davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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brotherhoods indicated a probable
value of 1000, 100000
In July. 1926, John f. Benton. gen
eral solicitor of the National Assocla-
ton of Railroad and Utility Commls-
sioners, said before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Under strict
reproduction cost method the people
would be taxed to pay a return on
$4,000, ,000, ,000."
OF course, the present program OF
the /. c. c. will not show nearly SO
large a valuation as Mr.. Bentons ne-
ure. However, many railroad owners
and managers believe that a strict ap
plication OF the principles enunciated
In Federal court decisions would bring
the value of the railroads far ABOVE
the valuations which the Interstate
Commerce Commission is finding. Ac-
cordingly. when the commission seehs
to recapture earnings or fix rates on
the basis of it's valuations, there prop
ably will be widespread litigation.
Tend to Boost Rates.
If the higher valuations were al.
lowed by the courts, they would leIiu
to boost rates and the market worth
Of railroad stocks to a spectaculai
extent. -,
AS matter or 1act, IL any eIIihS iIho
Mr.. Benton's estimate stood. congress
would probably repeal the railroad act
and find a new basis for rate-hxlng:
Even the railroads themselves would
be bashful about promulgating rates
based on so high a valuation. for such
rate increases would completely re-
make the map of the Nations busi-
ness. Such rates. in the case OF many
commodities. would no doubt be more
than the traffic could bear. They
would also probably have the effect
of encouraging the establishment or
factories throughout the country to
reduce freight bills by cutting down
the distance between the maker and
the user.
More than $50 tentative railroad
valuations have been completed by the
commission and 410 have become final
either by decision or order. These
tentative valuations, completed by the
end of 1925, cover 1898 miles of
railroad, or approximately 74is per
cent of the total mileage, according
to a report by Frederick Fl. Lee, secre-
tary of the Presidents conference
committee on valuations. Thus far
$120.011,1S5 has been spent on the
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things, such as leaning against the
wall, sprawling across desk, or
standing in a slouchy position, may
give the impression that the man Is
lazy or indifferent.
THE worker frequently does him.
self an injustice by not telling the
truth about himself. In trying to
make his past record appear favor
able he may be putting II on too thick
and make his story appear Impossible.
A. great many men in applying Tor
work talk too much.
Lack OF faith and confidence in
himself prevents many an applicant
from putting his best foot forward.
II he could just realize and remember
that many an ordinary mortal with
less native ability than he has is hold
ing a position of high responsibility
he might have more confidence In
himself. He should be modest, but con-
fident. He should not brag, The I'M
portant thing is to get the job: he can
usually hold the job IL he does his best.
Give Up Too Easily.
Sometimes job seekers give up too
easily. If a man does not get a job
by his first application, he should be
a repeater. Many worker has won
job by bringing his lunch and camp
ing outside the employment office.
Taking an argumentative attitude
does not help a worker to land a job.
Personality counts for about 40
per cent of human success. Nowhere
is 1t more important than in obtaining
a desirable position. 1t is probable
that more men are hired on the basis
of first impressions than on any other
factors
The process of hiring is still more
or less hit or miss.
Prejudice and hasty Judgment con-
dition the decisions of those who are
buying labor.
The job hunter will get better re-
suits If he understands the actual
state of the market in which he is
trying to do business.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Girl Works All Day,
Gains Is Pounds

II had Indigestion for years, but
Adlerika helped me the first week.
l was unable to do anything, but
now ! work all day and have gained
IS pounds. Byrd.
Adlerika is a compound Of the
best saline intestinal cleanser with
glycerine, buckthorn, cascara and
other as-expelling and detergent
clements. 1t is excellent for Intes-
tinal Stasis. disease due TO mod
ern ways of living and which is
often the true cause of sour stom-
ack, gas bloating, nervous dyspep.
sia and restless sleep.
Unlike most medicines, Adlerika
acts upon BOTH upper and lower
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REAL cleansing and bringing out
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surprised how much more old mat
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have been causing all your trouble.
In slight disorders, like occasional
constipation. GAS bloating. indiges-
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SHAD ARE SCARCE.
Storms in Chesapeake Likely
Keep Prices High in Lent.

