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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
WHEAT VALUES SAG
IN TODAY'S DEALINGS
Buying Power Is Light-Better
Weather Gives Corn Bears
Some Advantage.

nv the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December S0.--Wtth sell
ing from the Northwest In evidence
here. and with buying power light.
wheat prices early averaged u little
lower today. Better weather gave
some advantage to hears I'm the corn
market, Opening unchanged 10 Y up,
wheat later saeged all around To well
below yesterdays finish Corn started
unchanged tn III off and subsequently
underwent a moderate general set.
hack, Oats kept relatively ftrm. Pro
visions were easy.
Traders with Il leaning toward low
er prices for wheat found significance
today In advices OF enlarged offerings
from the southern ports ct Argen-
tina and In Liverpool quotations low
ar than wero looked for. On the other
hand. Argentine aAtnments IA a
whole for the last week were a mii~
lion bushels short of the previous
weeks total and shipments FROM Aus
tralia we're also reduced
In addition 10 lower temperatures
likely to facilitate husking ana ~
hasten the movement Of the corn
crop, liberal sales of corn to he ship
ped 10 Chicago from Omaha attracted
much notice In the corn pit to-day,
One lot of Ta.00Q bushels ot No, vel.
low waa reported 20 have been work.
ed at D cents under the Chicago May
delivery, 30 days shipment. This was
is cent lower hasis than tho last
previous sale,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
.COPPERSLEADERS
IN BOND MARKET
Convertible Issues Gain-St.
Paul Issues Also At
tract Interest.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 30.-There
was a revival of speculation today in
the convertible metal bonds and an
active demand for the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul defaulted issues in
sympathy with a rise in the stocks Of
the road. Trading was not quite so
active either on the board or over the
counter.
After dropping below 100 yesterday.
an S-point decline from the high OF
last week, Andes Copper Is jumped
up points today under an accumula-
ton based on the movements in cop
per stocks. Anaconda IS Joined in
this demonstration. rising point.
Brooklyn Union Gas convertible SIS
had an early decline of 80 points.
which placed them Is points under
yesterdays high.
There was also n substantial reac-
ton in Liquid Carbon 6s, which
dropped under 1870 after closing at 1872.
Consolidated Coal 5s, Dodge 6s, the
local fractions and the tire and rub
Der company issues had heavy tone.
Armour l. Co. 5s were bid UP a point.
Since the dividend on Pan-Ameri.
can Petroleum stock was passed, the
per cent first mortgage convertibes.
due 1910. have slipped off steadily and
were today below 50. where they yield
about per cent. They are converti-
bic into class ''B" stock of the Pan
American Western Petroleum at S55
share to December Is. 1928. Last
year interest was earned about five
times, but this year the cover will be
considerably less. Pan-American Pc
troleum & Transport convertible 6s.
due 1884, and convertible into class
B" common at $40 share, are sell.
ing on a $40 basis. This company
owns practically all the stock of the
Mexican Petroleum Co. and the entire
capital stock of the Pan-American
Petroleum Co.
The move in st. Paul refunding ANS
carried them to the highest of the
year. The other issues went along
with them. The appointment of an
aggressive traffic getter as president
of the road and an early decree of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
permitting the reorganization plan to
so into effect were the influences be.
hind this rise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
COTTON IS STEADY;
SLIGHTLY HIGHER
Considerable Realizing Is Ab-
sorbed-Covering and
Trade Buying Noted.
Gy the Associated Press.

Gy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December S0.-The
cotton market opened steady today at
al advance of to points, active
months selling about S to 6 points net
n gher in early trading on continued
covering and trade buying. Consid
cradle realizing was absorbed. and the
market held within or 5 points Of
TIE best at the end of the first hour,
March selling around 1872.
Liverpool was about as due on the
New York advance yesterday. Private
cables reported calling, covering and
speculative buying in the market there
and fair sales of light cotton cloths
FOR India in the Manchester market.
Statistics on the production and
sale of standard cotton cloths in this
country fer II months Of 1927. show
ing that sales represented 9S.S per
cent Of the production. attracted com
nlent. and may have been a contribut-
ing factor on the opening advance
here.
There were reactions Of several
points from the opening advance I'M
der realizing, combined With little
Southern and local selling. but de
mand became more active around
1853 for March and prices firmed up
later. Both foreiSn and domestic
trade interests We're credited With
buying on the advance. which carried
March up to 1919. or about to -
points net higher. and the market
held within or 3 points Of the best
around midday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES,

