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Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-31
IN DANGEROUS WATERS

Investigation into the wreck of the Northwestern at Cape Nudge may place the blame this thing that-but the blame, eventually must go to the tide rips and snowstorms and vagrant currents of the most dan gerous waters in the world, says the Seattle Star
 It is pleasant thing for skipper to pile up his ship Alaskan reef but many othem have done it, and little blame attach to them Certainly Captain Livingston of the Northwestern proved himself man in the hour of disaster; his backed him up to the last man. spa
 blnding blizzard; darkness; boiling eddies and swiring tiderps Lights plotted out by the storm. Mar waters churning, tossing ship like chip between the rocky shores It is easy to say Thus should the captain have done It is far far different thing to take ship in safety thru those waters Ninety times out of hundred by superhuman skill and long e perience it is done.
 Then comes the hundredth time.
 Let us be thankful that in this years wrecks, no lives have been lost New ships be built and shippers found to take them out. Let honor those shippers facing day after day. night after night their nerverack ing strain Let remember the hundreds of times they wn forget the few times nature thru fault of theirs beat them at their dangerous game.
 The proposed American Legion wet-and-dry straw vote suggests that since the boys have been back they political issue.
 Many make good, but real success is keep ing good.
 If all the wealth in this country divided up each person would have Mysteries
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-31

If all the wealth in this country divided up each person would have mysteries
Smyrna times., 1927-05-11
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
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Smyrna times., 1927-05-11
NOTICE

We have been appointed to admins
ter upon the Estate of Robert H. Hill,
deceased. All those having claims
against the Estate will please present
same and those owing said estate
make settlement.
MRS. SALLIE C. WILDS
CHARLES J. SUDLER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
BRISK ADVANCE
IN MANY STOCKS
Rails and IndustriaIs Are
Among Leaders-C. & 0.
Hits New Peak.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YOR-, October 1.-THE re.
cover' in stock prices, which set In
yesterday on the Unexpectedly small
increase in brokers' loans. continued
today under the leadership Of the
rails and industrials.
More than a score issues were ele.
railroad average mounting to the
highest level since 1908. Gains OF
to 4 points were quite common. with
trading fairly heavy for a half holi-
day session.
The usual week end realizing sales
made their ar"earance, but in most
cases thev wera easily absorbed and
fall to stem the tide Of rising prices
in the & neral list. The brisk rise
in the high.priced industrials indi.
Gated a scarcity of offerings, while
many of the low and medium priced
shar-s were pushed up by the activ.
itv Of pools, acting on the theory tina:
easier call money rates were likely
next week.
The weekly clearing house state
ment, however, disclosed deficit in
reserve of s23.772,56O as against ex-
cess reserve of SIS, 067 ,450 a week ago
Rails Extra Strong.
Rails gave another impressive DEM
onstiation of strength, despite the
disa" pointing character of some of
the recent earnings and traffic state
ments. Canadian Pacific and Chesa-
peake & Ohio shared individual hon
ors, the former climbing points to
1921, the highest since 1914, while
the latter advanced 3h points to 209.
the highest on record. nickel Plate"
common touched another new top at
1853. But Erie common ran into
profit taking after it's jump Of nearly
points yesterday, closing fraction
allv lower.
Public utilities continued to respond
to reports of impending mergers and
expanding earnings. Commonwealth
Power ran up more than A points
to TAN, and was followed into new
high ground by Peoples Gas, Ameri-
can Water Works (old), Electric
Power &: Light. North American Co.
and few others.
New Tops In Industrials.
Among the industrials new highs
also were recorded by Green Cananea
Copper, Calumet and Arizona. Gillette
Safety Razor, international Silver and
Rossia Insurance, directors Of the last
named announcing a proposed in
crease in capitalization.
The weekly bank statement showed
aggregate reserve Of S617 1880 The
detailed statement Of actual condition
this day showed mixed changes.
Loans. discounts and investments in
creased $184, 452 900; net demand de.
posits, S202 1853 900, and time deposits,
Sill $50. 900. Cash in own vaults drop
ped $1,0S6 900, and reserve in the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of member banks
60
A jump Of more than 20 points in
Japanese yen, which were again
quoted around 46B cents, was the
only change of consequence in the for.
eign exchange market. European
rates held firm. with demand sterling
around S4.S6 3-16. and French francs
around 1925 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
TRUST COMPANY MAKES FINE
SHOWING UNDER PRESENT HEAD
Continental Stock Now Well Above Par.
Bankers Urged to Watch Costs-Lunch-
con Group Grows In Usefulness.

