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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
CURB STOCKS DROP
AFTER EARLY GAINS
Reaction Follows Advance in
Morning Session-Mining
Issues Active.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 4.-The curb
market list generally moved up dur
ing the morning session today.
In the afternoon some reaction from
the best prices was experienced.
Speculative sentiment seemed reas-
sured over statements from high banking
quarters that an immediate upward re-
vision of the local rediscount rate was
not warranted.
Public utilities were prominent in the
operations. Northeastern Power, cross
ing 81, established a new top. Electric
Bond and Share Securities lost small
amount of the 19-pount advance OF
last week.
Mining stock played prominent
part in the days proceedings. New
Cornelia Copper reached new high
for the year at As. Newmont Mining
went through 200 again, but was still
we'll under the years best.
Radio issues were featured by new
top for Grigsby-Grunow, makers Of the
Majestic Radio. Zenith Radio also re-
sponded to favorable sales reports.
Crocker-W Wheeler. which had adj
vanced SIS points last week, gained all
most 10 points further on rumorS that
negotiations were in progress for a
merger with another prominent electric
manufacturer.
The oils were featured by heavy
demand at improved prices for Stand
ard of Indiana and Continental Oil.
Oils generally were inclined to give a
better account of themselves.
Checker Cab Manufacturing and
Hiram Walker maintained their places
of prominence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
WHEAT PRICES SAG
IN EARLY TRADING
Milder Temperatures Cause Drop
in Price-Liverpool
Market Firm.

BY the Associated Press.
+ CHICAGO, February 4.-Wheat aver
aged lower here today, largely on &C.
count of milder temperatures and snow
falls over domestic Winter wheat ter
ritory. On the other hand Liverpool
wheat quotations were relatively firm,
and abnormal cold weather was reported
ed from Eastern and Southern Europe
and India. Opening unchanged to u
down, Chicago wheat underwent gen.
eral sag, but then rallied. Corn, oats
and provisions were also easier, corn
starting 1saA to IS off and subsequent
ly continuing to point downward.
Rallies in wheat values here today
were associated with word Of export
buying at Winnipeg and with lowest
temperatures for SO years in Southwest
ern Europe, especially Rumania Italy
also reported almost unprecedented low
marks and news from Bombay told of
record cold wave and of damage to
growing crops. In this connection, the
fact was pointed out that the wheat
crop of India was now in the filling
stage
Friends of higher prices for wheat
made much today of the fact that in
spite of recent heavy world shipments,
the floating supply to Europe f1everthe
less was smaller than year ago. Stress
also was put on evidence of continued
record shipments of wheat to the ORR
ent. Assertions were current that from
all data available, world import needs
this season were above any previous to-
tails.
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EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, February Gp-Kroger
Grocery &c Baking Co., Cincinnati, chain
store operator, reported today net 1928
profit of $5,323. 585, against $4,377,I 04
I in 1927
The balance sheet of Mohawk CARPET
Mills, Inc, Amsterdam, N. Y, showed
net income for 1928 of 81 1868, 205, equal
TO $40 a share on 100000 no par
shares, against $2,619,819, or $4.36 a
share, the previous year.
The decrease, said George McNeir.
chairman was the result of expense in
cident to the organizing Of a new selling
department when the company can
cened its contract with agents last No.
Vember and closing out of old patterns.
Net profit of Transue & Williams
steel Forging Corporation, Alliance,
Ohio. increased to $226,142 last year
from $13,S64 in 1927, equivalent to 1925
share on 100000 shares of capital
stock, against Is cents a share in 1927.
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chemicals under the leadership OF du
Pont and Allied Chemical, in o few
railroad equipment stocks, and In
number of specialties. Later in the
week one of the features of the market
was the sharp advance in Radio, Victor
and Columbia.
The Rails.
BY far the outstanding event Of the
week was the abrupt rise in the rails
The rails had been quiet for the first
three days Of the week, but on Thursday
and Friday almost every railroad stock
on the list advanced sharply. Such a
sudden Jump leaves some doubt as to
the permanency Of the move, for in the
past the rails have advanced in this
manner only to fall back just as
abruptly.
At the present time the rails have adj
vanced moderately into new high
ground, while the main body Of indus
trials have failed to advance to new
highs above the November and early
| January peaks.
Margin Trading Increases.
Many explanations were given in an
effort to explain large increase in
brokers' loans. One explanation was
| that an unusually neaVy VOLUME O1 new
financing during January has absorbed
larger supplies of credit. Such an ex-
PLANTATION, however, hardly seems to
square with the fact that last october
and November there was also large
volume of new financing. At that time
brokers loans totaled $5,394, $4,000 at
the peak, while today it requires over 200
million dollars more margin to carry
securities at approximately the same
prices. For the past five weeks while
the general level of the market has
changed little from one back statement
to another, the total of brokers' loans
has increased almost 230 million dollars.
The figures would seem to indicate that
more stocks are passing into the hands
Of those who carry them on margin.
Future Loan Expansion.
The bank statement showed that the
New York banuks and others supplied
the additional demands for brokers'
loans. But the question now arises as
to who will furnish future funds for
expansion. 1t is normal procedure
for New York banks to expand their
| loans toward the end of January to
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COTTON IS STEADY
IN EARLY DEALINGS
Selling Movement Forces Slight
Declines Shortly After Mar
ket Opening.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 4.-The Cot
ton Market opened steady today at
decline of to IL points. Active months
sold to IA points net lower In the
early trading, under liquidation and
some local and southern selling pro-
NOTED by relatively easy Liverpool
cables.
There was considerable liquidation
of March. That delivery sold on to
1870, while July declined to 1888, and
the new October contract to 1912. At
these quotations the market apparently
met more trade buying and covering.
The tone was rather steadied, although
prices remained within Q to 8 points Of
the lowest at the end Of the FIRST half
hour.
Private cables said there had been
continental and Bombay liquidation In
the Liverpool market and that quota
lions for Egyptian cotton were lower
under selling by Alexandria. Better
prospects were reported for settlement
of the dispute over cleaning machinery
hours in Lancashire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
MARYLAND TOBACCO SALES.
RALTIMORE. FEBRUARY 4 (Specia

