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The Washington times., 1927-10-07
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Oct. Live stock
Hogs Receipts, 10000; market 10
to 15c higher: top, $12; bulk. 500
11.90; heavyweight, $11.S50l1.S5;
medium weight, $1I.25@12; light
lightweight. $1O.75011.S5; light
lights. $9.25@114 40; packing sows,
$s.25@10.50; pige. $9.0OQ10.50; hold
overs, 10000.
Cattle-Receipts, $500; market
steady. CalvesAReceipts 1000,
market steady. Beef steers-Good
and choice. $I4.50@16.90; common
and medium, $8.50@13.50; yearlings.
$S75016.75. butcher cattle eif.
ers, $6@14; cows, $5.50@I0; bulls.
$60S.50; calves, $13615: feeder
steers, sS.50@1O.50; stocker steers.
$7.5O09.50; stocker cows and heif-
ers $5@7.50. Western range cattle
Beef steers, $8.50@13.5O; cows and
heifers, $6@1I.60.
Sheep Receipts, $4,000; market
steady; medium and choice lambs.
$13Q13.75; culls and common. $9.5
oil; yearlings, $9@11.50; common
and choice ewes. $4.50Q675: feeder
lambs, $12.10@14.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
Steps Are Planned to
Clear Rock Greek Water

The Montgomery County Game
and Fish Protective Association to-
day is preparing to remedy the
pollution Of the waters Of Rock
Creek in the lower section Of the
county, through sewage, garbage
and filth of all kinds.
At the November meeting of the
association this subject will be
thoroughly gone into, it was stated
after a meeting last night Of the
board Of governors in st. Mary's
Hall. Rockville. Enos c. Keys, of
Linden brought the matter up and
animated discussion followed.
Members of the board expressed
the opinion that the game and fish
laws could be better enforced IL a
deputy game warden were stationed
regularly at Rockville, where he
could be reached at all times by
citizens discovering violation Of the
game laws.
The chief Of police was scored in
a discussion which was followed by
the passage Of a resolution asking
for better cooperation Of the police
with the deputy game wardens in
enforcing the game and fish laws.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
NJ CARL LENIENT
ON LEGISLATOR

An unintentional violation of the
law by newly elected member of
Congress today was excused by
Comptroller General ]. r. McCarl.
The new member, Representa-
tive Frank e. Bohn, of Newberry,
Mich, was elected last fall and has
been drawing his salary as Repre-
sentative since March 4. Before his
election and a short time afterward
he was part owner, with II. f.
Perry, of a drugstore, in Newberry,
part of which was leased to the
United States as a postoffice.
Under the law it would be a
criminal offense for Representative
Bohn to receive rent from the
Government while holding his post
in the House. Unaware of this
fact, he received the rent jointly
with Perry on March 81, the
voucher shows.
Apprised of his violation, how.
ever, he transferred the property
to his wife, Mrs. Martena Bohn,
according to an affidavit filed with
the Comptroller General.
McCarl ruled that Bohn's election
to Congress dissolved the contract
and terminated his right to receive
any rent hereunder for any period
after the date, of his election
No question will be raised by
this office" McCarl stated. ''as to
the rent heretofore paid, If other.
wise correct and proper, and with
respect to rental hereafter, if it be
shown from the land records, etc.,
that Frank e. Bohn's interest in
the building has been in fact trans
ferred to Martena Bohn, a new
lease may be entered into with her
and H. E. Perry for the premises
in question:
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
Mrs. Blanche Motley
Rams Husbands Divorce

Mrs. Blanche Motley, wife of DR..
Claude w. Motley, a dentist of 613
Seventh st. N. W.. who is suing for
. limited divorce today in her papers
filed in the District Supreme Court,
attacks decree obtained by her huS.
band in Prince Georges county. de-
claring it was obtained by fraud and
Is therefore void.
Following the wife's suit, DIR. Mot
ley informed the court that he could
not be sued for divorce because he
had already Obtained divorce him
self. To this the wife answers that
ut the time OF the "obtentlon'' of her
husbands decree he knew where she
was, but instead advertised in Mari.
boro weekly paper, knowing that she
would never see the legal notice. She
tells the court that she knew moth
ing about, the decree until weeks
after 1t was obtained and about the,
time her former husband remarked
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
UNREST BESETS
WHOLE WORLD
By International News Service


