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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
ADON|S SPRING
IS REVIVED
BY International News Service
DETROIT. March 2S.-The Sprin

DETROIT, March 2S.-The Spring
of Adonis now for some unknown
reason called Abrahams River, the
site with which is connected the
myth of Venus and Adonis, is to
be utilized to supply water and
electric power for the district of
Beirut.
Occasionally colored red with
mineral matter, which the ancfents
regarded as the blood of Adonis
shed by wild boar-if not by
Ell. the supreme god, in a rage
because Adonis became his wife's
companion during ELS wanderings
over the earth--this highly roman
tic river will at last be put to
more prosaic but better use than in
the days when there was near it
the famous but wicked temple of
Venus. The temple was destroyed
by order of Constantinople on ac-
count of the impurity of the rites
celebrated in it.
The hydro-eIectric concession
granted to citizen of the Lebanon
is for SO years. The district which
needs both the water and the power
hopes now that the Spring of
Adonis has become respectable and
no misfortune will befall the power
houses transmission lines, and other
equipment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
COAST TRADING
IN STOCKS
JUMPS
BY international News Service

10y AASUAAANSAOAhNA NGW@ service
SAN FRANCISCO, March
28.-The. great wave of invest
ment enthusiasm, now sweep
ing over the Pacific Coast, is
establishing new records almost
daily on the San Francisco
stock exchange.
In the first half of March. 1928.
the market value of securities
traded on this exchange exceeded
sos. 000,0 900, or nearly PA times
the value of securities traded on
the floor of the same exchange in
March, 1927.
The San Francisco exchange to.
day ranks as the largest exchange
in the United States outside of
New York city. according to Sid
ney l.. Swartz. its president. This
position has been attained in less
than q year.
In the first two and one.half
months Of 1928, the business on the
San Francisco exchange was more
than SO per cent Of the volume of
business transacted during the en-
tire year Of 1927 and exceeded by
a wide margin the volume of bust
ness transacted in 1926. The total
value Of transactions was more
than 1916, 900, 900.
In 1927 the San Francisco stock
exchange traded securities with a
total market value of more than
$3.50, 900, 900.
The story of the remarkable
growth of this exchange really
dates from September, 1927.
Prior to that time the market
value of the securities traded
averaged about $40 ZOO, 900 a month.
In September the market value
jumped to $84, 900, 900. In Deem
yer the value of securities traded
was more than $131, zoo, 900.
In January there was q slight
falling off but in February, a short
month, with two holidays, an all
time record of more than $142,-
O00,000 was established.
The value of securities traded in
March viii exceed 5000, 200, 900.
Transactions are averaging more
than 100000 a day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28

now being built which still bears
its basic principles Of design and
construction, the features which
were distinctive of its construction
in the early days.
Mr.. Franklin has steadily adhered
to air-cooling; he has never changed
the full elliptic springs which he
used on the first Franklin built
in 1902. It is significant that the
man who saw these things when
the industry was in its infancy, has
maintained them through all sub
sequent construction until now
they have become an accepted part
of the general accord paid to the
car he builds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
MEXICO OIL LAW
WRANGLE OVER
BY international News Service

MEXICO CITY, March 28.-After
a controversy which continued over
a period of II years, the Govern.
ments of the United States and
Mexico were in accord today on the
subject of American oil concessions
in Mexico.
President Gales yesterday signed
the regulations" which make pos
sible the practicable appliance of the
recent amendments to the petroleum
law. The amendments were designed
to allow foreign oil companies to in.
crease their operations in Mexico.
The signing followed long diplo-
matte conferences between President
Gales and Ambassador Morrow. The
action of the Mexican government
in coming to terms with the United
States on the oil question is re-
garded as a personal victory for
Morrow.
The amendments sustain the prin-
cipIe that minerals beneath the
ground are intangible property of
the State, but they also affirm the
concessions granted to oil companies
before the 1917 constitution was
adopted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
144,737 Telephones
Reported in District