to the conference, in full confidence
that they will be promptly solved.
Usually Frank G.. Addison. jr., will
lead the debate on any question or
law, nearly always settling it, but
Harry V. Haynes, e. J. McQuade,
Bert Gately or Will Spaid will join In
the discussion and eventually reach
a conclusion.
Heart of the Association.
The luncheon group is really the
heart of the Bankers Association. The
president of that organization pre-
sides, or in his absence, vice presl'
dent, and the other officers are usual
ly gathered around the board.
Matters of vital Importance to the
association are discussed at these
gatherings, which are always open to
officers of banks in this city. Junior
or senior. The gathering assemblies ut
12:45 pm. Wednesdays.
Action in Bank Shares.
The month of September will be
remembered for some time because
of the sharp advance and rather lib
era1 trading in bank stocks. EVIL
IDENTIFY some investors have been
looking over the records here and
in other cities and have noticed the
more or less positive trend of bank
values toward higher figures with
each succeeding year.
September witnessed a smart re-
covery to new high points of Ameri-
can Security e Trust Co. stock after
two years hesitation during which 1t
eased off to 1870 from 1890. then cur
rent. Selling by some of the insiders
was partially responsible for this set
back.
It's recovery to around $400 a share
was slow. but something broke loose
the other day, for the stock started
going up like n speed wagon and 1t
topped $470 before September was
laid away.
Commercials gain has not been so
marked. 1t was high last year at
$3.50. but reacted to $3.50. The shares
have again moved up. this time 70
s270. Federal American, District Ma
tional Metropolitan, in fact most all
the bank and trust company shares
on the local list have scored ad-
vances.
1t is possible that holding COM
panies have been accommodating
shares, but orders seem to have come
from Eastern cities.
Fine Showing in Four Months.
Friends Of the Potomac Electric
preferred shares have been given an
excellent return on their investment
the advance equaling more than q
full wears return on their stock, al
though but four months have passed
since this $5,0O0,0OO issue was floated.
The stock was put out at S99 a
share and Is now strong around 105.
Washington Railway common con-
tinues to advance in it's usual mys-
terious manner. The dividend is Z
per cent and it requires the view
point of an optimist and an en-
thusiast to see where and how 1t
can ever obtain more than that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
CURB ISSUES SCORE
new HIGH LEVELS
Buying Movement Resumed With
Considerable Vigor in Sat-
urday Trading.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 1.-The broad
and impressive buying movement in
the curb market that reached
definite stage in the late dealings
Friday was resumed today with con.
siderable vigor for a half holiday ses-
sion. Numerous issues registered fur.
Their gains to new high quotations for
the year.
Railroad shares demanded attention
with new highs reached in New York
Central, new, and New Haven pre-.
ferred, new. Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul, new, also was In increased
demand at gains Of about point
range.
Dominion Stores. Great Lakes
Dredging. Long Island Light and
Tubize Artificial Silk scored new high
records, and other wide upturns OF
the session included Ford Motor OF
Canada, g.; Long Island Light. 8;
Mengels Co., 6%, and Curtis Publish
ing, 5 points.
Bonds were also traded on a large
scale, with Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul issues featuring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02

BOSTON. October (SpeciaD.-The
wool market was active at the close
Of the week and prices were firm
Fine territory was quoted at 1.12a1.15
clean basis, French combing at 1.05a
1903, half blood at 1.00a1.O5, three
eighths blood at 92a95 and quarter
blood at 82aS5. Fine Ohio grade
fieeces were quoted at 451aa46 grease
basis, half blood at 45a45l1, three
eighths blood at 441aa45 and quarter
blood at 44lza45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
WHEAT GOES HIGHER,
CORN ALSO STRONG
Aggressive Buying in Grain in
Chicago Market After Down
turn at Start.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 1.--Aggressive
buying on the part of spectators ran
wheat prices up today after down
turn at the start. Initial declines
were due to a bearish construction
which in some quarters was placed on
Canadian crop estimates. Starting un'
changed to Il off. wheat sagged a
little more and then rose to we'll above
yesterdays finish. Corn. oats and pro-
visions also developed firmness, corn
opening unchanged to as higher and
continuing to display strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
DODGE EARNINGS SLUMP.