SALES.
, Capital Traction Colo at ITO. 10 at
Potomac Electric 6s pfd--5 at 111%.
Potomac Electric AS pfd.--5 at 1854, s
at JOSH
Washington Rwy. & Electric pfd-10 at
Columbia Sand & Gravel pfd-5 at 104 II
10 at 10i n.
Federal. AMERICAN Co. conn., at 3sh.
PEOPLES Drug stores pfd.-Ie at I23,,
sanitary Grocery Co. pfd -15 at 1O5 II.
Woodward & Lothrop-10 at los II.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction 5s-S1 900 at 104k
National Mtge. & Investment pfd.-60 at
5is
National Mtge G. Investment pfd.-20 at
So
Potomac Electric 8 IA pfd.-2 at los II
5 at 10SL
Washington Loan & Trust Col at 500
Washington Gas is A-S200 at 100.
Money-Cail loans and @ per cent.
Notice-This exchange will close tomor-
row, December 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
ENGINE SHIPMENTS.

NEW YORK. December so tAp.
baldwin Locomotive Works shipped
G3o locomotives In 1927. of which 100
were exported. This compares With
sia IN 1926 Steam locomotives ship.
ped this year were asa, against d4a
last year; lGa electric locomotives.
against 1870. and gasoline locomotives
against Z In ioa6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30

NEW YORK, December so t49l-
Lumber production fell off heavily last
week due 20 the usual holiday relaNa-
ton and suspension OF operations for
semi-annual repairs, the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association re-
ports. Shipments held UP relatively
well, but orders fell off noticeably. Re
ports came from 10 fewer mills than
the week before, making comparisons
uncertain. Increases in production
and new business were shown by soft
wood mills. Unified orders of 21o
Southern pine and West Coast mills
were 520.2s5.393 feet. against $50, 717,'
z27 for 214 mills the week before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
LEAD EXPORTS DROP.

NEW YORK, December 80 R.-
Imports Of lead in November were 50
short tons against 127 in October, and
exports were s,467 tons against H..
F449 tons in October. Exports OF zinc
to4aied 2.015 tons in November,
agains 4,940 the month before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
DRY GOODS UNCHANGED.

NEW YORK, December 10 tspeeiah,
The drNeooaa markets. we're taisly
quiet to-day. with aixea print cloths
unchanged at sA and 6sxfss dawn
IS at pa haw silk waa ngm. active
aud unchanged,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
BUTTER UNCHANGED.

cuicAdo. December SO ts4.---nut,er
unchanged; receipts. f,tea tubs, Egas
unchanged, receipts, S.paa eases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
SILVER QUOTATIONS,

NEW york, naeenaher 10 ~ =s
liar allseA etAs Mesiean aellasss
AAfA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30

NEW YORK, december 80 tfspe.
| ciail Rubber. smokeA ribbed shants,
WAS unchanged today'W 4lss a pound
| up 10 noon, This compares with Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
MERGING Of POWER
UNITS HELD NEEDED.
Huge Steam Plants Being
Built Up to Assure Con-
tinuity of Service.
BY j. G. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 30.-Steam
generated power now accounts for
about &C 2-3 per cent Of the electric
current produced and consumed in
America and will continue to do so
despite the tremendous water-power
facilities still remaining undeveloped
in the country. This was the prediction
made today by men in closest possible
touch with the utility corporations Of
America and their future plans, in
outlining the possibilities for expan-
sion in 1928.
At the moment there seems to be
few. IL any, really big important public
utility mergers in prospect, especially
throughout the great industrial sec
ton of the Middle West. The trend
which is plainly evident, however, is
toward the consolidation by the big
companies of the small local plants
and the absorption of the latter into
superpower systems which are extern
sively interconneeted. The local and
municipal utility plants are constantly
being welded into the systems Of the
large producers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
Concentration of Capacity.