There are now 144,737 telephones
in the District the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company re-
port filed with the Public Utilities
Commission shows. During the
month of February there was an
increase OF 721 telephones. The
operating revenues for the month
were $642,779: operating expenses.
$444, 800; net revenue, 31SS,470.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
French Paper Alarmed
Of Big Arms Shipments

PARIS, March 2S.-Reveiation OF
another big shipment Of munitions
from Italy into Central Europe led
the newspaper Excelsior to sound
q warning yesterday.
The newspaper believes that con-
tinued shipments will disturb the
peace and urges that the powers
act to stop them. Indications are
that the two shipments discovered
were intended for Hungary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
Panama Canal Defenses
Are Being Strerlgthened

BALBOA, March 2S.--Delenses o.
the Panama Canal are being
strengthened by land and cir. n. 8.
Assistant Secretary Of War r. Tru-
hee Dawson and Major Gen. James
p wechet, chief OF the United
States Army Aair Corps, who have
been inspecting the canal defenses
for the past two days. announced.
Additional heavy guns are being
mounted in the forts on the Paclflc
ocean side of the waterway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28
c. w. Bishop to Speak
At University Club

Carl w. Bishop, associate curator
of the Freer Art Gallery, will give
an illustrated lecture describing his
four years in China, to the Uni
versity Club members tomorrow at
o. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-28

Look for the Zain signs on 80
stores in Washington. Then write
an advertisement in the Times
Zain Ad Test.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
COTTON EASES OFF
IN TODAY'S DEALINGS
Disposition to Take Profits After
Recent Rise Noted in New
York Market.
Rv the Assoelated reess.

Ev the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April i0,-The cotton
market opened steady today at a de-
cline of / 10 points under realizing,
but quickly steadied on local and COM
mission house buying on reports of
rains in the Eastern belt and low tenn
peraOlres IN the Southwest.
Active months sold point or two
above yesterdays closing quotations,
Nav advancing TO 1879 and October
20 @S, nut an evident disposition to
take profits after Yesterdays advance
and some selling fer a reaction on the
prospects for higher temperatures in
Texas and Oklahoma. supplied the
early demand and eaSed the market
which showed net losses of about 3 to
points at the end Of the first hour
Private cables reported trade calling
covering and continental buying in
Liverpool, but that the advance had
checked business IN cotton cloths,
Tbs market was ouieter late in the
morning. Buying on the detailed
weather reports showing heavy rains In
the Eastern belt was supplied by fur
ther realizing. with prices working off
70 l9.6S for May and 1896 for October.
The market st midday was quiet at
about these prices or Q to IL points net
lower.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
TRADE IS UNEVEN.

NEW YORK. April 10 [F).-The gen.
eral business situation appears to have
changed slightly for the better during
the past month. says the American
Bankers Association Journal in its cu1-
rent business analysis, but adds that a
cross section of the entire industrial
picture impresscs with the unevenneSs
of conditions. The outlook Is uncer-
tain both as TO the immediate and more
distant future Reports coming into the
banks from their customers, who are
manufacturers. wholesalers or retail
merchants, as we'll as public statements
given out through the press, generalip
agree that business is only fair ana no
material broadening OF activity has as
YET developed.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
STOCKS IRREGULAR
IN CHURN|NG TRADE
Market Gets Nowhere.
Some Rise Violently and
Others Drop Substantially.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. April 10.--Stocks were
churned about again today. The turn
over was still on very large scale. In
the first hour 1t fell short of 100000
shares by the smallest of margins. The
tape ran behind business on the floor
and the market presented all the well
known phenomena of speculative ex-
element.
AS usual, there we're stocks which
shot ahead violently. There were others
which recorded substantial declines. III
the main, however. the market got no.
where at all. and the tendency was ap-
parent to take up stocks OF doubtful
quality, leaving alone the standard
quality.
Money Rate High.
Money renewed at ~ per cent, which
was the highest renewal rate since jan
uary 4. The banks called S25,0000O0
In loans and the tone was firm, with
the possibility of higher charge, II not
today. later In the week. Whether TINS
had anything to do with the irreSu-
larity or not, it would be difficult to
say. So far the market has paid no at
tention to the hardening money rates.
In fact, there are plenty OF traders.
most of them comparatively new 70
Wall Street. who do not hesitate to eX-
press open contempt for money as
factor in the market.
The old leaders-Steei. General Elec-
trio and General Motors-Were most oil
the time either unchanged or shade
lower. High-grade rails. such as Atchi-
son. Union Pacific and New York Cen
trail, sagged. Heavy realizing came INTO
the copper stocks. affecting especially
Anaconda which had gone up so spec
tacularly Monday. Kennecott mace q
new high for the year, but did not holo
the gain.
Some Shares Soar.
On the other hand. stocks like Mex
ican Seaboard Oil. American Druggist
Syndicate and National Cash Register
"A" went 10 new highs for 1928. Mex
ican Seaboard above 20. was up over
points. One or two of the independent
motors we're strong for a time. ch1eny
Chrysler and Hupp. In addition to
these. there was buying of the utilities
particularly the medium-priced issues
Public Service of New Jersey. North
American and Columbia Gas were taken
at advancing prices.
Among the interesting incidents was
a l0-point Jump in Warren Bros, one
of the high-priced stocks easy to move
Paramount -Famous-Lasky was strong
and so was Fleischmann. In the rail-
road list the buying favored stocks OF
the Northwestern railroads.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
GET COPPER REFINERY.