BALTIMORE, February Especially
Both receipts and sales of Maryland
leaf tobacco declined last week, the
former totaling only 80 hogsheads,
mostly of old crop, and the latter
amounting to SO hogsheads, leaving a
sotck in State tobacco warehouses of
8,729 hogsheads.
Market holds steady with little
change in prices at the following quota
tons, per 100 pounds: Inferior, 600a
TOO; frosted, 3.00a400: sound common,
and greenish, 800a1500; good COM
mon, 16.00a25.00; medium, 2600a40.00
good to fine red, 41.00a50.00; fancy.
5000a51. 90; seconds. common to good
common, 6.00a1500: medium, 16.00a
$500; seconds, good to fine, "a. 00a35. 90;
upper country, Burley, nominal: ground
leaves, 300a25.o0. fTsAstssssA eSssss.rs
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banks to contract their loans. Accord
ing to past experiences also, within the
next few weeks out-of-town banks will
begin to withdraw funds from the Sc
curities markets, for use in the Spring
expansion of business. The question is
whether or not the "others
tions, investment trusts and private in
dividuals-can continue to furnish
credit in sufficient quantities.
Utilities Feature Local Markets.
Prices on the New York Curb and
on the local stock exchanges were high
ly irregular last week, and where adj
vances are indicated on the chart, they
were caused ordinarily by sharp rises
in utility stocks. The enthusiasm for
utilities during the past two weeks has
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POTATO MARKET WEAK.

