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Evening star., 1927-05-04

in the delivery of an Grafton on
"Hamilton's Contribution to the Con-
stitution." But, unfortunately,
Ethelwyn miscalculated her time
period and the time failed to wait for
her, Inspector Shelby reached for
his whistle as his eyes were glued
upon his timepiece. Ethelwyn seemed
nearly through her speech-but the
whistle shrilled, and the little girl
halted in the middle of a sentence.
Her prompt stop saved her from dis
qualification and she was judged by
the Jury upon what she had said to
the moment of the stop.
The jury that judged all the orations
was composed Of
District Commissioner Sidney f.
Taliaferro, Maj Allen w. Gullion,
Judge Advocate General, u. s. A,
and Judge Mckenzie Moss OF the
United States Court of Claims.
From Central the scene shifted to
Dunbar High, where the colored win
ners strove for honors, Lucius Rob
inson, 17-year-old student of Dunbar
speaking on Jefferson and the Con-
stitution," and Allan Andrews, II, of
Armstrong, offering as his contribu-
ton, Hamilton and the Constitution. !"
Lauding Jefferson as the Apostle
Of the Constitution" and the far
sighted patriot who "laid the corner
stone OF American political life"
young Robinson at times seemed to
be wholly lost in his subject. Lucius
has happy manner of retaining per-
feet composure and was entirely OBJ
livious to his audience as he made his
plea.
Allen Andrews approached his task
of presenting. the evidence to show
that Hamilton was the financial
wizard of American history" in a
mode entirely consonant with the
hereditary qualities Of address and
forcefu1ness attributed to his subject.
Following the speeches the orators
each were presented by Mr.. WilSin-
son with checks for 800 given by
The Evening Star to each of those
who won their way into the finals.
A short musical program closed the
meeting.
Mr.. Wilkinson presided, and the
principals of both schools, w. L..
Smith of Armstrong, and G. D. Hous-
ton of Dunbar, We're on the platform
and spoke briefly, praising the broad
spiritual union existing between the
two high schools"
Evening star., 1927-05-04
THE EVENING WEDNESDAY, NAY 4 1927

mineral supply" he declared, "but he
can renew forests, he can check soil
erosion and he can control the water
resources Of the country and use that
monster self-renewing asset for benefl-
ciaI poses--navigation, irrigation.
power-instead of wasting it in devas-
tating floods.
Water Resources Neglected.
Neglect of water resources in the
United States is the result of the fact
that there never has been q national
water policy, MIR. Parker declared
The Federal water power act OF
1920 definitely committed the Govern
ment to a water power policy and the
Boulder Dam project would violate
that policy, w. III. Onken, editor of
Electrical World, declared at the
meeting. Not only is the circumven-
tion of the Federal water power act
sought through this special legisla-
ton, but the Government also is at
tempting to engage in the power bust
ness, he asserted
He said the situation in the coun-
try virtually dictates the development
of water power by public utility COM
panies. The electrical industry, he
added, can produce "a systematic,
comprehensive development of the
Nations unused water powers in n
way to utilize their fullest valt=, and
it can create markets which will abb
sorb the huge volume Of power pro-
luced."
American Trade Association execu-
tives and the National Association Of
Commercial Organization Secretaries
held dinner meetings last night and
following the joint session with the
Pan-American Commercial Confer.
ence at the Washington Auditorium
delegates to both conventions were
guests at a reception and dance at
the Chamber of Commerce Building.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
"Purges' > and
Physics . Bad
for Old Folks

While DR.. w. B. Caldwell of Mon
ticello, H., practicing physician for
~ years, knew that constipation was
the curse of advancing age, he did
not believe that purge" or "physic"
every little while was necessary.
To him it seemed cruel that SO
many constipated old people had to
be kept constantly stirred up" and
half sick by taking cathartic pills,
tablets, salts, calomel and nasty oils.
In DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin he
discovered a laxative which helps to
regulate" the bowels of old folks.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin not only
causes a gentle, easy bowel move
ment, but each dose helps TO
strengthen the bowel muscles,
shortly establishing natural "regu-
Evening star., 1927-05-04
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
TtiIities----II.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