NEW YORK, Apfil 10 m Phelps
Dodge C0fpofatioB. Calumet ~ Arizona
Mining Co. New CoFnelia Copper Co
sud Nichols Copper Co have reached
sn sgreement by which an interest Ia
tlle Nichols Copper Co viii be acquired
permitting the producing companies n
refine their own copper The metal
vii be- ref1ued al the Nichols Copper
CO. refinery at isufel Hill, H. Y and ~
another 10 he built 10 the Southwest at
q paint not yet decided.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
PLANS LARGE OUTPUT.

NEW YORK. April 10 fP.-Olds
Motor Works Division of General
Motors plans output of lo.5oo cars IN
April. Shipments in March of 9,o32
vehicles established a record.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
Local Bank Ciearings Jump.

Bank clearings in Washington for the
week ending April S. as reported 10
BradStreet's. amounted 10 $32. .T84, 900.
sharp increase over the lower figure OF
SIS, $1,000 for the corresponding week
a year ago. Clearings also showed
very slight increase over the previous
week. Richmond also showed a gain
In the weeks ciearings. the total being
s45.851 900. COMPARED with SAL .444 900
for the week of March 20. but an 8
per cent decrease in total clearings of
the same week last year. Baltimore
clearings totalcd 1922 ,056,000. marked
increase over the figure for the pre-
vious week of s73.Iis.000 and over z
per cent ahead Of the corresponding
week year ago.
Evening star., 1928-04-10

PRINCIPAL steamers have resumed
schedules Of stops for passengers only
ct non-treaty ports between Shanghai
and Eankow. China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
The Bugles.

For the next month approximately
800 District boys in c. M. I camps viii
be reused from their slumbers by the
invigorating notes OF "Reveille" and fall
asleep with the soothing, caressing
strains Of Taps" drifting in the star
light over tented streets.
When everything else connected with
their brief military experience Is for
gotten these two bits Of bugle music
probably will linger In the memory
mystic cords Of SOUND binding together
all who In peace or war have been as
ISOLATED with the great military fra
tsrnity.
They are the lyric expressions Of
something underlying military expert
ence from time immemorial II Is
something that hardly can md EXPIRES
sion in words or other visual symbols
The notes Of the bugle tie the soldiers
rough vigorous day 10 the infinitIde Of
days
The soldier necessarily lives IN close
contact With nature. "Reveille" and
Taps" are expressions Of the two out
/ standing events IA the drama Of nature
awakening and sleep. birth and death,
| sunrise and sunset, suspended life and
resurrection They express realities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
The Other Side.