NEW YORK, October (SpeciaD.-
Earnings Of Dodge Brothers, Inc, for
the 8 months TO August 81, were
equivalent to $1.19 a share for the
combined class A and class b shares.
This compared with $l.08 earned on
the common in the first six months
of the wear.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
TUSSOCK MOTH
MAY Be KILLED
With ARSE,NATE

WASHINGTON (F0 - Injurious to
apples, pears and other deciduouS
fruits, second brood of the white
marked tussock moth makes It's ap-
pearance this month.
A good spraying with lead arsenate,
the American Nature association ad-
vises, will be of vast benefit in con-
trolling the caterpillars Additional
measures include Scraping off and
burning the egg masses and cocoons
that will be found plastered to build
ings, tree trunks and other prominent
places.
The tussock moth is one of the worst
shade tree pests. Under favorable con-
ditions it is capable of increasing to
enormous numbers, and its caterpillars
may completely defoliate the shade and
park trees of community. Excepting
conifers, it attacks almost every variety
of tree, especially poplar, soft maple,
elm, alder, birch and willow. It has
been known to do considerable dam
age to orchards by eating holes in
green fruit.
Tussock caterpillars remain as cater
pillars from a month to five weeks.
When full grown, they spin delicate,
grayish cocoonS of silk, mixed with
hairs from their bodies, and within
these cocoons they transform to
pupae, and, about two weeks later,
these change into moths of which the
females are wingless. The males have
well-developed, White-marked wings OF
grayish hue. Egg clusters, containing
from one to several hundred, are pro-
tected with a white, froth-like sub
stance.
About an inch ana q na1f long, the
full grown caterpillar is striking in
appearance. Four white, brush-like
tufts of tussocks-Stand upright
in a row on the back. A pair of long
black plumes protrude over the hind
end of the body. Shorter, yellow hairs
are scattered over the creature, while
broad, black band, bordered with
yellow, extends the full length of the
back. The head is red, and there are
red spots behind the tufts on the
| back.
I An irritating skin rash, caused by
small, barbed hairs shed by the cater
pillar, may appear on the body o.
J anyone upon whom it has fallen.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
PHONOFILM PROMPTER .
HAS DIFFICULT JOB

LONDON, R-Bernard Shaw, Sybil
Thorndike and her husband and man
ager, Lewis Casson, have been making
a speaking film out of "St JOAN"
Miss Thorndike carried "St. Joan" to
success on the London stage.
"The problem OF. prompting becomes
very acute in the speaking films" Cas-
son says. "The actor who dries up
and loses his lines is great tragedy
when he is speaking at the same time
a camera is registering his acting. OF
course trained actors do not actually
dry up very often, but they hesitate
and hesitation is magnified so much
on the phonofilm that it is almost
enough to destroy the illusion"
CasSon thinks the speaking film has
an interesting future but he says ex-
periments with "St. JOAN have not
advanced far enough to make it GER
tain that the film will be released for
general use.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
ILLITERACY IN FRANCE
SEEMS TO INCREASE

PARIS, R- -Illiteracy seems to be
increasing in France. Educators pro-
pose to do something about it.
One-sixth of the French population,
statistics show, are classed as illiterate,
which means here that they cannot
read and write. There are three and
one half per cent who do not even
know the letters of the alphabet. This
is said to be seven times the proper
ton in Germany and S5 times the per-
centage in Sweden.
Absence of children from school has
increased until more than one-ninth
fail to attend classes.
A number of congresses and organi-
zations are urging some arrangement
for supplementary instruction of young
people who left school to help earn
the family living. They hope, later,
also to improve the general system of
education SO that children who have
gone through the grade schools can
get further training while they work.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
Stage Set For Warm
Senatorial Fight In
tennessee Campaign