In the face Of the general clamor
for disarmament and world peace
there were discordant and warlike
features in the worlds news today.
Civil war has again flared up in
China, and five armies are march
ing upon Picking.
A new revolution has developed
in Mexico, although the Gales gov
eminent claims it has the situation
completely in hand.
Serbian newspapers are demand
ing war against Bulgaria, following
the assassination of General Ko.
vaceVich, one of the leading strate-
gists of the Serbian army. The
Serbian press charges that Bull
garia is supporting the Macedonian
irregulars in their raids upon Ser
bian territory.
Turkey has sent a belligerent
note to Persia, threatening war be-
cause of the seizure of Turkish
citizens by Persian irregulars upon
the Turco-Persian frontier.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
Inquest Is Called
In Death by Auto

An inquest win be held at the
District Morgue today into the
death Of Charles Francis Tennyson,
81 years old. 5000 Reservoir Rd. N.
W., who died in Emergency Hos
pital from injuries sustained several
days ago when struck by a taxicab
operated by John r. Sweeney, 80,
Of I348 Newton st. N. w.
Tennyson was walking at Con-
necticut Avenue and N Street
Northwest, when he was knocked
down by the cab. At the hospital
he was found to have a fractured
skull. He never regained conscious
ness. Sweeney was arrested and
then released on bond to await the
outcome of Tennyson's injuries.
Two persons were injured slightly
in automobile accidents last night.
George F. Seidenspenner, Berwyn,
Md, was treated at Sibley Hospital
for injuries sustained IN collision
with a car driven by William f..
Limerick, 110S Owens Pl. N. K.
Albert Frazier, colored, 2211 Z st.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
''GAS WAR HITS
OIL STOCKS
By international News Service

NEW YORK, Oct IA $90, O00,.
900 increase in the aggregate Of
brokers' loans for the week, and
= decline of A per cent in the
reserve ratio of the New York Re-
serve Bank furnished a good back.
ground for the active selling Of
speculative stocks by the profes-
SIGNALS at the beginning of trading
today. and prices in most of the
active issues declined to lower levels
The oil stocks were unsettled by
the reports of new gasoline price
war among the refiners of oil in
Michigan and the Western States,
The Industrial leaders were re-
dictionary as the market opened
most of the speculative selling icing
confined to the steel stocks and
teh motors. Further postponement
or the period of anticipated ''re-
vivar' OF the steel trade to as far
off as December, with an actual
decline in the current operations
OF Valley Steel Mills was very
poor incentive for the purchasing
Of steel stocks.
Bullish pools concentrated mostly
on the specialties, with the prefer
ence showed for the Texas Sulphur
stocks. the high-priced express and
power stocks, the paper stocks and
the chemical shares. Texas Gulf
sulphur and Freeport Texas moved
up to the high of the present period
on reports of aggressive inside buy
ing by the First National Bank and
Mellon Gulf Oil interests. Railroad
stocks were quiet but steady, with
good investment buying of the
high grade stocks.
Cotton was irregular, with narrow
price changes, and the grain mar
kets steady. Copper buying showed
. slight increase, while wholesale
gasoline was marked down in the
midwestern markets. Call money,
4 per cent.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
Travellers Aid Begins
Drive for SOC. 600

The Travellers Aid Society today
is preparing for its annual drive
for $4,000 to carry on its years
work in Washington. which begins
Monday with q luncheon at the
Burlington Hotel.
Completion OF arrangements were
made at a meeting of the executive
committee last night. Team cap
tains and division leaders were
named G. Melvin Sharpe, general
chairman, win be in charge Of the
campaign which will last ten days.
Speakers Of national Importance
win address the more than 100
workers who win solicit funds for
this philanthropic work, Arthur @.
Moses, president of the society, said.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
BalIou Gives as Aim
Teachers "Just Right

