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SPEED OF 1926 MILES AN HOUR
CLAIMED IN RACE PLANE TEST
Lieut.. A. J. Williams, U. S. n,
on Own Computation, Makes
Record Flight.
Pace Over Mitchell Field Held
Fastest Ever Made by Any
Human Being.


NEW YORK, November ALI
world speed records for airplanes
were Shadowed today by the claim OF
Lieu. Afford J. Williams. L. S. n.
who said he flew 1925 miles an hour
in the first test of his new racing ship
since its conversion from a sea to
a land plane.
With a 40-mile can hour gale at his
back, Williams raced his blue ana
gold racer over the three -kilometcl
course of Mitchell Field at dusk yes
terday to an estimated speed which
is the fastest ever travelled by a hu
man being.
1t eclpsed by nearly miles an hour
the mark disclosed Saturday to have
oeen set in Italy by Maj. Mario dc
Bernardo. who attained speed of
315.42 miles an hour IN a hydroplane
by official timing. The previous rec
ord had been 281.48 miles an hour, es-
tablished in the recent Schneider Cup
competition by Flight Lieut.. S. n.
Webster of Great Britain.
Lieut.. Williams, who made his own
computations with a stop-watch, an
nounced after the trial that he would
attempt later this week to set an Of
fetal record that would stand. He
also said he planned to replace his
present 1,250-horsepower motor at
some future date with a 1,400-horse-
power motor that would give him even
greater speed.
The Navy flyer made his trial in the
same tiny stream-lined craft which he
Evening star., 1927-11-07
DEBTOR EXEMPTION
|SL|M|TED TO $500
Justice Robb Delivers Opinion
in Case of Thomas FaWcett
Involving Claims.

Justice Charles H. Robb in the Dis
trict Court Of Appeals today held that
debtors may not claim more than $500
eX Xamption from attachment or gar
nishment and that the creditor is en-
titled to levy on any and all moneys
in excess of that amount found to be
owed to the debtor by third parties.
The court reversed the decision of
the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia, which had quashed an at
tachment laid by the Fidelity Savings
CO. on tie Washington Terminal Co.
for money due Thomas b. Fawcett,
the debtor, April ~, 1926. Fawcett
had been a resident of the District
for more than two months next preced
ing the issuance of the writ and had
received more than 500 per month
for his work with the Terminal Co.
and there was due him 5000.
The lower court held that as long
az the debtor had resided in the Dis
trict for two months there was no
limit to the exemption period as long
as his pay did not exceed 500 month
ly. The creditor appealed aAd the
appellate tribunal says:
THE case turns on the interpreta-
ton of section 1107 of the code, which
reads as follows: Section 1107-Earn-
ings-The earnings not to exceed S100
each month of all actual residents of
the District of Columbia who provide
for the support of a family in said
District for two months next pre-
ceding the issuing of any writ or
process from any court or officer of
and In said District against them
shall be exempt from attachment, levy,
seizure, or sale upon such process, and
the same shall not be seized, levied on,
taken, reached or sold by attachment,
execution, or any other process or
Evening star., 1927-11-07
MRS. MARTIN Wins
LOVE SUIT APPEAL
Court Cites Error in Instruct.
ing Jury to Favor Defend
ant in Alienation Action.

Mrs. Eva C. Martin Of this city
will be given another opportunity to
prosecute her suit for 100000 dam
ages against Frances Colt, a wealthy
California woman, for the alleged
alienation of the affections OF her
husband, Merton G. Martin. The Dis
trict Court Of Appeals today reversed
the action Of the District Supreme
Court. where a Jury had been instruct
cd to return a verdict for the de-
fendant.
Merton c. Martin, called to the
stand by the defense, testified that ne
was given an interlocutory decree OF
divorce by a California court from
his first wife, March IA, 1924, which
did not become final until April Z,
1925. He married the plaintiff Febru-
ary 10. 1925, and the trial Justice
ruled that he was then married man
and that being so the plaintiff ac-
uuired no rights by reason of the
ceremonial marriage for the breach
of which she could complain of the
defendant. Mrs. Martin appealed and
the appellate court held that the
peadings violated the rule of court
abolishing the general issue and re-
quiring that every pleading shall set
forth the true facts upon which the
pleader relies.
The appellate court points out that
the mere denial Of the allegation of
the marriage ceremony, performed at
Washington February 10, 1925, is in
sufficient under the rules to admit of
proof OF the California divorce pro-
ceedings. and that under the pleadings
it was an error for the court to ad-
NIT proof of those proceedings.
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had hoped to enter in the Schneider
Cup races. Baked in that ambition
by constant delays, he stripped the
plane of it's pontoons. and the craft
he piloted into the air for his amazing
exhibition was 1000 pounds lighter
than his cup entry.
The flight was made at dusk. after
a day of waiting for winds favorable
to a take-off. A large crowd had
waited throughout the afternoon, but
only a few, includi. g his wife, actual
y observed the speed trial. 1t came
at the end Of a series of aerial aero
battles, in which Williams had
thoroughly tested the planes controls
and balance.
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Road Official Stricken.
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FROSTBURG, Md. November T.
Henry A. Price. 49 years DID, traffic
manager of the Cumberland &
Westernport Transit Co.. died yester.
day following a stroke Of paralysis.
suffered few hours before in his
office. He was former conductor on
the old Cumberland & Westernport
Electric Railway. He was a native of
Homecoming. His widow survives.
Evening star., 1927-11-07
C. OF C. BODY TO MEET.
Retail Trade Group Will Convene
Tomorrow.