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept 10 R,-The
stage has been set for Tennessee's
forthcoming senatorial campaign a
year in advance of the primary. Con-
gresham Finis ]. Garrett, minority
leader of the house, has announced
that he will seek the democratic nomi-
nation from Senator Kenneth D. Nc
Kellar. The primary will be held in
August, 1923.
Congressman Garrett has represented
the ninth Tennessee district for IL
consecutive terms in the house and he
has been minority leader since 1921.
Another veteran Of the house, Con-
gresham John N. Garner of Texas,
has been mentioned as his successor
to leadership of the minority.
Senator Mcclellan served in the
house continuously from 19l1-1916, was
elected to the senate in the latter year,
and was reelected for the term which
expires in 1929.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
BYRD BUILDS Drawn TO CARRY
j HIM THROUGH FLIGHT PERILS

WASHINGTON, R)-The successful
explorer is not only one who explores.
He is one who makes his preparations
with such care that he will be ready
to meet any eventuality
Commander Richard E. Byrd is an
example. Endowed with the explorers
imagination, equipped with the sea-
farerS courage and schooled in the
essential sciences, his friends describe
him as man who overlooks nothing.
He even thinks of his own muscles
and physical resistance to the rigors
of nature.
That point was disclosed here in
"reminiscences over his preparations for
the polar flight which. clinched his
fame. He was at the time spending
his days in an office in the Navy build
ing, having been recalled to active duty
at his own request SO that he might
make the flight as a member of the
service. Not far away is the Young
Mems Christian association, with a
gymnasium.
Every evening after completing his
office work this good looking, refined
sort o. guy appeared quietly at the
gymnasium and went through Sys-
tenn of vigorous calisthenics Hardly
any of his companions in this phase
of his preparations knew his name nor
that he was preparing himself to with
stand the polar climate. But they did
know he was no Weakling, that for
man in his 3O's he was getting mighty
good with the heavy weights and the
wrestling, and those who contested
with him had reason to believe that,
while it was possible he was emulating
the mothers dream of a perfect child,
eating everything that was placed be-
fore him, he was extremely careful
about what was put there.
Further, when it came time to pick
his companions on his various flights
it was observed that he selected men
who not only were equipped mentally
for the work assigned to them, but
were husky fellows as well. DR.. Will
liam S. cambridge, who attended the
transatlantic party in Paris, found
that out, concluding that only their
exceptionally strong constitutions en-
abled them to survive.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
SOCIETY AIDS OF BLACKMAILERS
TURNED Up BY SCOTLAND YARD

LONDON, R-Sensational cases
which resulted in one blackmailer
going to prison for life have revealed
to Scotland Yard the existence OF
society go-between who supply the
material used in extracting money
from blackmail victims.
The blackmailer's assistants ingratl-
ate themselves in the best society, and,
through their privileged position, learn
secrets that the persons affected would
buy to keep from the world.
A former army officer, connected
with a prominent family, made the
acquaintance of the daughter OF a
wealthy man, and, in the guise of her
lover, learned a secret of her past that
she was anxious to keep from her
father.
In due course the information was
passed on to blackmailer well known
to Scotland Yard. One member OF
his gang after another approached her
for hush money, and all the while the
lover was drawing his percentage OF
their gains. Under the strain Of it
the health of the girl broke down, and
she vanished from the house where
she had been staying. Many months
afterwards she was found dead.
Among the traffickers in secrets OF
value to blackmailers are spurious in
quiry agents. Called in to look after
the interests of clients in the hands OF
blackmailers, some questionable per-
sons double cross" their clients.
Sometimes the bitter is bitten, as in
the instance of the son of manu-
facturer, who had for more than five
years eked out an existence by working
with blackmailers at the expense OF
young fellows he trapped into indiscre-
tions in his company.
The prospect of brilliant marriage
made it worth his while to give up his
ways, but another member of the gang
ferreted out his secret and from that
moment the former ally Of blackmailerS
was himself their victim. In the be-
lief that he could get straight when
he handled the dowry of his bride he
had recourse to money-lenderS to. meet
the demands of the blackmailers, but
before the date Of the wedding some
thing leaked out and the engagement
was broken The man now is in South
America, o fugitive from justice.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
NOTED FEMINIST
SEEKS DIVORCE
in PARIS COURT

