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Evening star., 1927-04-24
Bridegroom 81 Years Old

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STUART, Va, April 23,-Announce-
ment is made here of the marriage of
A. j. Willard, 81 years old. to Mrs.
Mary Tuggle, aged 20, who secured
license from the county clerk and
were wed in his Office by Elder S. A..
Thompson.
Willard, who resides at Petersburg
was q Civil War veteran
Evening star., 1927-04-24

Chestnut trees which covered the
Connecticut hillsides, once q source of
income 10 the farmer. are all gone,
and with them went the native supply
of poles for carrying telephone and
telegraph wires. -.A..
Evening star., 1927-04-24

Don't assume from the noise in the
apartment upstairs that the family
has taken up Russian dancing. They
are probably chasing a moth.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
AITCHlS0N ADVISES
LAW SPECIALIZING

Clyde b. Aitchison. Interstate Com
mefee Commissioner, speaking before
students of the Washington College of
Law, assembled at their thir5;eth an.
nual banquet at Rauscher's last night,
admonished the young men and WON.
en- to specialize in their legal practice.
Taking for his subject, the Lawyer
as a Pubic Servant" Mr.. Aitchison
pointed out how the lawyer in Wash.
ington is called upon to perform par
tieular duties and urged the students
TO be qualified to NIL the local re-
auirements,
Evening star., 1927-04-24
SAL VAT|ON ARMY
DRIVE TO CONTINUE
Campaign Disappoints Lead
ers and Extension Is
Made to Thursday.

The Salvation Army's annual ap-
peal for $4,000, which was due to
close yesterday. will be continued to
Thursday.
Failure of the drive during last
week, only about $S2 900 being raised,
necessitated the continuance. STAFF
Capt Ernest r. HolZ. divisional com.
mander of the Salvation Army, an
nounced last night.
Contributions TO the army's ap'
peal this year have fallen far below
donations i'm previous years." Staff
Cant. Holz said. I'VE have been very
much disappointed and are faced with
curtailment of our activities. We are
extending the campaign until Thurs.
day in the hope that by that time
sufficient money will be received TO
enable us to continue our work
among the poor and unfortunate In
Washington.
Only 1900 Contributors.
Last year the first week of the
campaign brought more than 1900
contributors, but this year to date
only about 1900 people have sent in
money. Capt. Holz said that officers
and members of the army would
make a house, to-h house canvass thls
week throghout the city, making per-
sonal direct appeals for contribu-
tions.
1.-The past year has seen increased
activities in our relief department"
Capt. Holz said Appeals for help
are increasing daily. Fortunately. so
far we have been able to care for
all those in need of help. But IL the
present appeal Ia not success, !
am fearful for the future.
Needs at Camp.
''In the next few months the army
plans to reopen 'Happyland, its
fresh air camp for mothers and chill
dren, at Patuxent, Md, At least
5000 is needed for the erection of
buildings and purchase of additional
playground equipment.
I'VE sincerely hope that the lack
of funds will not prevent us from
making these very necessary i'm
proyements at this camp, which an
nually has cared for more than 400
mothers and children"
Contributions should be sent to Sal
walton Army, GOT e street.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Qther Features oil Program.

Mrs, Grace Hays Riley. dean, pre-
sided. John c. Conliff. jr.. was toast
master. A word of greeting was Of,
fered by Mrs, Ellen Spencer Mussey.
honorary DEAN Miss Marian Hines
won the applause of the assemblage
with q number of songs and dances.
After the speaking program was fin-
ished, dancing rounded out the eve.
ning's entertainment.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Uncertainty of Stock Prices.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

