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The Washington times., 1929-02-26
IMPORTANT MEN
NOT ALWAYS
SN0BS
BY b. c. FORBES

-
II am the master, of my fate"
is in a very real sense true;
but that doesn't mean that we
are never the servants Of circum-
stances, Many a person writes
or says to me. "big men are all
snobs, l have tried to see some
of them but they have turned
me down. / would never act
like that IL / were in their place"
Perhaps plain statement of
facts may help to remove or
reduce misunderstanding and bit
terness on this score.
President wilson, President
Harding and President Coolidge
all started out with the idea
of keeping wider open door
than any predecessor. They In
tended to be especially available
to- representatives of the public
in the form OF newspapermen.
But each one in turn discovered
that he could not always be the
master of his circumstances and
that, in order to be able to cope
with the pressure of duties, only
a limited amount of time could
be given up to seeing visitors.
Doubtless not one person in 100
who desires to see the President
of the United States is able to
do so.
Yet, few sensible persons would
dream of accusing the Chief
Executive of the United States
of being snobbish because of In
ability to give an audience to all
and sundry.
Now, the great majority of con.
spicuous men Of affairs carry
very heavy burdens. Their time
is taken up from morning till
night. Most of them have every
working hour scheduled in ad.
vance. Each day brings it's
plethora of duties, and these
duties can be discharged properly
only by devoting adequate time
and attention to them.
True, numbers of big men or
ganize their functioning so that
they program more or less un-
filled time almost daily in order
to be accessible to any unsched-
uled visitors on missions of great
moment. Thus this is the ex-
ception rather than the rule.
Copyright. 1929. by B. C. Forbes)
The Washington times., 1929-02-26

BALTIMORE. Feb. 2e.---Live PouI-
try-Chickens colored as to size, S5
G3sc; broilers, 3S@42c. Chickens,
old, heavy. 2sD29e; medium size,
29c: to 355 lbs, 2S02sc. Leg
horns and other light stock. 270
29c; roosters, 10000. Turkeys.
young, lbs. and over, hens, 42c;
sobblers, 35037c; old Loms, 2S@3Oc.
Ducks. white pekins, young, lbs.
and over, 30@S2c; puddle, young. 4
lbs. and over. 2S03Oc; muscovy,
young, 4 lbs. and over, 25@3Oc; all
kinds, small and thin, 20@22c; ca
pons, lbs. and over. 40@42c: slips
and smaller, 33@36c. Guineas,
young, S5@9oc; old. 400 soc. Pig
cons, young and old, per pair. 80
S5c. Dressed Poultry-TTndrawn
head and feet on. Turkeys, young.
4O@42c; old toms. 30@S5c. Chickens,
young, a3@SSc; Mixed old and
young, 2S@SOc. Ducks, young, 80
032c.
Eggs-Market unsettled. prices
considerably lower. On the Balti-
more Butter and Egg Exchange.
nearby fresh-gathered firsts, 3
sales, 125 cases, S9c. Closing offer
lngs, nearby fresh gathered firsts.
3sc; bid. SS1zc. Receipts. butter.
459 tubs; eggs, 1,O25 cases.
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STOCKS DISPLAY
IRREGULAR
TREND
ny w. s. COUSINS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 U.N.s).-
Most of the Industrial favorites
moved upward In the first period
today, but the weight of an per
cent renewal money rate and heavy
profit-taking prevented an extended
advance, and by the end of the
first hour the reaction set In.
United States Steel pushed up a
point to 1901 before encountering
very much selling pressure, and
Continental Baking A reached q
new high on the move at 66.
Wall Street was considerably
wrought up over the meeting OF
the steel corporation finance com.
mittee and directors this afternoon,
at which important plans for re-
capitalization may be discussed end
an announcement made. The an
nouncement is expected to call for
the retirement OF a considerable
amount of bonds bought in the
open market from proceeds OF un-
divided profits and sinking funds.
New gains Of 30 to. SIS points In
New York bank stocks accompanied
rhmors of more consultations to
follow on the heels of the merger
of the Guaranty and Commerce
banks into a $4,000, 200, 900 institu-
tion. National City will gobble up
the Equitable Trust Company to
form a $500 ,O00, 600 bank, accord.
ing to rumors, which appeared
plausible after the stocks Of both
banks jumped 80 points. Com.
merce stock was up so. points. and
Guaranty up 10. Big profits have
been made by thousands OF small
holders OF these stocks.
Industrial stocks were extremely
irregular in the second hour. Loew's
led the .specialties with q 44-point
Jump to 79h; Anaconda and Ken.
necOtt Copper moved up q few
points, but most of the stocks which
led yesterdays final spurt, includ-
ing Bethlehem and u. s. Steel, sold
off q point or two from the peaks.
The strain on the money market
was caused directly by the with
drawal of funds for the month-end
settlements, with here and there a
timid bank crawling into its she'll
under the fear of severe rediscount
restrictions by the Reserve banks.
The high call rates are expected to
pass by the end OF the week, but
in the meantime an increase in
brokers' loans this week which now
appears probable, may force 5z
per cent bank rate at the New
York Federal Reserve Bank.
Stock sales in the first hour were
well below 500 ,000 shares. and offer
ings of stock mostly in small blocks,
which denoted very little forced sell
ing. The bulls stood by their guns
in the coppers and the specialties,
pushing Kennecott, new to 80h
and Collins and Aikman to So. The
rails were steady but inactive, while
most OF the motor stocks dipped to
the lower price levels. Chrysler
sold at 100 and Studebaker more
than a point lower.
The commodity markets were
steady. With cotton up about 12
points and grain fractionally lower.
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Gas Earnings Gain

