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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
REELECTED PRESIDENT
OF AUDITORIUM CORPORATION
Annual Reports Will Be Made
at Meeting to Be Held in
Few Days.
Leonard B. SchIoss and
Christian HeuriCh Are
Added to Board.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Robert n. Harper, president of the
District National Bank, was re-
elected president of the Washington
Auditorium Corporation at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders
held today in Alexandria.
Two Washington men We're added
to the board of directors. Leonard 3.
Schloss and Christian Heurich, to
fill vacancies caused by the resigna-
ton of w. w. Everett and the death
Of John l.. Edwards.
The officers reelected today in
clude in addition to President Har-
per, five vice presidents, Ross +.
Andrews. f. +. Colladay. William S.
Corby, M. A. Leese, Albert Schulteis
and Anton Stephan; secretary, I'D
ward ]. Murphy; treasurer, {. j.
Gockeler, and counsel w. +. Lester.
Directors for the coming year are:
r. G. Brandenberg. Joshua Evans, Jr:,
Frank s. Hight. George Hyman. II.
Lester Jones, Rudolph Jose. Harry
King. Sidney West, Leonard H.
Schloss and Christian Heurich.
The annual reports will be pre-
scented at q meeting to be held IN
a few days. 1t is understood that
the Auditorium has enjoyed the best
wear vet. bookings for the present
sea son making a new record.
CapitaI Traction Trading Heavy.
Heavy transactions in Capital Trac-
tion stock featured the Washington
Stock Exchange today. The marker
oDened with a 100-share turnover at
1O31A. Four more sales totallng oo
shares followed at the same price
and after call 100 additional shareS
changed hands at the same fgufeS'
bringing trading for the day up 10
800 shares. This is by far the largest
one days turnover in this issue III
many months.
Potomac Electric Power, preferred,
opened at 1919 and closed at 1of%
on a very small turnover, One bank
stock appeared on the. board, TWO
shares of Federal Nauonaf
going at 312. Twenty shares OF Ian
ston sold at "a and 10 shares OF Mef
chants Transfer 4 Storage preferred
at 1909.
Sales in the bond division were con
fined to two issues, Capital Tractloh
IS selling at par in a $500 transaction
and Washington Gas 6s, at lo3 also
on a small turnover.
Truck Statesmen Tighten Credit,
1t was stated a few days ago that
Washington automobile men are plan
ming to watch credits this year closer
than they ever have in fne past. NOW
comes word by way of Automotfve
Industries that retail dealers in auto
mobile trucks are to follow this course
all over the country.
More cash and less credit is to pc
the slogan. It is added that the Ola
policy of nothing down and TWO
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GUILE OIL OFFERING.

PITTSBURGH, January 10 Up
Public offerings of $35 100000 of Gulf
Oil Corporation of Pennsylvania 20
year per cent sinking fund debenture
gold bonds at 100 and accrued inter-
est was made today by the Union
Trust Co. of Pittsburgh and several
New York banks. The bonds are free
of the Pennsylvania tax of 4 mills.
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PROFIT DECLINES

NEW YORK, January 10 GP.-Net
profit of the Glidden Co. for the wear
ended October 81 declined to 81 ,861.
945 from $2,209,757 the year before.
This is equal after prior preferred
dividends, to $3.41 a share on the com
mon, against $4.27 a. share the year
before.
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FIRM TO EXPAND.

NEW YORK, January 10 (R.-
Bates Wyman, president of the Ameri-
can Controlled Oil Fields, says pend
ing negotiations indicate the company
will be substantially represented this
year in several other oil fields than
Kansas, and announcement viii be
made as soon as contracts are closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
GRAIN EXPORTS DROP.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. January 10-Last
week S41 ,007 bushels of grain were
exported, according to the report of
the Maritime Exchange. a decrease of
504,S92, compared with the previous
report. The exports were made up of
584,9S3 bushels of barley and 1924
of wheat. Flour exported totaled 5,0O8
barrels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10

CHICAGO, january 10 H).-Butter
higher: receipts. 1854 tubs; cream
cry, extras. 4SA; standards. Az:
extra firsts. 47a4S: fIrsts, 44a45E; sec,
onds. 39a421a. Eggs unchanged: rel
csipts. 9.126 cases; firsts, 3Sa39; ordi-
nary firsts. 35a37: refrigerator extras,
81; refrigerator firsts, 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
COTTON GOODS ACTIVE.

