O74 cars under the
preceding week.
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10 MORE BUS COMPANIES.

NEW YORK. December (SpeciaD.
Twelve disappearing companies
were incorporated in the United States
in November to engage in intercty
service. OF this number three were
capitalized at 100000 or more, name
ly. the Jersey City and Rutherford Bus
Co. Of Jersey City, n. j.; the Rapid
Auto Transit Co, Tulsa, Okla, and
the Gibbsboro Transportation Co.,
Camden, n. j., Bus Transportation re-
ports.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
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 II they simply had
asked their. banker to tell them what
he knew of some supposedly wonder.
full investment.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
STOCKS EX DIVIDEND.

NEW YORK, December l R.-
Securities selling ex dividend today on
the New York Stock Exchange include
F.. I. du Pont de Nemours common,
Union Pacific common, United States
Cast Iron Pipe common, American
Sugar Refining common. Canadian
Pacific common, Chicago & North
western common, Chile Copper. Texas
Gulf SULPHUR, Laclede Gas common
and Vanadium Corporation.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
FRENCH FRANCS STRONG.

NEW YORK. December CP.-
French francs quickly made up the
loss of Tuesday and so did Italian
lire. The reinVeStment of French
capital in the franc is not urgent the
way it was two and three weeks ago,
but it shows on every opportunity, as
on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
NEW CUSTOMS RECORD.

BALTIMORE. December l (SpeciaD.
The largest customs duty receipts in
the history of Baltimore as seaport
were collected last month. They
totaled s2.222 $50. according to Col
lector Charles Hoffman, in compari-
son to s1.672,229 received during No
vember, 1925.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
PARIS ROURsE HEAVY.

PARIS, December ! R.-Prices
were heavy on the BOurse today.
Three per cent rentes, ~ francs 80
centimes. Exchange on London, 13O
francs As centimes. Fiv7 per cent
loan, So francs 95 cen,imes. The
dollar was quoted at &c francs 80 cen
times
Evening star., 1926-12-01
RISE IN RATES VOTED.

NEW YORK, December l R).-An
increase in commission rates on all
foreign business. except Canadian, and
an increase in the differential on one
of the grades of bonded wheat were
authorized by members of the New
York Produce Exchange yesterday in
voting amendments to the grain fu-
tllrps market rules.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
Soldier Ordered Held.
ni.nafnh a. Thn Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, December l.
George Muntean. soldier of the
Quartermaster'S Office, Fort Myer. ar
rested Yesterday by Sheriff Howard
B. Fields and deputies. who uncov-
cred about 80 cases Of beer and a vat
near the military reservation. was or
dered held for action of the grand
fury by Judge Harry r. Thomas in
Police Govt this morning. Pond Of
$500 was furnished and Muntean was
released
Evening star., 1926-12-01
RECEIVERSHIP DENIED.
Tobacco Association, However
May Halt Certain Payments.

LOUISVILLE, December l R).-
Receivership for the Dark Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association was
denied today by Federal Judge Charles
I. Dawson In a triple -phased opin-
ion, however, he signif1ed that he
would grant motion of counsel for
20 members who brought the receiv-
ership action for an injunction re,
straining the association from paying
certain obligations from proceeds Of
tobacco and appoint master of ac-
counting to make settlements with
members for crops delivered in the
past.
The opinion also held that the as
sociation could not compel members
to deliver their tobacco to the pool.
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RAILWAY SIGNAL EXTRA.

NEW YORK. December / R).-
General Railway Signal declared an
extra dividend of 25 cents on the COM
mon stock and the regular quarterly
of 81. also the regular s1.50 on the
preferred, all payable January | to
holders of record December 10.
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HOLIDAY SALES LIVELY.

NEW YORK. December l LR-Big
holiday business by mail order houses
ia reflected in November sales of Mont
gomery Ward & Co., which rose TO
S19,S77.S11 from $1s,794362 In Novem-
ber. 1925, and from the eleven months
this year to $l76.l59.l34 from $751;
300, $50 a year ago.
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REGULAR DIVIDEND.

PHILADELPHIA. December I up.
The directors Of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad today declared a regular
quarterly dividend of q per cent on
the common stock and an extra divi-
dend of per cent.
Evening star., 1926-12-01
INDUSTRIALS.

Following is a list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
SLAYER TO PLEAD
'UNWR|TTEN LAW"
Rancher Declares Cowboy
Tried to Shoot Him When
Found With His Wife.

