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American talkies are responsible for
three legitimate stage houses in Paris
being transformed into theaters for
sound films.
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miles from the Rhine River. is also
popular among healthy vacationistS.
Golf balls whiz over the numerous
courses. tennis balls curve over numer-
GUS nets, automobiles tour the sur
rounding roads which penetrate pic
turesque villages nearby, and forest
trails ring with the laughter of happy
go-lucky mixers.
Once Favored by Wealthy Russians.
THE Wissbaden boulevards and streets,
some tree-lined, are f1anksd with man
sions that would enhance the beauty of
any city. Many Of these mansions. set
amid spacious, tree-studded lawns and
terraces. the guides will tell you, were
occupied by wealthy Russians during
the days of the Cars, but the new era
in Russia forced the sale of these show
spots.
THE Kurhaus. on the edge of one of
Wiesba denis spacious parks, is a feature
of the city's life. Beyond its pillared
doorway are magnificent ball rooms. a
15,000-person capacity theater. and
reading rooms. all richly decorated.
Th"re one may hear opera equal to that
of Berlin. and excellent orchestras play
at all hours of the day and evening"
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Popular Vacation Resort.

"All Wiesbaden visitors are not there
Tor the cure True, equity feet, rheu-
matte body members and neuralgia
heads impel many visitors, but Wies-
baden, nesting among the forests and
vineyards of the Rhine Valley. about 8
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Flyer and Girl Killed.

BIG SPRING, Tex, November 30 tPl,
C. H. Byrne, local agent for the
Texas e. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. and
Miss Marie williams of Pyote, were
killed almost instantly here last night
when their plane crashed at the Big
Spring airport
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Sunday School Meeting.

Rev. r. K. hewitt Of washington. edu-
cational7 director Of the Baltimore con-
terence Of Southern Methodist churches,
will conduct a cooperative school for
Ann Arundel County. Md, at Arnold,
December / TO 6. Mr.. hewitt also Is
conferences superintendent of Sunday
schools.
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BAND OF HARMONIOUS
TO PRESENT CONCERT
Philadelphia Boys' Organization to
Fet,
Appear at House Office Build
ing Saturday, December z.

The Philadelphia Harmonica Band;
composed of about so boys, will celei
brate the Tooth anniversary of the in
vention of the harmonica with a con-
cert in the caucus room of the House of
Representatives, in the House Office
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passengers, and 3s.10S miles are
scheduled for the transport alton Of
passengers, express and freight.
I'm order to further the increasing
utilization and development of aircraft
Maj. Young said. the Department Of
Commerce Is rendering every assistance
to bring about a combination OF four
essential elements: Airworthy aircraft
adequately equipped and efficiently
maintained, flown by competent pilots
oyer suitably equipped airways in con-
formity with Standard air traffic rules.
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MODERN FEATURES
| HIDE AGE OF SPA
Wiesbaden, Germany, Boasts
Wide Streets and Up-to- /,
! Date Buildings.