NEW YORK, January 10 (Specian.
Cotton goods markets started the
new week with trading active at I'M
changed prices. Print cloths were
quoted at Ga for 64x60s and at To
cents for 68X72s. Raw silks eased
off points in a quiet market.
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PRODUCTION rs HEAVY.

NEW YORK, January 10 P).-.
Sicily Oil Co.'S daily production Of
easinghead gasoline is now 141 900
Gallons. a new high mark. Of which
5000 gallons is being produced at
1som in the Panhandle field of Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
tReported by J. & W. Selisman & Coz

More electric power is produced in
the United States than in all the rest
of the world combined, says a review
by Dominick & Dominick, stock ex.
change members. OF total world
output in 1925 of about $4,000 900 900,
kilowatt hours. this country produced
65,S00,000, 900. On a per capita basis.
however. the United States ranked
third,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
STEEL ORDERS INCREASE,

NEW YORK, January 10 P).-Un.
filled orders of the United States Steel
Corporation on December 81, made
public today, totaled 100000 tons,
an increase of 1882 tons. compared
with the end of the preceding month,
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OIL OUTPUT DOWN

NEW YORK. January 10 fP).-
Crude oil production in California last
week averaged G63,750 barrels daily, a
decrease Of 1880 barrels daily com
pared with the week before. Output
of the Los Angeles basin declined
500 daily
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LORATN, Ohio, January 10 (SpeciaD.
The keel was laid today of the big
self-unloading lake freighter ordered
by the Bradley Transportation Co,
which will be built in the local yards
of the American Shipbuilding Co.
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FISCHER'S PRICE INDEX,

NEW HAVEN. January 10 R.-
Prices, las 9-10; purchasing power,
SIS Clio; Crump's, 139 30. Irving
Fisher, Yale economist, reports.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
RUBBER LOWER.

NEW YORK, January 10 (SpeciaD,-
Crude rubber, smoked, ribbed sheets
declined Il at today's noon quotation
of 40ss. This compares with 81 O
month ago and Sc year ago.
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BONDS STOCK EXCHANGE
ON NEW YORK
Received by Private Wire N-ect to The Star ONCE.

90 This table carries quotations
received up to 3:15 pm. A COM
plete table will be published in
the $50 Edition.
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Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
BOY FALLS OFF BANK AT SILVER
LAKE, DOVER, WHILE FISHING
JAMES KELLER, PHILADELPHIA,
BROWNS BEFORE HELP ARRIVES
His Body Was Recovered BY Highway
Policeman Thomas Lamb, Smyrna
Assisted by Policeman Green

James Keller, IA years old, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Keeler, of 1851
Faust street, Philadelphia, who was
On a visit in Dover with his parents
at the home Of Mrs. Minnie Hamilton,
who is Mrs. Keeler's mother, was
drowned in Silver Lake, Dover, at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon while fish
ing. AS the boy was subject to at
tacks Of vertigo, it is believed he had
one Of such attacks when he fell into
the water. A 10 year old girl, Minnie
Half, a cousin, was with him at the
time and saw him fall in. She call
ed for help, but before help arrived
he had failed to come to the surface.
The girl was the only one with him
at the time of the accident. Within
a few minutes numerous rescuers
were on the scene. The State High
way Police were notified and Officers
Lamb and Green succeeded in bring
ing up the body after it had been in
the water about one-half hour. Dr..
Joseph S. Mcdaniel was SUNNI Oned
and after working on the boy was
unable to revive him. The authorities
are Of the opinion that the boy either
tainted or was affected by the sun.
His young girl companion told them
that before falling into the water the
boys eyes rolled about and his head
twitched slightly. Another theory ad-
vanced was that the boy had lost his
balance as the ledge on which he was
sitting is not very wide. Coroner
Minner summoned jury which rend-
cred verdict of accidental death.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
Bureau of Fisheries Navy
Gets Ready for Action