1t is much easier to determine the
price at which bond should sell than
to predict the price range Of a stock.
Bonds move in relation to the going
rate for money. Stocks are also in
f1uenced by the cost Of capital, but as
they are not limited in their disburse-
ments as are bonds, it is impossible
to say what 1eturn they will give to
the holder over a period Of years.
In the present market bonds and
the money rate have worked along in
disturbed this relationship has been
that of too great a supply of new is
sues placed at prices that did not at
tract the public. But where there has
been normal situation, per cent
corporation bond or a Az per cent
municipal bond. has sold on a basis
equivalent to the rate for time money
or commercial paper with a small al
lowance for it's less marketable or
liquid character.
On the other hand stocks have been
helped by large supplies of money
seeking investment, but there has
been no necessary relation between
the prices at which they have sold
if they were common stocks-and the
days or months rate for loans.
So 1t is very difficult at the present
time to answer the question, "At
what point do stocks cease to be at
tractive as an investment? Is this
when they have reached a 5A per
cent income basis or at S per cent?"
Many of the strong industrial shares
today are returning very much less
than per cent. Some of the highest
grade railroad stocks are at approXi-
mately per cent return basis. How
ever, the influence that makes them
go higher and higher is not the mar.
gin of / per cent between what they
return and what call money brings
and at which 1t may be borrowed, but
the expectation that dividends may
: be raised, or treasury assets distribut.
ed or consultations favoring the
shareholder effected.
The bond holder does not partici.
pate in these benefits. Therefore,
there Id a certain arbitrary balance
between the current cost Of money
and the return to him on the going
price of his investment.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
RALLY FOLLOWS
SLUMP IN COTTON
Boil WeeviI Report Sends
Values TumbIing, but Later
Strength Is Shown.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, August 30.--The Gov.
ernment report on the activities of the
boil weevil and other insects in the
cotton belt, showing increasing injury
to cotton, was followed by wide and
erratic fluctuations in the cotton mar.
ket today, and prices fell off under
heavy selling.
At first reading the trade evidently
regarded the report as less bullish
than expected, and December con-
tracts. which early had sold at 1858
cents a pound, or 20 points above yes
terdays closing quotation, broke to
22.70 cents within a comparatively
few minutes, drop of $4.65 bale
from the high level of the morning
and about So from yesterdays close.
AS more Of the report was read.
however. buying orders seemed to
come into the market, and more than
half OF the loss was quickly recov-
cred.
At first glance the trade was evil
IDENTIFY inclined to feel that the boil
weevil report was rather less bullish
than expected, but the rally was rapid
enough to suggest that upon reconsid-
GRAFTON it had left crop ideas practi.
cally unchanged. At midday Decem-
% points net lower.
New Orleans Market.
NEW ORLEANS, August 80 R.-
A sharp decline of the cotton market
which swept prices 100 to 108 points
downward upon the release Of the
Government weevil report was checked
today after weak long interests had
been weeded out. and upon the re-
ceipt of further details of the report.
the market again rose to levels 2 to
points above yesterdays close.
With the execution of stop loss
selling orders completed the price
trend again became upward under the
influence of later details of the weevil
report. The upward movement car.
ried October 75 points above the lows,
and December 7S points over the low
marks, a recovery of almost $4 bale
of the loss.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
|O|LS DO BETTER
IN CURB TRADING
Dealers Concerned Over
Main Body of Shares Railing
to Follow SpeciaIties.
BY WILLIAM F. HEPTERNAN.
Special Dispatch to The Star


NEW YORK, August 80. The
speculative element was becoming in
creasingly concerned today over fail
ure of the main body of curb stocks
TO follow In the wake of Industrial
specialties which have been moving
forward into new high ground from
day to day. There was n tendency to
believe that liquidation was urgent
under cover of strength in a few
special issues.
A noteworthy incident OF the days
proceedings was the better tone to
the oil shares. Without any change
having occurred in the statistical po
sition of the industry, the upward
tendency OF the oil shares was the
more noticeable. Possibly speculative
Wall Street was placing more Gre
dence in the time-worn theory that
the group had been thoroughly liqul-
dated. Standard OF Indiana, crossing
rs. established a new high for the
year. Prairie Oil and Gas crossed So
for gain of almost a point. Humble
gained a half point and pipe line
issues like Illinois Pipe. Buckeye
Pipe and Indiana Pipe were readily
taken.
Johns Manville was subjected to
further selling pressure, despite the
optimistic remarks of the president
of the company concerning present
business and prospects for the future.
The rise from the low for the year
of 55t2 to the recent high of 120&
had left the market in a vulnerable
position, especially for a stock paying
dividends at the rate of only SO an.
nually.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
SUGAR MARKET QUIET.

NEW YORK, August 80 (P).-The
raw sugar market was quiet again
early today and in absence of business
prices were unchanged at 4.65 for Gu
ban. duty paid.
Raw sugar futures opened 1 point
lower to / point higher. but rallied
later on covering and buying by
houses with trade and Cuban connec-
tions. The upturn was attributed to
the steadiness Of the spot market.
where, despite the inactivity, holders
were not pressing supplies. Prices at
midday showed net gains Of to 3
points, the near positions showing the
maximum gains.
Only a moderate business was re-
ported in refined sugar, and prices
were unchanged at SIS to $50 for fine
Granulated.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
New Bond Issues d.
NEW YORK, August 80 (SpeciaD.--
A banking group comprised Of Chase

