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The Washington times., 1927-02-01
BALL TO AID >
| CONSUMPTION RELIEF

The annual ball, given under the
auspices of the. Ladies' Auxiliary Of
the Jewish Consumptive Relief So
ciety Of Denver, Col, will be held al
the Jewish Community Center, Six
teenth and @ Streets. Valentine
night, February IA.
The president of this organiza ton
Harry Sherry; the chairman of the
ball. Mrs. William Rosendorf: the
chairman of the program. Mrs
Alex Koplin. and the chairman oil
tickets, Mrs. M. Luria are bending
every effort to make this years
ball huge success.
This organization. although only
three years old. has been doins
splendid work for the benefit Of
those unfortunates afflicted with
tuberculosis. The present funds are
going toward the building OF a
women's division which has been
needed for several years.
Many furnished apartments in WE'LL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20
SOCIETY
Baron de Cartier, Belgian Ambassador
and Baroness de Cartier Honor Guests
at Friendship This Evening.

/" HE Ambassador of Belgium and
Baroness de Cartier will be
the guests in whose honor
Il Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale
Mclean will entertain a COM
pany at dinner tonight at Friendship.
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June 20 they will sail for Australia
on the Maunganui.

June 20 they will sail for Australia
on the Maunganui.
Miss Irma Rittenhouse, daughter
Of Mr.. Irving Rittenhouse. and his
wife, who is well known in this city
as the former Miss Sarah Sumers,
won all the honors of her class at
Barnard College, where she rec cived
the B. A. degree, some weeks ago, in
company with others, on whom CO.
lumbia University conferred academic
honors. Miss Rittenhouse received
the Phi Beta Kappa key and has been
selected by the faculty of Columbia
to represent that seat Of learning in
a special tour of Europe, arranged
with the end of securing f1rst-hand
knowledge of economic, pedagogical
and general cultural conditions, and
her itinerary as outlined by the facul-
ty includes a three-week tour Of as
much of Russia as she could secure
passports for, three weeks in Belgium,
the same time in France, Germany
and the British Isles. She will sail on
Tuesday, July %, and will remain
abroad until the middle of October
Miss Rittenhouse was born In North
west Washington and lived here until
she was about 10, when her parent
removed to New York City, where
they now reside.
Mrs. Frank Wilkes Pyle is attending
the commencement exercises at Smith
College, where her daughter. Miss
Theresa Pyle, will be awarded her
M. A. degree today. After commence
ment Mrs. Pyle and her daughter will
spend some time in Boston, and Miss
Pyle will then go to Woods Hole for
scientific study on the botany scholar
ship award made of Smith College. In
August Miss Pyle will be guest at
Juniper Lodge, Mount Whittier, n.
H., the Smith College Summer camp.
st. Adams Church, in the Cathedral
Close. was the scene Saturday of a
very pretty wedding. when Miss Fran
ces Randolph Howard of Washington
was married to DIR. Robert Gilchrist
Robb, member of the faculty Of Will
liam and Mary College. Williams
burg, Va.
Miss Towards father. Mr.. Allen
Randolph Howard of Virginia, gave
her in marriage, and her maid of
honor was Miss Muriel Barber of
Washington. DR.. Robb's best man
was his brother, Mr.. Phillip Robb of
Baltimore. and the ushers were Mr..
Bernard Robb of Richmond and Mr..
Charles Fenwick of Baltimore. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DR.. Warner, rector of st. Adams.
The brides costume was beige chif-
fon and lace, worn with a large hat
Of beige and rose. and her bouquet
was of delphinium and Butterfly roses.
Miss BARRIERS costume was of chiffon
in pastel shades of blue and orchid.
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with a large hat in gray and lilac. and
she carried sweetpeas In snaoes oA
blue and rose.
After the ceremony q reception TOT
the relatives Of the two families ana
the intimate friends was given py
Mrs. A. B. Davis, at her home on
Wisconsin avenue. The house was
decorated with masses Of roses. ana
buffet breakfast was served.
DIR. and Mrs. Robb left early IN tne
afternoon for a short wedding trip.
They will establish their home In
Williamsburg, after a few weeks
spent at the old home of the Robb
family, Gay Mont, on the Kappa
hammock River.
Among the guests at the reception
from out-of.town were Mr.. William
Key Howard of Baltimore, brother OF
the bride; Mrs. Clarence Howard, MRS.
Allen Smith, Miss Columbia Smith,
Mrs. wilkins Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lewis, Mrs. John G. Willis.
Mrs. Mason H. Willis. Miss Nora
Willis, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Young.
Miss Elizabet Russell, Mrs. Augustin
Turner. Mr.. Vivian Turner and Mr.
Taylor Turner, all Of Fredericksburg:
Miss Fanny Robb. sister of the groom.
of Gay Mont: Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Upton, the latter a sister of the groom,
Of Annandale. N. Y; Mrs. Fenwick Of
Baltimore. Mrs. Calvert Dey Of Nor
folk. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Bradford
of Gainesville. Md, and Miss Mary
Bethea of Marion, s. G..
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yesterday, and is a guest at the Will
lard Hotel. Mrs. Charles Bissel Of
Connecticut, vice president general
of the d. A. r., also is at the Willard.
Mrs. Miner and Mrs. Bissel are in
Washington to attend the annual ma.
tional board meeting of the D. A. r.
Mrs. A. j. Brosseau of Greenwich,
Conn. president general of the d. A..
r.. will arrive at the Willard today.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Kolb and Miss
E. Jung have returned to Washington,
after attending the graduation of Mr..
and Mrs. kolb's son, Mr.. John G. Kolb,
from the University of Pennsylvania.
They also spent a week at Atlantic
City. and Mr.. kolb returned with
them.
Sir Kenneth Beatty, chief iustice of
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Da FOe-Scheuch Wedding
Event of Last Week,

