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Evening star., 1928-12-04
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December A.
Potatoes 100 pounds, 80a1.10:
sweet potatoes, barrel. 1.25a2.25; bushel,
5Oa1 .25; yams, barrel, 1.75a2.50; beans,
bushel, 3.00a450; beetS, 100, 400a5.00;
broccoli, bushel, 60a75; brussels sprouts,
quart, 121aa2O; cabbage, ton, 4000a
$500; carrots, 100, 4.00a6.00; celery,
crate, 150a3 90; cauliflower, crate, 1.75a
500; kale, bushel, 50a65; lettuce, bushel,
oyster plants, 100, 5.00a700; parsnipS,
basket, 50a60; peppers, crate, 400a8. 90;
pumpkins, 100, 8.00a2500; spinach,
bushel, coal 90; tomatoes, crate, 300a
500; turnips, basket, 20a35: Savoy cab
bage, bushel 60a100; apples. bushel,
75a2.00; cranberries, box, 300a4.00;
pears, bushel, 10Oa3.25; grapefruit, box,
20Oa375; oranges, box, 225a4.2 25;
Keifer pears, basket, 25a50.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No 2 red Winter, garlicky,
spot. 1.33%; December delivery, 1855.
Corn-No. 2 export, December deliv-
cry, 95H No. 2 yellow, LOCAL ,03; cob
corn, 4.6Oa475 barrel.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, spot,
55a5715; No. white, domestic, spot,
551aa56.
Rye-Nearby, 1.10a120.
Hay-ReceiptS, IL tons. While hay
is arriving here in limited quantities
only, 1t is more than ample for the de-
mand, which Is being supplied mostly
by truck from nearby points, few car
loads being received. There is not
enough business passing to establish
prices on the various kinds and grades
and all arrivals sell strictly on merit at
a range of 16.00a18.50 per ton for
timothy and clover hay.
Straw-No. wheat, 1100a12.00 per
ton; No. oat, 12,00a1300 per ton.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Young turkeys, pound,
38a4O; old, 35a36; crooked breasts, 25a
80; Spring chickens, 20a30; Leghorns,
20a26; old hens, 22a28; Leghorns, 20a
%; small and poor. 18a20; old roosters,
17a18; ducks, 22a25; small and poor,
18a20: geese, 20a25; ginea fowls, each,
40a85; pigeons, pair, 80.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, choice to
fancy, pound, 40a42 fair to good, 80;
old toms, 35a36; poor and crooked
breasts, 25a30: chickens, young 28a30;
old and mixed. 25a28; old roosters. 18a
20; ducks, 25a28; geese, 22a26.
Eggs-Receipts, 709 cases; native and
nearby, selected whites, free cases,
dozen, So; firsts, IS; current receipts,
As.
Butter-Good and fancy creamery,
pound, 4Sa53: prints, 53a55; blocks, 51a
SO; ladies, 37a38; store packed, 34a35;
process butter, 43a44.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
SINCLAIR FIRM EXPANDS.

NEW YORK, December A. OP).-Sin-
clair Consolidated Oil Corporation of
New York, in contract closed today
with Venezuelan Petroleum Co., will
gain control of the latter concern in re-
turn for merging South American hold
ings of two companies under Venezuelan
Petroleum Co. Sinclair holdings in Co
lombia and Panama will be included in
the merger.
Stockholders of Venezuelan Petroleum
have been called to special meeting to
approve the contract and to authorize
increasing capital stock to $10,000,000
from $5,000,000. The capitalization will
then consist of 100000. shares of SIS
par value, all outstanding. Under the
merger plan the majority of the capital
stock will be issued to Sinclair
Mason Day, vice president of the Sim
clair Exploration Co., a subsidiary of
Sinclair Consolidated, and George w.
Loft, president of Loft, Inc, New York
candy store chain, were elected directors
of Venezuelan Petroleum on october l.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, December 4 up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
HogS-Receipts, 10000 head; market
mostly 25 lower than Mondays
average; weighty averages, 180 pounds
up. 860a8.75; top, $50, paid for 200
280 pounds butchers; medium to
choice, 250300 pounds, 850a8.80; 300
$50 pounds, 850a880: 10000 pounds,
8.25a8.75; 130-160 pounds, 7.60a865
packing sows, 7.75a8.35; pigs, medium
to choice, 90-130 pounds. 700a8.25.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 head; calves,
5000 head; largely steady trade, but
comparatively little done on steers;
lower grades getting most of the action:
finished kinds scarce: some held up to
1850; early top, 1900; she stock steady
to strong.
Slaughter classes, steers, good and
choice, l,300-1 500 pounds, 13.50a17 25;
1,10O-1 300 pounds, 1325a1725; $50
1,l0O pounds, 1300a1725; common and
medium, $50 pounds up, 900a13 25.
Fed yearlings, good and choice, 750-950
pounds, 130Oal6.50. Heifers, good and
choice, $50 pounds down, l200a15.00;
common and medium, 8.O0al2.O0. Cows,
good and choice, 8.35a11. 90; common
and medium, 650a3.35; low cutter and
cutter, 5.25a650. Bulls, good and
choice (beeD, 950a1l50; cutter to
medium, 725a9.50. Vealers (milk fed)
good and choice, 1300a16.00; medium,
1l.50al3.00; Gull and common, 7.5oa
1l,50. Stocker and feeder steers, good
and choice Gall weightS), 1125a1200;
common and medium 900all25.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900 head; early
trade steady to strong: bulk, desirable
fat ewes, 1400a1425; some held higher;
sheep. strong to 25 cents, higher: top
ewes, 7.25; feeding lambs, strong best
early, 1865; lambs, good and choice
go pounds down, 13.50a14.40; medium
12.00al350; Gull and common. 850a
1900: ewes, medium to choice. l5C
pounds down, 500a725 Gull and COM
mon, 200a550 feeder lambs, good and
choice, 1275a1385.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
FAvOR|TES ON CURB
DISPLAY STRENGTH
Canadian MarConi Special
lists Able to Control Issue
at Market Opening.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.


Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, December 4.-The curb
market today assumed more normal
course, with price changes narrowly
confined. Operations for the rise
maintained the upper hand. but there
was no disposition to bid prices up ex-
travagantly.
Specialists in Canadian Marconi ap-
peared to have the market for the issue
well in hand, and it was possible to
open the stock not long after the be-
ginning of business. The first sale in
volved a block of $4,000 shares at 83s,
a fractional decline from the closing
price yesterday, but the stock quickly
made up mere than the early loss. In
the meantime Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph was taken at improved prices,
while Marconi International merely
held firm around the 81 level.
Little or no difficulty was experienced
by the ticker in keeping pace with oper-
ations on the floor, and from the outset
it was evident that total volume for the
day would fall below that Of recent
standards.
In the oil group Standard of Ohio
continued a favorite, although 1t broke
4 points at the outset when profit
taking sales made themselves felt.
Electric Power & Light option war
rants moved upward into new high
ground in sympathy with strength in
the stock on the big board. Other
utilities were for the most part higher,
with Electric Bond & Share Securities
I'D almost points around 165.
There was little or no feature to the
trading in mining stocks. Newmont
Mining went sympathetically higher
with the copper shares on the Stock
Exchange, but subsequently lost good
part of the early gain.
Specialties which continued In de-
nand at new highs included Bohn
Aluminium. up almost points; Fed
eral Screw, up points at 81, and
Realty Associates among the high
priced issues, up 10 points at 485.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
$1O,OOO,OO0 COMPANY
TO SELL TELEVISI0N
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 4.-ForInation
of a $10,000,000 corporation to manu-
facture and sell home movie televiSion
sets was announced today.
The company, to be known as the
Jenkins Television Corporation, will
have as officers James w. Garside, pres
ident of De Forest Radio Corporation,
as president, and A. j. DreXel Biddle,
ir., chairman of De Forest board of di-
rectors and trustee of the Duke En-
doWment, as chairman of the board.
C.. Francis jenkins, known as the IA
ther of the motion picture industry
and inventor of a motion picture tele-
vision device, will be vice president in
charge of research and director.
Mr.. Jenkins device is transmitter
which works from an especially made
film permitting reception of television
signals from any broadcasting or short
wave transmitter. This device Is cou-
pied with a receiver, which, 1t is claim
ed, will project animated pictures into
the home.
The corporation will acquire the cap
ital stock of jenkins Laboratories, Inc,
which for seven years has been develop
ing radio and wire equipment with 9TH
er apparatus for the transmission of
motion pictures and photographs. For
seven months Mr.. Jenkins has been
broadcasting television programs from
his station W3KX in washington on a
short-wave channel.
Capitalization of the new company
will consist of 100000 shares of no.
par-Value common stock.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
BY KENNETH S. VAN sTRUM.

