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audience guessing as to whether Or
not he viii be serious or 0utrageouaiy
se2aggerate q little kernel Of truth
until Il becomes, a lurid statement OF
something entirely foreign to what 1t
started ont to be. Baer showed him.
self to be past master OF Just this
techniQue-hence a complete sue
cess for the very good average pro-
gram the orchestra and singers de.
livered.
DON ANTAIZO
WEARS WE'LL
The third VI the Don Amaiso fea-
lures from WIZ with its description
Of q bun fight rather strilxingly
told-but with too much music that
didn't quite click with the idea
gave promise Of a continuance of
good entertainment from this source.
The grand opera concert Of WIZ
that was an earlier delivery to loud
speakers also registered well under
Cesare Sodero's direction.
Again might we cali attention to
Ford and Glenn. at WLW with their
Lullaby Time at 1880? This is one
Of the best regular radio features
we know-and it has kept good for
the past three years we've known 1t.
It Is well worth timing each eve.
ming for those who want to start
their loud speaker exercises with
something fine and clean.
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W0I, WBAP. WRE0, WOW.
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WGBs. WIP. WBAL. WP0.
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KEAB--TAncO1n--SA
$3.50 p. nn.-Orchestfa; entertatnOgS,
WMAD--dilwAukeo4
1850 p. m.--Dance orchestra.
1880 q. Tn.%IGrgan.
KENE-ShenandOah
p. rn.s-Concert
IL acknowledgements.
KMA-ShenandOah
10 ,. Eil.--Afusical program.
WAMD-MlnneapOlis
S:S0 p. m.-Classic program.
.. m.-Muslcal program.
IL p. nl.-Skyrocket .Frolic.
KFUO-St. LOuis-EaS,l
1e:3O p. gl.--Addfess; music.
W1rASe. LOuis-2T8
10 p. uls--Radio vaudeville.
WEEE-BOst0M-3A
9 p. m.-Weil-Dressad Men.
$3.50 p. m.-WEAF program.
S:30 p m.-~s'Air Cruise: Ainep
Orchestra.
WMAK--BuffalO-2 I
S:S0 ,. Y4.A@DaRce music.
$3.50 p. ra.s-MuBlcal program,
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MEETING on clTlzEMS

A musical program will feature
the January meeting Of the South
Washington Citizens Association,
which will be held tonight in tilo
Fairbrother School, Tenth and =
Streets Southwest, at o'clock.
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81 Germ diseases
your hands may carry home
Remove germs, as well
as dirt, with this
purifying toilet soap
.OUNTLEsS times each day your hands
Akcome in contact with germs.

4 YUM IkSs9p ILLIISS GdCu Gay your LGaAIuS
N@come in contact with germs.
Door.knobs, money, public telephones,
carDstfaps-these are only few of the many
things you must touch, all Of which may
transmit germs TO your hands.
Is it any wonder that health authorities
say hands are among the chief carriers of
sickness! Note below list Of u germ dis
eases hands may spread.
Surely for your own sake-for the sake
Of others-you'u gladly take this simple
protective measure. Wash hands oftener--
always-with the purifying toilet soap that
removes germs, as well as dirt.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
CORN is AT LOWEST
LEVELS OF SEASON
Wheat, Oats and Provisions Also
Weaken in Sympathy With
the Coarser Grain.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 13.-Corn dropped
today to the lowest prices which Nav
and July deliveries have reached vet
this season. Wheat, oats and pro
visions weakened also. being affected
by sympathy with corn. Talk was
current that Armour Grain Co. diff
cuities might result In bringing about
heavy deliveries Of corn on May con-
tracts. Opening at 2sc decline to Il C
advance, corn receded all around.
Wheat started unchanged 10 32c up
and later showed losses.
Chances that Strengthening out of
affairs Of the Armour Grain Co. would
lead to q heretofore unlocked for big
turnover i'm ownership Of corn sup
posed TO be held by that corporation
became an early outstanding factor in
all grain today Chiefly. however, the
bearish influence fell on the corn mar
ket, and the almost immediate conse-
quence was to reduce the price Of
May corn to 20 cents. an overnight fall
Of about cent a bushel.
Weakness Of the corn market was
further intensified by reports that If
warm dry weather does not come very
soon a good deal of acreage intended
for oats and for Spring wheat will
not be used for those cereals and will
be planted to corn. The intended acre
age of corn for 1927, already high at
lU1.S per cent would in that event.
therefore, be materially increased.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

