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Evening star., 1927-12-06
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, December (SpeciaD.
White potatoes, 150 pound sacks,
1.25a3 90: barrel, 1.25a35O; sweet pota-
toes, barrel, 1.50a1.75; yams. barrel,
2.00a2.50; beans, bushel, 1.o5a2.25;
beets. hundred. 2.0Oa3.0O; brussels
sprouts, quart, 1S; cabbage, 100, 200
a4.00; caulif1ower, crate, 1.50a2.50;
carrots, 100, 2.00a3.00; celery, crate,
1.25a225; kale, bushel, 25a35: lettuce,
hamper, 1.50a2.25; onions. 100 pounds,
1.00a1.75; peppers, crate, 1.25a2.25;
pumpkins, 100, 10.00a20.00; parsnips,
basket, 35a45; savoy cabbage, bushel,
20a30; spinach. bushel. scale toma-
toes, crate, 4.00a6.50; turnips, basket.
20a25.
Apples, basket, 35a75; barrel, 2.50a
700: cranberries. box. 4.00a5 90; grape.
fruit. box, 3.25a4.50; oranges, box,
3.50a5.00.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat--No. red Winter, export,
quotation; No. 2 red Winter, garlicky,
domestic, 1884; No. red Winter,
garlicky, domestic, no quotation.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. domestic, LOG;
cob corn. new. 3.7Oa3.75 per barrel.
Oats-No. white, domestic, 62;
No. 3 white, domestic, 81
Rye-Nearby, 90a1.00.
Hay-Receipts, 36 tons. New hay is
arriving in only limited quantity. 1t
is, therefore, not being officially graded
and sells strictly on its merits. within
range of 14.00a17.00 a ton. timothy
and clover grades.
Straw-No. l wheat. 11.00a11.50 per
ton; No. 2 oat, 13.00a14.00.
Dairy Farm Products.
Live poultry-Turkeys, pound, 42a
43; old, 35a37; poor and crooked
breasts. 25; Spring chickens, 23a25;
Leghorns, 20a226 poor and thin, 16a1S;
old hens, 22a25; Leghorns, 15a17; old
roosters, Halls; ducks, 22a25; poor and
thin, 16a18; geese, 1Sa25; guinea fowl,
each, 40aS5; pigeons, pair, 20a30.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, pound, 3S
a43; old, 35a37; poor and crooked
breasts, %; young chickens, 24a25;
old, 20a25; roosters, 15a16; ducks, 25a
2S; geese, 20a25.
Eggs-Receipts, 314 cases; native
and nearby current receipts in free
cases, dozen, 45a46; strictly fresh,
dozen, 48a5O.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 46a52; prints. 52a54; blocks, 81
a53; ladies. 37a3S; rolls, 34a36; store
packed, S2a33; dairy prints, 34a36;
process, 41a42.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
RY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Bonds i'm Default.