NEW YORK, August 80 (SpeclaD.-
A banking group comprised Of Chase
Securities Corporation, Blair q Co.,
Inc; Ernesto Tornquist & Co., Ltd;
Halsey Stuart & Co., Inc; Brown
Bros. & Co., Equitable Trust Co. Of
New York, Graham, Parsons & Co.;
Union Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, Blyth,
Witter & Co; Union Trust OF
Cleveland, E. II. Rollins & Sons, ILL.,
nois Merchants Trust Co., Chicago;
Continental & Commercial Co.. J. G.
White & Co., Inc, ana Hemphiu.
Noyes & Co. offers today new issue
Of $40 100000 government of Argen.
tine national external sinking fund 6
per cent bonds (state railway bonds
OF 1920. due September J., 1850. The
bonds are priced at 99h, to yield over
8 per cent, and the bankers announced
that the issue had been oversubscribed
and the books closed.
A new issue of $1,000, 900 Ohio Cen.
trail Telephone Corporation first mort
gage per cent gold bonds, series "a"
maturing July /, 1947, is being offered
today by Thompson. Kent & Grace,
Inc: Emery Peck & lockwood Co and
Paine. Webber & Co. at 100.
The State treasurer of Massachu.
setts has awarded the 81, 900 900 loan
dated September . and payable No.
vembsr %, on an interest-to'follow
basis. to the Old Colony Corporation
sa,un. q = s s hA saF 1eat a slHs I. Il ~ aEs
Evening star., 1927-08-30

heavily against receipts in the coun-
try during the next two weeks.
With Canada and Europe both re-
porting favorable weather for harvest
operations, wheat bulls were at a dis
adva ntage much Of the time On the
other hand. less hedging pressure at
Minneapolis was noted. Besides. 1t
was confirmed that the French wheat
crop had been harvested wet and that
recent excessive moisture had lowered
the quality OF new grain in Germany
and Scandinavia
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK tR).-Stocks steady:
T.. S. Steel rises points. Bonds
steady: International Telephone 512s
at years peak. Foreign exchanges
quiet; Norwegian Kroner yield 4
points. Cotton lower; heavy profit.
taking. Sugar steady; Cuban buying.
Coffee higher; favorable Brazilian
markets.
CHICAGO.-Wheat steady; unfavor-
able weather. Corn easy; larger Of
ferings. Cattle irregular. Hogs
steady to higher.
Evening star., 1927-08-30

From the Boston Transcflpt.
Isn't 1t rather annoying to have
them both calling on you at once?"
asked her dearest friend.
No; perfectly delightful" said the
young woman with two devoted slaves.
You see, dear, I seat one on each
side Of me-"
"Well?"
"And there'asuch a decided coolness
between them that ! always fset very
eomtcxtabless 80 nv sHes M IL 4 :.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
RAIN REPORTS CHECK
SETBACK IN WHEAT
Early Sag in Prices Halted by Un-
favorable Condition for the
Canadian Harvest.

CHICAGO. August 30--Late re-
ports of rain over a wide area in
Canada checked declines in the wheat
market today. Dispatches from Cal
gary said the weather had become
wet and cold in northern Alberta. that
this adverse turn was spreading and
that the Canadian crop was not made
yet. Earlier. wheat prices had sagged,
bears contendng that the size of the
Canadian crop is the key TO world
prices.
Advices from Canada today were
that the wheat harvest would he gen
eral throughout Saskatchewan this
week and that despite frost and rust
the province has large crop. Mean
while Winnipeg messages to Chicago
asserted that Saskatchewan and Al.
berta would each produce 200, 900
bushels and Manitoba $4,000, 900
bushels and that elevators and the Ca
madam growers pool were selling
Evening star., 1927-08-30
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star once

Following is the list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1927-08-30
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 30 R.-Flour
barely steady; Spring patents. lisa
7.G0: hard Winter straights. 7.00a7 80.
Rye. weak: No. Western. 1.1lt*
fob. New York. and l.097s elf. ex-
port. Barley. weak: mating. 92&a
elf. New York Lard. steady; Middle
West, 1295a13O5. Wheat futures
opened steady: domestic. September,
137 asked: December. 1.401s. Oats,
neglected. Other articles unchanged.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Capital Traction 5s--$1 900 at 101fs
Washington Gas 6s "A"-S100 at 1o2 II
$500 at 103h
Capital Traction Colo at 1o5
Potomac Electric pfd. 5A-B az 102. s
Rt 102; 10 at 102. at 1o1fs. 10 at 101 II
at 102.
washinFton Gas Lisht--1o at 7e1. 10
at f6Ta
American Security q Trust Colo at
Lanston Monotyue---2o at aah. 10 at
20 10 g, cen 1o at eeH.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy. q Eiec. pfd-1o at
Security storaee Co.-S .at AIS. Nab.
Iotouaac Electric pfd bMs-l0 At 101 u
Security Storage Colo at ass.
Money--Call loans. 8 and 9 per cent.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Dubious Praise.

