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The Washington times., 1929-12-02
TREE
IN ROCKVILLE

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. a.
Preparations are being made by
the Rockville Chamber of Conf
merce to erect a community
Christmas tree for Rockville and
to stage an elaborate program on
Christmas Eve in connection with
the tree.
A committee composed OF j.
Banks Berry, chairman; F. Barn
ard Welsh, Buell. Gardner, Mrs. j.
Banks Berry, Miss Rose K. Daw-
son and Miss Edith Lamar, has
been named to further the
project.
The tree will be erected on the
courthouse lawn or some other
central point. An appeal will be
made, it is understood, to Sher.
chants and other business men OF
the town for donations.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
OBEY OMITTED
IN NEW BOOK

The Episcopal churches Of
Washington and the Nation yes
terday officially adopted the new
prayer book, THE Revised Book
of Common Prayer" Special
mention of the innovation was
made in all of the Washington
churches.
This new and revised book was
the work of the joint commission
of bishops, clergy and lay depu-
ties, under the head of the Right
Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery,
Bishop of Massachusetts,.
There are many changes in the
revised prayer book, and the one
that has caused the most COM
ment was in the marriage cere-
mony. The word obey" for the
bride is left out, while the bride
groom no longer says, with all
my worldly goods, l thee endow'" i"
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Fanatic Chops Off His
Hand Just AS Bible
Told Him to Do

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 G.N.S).
Louis D. Batteau. 55, walked
into the Kramer Sanitarium
here and calmly showed ply
sicians his left arm from which
the hand had been chopped.
He declared he had taken
the advice of the Bible and
chopped off his hand because
it had offended" him. Physi-
clans branded the man a
dangerous religious fanatic.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Town ofT1Uair s Days
Crun1bZes in Dust

BISHOP, Calf, Dec. 2 uN.Sl.
Aurora, once thriving mining
town where Mark Twain during
his early career worked for 81
a week in a mining mill, has sunk
back into the desert, abandoned
and forgotten.
In 1869, Aurora, in the western
Nevada mountains near the Cali
fornia line, boasted it had pro-
duced 100000 in gold from
nearby mines. The gold played
out. Miners drifted away. Build
ings were deserted and now staLd
decaying. Desert veget tion
grows in the once busy streets.
A surviving landmark is the
Aurora saloon. now in ruins, but
with it's ancient mirrors, long
bar and brass rail still standing.
Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars
and Best Brands of Beer" were
for sale there says a large sign
on the front plate glass window,
still intact.
Walls of the courthouse stand
but little remains of the town
bank except the vault which
often contained millions in gold.
In his book "Roughing it"
Mark Twain said that while work
ing for 81 week he asked for
a raise.
The foreman asked Twain what
he thought his salary should be.
Twain replied it would take
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Multiengined Plane
To Be Shown Here

Officials Of the War, Navy and
Commerce departments will wit
ness a demonstration of the first
American multi-engined airplane
at Boiling Field today.
The plane, a Curtis Kingfisher.
carries six passengers. 1t is pow
cred with two Challenger or
Whirlwind motors, with total
horsepower of approximately $50.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02

ant tablet form-but it conquers a
cold. One tablet of Pape's Cold
Compound, as it is called, may
ward off q cold that's Just COM
ing on; a bad cold that you've
had for days may take several.
No laxative is necessary when
Pape's Cold Compound is used
No sweating or other discomfort.
These little tablets are all you
need to knock your cold. 35c, at
all drug stores.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02

$37 900 a week to keep him in
Aurora.
So Twain left. Now all the
other citizens are gone. Only
the coyotes remain keeping their
lonely vigil in streets that once
knew activity twenty-four hours
a day,
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
SAVINGS CHECKS MAILED

CHERRYDALE, Dec. "A. B.
Monts, cashier of the Peoples
State Bank of Cherrydale today
announced that Christmas saving
checks totaling $51,730 were
mailed Saturday night to 1850
persons in Arlington County.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift & Compa ny
sales of carcass beef in Washington. y. c.,
for week ending Saturday, November 30,
1929. on shipments Id out ranged from
1850 cents to $3.50 cents per pound and
averaged 21.17 cents per pound.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
WAYNE GALLOWAY GOES
 OUT FUR DISCHARGE

There is no truth in the rumor that I am going to Seattle to get married. following my discharge" asserted Wayne Galloway, basket ball "ace," athlete extraordinary, and member of hte Signal Corps, who is enroute to Seattle on the s. s. Alameda.
 Wayne has made many friends in Seward during his few years here, and was always found in the front ranks in assisting in com- munity affairs. His ambition is to enter the selling game in the states and with this worthy thought as a goal expects to form connections and start on the lowest rung of the ladder" His friends predict lie will make the grade with colors flying.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