The roar of motor busscs has dis
placed the rumble of street cars over
80 miles Of the streets of w.esbaden.
Germany. Wiesbaden is one of the first
German cites to make such a marked
change in transportation.
The BUSES are only one of tn.
modern features of the famous German
Spa that hide the city's real age SAYS
bulletin from the National Geo
graphic Society.
No matter from what direction you
approach Wiesbaden, you pass through
modern, wide. clean streets. lined with
modern buildings. or spacious parks.
traversed by tree-arched promena des.
1t Is not until you reach the center
OF the city that you find yourself III
crooked, canyonlike byways of Wies-
baden's younger days. Even they are
1rnged with shops displaying merchan-
disc of recent manufacture
There was a settlement on Wies-
baden's site before the Christian era.
During the early centuries A. D. a
Roman fortress was built there To
stem the advance of German hordes
southwark. But there are only slight
reminders Of a long history in the
city today.
Fifty Springs Offer Wiesbaden Cure"
Normally wiesbaden has slightly
more than 100000 inhabitants. but
when the season april to October
opens railroad trains and autos. VIC
torias and airplanes deposit thousands
of visitors until. when the influx OF
newcomers is computed at the end or
the season, they number more than
twice the normal population.
There are so or more springs AZ
Wiesbaden where sufferers from govt,
rheumatism and neuralgia seek relief.
And the overplump, in search of re-
duced waistlines. join the parade. In
side the palatial bath houses the baths
range from the common tub variety to
those wherein sand. mud, hot air. elec-
tricity and steam are ingredients. You
can comfortably lounge in rooms ana
even battle your lungs with mists OF
mineral water.
Popular Vacation Resort.
"All Wiesbaden visitors are not there
Tor the cure True, equity feet, rheu-
matte body members and neuralgia
heads impel many visitors, but Wies-
baden, nesting among the forests and
vineyards of the Rhine Valley. about
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street, at 4 PM, and q radio program
broadcast over WFtC at 5 pm.
1t was stated through error In The
Star yesterday that the band would APP
pear this Saturday.
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The wettcst place in the world Is
probably Assam, British India, where
the annual rainfall has exceeded $50
inches
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Smoking Ban Attacked.

ALBANY. November 90 R.-The
State Commission of Correction urges
that inmates be permitted to smoke in
Elmira Reformatory, where delinquent
youths b-tween Is and 81 are confined.
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IS BOSTON'S TOLL
OF TRAGEDIES IN DAY
Three Children Drown After Break.
ing Through Ice-Fire Causes
Damage of 100000.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, November 2e.-Thirteen
persons lost their lives in this section
yesterday and one fire caused damage
of $2,000,000
In the worst tragedy of the day three
small children of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
H. Parlin of Augusta drowned after
breaking through thin ice. Attempting
rescue, Mrs. Parlin was pulled from
the water by her 11-year son Leavitt
and was in a critical condition.
A locomotive struck an automobile at
Salmon Falls, killing two brothers,
Alfred j. Nadeau, 80. and Omer. 26.
Automobile accidents accounted for the
other fatalities. which were recorded in
Somerville. Roxbury, Watertown and
Springfield.
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lines are to be merged there will be no
place In the transport scheme for the
small. independent operation. and that
In the public interest it should be abb
Sorbed by the greater carriers. The only
question left whenever a specific con-
solldation proposal arises is the terms
on which our members properties are
to be taken over.
Methods of reaching terms as to the
acquisition of short lines have been
pretty we'll developed In the last three
consolidation projects laid before the
commission. The Chesapeake g. Ohio,
the Baltimore e. Ohio and the Wabash
Railroads, in asking the commission to
sanction important extension Of their
holdings have formally offered to take
all connecting short lines the commits
sion considers properly allocable to
them and to pay price fixed by arbi-
tration. Some such procedure will
probably be followed in any other steps
that may be made to carry out the con-
solidation plan"
No more than other railroad men
does President Robinson expect any i'm
mediate consolidation progress as a re-
suit of the plan. Making of mergers
seems to be a matter requiring years
While the general policy meets short
line approval, 1t Is likewise true that
the specific allotment OF many OF the
small independents might be any one
OF two or three of the suggested mergers.
and short line owners have some def
mite preferences on this score. Also,
some of the short lines are terminals,
serving two or more trunks, are enjoy
ing profits and will probably be sharply
involved in the commission proposal to
unity all railroad terminals as an in
; 9:r to consultation e: rstEyoad
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Wall Street Briefs


