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RAILS SOAR TO
TOP IN NOON
TRADING
Ry international Sow servIee

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NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Stocks OF
the American railroad compa MES
forged to the front as the leaders OF
the forward movement in prices at
the beginning OF trading today. With
the exception Of Chrysler, which sold
up about three points, the motor
stocks were reactionary under profit
taking, though losses rarely exceeded
two points. The balance OF the mar
ket was firm after the announce
ment OF the per cent call loan rate,
with CornProducts and Cash Regis.
ter the outstanding bullisl1 leaders.
st. Louis Southwestern and Mis-.
ouri.KansaslTexas led the move.
ment in the nondiyidend rails, the
former crossing 100 for the first time
and the latter pushing through 40.
The st. Paul issues continued last
weeks brilliant move, the preferred
selling about point higher.
Reassuring statements and sum
maries relating to money markets
and industrial conditions were
stimulating to the leaders in the
speculative district and the demand
for stocks which flowed in from the
outside points aided the pools and
professionals to mark prices higher
I'he opening losses Of a point or tive
in the well-known industrials and
speeialties were quickly made up.
Chrysler Motor and Dodge pre-
ferred established new high price
records In the second hour In active
trading. Corn Products and Colorado
Fuel and Iron featured the In
dustrials, and Atlantic Refining the
oils. The mercantile stocks were
inactive as well as the moving pic,
ture group, with the exception oi
Consolidated Film preferred, which
reached a new high for the year.
Cotton declined nearly 50 a bale
on Wall Street and southern
liquidation. Wheat lost III cents
bnshel and corn was fractionllly
lever at the start. Call money
renewed at s per cent.
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TOONBS FEARS
K|DNAPERS
by International News Service

CHICAGO. Aug. 20.-While Roy G.
Toon1bs, head of the international
Life Insurance Company of st. Louis,
remained sequestered in Chicago to-
day with a United States marshal to
prevent kidnapping, Len Small heard
arguments to prevent extradition on
four acquisitions for larceny charges.
A Federal writ has been issued to
prevent Toombs' removal from the
State before the bankruptcy proceed
ings of the brokerage firm of ,Toombs
& Daley are completed. Toombs is
being guarded at his own request.
He told the marshal two gangsters
had been following him and had
forced their way into his room at a
prominent hotel here.
He stated that a certain group In
st. Louis is responsible for the dis
appearance of $4,000 900 of the life
insurance company's securities, and
that they are trying to force the re.
sponsibility upon Toombs.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Live stock
quotations:
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market
10@15c higher. Top. $12.75: bulk
$11@12.5O; heavyweight. $116O0
12.45; medium weight, $1t.750t2.75
lightweight. $t1m12.75; light lights,
Sl1.256 so; packing sows, $40 S0GD
1850; pigs, $10.50412.O0. Hold
overs. 5000.
Cattle-ReceiptA, 1900; market
15@25c lower. Calves-Receipts
5000; market steady. Beef steers,
good and choice. &15.5O01s.75; com.
mon and medium. $9.50@15.0O; year.
lings, $9.50016.75; butcher cattle,
heifers, .50616.50; cows, $S@12.50;
bulls, $7.50@12.00; calves. $165O0
1900: feeder steers, $11 013.50;
stocker steers, $1O@12.50; stocker
cows and heifers, $7@115O.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000: market
steady Medium and choice lambs,
$I4@l4.75; culls and common, 500
1900; yearlings, $1O@12.5O: common
and choice ewes, $4,000. feeder
lambs, $1S@14.25.
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ROW
PREDICTED

The thigh church" group in the
Episcopal Church may start .
church war" at the general Epis-
coral convention. when it meets
in washington next October. by
refusing to ratify the action OF the
New Orleans convention in order
ing the Articles OF Religion out Of
the prayer book. it is rtImored.
1t is said that many Of the IA
dioceses. which will be represented,
resent the attempt to remove the
Articles.
The Rev. II. 3. st. George. 4
canon in one OF the Wisconsin
catlledrals and professor in litur-
GIGS at Nashotah Seminary, has
been selected to lead the fight for
their retention, 1t is said
An attack on the "modernists"
of the church is also expected for
their alleged disbelief In the virgin
birth and the incarnation.
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VIRGINIA JUDGE
!. At CONVENTION

