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Evening star., 1927-08-16
MARKED RECOVERY
IN CURB MARKET
Pronounced Strength Evil
dent, Listed Stocks Respond
ing to Continued Demand.
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE curb
market exhibited pronounced strength
during most of today's session. The
recovery which set in at outset of the
week continued and the manner in
which the stocks responded to the
continued demand encouraged short
covering.
The market for the new General
Motors shares became creasingly ac-
tive. A block Of 4, 900 shares changed
hands at the opening at new high
of 1879. Later the price crossed
ia. The stock was naturally moving
sympathetically with the present
shares on the Stock Exchange, but
much of the demand was based upon
belief that should the new shares
carry 81 dividend. they were attrac-
tive at the present price level.
New Highs Of Record.
New York Central new and Pitts
burgh & Lake Erie were moving for
ward with rails on the big board. New
high prices were established by both
classes Of Richard Hellman following
announcement that controlling inter
ests had entered into contract
whereby the Postum Co. will purcha Sc
the entire business and assets of the
IIellman Co. Hellman stockholders
will receive one share Of Postum for
each 81 share held. The preferred
outstanding is to be called for redemp
ton as soon as practicable.
Cuneo Press. at 641a. was at a new
high compared with 61 the previous
close. The decline of 10 points Mon.
day and points today in Royal
Baking Powder was not unusual in
view of the high selling price and at
$50 the price was still some 80 points
above the low of 1927. Earnings of
subsidiaries are said to be running at
the rate of $50 annually, and there is
likelihood of split-u in the not dis
tant future.
Universal Picture shares, which left
off last week at 80, were bid up close
to 81 on what was evidently short
covering. New tops for the year were
reached by Gobel common and Brillo
Manufacturing.
Oils Given Boost.
Among the oils Illinois Pipe Line as
Sumed leadership, selling up sharply
into new high ground. Reports from
Texas were that the company has
started construction of four new stor-
age tanks. Additional pipe lines from
the Yates pool also are under con-
struction. Humble Oil, Vacuum. I'm
perial Oil of Canala and International
Petroleum shared in the improvement.
The new Sinclair Consolidated 500.
000. 900 first lien collateral trust per
cent bonds We're admitted to unlisted
trading privileges. but attracted little
attention. The issue was priced at 90
and accrued interest and was reported
as having been oversubscribed.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
BAY FILLED WITH CRABS,
September Supply Probably More
Plentiful Than Ever Before.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 16.-Crabs,
both hard and soft, should be more
plentiful in September this year than
they have ever before been in that
month. according TO the State con-
servation commissioner. Swepson
Earle. A great and unexplained in
fux Of small crabs into the bay is
responsible for the expected bumper
crop. the commissioned added.
The bay is almost full of young
crabs, and these. of course, are not
being disturbed because of the law
prohibiting taking them until they
reach five inches in length Mr..
Earle said. "They should he about
full size by September. and then the
markets should he flooded-an un-
usual time for the peak of the crab
season
THAT also is the reason that more
soft crabs than hard are now to be
found on the market" he added, for
the law allows taking soft-shell crabs
when they reach three inches
Evening star., 1927-08-16
New Gas Well Burns.

WINNSBORO. La. August 16 R).-
Derrick and machinery were consum-
ed in a fire from a new gas well 10
miles from here that came i'm at MID
night. The we'll was drilled by the
Pittsburgh Oil and Gas Co. and Was
said to show some evidence of Oil. on
men said that if oil was produced Ill
commercial quantities it would mean
the opening up Of new territory IN
northea stern Louisiana.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
GRAIN EXPORTS MOUNT.

Grain exports last week from the
United States were 5,403,000 bushels,
against 1851 900 for the week be.
fore. Commerce Department figures
today gave the following cOmpari-
sons between last weeks exports
and those of the previous week:
Wheat, 1896 900 bushels. against q
5000: rye, 1000. against 10000;
oats, $4,000, against $4,000: corn.
II 900, against 10000; barley, 355, 700,
against $4,000.
Canadian grain exported last week
through United States ports amount
ed to ]. 49, 900 bushels, against 49, 200
the week before. while last week s
exports of North American wheat
-four We're $4,000 barrels, against
127 900 barrels the week before.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
PARIS BOURSE HEAVY.