The marriage Of Miss Sophia
Scheuch of this city, to Mr.. Clair
Wesley Da Foe of Grand Rapids,
Mich, was celebrated Wednesday eve.
ming June Is in Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church in the presence Of
a large gathering of relatives and
friends. the Rev. James Schmidt,
pastor of the church, officiating.
The church was beautifully deco.
rated with palms and ferns, the altar
being set with large bouquets of giant
white phlox.
Before the ceremony two vocal
selections, II Love You Truly" and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20

"At Dawning." were very expressively
sung by Mr.. Fred East, accompanied
by Miss Grimes, who also played the
wedding marches.
The bridal party entered the church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20

Bermuda. and Lady Beatty left To-
ronto Saturday by way Of the Great
Lakes for Fort William, Ontario.
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Miss EndicOtt's Marriage to
MIR. Il. f. Valentino Saturday.

The marriage is announced of Miss
Mary Endicott, daughter Of Mrs. NJ
T. Endicott and the late Rear Ad
miral Endicott, to Mr.. Evelyn E. Val
entini Of Detroit, Mich.
The ceremony was performed Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock in Grace
Episcopal Church.. the Rev. Meade
Bolton MacBride, the rector, Off
ciating. Only close friends and rela.
tives were invited, and Mr.. Valentino
and his bride left Immediately for a
wedding trip, and will make their
home in Detroit.
Miss Louise Endicott was her sis.
ter's only attendant and Mr.. Winant
Johnston was best man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20

Mrs. Charles Camalier was hostess
at luncheon yesterday at Fessenden
Farm, near Hot Springs, in compli.
ment to Mrs. George A. florence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20

Mrs. Watson Freeman Clark and
her daughter, Miss Charlotte Clark,
have gone to their home on Cape Cod
for the Summer.
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to the familiar strains Of "Lohengrin,"
the bride being escorted and given in
marriage by her brother-in.law, Mr..
James AK. The groom, attended by
CONTINUED on Sixteenth Page1
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Mrs. George Maynard Miner of Con.
necticut, former president general of
the ID. A. R., came to Washington
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attending the commencement exer-
| cises at Princeton University and is
| the guest of her cousin, Mr.. George
Beesley.
At the Quota Club annual theater
benefit at the National tonight for the
girls welfare work Of the club the
president will have in her box Miss
Cora Rigby, president of the Won.
ems National Press Club; Mrs. Nina
Van Wrinkle of the Soroptomist Club,
Miss Sue Elizabeth CAN'T of the
Zonta Club and Mrs. John G. Capers,
vice president of the Quota Club.
Mr.. Lewis f. Pierson. president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, arrived in Washington today
from New York and is at the May.
flower.
Miss Elizabeth Greenlees entertained
at luncheon today in compliment to
Miss Annette McCarteney, whose mar
riage to the Rev. John S. Moses will
take place Tuesday, June IS. The
luncheon was planned in honor of Miss
McCarteney and Miss Mary Powell
Kennedy, whose marriage to Mr..
Henry Cunningham helms will take
place tomorrow evening, but owing
to the death Of Miss Kennedy's uncle,
she has withdrawn from all festivities
and her wedding will take place in the
presence Of only the members of the
two families. Miss Greenles' guests
today include the members of both
bridal parties.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
COTTON ADVANCES
IN QUIET TRADING
Pre-Holiday Covering Held
Factor in Firm Under
tone Today.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 19.-The
cotton market was quiet but generally
firm today on further pre-hOliday
covering and moderate demand from
trade or commission houses, accom-
panied by reports Of a steady spot
basis in the South and rather a better
demand for cotton goods.
After selling off to 1876 at the start
January advanced to 1915, new
high price for the present movement
and a net advance of about % to II
points on active positions. There was
realizing at the higher prices, but the
midafternoon market held within
few points of the best.
The market opened barely steady
at decline of to II points un-
der realizing and local selling, in
spired by relatively easy Liverpool
cables and talk of q probable pre-holi-
day reaction from the recent advance
of about a cent a pound.
January sold off to 1913 and May to
1906 under these offerings, but the
Evening star., 1927-12-19