BOSTON, April 1S.--sales Of the
enited States Drug Stores OF the
United Drug Co. have run 10 per
cent ahead Of 1926 so far this year.
This is said to be due largely TO the
new stores established in the last
gear.
FARRELL. Pa.--The Carnegie Steel
90. viii spend $1,250,000 in improving
The Farrell plant. About one-third Of
tlis amount viii be spent 10 install o.
turbine blower at the blast furnaces
and the remainder for a breakdown
min IN the rolling department..
PHILADELPHIA last cargo
of Canadian grain which viii pass
through this port uutil navigation
closes on the great lakes next Fail
is now en- route TO England. The re-
manning Canadian shipments VIII go
by way of Montreal.
KIRKSVILLE, Mo.--The Kansas
city Midland Mine No. Z, will here
after be operated on a non-union basis.
The company has announced intention
Of opening its properties under the
1917 wage scale May ].
NEW ORLEANS.-Reports from
mills OF the Southern Pine Associa-
tfon show orders last week increas sed
> "a per cent to 48,302 900 feet. Produc-
ION totaled 5I.1S5, 900 feet and ship,
fnents. % 7S3 600. Total untitled orders
now stand al 1872 ,G8l.000.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Prophet Must Pay Damages

Rabana Temple, the largest Maori
church ediflce in the world, which re.
Gently was dedicated in Wanganui. ".
H., by Prophet Rabana, has gotten
into the courts. Clifford Newton
Hall, an architect, sued the prophet
and Peta Moko, d faithful follower,
for the temple. Hall claimed that the
prophet had him prepare drawings
which Rabana refused, then used as
q basis for other plans drawn by a
Maori. The Supreme Court Of New
Zealand has just handed down a
decision to the effect that this pro-
phet was without honor in that he
stole the architects plans in part,
and awarded $3.50 damages to Hall.
Evening star., 1927-04-13

ments, as they do not invite the best
men available, and because replies are
not directed at any particular industry
or experience requirement.
"The only honest excuse for a blind
advertisement is to save the trouble
OF replying to applicants. So long as
employers are lazy, they can expect
lazy results.
Personality is daily in greater de
mand in business. Chauncey NJ. De
pew is quoted as saying, When / am
hiring a man what weighs with me
is efficiency, adaptability and person
ality. VIII he be agreeable to have
around?'
Credentials at Idiotic Stage.
'But this credentiaI business, or as
it is better known, references, has
reached an idiotic stage in our bust
ness life, which again is chargeable to
the laziness of the employer. Few
employers have the courage to select
men on their own judgment. The
rule, even in big corporations, is to
ask every applicant to fill out a ques-
tionnaire and then the employer
writes to every former employer. This
business of cumulative employment
references becomes so obnoxious TO
former employers that they soon snow
q note of sarcasm or refuse to reply.
This damages the applicant unjustly
and usually for no reason in his
control.
"If employers have enough faith in
the judgment Of the applicants pre-
vious employer TO ask his opinion,
why not have faith to accept his en-
ployment as evidence Of the appli-
cant's past worth, and quit pestering
What good are references anyway?
We all know concerns who have a
rule that no comments will be made
on former employees We all know
others who give references to get rid
of an emnlONen
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Sales IN INDEPENDENT on STOCKS,
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Relation of Price to Value" !"
BY GEORGE L. HUGHES.

Continuing the discussion Of the
facts brought out by comparative
study Of the investment return on
stocks at prevailing prices, the next
point is that this picture is always
changing.
The only thing certain about stock
prices is that they will fiuctuate.
Some of them move over q wider
range than others, but all OF them in
which there is any active trading at
all move one way or the other. It
does not follow that the actual risk
is incessantiy changing, but simply
the market estimate of the risk.
Another important consideration
peculiarly timely just now is the TAX
ing into account Of the general aver.
age price level for securities. At
present this Is at the peak for years
past. 4 high yi9ld now Is even more
indicative of risk than the same yield
would have been three or four years
ago. There may be more risk in
obtaining per cent now than there
was III per cent in 1921.
II a corporation cannot operate
profitably when all the conditions are
favorable it is likely to meet trouble
when depression comes. So If its
securities sell to give an abnormal re.
turn at present it is almost certainly
sign Of weakness. BY the same rea-
soning the fact that a corporation S
obligations give a low return now is
not as reassuring as it would be If
they sold on a low yield basis at q
time when general prosperity was not
a. prevalent rs it is today.
All these clements Of the situation
are taken into account in the market
price. The price summarizes every
thing that the trading community can
! foresee. This consensus Of opinion
is not infallibie, but it is the best
there is to be had and the average
/ investor will not go far astray if he
makes a practice to be governed by
the market estimate OF investment
risk as indicated by the cs@Tent yield
Evening star., 1927-04-13
PRODUCTION RATE HIGH.