CHICAGO, February GU. 8. Depart
ment of Agricultural -PotaCoesERe-
ceipts, 124 cars: on track, 263 cars;
total U. s. shipment Saturday, s84 cars,
Sunday, 81 cars; trading rather slow,
market weak; Wisconsin sacked round
whites. 90a105; Minnesota and North
Dakota sacked round whites, 85a95;
idaho sacked russets, $50 to ITO.
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Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, February 4.-Po-
tatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.ooal.35;
sweet potatoes, barrel, 1.50a300; yamss,
barrel, 1.50a3.25; bushel, one hundreo,
1.00a1.75; beans. bushel, 2;5oao.oo'
Brussels sprouts, quart, 20a25; cab
baue. hamper, GOAL so; carrots, bushel,
.I:50a1.75 celery, crate, 2.50a3.50; cauli-
flower, crate, .25a2 rs; elephants, crate,
4.5Oa7.5o; kale, barrel, 200a2.25; lettuce,
hamper. T5af rs: onions, 100 pounds,
3O0a5 SO; oyster plants, 100, 6O0alO.00.
Parsnips, basket, 65a75; peas, bushel,
2.25a2.50 peppers, crate, 3.00a5.00;
spinach, bushel, 65a85; tomatoes, crate,
75a2.5O; turnips, basket, 50a60 apples,
bushel. 75a2.00; cranberries, half bar
rel, 900a10.00; grapefruit, box, 2.50a
3.75; tangerineS, per half strap, 1.00a
$50; oranges, box, 2.25a5.25; strawber-
ries, quart, 25a35.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-Receipts, 900 head; fair sup
ply, market slow; prices steady; steers,
choice, 1200a12.50; good, 10.55a11.50;
medium, 9.55a10.50; common, 8.00a9.00.
Heifers, choice, 10.00a1050; good, casa
CTS; medium, 850a9.00: common, 725
a8.25. Bulls, good to choice, 10.00al0.50;
fair to good, 8.5oa95o; common to me-
dunn, 6.00a8.00. Cows, good to choice,
g. 50a9 90; fair to good, 6.75a8.00; COM
mon to medium, 4.00a6.00.
Sheep and lamp-Receipts, 1000
head; moderate supply, market higher
on sheep, lower on lambs. Sheep, 3.00a
$50; lambs, 9.00a1T.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 3,400 head fair sup
ply, market higher; lights, 1910; heavies,
4 M n n a
a9.10; light pigs, 6.00a9 90; pigs, 1000;
western hogs, 10a20 higher than quota
lions; truck hogs, 15a30 lower than
quotations.
Calves-Receipts, $50 head; light sup
ply, market steady; calves, 500a17.50;
no extras.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Young turkeys, pound
33a40; old, 25a30; young chickens, 33a
SO; small and poor, 20; old hens, goa
old ROSTERS, 17a18; ducks, 20a30; geese,
18a26; guinea fowls, each, 40a8o;
pigeons, pair, 80.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys, young,
pound, 30a40; old, 25a30; chickens,
Young, 30a35; old and mixed, 25a30;
capons, 33a42; old roosters, 18a20;
ducks. 25a30; geese, 20a26.
Eggs-reeeipts, 902 cases; native and
nearby, firsts, free cases, 38aS812; cur
rent receipts, 32a3612.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 47a52; prints, 52a54; blocks. 81
ass; ladies, 34a38; store packed, Is;
rolls, 25a28; dairy prints, 25a28; pro-
cess butter, 41a42.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. red Winter, garlicky,
spot, 1879; January delivery, 1874.
Corn-No. 2 export, January delivery,
LOT; No. 2 yellow, domestic, spot, 1.12;
cob corn, 525a5.50.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, spot,
62a821a; No. 2 white, domestic, spot,
60a601a.
Rye-Nearby, 1.10a1.20.
Hay-Receipts, none. While hay is
arriving here in limited quantities only,
it is more than ample for the demand,
which is being supplied mostly by truck
from nearby points, few carloads being
received There is not enough business
passing to establish prices on the vari-
Gus kinds on merit at range of 17.00a
1900 per ton of timothy or clover hay.
Straw-No. wheat, 11.00a12.00 per
| ton; No. oat, 1200a1300 per ton.
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Hay and Grain Prices.
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, February 4 (R.-Bal
silver, 565s. Mexican dollars, 42M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
BY KENNETH S. VAN sTRUM.

NEW YORK February last week
prices on the Stock Exchange were likely
irregular. At times certain groups Of
stocks would be strong while other
groups would appear very week, but in
a few hours the position of the groups
would be completely reversed. Stocks
swung over wide range. making trad
ing extremely difficult, and for most OF
the fluctuations there seemed to be
little rhyme or reason.
Utilities and Coppers.
The utilities continued to gain ground
raridly on top of their spectacular adj
vanceS of the previous week, and now
highs were recorded in many issues.
Enthusiasm for this group led to
further advance in General Electric
and Westinghouse. The advance in the
utilities was helped by some good earn
ing reports for 1928.
Toward the end of the week sharp
advance in the coppers took place as
the price of the metal rose to 17A
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cents. There are few industries quite
so dependent upon the price of one
commodity as the coppers, and 1t seems
as though one only needs to know what
the price of copper will be in the flu
ture to make a reasonably accurate
forecast of the price of copper stocks.
Sharp advances also took place in the
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swept over the country and caused
sharp advances in most local utility
stocks.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
CHICAGO POULTRY PRICES.