There is an effort made in the
Wilson Normal school to keep the
students there Of normal weight,
Superintendent Frank w. Ballou,
81 the District schools, told the
District of Columbia, Congress of
Parent Teachers Associations in
che Franklin school building yester.
day.
I'VE want our teachers neither
too fat nor too thin, but. just right"
DR.. Ballou told the gathering. add
ing that physical examinations are
conducted from time TO time along
with the regular tests to impress
on the student teachers the neces-
mitv of keeping physically fit.
The delegates from the IS par.
ent-teacher organizations through
out the city were commended by
DR.. Ballou for their work in round.
ing up children for health exam.
inations during the past summer.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
knights Templar Hold
Annual Drill Match

The annual competitive drill Of
the Knights Templar, held yester-
day afternoon at the Monument
Grounds, was won by Washington
Commandery No. /, Capt. Edward
Poynton, commanding.
More than 500 knights, compris-
ing six communicates. participated.
Columbia Commandery No. won
second place and De Molay Corn
mandery No. 4, third place. The
winning company will be sent to
Detroit in June to compete in the
friennial conclave which meets IN
that city.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Oct. 7-Grains opened
1rregilar today with wheat n cent
higher; corn, " to X cent higher,
and oats unchanged, to X cent
lower. Opening prices:
Wheat December, $1.31M @1.21B;
March, $1.S45s; May, $1.36A @1.37.
Corn - December, 95K a 9515c;
March, 98kc; May, $1@1.O0k.
Oats December, 4Sk a 48Hc,
March. 800: Nav. 5IAc
The Washington times., 1927-10-07

NSIST-0n the delivery OF your
Times or Herald every day. II.
you do not get your Herald By Z
q. M. The Times by 5 D. M, or
The Sunday Herald by s a. m,
call Main $3.50. Delivery is guar.
anteed and y0nr copy will be
gent you Immediately from the
Times Company Office by special
messenger.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
Didn't Turn His Hose
On Boy. Court Finds

Denying that he Intentionally
played his hose on 6-year-old Bruce
Weeks, son Of Charles ]. Weeks.
s1s Delafield Pl. N. W.. John f.
DeMuth, 921 Delafield PL, pleaded
not guilty to a charge Of assault
The father of the boy told Judge
Mattingly in Police Court today
that DeMuth had repeatedly turned
the hose on his child while water.
ing the lawn in front Of his house.
The court dismissed the case stating
that he could hardly believe that
Mr.. DeMuth, without any motive,
would drench a 6-year-old child.
A Berlin merchant has installed
electric switches outside his show
windows so that pedestrians can
Igiht them up at night.
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
EST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

N. W., suffered a cut lip when the
automobile which he was riding
was in collision with car driven
by Fred Adams, 2143 81 st. N. W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
Business Men Planning
To Join Fire Parade

Al move to have the merchants OF
Washington participate In the
annual firemen's parade Labor Day
was started today by the. Board Of
Trade, when e. c.. Graham, presi.
dent, dispatched q letter to George
81. Watson, chief engineer of the
Fire Department.
Mr.. Graham not only Endorsed
the parade idea. but stated that the
merchants of the city should put
their shoulders to the wheel and
enter floats and other units in the
procession.
The board had already given It's
unanimous endorsement to the
parade.
OdelI 8. Smith, chairman Of the
board & public order COMMITTEES. has
been one Of the leading workers for
the police firemen's baseball game,
which win follow the parade. Tor
many years.
1t Is stated that many members
of the board plan to attend the
game. which IL for the benefit Of
tho widows and children's pension.
fund Of the two public safety
departments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
CHINESE FIGHT
HURTS JAPAN
b MAURTTZ A. HAi.I.l5REll