LI7TYFpkN PASSION STny9CE
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
TANANA IN PORT

The s. s. Panama, of the A. S. s. Co.,, arrived in port this morn ing from the south bringing the third Mikado locomotive for the Alaska Railroad and other miscel- lanious cargo. Owing to the s. s. Alameda being at the dock the the freighter lay out in the bay.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
MASONS PARTY WE'D. MITE

Seward MaSons are entertaining tomorrow night Wednesday, and all visiting Masons, and Eastern Stars, are cordially invited.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

Mrs. Thomas Neville and daught- CT Katherine, departed today for Anchorage where Katherine will undergo an operation.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

THE NEW COLUMBIA PORTA. 'LE MONOGRAPH IS A WONDER OR TONE AND VOLUME. Schal- "er's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general man. ager of the Alaska Railroad, left today for his headquarters office.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
NOTICE

All shoes having been held over 60 days will be sold or destroyed after March lst.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

Dr. Haverstock and wife depart ed today for Anchorage, their home
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

EASTMAN KODAKS AND PHO TOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. Schaller ITS Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

BRUNSWICK PHOTOGRAPHS IND RECORDS. Schallerer's Alas la Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

Al Perrin, Moose Pass-Hope mail carrier, left for the Pass today.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

blades are here. SCHALLERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

Andy Simons, one of the best known of Alaska guides, departed today for his home at Mile 20.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
RiN|C'N N0V''R||R0 iT
 TYF: LIBERTY T0NlGHT

! Since starrirg in Ben Hur.', 1 Novarro has made 8 number e l eatures. but none of them eeened ito fit until his part in Joseph Con- 'rad's play "The Road to Romance. vhic;; i> showing at the theatre to- might and tomorrow In this role of young Spanish Noblealan seeking adventure and fame i' America. the New World. Ramon
 has a part more natured to him
 ntan -ver before as he is by birth Spanish and of Noble blood.
 The settings of the play are all in the West Indies of the year 1900. when the famous pirates CaptaiIt Kidd and Henry N MorGan domin8teu +he Caribbean Sea. It is tale of >trugg1e and intrigue between | Noble family in Cub2 and crooked
 ,5lic.a1s in league wiGh a pirate
 5a-d Novarro hes fjacsgVpp9rt ia Marcclino E7v a7d Pov D'Arcy.
 
 LrTYFr6e7 pass7GN SERVICE
 Al +a,o r'-,too0~@71 o'7uro97 ~'a su~,4
 nesday eve, March 6, at 8 o'clock Lutheran Lent services will he held The theme Of the sermon: Simon Peter Denvine His Lord" It i -5 lent. Let us confess our sins and repent. Let Us learn to know our Savior and believe. Let us bo faith full and bring others to confess and believe with us, and our sorrows, and their sorrows shall be tu ned 1 into joy. You are very cordially invited to attend cur serv ce., Firing friend "The Open Bibie- Christ and the Cross"
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

OIrAIJrY DEVELOPING PRINT. NC AND ENLARGING. Schaller CTS Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05