CHICAGO, February (P).-Poultry-
Alive, firm; receipts, two cars; fowls, 20;
Springs, 80; ROSTERS, %; turkeys, IS;
ducks, 30; geese, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Ofes

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 4.-Following
is list of stocks and bonds traded in
on the New York Curb Market today:
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Recent estimates show that capital
Investments of Americans III the TENT
sin district Of China total nearly
SIS 100000. e--.--
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
Scouts to Fete Group,
10 tn Take Class Test

ANNANDALE, Va, July 10
Boy Scouts here are planning re-
ception tomorrow night In the
school house to the members OF tine
troop committee and a number OF
invited guests. The troop has
changed its meeting night from Fri.
day to Thursday during the vaca-
tion months. On Friday night
Scouts william and Oliver Besley
and their sister, Miss Elma Besley,
will be hosts OF the troop, the troop
committeemen and their wives at
wienie roast.
Ten members Of the troop are
studying to take their first class
tests on July Is. when the court
of honor meets at Annandale. They
were given special instruction In
map work last week by William A..
Van Doren, of Cherrydale.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
Mother Doesn't Know
Son, Meeting After
Eight Years

NEW YORK. July 1O.-Mother
and SON had to be introduced to
each other by relatives when the
liner Colombia, Of the Panama
Mail line, docked at Brooklyn.
The mother was Mrs. Isabella
Cruz and the son. Jose Armendo,
ii, who had come in on the
Columbia.
Mrs. Cruz and her son had not
seen each other since he was
three. Eight years ago she came
to New York from her home IN
Nicaragua, leaving Jose with
relatives there. Recently she has
prospered in a hair dressing es,
tablishment she owns and sent for
the boy.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
WOMAN HELPING
MAPP TICKET

RICHMOND. Va, July 10.-For-
mer state Senator George Walter
Mapp, Democratic candidate for
governor, is not only being praised
and supported by Mrs. Elizabeth
Langhorne Lewis, OF Lynchburg,
who is an aunt Of Lady Astor. the
first woman TO become member
of the British Parliament, but was
commended here today as the cham
pion OF bill which was passed by
the Virginia legislature extending
the right OF suffrage TO women in
this State.
The act was approved before ma.
tional woman suffrage became eff
fective.
Miss Adele Clark, who was elected
second vice president Of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters, and
Miss Nora Houston. who has been
active IL work in this State In be-
half OF votes for women, are re.
ported to have dCne a great deal to
aid s4fapp's candidacy. Miss Hous-
ton spoke at a Mapp meeting here
last month.
Mapp is, also being praised for
having been author of the law which
caused the Virginia saloons to close
I'm 1916. He Is not. however, being
supported by the Anti-Saloon League
Of Virginia, according to the Rev.
David Hepburn. superintendent OF
the league. nor by Bishop James
Cannon, jr.
Mapp is being opposed by John
Garland Pollard. former attorney
general of Virginia. and Roosevelt
Page, brother of the late DR.. Thomas
Nelson Page.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
TEXAN To FACE
FRAUD CHARGE

CHICAGO. July 10 G.N,s9.-A
scion OF one Of the wealthiest fami.
lies in Texas was In a cell at the
detective bureau here today, charged
with having passed fraudulent
checks In Chicago amounting to
more than $500.
He is Thomas C. Seymour Bolts.
25. whose father. Thomas IL. Bolts.
Is general counsel for the Southern
pacific Railroad at Houston. Police
wired the latter and received a re-
ply that the family refused to aid
the young man further, Deputy
Police Commissioner Siege said.
The father said Young Bolts has
been in trouble before and each
time the family came to his rescue.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
Woman, ", Disappears
After Suicide Threat

HAGERSToWN. Nd, July 1O.-
Deputy sherlffs. aided BY relatives
and friends OF Mrs. Ella Boward,
~, OF Hagerstown, are searching
the country around Kemp's and
dragging the Conococheague Creek
for the aged woman, who disap-
peared from a camp there late
Sunday night. Officers said she
had threatened to drown herself
Relatives said Mrs. Boward has
been respondent. She has been
camping along the stream with
her husband and son for a week.
and disappeared late Sunday night
while the other campers were
asleep.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
New Cruiser Ready
For Launching Sept.