BY the Associated Press.
Gold movement at the port of New
York during the period December 10 to
rs, inclusive. was featured by an in
crease OF $l1 100000 in the amount of
gold earmarked for foreign account.
Exports during that time totaled $l6.-
$4,000. of which $16,386, 900 went to
France, $4,000 to Mexico and $4,000
to Germany. Imports totaled $314.OOO.
consisting of $4,000 from Argentina
and $4,000 chiefly from other Latin
American countries
operations OF the united States Steel
Corporation this week were reported to-
day TO be running considerably ahead
OF most OF the independent operators.
Although the holiday shutdown has af-
1ected the output, Steel Corporations
ngot production is estimated at about
80 per cent of rated capacity. Estimates
for the entire industry placed the pro-
duction at from IS to 40 per cent
The Golf Oil Corporation has stopped
all held operations in Colombia carried
on by its subsidiary, the South Ameri-
can Gulf Oil Co., because of what Gulf
feels to be impossible burdens imposed
by Colombian legislation, it was report
ed today.
Directors of the Puget Sound Power
az Light Co., a subsidiary of the Engi-
neers' Public Service Co., have approved
construction budget for 1880 of more
than $4,000, O00..
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Washington Ticker
BY CLINTON COFFIN.
Associated Press Financial Writer.

Operators OF the 60O-odd short line
railroads of the country, speaking gen.
orally, are accepting with a good deal
of satisfaction the recent PRONUNCIATION
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion of national plan for railroad con-
solidation, even though recognizing that
any progress toward contamination Of
the policy advanced means the extinc-
ton as business enterprises of their
holdings. The short lines" as they
are familiary dubbed. even though
many of them count pretty extensive
mileage, are the rail companies with
revenues Of less than $1,000 900 ner
year, and every State in the Union has
some Of them.
Our study of the commission plans
shows that 1t has made connniete
sweep of the short lines" Bird M Rob-
inson. president of the American short
I..'e Railroad Association, which renre-
'SentS most of the companies. said
That is, each one of the 10 consolida-
tions sketched out by the Commission
has allocated to 1t the short lines of
now independent railroads which CON
meet with the trunk lines in ito re-
spective territory. The commission nlan
emissions the complete ABSORPTION NJ the
small independent railroad into the
greater railroad systems it proposes to
create. ~
Though this means the eventual ex-
tinction of our membership and cir ar
ganizstion, our members are prensred
TO accept IT; We believe that If trunk
g..
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STOCK CONTROL SHIFTS.

NEW YORK. December 81 (P)--
Stock control of the Mayflower Fidelity
d Casualty Insurance Co. and the Nav
flower Fire e. Marine Insurance Co
both of Newark. N. j., has been pur-
chased by Harold Spielberg, chairman
of the Equitable Casualty g. Surety Co.
Of New York. The purchases we're made
by Mr.. Sptelberg as an individual, but
steps have been taken to reinsure the
business Of the Mayf1ower Fidelity g.
Casualty Co. In the Equitable Casualty.
The entire transaction is subject to the
approval OF the New Jersey insurance
department..
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WESTHEIMER MADE
EXCHANGE MEMBER
Washington Board of Governors
Votes Seat to Financier
From Baltimore.

Milton F. westheimer of Baltimore
was elected a seat on the Washington
Stock Exchange today, at a meeting of
the board of governors following the
regular trading session. He takes the
seat of Harper Reside.
Mr.. Westheimer is a member of the
brokerage firm of Westheimer g. Co.
which had its head Offices in Baltimore
and branch Office in the Woodward
Building in this city. The company also
has important New York connections.
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POTOMAC ELECTRIC
INCOME INCREASES
November Net Reaches Total
of S467,843-0perating
Expenses Also Gain.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