UtilitieS-II.
Illustrating the comparatively high
prices for public utility stocks, we may
take either the investment return al
the market or earnings per share.
which ever measure is used, the con-
clusion is the same, namely, that
investors believe no other class OF
common stocks combine so many au'
antages as the utilities, and partic'
itIarIv the electric light and power
issues. -, +.
on the basis of return it will be
found that the leaders in this group
sell TO give the buyer who enters
the market at the present time not
much more than per cent. A year
ago as much could have been obtained
on a high.grade bond. The question,
then. is whether the yield on pubic
utility common stocks is enough 10
Justify the assumption of the RISK
that always goes with partnership as
against the return to a bondholder
who is in the position of creditor.
The answer depends in part at least
on the probable course Of money
rates. If, as most authorities believe,
money is to go still lower over the
longer period, the prices of the best
of public utility common stocks are
likely to move upward in much the
same fashion and for the same reason
as bonds are expected to do This
refers, it must be emphasized, only
to the leaders and to the operating
companies and not the holding COM
panies.
Turning now to the matter of earn
ings per share, we find that the mar
gin between net income available for
dividends and the amounts actually
paid out is not large. If earnings
of utilities were subject to the wide
fluctuations experienced by industrial
organizations this would be a matter
of prime Importance, but the fact is
that stability is the outstanding
characteristic of utility income state
ments. Even more reassUring is the
consistent increases that these same
earnings reveal. AS long as this
continues there can be no danger in
buying utility stocks by any one who
is willing to ignore the minor market
fluctuations.
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EXTENSION rs GRANTED.

PHILADELPHIA, May R.-The
time IN which interest certificates for
stock of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron Corporation may be
converted, under the Reading dissolu-
ton plan of the Supreme Court, was
extended to January 1, 1928, by the
Federal District Court yesterday. The
extension was granted at the request
of the Reading Co.. primarily to give
the Baltimore G. Ohio Railroad Co.,
which holds 303,30 of the 571,23S GER
tifcates outstanding, further oppor-
tunity to dispose Of it's interests. The
final conversion period would have
expired July /, 1927.
Evening star., 1927-05-04

ceiving set in the airplane to the
Department of Commerce radio
beacon installation at College Park,
Nd, and from there over telephone
line running into central and thence
through the ordinary channels to Mr..
MacCracken's branch number at the
department
In reverse. the conversation went
to central and was broadcast from
the telephone company's 8 AT radio
set and received in the plane on an
airplane receiving set.
Several telephone extensions were
attachd by personnel of the telephone
company, which enabled the follow
ing to listen In on the conversation
in Mr.. MacCracken office; Moud
Samy Pacha, the Egyptian Minister;
Harry T.. Guggenheim of New York,
stephen e Davis. solicitor. and j..
Walter Drake. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
FLEECE W0OLS DULL.

BOSTON, May 4 (SpeciaD. Fine
territory woods are moderately active
in the Boston wool market, but
feeces are extremely dun with trans
actions more commonly at the low
side of the recent price range. Fine
territory was quoted today at 1.05a
10, clean basis: French combing at
98a1.05; half-blood at 99a1.02; three
eighths blood at 87a90 and quarter
blood at 77aS0. Ohio grade fleeces
are quoted at 44a45, grease basis, for
fine delaine and half-blood, with three
eighths blood at 42a43 and quarter
blood at A1a42
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FINANCING PLANNED.
B. & o. Earnings to Have Bearing
on Recent Stock Purchases.

BALTIMORE, May 4 (SpeciaD.--
This years earnings may prove to
have an important bearing upon the
method of financing the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroads purchases last Feb
ruary Of Western Maryland d
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
stocks, involving something like $780,
000, 1000.
It is likely that permanent financing
of the purchases viii be arranged
within a few months. In view Of the
fact that Baltimore & Ohio's debt is
now about 73 per cent of its capital
issues the belief prevails that the
management viii give serious con-
sideration to an issue of common stock
as the medium.
Bankers say the company could
easily float a sifiable issue at q sub
stantial premium.
Evening star., 1927-05-04