trade bought at the decline and after
early selling had run its course. prices
steadied up to about Saturdays clos
ing figures. The market was quiet at
the end of the first hour. active
months ruling or 3 points net lower.
Private cables reported realizing ana
hedge selling in the Liverpool market.
Prices advanced later on pre-holi-
day covering. Offerings were light
after The early selling had run it's
course. January sold up to 1898 and
May to 1881. or about 10 to II points
net higher, with the market steady
at midday.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
LEAD
IN STOCK DEALINGS
Coppers, Oils, Mail Order
Shares and Old FaVorites
Go Forward.
BY GEORGE Il. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 19.-Spc-
cialty stocks were again the leaders
in today's market. Advances in some
of these ran to AZ much as 10 points.
The general list fluctuated uncer-
tainly up to the last hour, when the
buying side got the upper hand, ana
the close was fairly strong. General
Motors and Steel were both higher.
The rails were dull and irregu ar
Money renewed at per cent and held
there all day.
As a group the copper stocks were
the strongest. Greene Cananea again
performed sensati0naliy. Above I42
it was up over IL points on the day
and at the highest at which the stock
ever sold. Chile Copper established
a new high for all time above Al
Anaconda just below So, was at the
highest since 1920. Calumet and Arl-
IONA and Miami Copper were active
and higher The market for the cop
)er stocks. however, was moving along
under it's own momentum rather IMAM
rejecting anything new in the trade
situation
Evening star., 1927-12-19
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December 19 (P).-
Flour steady; Spring patents, 6.S5a
7.25: soft Winter straights, G.15a6 so;
hard Winter straights 6.60a7.00 Rye
barely steady: No. Western, 1925
+. o. b. New York and 1908 c. /. f. eX-
port Barley firm; No 2, 1924 c. if.
New York, Pork steady; mess, 34.00:
family. 3S O0a42 90 Lard steady; mid.
dlewest 12.O0a12.10. Tallow firm; spe.
cial loose. SIS; extra. Sl2.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
CUnAHY EARNINGS.

NEW YORK. December 10 P).-
Cudahy Packing Co, earned SALT
share on the common stock in the
fiscal year ended october 20, after
preferred dividends. against $16.34 a
share on smaller amount of common
outstanding the year before.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
LUDLUM POSITION GOOD.

NEW YORK, December 10 HO.-
Odicials of Ludlum Steel Co. report
that the annual dividend of 81 has
been earned this year with comfortable
margin, despits the loss of business
from the Ford and Dodge Bros Cos.
iurine the transition pei 4. The com
pany is said to be in a strong financial
position.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
pRICTs ON PARIS ROURSE.

PARIS. December 19 R).-Prices
were quiet on the Bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs 70
centimo@; exchange on London, ia
francs 9 centimes; S per cent loan. II
francs 95 centimes. The dollar was
quoted at 25 francs 40 centimes.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
MILLER DIVIDEND PASSED.

NEW YORK. December 10 H9.-
Directors of Miller Rubber Co. have
omitted the quarterly dividend of 80
cents a share on thee ommOn stock
due at this time The regular quarter
ly of So on the preferred was declared
payable March l.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Washington Stock Exchange

eaa5ai SasP'qSI2" ST5aotio9 ton 3c3o.310 a iQ3% "
Pot0nac Electric 5lss pfd.-1O at 107 4 i;
Washington Gas Ltght-50 at S4' 80
District National Banz-25 at $50. o
Commercial National Co. .pfd.---l at LOG.
National N tge. & Inv. pfd.-0O at . 's'
AFTER CALL.
Chestnut Farms Dairy. 65SsS-S2 6dSaS 600 at
Washington Rwy < Flee. gen 6s-Si 600
ut I04 T. So coo at 1G4 81 900 at l04a
Woodward & L0thrcp nfd.-lO at lOS y j.
CAPITAL Traction Cos at 1097s 10 at
UNLISTED DEPT.
Washington Title Insurance Co.--6 at IL.
Money-CalI loans. and per cent.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Oils Are i'm Demand,