From the Boston Transcript.
Old Scotch Lady Ito her pastorl-I
like thas sermons best that 5umbles
the joodgment and confounds the
sense, Cd, sir, ! never saw ans tAe8
SouN come up to youreel' at tha&s -
Evening star., 1927-08-30
TITLE INSURANCE
MISCELLANEOUS


NEW YORK, August 80 R.-
Eggs. steady; receipts, 25,S92 cases.
Cheese, firm; receipts, 203,237 boxes.
state. whole milk, fats, fresh. fancy
to fancy special. 26a27; do. average
run, 25A2a26.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
TRADING BROADER
i IN BOND MARKET
Fair Amount of Strength
Shown by Some Issues.
South Americans Features.

anecial nlspatch 70 Tho star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
NEW YORK, August 30-Although
there were more new issues to inter-
est investment circles today than had
been anticipated, the market for old
bonds was not neglected. Trading
broadened out considerably and in
some portions of the list fair amount
OF strength was encountered.
On account of the new offering OF
$40 600. 900 Argentine Gs there was
large turnover in the outstanding
bonds which carry the same coupon
and have been selling al the same
price as those subscribed for today.
This probably reflected the desire to
obtain the selling commission on the
new bonds Argentine has been one
OF tho largest borrowers in the last
few years in the American market.
South Americans Strong.
Other South American bonds con-
tinued strong. notably the Peruvian
7Ias, Brazilian 612s and Bolivian SIS,
The high return on this group is very
attractive to the investor. whose field
OF opportunity for better than per
cent is steadily being restricted.
French issues were irregular. Bel
eians somewhat stronger. Dutch East
Indies and Netherland 6s up fraction
ally, Italians unchanged and Japanese
ana corporation descriptions steady.
Slight recessions occurred in a num-
Der of high-grade low coupon railroad
bonds. On the other hand, there was
q good demand for such issues as
Northern Pacific and Baltimore &
Ohio refunding 6s and Great Northern
5it5s and rs.
Convertible bonds moved in SYM
pathy with the stock market. Inter.
national Telephone 5las sold at the
highest price since notice of redemp.
tion was sent out. International Paper
convertibles were fractionally lower,
but J. Kayser 51as moved well above
103. Standard industrials like United
States Rubber IS, Dodge IS and Good.
year 5s were heavy. There was quite
a soft market in Third Avenue adjust.
ment following the break in the stock
OF this road
Utilities Show Buoyancy.
Public Utility bonds both OF the
board and in the outside market have
Been under accumulation, as it !s felt
that they are still under the average
return at which they are entitled to
sell in comparison with rails. Milwau-
kee Electric IS. New Orleans Public
Service 5s, Utah Traction and Light
So and Cities Service Power and Light
Sc were all strong. A number of the
speculative rails like Chicago and
Eastern Illinois 5s. Shicago and
Great Western as. and Erie converts.
bic "Ds" were lower Western Mary
land new SIS. which sold recently
at 1014, dropped below par. st. Paul
issues were a little lower and Sea-
board Air Line 6s irregular.
United States Government issues
were mainly higher with the exception
OF new 3ss per cents.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
MISCELLANEOUS

6ssssnus 6sssssS fsps. E3ss !Ds bsrs ill.,: ,Ss ,ss
Chevy Chase Club bMs...... 10l -
D. c. Paper Mfg. 6s........ 93 100
Pot. Joint Stock ia Blk. 5s.. 10l -.
NSssh S2aahefa Tarhss Hss S. isss: "a SStn io4
Wardman Park Hotel S.. e6h 07'
Evening star., 1927-08-30
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
tQuctattons furnished bv w. 3. Hibbs & Co
Nominal Selling checks


NEW YORK, August 30 NJ.-For'
eign exchanges steady. Quotations
lin cents): Great Britain--Demand,
4s5 1916: cables. 4S6 7-32; 6O-day bills
on banks. 4S1 1915. France-De-
mand, 3.917s; cables. 3.921s Italy
Demand, 5.43; cables, 5.431a.
Demand-Belgium. 1921; Ger
many, 23.79A; Holland, 40.O3A; Nor
way. 25.941a: Sweden. 26.s31a; Den
mark, 26.75h; Switzerland. 19.2s%;
Spain, 1864; Greece. 1914; Poland,
11.20; Czechosiovakia. ASSN; Jugo-
slavia. l.T6; Austria. 14.09: Rumania.
90; Argentina. 43.s3h; Brazil. 11.sl;
Toxic, ,.ss, - S1;ss' y shaRghab s9:ssh; Non
Evening star., 1927-12-09
MOTHER APPEALS
FOR MRS. SNYDER
Governor Gently Refuses In
paSSioned Plea to Save Con-
demned Woman From Chair.
By the Associated Press.