PARIS. August 16 GP).-Prices were
heavy on the Bourse today. Three
per cent Tentes, 81 francs 90 centimes.
Exchange on London, 124 francs
Centimes. Five per cent loan, 20
francs As centimes. The dollar was
quoted at 25 francs SOFA centimes.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
STANDARD COPPER PRICES.

LONDON, August Is R.-Standard
copper, spot, f55 % Cd futures. E 55
JOS: electrolytic copper. spot, f62 5s
futures, E62 las; tin. spot. 1898 12s Cd
futures, f2S5 rs Cd; lead. spot, G2o
15s; futures, f23 2s cd; zinc, spot, E27
15s; futures, G27 los.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK P).-Stocks strong;
Chrysler and Baldwin at new highs.
Bonds firm; International Telephone
si4s touch new peak. Foreign ex-
changes firm; sterling around years s
high. Cotton firm: bullish crop esti-
mates. Sugar steady. Coffee higher;
firm primary markets.
CHICAGO.-Wheat easy: predictions
oetter weather. Corn lower; beneficial
rains. Cattle irregular; hogs steady to
nMer.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
NEW, YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wirs Direct to The Star ONCE

Following Is the list OF bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1927-08-16
BAR SILVER PRICES.

NEW YORK. August 16 P).-Bar
silver. SAY; Mexican dollars. Al.
LONDON, August 1s R).-Bar sill
yer, 25hd per ounce; money. A per
cent; discount rates. short bills. S-loa
"a. per cent; three-month bills, 4as
per cent.
Evening star., 1927-08-16
COTTON ADVANCES
e TO 81 POINTS
Bulge Brings Considerable
Selling, but Volume of Busi-
ness Gradually Lessons.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 1e.--The
market opened. firm today at an
advance of 26 to 81 points, in re-
sponse to firmer Liverpool cables. ap-
prehension of continued showers in
the South and increasing complaints
of insect damage in the Southwest.
December sold up to 1914 and
| March to 1897 in early trading, or
about 80 to 81 points net higher on
active months. This bulge met con-
siderable selling and after initial buy
| ing orders had been supplied. prices
reacted a few points under realizing.
| Trading was fairly active at the start.
| but the volume of business later
| tapered off somewhat.
Private cables attributed the ad-
| vance in liverpool to continental buy
! Ing, trade calling and replacing by re-
| cent sellers. but said prices offered for
| cotton cloths for export Manchester
| were from D to Is per cent low to
| result in business.
The realizing attracted by the early
advance was absorbed on reactions OF
ba few points. The market showed in
| creasing strength and activity later
| when sentiment appeared to be in
: tiuenced by increasing reports OF de-
terioration in crop prospects, partic-
| ularlv in the Southwest. Recent
weather conditions are supposed to
| have stimulated insect activities In
many parts Of the belt and the ad.
vance was accompanied by rumors Of
| bullish private midmonth condition
and crop figures. December sold up
| to 1890 and March to 20.14, with the
general market showing net advances
| Of about AZ to 40 points around mid
| day.
LIVERPOOL, August 16 P)-
Cotton spot quiet; prices steady.
American strict good middIing. 1l.36;
good middling, 11.01; strict middling,
| 1866; middling, 1896: strict low mid
ding, 9.96: low middling, 9.61; strict
good ordinary. 9.26; good ordinary,
S.Sl; sales. 5000 bales. including 4,2OO
American. Receipts, 5000 bales.
| American, 3100. Futures closed
steady. October. 1881: December.
1O.41; January. 10.4S; March, 1858;
| May, 1858.
|
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LETTER &M

