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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
GRAINS GET SETBACK
ON FOREIGN ADvICES
Wheat and Corn in Particular Are
Hit by Reports From Aus
tralia and Argentina.
nv the Associated Press.

CtIiCAGO. December 13.-Grain
values underwent decided general
setback early today, wheat and corn
in PARTICULAR. Reports were received
telling of large offers Of new wheat
from Argentina and Australia at
sharp discount under wheat from
North America. Starting at &c de-
cline to t.c advance. Chicago wheat
soon scored an All round drop. Corn
opened !, 10 &c off and later receded
rauidlv. oats were also weak. Provi-
sione likewise tended 10 sag.
In connection with increased offer
iugs nt southern Hemisphere wheat
1T cheaper prices than wheat from
north of the Equator, leading
authority here pointed ont today that
with 50 900 900 bushels in the United
states wheat visible supply. $4,000. 900
bushels in the Canadian visible and
81 900, 900 bushels of bonded wheat in
stores in the United States, the sit
uation did not suggest that there is
ia be any scarcity for some time.
Notice was also taken of assertions
that both Canada and the United
states still have liberal supplies 20
come forward from the first hands.
According to advices current, Argen-
tine wheat offerings today showed 3
pence per quarter decline, and Aus
tralian shippers have started offering
new wheat on a large scale at pence
decline. New Argentine corn was also
reported as being offered for April
shipment and Liverpool corn prices
were depressed on account of very
large arrivals Of corn expected at
Liverpool this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
aREND IS UPWARD
ON CURB EXCHANGE
Individual Mo"eS Predomi-
nate-MotorS Hold
Firm Undertone.
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 13.-There
was a good deal of churning about OF
prices in the curb exchange today,
nut In the main the trend was
upward due 10 continuation Of short
covering on the part of professionals
who had put out extensive lines dur
mig last weeks reaction There were
evidences OF a renewal OF public in
terest i'm certain issues. although no
broad demand from that source.
individual IA ther than group move
nents characterized the trading.
Bancitaly. surrounding which there IS
uncertainty as to whether the stock
win continue long on the trading list
due TO opposition by officials of the
bank. did not follow up the declining
trend started yesterday. In fact. the
issue rebounded a few points and ap'
peared much more stable. TubiZe SILK.
which scorei a sensational advance
on Monday, rose TO a new high for
The movement.
Motors continued to maintain a firm
undertone. although Ford Motor of
Canada dropped back sharply before
It met support. Notwithstanding the
meeting # coal operators and miners
looking TO the ending of the strike
Length Valley Coal ruled inactive ana
rather soft. II. s. Freight reached A
new peak for the movement, as did
General Bronze.
Drofit-takine in American Rollins
Mills sent the price down frsctionally.
hut sugar stocks ruled steady under
the leadership Of Fajsrdo Sugar.
The outstanding feature in the min
Ing section was Newmont Mining
which sold AT a new high record for
all time at 1884,. for gain of about
AZ points. Vacuum Oil continued the
leader of its group in point of &C
tivity. but The trend was inclined 10
he irregular. following initial steadi.
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
Wall Street Briefs