Net increase of the Washington
Gas Light Company reached $685.
S47.S0 in January, a gain of $37,-
O30.31 over net income for the same
month year ago, according to the
monthly report of operations filed
by the company with the Public
Utilities Commission yesterday.
Operating revenues for the slrst
month of the new year stood at
553,043.SS, the .'eport showed. an
improvement of SAP ,291.S4 over jan
uary. 1927, while operating expenses
of $S60,752.99 compared with $3SO.-
O91 SO in the corresponding month
of5last year. ~
The company reported January
taxes at 35,709.s5; uncollectabIe
bills, at $2,375.0S; and operating in.
come. at, St54, ,2O6.01, against $112,.
452.93 In the latter item a year ago
Incorporating income stood at ST..
906.72. A total of $156, ,112.73 was
realized in gross corporate income.
q gain of $41,s50.S9 over January,
1928. 7 ~''
The statement filed with the com.
mission by Comptroller Ennis showed
$56,S47,S0 in increased earnings over
dividend requirements. as compared
with $19,8l7.49 a year ago. Exactly
,612, ,416,296 cubic feet of gas was
sold last month, a volume increase
of so, 1892 ,S19 above the level for the
same month OF 1S2S.-r~a
Acacia Meeting
Announcement, of the annual
meeting of the Acacia Mutual Life
Association, to be held at the Acacia
Building on March 10, was made
today by j. P. Yort. secretary Of
ths association. Mr.. Yort stated
that among the items of important
business to come before the meeting
will be the election Of seven direc.
tors to serve for the ensuing three
years,
In making known the date of the
meeting to the membership of the
Acacia Mutual Life Association, Mr..
4: Yort stated that ''the annual report
( shows that the progress of Acacia
continues undated" The amount
of new insurance exceeded $4,000,
900; membership stands at more
than 1000. and insurance in force
more than $500 1000, 600. The assets
Jumped more than $4.790, 900. total
ing in. excess of $4,000 900. Pay.
ynents made to beneficiaries or in.
Rured last year aggregated more
than S2.500. 900.
The meeting will be held at Il
o'clock On the data Set
The Washington times., 1929-02-26
Banks Merge