ion of the Railway Business Associa-
ton, its president, Alba B. johnson,
told the transportation and commu-
nication session.
1--WE think Presidents should prefer
experienced nominees" he said, land
that Senators should waive senatorial
courtesy to that end.
Second only in Importance to prior
service on a State utilities board is
continued service on the commission.
We take the position that the Presi-
dent should be able to command ac-
ceptance by the most competent men,
and that in consenting to leave their
occupations, usually in middle life,
for this national task they should feel
assured of reappointment during
satisfactory service. Such security Of
tenure will give commissioners a
sense of protection from political
pressure of shippers or carriers
groups.
ReappOintment Is Favored.
1--WE favor the reappointment of
the three commissioners whose terms
expire during the present admins
tration-Commissio Esch in 1927.
and Commissioners Hall and Aitchi-
son in 1928.
Respectfully we disagree with
those Presidents and cabinet members
who have seemed to think 1t proper
to urge an administration view of
rate problems upon the commission.
This is obviously demoraliZing to our
system of regulation"
Revision by Congress of the present
scale of postal rates on commercial
business was urged by l.. &. Pearson,
chairman of the board of the United
Publishers Association, New York.
He declared that free postal serv-
ice on franked and penalty mail for
Government officials amounted to S14,-
000,000 a year, and pointed out that
free delivery of country newspapers
cost about $7,000,000 a year more.
Serves Public Free.
Explaining that it was the recog-
nized duty Of the postal service to
serve great part of the public with
out charge and that the service never
was intended to be self-supp0rting, he
advocated extension of the benefits
to commerce for the benefit of busi-
ness as a whole.
Young countries waste their natural
resources. Walter Parker, executive
vice president of the National Flood
Prevention and River Regulation Com
mission, declared before the natural
resources production group at the
Hotel Washington. The United
States, he said, must conserve the
remainder Of it's resources, If it would
hold it's own in world competition.
MAN cannot renew an exhausted
Evening star., 1927-05-04

United States are manifesting live
ly interest in New England just now,
feeling that they can profit in the flu
ture by New Englands experience.
he declared.
1.-TWO years ago we were concerned
over the effect on our own people
of the pessimism about New England
that reached us from both within and
without" Mr.. Lawrence said; to-day
we are not only encouraged, but con-
fident Our fears of two years ago
were based upon the lack of co-opera-
ton among both the State and the
business interests of New England, on
our lack of realization that New Eng
landers. because of climatic condi-
tions, have had to work harder to
provide themselves with food and
clothing and shelter, and on the wide
spread failure of our people to re-
alize that they had settled into habits
of action and thought which were not
modern nor adapted to our present
conditions"
Today, New England interests are
grouped and organized to degree
undreamed of, he said. The popula-
fion of New England is increasing
steadily, and there is new spirit of
enterprise and achievement every
where.
Evening star., 1927-05-04

larity." 1t never gripes, sickens or
upsets the system. Besides. it is
absolutely harmless and pleasant to
take.
If past fifty, buy a large 60-cent
bottle at any store that sells medi-
cine or write Syrup Pepsin," Monti-
cello. Ill.,. for FREE SAMPLE
BOTTLE and just see for yourself.
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PROFIT is S5.541,S90.

NEW YORK, May OP).-Engineers
Public Service Co. reports profit OF
$5,541 $50 for the year ended March
81, available for reserves and divi-
dends. Gross earnings were $27.3s7,-
191.
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Continued from First Page.)
followed and the plane thereupon flew
into Boiling Field in the heavy down
pour and high wind.
Radio Experts Present.
In the plane, an all metal three
engined Ford, were' DR.. J. II. Del
linger and Harden Pratt, radio ex-
perts of the Bureau of Standards: VIII
liam B. Stout of Detroit, designer and
builder of the plane; r. w. Arm
strong Of the American Telephone
Evening star., 1927-05-04
COTTON GOODS STEADY.

NEW YORK, May A (SpeciaD.--
Moderate activity continued in cotton
goods markets today at unchanged
price levels. Print cloths We're quoted
at &c for 64x60s and at Sc for 68x72s.
Raw silks eased off from to 20
points in quiet market.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
SOuth's Big Problem.

The South's big problem is its rapid
growth, George II. Baldwin. vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Com
modores Point Terminal Co, Jackson.
vile, Fla, told the meeting.
The policies of the major portion
of the Souths larger industrial plants,
transportation and public utilities
companies have been and still are die
tated by non-residents, Mr.. Baldwin
said The South is indebted to the
broad visioned capitalists who have
made possible this development, he
added. At the same time, he said, the
gradual building up of the individual
capital of the Southern people has
made possible the swinging back the
Evening star., 1927-05-04
OIL OUTPUT AT PEAK.