Ketchikan, Alaska.-Fish pirates
and salmon poachers along the Alas
kan coast, the region whence comes
many millions of dollars worth of
canned fish each year will confront
a serious handicap when the bureau
of fisheries navy, fleet of % armed
vessels, gets on the patrol line.
Pirating is trap and scow robbery,
while poaching is fishing in prohibited
areas. Both are subsiding, according
to fisheries officials. To keep the long
indented coastline under the watchful
eye Of the bureau 80 armed boats with
3S small tugs are commissioned to act
as guards and peace officers.
Headquarters will be maintained at
Kodiak, Cook Inlet, Chignik. Afognak
and Ketchikan.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
WILMINGTON BOULEVARD PLAN
No Prospect of New Road From Four
teenth and Church to Pike

The project for a northeast boule-
ward, which was to have been con-
structed by using Church street from
Fourth to Eleventh street, the build
ing of new bridge over the Brandy
wine river, from Eleventh and Church
streets to Fourteenth street, and
thence by Vandever avenue to Market
street at a point near Shellpot Park,
connecting with the Philadelphia Pike,
is to be abandoned at this time inso-
far as the Street and Sewer Directors
are concerned. A notice of the intro
duction Of a resolution providing for
the vacanting of the boulevard as
city street was given at the meeting
of the directors last week. About
seven years ago resolution placing
this boulevard on the city map as a
prospective project, was adopted by
the directors, and the next year bill
was presented to the'Legislature pro
viding means of raising funds for the
work was defeated. Nothing since
has developed to lead the directors to
believe the new boulevard could be
built within the next five or six years.
Joseph 1. Carpenter, Jr., owner Of
considerable property on the norther-
" side of the Brandywine river, thru
which the proposed boulevard as now
laid would pass, said while he would
like to see the boulevard developed,
he thought that after seven years
with nothing being done to further the
project and no prospect Of immediate
action in the matter it was unjust to
property owners to retain that route
on the map as they could not sell their
property through which the road was
to pass with this matter waiting and
nothing being done. He said he could
have sold a large portion Of his land
at S25 front foot but due to the pro
posed boulevard being laid out thru
it with no development in sight the
sales were not consummated.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
Alaska Salmon Yield
Brings $61O,750,038

Washington.-From the island-dot-
ted waterways of Alaska's thousands
Of miles Of coast has come wealth
more precious, more vital than gold.
1t is the wealth of the sea itself-of
the teeming millions of salmon that
have been taken from the bosom of
the North Pacific and placed on the
worlds table.
Since Alaska was purchased from
Russia, 60 years ago, salmon has led
the list of exports from the territory,
with S61O, ,75O,O3S to its credit-a fig
ure which multiplies nearly eighty-five
fold the price Uncle Sam paid for the
territory.
Despite the mineral wealth of the
territory, the salmon exports lead
those Of gold by S250,00O,000.
Thousands of men, many of them
native Alaskan Indians, are engaged
in salmon fishing or canning and sub
sidiary industries. The number dur
ing 1925 was estimated at more than
$4,000. The investment at that time
was set at $50. 100000.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
Wanted All the Goodies

Teddy was about to enter his tenth
year. His mother told him he might
invite his little friends to a birthday
party, and she made the necessary
preparations. On the important eve
ming they were waiting for the guests.
Suddenly the youngster said, Mother,
don't you think it's time to eat the ice
cream and cake now?"
Certainly not, DEAR" she replied
1--WE must wait until your little friends
are here"
"Well. I'll tell you the truth, moth
er," Teddy began. 81 just thought that
for once in my life I'd like to have all
the ice cream and cake I wanted, so
guess we'd better begin now, cause
didn't invite anybody. Tran
script.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
FEDERATION OF CIVIC CLUBS
w. E. Matthews Jr., of Smyrna, is
Elected Chairman for Kent County