BALTIMORE, March 10.--Shad are
scarce in this section, according to-
fishermen and fish commission men,
and the price is going to be high all
during Lent
The scarcity is attributed to the re-
cent storms along the Chesapeake.
When the waves begin To roll fish
make for deep water and stay there
until things have quicted down a bit.
The season for shad is beginning to
near its height. and tho shortage has
boosted the price, IL Is said But IL
no storms strike within the next week
the price will he no moro than 80
cents pound, dealers say.
Other seafood ia scarce because OF
the storms. notable shrimp But they
are beginning to come i'm greater
numbers
Evening star., 1927-03-10
MEN AND MONEY
BY M. S. Rukeyser.
(Copyright, 1877

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion hopes to complete next year tne
most colossal task in inventory taxing
in the history of barter.
When the American railroads have
been tagged with an official value, the
result is likely to be something of a
boomerang. Instead of showing up
the railroads as highly overcapitalized, d,
as the late Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette, who introduced the valuation bill
in Congress in 1918. thought 1t would,
the wholesale appraisals may have
precisely the opposite story to tell.
In the recent Los Angeles and Salt
Lake Railroad case, the Supreme
Court of the United States upheld the
right of the commission to make valua-
tions. But neither Congressional
action nor court decree has been able
to simplify the labyrinthal job which
has been shouldered on the commits
sion.
If ultimately the commission would
pay heed to all the implications Of all
relevant Federal decisions on valua-
tion, the appraisal placed on the rail-
roads would infiame the speculative
Imagination. Valuation, under the
present transportation act, is of crucial
practical Importance for two reasons.
III TIE HISl pltce, tdIcS uccA a iCid-
tion to the valuation placed on large
geographical groups Of railroads which
are supposed to be permitted to earn
a fair return-5A per cent on proper
ty value. In the second place. the law
further provides that. if under such
rates, the strong and we'll managed
carriers earn more than per cent on
their property value, one-half the ex-
cess must be turned over to the Gov
ernment.
Property Value High.
For rate-making purposes. the IN
terstate Commerce Commission in
1920 tentatively placed valuation of
$lS,900, ,000.0 on the railroads. Since
then nearly $4,000, 900 900 of net value
has been added, bringing the property
value in 1926 up to $22, 200, 00O, 900.
compared with a capitalization of
$21, SOC, ,000, 900.
In 1906 Senator La Toilette, who
had no love for the railroads, esti-
mated their aggregate value at
1000 ,O00, 900.
In 1924 he placed their valuation at
$10.600, 900 900.
In the previous year the railroad
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work, of which the commission bore
$2S,256, ,027
The commission expects to complete
the valuation work by June. 1879. IL
has already finished more than 80 per
cent of the necessary field work, ac-
cording to Richard Waterman, de-
partment of transportation and com
munication of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
Will Add to Valuation.
Once a valuation has been agreed
upon it will be easy to keep the ap-
praisal up-to-date by adding the cur
rent net additional investments in ac-
cordance with accounting procedure
laid down by the commission.
From a profit standpoint, the main
incentive for mergers is to take over
properties earning less than they
should on their valuation and join
them with roads earning moro than
a fair return on property value. The
merger, therefore. becomes means
of avoiding recapture of earnings.
Another factor is that when rail-
road stocks sell below their asset
value, new owners hope by a change
III IndHdSeiHe1t TO mako tilelT LldTheL
price at least as high as their valu-
alton indicates it should be.
Valuation is the most tangled ques-
ton in all business, for value re-
fleets a personal Judgment. Before
the question is settled, a formula will
have to be reached when satisfied
with opinions of the various parties
involved.
Even If the more conservative fig
ures of the Interstate Commerce
Commission are accepted, it is ap-
parent that the railroads as a whole
are no longer suffering from watered
stocks. although in some instances
individual corporations may be. As
a result of the expansion of the Ma
tion's business the railroads have
grown up to fit their financial cloth
ing The railroads, considered as a
whole. have in fact outgrown their
and have already begun
to correct the situation in particular
cases by the issuance of stock divi-
dends An undercapitaliZed railroad
like the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, however, has seemingly deferred
consideration of melon cutting until
the Interstate Commerce Commission
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ton or sick headache. ONE spoon
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ment,
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DIVIDENDS RESUMED.