NEW YORK, QP-The martial af-
fairs of Dudley Field Malone, lawyer
of international note, came before the
Paris courts for a second time when
Doris Stevens, writer, economist and
suffrage leader, brought suit for di-
vorce.
Six years ago-in the summer of
1921-a Paris court granted the decree
divorcing Mr.. Malone and his first
wife.
Mr.. Malone's interest in the cause
of women's rights brought about his
meeting with Miss Stevens when he
offered his legal services for woman
suffrage pickets who had been arrested
for their demonstration in front of the
White House. In December, 1921, they
were married.
Rumors have cropped up that di-
vorce was expected, but as recently as
July Is Miss Stevens denied the re-
ports. A little more than a week
later, however, the first hearing of a
suit brought by Miss Stevens was
heard
Close friends of the couple have said
that while their romance had not
ended, such incompatibility of tenn
rperament existed that they could not
get along.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
SCHOOL HEADS
START ROUNDUP
in RESERVATION

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, (P)-The Amer
ican mother is abandoning the idea
that her school days ended when she
began rearing a family, says DR.. Ada
L. Comstock, president of Radcliffe
college.
Women are more and more carrying
on their mental development, she be-
lieves, without neglecting the family or
the household.
"We are coming to think of educa-
ton as a process no longer confined
to the period of school and college
training" said DR.. Comstock to the
American Association of University
Women "Chatauquas and women's
clubs pushed over the border a few
years ago. They gave mature people
chance to use their minds once
more on the reading of books and the
writing of papers, on learning and ex-
pressing.
parents, SO long the sources of edu-
cation, have been in the last few years
the willing subjects of it. Alumnae
and alumni of colleges are demanding
lists of selected reading matter.
cit is possible, think, that we are
coming to take different attitude
toward our own lives. Stiff joints and
rotundity of figure are not SO newt
able as we used to think them. A
woman used often to say L have moth
ing to live for but my children Are
we not beginning to see that while
our bodies are strong and our minds
keen they deserve the means to con-
tinue their developments"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
ALIENS BOOTLEG
BIRTH PROOFS
F 0 R CHILDREN

WASHINGTON Sept. 10 H1-
Bootlegging of birth certificates is a
mushroom growth that has developed
under the right provisions of the
restrictive immigration law.
The practice stems from the fact
that children of aliens born in the
United States are citizens and, there
fore entitled to enter the country
without reference to immigration
requirements. No matter how alien
their names may be, they can get
in without difficulty if they can
prove that they were born on Amer
ican SOIL
Much of the bootlegging of birth
certificates is not q commercial but
friendly act. A relative, or friend
of a relative, or an acquaintance OF
a friend abroad wants to come to
the United States where wealth is
relatively easy to obtain. But the
quota law stands in the way, so a
request is made for the loan of a
birth certificate which will greatly
simplify matters. And all too fire.
quently it is granted, in purely
friendly spirit, with a feeling Of
certainty that no harm can come
to the United States through such
an act and that, therefore, it can
not be a crime.
Nevertheless, the law takes no
cognizance of the friendly nature Of
such violation It is just as much
violation as if the certificate had
been sold or loaned for considera-
tion, as often happens.
Occasionally one is found which is
an outright forgery, and many act
ual certificates are altered although
in most cases the would be immi-
grant takes the simpler course and
merely changes his name to that Of
the citizen who loaned it to him.
All, however, are checked very care
fully by the state department with
the aid of various government agen-
cies, and officials here believe that
few spurious citizens" get into the
country.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-11
Urges Staging Fires
To Amuse PdrisiGns

PARIS, R)-The sight of fire appa-
ratus whizzing through the streets is
not so frequent in France as in Amer
ica. Some seem to feel the need OF
the thrill little more often.
One serious Paris paper has Sug-
gested that wooden huts, be put in the
streets and set afire every now and
then, in order to provide amusement
for the fire-loving public and test OF
speed for the firemen.
In the villages where wooden homes
are almost unknown--a fire is indeed
rare thrill. Sometimes there isn't
one from one end of the year to The
other. But the "pompiers," and the
public have their fun just the same.
Every year day is set aside in some
villages in which a. fire is built, just
to test the speed of the volunteers,
who hustle from home and workshop
to pull the pump to the scene of the
blaze.