NEW YORK. May OP).-Oil pro-
duction in the Seminole area, Okla
homa, reached a new peak of 100000
barrels in the "a hours ended am.
yesterday, gain of 10000 barrels
over the preceding day.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
RUBBER UNCHANGED.

NEW YORK. May 4 (SpeciaD.-.
Crude rubber, smoked ribbed sheets,
remained unchanged at today's noon
quotation of 40Ac. This compares
with 41lsc a month ago and sic a
year ago,
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PROFIT rs LARGER.

NEW YORK, May 4 tA7).--American
Hide & Leather had net profit of $75,
u" for the first quarter, equal to rs
cents a share on the preferred, against
$1,46S, or l cent a share on the pre-
ferred, in the first quarter last year.
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w. A. L0KER is WINNER
IN ORAT0RY FINALS
IN STARS DISTRICT

Continued from First Page.)
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and Telegraph Co. and Pilots Brooks

and Telegraph Co. and Pilots Brooks
and Russell.
Seated at his desk, Mr.. MacCracken
picked up the telephone upon receiv-
ing ring and found he was talking
with DIR. Dellinger. who was several
miles away and high above the
ground. Mr.. MacCraeken said he
heard DR.. Dellinger clearly and after
a moments conversation Mr.. Stout
took the phone in the plane. Mr..
MacCraclzen talked with Mr.. Pratt
and Mr.. Armstrong and then the
lightning began to fash into his office
and the rain began to pour.
THE primary object Of this com.
munication," said Mr. MacCracken,
is to give advance information to
airplanes in flight. / don't know
whether you know 1t or not but q
storm is breaking over the city. The
demonstration has been very success
full and / congratulate you and I now
suggest that the plane return to Bol.
ling Field.
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OFFICIAL, AT DESK,
TELEPHONES TO FLYING
PLANE DURING STORM

CONTINUED from First Page,
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Carried Over Regular Phone.

Carried Over Regular Phone.
1--WE received your message" came
the reply from DR.. Dellinger, "and
win return to the field at once"
The two-way conversation was ac-
complished in this manner: The
words of the planes occupants were
carried by radio from q small re-
Evening star., 1927-05-04
NATIONS BUSINESS
GOOD, U. S. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE HEARS

Continued from First Page.)
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meeting was called to order by Gideon
A. Lyon. associate editor of The
Washington Star, who presided as
chairman.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
Delivers Last Speech.

Ethelwyn /. Hine, the Central High
School winner, was the last con-
testant in the first unit in bid for
honor Her voice was alk~9st mas
culine In its fire and determination
Evening star., 1927-05-04

Every piece Of Character
Furniture can be purchased on
the Badgef Plan AT 10 addi-
fiosaI Interest charge. Terms
that are easy 10 be mst can be
arranged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-30
FOOTNOTES 8s ".
Notes on Liberals 4:
By EUGENE LYONS

a) The composition of liberal editorials is idea of
journalistic cnch Just learn the formula and apply
it along Others may ponder and gope
liberal to it and writes matters not how complicated
the situation the liberal fomuS ties all the loose ends with
nice pink ribbon and makes fit for company The procedure
something like this First state the obvious facts of the
question under consideration with few side ance of analysis
Then having posed the problem and indicated its serious inn
pcaons and poentiates you end with all of the fol-
lowing
The New York World trusts that justice and fair play will
prevail and that saving of huor will carry the day.
Where will all end? How will these cashing interests
these deeply hatreds these challenging problems be
reconced and moohed over The New Republic feels conf
dent that good sense will win out in the end.
The truth however lies somewhere between those
remes 1t remains it'll the respectable bertyovng members of
our commonwealth to keep their heads"
These endngs well with editorials the Chinese sua
on the Mexican oil laws AL Smiths candidacy, the alarming
growth OF the Graphic the Kerensreen Beckeman entente
art and life, antiSemism doing good deed day, etc.
(b The liberal has unerring feeling for the compare
lively unmportan Mention Imperialism and he Immediately
thinks of the Virgin Islands Iceland rather than China
Mexico India Mention injustice and he bemoans the fact that
rough rather than the fundamental exploitation of the
many by the few.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-30
DUMB BELLIES LETTERS.