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 20.--
Judge William s. Snow left today
for Seattle where he win represent
the state Of Virginia at the interna-
tional game commissioners conven-
ton and also at the American Fish
cries Society session, which will fol-
low the game meeting. Judge Snow
will make the report for the State
and also express the States opposi-
tion to the NorbeclS bill providing
for Federal game wardens and Fed
eraI hunting license.
N police court today. for the first
time in several wears. the usual Mon
day docket OF prohibition cases was
absent Although there We're Is
DRINKS picked mp over the weekend
they had all consumed their liquor
before the officers arrived. Nearly
$I00 was collected from seven traffic
law offenders.
Over 400 members have been Sc
cured by the newly organized Smith
Robinson Moore Club, and at the
meeting of the Democratic commit
tee Thursday evening it is expected
that the club will be in full swing.
The Alexandria Light Infantry ar
rived home last night after two
weeks at the summer 1encampment
at Virginia Beach. The local COM
panv qualified two sharpshooters
and 1S marksmen at the camp, and
for several days won the prize for
the disappearing company in
camp.
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I thieves s EAL
STORE SAFE

Carrying off bodily 4O0-pound
safe, burglars who entered Nisley's
Shoe Store, in the 1900 block OF h
st. II. W., during the Weekend. sue
cessfully accomplished a daring rob-
berry and left police without single
valuable clue.
The thieves entered the store
through coal shute. 1t Ii believed
that one OF them had invaded the
store during business hours, remove
ing the chain which fastened the
cover to the shute.
The robbery was discovered and
reported today by @. A. Campbell.
manager OF the store. Campbell
said the missing safe contained be-
tween $500 and $500.
1t was carried out through q
rear door which the burglars I'M
locked with a key hanging inside
the door.
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NEW YORK coTToN

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.--Cotton
declined sharply today under the
weight of heavy southern and local
speculative selling pressure. The
trade furnished but small support
and quotations were approximately
one dollar and fifty cents a ba a
lower by midday.
Failure on the part of the market
to absorb the heavy offerings Satur
day, coupled with decline at Liver
pool today, which preceded the
local opening, accounted for the
additional selling here. Prices
opened irregular. with slight
changes, although a considerable
amount Of liquida ton was in EVIL
denCa.
Noon prices We're. October, 1888
down 10; December, $1S.3S. down
%: January. 1882, down 90 and
March, 1887, down 90.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2O.--Spnts
we're quiet with prices barely steady
here today. Sales totaled 1000
bales. receipts. 1000.
Middling fair was quoted AT
1880; strictly good middlings.
10.SSd: good middlings, 10. Sad;
strictly middlinas, 10.53d; middlin.:s,
10.43d: strictly low middlings, Esd
low middlings, 10.13d: strictly good
ordinary, 9.93d; good ordinary. $3.50,
Futures opened steady with Oc.
tober at 9.77d; December, 9.7ld: Jan.
uary, sid; March. 9.74d: May.
9.77d.
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d. c. Girl. Passenger
On Stranded Liner, Home

Miss Helen Dainey. of Washing
ton y. c., was one Of the passengers
on the Munson liner "Munamar."
which went aground on a reef near
Nassau, Bahama Islands, a week
ago.
According to Miss Dainey, there
was no panic among the passengers.
some of them not even waking up.
They were taken off and sent to Mas
sau in the tug Lady Bordeaux"
which steamed back over so miles
OF choppy sea. with many of the pas
sengers seasick.
The "Munamar" was pulled Off
the reef, took on its passengers and
arrived in New York only four days
| late.
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RUKEYSER SEES
HIGHER LOAN
RATES
By MERRYLE s. RUKEYSER
Universal Service