This is a move along the line OF con-
centration of generating capacity and
the development Of transmission lines
which tie up large districts for service
from central generating systems. Mu-
inequalities have discovered that 1t is
far more dangerous to safety of life
and property for the electric wires to
fail to deliver their current than a
complete breakdown of the police
and fire-fghting forces. Consequently
every effort is being made to guard
against such contingencies.
Tremendous producing units are
being built and are being connected
in such a way that the failure of any
local plant will be counteracted by
production Of current from the con.
Meeting systems. Such plants are now
under construction at Beacon, H..
where the eventual capacity will be
1900. 900 horsepower at keokuk, Iowa
at st. Louis. and at Peoria, Ill.
The attitude of the industry toward
this important move for the building
up of superpower systems for electric
current distribution Is expressed thus
by Samuel insult. one of the promi-
nent leaders of the industry:
"Interconnection. 'superpower,' group
management. all the rest of 1t. have
followed low-cost steam generation
and distance transmission as natural.
~ as day follows dawn" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30

There are now about $4,000 miles
Of high tension transmission lines in
the United States. with voltage rang
ing from IL 900 TO over 2oo,o0O. About
5000 farms are now being given
central station service.
So marked is the tendency toward
the absorption of the smaller utility
concerns that such companies are be-
ing tempted by high offers in all Sec
tons OF the country. Leading utility
men say 1t Is often economically just.
fable to pay apparently too much for
some OF the properties to be grouped.
When properties are necessary TO
round out and complete II group situ.
alton. the price paid for them. IL any
where within reason. is relatively un.
important.
Public utility men say this general
consolidation. which is bringing the
little companies into the big concerns.
will continue until good electric serv-
Ice Is practically universal throughout
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
Water Found Problem.

For a time there was a great deal
of talk about locating superpower
plants at the mines, but a terrific vol
ume Of water Is needed for condensa-
ton purposes for such a plant. and
this Is seldom available close TO the
mining properties. Now the general
ing units are usually being built at a
point where there are good rail con-
nections and which at the same time
Is located near adequate water sup
plies and adjacent TO heavy consumers
of current.
In outlining his idea OF the super.
power plan. Mr.. insult said:
First, communities 10 be served
are grouped into electricity supply
systems. with centralized production
and operation. These systems are
then interconnected by high tension
transmission lines. Frequently. still
larger central stations are built 10
supply current TO the interconnected
systems. Thus the positive economies
of centralized operation for community
groups are duplicated in system
groups, or superpower systems. The
only real difference between the
'superpower' systems and the smaller
community group systems. is the diff.
ference in the size OF the figures re-
uuired to describe them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30

A lecture s,N fish was faaiu OF A
taa recently aisun by the Emperar nf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
TITLE INSURANCE
MISCELLANEOUS


fJhtse securities noi bSted under Exchange
Thlee.i
BONDS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
MONEY BEHIND
SCHALL PROBE.
is CLAIM MADE
Minnesota's Blind Senator
Tells Of Conspiracy to Wreck
Him Politically

St. Paul, March 25.-'RD-C charges
that certain financially powerful
men in Minnesota instituted the leg
islative investigation Of y. s. Sena-
tor Thomas u. Schalfs election in
1924, will form the basis Of the sen
ator's defense to accusations pre-
scented against him to the senate
committee.
Tom Davis Of Schall's counsel an
nounced yesterday that 40 witnesses
have been subpoenaed, many Of
them TO testify of an alleged con-
spiracy to wreck the blind senator
politically. and he demanded that
the committee rule on the admis-
sibility Of such evidence
While no formal ruling was made
yesterday, Senator l.. =. Johnson of
the committee declared he believed
that any evidence offered on the
question Of motive should be ad-
mittcd.
When yesterdays session Of the
committee ended. it was decided to
ask the senate to extend the COM
mittee's authority so that il could
continue the hearing after the leg
islature adiourns. Members of the
committee sec little likelihood that
the investigation will be completed
before the Legislative session ends.
Owing to important committee as
signments, the committee adjourned
yesterday until y. m. Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
BISMARCK GETS THREE INCHES OF
WET SNOW DURING NlCHT-ENTIRE
STATE Is SNOW COVERED TODAY
Precipitation Gives Outlook
For Favorable Crop Condi-
tiOns Another Boost
Snowfall at jamestown To.
tails Over a FO0t-Minne.
sofa Also Gets Snow