Well dear, here am again. Lester dear.
You're missing lot of excitement this
China. don't understand but the
from reading the that the followers Changes
which the most numerous family in China went after the civilized
folks In the of Socony China Many Americans
killed wOunded-Dr Williams the of the killed
So the Big Brthas drawn hed the city and
as enough Chinese is shot will ask for indemnity.
The Big Berhas is also protecting
forth My brother Percy who awful kdder it's
tough to American
and how nice feel Chnaman something
who where please without of
forth tagging after But of jOshng
it must be terrible be foreigner. like
Mexicans and FORTH All the missionaries all parts
China fleeing Shanghai which getting awful
preachers of denominations which kind tough
marines who amt partial preachers tell
So that's that darling Also lady Long
her CHATS French
by the of Snyder and
because he murdered her husband think
the sweetheart being hated Percy
That she's poor widowed woman Like the boy he who
killed his father and burned down his house then pleaded
because he a homeless orphan.
You will also be glad to learn that Peaches against
Daddy and won't cent but she always
erested in the doesn't although
somehow thought maybe she interested
Myrtle you're growing cynical swear Which show
doesn't Another thing that's that
Sinclair found guilty of insulting the United
and the everybody talks about the there wouldn't
s enough to round if everybody that insued put
trial in Detroit against Henry Ford for libel
Sap Ford he doesn't read the Dearborn Independent
and it's all about his attacking the Jews though everybody
knows it's the Jewish vaudeville and other
their jokes about the tin Lzzes that's responsible
Take of YOURSELF honey boy, girl
The Crabrees asked to be remembered YOU
party, and also Jack whom the theatre
with the lovely pointed mustaches So long darling
Your lonely
MYRTLE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-30
NEW BOOK BY HOLLOWAY
BY I. DE WITT TALMADGE.

r OMRADE Alexandra Kollontay the Soviet ambas-
- sador to Mexico makes her literary debut, today,
to the American reading public, with "Red Love-" a
psychological study of relations in the postwar Pc
ROD 1t is of the most thought stimulating books
written for time and will undoubtedly create a
furore
Very little is known in this country of the worlds
foremost woman diplomat With the exception of few
articles printed in the Novy Mir in 1919 and later in
The DAILY WORKER, nothing written by her has ever
appeared in the American press The only American
journalist who ever gave true portrayal of her
Louise Bryant in her mirrors of Moscow published
in 1928 1t will therefore, be douby interesting for the
American worker to read the book by this distinguished
Communist authoress whom Lunacharsky considers the
foremost authority woman problems
"Our crteria in morals always changing" she
writes in the introduction to her book There is never
standstl. There merely periods in human history
when the evolution of morals goes on more rapidly
other periods with general stagnaon in all fields of
life) when change to relax Only half century
ago Dumas-fils wrote of divorce" as of a fallen
creature while today France openly discusses the
ton of equalizng the rights of nonega mothers with
those of legally married women. There remains less
and less of the old bourgeois hypocrisy in way of
thinking and judging of morals.
II do hope that this book will aid in combating the
DID, bourgeois hypocrisy in moral values and show once
more that beginning to respect woman not for
her good morals but for her efficiency for her in
genuity with respect her duties toward her class her
country and humanity whole"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-30
By LAURENCE TODD
Federated Press.)

WASHINGTON (FP).-Forty-one
protestant bishops and ministers in
the south have joined in an appeal
to the employers in the new indus
trial south to apply christian princi-
Piles to their labor relations. Presi-
dent Edgerton Of the Natl. Assn. Of
Manufacturers and other mill bosses
offer prayer in place of wages, but
they call upon the business men of
the south TO repudiate the harsh anti
laborism that Edgerton has preached
throughout the country.
This document is entitled "An APP
peal to The Industrial Leaders of The
South"
Needs improvements.
eve are proud Of the remarkable
growth Of southern industry, it says
to the bosses, "and we bring before
you therefore, the necessity for the
improvement Of certain social and
economic conditions.
"These are, to speak briefly, the
isolation of population in the mill
villages; the long working week, .ex-
tending in many industries even to 81
and go hours; certain amo' mt Of the