The retail trade committee Of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
will meet at 1890 O'Clock tomorrow in
the offices of the chamber in the
Homer Building for a consideration Of
a subcommittee report on patronage
Of home industries, it was announced
today by Issac Cans, chairman of the
committee.
The committee on transportation
and freight rates will meet at the
offices Of the chamber Friday at pm.
Jerome Fanciulli is chairman Of the
committed
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TRADE BODY HEADS
i WILL PLAN BUDGET
E0ard Officials to Meet Fri
/ day on Program of Funds
for District.

A practical program of legislation
10 be sought at the approaching ses-
sion OF Congress, consistent with the
estimated revenues for the next fiscal
year, Will be mapped out Friday eve
ming at special meeting of the off.
GERS, directors and committee chair.
man OF the Board Of Trade. to be held
at the home of Edwin c. Graham,
52zl Forty-fourth street, Wesley
helghts, it was announced today.
The trade body officials plan to
make a list of all projects essential
to the development of the District
which could be taken care Of during
the next fiscal year and to eliminate
ali projects which it is believed could
not be approved this year.
Items to BE Separated.
Following out a businesslike plan,
the officials of the organization will
first incorporate into one list all pro
posed legislation requiring appropria-
tons and put into another those pro-
posals for which no appropria tons
will be necessary. Then the first list
will be divided into two groups, one
containing items relating to the reg
ular maintenance and operation of the
A1ASlIlCI government ana Cne OIf1or
containing those for which appropria-
ton sums will be necessary.
compilation then will be studied
showing all the estimated revenues of
the District for the next fiscal year,
and against this figure will be bal
anced the total amount of eXpendi-
lures which could be taken care of
by these revenues. The District reve-
nues and the Federal Government con-
tribution both will be Jumped together
as estimated revenues. BY such
study. 1t is explained. will be shown
only the total amount of projects re-
quiring special appropriations, which
would be possible without the imposi-
tion OF additional taxes on residents
of the District.
Favor S43,OO0,0OO Limit.
The Board of Trade. as we'll as other
local trade organizations, already is
on record favoring limitation of the
budget for the 192S-29 fiscal year to
about $43 900 900 with a tax rate not
in excess of S1.65. 1t is planned to
recommend only such projects as
would require total within this
budget figure.
Action to be taken during the COM
ing session of Congress concerning the
movement for national representation
for the District of Columbia, for re-
adjustment of the fiscal relations plan
designed to make the local tax burden
more equitable the proposed work
mems compensation plan and other
legislative measures will be planned
at this meeting The board favors a
workmen's compensat ton system along
the lines of the Underhill bill, which
was introduced at the last session, and
is opposed to the Fitzgerald bill. which
would create a Government insurance.
Evening star., 1927-11-07