In the past six months there have
been in bonds of wide public distribu
ton Al defaults either of interest or
principal or both. The number would
be increased if small local issues were
included. but these are sufficient for
the purpose of this article. These Al
defaults are classified as follows: Real
estate, IA: traction, Z; textiles, 3; joint
stock land banks, 8; coal, .: foreign in
dustrial, i, and miscellaneous indus
trials. s.
There are several interesting fea-
lures about this compilation. The first
point is the surprisingly large number
of real estate bonds in default. This
is due to the failure Of two distribut-
ing houses within the past year, max
ing an abnormal situation and one not
likely to recur. The next largest mum.
Der, the fractions, is manifestly re-
Election of the operating difficulties
electric railroads have haG to meet
during the past decade, as well as the
competition of the private automobile
cars.
The three textile and the two coal
defaults are due to the unfavorable
conditions in these industries. More
or less the same is true Of the three
iron and steel bonds, although here
conditions peculiar to the corporations
represented are more responsible.
The eight miscellaneous need no COM
ment. 1t is noteworthy, however, that
only one foreign bond figures in the
list, and that was an industrial obli-
cation and not a government. Another
point that deserves attention is the
absence of any electric light and
power company obligations. There
was one water works bond to default
which was not included in the al total
because it was a very small issue, but
the showing the public utilities make,
the fractions always excepted, is very
striking.
Too much weight should not be at.
tached to these statistics nor too hasty
differences drawn. and yet it is an in
teresting analysis. AS matter of
fact, with the enormous number of
bonds outstanding in the hands Of in
vestors, the six-month record is reas-
surfing rather than otherwise. There
are. OF course, many bonds on the
verge of default and many others that
are of doubtful standing, but the great
mass of them is sound. / shall have
something more to say about these
defaults in the next article of this
series
Evening star., 1927-12-06
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 6
(SpeciaD D.-Twelve alleged violations
of the national prohibition law were
disposed Of by the United States
Court for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia yesterday. when that court con-
vened in the Alexandria Post Office
Building for it's December term.
Judge d. Lawrence Groner, presided.
Ten pleas of guilty were made by the
defendants, while one case was dis
missed and the other convicted. Vir-
tually all Of the cases resulted in the
imposition of six-month sentences,
with the sentences being suspended
pending good behavior.
Several other cases will be heard
by the grand petit juries today.
The Board of Directors of the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
has set it's monthly meeting for Mon
day, December -. The meeting Will
be held in the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce rooms.
The Westminster Bible Glass of the
Second Presbyterian Church will hear
Rear Admiral Thomas f. Magruder
Sunday afternoon in the Westminster
building. He will speak before the
class at 2:30 o'clock. The class has
settled upon December II as the date
for the annual class dinner. Homer
Councilman, president of the Organ
lied Bible Glass Association of Wash
ington and teacher of the Vaughan
class, will speak. Earl B. Fuller, song
leader of the Vaughan class, will ac.
company Councilman and lead the
local class in songs.
Norman T.. Evans has been elected
president of the Westminster Bible
Glass for the new term. c. M. Singer
has been named vice president. Frank
O'Mera, recording secretary; c. w.
O'Mera, corresponding secretary. and
Henry p. Thomas, treasurer. c. c.
Crockett was named commander.in-
chief Of the attendance effort.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
SLUMP IN POLISH
| BONDS IS FEATURE
I
Domestic List Sluggish and
j Observation-Disclosures
/ Irregular.
BY CHARLES r. SPEARE.
i Dispatch 10 The Star.

kpeca' Dispatch 10 The Star.
4 NEW YORK. December Ca
Severe break in the Republic o.
Poland per cent loan placed in this
country six weeks 20 at 81 was the
f"ature of the bond market today
M'he syndicate dssolving gave the
Bonds IA free market and they drop
pad TO 30 after being bid up late
Yesterday to about %. with sales or
Il delayed delivery basis as low as
81. Some Improvement occurred
later in the day. For several weeks
the bonds have been offered in the
Street at about IL points under The
original subscription price.
This is the third foreign loan that
has not been satisfactorily distributed
although in each case il was adVer
tiSed that subscriptions had been re
CeiVcd in excess of the amount Of
fered" The other two were the State
of Prussia GS and the Central Bank
Of Germany 6s. Just why under
writing htLses continue to make
statements which do not represent
The facts in the case and which We're
severely criticized by the Investment
Ranking Association as recently as
last October remains 4 mystery.
Aside from producing weakness in
other Polish issues the incident OF
the new IS had no effect on foreign
bonds
The domestic market was rather
sluggish and hesitatipg, although
high grade issues were firm in the face
of another day of Az per cent call
money Nearly all of the standard first
mortgage per cent rails improved
fractionally. There was a good de-
mand for the AIS also. Recently the
Canadian National 4 l2s have been very
active and strong. New York Centrai
IS were up y to Ill. The second line
rails. such as Rock Island 4'2s. Erie
IS. Denver and Rio Grande 412s. Frisco
As and Erie first As. improved fraction
ally. Seaboard Air Line issues were
better, and sngularly the Florida dl-
Vision is of the Seaboard Air Line sys-
tenn have been stronger than the con-
solidated 6s, which cover lines in the
CarolinaS.
The industrials list was irregular.
The high coupon metal bonds held at
their recent levels. but there was some
reaction in sugar. rubber and packing
house issues. New York Railways in
comes and Third Avenue SIS were con-
spicuously heavy. Chicago Railway 5s
have improved over points this week
on unusually broad trading,
First Liberty 3i2s touched a new
high price for the year. and are now
selling on about a go basis. The
long Treasures were quiet and lit
tie under their recent best prices.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
PUBLIC UTILITY
MISCELLA NEOUS

Barber Ross Inc. 6ias... 95ia 96
Chestnut Farms Dairy Ga s.. 1o5 u 1p6
Chevy Chase Club 1as..... 10l u go:
Pot. joint Stock Id Blk. IS. 100 -.
wash Mkt. Cold Storage 5s.. 96 -.
Wardman Park Hotel 3 12s 95la 96 Z
Evening star., 1927-12-06
Steel Mergers Start.