!. The outlook for favorable crop
conditions in this part Of the state
was given another boost last night
ana early today when heavy, wet
snow fell here and throughout the
entire state. The fall varied in depth
at various points. ranging from a
few inches in the western part Of
the state to more than a foot at
points farther east.
The total snowfall at Bismarck
measured approximately three
inches, according to o. w. Roberts,
in charge Of the weather bureau
here. Beginning last evening as Il
light rain, the precipitation changed
to wet snow which later froze upon
the streets and sidewalks. At 8 a.
m. today it was still showing, but
the skies cleared shortly thereafter
and a bright sun appeared which
rapidly changed the white blanket to
water and slush.
At jamestown it is reported that
more than foot of snow fell during
the night and that drifts on the city
streets there were from two to three
feet deep. Motor vehicle traffic
there was badly crippled today, the
report stated. The snowfall at Bis
marck did not drift to any great
extent.
The precipitation will add consid-
cradle moisture to the ground and be
of much benefit to spring work on
the farms,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
POLICY WAS
UNCHANGEDBY
SAPIR0'S SUIT
Editor Says Ford Dismissed
Demands Made'by Organ
izer With Wave of Hand

Detroit, Mich, March 25.--,P, r.
Aaron Sapiro's demand upon the
F0rd-Owned Dearborn Independent
made no difference in the weekly's
editorial procedure. William j. Cam
eron,. editor, testified today in
Sapiro's $l,OO0.00O libel suit against
Henry Ford.
Cameron testified that he laid
Sapiro's demand for a retraction be
fore the automobile manufacturer,
who also is president of the COM
pany, and that Ford dismissed it
with wave Of the hand and the re-
mark:
well il you are wrong, take it
back; IL you arc right. stick to it,"
Cameron testified that by numcr-
Gus inquiries the. alleged libclous ar
ticles were investigated before pub
lication and that he thought Fred l..
Black, business manager, initiated
an investigation after receipt Of
Sapiro's demand for retraction. The
editorial department made in investi-
CATION, said Cameron.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
SILENCE WILL
DESCEND UPON
RINGTONS
Brothers Who Took Troubles
to Court Are Not to Speak
to Each Other

New York. March 25.-{R-Silence
if not peace today descended upon
the Darlington brothers who figured
in u midnight cane duel a month
ago. For one entire year they are
not to speak to each other.
~hc interdict was one of the terms
of a years probation imposed yes.
tcrday by magistrate upon the
elder. Colonel Edward c. Darlington
If Chicago, wealthy 55-year-0ld pub
Usher Of encyclopedias. Found guilty
of disorderly conduct, the colonel
was ordered to report this afternoon
to probation officer with other dis
turberf Of the peace.
Any communication with his
brother, Campbell Darlington, Sc, OF
New York, relative to suits pending
between them, must be carried on
: by means Of an intermediary, the
court decrccd, and the colonel must
do nothing "oral or physical" to in
convenience the younger.
The night Of FEBRUARY % the
younger CArringt9p, was leaving the
New York home, pf his Brothers wife
after taking !,her sPnt to dinner.
Campbell maintained the col0nel's
snakewood cane struck him "a craven
blow from behind" The colonel call
cd it duel and an affair Of honor.
In jefferson Market Court last
night, a charge of felonious assault
was changed to disorderly conduct
with Campbell's consent. Magistrate
Brodsky found the colonel guilty,
saying the assault was unjustified.
Campbell is bringing q $4,000, 900
damage action against his brother,
who Is suing him for $lyO0O,OO0 for
alternating the affections Of his. wife.
The colonel has also instituted di-
vorce proceedings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
BURIED MONEY
STORY AGAIN
IN LIMELIGHT
Ex-sOldier in Indiana Sani-
tarium Offers to Locate
500, 900 if Brought Here