Plans for the formation of State
Federation of Civic Clubs were out
lined at meeting in the Armory at
Dover, Delaware, recently. William E.
Matthews Jr., represented Smyrna.
The meeting was attended by about
twenty civic workers representing
civic or service organizations. The
plans as outlined call for the organi-
cation work to be carried on by vice
chairmen in each of the three counties
with the assistance of the president
and secretary of the State Associa
ton. While all of the officers elected
Saturday are temporary, they will
serve until next fall when another
meeting will be held and a Permanent
organizations effected. /. r. Finkel-
stein, president of the Wilmington
Civic Association, was elected tempor-
ary chairman of the Statewide organ
ization, and William H. Sewer, of the
Five Points Civic Association, was
elected temporary secretary. Chair
men from the counties were elected as
follows: A. N. Zeichel, Union Park
Gardens Association, New Castle
county; w. E. Matthews Jr., Smyrna,
Kent county, and Mayor William H.
Welch, Milton, Sussex county. The
meeting was presided over by Mr..
Finkelstein, who outlined the objects
of the meeting, which was called by
the joint committee of his organiza-
ton and the Five Points Civic Asso-
citation. Brief addresses stressing the
necessity of a State Federation of
Community Associations were made
by Mayor Welch, John G. Saylor, Mr..
Zeichel, Robert S. Clough, Sr., and
Mrs. E. M. Barsham, president of the
City Federation of Women's Clubs, of
Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
WATCH THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Don't Try to Pick Up Speed Too
Consider Pedestrians

Don't try to beat the traffic light, !"
is advice given to motorists by "Reds"
Kenton, Of the Delaware Automobile
Associations road patrol. Mr. Ken
ton, Is a statement yesterday, said
that new highway menace has de
veloped with the extension of the
automatic traffic light system through
out the state.
DRIVERS who ordinarily are eau
tious and considerate in operation of
their cars seem to lose all sense of
safety perspective when they ap-
proach a traffic light showing the
green signal" said "Reds." ''To
cross the intersection before the light
changes seems to be an uncomfortable
obsession with numerous drivers and
they dash across streets without re
gard to their own safety or the safe
ty of others.
every few drivers ever pass the red
signal. With the red against them
they are content to stop and wait for
the change, but in a majority of in
stances observed by the road patrol
drivers seem unwilling to approach
cautiously when the signal is green
"The twin Of the signal beater' is
the driver who, stopped for the red,
dashes madly forward as soon as the
signal changes. He seems to think
he's in race and that the last faint
trace Of amber is the starters gun.
Frequently the twins come together,
or if they don't they come into vio-
lent contact with pedestrians.
"The only answer is cautious driv-
ing. Life is too short at best to en-
danger it by reckless hurry at inter
sections"
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10

The Camden Wyoming Fire Com
pany has just received its American
La-France Cosmopolitan type pumper,
which has a capacity Of 400 gallons
per minute at 120 pounds pressure
and is also equipped with two combi-
nation chemical booster tanks of forty
gallons each. The pumper will be on
exhibition at the carnival, which will
be held on the school grounds, begin
ming August 5. The company also
has 1000 feet of two and one-half-inch
high pressure hose with two sets of
hand chemicals and extension ladders
and 200 feet of three-quarter-inch
booster hose.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
ALFALFA GROWING IN SUSSEX
73 Farmers Agree To Take Up This
Important Crop Rotation in Sussex