UNIVERSAL seENlC0
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-Wltn
the period of normal seasonal
ease in the money market over
the country must be prepared
for several months OF stiff IN
terest rates.
The discernible signs confirm the
expectations of Charles +. Mitchell
president of the National City
Bank, that for the next few
months the mean interest rate
for call loans will be around 6E
per cent and for commercial loans
about one per cent lower. Inc
financier did not agree with the
spectators wish. which fathereo
gossip along this line, that the
Federal Reserve had decided TO
reverse their bear money policy.
New Credits Seen
However in asserting that rates
for business purposes will be
held to a rate which will not
hurt business and agriculture,
Mitchell implied that, in his
Z opinion, the Federal Reserve might
offset seasonal expansion in the de-
mand for credit by business and
agriculture by pumping additional
Federal Reserve credit into the
reservoir by means OF buying
United States Government secur-
tiles or by other means.
If the central banking author.
tiles are to conform to the basic
mandate of Congress. which Is
to supervise credit to accommo-
date commerce and agriculture.
it would seem that they might
Importantly have to depart from
their program of making rates
higher. Unless they do this, there
might be the possibility of rum
away interest rates, which would
be distinctly embarrassing to bust
ness and agriculture. But. recog-
nizing the danger of new infla.
ton OF brokers loans. the Fed
eral Reserve will no doubt pro-
coed experimentally. and increase
credit sparingly in accordance
with expanding business opera
tions. The banking authorities
evidently are inclined to stabilize
interest rates during the peak
crop moving period, rather than
to lower them.
Dilemma Faced
OF course, the Federal Re-
serve faces somewhat of a dilem-
ma. A program. which would be
sound for business. agriculture
and foreign sterilization. might
be seized upon by alert specula-
tors as a new encouragement to
increase speculative operations.
THE lowering of the rediscount
rates and the open market opera
tions last summer had precisely
that effect. The subsequent
tightening policy of the Federal
Reserve. which was FASTENED by
gold exports and rising collateral
loans by member banks, was
largely intended to offset the
effect OF the earlier policy OF
artificial easement. The Federal
Reserve will not make The same
mistakes this year. Accordingly
the prospects are for several
months OF stiff money. with q
disposition on the part OF the
responsible banking authorities
to stabilize rates at fairly high
level.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.--Grains. were
irregular in early trading today.
Wheat was y to sc lower with
trade moderately active but mixed.
Liverpool was due u to 15d lower
and at 215 p. m. prices were is @
~ down.
Corn moved upward directly after
the opening and the market was 1sc
lower to 1%c higher.
Oats remained unchanged during
early trading with the market 1sc
lower
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Pool at Central High
Is Closed for Season

The community center department
of the ID. c. public schools an
nounced today the closing of the
indoor swimming pool at Central
High School. operated during vaca,
ton months, because of poor attend
ance.
Mrs. Edith Hunter. community
secretary at Central, made the de-
cision to close the pool following
many weeks of unsatisfactory at.
tendance at both the afternoon and
eveningswimming periods. All
other activities at the center will
continue. it was announced.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Grains opened
lower today. Wheat was down ! Il
to lac; corn unchanged to hc
lower and oats down &c.
Opening quotations:
Wheat-September 110G110%: De
cember, 115A OLE; March, 12O; May
none.
Corn--September 891a $50: Decem
Der. 75k G7Sla: March, 75Aa757a
Oats-September, new, 35Jan36
December. new. 39h.
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ST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
Switzerland to Vote
On Decorations
For Citizens
~ international News Service

GENEVA, Aug. 20.-Heroic or
nreritorious deeds performed by
the Swiss outside their own coun.
try will be for glory alone Ii q
petition bearing $4,000 signatures
is needed.
Like most other nationals, the
Swiss can accept decorations, PEN
sions and titles from foreign gov
ernments, but the petition calls
for a referendum on forbidding
the acceptance of these honors
AS a federal law states that only
30 900 signatures are necessary to
put proposal to popular vote 1t
is probable that the referendum
will be held.
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TIMELY TIPS
Willys.Knieht for Sale

WilIys.Knisht for Sale
WILLYS-KNIGHT 1924 Tour
ing Car. New Duco finish, motor
Overhauled - good tires. Special
price, $500. No. car accepted In
trade at this price. See dealer
for details.
PennsylVGniG! Ave. Apartment
for Rent
PENNSYLVANIA AVE. n. w.
Large bed.sitting room. kitchen.
porch, three closets, free cleo.
tricity, continuous h0t.water heat.
$11 per week.
Roofs Repaired
ROOF repairing. painting, gut.
tering, spouting; reasonable
prices. Day or night. Remember
This service for future reference
IL you can't use IL today.
House for Sale-You'H Like II
KENYON ST. N. W. Semi
detached house of ten rooms,
two baths, pOrches, electricity,
hot-water heat. garage. See owner
today.
y
Apartments AUGiLGbls
DUMBARTON STREET. Six
rooms and bath, $500. 3Sth
Street N. W., two rooms, dining
alcOve, kitchen, bath and cleo.
tricity, $47.5O. These are but q
few Of the attractive apartments
listed for rent I'm today's Classi-
fled Rental Columns.
The above Wants and offers
are only feSO of the many
interesting propositions you
rUiH find GdUertfsed In tOdays
Times classified GdUsrtisins
sections. IL
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CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

new YORK 49, Clearing house
statement:
Exchanges, $467 900. 900; balances
Slo2 900 900: Federal Reserve Banks
credit balance. $4,000. 900.
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Read the "WhO's who" announce
ments m next Ia last page for q guide
to many If WashinEtOn's better. basi-
ness Bervicess Ey
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Wood and Baker Fight
For ID. C.. Legion Honor