UNITED STATES STEEL COR
PORATION. Preliminary reports
from the steel industry indicate actual
output this week is likely TO show an
increase, although ingot production
schedules of leading companies the
last week were lower. The. United
States Steel Corporations subsidiaries
were running last week at IS per cent
of capacity and independents at about
so per cent. A gain of about l per
cent for the Steel Corporation is looked
for. Efforts to keep down ingot out
put are being continued, il is said, so
that inventories at the end of the
year will be at minimum. Therefore
ne important upward revision is ex-
pected before the new year.
AUTO SALES CORPORATION
Autosales Corporation. operator of
vending machines. has bought control
of the Automatic Shoe Sinner Corpora
tion, Automatic Machine Co. Inc. and
the Cigarette Vending Machine Co,
Inc. Negotiations with other COM
panies are pending. These acquisi-
tions add penny shoe cleaners, round
glass gum and chocolate vendors, sani-
tary comb vendors and cigarette vend-
h.g machines to Autosales operations.
STANDARD OF NEW JERSEY
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey,
through its subsidiary. the Pennsylva-
MIA Lublicating Co.. is entering Penn.
syivania for the first time in distribut
Ing a complete line of refined oil
products. Bulk terminals will be in
stalled i'm Pittsburgh and sites for re-
tail stations also are being obtained.
Wholesale business will be sought by
Penn Lubricatina, which formerly spe-
cialized in the sale of certain greases
10 steel mills.
STEEL SCRAP HIGHER.-Hesvy
melting steel scrap is up % cents a
ton in the Chicago district, ranging
from $I225 to $12.75 ton.
BUILDING PERMITS. - Building
permits in Sal cities in November
showed a loss of only ! per cent COM
pared with November last year. the
first time in several months that only
a negligible loss was shown. s. w.
Straus Il Co. reports, which is taken
as an improved tone in building con-
ditions over the country generally.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE WATER
CORPORATION State
Water Corporation. subsidiary Of Com
munity Water Service Co. has
acquired the Waynesburg Water Co.
PRAISES TARIF'F.-'Tariff was in
stituted for the benefit of all the people
of the United States" John Z. Edger.
ton. president of the National Associa.
ton of Manufacturers. told the Metal
Manufacturers Association of Phila-
delphia. "Our high wages, high stand
ard of living and all the material pros
nerity we Save are more due to the
protection afforded the productive in
dustries Of America by the tariff than
10 any one thing. Our tariff must re-
main high as long as the living stand
ards of other producing nations re-
main low. Let the tariff alone"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
FERTILIZER OUTLOOK
NOW APPEARS BETTER
Rise in Acid Phosphates' Price Is
Taken as Indication of Improved
Undertone in Industry,
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE December 1S.-Thera
are now clearer indications that the
fertilizer trade is emerging from its
long period Of depression, according to
officials of fertilizer companies here.
\ rise Of 81 n ton in acid phosphateS
to $500 was accepted as indicating
higher fertilizer price level The Dayi-
son Chemical 60. Of Baltimore which
is a dominant factor in the acid phus-
phate situation. already has concluded
contracts for the sale Of all the acid
phosphate it will sell in the coming
season ut that level. it is said. \ high
or price of this fertilizer ingredient.
therefore. is expected
Two officials of the Parties Co. of
America VIII he elected directors Of
the Dawson GO. ut the January board
meeting. these being the Earl Of Den.
hiGh and 4. y. Ledoux. The Pyrites
Go. is the American subsidiary of the
Rio Tinto Co. Ltd, Of London, Eng
land. New plants in course of con
struction at Curtis Bay, which viii
treat pyrites ore received from Rio
Tinto's Spanish deposits, are expected
to he completed early in the Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
REACTION TRAILS
COTTON ADVANCE
Early Rise Promoted by Firm
Cables, but Selling Is
Encountered.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 13.-Thc
cotton market opened steady today
at an advance of 6 to Is points.
active months soon showing net al
Vances Of % to 80 points on active
covering by recent sellers and fresh
buying promoted BY relatively firm
Liverpool cables.
January sold up to 1S4S and May
to 1888 on this initial demand, but
The higher prices encountered a re-
newai Of realizing or scattered sell
ing and there We're reactions of s
or 10 points from the best by the
end of the first hour
Private cables attributed the adj
vance in Liverpool to covering and
price fixing, and it was reported
there had been some buying in Liv-
erpool below 10 pence on a theory
the market might be nearing bottom.
Buying was considered chiefly IN
the way Of covering, but brokers
reported some new buying, and there
was a little buying of late months.
believed to be for continental ac-
count.
Demand tapered off, after the close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
BODY TO STABILIZE SUGAR
INDUSTRY is ORGANIZED

NEW YORK, December 10 Up
Formation of an American sugar in
stitute for stabilizing the industry
was decided upon here yesterday at
a meeting Of 100 executives of sugar
companies presided over by Earl y.
Babst head Of the American Sugar
Refining Go.
The organization, which is under
stood to have the approval Of the Fed
eral Government, will compile Stats.
tics, examine tariffs and collect other
information Of general interest to the
sugar industry, II will not function,
It was pointed out, as a price-hXing
body.
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RAIL RECEIVERS NAMED.