The Navy's newest light cruiser
y. s. ST. Houston, now under con
struction at the Newport News Ship.
building and Drydock Company's
yards at Newport News. Va, Is to
be launched and christened by Miss
Elizabeth HIocombe. daughter OF the
former mayor OF Houston. Tex,
September Z. 1929.
Miss Mary Ellen Butte, also Of
Houston, Is to be maid OF honor.
The u. s. s. Houston 10 the fourth
Of a program OF eight cruisers
authorized by Congress.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
Bank Head Renamed,
Has Served Since 1906

FALLS CHURCH. Va, July To-
DIR. George r. FadeIey has been re.
elected president Of the Falls Church
Bank, having served continuously
since It's founding in 1906.
M. K. Church was elected first
vice president; DIR. James B. Gould.
second vice president, and George A.
Brady. cashier
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
MotOrcyclist in Crash
with Car Breaks Foot

Anderson >. Marks, u, Of Capitol
Heights, Md. suffered q fractured
left foot when he was thrown from
his motorcycle in a collision with
an automobile at Twenty-ninth and
X SITS. N. W., yesterday afternoon.
Marks was removed TO Emergency
Hospital and treated by DIR. G. b.
White. The automobile, police say.
was operated by John s. Lee, OF 637
Morton st. N. =.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
k. S. P. INITIATION

FALLS CHURCH. Va. July 10
Kappa Sigma ri fraternity meets
tonight in the Presbyterian Church
parlors. Eight boys are to be
Initiated with the assistance OF the
degree team from Clarendon. Regu-
far meetings will be held on the
first and third Wednesdays.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
FAIRFAX G. o. P. 10 MEET

FALLS CHURCH. Va. July TO-
The Fairfax County Republican
Club will meet in I. o. o. F. Hall
at Falls Church Thursday night.
John Barton Phillips, OF Alexandra,
has been invited to address the
meeting. lN1I
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
ELETEEN INJURED

RICHMOND. Va. July 10.-Fif.
teen persons. several of them chill.
dren, have been injured In autono.
bile accidents in and near Rich
mond recenfly.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
SEEKS NEW MEMBERS

MASoNvILLE, Va, July TO-
Pioneer Grange is planning to hold
a membership contest for one
month. The ladies' will compose
one team, the men the other. the
losers to treat the winners.
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TWO ARE SEIZED IN RAID
ON HARVARD APARTMENT
Dry Agents Arrest Pair on Charges
of Keeping Liquor to Sell
to Students.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December g.
Prohibition Sleuths paid their second
successive week end visit to the vicinity
of Harvard University, when a squad of
local police entered an apartment in
exclusive Fairfax Hall Saturday night
to seize 20 gallons of alleged liquor.
Two men were arrested and charged
with keeping and exposing liquor for
sale. They identified themselves as
John o. Ware, 90, and Edward Dunlin,
"a. The hall Is the place of residence
OF many Harvard students. Police said
the building was the property of the
university. Neither Ware nor Dunlin,
however, was connected with Harvard.
Just week ago, Federal prohibition
agents arrested two alleged bootleggers
outside of Russell Hall after Harvard
students had complained to Mai. Henry
e. Goodnough, assistant prohibition ad-
ministrator, that persistent liquor sales
men were becoming nuisances In the
dormitories.
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JOIN GALES WELCOME.

MEXICO CITY. December CP).-
Cows. Leonides Andrea Almazan of
Puebla and Ray Mundo c. Enriquez of
Chiapas are en- route by rail to New
York to form part of a reception COM
mittee that will greet Gen Gales when
he arrives from France in the next few
days.
Gen. Abundio Gomez chief of mill
tary operations In Chihuahua, and Col.
Matias Rodriguez, former governor
of Michoacan, also expect to be in New
York in time to welcome Gen. Gales.