RICHMOND. Va. March 10 Gp).--
Dividends on the common stock of
the Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. sus.
pended more than three years ago.
have been resumed. Directors of the
company, meeting here. placed the
common stock on a dividend basis at
the rate of So a year. payable quar-
terly, the first quarterly dividend of
rs cents to be paid on May l to stock
of record April Is. The directors
also declared the regular per cent
quarterly dividend on the preferred
stock, or at the rate of So annually,
payable April 1 to stock of record
March 10.
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CHANGING RIVER CHANNEL

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, March 10 (Spe-
ciaD.-The Pennsylvania Railroad is
changing the channel Of tho Coma
maugh River at Conamaugh. The old
river bed is being filed TO provide a
locomotive coaling station which will
do all the work of cleaning and refill
ing by machinery off the main tracks
and making IL possible TO coal nine
engines at "A time. The freight move
ment at this point frequently totals
so engines and 1000 freight cars in "a
ho1trG
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

SALES.
a asnlngton Gas Ga, series B-S500 at
x9 x95; 6o $500 At l05, $500 at 105. $500 at 105.
m Capital Traction Colo at I07%. 5 at
n PPotomsc Elec. pfd--5 at 1885,. at
=, Washington Gas Light--1O at ii 10 at
a at II ~. 10 at III ss
Masn. Rwy. 4 Elec. com.-lO at 2I0.
=, Wash. wa Rwy. Elec. pfd.-5 at 91h. 80
osFF farmers Mechanics Nat Bank--e at
10 at 47o. ~'
10 at 264.
Lanston Monotype-IO at e3b.
95&.
AFTER CALL.
Wash. Rwy. & Elec. pfd.--20 at 81
Wash. Gas 6s B-S1 900 at 1O6
Wash. Gas 6s A--S1 900 at IO4%
Capital Traction 5s-Sl 900 at i01A
a. CITY & Suburban r. r. 5s-S1 900 at
CORRECTION.
m. The sale as Of yesterday, Amer, Security g.
Trust Co., 3 at 3S1. should read at 3SI.
Money-Call loans 8 and q per cant
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HUMBLE PROFIT DROPS.

NEW YORK. March 10 LR.-Net
profit of Humble Oil and Refining Go.
for 1925 declined to $l9,385.572 from
322, ,623.7 in 1925. This was equal to
$500 a share on 2,924,701 shraes out
standing at the end of the year.
against $l2.92 a share on 1850, 600
shares outstanding at the close Of
1925.
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LOSS Is REPORTED.

NEW YORK. March 10 CP).--H. r.
Mallinson & Co. reports consolidated
net loss of $546,953 for 1926. The
previous report covered IA months
ended December 81, 1925. and showed
net profit of $5S5.957. equal to $l.SS a
share on the common.
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BUILDING ACTIVITY DOWN.

NEW YORK. March 10 O).-A ma
tional survey of s. w. Straus & Co.,
bankers, shows that new Office build
ing. hotel. apartment hotel and high
class apartment house projects have
fallen to a minimum throughout the
country
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places valuation on the prosperous
transcontinental carrier.
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Make your icebox Frigidaire
be ready for hot weather

meet your particular require
ments. But whether you install
Frigidaire in your present ice-box
or decide on a complete cabinet
model, you may be assured that
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Beatties Electric shop 20 Wilson Blvd Clarendon. Va
Boyer VIM. r., si2 18th 81. NV.
Bucks Furniture store. Rockville. Md
Coo, n. A. & CO.. 1868 Park I'd. NV.
yesterday & Scheueh. Mt Rainier Md.
Gasch. Clifford E.. Hyattsville, Nd
Harding, j. G. Co., Inc. 120 18th 1T. NV
Havenner. George G.. Jr., 1880 Good Hope Road S.E.
Hecht Co.. 7th ut + St. NV.
4. kann & Co.. 9Th at Market space.
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McCray Refrigerator Co.. 832 18th st. NV.
w. B. Moses a SONS. 1ith a. SITS. NV.
Ohutt Oil Burner Co.. 1886 wisconsin Ave. NV.
Reed, ,. NJ. 0l3 King St.. Alexandria. Va.
silver Spring Bldg supply Co.. silver spring. Nd.
simpson, J. r., Cedar ST.. Takoma Park.
Spire. DIR. VIM. b., Mt. Rainier. Md.
Turyiie. L.. 5537 Conn. Ave. NV.
Woodward q Lothrop. nth & G SITS. NV.
Cooper. Edw. W.. 1902 18th ST. NV.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

IF YOU have any standard make
i ofice-box, you can have Frig-
idaire installed in it and from that
time you can forget about refrig-
Grafton. Your meats, vegetables,
and other perishables will be kept
better than you were eversable to
keep them before. Milk will be
pure and sweet for days-lettuce
and other salads will be kept as
fresh and crisp as they were when
you got them. Spoiled foods will
be a thing of the past.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-15
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The Washington times., 1927-01-28
AUTHORS WIFE
IS DIVORCED
q InternatlonaI NeWe serrlc.