ALLIANCE, Nebr.. July 24.--Sef-
defense and the ''unwritten law" will
be the defense of Albert Hill, 45-year.
old rancher, of near Gordon, who last
Tuesday night shot and killed Neal
Oblennis, %. a cowboy on his ranch.
Hill said he had mistrusted Oblen.
mis- and his wife and, Tuesday morn
ing. told them he was leaving for two
days. Instead of leaving Hill said he
hid in the granary, and surprised
Oblennis and his wife together.
II knocked my wife down and then
started to fight Oblennis," Hill re.
lated. "He got tie worst of it and
ran to the garage and got a repeating
shotgun. / got my shotgun, too, and
for my own protection shot and killed
him as he came toward me. ready
to shoot"
Hill then told how the body fell in
the hog yard. how he went to bed,
got UP at midnight, piled the body in
his car and buried it in shallow
pit in the sand hills several miles
away lie then returned home,
warned his wife about mentioning
that scandal" and left home to aid
another rancher III his harvest several
miles away
Hills arrest and confession resulted
from an investigation of Oblennis' abb
sence by neighbors.
Oblennis recently became estranged
from his wife. They have one child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
GEN. FRANK LAHM
IS ORDERED HERE
Probably Win Succeed FeChet
as Head of Air Corps
Training Branch.

Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm. one OF
the two new general officers in the
Army Air Corps, has been ordered
here from San Francisco for month
of temporary duty"
Army circles believe he later will
succeed Brig. Gen. Fechet in charge
OF air training and operations, While
Gen. Fechet will go to Kelly Field,
Tex, to take command of the largest
Air Corps station.
Gen Lahm is graduate of West
Point, and has had service which
we'll equips him to take charge of the
responsible post for which he seems
slated here.
He was born in Ohio in 1877 and
was appointed from there to the Mill
tary Academy. He was for a long
time in the Signal Corps, graduated
from the mounted service school in
1911, and served overseas as a colonel
In the Air Service during the World
War in the branch known as lighter
than-air training. He was awarded
the Distinguished Service medal for
his services during the war.
AS one of the prominent free bal
loon pilots the young officer took in
terest early in aviation and followed
the subject with much interest, ac-
cording to officers here who are IA
miliar with his career. 1t was said Of
him yesterday that his activities and
zest for the possibilities of the Air
Service We're among the important
factors in stimulating early work in
aviation.
Gen. Lahm is both a free balloon
and airplane pilot. He has been in
command of air forces at the San
Francisco headquarters of the corps
area. After the World War he served
for four years on the general staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Records in the office of Chatham NJ.
Towers. collector of taxes, show that
there are three men and one invest
ment corporation that purchases Ger
tlfcates to a large percentage of all
property sold at the public sale. These
are Charles II. WiltSie of Rochester,
n. Y: Manuel Faust of Cleveland,
Ohio; T. j. Rout of this city and the
National Mortgage and Investment
Corporation, also of this city.
There were 10000 pieces of prop
erty sold at the last public sale in
March. and these bought tax certifi-
Gates to 1868 pieces. The remain
ing parcels that were sold were ac-
quired by 80 different bidders.
Mr.. Niltsie is credited with acquir-
ing 2,423 lots at a cost of $17S,265 "a;
Mr.. Faust. with 6.0a2 lots. for which
he paid S129,670.94; Mr.. Rout, with
1893 lots, at a cost of $104, 124.36. and
the National Mortgage and Invest
ment Corporation, with 659 lots, at q
cost of $77,32O.62.
At the 1925 tax sale the same men
We're the largest purchasers. They
acquired $3.50 of the total of S.93T
pieces that were sold. Mr.. Wiltsie
bought 1907. lots at a cost of $685.
1903: Mr.. Faust. 4.6T1 lots, at cost
of S90.S72.S9: Mr.. Rout. 1. o53 lots. at a
cost of STITCHES. and the National
Mortgage and Investment Corporation,
SIS lots. at a cost of sT3.0S95S.
Tax Assessor Richards is one of the
strongest proponents of the plan for
changing the system Of tax sales in
order TO give property owners addi-
tional protection as we'll as give the
District and not the tax title pur-
chasers the benefit of the additional
funds collected from delinquent tax
DaVprS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
POLICE FIGHT. CROWD
IN MAKING AN ARREST
Riot Call Sounded for Reserves to
Restore Order When Mans
Friends Interfere.