BALTIMORE, April 13 (SpeciaD.-
The plant Of the Eastern Rolling Mill
is maintaining q 100 per cent schedule,
which it inaugurated several weeks
age. Indications are that this rate of
production will continue for n long
time. Specifications are being re.
ceived in satisfactory volume every
day and deliveries are being made
promptly. Prices, however, are low,
and this factor is the chief drawback
to the industry as q whole
Evening star., 1927-04-13
NEW LINE TO SPUR
j. S.-MEX|CO TRADE
Southern Pacific to Begin
Freight and Passenger
Service to Mexico City.
BY j. c. ROYLE.


NEW YORK, April 13.-EstabIsh
uent Of through passenger service
next Saturday between the west
aoast of the United States and Mexico
city over the lines Of the Southern
Pacific Of Mexico viii make a momen,
.ous advance in the commerce between
The two nations and ia railroad CON
etruction.
The opening OF the service has been
made possible by the completion Of
che 100-mile link between Topic ana
I-aQuemada. A mixed train carrying
10Th passengers and freight will leave
Nogales, Ariz.. Thursday for Guadala-
sra and regular train service to the
capital will run over the tracks of the
rational lines Of Mexico from Guada-
ajara to the capital. At first trains
Nill be run only three times weekly.
Opens Great Country.
The opening Of this line win not
snly bring products Of q tremendously
.ich agricultural. mining and fishing
country TO the United States and per
nit entry 10 new Mexican markets,
)ut il viii open q country hitherto al
uost cut oft from commerce to NeXi-
. City itself. From the American line
600 miles south, the coastal plain Of
Mexico Is cuc off from the remainder
of the country by the high and rough
'ange Of the Sierra Madre. SO iso-
ated has this country been that It fre-
8uently has been necessary for Mex
go to obtain permission to bring
eroops into the United States from
chihuahua to get them to points along
.he west coast in time Of need.
The larger part Of the Southern Pa
Hfic Of Mexico line presented no un-
usual difficulties. but the 100 miles
through the mountains to GuadalaJara
VAS technically difficult and cost over
10000, 600. of about $160,000 q mile.
This ii is believed, set q new mark
or railroad construction costs.
Rich River Bottom Land.
The coastal strip of Mexico has g.
100 600 acres Of the richest kind Of
liver bottom land and 5000, 900 acres
suitable for irrigation. its products
nave grown steadily i'll volume, espe-
aially fresh fruits and vegetables.
These do not compete with American
products, since they ripen earlier than
n the United States.
The country is rich in historic in
serest and scenic beauty, with an
abundance Of fish and game, and the
opening of new lines is expected TO
Increase tourist traffic greatly. The
New Orleans, Texas q Mexico is build
ing rapidly toward Chihuahua City
an the east side of the Sierras, and
his line will enable tourists to swing
rom the east part OF the United
States through Mexico to the Pacific
coast and back. Merchants and man
y9facturers along the Pacific Coast be
1eve the opening Of these new lines
will do much TO iron out the differ
9nces between Mexico and the United
states.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
WILL MERGE UTILITIES.

NEW YORK. April 13 Oo).--A. f.
Titkin e. Co. have bought for the ac'
sount of Inland Power and Light Cor.
,oration all the property and assets
~ the West Missouri Power Co.
which. with the Trenton Gas and Eiec-
tric Co, Peoples Gas and Electric
md Missouri Electric. Gas and Water
40. win be merged into the Missouri
Public Service Co. The consolidated
company will have gross, earnings eX-
oeeding $1.106,000 and will serve TG
communities.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
COPPER STOCKS DOWN.

NEW YORK. April 13 L4o).-Stocks
Of refined copper OH March 81 are
placed at 102, $50 short tons by the
American Bureau Of Metal Statistics.
a decrease of 2,384 tons from February
%. Blister copper stocks totaled 260,-
225 tons, a decrease OF 1894 tons.
Total stocks were 362, SCI tons. a drop
of 14.37s tons. March production was
126,331 tons, an increase of 4.039 tons,
due chiefly to the fewer working days
in February.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
New Orleans Market.
POTATO MARKET FIRM.