Harlan Wood. attorney. and j..
Thad Baker, of the Veterans Bureau,
are expected to engage in a lively
tussle for the commandership of the
District of Columbia Department,
American Legion, at it's tenth an
nual convention which opens tomor-
row in the northeast Masonic Tenn
pie.
The election will be held Wednes-
day during the closing hours of the
convention. A parade will be held
tomorrow evening in which the
Northeast Business Mems Associa-
ton will participate.
LIBERTY BONDS
FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
Liberty Sd AS 1928. ......... $99.St
u s Treasury 4hs 19SS........ i0L02
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES

FURNISHED bv W. "a. Hibhs e. Coz
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OIL STOCKS

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Cos
Evening star., 1928-10-30

don't feel inclined to help US out; but
II you won't, I suppose you won't"
He picked UP his hat from the table,
and spoke with the mild disappointment
Of one who has been refused a SUBJ
scription to his pet charity.
well, won't. so you might just as
we'll quit right now!" The click with
which Mrs Kane's teeth dropped into
place was a very determined click in
deed.
AS he switched on the lights of the
not once had she referred to the miss
ing woman as her mistress, nor ad-
dress him in any other fashion than
as an equal.
It was late when he entered the
lamp-lit serenity Of his most unofficial
looking office, but he lifted the wooden
box containing his microscope from a
cabinet which looked better suited to
liquor bottles than laboratory equip
ment, deftly transferred the hair to a
glass slide, and for long time sat
motionlesS at his desk, one eye glued to
the instrument. Without looking up,
he transcribed series of minute, in
decipherable notes on the sheet of
paper under his hand.
Barbara, returning from her party,
saw the thread of light under the ofiice
door, She hesitated a moment, her
hand lifted to knock. Then, with a
weary little shake of her head, she
thought better of it and fitted noise
lessly up the stairs.
The next morning, at an hour when
most late-hour folk have yet to begin
consideration of breakfast, Peter Piper
was also experiencing hesitations and
head-shakings.
Its a peach of q good murder!" the
city editor said with the appreciation
of a connoisseur. I'VE ought to get
Cavanaugh's report in time to make
the home edition-Camberwell said he
eXpectedssit some time this morning.
You neAtr can tell about these 'Ex-
perts'; but if he doesn't turn up any,
thing, play it up anyway as much as
you can, and we'll nurse 1t along.
You drop everything else, Piper, and
stick to Camberwell. Stick If 1t takes
all day. You might telephone in oc-
cassionally"
Right"
Peter, the inevitable copy paper bulg-
ing from his coat pocket, lounged out
of the local room. But he was not
whistling He was meditating dis
obedience to the city editors orders
which meant the imminent and definite
risk of losing his job, and, what
was infinitely worse, Of falling
down on story" But If his hunch
was right, he stood chance of getting
that report at least full half hour
before the boys gathered In the press
Evening star., 1928-10-30

room at the city hall-getting it In
time to beat the opposition, and getting
1t direct from DR.. Cavanaugh, himself.
He stood for moment outside the
entrance to the Heard" Building, ana
even took few steps in the direction
of the city hall Then he shook his
head and darted across the street pur-
sued by indignant squaks from the
horns of intervening trucks. A moment
later the sputtering with which "Bos-
sy's" engine always preceded going into
action was accompanied by low,
lugubrious whistle.
Peter was banking everything on a
girl whom he had seen only once. a
girl with whom he had matched wits
as an antagonists girl who would
have no idea what it meant to hear
Jimmy say: You may call at the
cashiers desk for your money'-a girl
who would think it a matter of no i'm
portance whether you let your paper
down. And yet he was banking on her.
(To Be Continued)
Evening star., 1928-10-30
SMITH RALLY SET TONIGHT