The oils were in demand, although
they were not up as uniformly as me
coppers Sinclair added to it's gain OF tlle
preceding session, making remark
able showing for a stock selling SO low
Marland, Phillips and General Asphalt
participated. There was no important
news about the oil trade. An advance
in Corning crude simply followed the
raising of prices for Pennsylvania
crude. Seminole daily production was
up slightly Still there are enough
shorts in the oil stocks to make up
buying movement OF their own If
anything occurs to alarm them.
Mail order shares were other favor
ties Of the day. Sears-Roebuck and
Montgomery Ward, made new tops
for their present forms Of capitaliza-
ton, as they have so often done of
late. The bupying in Sears-Roebuck
was aggressive.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
American Can Advances.

Standard shares did not make so
good a showing. American Can was
an exception, touching the best since
the split-up, when it sold at Is directly
al the start U. S. Steel and Genera
Motors, however, moved within a mar
row range Railroad shares showed
no definite trend. New York Central
advanced fractionaly early in the ses
sion. Reading changed hands in large
volume without getting very far either
way. Canadian Pacific was first up
and then down. Traders were evil
IDENTIFY awaiting the November earn
ings statements now due.
The feature Of the automobile stocks
was Hudson, which ran up two points.
Gardner Motors made a new high for
the year, but buying in these two was
without stimulating effect upon the
others Mack Truck and White were
both lower.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Greene Cananea Scars.

The rise in Greene Cananea contin-
ued in the afternoon until the stock
at 142 was up over II points from the
preceding close. This sensational per-
formance led to talk of a corner.
However that may be. there was no
doubt about the existence of a much
worried short interest. Stocks do not
jump 10 points in a few hours on any
ordinary change in the trade position,
The oil stocks did not hold their
early gains in their entirety, and Pan
American Petroleum class "a" dipped
to a new low for the year. Wright
Aeronautical ran up between 3 and
points. Buying came into American
Steel Foundries and Vanadium
The first Of the November railway
reports that of Kansas City South
ern. showed gains in both gross and
net over the same month year ago.
The gain in net was very small, but
at least it did not support pessimistic
predictions which have been so freely
made with regard to the rails as a
whole. Railroad stocks, however,
We're still heavy.
Evening star., 1927-12-19

Ham. 75S 900 Z m. l,3op.8 800
lDm. 766700 2pm.. 2.l51. 400
Dividend rat-- as gwen IN the above sable
are the annual cash payments based oD the
latsst IGariertv OF half yearly drcIdt atlous
Unless therwIse noted Extra or special Glyl
ends are nOt Included
Gn.t 0t grading less than 90 shares
Partly extra Plus H in stock \ Pay
able ~ common stock Plus ESQ in
-tucs Paid this vear.-nn regular rate
, fen DER T4nt common stock payable
n IA quarterly Fius q N STOCK Pay
abIe. ah.al armed. payahIe in ash ~ u
hare N stock h Prs 81 share If special
took Plus ~ N stock Pins 2es N
stock X PavaD'e lf40 of hare duarterly
q Partly stock Plus 81 in pre eferred stock
o Plus one-half OF common stock.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
KR0GER OFFERING TAKEN.

NEW YORK, December 19 R.-
Offering of 275 ,0s0 shares of Kroger
Grocery e Baking Co. common stock
has been OVprcUbsCrihed
Evening star., 1927-12-19
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
PUBLIC UTILITY
MIs1EIIANrOES

Rarher & Ross Inc 6ibs 94 95h
C6estnui Farms Dgiry 6hs. 105 .....
Chevy Chase Club 3 5las..,... 101 y an
: BOT JOINT 1t' Stock Id Blk 5s... 100 :, ,...
WaTa WaTdman MS' Park aa Hotel f5tsis 52s % o5h
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Collateral Bankers Report.

Bondholders in this city will be in
terested to know that the total busi-
ness transa cted during the month of
November by Collateral Bankers. Inc.
amounted to 81 201,771. as compared
with S845.l4S for the same month of
1926. The cumulative total for the
first eleven months of this year
amounted to S1l .630.7S0. as against
S6,4S0.227 for the corresponding period
of 1926. an increase Of 80 per cent.
The volume of business transacted
during the past eleven months has
amounted to one and one half times
hat of the entire year of 1926, eclips-
ing last years total by S3,S77, ,764.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Bright 1928 Outlook Forecast.