A riot cali was sounded for police
reserves to restore order at Sixteenth
and A streets early last night when
a large crowd of white and colored
men attempted to prevent an arrest
by Policeman III. w. Gather of the
fifth precinct,
Gather was getting ready to take
a colored man to the police box on
a disorderly conduct charge when a
few of the mans friends interfered
Before the tumult died.. Henry Rinke,
member of the police flying squad
ron'' Fireman Paul Grisso of No.
s Engine Company: Detective Ser
geant Dennis Murphy. Detective Ser
geant Springmann, Chauffeur Jake
Wolf and a half a dozen others had
gotten into the mix-up. The first
three happened to be in the neighbor-
hood when the trouble started.
The name of the man whose arrest
caused the fighting is not yet known
to the police. AT the station house
where he was finally taken, after
Rinke subdued him with a halfNel-
son grip while the others were
standing off a crowd of between so
and IS persons, the man refused to
talk.
When asked his name. he would
not reveal it. Finally. his actions led
police to send him to Gallinger Hos
pital for examination
1t took almost half an hour to dis
perse the crowd which collected at the
scene No serious injuries resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BILL PLANNED TO END BUSINESS
OF BUYING TAX CERTIFICATES

OontimIed from First Page.)
are paid the certificates to the prop
erty are sold in March of each year.
Buyers OF these certificates hold
them for two years and the property
owners have the privilege of redeem
ing them within this period by paving
penalty OF ! per cent interest
month on the amount of the tax due.
The holder of the certificate at the
END OF two years, therefore collects
an interest of - per cent, if redemp.
ton Is made at that time. If not re-
deemed then the certificate holder is
given "a deed to the property by the
District
Cases are known TO District officials
where property owners failed to make
a. tax payment one year and paid the
levy regularly afterward. and then
discovered to their surprise that the
property had been sold at Il tax sale.
This situation. il was said. is due to
the fact that the annual tax bills do
not carry an item for any delinquency
in the preceding year. Unless the
taxpayers consult the tax records he
fore procuring a new bill, il was ex-
planned. they may find themselves
paying taxes on property on which
tax certificate buyer has claim.
1t is the custom Of the tax certifi-
cate buyers. according To District off.
Gals. to notify the owners of the prop
erty on which they have secured the
deed, that they can regain title to it
by paying the "a per cent penalty in
addition to an interest fee. A nominal
interest of per cent has been charged
in some cases. it was said. but there
is no law to regulate the rate of in
terest for redemption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
CRIME BOARD ACTS
TO STOP GUN SALE.
Commission Hears Proposals
to Tax and Keep Record
of All Pistols Sold.

NEW YORK, July 24.-The Ma
tional Crime Commission today turned
it's heavy artillery to the task of
silencing the pistol of the criminal.
Representative Ogden l.. Mills led
the attack, supported by other prom
inent speakers. who urged the imposi
ton of high taxes on pistols, a sys-
tenn for registering their sale and the
restriction of Sale to police. Army and
Navy officers. Mr.. Mills suggestions
for checking crime were contained in
a letter read to the National Crime
Commissions special subcommittee
which Is studying the relation of the
sale of small arms to crime.
IndOrsing the views of Mr.. Mills
Commissioner of Police Mclaughlin
advised the committee that only the
police should be allowed to sell pistols.
las To sportsmen's activities" he
said, ''if ii comes TO an issue, | be-
iieve they will prove their American
ism by living up to any laws we find
1t necessary to enact. even If such
laws hurt their sport"
Police Commissioner Herbert VII
son of Boston suggested that the com
mission write into any proposed law a
pro vision that would make 1t a felony
TO possess a pistol with a silencer at
tached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
SOUSA AIDS IT. s. ARMY BANDS
NPUTTINC MORE 'sZIP'' in MUSIC
Suggests Use of Famous
Instrumentation of
British Guards.
Capt. Santelmann Holds
Plan Good But Not
Necessary in Peace.

John Philip Sousa, master of the
military march. is helping the War
Department put more zip in Army
band music.
He thinks the famous Guards Band
in England is in a class by itself. and
has suggested that American military
bands adopt its peculiar instrumental
ton.
Capt. William II. Santelmann. lead.
er OF the United States Marine Band,
questioned last night as TO his opinion
OF the ACCESSIBILITY Of using the Brit.
ish Instrumentation, declared he
thought some OF the foreign bands
might well emulate American
methods.
Il have n high regard for Comdr.
Sousa's judgment. however" Capt.
Santelmann said THE British
Guards have n way all their own of
putting zip and 2est into their selec-
lions. They depend for the i'm
pressive effect on unusual instru-
ments. Their Instrumentation is Of
the spectacular sort.
We used those methods during the
war, because they were stirring and
helped To inspire the listeners. Since
the war we have seen no need for
them. We have plenty of zip. never
theiess. believe we in America have
some things that foreign bands would
do well to COPY"
Capt. Santelmann indicated that
music OF the spectacular sort. calcu.