BURLINGTON. Vt, December 10
P).-George y. CASTOR of New York
and John w. Redmond of Newport,
Vt, We're appointed receivers for the
Central Vermont Railroad in Fed =
eral Court here. The action followed
the complaint of the Canadian Ma
tional Railways, largest creditor and
owner of two thirds of the Central
Vermont stock. that due to the re-
cent flood, it was not in a position
to pay current bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

Selling became more active as prices
worked lower. Active months broke
into new low ground for the move
ment during the morning. with Jan
uary selling off 10 1910 and May to
1850 or about II to i points below
Yesterdays closing quotations South
ern selling was reported on the de-
cline. but little more demand was re-
ported around the 1St2-cent level for
May. The market showed rallies of
a few points from the lowest at mid.
day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
WOOL TRADE DULL.

BOSTON. December 10 (SpeciaD. --
Interest was chiefly il medium grade
fleeces and territory woods of the
French combins grade today in the
Boston wool market. but business as a
whole was dun. Wool contracted for
in the West so far has been principal
ly in the medium grades. Fine terri
tory was quoted today at 1.12a1.15
clean basis, French combing at 1.06a
100. half blood at 1.03a1.05, three
eiShths blood at 95a97 and quarter
blood at S5a87. Fine Ohio fieeces
We're quoted at 47a4S. half-blood and
three eighths blood at 47a47la and
quarter blood at 4712a4S, Texas u
months wool was quoted at 1,10a1.12
and s months at 95al.0 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
COTTON GOODS QUIET.

NEW YORK, December Is tSpeciaD.
Cotton goods markets were quiet
today with prices generally steady.
print cloths were quoted unchanged
ct ~ for 64x60s and S7a for 6Sx72s.
Paw silks were extremely slow. but
prices held steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
MERGER NEWS EXPECTED.

NEW YORK. December 10 P).-A
special meeting Of directors of Peer.
less Motor Car 60. tomorrow has
started rumors In Cleveland that a
statement win he Issued concerning
Jordan Peerless negotiations which
have been under way for some time.
Nothing definite could he learned
from officials. II was said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
LIGGETT SALES GAIN.

NEW YORK. December 13 Up
sales Of 457 Liggett Drug
Stores were $4696,332, an increase of
$12S,117 over November last year, and
for IL months this year, $50 $50 SOL. a
gain Of $5.042 1872 over the correspond
ing 1925 ppriod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
CONSOLIDATED GAS.

NEW YORK, December 10 R).--
Consolidated Gas Go. of Baltimore
declared an initial quarterly dividend
OF Sl.S7i2 a share on the new series
5l2 per cent preferred stock, payable
January 10 stock of record Decem-
Der Is,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
BACHE BUYS SEAT.

NEW YORK, December IL R).-
The second membership of tho New
York Cotton Exchange ot Thomas ].
Beauchamp has been SOLD for $40, 900
TO Harold l.. Bache. for another. Mr..
Beauchamp bought a seat at auction
Yesterday for 427.2bO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
PRICES ON PARIS BoURsE

PARIS, December 10 (P.-Prices
were unsettled ON the Bourse today.
Three per cent, SIS francs 20 centimes.
Exchange on London. 124 francs =
centimes. Five per cent loan, II
francs ~ centimeS. The dollar was
quoted at % francs 49, centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
RUBBER ADVANCES.

NEW YORK. December 13 (SpeciaD.
Crude rubber, smoked ribbed sheets,
scent at today's noon quo
tation of 40%s. This compares with
36Is a month ago and 3S1s year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
vIRGINIAN RwY. DIVIDEND,

NEW YORK. December IS P).-
Directors Of the Virginian Railway
declared the regular annual dividend
Of " share on the common stock,
payable December 81 to stock of rec
ord December 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
INDEPENDENT OIL.

NEW YORK. December Is P).-
Jndependent Oil e. Gas earned 1928
q share in the first 10 months this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received r, Private Wire Direct TO The Star OfRce

Following is the list OF bonds and
stocks traded i'm on the New York
Curb Market today.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
AWNINGS IN
BASE N|ENT
ABLAzE

Carrying bird cages, fayorite party
gowns. Jewelry and other priced
articles, occupants of the SO apart.
snents in the Mt. Vernon Apartment
House, Ninth Street and New York
Avenue Northwest, rushed panic.
stricken to the street when fire
broke out there at shortly after
o'clock this morning.
The fire was discovered by Samuel
Fowler, a taxi driver, who went to
the apartment of James Brooks, col.
Ored janitor. and awoke him. Brooks
Investigated and found that 23O avn
1ngs stored in the basement were
ablaze.
Efforts to put out the fire were
I ruthless, however, and the flames
continued to gain Roadway until the
arrival of firemen.
When they reached the scene,
dense clouds Of black smoke were
belching from the basement. The
clatter of the engines and shouting
Of firemen and spectators soon woke
the occupants and the eAdus com.
menced. Despite the Excitement
there were no injuries reported.
Damage was set at more than $500.
Brooks says that he thinks some
one threw a match or lighted cigar
cite into the awnings. They were
all destroyed.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
TWO ARRESTED
IN HOLD-UP