Official confirmation that the
Guaranty Trust Company of New
York and the National Bank of Com.
merce are to be consolidated was
given yesterday. The new institu-
tion will be the largest in the United
states, with resources exceeding 81
600 ,00o, ,000 and, second to the Mid
land Bank of EngIand.. the largest
In The world. The National City
Bank, the total assets of which on
Denember al amounted to $1,S47,.
705,54S, has for more than 80 years
retained it's position as America s
greatest banking institution.
The basis for the merger, giving
an advantage to the stockholders of
the National Bank of Commerce, will
be share for share exchange of the
stock of the new institution for the
securities of each of the banks to be
merged. The National Bank of Com.
mefce is at present capitalized at
SIS, ,00O, 900 and will increase its capi
aal stock to $50, ,OOO, 900 by the is.
.,suance Of $4,000, ,0O0 of additional
shares at par. The Guaranty Trust
1sQmpany is capitalized at $4,000, ,000.
when the new institution is formed
itwill, accordingly, be ca pitalized at
SO, 100000, $40,O00,000 of it's shares
to go to the present stockholders of
the, Guaranty Trust Company and
the remainder to the stockholders of
the National Bank of Commerce.
t The announcement yesterday of
the basis for the merge. sent the
stock of the Bank of Commerce from
1O15 bid, 1890 asked, to 1925 bid,
1875 asked. The view of the market
was that Guaranty Trust stock be
quoted at 1885 bid, 1850 asked. as
compared with 1895 bid, 1045 asked,
at the previous closing.
The Washington times., 1929-02-26
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Feb. % Q.N.S).-
Cotton-Spots were in fair demand
today: prices steady. Sales totaled
5000 bales; receipts, $4,000 bales, in.
cludinR $4,000 American.
Mids fair. 11.95d: strictly good
nnids., 11.50d; good mids.. 11.1Od;
strictly mids, 10.S0d: mids. 1O.7Od;
strictly low mids.. 10.45d; low mids,
1O.2Od: strictly good ordinary, $500,
and good ordinary. S.40d.
Futures opened firm with March
at 10.42d: May, 10.54d; July, 10.55d;
October, 1O.41d,
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PITTSBURGH PRODUCE

PITTSBURGH. Feb. 26 0.N.Sl.-
Butter-Prints. 57@5715c; tubs, Sc
@56I5c; local tubs, s1@52c.
Eggs--White, 42@44c; current re.
ceipts. 3s@40c.
Live Poultry-Hens (heavy). 3O6
32c; hens Clight), 25@27c; roosters
1S@20c; springers, 30@32c; broilers,
4S@45c; ducks, 26@30c; geese, 22@
csc; turkeys, 35@45c.
Vegetables-romatoes, $s.OO@2.5 so
(crate); potatoes, $1.s601.s6 U5O
lbs); cabbage. $1.O0@1.1O (busheD.
The Washington times., 1929-02-26
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET

Wheat-Unsettled, No. 2 red win.
ter, garlicky, domestic, $1.3S%. Re.
ceipts, 7,49S bushels; shipments,
174,922 bushel.
Corn-Unsettled. No. 2 yellow.
domestic. $1.10 bushel. Receipts. 8.
2,OSS bushels; shipments, I,72S
bushels.
Oats-Steady. No. white. do.
mestic, Sic bushel; No. white.
59Q5S16c bCshel. Receipts, none:
shipments, 2,974 bushels,
Rys-NOminal. Receipts none:
shipments, none.
Hay-Supply ample; demand linn.
ited
FlOur-Steady, unchanged.
The Washington times., 1929-02-26

LOCAL STOCKS
Furnished by W. 3. Hibbs 4 Coz
SALES

Furnished by W. 3. Hibba n Col
SALES
Washington Gas, Ss, B, $1,000
1O5%.
Capital Traction Company, 100
1O5%.
Chestnut Farms Dairy, CON-. SO
215 1O@214.
Potomac Electric. S., pfd, 5@112.
Washington Gas Light. 10@117.
Washington Railway and Electric.
pfd., 5@99.
Riggs National Bank, 36575.
Federal.American Company, pfd.,
25G103.
Merchant Transfer and Storage.
COM. 1O@125.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 1O@107;
2061O7; 1061O7; 106107.
Terminal Refrigerator and
Wharves Corporation, 1O@51A; 100
511a; 5O@51K.
AFTER CALL
Capital Traction Company. 100
1O5%.
Chestnut Farms Dairy, CON-, 100
The Washington times., 1929-02-26
BAL LTlMORE PRODUCE