ALBANY. n. Y, December o.
Stepping clear of the ponderous legal
machinery lawyers have set in motion
to save Ruth Snyder from the electric
chair, her mother has made direct and
dramatic appeal to Gov. Smith for ex-
ecutive clemency. The appeal of the
almost hysterical woman. Mrs. Jo-
sephine Brown, was denied.
In hearing lasting but a few min
utes, held in the executive chamber
at the capitol yesterday, the governor
gently but firmly denied the plea to
save Mrs. Snyder from execution for
the murder of her husband. He held
forth one hope, however, that Of pre-
senting the plea at the expected joint
hearing for Mrs. Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray. who also was convicted of
killing the art editor.
Mrs. Brown presented herself at the
governors office with man described
as friend of the family. She began
to weep as the governor approached.
and his first few words. kindly spoken,
apparently unnerved her still more.
"Clemency, governor, clemency,"
she begged, and these words, reiterat-
ed, constituted the greater part of her
incoherent and sobbing appeal.
The governor has announced that
he will hear the joint appeal some
time during the week of December 26,
but has received no application from
counsel for either of the condemned
1t is not customary for him to hear in
dividual appeals by relatives of con-
demned persons
Evening star., 1927-12-09
BOY KILLS FATHER
TO SAVE MOTHER
Man Shot Down After Firing
on Woman and Threaten
ing Son With Death.
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Fre6s.
CAMDEN, N. j., December o.
''Yes, killed my father. had to-"
said 13-year-old Joseph Cucinotta to-
day to Prosecutor Ethan p. Wescott,
in telling of the events that led up
to the shooting Of Joseph Cucinotta,
3S, yesterday.
"There was nothing else I could
do" the lad continued. HE had fired
one shot at my mother and told me
was next. He was drunk, and /
know he would have carried out his
threats"
Mrs. Josephine Cucinotta, the wife,
agreed with her son.
With his fathers own shotgun
used by father and son on cunning
trips in the south Jersey meadows
the lad took his fathers life.
"My father and l had lots Of good
times. hunting in the Fall and FISH,
ing in Summer time" Joseph said.
"But he treated me awfully bad. He
beat me. He punched me in the face
and if I wasn't around he beat one
Of my brothers or sisters"
Police records show that Cucinotta
had been arrested many times. He
served several sentences for boot
Logging" and had been arrested at
least four times for attacking his
wife.
The boy was sent to the Detention
House. The formal charge Of murder
was lodged against him.
The mother was released on her
own recognlzance. She has four other
children, frankie, 12: Mary, 10;
Henry. s, and James, 2.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
MAN PUT ON PROBATION
AFTER ASSAULTING WIFE
Navy Yard Machinist Wins Court
Consideration Because Of
Remarkable" Record.

Because Of the defendants previous
good record, which the court charac-
terized as remarkable" Justice Sid
dons in Criminal Division today sus-
pended sentence on Joseph A. vitale,
navy yard machinist, recently con-
victed of an assault on his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Vitale, at her beauty parlor, 90S
Fourteenth street, last May. Harry
A. Nelligan, 5517 Thirteenth street,
who was visiting the wife at the time
of the assault, shortly before mid
night, was attacked by Vitale with a
curtain pole.
Justice Siddons said he put little
credence in the statement of Nelligan
that he was calling to show the wife
proofs of some printing which he was
doing for her establishment, and as
serted that Vitale was not alone to
blame for his marital troubles.
Vitale was directed by the court to
report to Probation Officer Steele for
a period of four years.
Vitale was defended by Attorney p.
Fl. Marshall, and the Government was
represented by Assistant United
States Attorney Fihelly.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
City Completes Sunlight Measurement
For District In Summer and Winter

stressing the "great interest and
Importance" of sunlight, the Public
Health Service, which has been
measuring the daylight in Washing
ton since 1924, today announced that
in midwinter at noon on a bright
day the illumination here seldom
exceeds $500 foot-candles." A foot
candle is the illumination on a sur
face at a distance Of one foot from
a standard candle.
On a bright day in midsummer
the illumination here was found sell
dom to exceed 10000 foot.candles.
The big difference in illumination
on sunny and cloudy days, it was
explained, is illustrated by findings
of the average illumination for De-
cember and June. In December the
average illumination on cloudy days
was found to be about 23 per cent