NEW YORK, December 4-There
can be no doubt that the pace set by
stock prices in recent weeks cannot
continue indefinitely. Simple mathe-
matical calculations will show that II
the present rate of increase is projected
into the future far enough the result
is ridiculous.
During the rise which has been in
progress since mid-July the market has
experienced no normal corrective re-
action, although during September the
technical position was somewhat i'm
proved by a sideWiSe movement OF
stock prices. This often serves the
same purpose as a reaction.
The Technical Position.
After the correction had been ac-
complished prices we're again rushed
forward and about two weeks ago again
began to move along horizontal path.
The question now arises whether the
market will find sufficient correction
in another horizontal movement or
whether it needs substantial reaction
to correct its technical position, which
has undoubtedly become seriously i'm
paired in the present rise.
People whose first experience in the
market has been since last July have
never had the experience of carrying
their holdings through sharp re-
action such as must be expected sooner
Or later, whether it comes in few days,
weeks or months. While fundamental
conditions are so sound that a real bear
market is unlikely to develop, conserva-
tive advisers are recommending that
margin dealings be cut to a minimum
that one may be prepared for a re-
action in case 1t comes.
Stocks Make Little Progress.
The week before lasC the market had
made little progress and last Monday
Evening star., 1928-12-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK, December (SpeciaD
Upstate New York celery in the rough
sold at 200a300 per "a crate for fair
to good and 75a1 SO on poor to ordinary.
California celery In large crates brought
from 50a6.50 and some really fine
stock reached 7.25.
Various green varieties of string beans
in 28-quart hampers brought 1.50a4.50
and wax. 2.50a6.00. Lima beans from
Cuba sold at 3,00a600 a bushel hamper
New York white Danish type cabbage
was 4500 per ton. Washington Spitz-
enberg apples in boxes jobbed out at
155a3.25; Delicious ranged from l.60a
$40; Rome Beauties, 1.70a2.40; Mon
tana Mc1ntoshes sold at 135a360 per
box California iceberg lettuce sold
at 2.00a5.00 per crate Florida and Big
Boston brought 200a350 per hamper
Fair quality medium sized yellow onions
were at 3.65 per 1l0-pound sack. The
finest stock from Colorado reached
49O.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
GRAIN STORES INCREASE.

BALTIMORE, December 4 (SpeciaD :.
Grain now in storage in Baltimore
totals 8,136,115 bushels, according to G..
H. Pouder, director of the Export and
Import Bureau.
This, Mr.. Pouder said, was the largest
quantity in local elevators at one time
in several years.
A large additional corn movement
from the West is in progress, Mr.. Pouder
said. and this will begin to arrive with
in 10 days In the meantime Canadian
grain keeps pouring into the elevators,
which are now approximately two
thirds full, their combined capacity
being 12,550,000 bushels
Most of the wheat coming here, Mr.
Pouder said. is from Canada via the
lake ports of Buffalo, Fairport and Erie.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
COTTON PRICES FIRM
IN EARLY DEALINGS
Market Opens Steady and Un-
changed to Advance OF
5 Points.
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 4.-The cot
ton market opened steady at unchanged
prices TO an advance of points, with
the active months selling about to 9
points net higher during the first few
minutes on trade buying, covering and
some local buying encouraged by rela-
lively steady Liverpool cables. The
bulge met further realizing or liquida-
ton, however, while there was some
Southern selling and offerings increased
slightly on rumors of larger private crop
estimates. BY the end of the first
half hour the market had eased of to
2O.I1 for January, and 20.10 for May,
or back to about yesterdays closing
quotations. Private cables said there
had been hedging and local liquidation
In Liverpool, but that the offerings had
been absorbed by covering and London
buying. Manchester reported fair cloth
sales to the home trade and continent,
but said that yarns were purchased
sparingly.
Evening star., 1928-12-04

tie progress. All through the list there
were stocks which advanced sharply,
but these movements were counterbal-
anced by stocks which declined just as
sharply, and the net result of trading
was that the market made no progress
under a record volume Of trading.
On the curb market the public utili-
ties were featured along with a number
of specialties, and the volume of trading
was greatest on record AS rule, how
ever, curb prices made little progress.
On the local stock exchanges the gen.
eral trend of prices was upward, al
though none of the rises were sufficient
to cause any great amount of comment.
Copyright. 192Sl
Evening star., 1928-12-04