According to the statement filed with
the Public Utilities Commission today.
net income of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. for November amounted to
S467 s432S. against 1893, 70S.S7 in No
vember. 1928, or an increase of $74,-
1344l
Net income of the power company
for the first IL months of the present
year totaled $3.735.6l2 in COMPARE
son with s3,3s9, 1892 in the CORE
spending period last year, or an in
crease so far in 1929 of SEAS, 853.42
Gross earnings from operations in
November showed a gain of $50 .889 2e
over the same month last year. OPP
Grating expenses were a little more
than $4,000 larger than q year ago
Net earnings from operations showed
fine gain, being s59,841 10 ahead of
the same month last year.
Gross income less operating expenses
also revealed a substantial gain, being
more than $4,000 ahead of the same
month in 1928 The complete Novem-
Der comparisons. with the 1928 re-
turns, are as follows:
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STOCKS IRREGULAR
IN PROFIT TAKING
Trading Turns Dull as Selling
Movement Follows
Brisk Rally.
BY STANLEY w. PRENOSIL.
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, December 27.-Efforts
to extend the post-holiday rally on the
New York Stock Exchange today met
with increased resistance. Scores of is
sues were marked up / to 10 points in
the early trading, but heavy profit-tak-
ing, which started around midday, sub
stantially cut down most of the gains.
and sent a sprinkling of issues below
last nights final quotations. Trading
turned dull on the decline.
Revival of activity and strength IN
the motor shares, based on reports of
trade improvement was one of the
features of the early trading. Several
blocks of 5000 to $4,000 shares changed
hands as pool operators tried to attract
an outside following. prior to the open
ing OF the New York Automobile Show
next month. Indications of organized
buying also were seen in few of the
accessory stocks, which are expected to
profit through the receipt of orders for
the new lines of cars.
Business News SpOtty.
Business news of the day was rather
Spotty. Steel mill operations continue
at relatively low ebb, although a brisk
upturn Is expected after the close of the
inventory season. United States Steel
common, which was marked I'D a.
points to 1897. in the first hour, later
sagged to 1874. Republic Steel also
ran into some selling after an early gain
of points.
Call money renewed at per cent for
the first time since mid November, with
only limited supply of funds available
Money brokers expected, however. that
f11A H1nia al enkA 4 l.. ~
figure. Time money and commercial
paper were unchanged. Neither the New
York nor Chicago Federal Reserve
Banks made any change in their re-
discount rates.
Future Trend.
While there is still sharp divergence
of opinion among brokers as to the f,I-
ture trend of the market. some improve
ment is generally looked for after the
turn OF the year. on the theory that
the completion of tax selling and the
distribution of more than one billion
dollars in dividends and interest next
month will stimulate the demand for
high-grade stocks. Leading commission
houses continue to urge caution In the
making of new commitments and manv
of them discourage trading for a turn
at the present time.
u. S. Steel was pushed well below
yesterdays close under the weight of
active selling in the last hour, and
earlier substantial advances in General
Electric, Westinghouse Electric, Johns
Manville, American Telephone g. Tele-
graph and Dupont were also trans
formed into losses. Failure to attract
much of an outside following inspired
the late bear attack. The close was
heavy. Total sales Appropriated 3,400,-
900 shares.
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world looks for sharp contest over any
step to reorganize prevailing policies to-
ward terminals, whether taken by COM
mission or Congress.
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U. S. TREASURY RECEIPTS.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury receipts for December %
were $19,164. 520.64; expenditures, $780,
987,l11.49. Balance, $194,143.454.5l.
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DISCOUNT RATE REDUCED.

OSLO. Norway, December 81 P,.-
The National Bank of Norway today
reduced its discount rate from 5I2 per
cent to per cent.
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W.R &E. Earninrs Increase

The Washington Railway &, Electric
Go. reports total net earnings for No
rember of S377.529.15, against S341,-
B44.25 in the corresponding month last
Sear.
Total net income for the first IL
months of 1929 is given as S1.770, 089 81.
in comparison with s1.627. 499.17 in the
same period last year, according to the
reports filed with the Public Utilities
Commission.
This is gain in net so far this year
Of Sl42.59o.44. Other comparisons be-
tween the 1929 figures and the 1928 re-
turns follow:
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Earnings for Eleven Months.