| pressure are built within the cham
Der.
| The application of this equipment
for the possible improvement Of the
hearing Of the deaf has been limited
$50 far. Only four persons, none to-
tally deaf. have been subjected to the
experience. OF the four, slight i'm
provement has been noted in the
hearing Of one. The method Of pro-
cedure in giving treatments to . deaf
person duplicates that Of testing avi-
stors, except invariably deaf subjects
are attended by q physician. The
two are shut within this air pres
| sure vault and the pressure de-
creased at convenient rate.
When low-pressure is equivalent
to selected altitude, usually be-
tween 5000 and 10000 feet, the
pump valve is shut off by a physi-
clan and the valve leading to the
outer air Is opened. The rate at
which the air is allowed to enter il
governed by the ability of the pa
tient.
This novel experiment is in such
nebulous state as to make it haz-
ardous to draw definite conclusions.
Certainly. the low pressure chamber
in this new role has interesting pos
sibilities and since it is outside the
province Of the Bureau Of Standards
to ferret them out, it remains for
the medical profession to verify or
explode the belief that certain arti-
ficially-created air pressure condi-
tiOns may restore the hearing of
some Of those whose auditory organs
are afflicted.
II the medical profession places
its stamp Of approval on the low
pressure chamber as = suitable in
strument for improving certain types
OF deafness it requires little stretch
Of the imagination "a visualize this
apparatus as Diagnosing equipment
Of thousands Of physicians.
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ney told them tina, the old nepress
was Z. home and astir.
Bob Knocked on the dirt-encrusted
door. The. waited. hearts knocking
against their ribs; then Bob raped
s.ga'n, more loudly. Through the
doof. which was slightly ajar, came
the sound OF big body moving
heavily. then a grunt. A black eve
glinted at the crack. but the door was
not swung open.
Who dat?" cracked. shr;ll old
voice demanded.
Good mornin&--Auat Chloe" Faith
called out sweetly--" I'm Mrs. Rob-
ertnssshe explained. with q glance Of
warning toward Bob. TIM looking for
my washerwoman, Nellie Stokes. She
gave me this address when she began
working for me. but she didn't show
up this week, and | wondered II she
was sick. She has my laundry. and
need Il badly"
A"Ah amt seen dat no-count niRgah
"a weeks the old negress' voice as
sured Faith. "Sht don't live .hyar-'
SShe was closing the door as she
spoke. but suddenly high. shrill wall
which was as familiar to Faith as
her own voice, rose in the dark in
terror Of the shack.
Bob acted suddenly. He flung his
bodv. against the door, which was
braced on the other side by the bulk
Of the old woman.
Next: A primitive struggle in the
negro cabin. -.
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The bullying hip is a feature of thu
newest styles for women, says . de.
signer. Following the mems post
Volstead example!
Perfume should be chosen TO match
ones personality, according TO {
Fifth Avenue note. We are wonder.
ing what kind Lon CLANCY should
wear
Lack Of trained actors is the stages
chief fault. says q critic. With re.
vues crOwding the playhouses. an
actor would be lost in theater now.
adays.
A New York justice rules q man
may be inoffensively drunk. Prob
ably that's when he's good and drunk.
An artists club in Russia has beer
fined $500 for permitting the fox
trot to be danced at q public enter.
tainment. Russia certainly seems ia
be enjoying its new freedom under
the soviet.
:. A Jersey couple was married. in a
lions cage. Some day, two people
are going to be married in q church
and that will be news.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-03
Porto Rico Wants Capital

Porto Rico is seeking American capital. Luis
Munoz- Marin prominent editor, has arrived in this
country with the avowed purpose of consulting
with leading fnanciers to If he cannot get them
to turn some Of their money southwark.
According to Mr.. Marin. 100000 people on the
island jobless. Therefore he wants to make
Porto Rico industrial territory give these peo-
pie employment.
1t is a recognized fact that American capital ha
ignored Porto Rico completely the Will. it invested
millions in Cuba. the Hawaiian and Philippine
islands. Because Porto Rico failed to have the
necessary group of aggressive citizens. the capital
t. Of valuable investments there.
There is for many industries in Porto Rico.
and materials As plentiful as a. any other
place the globe. Paper manufacturing plants
utilize the forests. Fisheries can take advan-
tage of the food fish which fill the waters around
the island. Tanneries tan hides from both
Porto Rico and Venezuela And there are many
other industries which could be operated at q profit
There is plenty OF cheap labor in Porto Rico
there is customs duty goods exported to tn.
United States. and political stability is guaranteed
BY United States possession
1t would seem that here is chance for the fin
anciers Of the United States spend some OF thei,
money closer at home and reap rich returns in do
ing Porto Rico should be developed. and il Ha-
lance from the North American mainland Porto
Rico should be the "fftie,h state" American cap.
ital will help TO bring this privilege
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The Stingy Old Things!