By MAUhlIZ ii. HAl-Ae5k&EN
Japan'e new friendship Tor the
Chinese painsta kingtv bull, up I'M
the course OF the last five or six
years through the etfotts Of Premier
Shidehara and Others, i undergoing
q severe strain as result Of the civil
warfare ii China Tae fighting IN
the southern half OF the country has
all but paralyzed the immensely rich
Japanese trade In thu Yangtze Val,
ley and thus the pOc9etbook nerve.
reaching down into the vital parts Of
the japanese nature. is being sorely
pressed.
The first intimation that serious.
financial reaction was being felt In
Tokyo came with the news that the
great Suzuki trading corporation,
which has large Interests IN Central
China, Korea and Manahuria. was on
the verge Of Insolvency
Pressure 81 Money
While ii isunlikely that Shidehaia
TWill alter his Chinese policy in the
near future because of threatened
economic depression, vet It 70 known
that In Japan. AZ elsewhere the
moneyed element can exert consider
able pressure In shaping the course
OF government and may exercise this.
influence IN order to stiffen the Jap
anese attitude toward the Chinese.
Japan'a interests In China are
extensive. Approximately 100000
Japanese live in that country. about
80 per cent Of them il Manchuria.
There are, according to the latest
authentic statistics, 4,72S japanese
firms operating IN China, as com.
pared with "a Russian. T26 British
and 40 American. Moreover. aE
though no figures are available
here, Japanese investments are by
far the largest. The British, who
come second, have more than q
billion and q quarter dollars In
vested.
Trade with China
Finally, Japan enjoys the great.
est trade with China, according to
the customs figures for 1924. These
records show that the value OF
British trade In that year WAS
1901, 675 900 and that 81 the Jap
anese only 5S.725 900, but more
than half Of the British valuation
Il contained IN the re-expOrting OF
Chinese goods through Hongkoiig
Consequently. with the Hongkong
figures excluded. the British trade
for 1924 amounted only to $685..
925, 900, or II per cent Of the total
foreign trade for that year. while
Japan's commerce was "a per cent
Of the total.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
j A. Clifton, Jr., Named
N. Carolina Dry Chief

y RICHMOND, Va, Aug. lii. al.
Clifton, ir., has been appointed act
ing deputy prohibition administra-
tor with headquarters at Fayette.
vile, N. c., Capt. r. Q. Merrick.
Federal prohibition administrator
for Virginia and North Carolina,
announced today.
He replaces Arthur McDuffie
who, with six prohibition agents,
was discharged this week for the
good Of the service"
The boys just made a mistake,
that's ALL Merrick said in com
nenting on the dismissals. They
were accused Of indiscretion in
handling confiscated liquor.
Clifton probably win be made
deputy administrator later, such an
appointment coming under Civil
Service rules.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
Film Actress Liberated
In Shooting Of Husband

Los ANGELES. Aug. 11.-Irene
Presniakoff, known in films as
Irene Preston, was at liberty today
following q weeks Incarceration in
the county jail where she had
been held on a. charge OF shooting
her husband, .1dor Presniakoff,
former Russian army officer, now
a film actor.
Mrs. Presniakoff, who was taken
Ill In jail, was released on her
promise to appear when her case
IL called week hence,
Juvenile authorities have made
application to have the couples g.
year-old daughter designated a ward
Of the juvenile court.
Presniakoff said his wife shot
him when he refused to return to
her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
ARMOUR MPROVINE.

LONDON. Aug. III. Ogden Ars'
lnaor. Chicago mnltimillionaire busi.
ness man, who has long been ID OF
typhoid fever. Is improving slowly
and the family are greatly encoar.
AGED Mrs. Armour stated today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-12
By NORMAN SILBER

Windows and doors handmade. The floor is
made of rough boards with large cracks between
them. The walls also made of rough boards
and also contain cracks through which the wind
enters.
There is ceiling and the roof is made Of
shingles through which the stars shine. When it
rains, the shingles swell rapidly and the rain
only through the larger cracks No pretense Of paint
or whtewash is in evidence and there is nothing by
way of decoration ornament except that the walls
are covered with old calendars, circus posters and
other picture advertisements. The family portraits
hang the walls. of course.
No attempt is made to keep the house or yard
tidy. Everything wallows in filth Very often the
clubhouse is adjacent to the well and since the well
seepage to reach the drinking water Malaria fever
is the pct complaint and farmer spends one-third
Of his life in bed. Doctors are scarce and money
with which to pay them still So Faith is
pinned to one of the numerous brands of paten;
medicines with which the country abounds
The social life Of these farmers is zero. They
never go to church. They do not take any active
part in politics and show interest IN any events
Their main topics of conversation are hunting, fish
ing circulated rumors concerning shooting scrapes
and hard times. Their deplorable plight they lay
at the door Of progress which brings the automo-
bile, the good roads, and disbelief in god.
l afraid that the peasantTy in the south
win be harder TO organize than the peasants
Of Russia. Certainly they just illiterae and
their physical courage is not very substantial Even
the ku klux khan found it hard to reach them with
their propaganda. because they ere tired and dis
intercsted-in everything.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-12
Cotton Slaves in the. South