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given 10 all holders Of
bonds now outstanding and unpaid. secured
by deed of trust executed June 1st, 1922. by
The Jefferson Corporation ito which the un-
dersigned is successori 10 Samuel J.. Henry.
trustee and recorded IN Liber 4721. folio
Columbia that said bonds are hereby called
for redemption and Will be redeemed and
nsid on December 1et 1927. by deposit with
IKE r. II. Smith Company. Smith Building.
tc pay all outstanding bonds of the above
issue. at 1Oc ID Of the principal thereof plus
accrued interest on said bonds from the date
of the last payment of said interest to said
first day of Decnmter. 1877. and plus the
United states FEDERAL income. tax on said
tbereon and PENNSYLVANIA State tax of 4
mills 10 residents of the state OF Pennsylva,
MA subject to eaid tax. IT any he demanded
and claimed, All holders Of said bonds are
matured coupons thereon at the office Of The
r. r. Smith Company; Smith BUILDING, $40
Fifteenth street NV. washington. y: e. on
The said Ist day Of December. 1927. at
ri The failure 10 present said bonds for nay.
nent at that time the interest thereon shall
The specific bonds covered BY this notice
Nos. s POI to 23s. inclusive. maturing June
\ Nos. S3s to 27e. inclusive. maturing June
Nos. o77 to 314 inclusive. maturing June
Nos n1' :8i5 to 352. inclusive. maturing June
Nos s5s to a17. inclusive. maturing June
A''' MANCHESTER APARTMENT
JstRued) ALEXANDER SUTER.
Secretary Treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05

Wall Street Is informed the re-
ceivers' sale OF the Rickenbacker
Motor Plant has been adjourned until
August Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
WHEAT RANGE SMALL.
PRICES BIT HIGHER
Black Rust News and Warm
Weather in Northwest Have
Slight Bullish Effect.

CHICAGO. August 5.-Infuenced
by black'rust reports, coupled with
warm weather in the Northwest,
wheat prices averaged a little higher
early today. Gains. however, failed
to hold well. Starting unchanged to
Aaas off, wheat fiuctuated nervously
within fractional limits. Corn, oats
and provisions were firmer, corn open.
ing unchanged to q up and later
keeping near to the initial figures.
Canadian advices today said black
rust was in evidence practically all
through Manitoba and Saskatchewan
and parts of Alberta. Very serious
damage, though, is expected only in
Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan
1t was added that the Western Canada
crop will be big. but cannot we'll be
estimated until thrashing discloses how
much the rust shrinkage in Eastern
sections will balance against many
40.bushel per acre yields in the West.
New developments regarding bIac elk
rust south of the Canadian boundary
came chiefly from North Dakota below
bismarck. where wheat crop condi.
tons have heretofore been regarded
az AL. Word today from Kintye, y.
OAK. says considerable rust has an.
peared in that section, promising Is to
80 per cent damage. Overnight export
business in North American wheat was
estimated at 100000 bushels, mostly
20 pa5iap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
IS HEAVY
ON CURB MARKET
Overnight Orders Large Due
to Cut in Rediscount Rate
by New York Reserve.
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK. August 5.-The rush
OF buying orders which greeted the
opening Of the Curb Market today
carried many speculative favorites to
new high prices for the year. As
the session progressed the movement
became more orderly.
Overnight buying orders had &C
cumulated in large volume follow
ing the reduction in the rediscount
rate of the Federal Reserve Bank to
ga per cent. While this actually
meant no change in the money situ-
alton. it was a reflection Of high
banking opinion that money was to
continue plentiful for some time.
Oil Shares Are Strong.
The action of the oil shares left
no doubt that the group had been
thoroughly liquidated. Now that
there is definite assurance of curtail-
ment in the Seminole area, the tend
ency was to cover in outstanding
contracts. Humble Oil and Standard
of Indiana went forward into new
high ground for the year. Solar Re-
filming was bid up 2 points and buy
ing was urgent at intervals In
Standard of Kentucky and Ohio Oil.
The appointment of receiver for
Serv-el Corporation, while 1t came as
no surprise. was followed by the sale
Of a block OF $500 shares of the COM
mon stock at / u. while the bonds were
fractionally improved. Phillips Pete
So per cents worked higher in SYM
pathy with strength in the junior oil
issues. Electric refrigeration 6s were
bid up over 2 points before the de-
mand was supplied.
CuneO Press Crosses so.
4 new high record was established
in Cuneo Press common, when it
crossed so. The demand followed an
nouncement that plans for recapitali-
zation of the financial structure were
to result in stock dividend and re-
tirement in the near future of the
class "A" participating stock OF $50
par value. Johns Manville was an
other speciality favorite to reach new
high prices. Westinghouse Airbrake
new reached its best prices. moving
sympathetically with strength in
equipments on the stock exchange.
Public utilities were led by United
Gas and Improvement and Mohawk
and Hudson, both up sharply to new
highs for 1927. American Gas and
Electric was another of this group to
share in the improvement. Ford Mo.
tor Of Canada and REQ Motor assumed
leadership of their group, with the
former at its best price Of 565
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
INVESTMENT BOND
\ DEMAND IS GOOD
Trading on Large Scale and
! Market Is Broader Than
in Long Time.
by CHARLES r. SPEARE.