Another claimant to the 100000
alleged buried in St. Mary's GENE
terry here came forward yesterday
afternoon. when Chief of Police
Chris Martineson received Il letter
from an ex-solder in an Indiana
sanitarium offering to locate the
money if he were brought here.
Chief Martineson has wired author
tiles to investigate the matter.
Attaching clipping Of an Asso-
ciatcd Press dispatch to his letter
which told about the hidden trea-
sure" the man, who signed hims IF
Henry James McLain Of the Ma
tional Sanitarium, Marion, Ind told
the chief "if you send me my trans
portation or railroad fare ! will come
and me and you can get it"
The letter follows:
II am writing you in regard to
some money. Six bandits held up a
Chicago and Alton train. There was
$500. 600 and it was equally divided
among six of them, $4,000 apiece
and two of them went to Bismarck
and buried it. You see, none Of the
people there know anything about l..
II you send me. my transportation OF
railroad fare, will come, and me and
you can get it, Answer soon as you
can.
} Very truly yours.
Henry James McLain,
National SanitariL III
Marion, Indiana
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
R, l. WALTON.
PIONEER HERE,
PASSES AW AY
Had Been Manager of Ameri'
can Railway Express Co.
Office For 20 Years

Robert Lloyd Walton, Sc, manager
Of the American Railway Express
company's office here and widely
known in railroad circles, died here
yesterday of heart attack. He was
taken Ill when at train No. s in
the afternoon and died at home an
hour later.
Mr.. Walton was a pioneer resident
Of Bismarck, having lived here a.,
years. For the last 20 years he had
been connected with the express
company as agent and manager. He
has made a host of friends here who
will learn with deep regret Of his
sudden death.
Mr.. Walton was born in Camden,
N. j., May 20, 1870, the son of Will
liam and Diadema Walton. His
father was member of the Twelfth
New Jersey, regiment. When Mr.,
Walton was IL years old, he came to
Bismarck with his parents. He was
educated in the Bismarck schools.
Starting work for the Northern
Pacific railway in 1897, Mr.. Walton
became agent and manager Of the
express company in 1907. lie was
married TO May h. Baker ut Virginia
ILL.,, September 80, 1896, ut the Chris.
/. tian church.
Surviving Mr.. Walton are his wife
and two sisters: Mrs. +. T.. Titus OF
Bismarck .and Mrs. Il. II. Ferry OF
Wilton. lie was member Of the
Modern Woodmen, the Elks. and the
Benefit Association Of Railway En-.
ployes.
Services are to be held ut the
Presbyterian church ut 3 o'clock Sun
day, with Rev. Paul s. Wright Off
. ciating. lnterment will be in Fair.
view cemetery.
Mrs. w. E. Cavanaugh and daugh-
ter Vivian Of Casper. Wyo., will ar
rive here tomorrow evening to at.
tend the funeral. Mrs. Cavanaugh is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Titus.
Aotin~ as pallbcarcrs will b
members of the express company.
staff here: C. NJ. Fadden, r. F.
White, Jack Kenyon, Frank Ernisee
Ludwig Olson and J. H. Osborn. The
body is to lie in state at the Webl
Brothers Funeral Parlors from 2 p
m. to Q p. m. Saturday.
Honorary pallbearers will inclut
Henry Reade, D. J.. McGillis, w. H
Webb, John Youngman, L. K. Thomp.
son and A. p. Lenhart.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-25
CAMERON ADMITS HE
WROTE FORD'S COLUMN

Detroit, March 25.-[P)--Counsel
for Aaron Sapiro, in his. $1,OOO,OOO
libel suit against Henry Ford, got
from William ]. Cameron, editor of
the Dearborn Independent, admis-
si0ns today that he wrote Mr. Ford's
personal column in that publication
and that he and the motor car manu-.
facturer had discussed the intcrna-
tional banking ring.
The plaintiffs counsel seemed to
be getting little more leeway today
in his Interrogation Of the witness,
but when William Henry Gallagher
sought to get too deeply into Gamer
on's Ford conferences the defense
attorneys interposed objection after
objection until finally they got in
one which, as usual, caused the jury
to be sent from the court room
while they argued over the law gov
erning the question.
Gallagher once, during the opening
minutes Of the session, sought to dis
card Cameron as his own witness
and resort to cross examination.
Federal Judge Fred NJ. Raymond held,
however, that having called Gamer
on, Gallagher was faced with the in
exorable law which made him keep
the witness.