Following q report made to police
early today by William Long. mo
ton picture operator, 6o4 North
Carolina Ave. 8. E.. that his truck
was forced into ditch near Wal
dorf, Nd. by two men in a large
automobile. Eleventh precinct po-
lice arrested Stephen Isaac Boteler,
1910 California st. N. W., and De
witt Wilson, colored, 1927 Seven
teenth st. N. w. Both were held
for the Maryland authorities.
Long told police that he was re.
turning to the city after giving
q show In q southern Maryland
town. In his truck he had mo-
ton picture reels.
As he was driving along, the
Touring car drew up and then cut
in front Of him, forcing his truck
to the ditch.
A white man and q colored man
then alighted, he said, and searched
the truck, evidently thinking the
reels were liquor.
When they discovered their mis-.
take, they got back In their ma.
chine and drove south. Long re-
ported the incident to Eleventh
precinct and the road was watched,
resulting in the arrest Of the two
men on q charge of attempted
hoid-up a. they came in over the
Maryland road.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
c ASE DELAYED
AGAINST COP

The oass Of Private Raymond Y.
Sinclair. First precinct policeman
seeking new arrest record, VINO Is
charged by Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith
with conduct unbecoming an officer,
was continued when called for hear
ing before the Police Trial Board
today.
In addition to preferring charges
Of unbecoming conduct and neglect
OF duty against Sinclair before the
trial board. Mrs. Smith, wife Of Her.
bert II. Smith, vice president Of the
Taylor Motor Company, has filed suit
for $4,000 against the policeman,
enumerating, among other allega-
tons, that Of Illegal arrest.
According to the charges, Sinclair,
who last year rung up a record of
more than $500 arrests against mo.
florists, entered Mrs. Smiths car near
Thirteenth and F Streets Northwest,
February 81. and compelled her to
drive to the First precinct, where she
was detained for nearly an hour
without charges being preferred.
Two small children were left outside
the precinct in the car pending her
release.
Sinclair's action was based on the
fact that Mrs. Smith was driving her
husbands car, which bore dealers
license plate.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
JAG So n
To VOID
STORY

Despite the fact that he has been
positively identified by his victim,
Philip Jackson, colored, held as the
attacker of Mrs. Daisy yelling, In
the Capitol grounds on February Is,
will petition the District Criminal
Court next week to have his signed
confession suppressed as evidence.
Jackson probably win enter the
motion to suppress, through bis at
torney, John III. Wilson, when court
convenes Monday morning.
1t will be Jackson's contention
that third degree methods were
used by the police to extract his
alleged confession from him.
Under the rules of evidence only
confessions that are made freely
and voluntarily may be received
against an accused.
Following the confession, which
he signed and swore to as being
the true facts, Jackson entered a
plea Of guilty to the charge when
he was arraigned in court.
Because, however, the plea Of
guilty, in a capital offense, and
carries with it q death penalty, JUS
tice Hitz refused to accept the
guilty plea and ordered one Of mot
guilty" placed against him.
Jackson yesterday was arraigned
on charge of robbery, also staged
in the Capitol grounds, to which he
pleaded not guilty.
He is charged with snatchinS q
pocketbook, containing $55 from
Mrs. d. ID. Mcknight, on October 5.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
ALI Times staff Photos
YOUTHS FIGHT
FIST DUEL

The flaming youths Of Eighteenth
Street and Columbia Road, all high
school students, again attracted the
attention of the police last night
when it became necessary to stop
a bare knuckle duel between two
Of the boys at the Harvard Street
entrance to the Zoo.
TIE affair of honor" was said
to have been the result Of an argu.
ment which originated in "a Colum.
bia Road lunch room. Rather than
fight it out there, it was decided
to seek the great open spaces
of the Zoo.
The principals and seven wit.
nesses, seconds and attendants were
caught by the police and taken to
No. 10 precinct, where they ex-
planned that they had tried to
avoid any disturanbce by going to
secluded spot. It was "a matter
Of honor" they said.
None Of the boys was held by
the police.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
5-YEAR BOND On
STREETSASKED.