We hang our heads in shame We blush to the
GATE We despair Of our countrymen We feel like
putting the Stars and Stripes at half mast For
oNk=fellow Americans. who travelling in Eng
land this year, are not up to the standard
"a - they spend money lavishly? They do not!
>swT} bampagne by the bucket? They do
49,
Dosthey eaSetheir heads off? They do not! Do
Apay make jackasses Of themselves by overlapping
They do not! Are they careful with their money
SYep! Do they want to find out what thing is
going to cost before they order it? You betcha!
!. All wrong. men and brethren. all wrong. You
are giving an evil reputation to America. You are
soiling the fair name of Americans.
List to the plant of one Of the London hotel man.
ayers:
j Il have found that many of our American Wis
itors are careful with their money this year. They
want to out and have good time, but they don't
want to spend whole lot Of money on it.
"Only the other evening a party Of four came
in for supper and had to give detailed list Of
. what it would cost them before they would order
Then again Americans order comparatively cheap
. wine or even lemonade for dinner We do not call
that spending money"
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An investigation relative to occu-
pations Of suicides is difficult
because some persons pursue several
occupations; because the. classifica-
tions Of occupations are frequently
doubtful and because some occups-
tions are illegal as, for example. that
Of profe ssional bootlegger, gambler,
tramp or criminal.
A man who may have been q
banker all his. life fails when we'll
advanced in years, he takes 0 posi-
ti9n. as clerk ser bookkeeper and
after trying for several months he
commits suicide.
His death is credited to the occu.
patton Of clerk or kookkeeper, but not
to banker, although obviously the
latter occupation and its failure is
more directly related to the suicide.
In old statistics saloon keepers
ranked highest of all persons COM
uniting suicide. More recent statis-
tics submitted to careful analysis in
dicate there is not any particular
occupational group that manifests q
predominating suicide tendency.
1t is significant fact that suicide
rates for persons in military service
will invariably be higher than those
of the general populace. This is
true Of the United States army and
navy. as we'll as for those Of all other
countries, although the rates for our
troops are low as compared with
those Of the military services Of the
European races.
When there is financial depres-
sion, the suicide rate increases. al
though in a few instances it has de-
creased in relationship to 4 short
age Of money and u decentralization
OF business. Five times out Of 'six
depression Of business in the his.
tory Of the United States was fol.
lowed by an increase Of the suicide
rate. Not so much the ups and
downs Of the national prosperity are
concerned as the sudden loss Of con.
siderable amounts OF wealth.
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BIZ RODNEY BUTCHER

- T.
| Washington. Sept. 3. - II isn't nee
essary to go up in an airplsne ia
take the new low pressure treatment
for deafness.
Here in Washington, at the Blu.
reau Of Standards, q tiny room has
been built that copies flying condi-
tions exactly At 5000 to 10000 feet.
And here all the thrills Of nose
dives and sudden breath taking
ascensions may be had.
The experiments still are purely
in formative stage. Its use (orig.
! inally it was built for testing avia.
ton Instruments was suggested
after certain aviators had reported
relief from slight deafness after
steep dives from high attitudes.
The altitude chamber-which, in
effect, produces flying conditions in
a laboratory - resembles a cylinder
set on end. Built of steel. il is 81
inches in diameter and -: feet high.
In this snug enclosure. air pressure
is manufactured to order, the force
thus exerted on the tank being in.
creased or decreased rapidly. For
example, when the pressure within
the chamber is equivalent to the up
per air conditions at 5000 feet ap.
proximately 2,iO0 pounds Of pressure
is exerted on the door Of the cham
Der.
In the make-believe flights under.
taken in this low pressure chamber,
when the air pump is turned off.
the rate Vt desc-nsion 0: the mag.
mary aviator may be as rapid as
$4,000 feet per minute. This maxi
mum celebrity in landing" even ex-
ceeds that experienced in actual fly
ing conditions, since rarely does an
aviator return to earth at y speed
greater than $4,000 feet per minute.
Instruments for regulating the air
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oAllNkE Anne Anne A2SstdIPM' N n