'Ex-dividend.
The Washington times., 1929-02-26
RESERVE B ANK
! LOANS SHOW
| DECREASE
u BY HARRY GUsACK,
Financial Editor

Decreases of $42,OO0,0OO IN loans
lnd OF s1s,OOO,OOO in investments
were reported by member banks
throughout the country for the week
ending February 20, 1t was an
Bounced today by the Federal Re-
serve Board, Decreases of $246,.
100000 in net demand deposits and
sk12,000,000 in time deposits were
also reported.
Loans on securities were $4,000.
300 below the February 13 total at
al reporting banks, the principal
Ghanges by Federal Reserve dis.
stricts being declines of $65,OOO,0O
IN the New York district, OF
$l1, 200, 900 in the San francisco
district, of $7,000,000 in the Dallas
sdistrict, and of $4,000, 900 in the
Kansas City district, and of in.
freases of $4,000, 900 in the Chicago
district and of $T,OOO,OO0 in the
philadelphia, district. ''All other"
loans increased $S,00O,0O0 each at
reporting banks In the New York
and Chicago districts, $4,000, 900 in
The Cleveland district and $31 900 900
at all reporting banks
Holdings of United States Govern
ment securities declined $4,000, 900
in the Boston district and $17 7,O00.-
900 at all reporting banks, while
holdings of other securities show
little change for the week.
i Net demand deposits, which at all
reporting. banks were $246,O00, 900
below the February IS, total. de-
Elined in all districts except Mime
apolis, which shows small in
crease, the principal reductions by
districts being: New York. $50, ,0OO.-
, OQ0: Sam Francisco. $31 900 900; Chi.
cago, S29 9.000, 900: Boston and Cleve-
land, $4,000 900 each: st. Louis,
$1s,0o0,00 and Kansas City. s12.-
100000. Time deposits declined
! $12. .00O, 900.
The principal changes In borrow
ings from Federal Reserve banks
for the week comprised declines of
S67 100000 at the Federal Reserve
Bank oil New York. of $40 .000. 900 at
San Francisco, and $1,000. 900 at
I Cleveland, and increases of $2S. .OO0,.
1000 at the Chicago bank. of ST..
100000 at Philadelphia and Of 49,.
100000 at st. Louis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
Scientist Undertakes
 Hunt for New Metals

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27-Mines in two continents of the Southern Hemisphere are about to be ran sacked for new mineral specimens with which to enrich the mineral ogical collections of the Academy of
 Natural Science.
 Samuel c. Gordon, Associate
 Curator of the Department of Min eralogy of the Academy has sailed
 to spend two months in the mines of the Bolivian Andes. Then he will cross to Cape Town.
 He will collect in South African mines for the remainder of the
 year. He will visit copper mines ii, Southwest Africa, copper, chrom- ium, platinum, asbestos and dia- mond mines in Rhodesia, and cop per mines in the Belgian Congo. MT. Gordon's travels have added much to mineralogical Knowledge In 1921 he discovered two new minerals, vauxite and paravauxitc and in 1923 kalithomsonite and lalphacatapleiite.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
FLA TO START
 SURVEY ON NEW LAKE AT ONCE
Opens Camp for Accurate Survey of Newly Discov-
 cred Power Source

To begin a survey of the drain- age basin and make extensive aoundings, study formations and gather other data on the newly discovered lake on Taku Inlet, Engineer A. J. Ella in charge of waterpower investigations for the Cameron Chandler interests of Cali fornia, left by plane yesterday afternoon for the camp there. He was accompanied by H. Anderson, instrument man.
 A camp was established on the lake several days ago and two men left there to prepare for a comprehensive survey of the lake and the surrounding country It is expected MT. Ella will be able to make this by the end of the week
 Stream flow data will be collected on the outlet river during the next few months, it was made known today. Wendell Dawson, who is handling the stream investigations for the syndicate, arrived today from Ketchikan with his assistant Jerry Wooten They will go tc the new lake in a short time and install a stream guage station at once. While they are here they will also install new station or Lcng River to replace one of the old ones now in use. N
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
AT THE HOTELS
Gastine,;au