Contractors who build District
streets after July Will be held re.
sponsible for necessary repairs for
a period Of five years as result
OF a last-minute amendment to the
District appropriation bill, It was
revealed today.
Under the present law contractors
are required to keep new pavements
in repair for q period of one year
from the date Of completion.
Under the new appropriation bill
the District Commissioners are au-
thorized to require that where re-
pairs are necessary during the four
years following the regular one year
period, due to inferior work or de-
fective material, the repair shall be
made at the expense of the contrac-
tor.
This change will require that con-
tractors make bond for a period Of
five years to cover possible ex-
penses. Under the present system a
one.year bond is all that is required.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
HIT RUN All I D
HURTS PATIENT

Committing two serious offenses
at one time, 'hit-and-run" driver
late last night struck and knocked
down John Nee. IS years old. a
patient at the Naval Hospital, as
he was aiighting from a street car
at Twenty-third and @ Streets
Northwest.
The driver Of the car then sped
on out G Street. The tag numbers
obtained turned out to be wrong,
since they belonged to a woman
living in Wardman Park Hotel, who
had not used her car last night.
Nee was treated at the hospital for
a sprained back.
Miss G. A. Cone, SO, 1914 P st.
N. W., was treated at Emergency
Hospital for a cut lip and bruises
to the body after she was knocked
down near Dupont Circle by an
automobile operated by Dabney H.
Murray, %. 1926 Nineteenth ST.
N. w.
Others injured last night in traf-
fic were Harry L. Woodfield, so,
7S4 Nineteenth st. N. E.; Margaret
Lyles, colored, Z, 462 K st. S. W.,
and James Lacey, colored. z, 213O
Eighth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12

Luis A44pISS LudL InSTo Is some
degree of weighing out or estima.
ton Of the operator on the part
Of the subject before the hypnotic
state is submitted to and the will
and opinion Of the operator &C.
cepted.
In order that this evaluation may
occur, direct contact must be estab.
lished. This contact is impossible
by sound-transmission and reception,
which is the only activity of radio
with which the present problem
deals.
A hypnotic state, once having
been induced in a given subject by
given operator, could reasonably
be expected to be reinduced upon a
subsequent occasion when the in
fluence Is exerted by the operator
working through radio from a dis.
tant point, because Immediately the
memory of the preceding conduct.
phenomenon, or hypnotic state will
be reinstated in the mind Of the
subject as soon as he Identifies the
voice and personality of the
operator
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
WAIT VERDICT.
| ON CHAPLAIN

Final decision has not yet been
made In the case Of Chaplain
orville L. Clampitt. q. s. A., who
was tried recently at San Francisco
over alleged charges said ito have
been preferred by q Kansas girl.
-Four high ranking officers sitting
as q military court, consisting OF
Brig. Gen. Richmond p. Davis and
Colonies w. p. Smedberg, Thomas
Anderson ana Edgar Sirmyer, list
ened to the final arguments Of
Chaplain Clampitt's counsel and,
after considering the service record
of the accused, placed their recon-
mendations in q sealed envelope,
which was forwarded TO the War
Department for review.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12

This could occur with as great
facility by radio as if the operator
were in the next room and only his
voice were heard. The only con.
flicting influence which might tend
to prevent such a state would be
the subjects attention being d.
verified by the over-consciousness of
seriously listening-in and his being
prevented thereby from giving his
full attention and cooperation to
the experiment.
To summarize: The experiment
between an original operator and
subject, even though a trained sub.
ject, would probably be impossible,
but through repetition by radio
would probably be possible-at least
while the radio contact was con.
tinuous-in the case of a subject
previously hypnotized by the same
operator.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
Industrial Exposition
To Have Marine Night

Tonight is Marine night at the
Industrial Exposition. which has been
drawing large crowd to the Wash.
ington Auditorium since It opened
two days ago.
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com.
mandant of the Marine Corps, has
accepted an invitation to be the
guest of honor.
The exhibit win continue through
March 10, but will be closed tomor.
row. It is being held under the
auspices Of the Washington Cham
Der Of Commerce.