~AASSAA@NNNOAA-A 0GENtCO
PARIS. JAM ga divorce was
granted today to Mrs. Ernest Hem.
ingway. formerly Hadley Richard.
son, who was married September 8,
1921, at Horizons Bay. Mich. The
custody Of the child was given 10
the mother. Hemingway Is an au.
thor and novelist, his latest novel
having recently attracted wide at
tention in the United States. as it
deals with the life Of Americans in
Europe. Hemingway's home is in
Toronto.
A number of other American d.
vorces were granted, as follows:
To Mrs. Gerry Symposium, nee
Margaret Smith, married March 10,
1895, in Key West;
To Mrs. Charles Douglas Wood
house, nee Borritt Stevens, married
September 20, 1918, in New York;
To. Mrs. Charles Eastman Dan.
forth, nee Margaret White Smith,
married July Is, 1922, in New York;
To Mrs. Marcus Matson, nee Car.
men Jermone, married December
29, 1921, in Clarendon, Va.
A petition for divorce has been
filed by an American husband de.
scribed as 'Mr. Bibily" from his
wife, Marie Andree Della Montague,
Of IA East Sixtieth Street, New
York. They were married in San
Raphael, Cal. August "a, 1918. The
! petitioner charges violence.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
BTRTHS

Frederick H. and Emma c. Lanham.
boy
John r. and Dorothy McCregor, boy.
Edward G. and Mae p. Harris, girl.
Frank J. and Catherine v. Colieli,
Arthur d. and Nell NJ. Keise. girl.
Julius q. and Brenda Morcock, boy.
Myron G. and. Shirley d. Rosendorf,
boy
William r. and Mary. Ryan. girl.
James B. and Alice p. league. girl.
Elias and Rose A. Weinstein, boy.
Matthew A. and Florence WEIGH. girl
Robert L. and May B. Waller. girl.
Thomas x. and Edna v. Zevely, girl.
John j. and Catherine M. Crowley. tr.,
girl,
Joseph and Amelia Hurwltz. girl.
william II. and Francis Pipple. boy.
John l.. and Sally D. Sisk. boy.
William and Florence Monaghan. boy.
Joseph and julia Davidson. boy.
Edward and Sadie Talbert, boy,
Hilton and Marie Jefferson. girl.
Stanton and Hattie Lomax, girl.
James @. and THEME Ruffln. girl,
Jesse and Elizabeth Jones, boy.
!. James o. and Agnes o. Middleton,
boy
Charles and Callie Mustrow. boy.
Grandson. r. and Mary Jones. boy.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
Births, Marriages, and Obituaries
MARRIAGE LICENSES

John B. Moore, 40. and sarah c.
Kaiser, IS The Rev. H. NJ Hennig.
William Yass Elder. jr., 20. and Mar
garet 3. Sellers. 90: both Of Baltimore.
Mo; The Rev. Q. L. Abbott
Harold B. GILL 81, Of Orange, Va,
ana Katherine =. Jayne. 90, Iof Bay
snTe. n. 7. The,Rev. William N. Hoff-
Reginald c. BrIscoe, %. and Betty
Bryant. 26 The Rev. b. r. Perkins
Nathan 8. Leek. %, and Lorena
Krudup. 80; both or New York city.
James Williams. 26 and Florence
Bowen Is. The Rev. A. J. Odds
James Alex Dent. rs. and Elizabeth
Scott, 20. The Rev. A. J. Olds.
Maurice Hussey Avery. As. or Nashua,
q. H., and Evelyn Western FAINT, SO.
The Rev william L. DeVries.
Pletro Santuccl. 20, and Joianda Pom
pilio. 81. The Rev. N. NJ. DeCarlo.
William H. Lee, ~, and Ethel N.
Morgan, SIS. The Rev. j. U. King.
William Thomas "a, and Louise
Young. %. The Rev. T. j. Lee.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
MRS. ELIZA FRANCEs NAYLoR