prices slid off rapidly, continuing to
decline until Wednesday afternoon, the
day before Thanksgiving, when Radio
and other speculative leaders were
rushed upward. On Friday after the
holiday prices again eased off, but ran
up sharply the last hour, only to lose
that ground again on Saturday. Thus
prices finally ended the week somewhat
below the close week previous.
It had been expected that the holiday
and month end requirements for money
would lead to increased call money
rates, and on Monday of last week, after
having remained at s z per cent or be-
low since November IL, call money rose
to 7la per cent. On Tuesday it went
to per cent, eased off slightly and on
Friday closed at 10 per cent, the highest
rate reached for two months. Brokers
loans for the week increased $132, ,768,-
900 to $5,289, 100000, the total increase
for November being $685., ,136, 900. Many
believe that this rapid increase now
means an unsafe condition in the mar
ket itself and Is apt to attract attention
from Congress during the short session
which is coming up.
Group Movements.
The railroad stocks gained most i'm
pressively last week, accompanied by
continued good car loading reports. Un-
doubtedly many have wanted to buy
stocks, but consider the pace Of the in
dustrials too fast, and have turned to
the rails. 1t seems as though the same
psychology leads investors into the utili-
ties, which also advanced sharply dur
ing the week. AS group the coppers
did not advance as sharply as during
the previous week, although a few issues
continued the advance. Except for
Hupp and Packard, the motors made lit
Evening star., 1928-12-04

John Warner. Judge Edward A. Staylor,
William Edgar Byrd, Howard M. Taylor,
D. S. Neill, G. Braddock Jones and Will
liam A. Riordan, all of Baltimore: John
w. Masury. president of John w.
Masury & Sons, paint manufacturers,
Brooklyn, N. Y, and F. H. Hoffman,
capitalist, New York City.
Capital Of the trust company will be
81, 100000, consisting Of 10000 shares of
$100 par value and $500,000 paid-in
surplus The bank will be located in
the Court Square Building, opposite the
new S2,000,000 branch of the Federal
Reserve Bank.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
SHIP CLEARINGs GAIN.
RAITIMORE Decenher 4 (SneI

BALTIMORE, December (SpeciaD .
The Maritime Exchange reports 254
vessels arrived in port during Novem-
Der, an increase of II over October
Ten nationalities were represented. OF
arrivals 1872 were under American reg
istry, one less than for the previous
month. For the IL months of 1923
there were 2,700 arrivals, an increase of
80 over the sans period in 1927.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
BANK PLANS PUSHED.

BALTIMORE. December 4 (SpeciaD
Plans for the organization of the
United States Trust Co. of Maryland
are reported to be progressing satisfac-
torily by Robert S. Mooney, who will be
president Of the new bank.
Several additional directors have been
selected, Mr.. Mooney stated. Among
these are John Stuart Hunt, attorney,
and Maj. Gen. George Barnett. former
ly commandant of the United States
Marine Corps, both Of Washington;
Evening star., 1928-12-04

The government of India recently
awarded the Kaisar-i-Hand medal to
two Presbyterian missionaries.
Evening star., 1928-12-04

Highland Presbyterian Church, old
est Kansas Protestant church In con-
tinuous service, Is IS years old.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Once
INDUSTRIALS.
Sales

Following Is a list Of stocks and
bonds traded in on the New York Curb
Market today:
Evening star., 1928-12-04
POTATO MARKET DULL.

CHICAGO, December 4 F) 90. S.
Department Of Agriculturel Potatoes
Receipts, 80 cars; on track, $50 cars;
total U. S. shipments, 419 cars: trading
very slow, market dull: Wisconsin
sacked round whites, 65a1.05; Mime
sofa sacked round whites, 80a95; sacked
Red River Ohio's, 95a1 .05; Idaho sacked
russetS, 1.40a1 .65; fancy shade higher.
Y.M. @. A. has branches in 80 coun-
tries
Evening star., 1928-12-04

Chicago Presbyterians plan four VIM
Ter banQuets.
Evening star., 1928-12-04

The week before lasC the market had
made little progress and last Monday
Evening star., 1928-12-04

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 4.-What is
British business going to do If King
George dies?
The Washington times., 1928-10-16

From the moment We sighted the
coast of Virginia, just before 10
O'Clock this morning, the feeling OF
relief was apparent. One of e first
reaction. of those o. board who are
devotees of the weed w the begin
ming of preparations on all sid~.s for
a. smoke as soon as we landed. The
smokers. who had been deprived of
their pipes, cigars and cigarette ;
since last Thursday. began toying
with their tobacco pouches, pie ;
and lighters. so long idle.
Shortly after 2:30 this morning,
when it became possible. to figure
with some degree of certainty when
we might reach the good old U. s. A..
DIR. Eckener went to bed to seek A
little sleep before landing. He had
been continually on the bridge for u
hours without sleep. and 1t was ap-
parent that he could not stand the
added hours of enforced sleepless-
ness when he should become the cen
ter of admiring throngs after land.
ing at Lakehurst.
All the passengers were early to
bed, ard the best proof that there
was no anxiety aboard was the fact
that all slept soundly.
At z o'clock the sun was shining.
The wind was with us, and under a
clOndless SKY we were making 56
miles an hour, headed for shore. We
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
Eckener Orders 3 Men to Keep
Strict Watch at the StGbiLizer