A political rally of the Smith-Robin-
son Democratic Clubs is to be held to-
night at 8 o'clock at 16 Jackson place.
Among the speakers will be Harry
Whelan. local attorney; Miss Elsie A.
Cannon, commissioner of the United
States Court of Claims, and r. A. Dick
son. vice president of the Maryland
State Federation of Labor. The speak
ers will be introduced by 9. 2. Rhodes
of Yazoo City, Miss. John 3. Colpoys
will preside
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THE TULE ,,,,... ?,
NANCY
MARSH MURDER ssSir, s1ss
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Copyright, 1928, BY Bell Syndicate. Inc

spoke with mild positiveness as II
stating an obvious fact.
But Mrs. Kane was not accepting
any statement merely because it was
positively made.
Justice" she retorted with an angry
snap of her jaws. What good would
that do?" Justice generally is just
somebody's fool notion of the way other
folks affairs ought to be fixed for them.
Besides, you've got long way to go to
prove that there's any criminal in 1t
at ALL"
"Oh, yes, quite" DR.. Cavanaugh
waved the point aside as if it were not
worth arguing.
Il reckon a lady could leave her
house without being murdered. There's
plenty that does. anyway"
You're quite right. 1t isn't certain,
DR.. Cavanaugh conceded. Still, l be-
lieve you were the one who was suf-
ficiently worried over Mrs. Ellsworth
absence to notify the police"
Yes, did that. I already told you
l was mad at the way Mr.. Ellsworth
acted. And if Miss O'Shay comes back
she may call me fool Tor my pains
1t wouldn't be the first time she's done
that AT any rate, letting the police
know she's gone is different from get
ting her mixed up with the murdered
corpse of some nobody that Miss O'Shay
probably wouldn't touch with 10-foot
pole. If Miss O'Shay ever got killed
she'd see TO it that 1t was done with
more-more-style."
DR.. Cavanaugh'S wandering gaze un-
obtrusiveiy followed the movement OF
Mrs Kanes bony fingers plucking at
the folds of her skirt. He was listen
ing more to the modulationS Of her
voice than to her actual words. Was
there an undercurrent of acute anxiety
beneath these disconnected assevera-
tions?
Unfortunately, one cannot always
control the stage setting in such mat
ters," he said dryly. I'm sorry you
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THE STORY THUS EAR.


Don Ellsworth's wife. formerly the famous
actress Sheila OShay, disappears, leaving
no trace. DR.. Cavaneugh the great criminal
psychologist learns that their married lie
So Deeu VeiS unhappy. -
Peter Piper a reporter on the Herald,
tries to get an interview, with DR.. Cav
araugh Instead he meets Barbara Cav
analsn. the attractive daughter, and finds
that she was engaged to Don Ellsworth
before his marriage.
An unidentified body is found in the tule
BY a FIRE in the marsh until it is entirely
nnrecogniGable except for the fact that
in to. hclp with the identification. The
only thing by which the body can be identi-
fed is patch OF scalp with some hair
attached. Or Cayanaugh takes this home
with him He asks Don Ellsworth to secure
for, him strand of sheila .O'Shsy's hair,
and Don Violently refuses. DR.. Cavanaugh
can secure the needed hair, Mrs. Kane the
C'Shsy throughout her career is suspicious
and hostile, but DR.. Cavanaugh gets what
he is after.
Continued From Yesterdays Starr
Evening star., 1928-10-30

ATLANTA Ga, October 80 LP).-
Impressive forward strides have been
made in the industrial life of the South
during recent years. but the future
holds forth even greater promise, de-
clared James Nelson MacLean of New
York. international president of Civil
tan, who arrived here yesterday to de-
liver addresses before the Rotary and
Civitan Clubs today.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
CHAPTER XIV.

H R. CAVANAUGH carefully tuck
ed the hair between thumb and
foreflngers into the envelope
~ which lay ready in his coat
pocket. The gesture was ap-
partently merely that of reaching for a
folded handkerchief, with which he
dabbed his fingers after restoring the
teeth to their owner.
Mrs. Kane with a sublime disregard
of germs and complete lack of embal =
raSsment, popped the teeth into her
mouth.
But aren't you. to say the least of
it. interested in knowing the fate of
the lady to whom you have been so long
devoted?"
"Devotion's neither here nor there"
Mrs. Kane responded graphically. Il
guess I'll find out all need to know
soon enough-maybe sooner"
Perhaps. And yet I take it you
would want to do all in your power to
bring the criminal-Supposing there is
criminal to justice" DR.. Cavanaugh
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Sees Southern Industry Growing

(To Be Continued.)