73 Farmers Agree To Take Up This
Important Crop Rotation in Sussex
Seventy-three farmers of lower Del
aware have agreed under the direc-
ton and supervision of County Agent
Molloy c. Vaughn, head of the Sussex
County Extension Department, to
plant approximately four hundred
acres on alfalfa this year in an effort
to demonstrate to the 5,247 farm own
ets in that county the probability of
growing the crop as source for
cheaper food and at the same time as
a revenue producer. County Agent
Vaughn points out six essentials for
growing the crop as follows Right
kind Of seed innoculation, use of lime,
high state of soil fertility, carefully
prepared seed bed and proper time
of seeding.
Three-fourths of the experiments
will be conducted in the eastern sec
ton Of the country, in the Nassau
dairy sections, where the farmers soon
will be confronted with the problem
of producing sufficient amounts of
feed for their dairy stock.
Congressman Robert G. Houston, of
Georgetown, who owns one of the
largest and most productive farms in
the Nassau dairy section, and Thorn
as Moore, of Lewes, will each expert
ment with ten acres. Curtis Z. Da-
Wis, of Laurel, owner of the B. L. Ross
farm, near Seaford, will seed eighteen
acres, the largest of any in the coun-
ty. Others will have fields ranging
from three to ten acres.
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
1900 OIL WELLS
In TOWN OF $500
Everybody in Paola, Kan,
Interested in Oil.

Paola, Kan.-On top of one Of the
shallowest oil fields in the world, the
town of Paola is filed with people who
either own an oil or gas well or an
interest in one. Paola has a popula-
tion of $500 and there are more than
1900 producing oil wells within the
confines of Miami county, of which
Paola is the coun,2 seat.
The oil underlies the surface in
shallow streams and pools. Some of
the pools supply oil for 20 years or so
and then die down. A pool struck re
Gently in the northwestern part oe
the county has renewed interest and
activity.
Well Costs $1,000.
Oil is found in the field at depth
of about 45O feet A well costs little
less than $1,000 and if it is good one
the owner stands a chance of being
comfortably wealthy. Consequently
nearly every adult in town is taking
a chance"
Maps of the field are displayed in
hotels, grocery stores, drug stores and
dry goods stores and every operator
carries his own specially marked map,
by which he will show that the de-
velopment is directly in liRe with his
lease.
Excitement is at high pitch. Since
1875 these flurries have been coming
and going in the town, but none seems
to have lost enthusiasm. Employees
of the post Office formed the Post
Office Oil company and drilled well,
the men at the drug store drilled an
other and the men at the Randy
Kitchen still another. Some hit and
some got dry holes.
The town is full Of typical stories.
Enthusiasts cite the farmer who lived
frugally on a small tract for years,
barely existing. Then the oil came in
and from six small wells he now gets
about $1,000 a month. Others cite the
case Of Herman Miller, junk dealer,
who refused $1,000 for a One-eighth
share in a well one day, only to find it
was a dry hole the next.
The Miami county pool has been
giving up oil for more than 40 years.
A. w. Christie put down the wild
cat that opened up the latest pool.
He sunk the first well on a location
arrived at by the motions of curved
stick. Some believe explicitly in the
powers of the stick and s open
ly deride it in favor of ge' ~.
Good Well in Back Yard.
One of the best known wells is
that of W. H. Morehouse, in a back
yard in Paola. 1t came in u years
ago, flowing 80 barrels a day. 1t is
45O feet deep and cost about $50 to
drill. 1t still is flowing three barrels
a day. When oil was selling at $3.50
barrel the well was averaging about
10 barrels a day. Several of these
back yard oil wells have been in eX-
istence from to II years.
Backyard gas wells also are COM
mon. Farmers light and heat their
homes, barns and yards with the gas.
David Mccullough even lighted up the
highway in front of his farm with
gas from his well. On another farm a
croquet ground was brightly lighted.
Two deep wells are being sunk in
the field and although the shallow pool
men scoff at the possibility of their
bringing in oil, they have ardent
hackers
Smyrna times., 1927-08-10
Man, ~, Regains Sight
After Twelve Years

London.-After being blind for Il
years, James Donaldson, seventy-seven,
suddenly recovered his sight The
first person he saw was his son, whom
he did not recognize because he had
grown bald. Twelve years ago, while
Donaldson was out walking, every
thing suddenly went black" His
sight returned the other day just as
suddenly and unaccountably as it had
vanished.