Eckener had given orders that
three men be constantly on duty
at the edge OF the stabiliZer to
watch II anything more should he
carried away. especially to watch
sharply whether any OF the struc-
ture should give way. As there
Is no electric light there and at
night that part Of the ship IL
Styglan darkness. the men crawling
about on duraluminum girders and
supports. had only flashlights. The
fins are about eight feet thick.
The lower surface was ripped
away, leaving the structural part
and the upper canvas cover ex-
posed to terrific wind when in
flight. Knut Eckener was one Of
the heroic men who every little
while had to walk out on the grid
ers and trusses in the fin with moth.
ing below bat the tossing ocean, to
examine with fIashlight whether
all parts were still intact.
Knowing that. Eckener could not
sleep. Sunday night after passing
over Bermuda. we were boring into
q beastly hard headwind. Eckener
turned to me with I'VE must bore
through this wall OF wind" He
looked so tired that / went to my
cabin and brought him a glass of
century old brandy. He was CRATE.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
Auerage Speed 81 Miles

the longest made by air without land
ing The time in the air is within six hours Of the world
duration record 1s established by the French with
the Dmude the former German Zeppelin La delivered to
France by Germany after the war.
When landed the Graf Zeppelin still had enough fuel
for full cruising speed bS hours 1t reduced
cruising speed The average speed despite the accident TO
The stablizing fin 81 miles an hour.
DR. Eckener has demonstrated with the Graf Zeppelin the
feasibility the practcably Of commercial TRANSATLANTIC
air traffic.
Il would unfair this giant silver ship Of the air for
which have have genuine affection for having
brought Europe America through storm and stress
NOT to truth about the incident which damaged
The ship and brought into peril
Ii part least how far it viii be difficult to establish it
due the helsman the wheel which controls the
fins When the first shock of the heavy squaH into
which We at 10 miles hour struck the ship the
elevator hesman his head and instead Of cOuntering
and correcting the downward depression Of the bow Of the
skip the wheel the thereby accsier
ating the dive downward.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16

In the afternoon, DR.. Eckener
stopped at the cabin Of Lady Hay
for a moment to congratulate her
on her GOODNESS. He thanked her
for having so largely contributed
To- maintaining the spirit and cour-
age of the men"
In the meantime. number of the
crew began to make repairs on the
damaged stabilizer under the direc'
ton of Chief Engineers Siegle and
Beurie. Knut Eckener, chip or the
old block, with Herr SAINT. the
helmsmen, undertook the extremely
perftous task of getting on top the
giant airship at the stern. They
crawled out on the damaged stabll
lziag fin which gaped wide open.
In the wind and rain, with the
Zeppelin keeping under way. any
sudden Acceleration OF speed would
have brushed them off like flies.
Yet they hung on. and worked with
knorr, Ladwia, Beurle, Siesle and
others 10 cover the gap. The sta
bi;izer carries = large part OF the
aePodynamic load.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16

Col. Emilio Herrera. Robert Rel
ner was made treasurer and Lady
Dummond Hay, secretary.
Won Wiegand proposed Or. Eek
ener as honorary president and
all the officers of the ship and
nnut Eckener made honorary mem
bers. 1t was adopted. Eligibility
to the club consists in crossing
the Atlantic or the Pacific by air
in a seaplane or airship.
AS we turned over the White
House i'm Washington, Eckener
laughed so spontaneously, 80 heart.
iiy, that ii did me, who knows
something OF what this pioneer Of
airships has been through, good y
see him so happy.
America il good to me and I
am so grateful" he remarked.
Robert Reiner presented TO Eek
.ner 800 for the crew. He invited
Eckener, officers and all passengers
10 be his guests at a big dinner.
The greatest thrill of the trip Of
thrills was the cry:
"I.akehurst."
There was no rush to the win.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
Main Wireless SiLenced When
Airship Stops, Emergency Set Used

As the main wireless on the Graf
Zeppelin, which is one of the
weaknesses of the ship. was de-
pendent on a generator which ran
only when the ship was moving, no
communication could be had with
the outside world. The battery
emergency set appeared knocked
out too by the shock of the wind
This latter set was soon repaired,
and the Italian steamer. Andor,
picked up our radio for the Navy
Department and relayed 1t. Some
of the officers opposed sending an
appeal for help, but DIR. Eckener's
attitude was that his responsibility
to his passengers was first. and
came above everything else. includ-
ing prestige.
He believed in taking the pas
sengers into his confidence. Faces
that had cleared up after the
shock. grew very grave and long