Twenty-nine members of the board
of directors of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce have issued opti-
mistic statements regarding the busi-
ness outlook for next year, which will
appear in the next number of the Ma
tions business. In a general way the
statement backs up the recent asser-
tions of Secretary Mellon and Secre-
tary Hoover in their annual reports,
An upward trend in industry and
trade is considered highly probable.
Evening star., 1927-12-19
Heard in Financial District.

The members of the Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph
the Yuletide season this evening with
dinner and Christmas tree at the
Huguenot.
George o. Vass. vice president and
cashier of the Riggs National Bank
has been elected a director in the
Kiwanis Club.
Frank p Harmon, jr., vice president
Of the Merchants Bank & Trust Co..
recently spent a few days at Asheville,
~ c.
Evening star., 1927-12-19

The directors of Hartman & Co.,
the New York Stock Exchange firm,
have just declared a Christmas bonus
of II per cent of the past years SAL
aries for all their employees, accord
ing to George b. Chipman, manager
of the Washington office. This action
is in accordance with a custom of sew
eral years standing.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-09
DEmERsvILLE, ONCE BOOM TOWN OF FLATHEAD,
is NOW ONLY "A mEM0RY OF PIONEER TIMES

landing on dark nights. The river bank
being a gay contrast to the opposite side
of the street, from which only faint
lamplight showed signs of human life,
1t attracted even the most modest new
corners. until they learned It's true char
acter. Then they were seen walking down
the dark side hurriedly.
On this side the Methodist church still
stands, while at the edge of the vacan
fields a little house is pointed out as
Captain Wilson'S headquarters. Captain
Wilson was called in with colored troops
in 1889 because the Indians had broken
out and had caused considerable alarm
Though the scare did not mount to
much in the way of fighting, the troops
were there, for some time, and old-simers
recall baseball games they played with
them.
Demersville was named for T. ]. De-
mers, a French Canadian, who in 1885
built a big trading post n store Of
hewed logs on the river, just three and
a half miles below what became Kalis-
pell. Uncle Billy Gregg next built a cabin
at the landing" and 1t was his ranch"
Of 160 acres that John e.. Clifford and
George Stannard bought to plot off for
Il Jownsite. They named Main street
Gregg
Although people had come several years
in advance, anticipating what later tran
spired, it was when the Great Northern
was ready to build it's road through the
Kalispell toWnsite (plotted in 1917 that
Demersville began to boom. All supplies
for the railroad had to come up the
river to this frontier town, and with them
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-09
pa Winter Trip $ s: $ Eli: ; Il s.; ; e. T. %:; a 2::$ s;$% 6 s
SLY P@y of FWe Men and One Woman Who Spent Tmo Weeks that Country Last January W

advantage Of having timber much closer.
A descent of 1,400 feet was made in the
first hour III a half, bringing the party
to the first lake on the creek. This lake
and the stunted alpine timber about 1t
was 40 feet under snow. and 1T would
have been impossible to ecu q fire
but fortunately a lone dwarf cedar was
found growing on an edge Of a cliff which
the wind had swept bare.
Sufficient branches were secured to
make a fire over which coffee was boiled
and q light lunch was also eaten. 1t was
now $50 o'clock and dusk. AS the storm
had cleared, 1t was decided to push on
as far as possible to secure a suitable
camping place.
glimpses Of the surrounding country as
they proceeded down the streams course.
They encountered heavy drifts Of nov
some of them OF unknown depths. Once
Celeste Roat, the guide. stopped to look
about and suddenly realized that he was
on the verge of a cliff which may have
been from 100 to 500 feet high. One
of the cliff as he hastily stepped back.
Osten Recognizes Country
There was timber at the foot of this
cliff, and realizing the danger of such
travel in the deceptive light. they used
their flashlights in finding q way to the
foot of the cliff, where a fire was made
and shelter put up. On looking about
the following morning, George Osten OBJ
served a number of familiar aspects
about the country and decided hat they
were near the banks of a lake which he
and another party had camped at n
summer noon several years ago. Several
times during the next day or two, he
caught glimpses of other familiar and
marks of this trip which greatly heart
ened the party as well as aided in its
direction.
The stream opens out into one lake
after another in it. course to the Clark's
Fork. Great mounds Of snow from 40
to so feet high and Others Of lesser size
had been whipped into shape by the
wind along these axes. Once they ven
tured out a hundred feet or more from
the banks Of n of the lakes. Suddenly,
with a resembling boom, the ice gave way
and slipped down about a foot. They
hastily retreated to the shore. The next
night after a hard grind down the creek,
camp was made near the Montana-Wyo-
ming line.
Several times the party considered
changing their course and cutting across