Gastineau
 Vern Hoban, Tacoma; Charles Hickey, Seattle; E. c. Anderson Juneau; A. Iverson, Juneau; o Johnson, Juneau: MT and Mrs PG. L. Rich: M. B. Lassiter Jul neau; Wendell Dawson, Ketchikan; Jerry Wootan, Ketchikan; w. From holz, Ketchikan; Mir and Mrs. D C. Van Dervoort, Seattle; George Bates; J. B. Warrack.
 Zynda
 John Holzworth; w. Cummings; MT. and Mrs. F. A. Paine, M. B Rodabaugh; Mrs Z Wash, Belling- ham; Ercell H Greenler, Hocnah; Beatrice H. Anges, Sitka; Ethel c Klein, Seattle.
 Alaskan
 Torres Ness, Port Althorp; Robert Sullivan, Warm Springs Bay; P. T Padden, Tenakee; J. Castro, Jul neau; T. Alamilla, Ketchikan; L M. Blance, Ketchikan; Fred Breu- thyner, Circle E. L. Hayek, Ketchi- kan; w. T. Hunt, city; George Bates, Ketchikan; w. Lund, Seat tie; H. M. Pfuffin, Portland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27

their legislative spokesmen were , berating the binder twine trust. The women's ticket at Oskaloosa. Kansas, won a second victory at the polls, and at Cottonwood Falls the ladies also were triumphant, Mrs. Minnie Morgan being elected mayor with all members of the city council of her sex.
 The Iron Horse, laundering across predominantly agricultural continent, was pulling new veSti- bule wooden coaches, its prou d place as marvel of speed not yet disputed by motor car and air plane. Electricity was just begin ming to rival gas as an illuminant and Edison was working on the phonograph.
 ' Joseph Jefferson was writing his i autobiography Barnum's big show was featuring tight rope walkers and tremendous chariot races, Kellar was coaxing rabbits from his magic hat. Theodore Thomas was giving concerts in New York, and admission to topnotch shows in that city was 50 cents.
 At the international chess tour nament, ladies looked on with bated breath while the champions with unflagging vigor strove for victory" Trap shooting and trout fishing were headline sports. It was the heyday of croquet. Cricket had quite following in some east crn cities, and professional base ball was making promising headway as popular diversion.
 At Delmonico's famous restaur- ant, Augustin Daily and Albert Palmer gave supper in honor of Edwin Booth. Among the cele- hrities who attended and gave toasts were Mark Twain. General Sherman, Chauncey Depew, Daniel F'rohman, John Drew, Brander Matthews, William Winter, Law renee Barrett and Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
 1 Beer gardens flourished tn spring. the grippe defiant doffed their rad flannel underwear, the chief business of druggists was the sale of drugs, and Dr. Prices Pre- cious Pellets were a popular spring tonic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27

EDITORS NOTE: What was
 the world doing in the pleas
 ant days when today's adults
 were youths? Forty years ago
 Rcd Coolidge was student
 at Amherst college. 4 chubby
 faced office boy was making
 good in Oregon. That was
 Herbert Hoover. Here is the
 American scene in those inter
 cSting times rc-created from
 the transient recordings of daily
 happenings in series of stories
 A chubby-faced boy of IS was greeting the visitors in the office of the Oregon Land company in the frontier town that was Salem, 40 years ago. He was Herbert Hoover, just come with his uncle from back east in Iowa" to make his way in the west.
 While the earnest and obliging Herbert was starting on the road that eventually was to bring him to the White House, hungry plum seekers" in that spring of '89 were besieging the same White House and wire puIlers' were harassing President Benjamin Harrison.
 Theodore Roosevelt. New York's coming young statesman was a new member of the civil service commission and had enraged the politicians by lambasting the spells system.
 Woorow Wilson was an obscure professor of history at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn, and Calvin Red" Coolidge of Plymouth, Vt, had not yet matriculated at Amherst college.
 The machine age was in its in fancy and even metropolitan life was comparatively leisurely, the pursuit of business and pleasure being in slow tempo.
 There was the pleasant plop of horses hoofs on pavement, high bicycles, lilac scented air untainted by motor fumes, girls in Gainsboro hats and dust catching skirts, young blades and old in London grey der bies and ascot ties, and Denman Thompson in The Old Homestead 9
 The embattled agriculturists of Kansas were rebelling against the c. o. P. machine in that state and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
J. B. WARRACK TAKES CHARGE OF WORK ON
 N. C. NELSON BLDG.