Special Dispatch TO The star.
NEW YORK, August 5.-The in
yestment demand stimulated by cheap
money, was still further quickened to-
day by the reduction in the Federal
Reserve discount rate to BIZ per cent
and A renewal rate OF money OF 3A
per cent, Transactions We're on the
largest scale and the breadth of the
market greater than since the Spring
boom.
A notable incident of the days ses.
sion was the advance in a number or
new oil bonds which were brought out
on the eve of the oil production crisis
at prices which the public did not con-
slider attractive. So most or them
broke Severely when the syndlcates
were closed.
Humble Oil Bonds Gain.
Humble Oil 50 went down last
Spring from 100 to 81. To-day they
were above 90. Later Shell Union Oil
SIS went off from 99a4 to 9o12. Inc
rise of over a point this morning car
ried them up to 9Si2! Skelly ON oi2s
were fractionally higher. All or me
old oil issues, notably the Sinclair
Sis and Is, were benefited by the
heavy short covering in oil stocks
The dissolution of the syndicate
which brought out the HUDSON coa' %
at 981a forced a decline oil point AZ
these bonds today rms re,iec!eu :"
rather poor distribution OF me So,
This was the first time in many
months when the market did not nave
a new issue to offer. The weeks offer
;nps of s3S, 600, 900 were the smallest
of the year.
The overflow of funds into the bona
.,arlet imnroyed the position of nearly
avery class OF securities. The great
est activity was in the speculative
s.i1s OF these Chesapeake So We're
CONSPICUOUS up to SO, or a 5-polnt
premium o~x 1ae original price
Chicago Eastern Illinois % made
new high for the year close 10 w.
Missouri Pacific new 5s were pack 10
mar: Seaboard Air Line 6s were up
about a point; Southern Railway 6l2s
and IS gained p to q, and Erie Con-
yertible ID" touched new high.
Rails Are Strong.
The legal rails were featured by
fractional gains in Atchison As, North'
ern Pacific As, Baltimore Ohio As
and Chicago & Northwestern issues.
Northern Pacific IS made a further
gain of q. placing them on a 4.50
basis. United States Steel sinking
fund SIS touched 109. the best for 1927
and a 41a per cent yield.
Local utilities were strong. particu-
Iarly Brooklyn Union Gas. Hudson
Manhattan incomes and Third Ave
nue. incomes. New Orleans Public
Service So were up q and have now
gained more than the loss suffered
during the liquidation following the
Mississippi River flood.
The entire foreign department ex-
pressed the demand on the part OF in
vestors for high yields in a very low
money market.
Inasmuch as the reduced discount
rates will greatly aid the Treasury in
financing its requirements this Fall. it
was natural to see higher prices today
for Liberties and Treasury notes. The
municipal market stiffened consider
ably and new issues moved out freely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Ws:hiins,on G.: G. A $3.50 & s 1897 1897
$500 at 1n3 II. 500 at 1891.
Capital Traction Coo at 100,
Po,omse Esetris B 3D. Il az
Riggs National Back-2 at ASS.
American Security Trust Co.-1o at
Continental Trust Cos at 115.
Merchants Bank e. Trust Co.-10 at 1855
Union Trust Colo at $50.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas as "B'-$500 at 1n4 II
Farmers & Mechanics National Banks
n 300 n.
100 at 101 e. 30 at 10l q
Commercial National Co. pfd.--5 at 1o3.
Money-Call loans and per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August 5 (P).-Rye
firm: No. > Western, 1885, fob, New
York. and 1861, elf. export. Bar
ley firm; mailing 90h, elf, New
York. Lard steady; Middle West.
12.55a12.G5. Wheat futures opened
steady. Domestic, September, 140hs
Other articles unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
uotatlons furnished by W. b. Hibhs Coz

NEW YORK, August S H9.-For-
eign exchanges irregular; quotations
lin cents: Great Britain-Demand.
ass 9-16; cables, 4s5 29-32; 60-day bills
on banks. 4S1 Il. France-Demand.
3.91hs; cables. 3.91R. Italy-Demand.
5.4S1a; cables. 5.44.
Demand - Belgium, 1904: Ger
many. 23.7sh4; Holland, 4o,05; Norway.
25.S4: Sweden, 26.7S; Denmark.
26.76lS; Switzerland. 19.27A: Spain,
1884,: Greece, 1871: Poland. 11.20;
Czechoslovakia, 296L: Jugosla via.
JIG: Austria. 14.0S; Rumania. .6lst:
Argen, ma, 1850; Brazil, 11.s5: Toxic.
47.37ly; Shanghai, 61.50; Montreal,
99S7La.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
NEW, YORK CURB MARKET
Received BY Private W1re Direct to The Star Once

Following Is the list Of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS.
BY Special Leased Wire to The Star.