THE Department of Agriculture publishes a list
OF food values From that list you will find that
the cheapest food which life may be sustained
is corn meal and bacon That is exactly what the
cotton slave in the south eats-home grown corn
ground in a small, filthy neighborhood mill and the
cheapest imaginable bacon-fat back, butts meat
or belly. This constitutes his food day in and day
cut, summer and winter week days, Sundays and
Christmas.
The U. S. Census Bureau dsclOses the fact that
over fifty per cent of the farmers haven't cow
They sometimes raise chickens on a farm but that
Gelicacy is for sale and not to be eaten Likewise
eggs are never, eaten on the majority of farms The
only variety the farmers have from the universal
diet of fat bacon and corn bread is the occasional
addition of collard leaves, field beans or sweet po-
tatoes.
The art of cooking did not progress to any ex-
tent on the southern farms The only cooking uten-
dough made of corn meal, water and lard warmed
in fry pan. The center of the corn bread is raw.
The fat bacon is not cut into strips but is merely
warmed in fry pan. When field peas or collard
leaves prepared for the table, they are also
warmed in fry pan together with the bacon Sweet
potatoes are baked on the hearth Of an open fire
place
What neither the Department Of Agriculture
nor the Census Bureau publish. however is the low
wage scale which prevails in the cotton belt. Labor
is hired by the year and a whole family is hired
at the time. The usual rate for a family is $500 a
year. Since this sum is paid in the form of credit
extended in a eommissary general store and
since these lien stores well noted for their long
profits, the cash equivalent would be nearer $500.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-12

given political amnesty and improved conditions,
in his opinion there had been no improvement or
reform Of any kind.
international Figure.
These things further born out by an open
letter which issued in September, 1926, by
Madam SempolOvska, and addressed to Marshal
Pilsudski. Madam Sempolovska is well-known
international figure in prison reform circles She
belongs to no party and is sort of semi-official
person, entrusted by the government with the task
of carrying out the transfer of prisoners between
Poland and Russia, and therefore she has certain
limited facilities. She has worked among political
prisoners for 81 years and in her open letter she
points out that she therefore considers that she
has not only the right but the duty to say publicly
what she thinks this question Of the conditions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-12
w RI!

We must have war. Down with the sri~@otesl
Let hatred wake, and murder walk the land.
The Moscow dogs must go! Say what you please,
Our standard Oil we'll safeguard with The brand.
Up with the flags and let the boy-scouts drill;
Call out the citizens and beat the drum;
Put Old Abe's picture the screen, and thrill
The patriotic hearts Of all the dumb.
On to Berlin! Excuse me, Mexico!
Wipe out the yeller heathen-cursed race
Conscript the husky morons-let us GO
You bet Wen keep Ma Kellogg" in his place
Stay, tar and feather lynch and jail the reds,
Burn beat, and murder all the pacifists,
Behind bars with the workers, break their heads
Wen make dozen fortunes out of thisi
COose-step the willing heroes to the fray
eve ought to lose a million duhs or more)
Down with the Tools of Moscow Candy? Say,
On to the 'front.' must--we must have war!
HENRY GEORGE WEISS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-12

This must be sufficient for food clothes, furn-
ture, medicine and everything except living quarters
which is furnished by the owner.
The house is dilapidated shack containing two
rooms. In some localities tenant houses are built
with mud chimneys. These ehimneys are forever
falling in and setting the houses on fire, but it is
very easy to extinguish fire when it starts and
it only takes day to repair fallen mud chimney