J.. A. Ecker, who has been in charge of construction of the N. G. Nelson Building on Front Street, left on the Princess Charlotte this morning because of ill health. He was accompanied south by Mrs. Ecker and their small child J. B. Warrack, of the Warrack Construction Company, which has the contract for construction of the building, arrived on the steam CT Alaska and will have personal charge of construction until the buildings completion or MT. Ecker's return.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
Slow Job Hunters
 Lose Polish Doles

WARSAW, Aug. 26.-The new Pilsudski cabinet which was form cd in April, and consists mostly of army representatives, has no in tention of weakening labor with doles.
 By the Polish Law of 1924 all un- employed are entitled to a dole varying between 35 per cent and 50 per cent of their normal wages for IT weeks following their re- lease. When many of the idle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
COAST WILL TRY
 NIGHT FOOTBALL

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.--Night football is to be given a thorough trial by the southern California in tercollegiate conference, four games having been scheduled for the com ing season,
 Occidental college, conference champion, will do the most experi- menting with nocturnal gridiron play.
 The Tigers billed games with the University of Arizona, Sept. 27, Santa Barbara State Teachers col lege, Oct. 4, and the University of New Mexico, Oct. II.
 The California Institute of Tech nology will play the other, encoun- tering the University of California at-Los Angeles, Pacific Coast con- ference member. Oct. l9.
 All of the games will be played in the illuminated Rose Bowl, Pasa- dena, Cal, scene of the annual New Years Day classic.
 -eSe---
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
DENALI IN PORT

The Alaska Steamship Company freighter Denali, Capt. H. Klien, is in port today unloading coal and general merchandise. Four COWS for the Kendler Dairy were brought north on the Denali. It will leave late this afternoon for the Westward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27

did not find work after the elapse of these IT weeks, the government continued to pay the doles under the idea that they were extra doles necessitated by present con- ditions."
 The present government has de- clared that IT weeks is plenty of time in which to find a job and that doles will cease after that in- terval.
 Poland had 105,000 unemployed at last accounts. The new regu- lation affected 3,000 8N
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
. . sss o ss SPORT BRIEFS

Big Bill Tilden keeps the ball boys hopping when he is serving He likes fast game.
 Honest Tom" Heeney figures it is time to quit. He has fought four times since losing to Tunney And Tom lost them all
 New York baseball writers state that Bob Meusel is almost certain to leave the Yankees before next season.
 The jockeys have been roughine it up at Saratoga this summer.
 Sarah Palfrey, 16-year-old Bos- ton girl. is one of the best potential prospects for the national women'i tennis title.
 Marty Bergmammer may try tc do a Joe Mccarthy. A minor league manager wit h out major league playing experience, he may try tt run the Browns next year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27

Mrs. R. J. DeLeo, wife of the Assistant Superintendent of the Copper River Railroad, with her son John De Leo. is a Cordoya- bound passenger on the steamer Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27
JOE HILL LEAVES FOR
 TAKU RIVER DISTRICT

Joe Hill, prospector and fur farm CT. will leave this afternoon in his river boat for the Taku dis trict to be gone for two weeks or mere. He was accompanied by his nephew, Joe Hill, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-27

ka Railroad and the Seattle organi- zation, which is circulating litera- ture and maintaining an informa- ton bureau, is MT. Garfield's con- viction.