steer mergers START.
The steel companies have begun the
move toward merging. with the COM
bination OF the Republic Iron and Steel
Co and the Trumbull Steel Co. But
the move certainly will not stop there.
This pair may prove merely the
nucleus of a group. Cyrus S. Eaton of
Cleveland still is working to bring a
half score of other corporations to-
gether The reports naturally link
Central Alloy Steel of Canton and
MasSilion. Otis Steel of Cleveland and
Inland Steel of Chicago with the
movement.
Acquisition of Otis would give the
combination n lake front sheet and
strip-making unit, while acquisition of
Inland would give the new combina-
ton Western outlet. While Presi-
dent James A. Campbell has repeat.
edly denied his concern, Youngstown
Sheet and Tube, is involved, he states
that he believes a merger will be a
splendid thing for the companies af-
fected
President Harrington of Trumbull
Steel explains that the joining of his
company with Republic will be ideal.
since Republic has an excess of steel
capacity and Trumbull has an excess
VI 1FumDuli is q
large strip steel and tin plate maker.
The combination is another feather
in the cap of Cyrus S. Eaton, who
made his debut in the steel industry
only a couple of years ago, when he
and his associates supplied funds to
refinance Trumbull Steel, on the verge
of receivership. Eaton and a group
OF associates control public utilities
representing assets estimated at a bill.
lion and half.
1t is understood that associated with
him in the steel merger plans is VIII.
liam G. Mather, president of the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., chairman of
the board of Otis Steel and a director
and large stockholder in Central ALLOW.
Trumbull Steel and Cleveland Cliffs
Furnace Co.
Auto Mergers Discussed.
Harry Coulby, another associate. is
partner in the Pickands Mather Co.
and president Of the Interlake Steam.
ship Co., having the second largest
fleet on the lakes. He was instru.
mental in forming merger between
central Steel and United Alloy Steel.
Harry q. Dalton, another associate,
is director in the Bethlehem Steel
Co.
From time to time there is talk of
a merger between the Columbia Steel
co. Of Utah and the Pacific Coast
Steel Co. Nothing definite has come
out of these reports, however.
Reports of automobile mergers are
almost as numerous. The rumor mos,
widely circulated involves the Jorda n
and Peerless companies and the Con.
tlnental Motors Corporation. 1t is de.
clared on good authority, and denied
on authority just as good, that the
plan is for Jordan and Peerless to
combine and use the Argyll single.
sleeve motor under agreement with
the Continental company, which con.
trols the patents in this country.
Other rumors involve large lumber
producers and the movement is inyad.
ing other industries.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
Potato TRADE SLOW.

CHICAGO, December s Omitted
States Department of Agricultural
Pota IS cars: on track,
$40 cars: total United States ship
ments, 433 cars; demand and move
ment slow; market dull: few sales re
ported; Wisconsin sacked round whites,
1.5Oa1 so; Minnesota. North L'alota
sacked round whites and Fed. River
Ohios, 130a1 40; Idaho sacked rus
sets, No. /, 1.50a1.65; partly graded,
125a1.45.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
w. A. PATTON DIES.

PHILADELPHIA, December R.-
William A. Patton, IS. former assist
ant to the president of the Pennsylva'
mia Railroad Co.. and former president
of the New York, Philadelphia &
Norfolk Railroad, died suddenly today
at his home in Radnor, near here. He
retired from railroad activities in 1918
after 53 years service with the Penn
sylvania.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
BUYING MILL OPTIONS.

CHARLOTTE. N. c.. December 6 tAp.
Options are being secured by Flint
& Co. of New York, on from 100 to $50
carded yarn cotton spinning mills in
five Southern States, it was announced
here today A statement prepared by
J. Henry Smith of New York, vice
president of the financing company,
says that 136 mills. with a total of
1,5OO, 900 spindles, have been inspected
to date
Evening star., 1927-12-06
PLANS EXPANSION.

NEW YORK. December R.-
Federal Bake Shops. Inc. which now
operates 96 shops in S5 cities. plans
the opening of 20 to 80 new shops in
territories where the company already
has Il district orga nization. The en-
pansion program is expected to add
about So ,000,0 900 to it's annual sales
volume in the next year or so.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
RAIL EQUIPMENT.

NEW YORK, December 6 LP).-In-
qriries in the railroad equipment mar.
with one from the Texas & Pacific for
prices on 500 50-ton gondolas, 200 B.
ton automobile and 200 50-ton fiat
cars.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
Club Has Centenary.