Peach Tree Hollow. or "Shan.y
town, as the citizens Of more re.
spectacle sections called it. was the
eyesore and human dumping GROUND
OF the prosperous midwes.ern city.
The city's crooks. its beggars. its
Migrants, and its lowest class q!
negro population huddled together in
Peach Tree Hollow, crowding OBJ
ssceneiy into filthy, unpainted novels
NO reputable person was safe in
Peach Tree Hollow after dark. DC.
easionaI!y a gunman. pickpocket OIL
osackmailer. who had prac.iced his
profession indistreetly in the more
decent sections Of the city, was yank.
ed out Of Shantytown and hailed
into court. and thence 10 the PEN.
Tertiary or the electric chair. But
the newspaper efforts to clean UT
Shantytown" were soon forgotten
and the place continued its pu;rid
existence.
II was into this wallow OF crime
filth, shacks and narrow, crooked
unpaved streets that Bob Hathaway
guided his borrowed car. Although
an occasional housewife came down
ehere looking for a washerwoman O,
a window cleaner, the car with its
two occupants created furry of in
terest. Ragged, unwashed children
sprang up from everywhere, ia
Chamber On the running boards. of the
car. to pelt il with stones. to jeer
shrilly q. the man and woman on
the front seat.
Most Of the streets were not mark
ed with name-posts: few Of the
houses bore numbers. but a quarter
from Bob's poke, ELECTED from a
grinning colored boy that "Aun;
Chloe lived in two-room shacl.
at the end Of lane not far distant
And thither he turned the car, es-
corted By clamorous mob of chill
dren.
When they had arrived before the
tumbling down shack Bob turned a
worried face toward Faith:
II hate to leave the car for these
young heliions to climb over. but
can't let you go in there alone I'll
lock the door. blu. that may be awk-
ward in case we want to make a
quick getaway.
They pushed aside a broken hinged
gate and forced themselves to walk
with leisurely unconcern to the
scrap of rotting porch. It was still
early--not more than eight o'clock
but Answering column Of blush
smoke from the leaning brick chin
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-03
Editorial Comment
Air Regulation
New York World)


Excerpt from Associated Press dispatch from
San Francisco in regard to the missing flyers wht
took part in the Dole air race:
The whole Dole air race from the American
mainland to Hawaii was "a big mistake" Ern-
est L. Smith, first civilian flyer to hop to the
islands. declared today in commenting upon the
prevailing fear that Capt. w. p Erwin and A.
II. Eichwadt may have fallen into the sea last
night.
1T stunt nying." Smith declared. mot
practical with land planes
And now there are six men and a girl out
there somewhere battling for their lives All
for $35 900. 1t isn't worth it,"
This, it seems to US, is the whole thing in q nut
shell. Yet, human nature being as it is the mo
ment somebody else offers $4,000 for another al
derby we shall see repetition Of much the sam,
thing as we see at present. The obvious moral i
that we must have regulation to get aviation unde
control. 1t is all very well for flyers to rush il
and compete for big prizes, saying they are willing
to take the risk. But the results Of their impetu
BUSINESS are not confined to them. AS soon as they
turn up missing busy mariners and busy ships mus
forsake their courses and go to the rescue. This
is costly and it is annoying. 1t is much like the
man who swims too far out to sea and then has t
shout for corps of life guards to come and bring
him to shore. We should have some kind of regu
ation to that flyers fly where it is safe 70,
them to fly, and do not put others to great incon
venience every time they try another stunt.