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
Frances Naylor, So, will be held
here tomorrow. Members of Chap
ter B of the P. e. o. Society, a
national secret organization in
which Mrs. Naylor was active until
recently. will attend the services.
Until few months ago Mrs. Nay
Ior was in excellent health and ac1
tive in social and charitable work.
Last year, however, she became en-.
feebled and gradually declined. She
died late yesterday al her home,
6S Chestnut St., Takoma Park. Two
daughters. Miss Fannie Naylor and
Mrs. Lucia Corey, and two grand
daughters, Miss Frances Corey and
Mrs. Carlotta Corey VirlSle are the
survivors.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
EDWARD s. SEAMS

| Funeral services viii be held
Monday in Watertown, N. T., for
Edward s. Sears, SO, father Of
Stanley $. Sears, chief Of the min
ing section OF the income tax UNI
Of the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Sears was a native OF Massa-
chusetts and a member of the,
Thirty-seventh Massachusetts vol
unteers during the Civil War. He
died yesterday at his sons home,
1922 California st. N. W., where
he had lived for a number Of years
past.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
MISS CAROLINE .. HUNT

Miss Caroline Louise Hunt, 81
years old, member of the staff Of
the Home Economics Bureau OF the
Department of Agriculture. died yes
terday in Presbyterian Hospital, Chi
cago. it was learned.
Miss Hunt. formerly a teacher of
home economies in several colleges
and universities. was taken i'll with
pneumonia while visiting at her
| former home in Evanston. Ill. She
came to the Departments of Agricul.
! ture Is years ago.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
OTIVER . CEORCE

Masonic services were held this
morning for Oliver B. George, SO;
division superintendent of the Amer,
lean Railway Express, who died in
Atlanta Tuesday. Burial was in
Rock Greek Cemetery.
Surviving Mr.. George are his wife,
two daughters, Miss Lula Il. George
and Mrs. G. e. Greider and a step
son, Thomas M. Duff. of Atlanta.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28

$4,000 in cash prizes. 5000
first. $500 second, s1.5OO third,
and 4.sa prizes in all. Game Of
Presidents and First Ladies Of
the Land starts january 20 In
The big Sunday Washington
Herald. Don't miss IL.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28
DEATHS

Eliza Francis Naylor, So years, 50
Chestnut ST.. Takoma Park. D. c.
Edward s.. Sears jr.. 81 years. 1890
Eighteenth st. N. w.
Hilderikus DeBoer. So years. Walter
Reed General Hospital.
George Schuman. so years. q. 8
Naval Hospital.
b Harry Bisset. Is YEARS George Wash.
ffnEtoD Hospital
Eva +. Rhodes. % years, SOFA Rock
Greek Church Rd N. q.
st. s. W.
Minnie Page. as years AT Richard.
son st. N. w.
william Henry jackson IS years
samuel Lacey. months. 1908 sixth
ST. N e.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28

new novel, "The Web OF Fear
gtiIFts in The Washington Times on
Monday. Watch for IL.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28

A form Of stereoscopic motion
picture has been developed to- aid
in teaching lip reading.
The Washington times., 1927-01-28

Porto Rico's last tobacco crop OF
more than 35,00O. 900 pounds was the.
largest on record.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-07-07
Giving the ~Company" Dinner the Extra Touch

now appeared roast ducklings, plump
and tender, enwreathed in the super
crispness of sprigs of parsley fried
in deep fat, at once garnish and IA
condiment. lnch-thick rounds of hom-
my, crusty on top with Drowned par
mesan and butter, We're served with
the ducks, and oranges baked i'm their
skins, for fruitiness, and praised eel
cry for green vegetable. For DIES
sert! Prunes of the finest, cooked to
Il sequacious mellowness and sweet
ness, combined with great luscious
marrons, in equal quantity, the whole
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-07-07

compete lightened and heightened by
bits of candied orange and lemon peel.
Long sustained cooking had joined all
into cunning melange where all We're
one and one was all, Cream, reclaimed
from insipidity by dash of bitter al
mond, raised the compete an octave
higher in the culinary scale. With ii
came black walnut spice cakes with
chocolate icing. And as Il final fin
fishing touch, drop of altar of rose
in each cup of steaming black coffee.
turning-it from "A mere drink into an
Oriental splendor.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-07-07

First a clear tomato soup, strong
and hot, in cups. Sailed cashew nuts
were passed with 1t, but no bread or
crackers. The second course was n
patty of shrimp, lobster and oysters,
dexterously mingled and seasoned. A
cool sauce of grated cucumber bound
by thin green mayonnaise made mt.
ting harmony with the sea food. And