CHICAGO, April 13 Potatoes
Receipts, new. 83 cars; old, 20 cars;
on track. new, 42 cars; old, 2G7 cars;
total United States shipments, 672
cars; supplies liberal; demand and
trading moderate. market firm; Wis.
consin, sacked. round whites, 1.90a
200; mostly t.95a2.00; bulk, 2.00a2 10;
Idaho, sacked, Russets. 3.10a3.25;
mostly 315a325. New stock, supplies
liberal; demand and trading slow, mar
ket slightly weaker; Florida, barrel,
Spalding Rose, No. l, $50; No. ?, 500;
Texas, sacked, Bliss Triumphs, 4.o0a
-
Evening star., 1927-04-13
AWARDED BOND ISSUE.

BALTIMORE, April 10 (speciaD.-
The City Council Of Fredericksburg,
Va, has awarded to Stein Bros &
Boyce Of Baltimore and Taylor, VIII
son & Co. Of Cincinnati 100000 City
OF Fredericksburg AZ per cent serial
water bonds at a price of 100.53 and
interest, which is about 4.46 per
cent basis
Evening star., 1927-04-13
lTEW YORK MARKETS.

KEW YORK, AprI 1S CP).-Flour.
1rm; Spring patents, G.s5a7.25; soft
Winter straights. o.75a6.15; hard Win
er straights. 6.60a7.00. Rye, barely
New York; 1.121& C. 1. f. export. Bar
Icy firm; mailing, 92a94 c. i. (. New
! ork. Lard easier; Middle West,
T2.70a12.S0. Wheat futures opened
steady; domestic May. 1861; July,
1875. Other articles unchanged.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
DECLARES EXTRA.

NEW YORK. April IS 4o).--GuIette
Safety Razor declared an extra divi-
dend Of l2is cents. with the regular
quarterly Of 81 a share. both payable
June /. Net profit for the first quar-
ter was S4,066 ,434. equal to 22.03 d
share against $3,861, ,S09, or $1.93 a
share in the first quarter of 1926
March sales were largest in the com
pany's history.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
sCHNARING GETS POST.

NEW YORK, April 13 0P).-Walter
-. Schnaring, for years associated
with the National City Bank, has been
.slected vice president Of the National
Bank Of the Republic, Chicago. He
will make his headquarters at the
Wall Street Office Of the bank.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
BUTTER UNSETTLED.

CHICAGO, April 1S Op.-Butter-
unsettled; receipts, 1884 tubs;
creamery extras, 49&; standards, 49h
extra firsts. 48aa4SA; frsts, 47I5a48;
seconds, 43ha46.
Eggs-Unchanged; receipts, 26.S19
cases
Evening star., 1927-04-13
CAR L0ADlNGS DROP.
slump Below Million Mark, But
Exceed Same Period Last Year.

Freight loadings for the week which
.nded April fell below the 100000
mark for the first time in three weeks,
reaching a total Of 992.745 cars, the
american Railway Association an
aounced today
This was u decrease Of 1913 cars
IS compared with the week preceding,
tut gain Of 64,442 ears over the cor
responding week of 1926.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
JEWEL TEA SALES ROP.

NEW YORK, April 1s CP).-Sales
OF Jewel Tea Co. for the first IL weeks
this year declined to $3,266,747 from
$3,394,2 73 q year ago.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
MERGER DEAL DROPPED.

NEW YORK, April Is OP).-Negotia-
tions for a merger Of White Rock
Mineral Springs Go. with Canada Dry
Ginger Ale Co, Inc. have been aban-
doned, says. +. y. Saylor, president Of
Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
NATIONAL BISCUIT co.

NEW YORK. April 13 Lp).-National
Buiscuit Co. earned S1.62 q share on
the common in the first quarter,
against 1927 share in the first quar-
ter last year.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
CRUDE OIL REDUCED.

PITTSBURGH, April 13 GP).-Six
trades Of Pennsylvania crude oil were
cut IS cents a barrel by purchasing
agencies here today. Keister crude
N addition, was cut IS cents, 10 $110
I barrel.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
DIRECTORS REELECTED.