Residents of the Northeast section OF
the city are stirred up over what seems
to be wholesale poisoning OF pet dogs.
First one neighbours dog goes and then
another. p
While the natural and just resentment
of those whose four-legged friends have
been treacherously murdered is at first
directed against the sneak in the night.
a little second thought may suggest to
them that perhaps they are themselves
partly to blame 1t is at least worth
thinking about
The dog that never annoys any one
is seldom, II ever, poisoned A poisoned
dog points Enthusiastically TO thought
less and indifferent dog owner.
Dogs in the city tend to become in
tolerable nuisances unless their owners
regard the welfare and comfort of
others. Yet nothing is more common
than for dog owner TO allow his dog
10 bark ali night, or to run at large
over the neighborhood.
The more one loves dogs the more
he will attempt to guard them from such
fate as was meted out to the North
east CANNES. His vigilance will take not
only the form of apprehension of a
poiSoner, If possible, but also some con-
sideration for the welfare of others.
which he will display by preventing his
pet from destroying the peace and COM
fort of residence community
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
Mexicos Lone Eagle" Crashes.

The death u Capt Emilio Csranza
Al the outset u mis- homeward flight TO
Mexico causes the deepest sorrow In this
country. He had made q successful air
3ourney 70 this Capital from Mexico
CITY an a!i but nonstop flight. II va:
. gallant return 81 the compliment paid
by LinoDergh 20 the neighboring re-
public IN mis- air voyage 70 It's capital
IL his bearing while here. Capt. Car
rsnza manifested possession Of the same
nigh qualities of character and capacity
that had made Lindbergh an outstand-
1n2 figure IN the world He was su-
Drene airrnsn, exceptionally competent
81 his management Of his plane, keen
nudge u conditions and conservative
though courageous IN mis- meeting Of
hazards II is therefore, the more 70
be deplored that he should have come
r. mis- death IN the course Of his home
ward fight only few minutes after he
RAD taken on from Roosevelt Field IN
consequence Of an encounter WIN
violent electric storm which he could
mol avoid and IN which MS plane ~aa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

Increased artillery f1ring, and In par
ticular long range Smelling is reported
on the American front along the Marine
throughout the night. Total casu-
allies In todays list given out by the
War Department amount TO 1873. {.
Cities throughout this country Join in
a mighty tribute to France today BIAS
title day, Allies In Paris stage huge
parade. with Americans In second place,
showered with flowers like their French
comrades. The French people signalize
the day by purchasing 10, 900, 900 francs
In bonds, The Germans attempt
to recruit soldiers from conquered RUS
sian territory by making youths from
Baltic provinces eligible for officers
commissions In the German army.
British occupation Of KEN, ON Thurman
Coast on the White Sea, marks agrees
sive policy In Russia British gain
In Belgium, taking several hundred pris-
oners by stroke on the Iys salient
south Of Ypres. German Liberals
deride Hertling for his attitude on Bel
GUM; say IL fails to satisfy the demand
for an effective peace policy
French troops. cooperating with Italian
forces, are still forging ahead They
capture two more towns In 5-mile
advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
RY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