The Potomac Electric Power Co.'S
complete report for the first eleven
months of 1929 reveals a splendid years
business. There is every indication that
the December report will be highly
favorable and this means that the IL
months will be satisfactory in every
way. Comparisons of the important
items In the report for 1929 with the
corresponding IL months in 1928 fol-
lows:
Gross earnings from op- 1929 1928
erations ...,-....... Sa.0lS.ol7 So $40 704
Operating expenses. 3725242 3,5qq.O76
Net earnings from OPP
erations ........... 5.2a3.67S 49il,s2s
Miscellaneous income, 202 l79 1876 $50
Gross income less op-
Grating expenses. 5,Ae5 s55 sO76,qBs
Deductions from in
come ............. 1,76o242 1857. 22s
Net income ........... 373S.6l2 1889. 75e
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The Prudential Bank at IT'S Florida
avenue northwest, through its special
campaign on thrift and savings, has
increased its deposits more than
100000. To encourage thrift and
savings. the Prudential inaugurated the
Christmas Savings Club plan on Decem-
r. ?. The membership or depositors
y this department has reached 1000,
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frogs must have occurred before the
toads got into southern South America.
There is geological evidence of what
was probably a shallow sea cutting the
present South America in two during
the middle tertiary period. The present
Argentina, Chile and Patagonia were cut
off from Brazil and united to Antartica.
The northern frogs could not have
gotten across this shallow sea. When 1t
was wiped out and they could proceed
southwark the Antarctic land connec-
ton also must have been wiped out, so
that they could not spread to Australia.
Hence the reconstruction of the ancient
map from the testimony of this single
toad parasite gives an approximate clue
to the time the southern land connection
disappeared.
A parasite of South American fresh
water crustacean, DR.. Metcalf points
out. enables the geographer to show
that the shallow sea cutting South
America in two was north of southern
Brazil. Study of parasites can clear up
the point as to which animals originated
In South America and which are inmi-
grants from North America in COM
paratively recent times.
Only a start has been made, DR..
Metcalf points out, in this method OF
reconstructing the past. A particularly
rich reward in this line, he believes,
may be obtained from study Of the
parasites of the approximately $500
species of white ants which are scattered
all over the world. They probably have
more parasites of a certain kind, he
says, than all other animals combined.
Another line Of approach he suggests
Is through the insect and fungi para
sites of plants, many Of which restrict
themselves to single host. .
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UDCE CLARK RESIGNS POST
HELD IN STATE DEPARTMENT
Undersecretary Planning to
~
Resume Practice of Law
in Utah.
Will Remain in Office Only
Until Secretary Stimson
Reaches City.

Judge j. Reuben Clark, Undersecre-
tary of State, has rendered his resig-
nation in order to resume the practice
of law in his native State of Utah, but
at the request of President Hoover will
continue his present duties until after
Secretary Stimson arrives here the lat
ter part of the month and is consult
ed in regard to the selection of his
successor.
Though Judge Clark has held his
present Office only since August II,
1928, he has rendered many years Of
valuable service in the State Depart
ment. He served as assistant solicitor
from 1906 to 1910, and then as solicitor
until late in 1918. He was a member
of the United States delegation at the
third Hague convention In 1912, United
States counsel before the British Claims
Commission In 1918 and q member OF
the United States delegation at the
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KITTY COSTELLO
AGREES TO TALK
Unwilling Witness Who Was
jailed Testifies in Alleged
Bootleg Case.

Arrested here at midnight Saturday
on a contempt of court warrant and
removed to the Baltimore City Jail as
an unwilling witness in an alleged boot
leg case, Kitty Costello, former special
prohibition agent, was compelled final
ly to give today the testimony she had
succeeded in evading to give since
Thursday, before Judge William c.
Coleman, in United States District
Court, in Baltimore.
Sought as a witness for Clarence
Moseberger and William Cecil, charged
with violation of the prohibition law,
Miss Costello fed to Washington, where
she was finally located after long
search by two deputy United States
marshals. She was said to have taken
a prominent part In getting evidence
against the two men in Baltimore, as
she has done In numerous cases in
Washington while working as special
agent.
Although she was supposed to have
been a defense witness, Miss Costello
testified in court today that she had
bought liquor from the two men at a
saloon on Frederick road, where she
had gone in company with another
agent named Busch. AS soon as she
stepped down from the witness chair
she was taken into custody by a United
States deputy marshal and is being
held pending decision by Judge Cole
man on the contempt of court charge.
The court has not yet indicated what
will be done to her for evading Its or
der to appear as witness.