NEW YORK, April 13 OP).-All
directors Of the Union Pacific Railroad
have been reelected.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
HECLA MINING DIVIDEND

SPOKANE. Wash, April 1S Pl.--A
aividend Of Is cents a share, amount
fnq to $3.50 600, was declared at the
annual meeting Of the Hecla Mining
30. here yesterday, payable to stock
holders of record May u. Officers were
s-e elected. .,....--.--e.- -....e .-. .-...-
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Bathers conservative. >

You can introduce a bath into a viii
lage, but you cannot make the viii
layers bathe in it, is about the con.
clusion drawn by Rev. Gordon Smythe,
rector in the village of Stow st. Mary,
England. The community of four
farmers and their 100 workers raised
$1,000 for a new schoolhous, and
the enterprising rector collected &
sufficient amount in addition TO in
stall two modern baths. Tubs have
been the only bathing places Of the
villagers. and they were "conserva-
tive as the rector explained, about
using the new tubs. He, however,
has hopes Of inducing some Of the
leaders to encourage their children
TO take a bath at the schoolhouse and
thus start the fashion.
O
Evening star., 1927-04-13
THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Blunders I'm Buying Talent

Unless employers are intelligent
and progressive in their personnel
methods, they are likely to attract
only inferior help Salary is, of
course. a leading incentive to the
worker. but, where wage scales are
equal. employment methods frequent
ly have a determining influence.
The employer cannot pick men
wisely unless he has analyzed the job
which IS to be filled. The slovenly en-
plOyer is vague in his own mind as to
what the duties of a new post will be-
He wants "a live WIRE" which is his
lazy manner of avoiding the trouble
of definitely visualizing the precise
kind Of individual he Is looking for.
Human assets are the leading re-
sources of any enterprise, and until
management solves the personnel
problem adequately 1t is not really
succeeding up to the hilt, no matter
what its ledgers may show in the
matter Of net profits. Too many en-
ployers avoid the trouble of probing
the real worth of an applicant by
merely asking for references, putting
the burden Of character and capacity
analysis on the previous employer.
Recently, this column discussed
classified advertising from the stand
point of the job hunter. A personnel
executive, writing III Printers Ink,
treats the problem from the view
point Of the employer.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Must Be Open-Faced.

'"The employment specialist" he
says, will approve the appeal for
frank statement of the employer $
wants and the qualifications neces-
sary to the position to be filed, in
paid space over his own name. Facts
show that thoroughly efficient men
can be secured by advertisements, but
these advertisements must be as open
faced as the employer expects the man
to be. Once in contact with an inter
esting applicant, consideration must
be used in handling him. The big
ger the job, the bigger the require
ment, the more dignity the applicant
will possess. He does not take kindly
to the Bertillon methods habitually
used by the majority of employers.
The modern business house viii APP
point a personnel officer. one who
can judge men, and will not ask ref
erences back of the previous employer.
This company will get a better man
of any grade by selling him it's dol
lars for the currency OF his labor.
"The advertiser naturally gets q
poor selection from blind advertise
Evening star., 1927-04-13
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wlre Direct to The Star Once

Following is n list OF bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
POULTRY MARKET FIRM.

CHICAGO, April 13 CP.-Poultry,
alive, firm; receipts, 6 cars; prices un.
changed.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Might Become Embarrassing

'But in the event of severe bust
ness depression which may be expect.
ed in the cycle of commercial activity
indicated by experience tables. the
time may come when an annual
charge of ten millions year may be
actually embarrassing even to the
volume of revenues Of great rail
road. and 1t may be fairly doubted
whether the Government budget
maker will then be able to reef his
sails as promptly as the managers
Of industry are trained to do. If ne
is not able to do so, it is not inn
probable that Government as we'll as
railroad may be in straits"
Another subject stressed by railroad
executives in their annual reports,
which are now becoming available. is
the declining revenue from the pas
senger service. The loss is felt
particularly in branch lines and In
local travel. AS new hard highways
are built, the bus and the automobile
compete to an increasing extent as
an agency of transportation.
Following 800 bank failures and sus-
pensions in 1926, q new high record,
the number Of bank mortalities in the
United States during the first quar-
ter of 1927 was larger than III the
corresponding months of the two pre-
ceding years. The bulk of the
failures have been among small rural
banks in the agricultural Middle West,
where. following the defation OF 1920
2l, small banks have been unable to
recover their earning power. The
bank failures are phase Of q larger
economic novement--the drift of
economic power to the larger centers.
Another seat of bank troubles was in
the Florida district--an aftermath of
the earlier reckless speculation in land.
Bonds in General Stable.
In the first quarter of 1927 there
were ia bank casualties, according
to II. G. Dun & Co. compared with
"a in the first quarter of 1926, 144 in
1925 and 265 in 1924.
Though bank troubles affected a
large number Of small banks during
this period banks in general pros
pered. The great city money reser-
yoirs have reached new SUBMITS OF
prosperity and power.
Further evidence of the trend in
the United States from small to large
business units is to be seen in the
records of u representative chain
store systems, which in the first
quarter of 1927 did a record volume
Of business-an increase of 1871 per
cent over the corresponding months
last year.