antine, since It was known in Con-
stantinople and Greece about 1870, long
before it invaded Western Europe.
O. Who were some OF the social lead
ers in the time Of George Washing
ton?-P w. A.
A. Among the social leaders Of the
DAYS Of George Washington we're Mrs.
John Jay, Mrs Alexander Hamilton
Mrs. Duane (wife of the mayor OF
New York;. Mrs. Clinton, Lady Stirling
Mrs Livingston, Mrs. Montgomery
Lady Temple. Marchioness de Brehan,
LADY Christina Griffin, Mrs. Tristram
Dalton. Mrs. Knox. Mrs. McComb Mrs
Houston. the Misses Bayard Lady Mary
Watts. Mrs John Langdon and Mrs.
Robert Morris.
O. How are artificial magnets msde?-
w l.. G..
A. There are two general methods
for making artificial magnets One Is
to take a bar or a needle Of a magnetic
substance-that is, iron or steel-Wrap
an insulated wire around 1t and place
a strong electric current through the
wire The other is to take, as before,
a bar or needle nf magnetic sub
stance and place IL near a magnet.
4
increased in both cases by hammerlng
the bar while the magnetizing action
is going on.
O. Does the Brooklyn Bridge sway al
ALP. S. S.
A. The action Of the suspension
bridge is that OF a rope spanning be-
tween supports; for any load 1t finds
the appropriate curve Of equilibrium and
is stable in that position. But as the
adjustment to varying position OF load
results from change Of curve. the road
way hung from the cabe distorts-that
is. the bridge is very flexible. II there
fore may swing.
@. What was the rank of Army field
clerks III. F. c.
A The rank of Army field clerk
corresponded somewhat to the present
rank of warrant officer. The field clerk
was neither an enlisted man nor an
officer. He was a man in the military
service of the United States who per-
formed special clerical duty and was
subject to Army orders and regulations
The act of June 2, 1920, created the
grade of warrant officer and stopped the
further appointment of field clerks. BY
the act of April 81. 1925. field clerks
became warrant officers.
O. Will an electric fan blowing on
a thermometer lower the mercury IN
the tube?-G. o. K.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that, as rule. air from an electric fan
blowing on a thermometer will have no
essential effect on the mercury. II a
very sensitive thermometer is placed In
front of a fan. it may, however, cause
Slight rise in temperature inasmuch as
the air which passes by the motor be-
comes slightly heated.
@. Who invented the curling iron?--
A. D.
A. In the tombs of ancient Egypt
many bronze implements are found
somewhat similar to modern curling
tongs. During the fifteenth century
hair was frizzed with curling irons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14

wrecked. perhaps by bolt Of lightning,
and hurled TO the ground,
The chances of lightning stroke hit
ting plane In fight are very slight,
Such cases. however, have occurred in
the past and the possibility is always
one OF the risks of aviation. When
Carranza left New York the conditions
were not especially propitious for his
flight, and flyers at the New York fields
had counSeled Carranza against start
ms. A general storm area extended
southwark from New York. But Car
rama felt that he could overcome these
conditions by rising above the area OF
disturbance. He had set the date for
his departure and was unwilling to
postpone his homegoing, but that MS
Judgment was in this instance fatally
wrong is proved by the tragedy.
Nonstop flying between Mexico and
the northern portion OF the United
States has been proved possible by Lind
ber0h's achievement and, but for
Siig1t break IN the SCilcuulC. w ~"A
ranza's own fight northward, In all
likelihood, Carransa would have mace
his return in the same manner had he
overcome the bad conditions he met
Immediately after starting. In SUCH
long route it is too much to expect con-
tinuously good weather throughout the
fight. There must be some disturbances
on the way. Carranga perhaps figured
that it was better to take them at first
rather than run the chance Of meeting
them later.
The honors paid to Carranza while
here, matching those paid to Lindbergh
In Mexico. have had a good effect in the
relations between the two countries.
and now that he is dead the messenger
Of good will from the Southern repuo-
lie will be the object of universal ad-
muation and sorrow that will attest
further to the esteem in which the
republic is held in the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
deep-seated in the individual conscious

deep-seated in the individual conscious
F, ness.
Seldom otherwise have these funda-
mental realities been expressed so
simply, so bluntly and so vigorously.
In contact with them all other reali-
ties Of life in military camp--the
sense OF adventure. the petty annoy
ances, the physical hardship, the regua-
tons and the uniforms-become un-
realities The soldier. amateur or pro-
fessional, awakes and falls asleep with
the sense that it is all colorful pageant
ry and has been throughout time. The
bugles open the doors of reality--a more
fundamental intangible reality.
The military system, after all, is a
condensation of the drama Of life in
human symbols. Its diction is direct
and forcible. the work of stylist,
rather than obscure and loaded with
superfiuitieS after the fashion of dramas
on the same theme enacted in the towns
and cities It is tragedy on the Greek
model, with its constantly recurring
choruses of "Reveille" and Taps