NEW YORK. August s.
Quoted in dollars per million marks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
PRICES ON PARIS BOURSE.

PARIS. August s L9.-Prices were
on the Bourse today. Three
per cent rcntes. So francs 70 centimes.
Exchange on London. 124 francs 3
Five per cent loan. rs francs
IS centimes. The dollar was quoted al
25 francs 52ia confines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
CITIES SERVICE MEETING.

NEW YORK, August 5 LP).-The
Cities Service Power e. Light Co.
has called special meeting to
change its preferred stock from 500
par value to no par, the shares in
other respects to be unchanged,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
WOOLWORTH SALES GAIN.

NEW YORK, August P.-
Woolworth sales in July were 500
1879. against sl9,400,757 in July,
1926. a gain of per cent. Sales
were 136.943,119, against s126,602.-
497, a gain of more than s per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
MID.CONTINENT OIL.

NEW YORK, August R.-The
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
and subsidiaries had net profit for
the first half of S4.SS4.955 against S..
s16.SS4 for the corresponding period
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, August s A1. Bar
silyess 653s; Mexican dollars, II
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Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
garber Ross Inc 6I.s a5s.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Barber & Ross Inc 6l,s a5s. 81
Chestnut Farms Dairy 9 las. 103i. go.
Chevy Chase Club 5 9s..... io1 -.
r. c. PaDer Mfg 6s ........ % $3.50.
Pot .Ioint Six. Ia Rk. Sc. '"l
Southern Bldg 6i3s..... 1926 104 J..
Wash Market Ss 1879 49,. "a ....,
Wardman Park Hotel 5i2s.. ga .....
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-11
LINCOLN TOMB
MAY Be Guide
FOR AvIATORS
Illinois Custodian Would
Erect Monument 500
Feet High.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. ia
Lincoln tomb and monumnet 500
feet high, to be surmounted with a
powerful searchlight which would
serve, as beacon for aviators in ILL
nois has been suggested in a care
fully worked out plan by Herbert
Wells Fay, custodian of the Lincoln
tomb and monument here.
Fay's plan would put to an end
a charge that the State has been
unappreciative of its great states
man as far as building a suitable
memorial for him is concerned.
Memorial Needs Repair
, Fay asserts that the present me-
mortal is sadly in need of repairs
and entirely inadequate considering
the prodigious increase in the
number of tourists who visit it
daily.
In it's place he suggests the con-
struction of 500 foot monument,
visible for twenty miles, to serve as
the air traffic beacon.
Fays carefully worked out scheme
calls for competition between ar
chitects for a gigantic statue Of the
emanicpator 200 feet in height
mounted on a base 300 feet high.
This structure would be surmounted
by powerful searchlight to make it
visible at night, especially to air
pilots.
Erected in 1874
The grounds owned by the State
totalling nine acres are adequate for
such monument, according to Fay
Around the base it would be posi-
BILE to build memorial hall to
match the proportions of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-11

prietor, filed charges against a
chautauqua for violating the Sun
day ordinance after they had pre-
scented the choir in a concert.
Johnson maintains the operation
of his theater on Sunday is no more
violation of the Sunday ordinance
than the song fest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-11

moment and accommodate Lincoln
memorials.
The present tomb and monument
were erected in 1874 at cost OF
$3.50, 900. The memorial at Wash
ington completed few years ago
cost nearly 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-11
MOVIE ACTORS COME
WHEN DOLLAR BECK0NS
European Stars Not as Highly Paid
AS American Idols.

European Stars Not as Highly Paid
AS American Idols.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE in
flux of foreign moving picture stars
into Hollywood is explained in fig
ures made public today by the COM
merce department showing the low
salaries paid actors in Europe.
Stars of the first magnitude in
Austria, for example. get between
$40 and $85 day. compared to re-
ported salaries of $500 and 5000 a
day for some leading American
stars.
"Supers" get $2.10 a week in Aus
tria, unless they own a dress suit,
which estate raises the weekly pay
check to $3.50. "Supers" in this
country act as parts of a mob, "out-
side noises" or "corpses" for SIS to
$3.50 day.