Buccleuch Hunt Club of Scotland re-
Gently held it's centenary, having
been organized in November, 1927.
George Summers, who has been with
the pack for more than 80 years, was
presented portrait in oils of himself
and gifts were made to Duke Buc-
cleuch. descendant of the fifth Duke
of Buccleuch. who established the
sn1r
Evening star., 1927-12-06
MERGER IS ORDER
Of BIG INDUSTRY
Many Firms Linked by Ru
mor-Orphan Concerns
CIam0r for Unions.
BY J. c. ROYLE.
" 40 Tho Stur

Special Dispatch TO The star.
NEW YORK, December 6.-The
tendency toward amalgamaton, con-
solidation and merger is likely to tind
full expression shortly after January
|. according to reports from many Sec
tions today. Already there are score
of orphan companies gathered on the
doorstep of the merger asylum clamor-
ing for admitt1nCe.
The trouble is that each orphan de-
mands q room with bath and south
ern exposure. In other words, each
has a fully developed idea of it's own
value and the place it should fill in
consultations. This is holding up
some combinations which seem likely
to he brought to Il successful conclu-
sion shortly.
Already over a score of coal COM
panies in the central competitive field
have joined hands and further mergers
are pending involving an equally large
number in Pennsylvania. West Vir-
Sinia and Ohio. In addition the two
leaders which have been fighting the
union most viGorously--the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal and the Pittsburgh Coal
Co.-may be involved in some plan
for cooperation with other interests.
Pittsburgh said today that some sort
One coal company executive from
of combination is absolutely necessary
for the life of most of the smaller com
n1njpS
Evening star., 1927-12-06
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

Capital Traction $500 at 10i l2
Chevy Chase Club u $500 at 10l u.
potomac Electric st 5s-el 900 at lol II
CAPITAL Traction Co.--10 at Ito. 10 at
10 20 at 1lo1S; 1o at lol+ ,,,, :
At 112 y 30 at II as. 35 at 1l2*<.
Potomac Electric 5l2s pfd--20 at 106 y
B at 106 10 90 at 100 Il.
Riggs National Bank-10 at 497.
Columbia Sand & Gravel pfd.-2O at
JOB Il . 10 at 103 Il
Mergenthaler Linotype--10 at 108a4
National Mtge. & Invest. pfd.-20 at 6l4 ,
Sanitary Grocery Co pfd.-5 at 103 q. 10
at lO3 - 20 AT 1898
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas 6s ''B'-S100 at 101 Il ..
Washington Gas is A A-St00 at lo6 II .
Potomac Electric ) I2s pld.-l5 at 100 Il
at 100 = ) AT log =.
Money-Call loans and per cent.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
CANADIAN PACIFIC.

NEW YORK, December (p).--No
suecial distribution from any of the
outside activities Of the Canadian Pa.
aifc Railway is contemplated, So id
f-dward w. Beatty, president. who as
.arted he did not know Of develop
tents which properly would explain
.he rise in the company's stock. This
..aar's> special income would not be
..aater than last years by such an
a,oo,,nt as would affect earnings rer
ahare. he said, and railway revenues
.,.a,,Id be somewhat larger owing to late
rons higher wage scales and reduced
in rates. lie expected railroad earn
tngs next Spring to be better than they
ere this year owing to the heavy ton
,sge of grain which will remain 10 be
hauled.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
MARGAY OIL EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, December 6 R.-
Margay Oil Corporation earned s4.S7
a snare IN the first nine months of
1879, against S1.S7 a share in the same
period last year.
Evening star., 1927-12-06
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.

Money-Can loans. 8 and per cent.
Evening star., 1927-12-06

Nearly 100000 children now at
tend school in Mexico. .-.....- -
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
NO SERIOUS COLLISIONS
 OYER WEEK END LOCALLY
Trolley and Two Automobiles in Mix np-TWo Other Slight Crashes
 On Police Record

The week end was siuEularly free from serious accidents, according to the police and hospital reports only minor collisions having occurred @iHoc 'he fatality on West Hartford Road l'riday night.
 About l2:iH o'clock yesterday af- tornoon. II tronry car in charge of Motorman William Gu,rtin of 24 fairViow street struck an automobile in charge of Fireman John Blair or l%l Clark street and forced il against all automobile in charge of John NJ kosSlck of %2 Cedar street. The au- tomohil"s were parked opposite the Curtin Block at ipb Main street. Both were damaged.
 \ slight collision ocrurrcd about II o'clock Saturday forenoon be tween q car owned hy Marshall w. I'lagG Of "A sumner street. Bristol. and driven ny Ethel K. Flagg of the same address, and H ear owned and driven hy Daniel r. Mahoney of so Pennington Ave. Hartford. al the traffic signal at Main and East Main streets. The Flagg car caught the bumper of Mahoncy's car, pulling it off.
 An automobile owned and driven by William 5. Young Of 93S Bassett street. and a truck driven by Saliva tore Failli Of 13l North street. col li,!"d about @:10 Saturday afternoon at South Main and Buell. streets, the f"ndcrs Of both ma chimes. Officer Fred l.. Wagner rc- ported that Young. driving a sedan, was going cast on Buell. street and stopped at the corner of S0nth Main street as the truck passed in a South- orly direction on South Main street. Young stopped and then started a ag3 in and the truck struck the left front fender of the sedan.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
BOY FUGITIVE
 HAPPY IN JAIL
Arrested After Hour Spent With
 His Mother

Bed Bank. x. j.. Oct. Il U'P1- Joseph Billings Wa, happy today in spite Of being in jail.
 Last night he rr"pt home 10 e,, his mother after two months 0. wandering and an hour later he was arrested on charge of man slaughter.
 Tn" scNcnl"en-ycar old boy Is charged with causing the death Of Raymond Eeardon. ;. while the old "r boy was playing 'coWboy," Bill iuga is said to have lassood Rear don, \ few days later the younger boy died in tn" hospital and an autopsy showed his death was due to strangulation caused by swelling Of the Wiudpjpo. Doctors said the rope, playfully iorked, had caused the gradual swelling.
 Billings today told how h" cscap- ed the watch of the people for two months.
 "When heard of Eaymond's death, I slipped away" Billings said. "I went straight for tho marshes. Tho first night l came out and met q boy knew. We de cided 10 flip nickel to sc" If I would go back or run away. II was tails and I Jeff. We went south. In Virginia we worked as farm hands. Then my friend left and was homesick. Well. | just came hom" and they arrested me, and I feel better now"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
[. OF [. DIRECTORS
 ID BE ELECTED
Several New Members of Board
 Will Fill Vacancies

Ballots for the election Of officers of the Chamber of Commerce went into tho malls today. The result of the election will be announced at the annual banquet which will be held at the Burritt hotel on Novcm- her 2.
 The election this year indicates that there will be a number of new faces on the board. Of the seven directors whose terms expire. only two are candidates for reelection.
 In the mercantile group, Steve Eobb and A. A. Mills terms expire. Mir. Mills. who has been active in the organization since 1t was formed and who has been first vice -presi- dent, is nominated for reelection. Other nominees in this group in cludc Police Commissioner N. W. Ramon and C. W. Euckey, tn" lat ter former president of the Lions club.
 In the manufacturing group. the term Of Walter H. Hart Of the stan Icy Works expires. Mir. Hart has been nominated for reelection. Other nominees include Isaac Black, gen eral manager Of the Russell X Er- win plant and president Of the Elihu Burritt Hotel corporation; and J, r. Lamb Of I.anders, Frary & Clark and member of the board Of water com missiorers. In the professional group. the term Of Health Supcrlu- tendent R. W. PulIcn expires. Con didates are Assistant Corporation Counsel Mortimer H. Camp. who also is president of ENcryman's Bi- be class, School Committeeman Will liam H. Day and Attorney Edward A. Mag.
 In the insurance. real estate and financial group the term of Louie $. Jones expires. Candidates include Adolph Carlson, president of the New Britain real estate board; Par don c. Hickey, formerly treasurer of Landers, f'rary & Clark, now executive vice president of the Com mercial Trust Co.,, and Frank II. SIlItlu. Dl tSli'llL VI 'it- ''''' A " '' City Cooperative association and former president of the Rotary club.
 In the Ut large' group, the terms Of George T. kimball and Curtis l.. Sheldon expire. The fol- lowing candidates, of which three will be elected. have been nomln- ated: Stanley E. Eddy T. r. Me- Auliffe. business manager for the Southern New England Telephone Co.,, B. II. McF,lhonc. manager of the New Britain district Of the Connoc- ticut Light and Power Co.,. Paul k. Rogers. president of the City Ma tional bank. and F. J. skinner, chairman of the board of directors of the Skinner Chuck Co.
 \ number Of new features and speaker of international reputation will feature the annual banquet.
 The committee in charge consists of F.. J. Porter, chairman; r.. W. Christ, John C. Loomis, II. F.. Er- win and F. c. Kelly