CLEANLINESS and the best of meats our motto. Fry-Bruhn's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
CURB STOCKS DOWN
IN HEAVY SELLING.
List Unsettled as Wave of!
Liquidation Continues
Today.
BY HARRY ii. BECKER.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW vOpX AFarnt % T ;e,,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 2s-Liquidation
doubtless heightened by forced selling
OF margined holdings, resulted on the
Curb Exchange on an active scale today.
The list was another extremely un-
settled affair, characterized at times by
violent breaks in some highly vulnerable
specialties which found no one willing
to buy them, even at their low levels.
Weakness was quite pronounced
again i'll stocks with the largest specu-
lative following. Some of these had
been too extravagantly exploited On
the upside and naturally were easily
susceptible to pressure
At one time Ford of Canada broke
almost 80 points. Newmont Mining
and numerous others got under their
lows of yesterday, as holders tried
desperately to save part of the profits
built up this year. Very few stocks
were spared in the selling.
Utilities suffered further declines
which carried many of them to new
lows for the movement. Electric Bond
d Share was steady at the start and
managed TO recover point or so, but
the ensuing liquidation broke 1t through
its former resistance level. Electric
Investors, Associated Gas & Electric,
American Foreign Power warrants and
American Light 81 Traction were all
weaker. International Telephone 81
Telegraph new continued to offer Stub
born resistance.
Extreme unsettlement was witnessed
in the miscellaneous specialties. The
weakest members were Gold Seal Elec-
trio, Budd Manufacturing, United States
Freight. Sparks Wilmington. Nichols g.
Shepard, Checker Cab, Bohn Aluminium,
Casein Corporation, Safety Car Light
&, Heat, Libby Owens and many others
of highly speculative character.
Among the lower-priced industrials,
Celanese, De Forest Radio, Trans LUX,
Acoustic Products, Briggs q Straton,
Saf-T-Stat and Ford Co., Ltd, were
under heavy pressure.
Issues which displayed mild resistance
included Goldman Sachs Trading and
Transamerica. Oils held up relatively
better than others, Humble at one time
scoring a sharp recovery and then
losing the gain. Vacuum was especially
weak in this division. Cities Service
issues, Gulf OH of Pennsylvania and
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line came down
with the rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 26,-Po-
tatoes, white, 100 pounds. 75a1.25; new
potatoes, bushel, 125a2-50; sweet po-
tatoes, barrel, 2.00a3S0; bushel, LISA
1.65; yams, barrel, 200a350; bushel.
1.00ai.25; asparagus. dozen, 300a8.90;
beans, bushel. 2.00a4.00; beets, crate,
2.50a275; cabbage, hamper, GOAL SO;
carrots, hamper, 100a1.50: carrots,
bushel. 1s50al.75; cauliflower, crate,
1.75a250; celery crate, 1.75a300; Gu
cumbers. bushel, 500a7.50: eggplant
crate, 2.50a4.50; kale, barrel. LOCAL so;
lettuce. hamper. 75al.75; onions, 100
pounds, 300a5.00; peppers, crate, 2.00a
AIS: parsnips, basket, 50a60; radishes
bushel. 1.50a2.25: squash, crate, j ,50a
$50; spinach. bushel, 75a90: tomatoes,
crate. 2.25a5.25; turnips, basket, s5a50;
apples, bushel, 1.50a2 90; grapefruit,
box, 2.00a3.25 oranges. box. 225a3. rs;
= tangeTinesH boz, 1.00a3 90; Strawberries,
quart; 25a55.
Dairy Market.
.Eggs-Receipts, 1,4Os cases: native
and nearby firsts, free cases, dozen, 27a
27ls: current receipts, 24a25; duck eggs,
3sa4s.
Butter Creamery, good to fancy,
pound, 45a50; prints, 51a52; blocks. 49a
81; ladies, SASS rolls, 30a32; dairy.
prints, SOa32; store packed, 29a30;
process butter 4ia42.
Poultry, liye-Turkeys, pound, 35a48:
old, S0aS2; young chickens, 40a46: poor
and thin, 25a28; Springers. 46a48; old
hens, 32a34: Leghorns, 30a32: capons,
35a45; ROSTERS, 1Sa20; ducks. 2Oa32;
guinea fowls, each, 50ai.00; pigeons,
pair, S5a40.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, pound, asa
40; old, 30a40; young chickens, 35a40;
old and mixed, 30a35; old ROSTERS, 20;
ducks, 25a3G; capons, 35a45.
Hay and Grain Prices.
wheat-No. 2 red Winter, garlicky,
spot, l.25l2; March delivery. 1857.
Corn-No 2 export, March delivery,
no quotation; No. 2 yellow, domestic,
spot Local 90; cob corn, 5.25a55O.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, spot,
57a57la; No. 8 white, domestic, spot,
s6a56l2.
Rye-Nearby, 1.10all5.
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, a few carloads be-
ing received. There is not enough bust
ness passing to establish prices on the
various kinds on merit at a range of
1506ai6.e0 per ton of timothy or clover
hay.
Straw-No. ] wheat, 1200al250 per
ton; No cat, i2.50al3.00 per ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
BY KENNETH S. VAN sTRUM.

NEW YORK, March 28.--Last weeks
drop In crude oil production to 2,625 600
barrels daily was the first important
decline the industry has witnessed in
many weeks. Another drop of similar
proportions to below 100000 barrels
will bring production where oil men
say the industry can get back on Its
feet. II oil production declines still
further toward 100000 barrels, the
industry will become correspondingly
more prosperous.
It Is impossible. however, to tell how
ia this production curtailment will &C
tually go. 1t can only be sail that pro-
duction should be cut and that If the
present decline continues. the industry
may be saved from what appeared to
be very dismal outlook for 1929. Con-
tinued improvement will undoubtedly be
reflected in the prices of leading oil
stocks, although they will also be affect
ed to a certain extent by the swing
of the general stock market.
The Texas Corporation.
The Texas Corporation is the largest
independent oil company, producing
refining, transporting and distributing
petroleum products. Together with the
recently acquired California Petroleum
Co, 1t does business in all the impor-
tant foreign countries. A better known
characteristic of the company however,
has been its rapid expansion In the
United States. Today II Is the only
company distributing complete line
of trademarked petroleum products In
every State. This chain distribution OF
it's advertised products is being pushed
still further with the help of rapidly ex-
banding selling agencies and national
advertising campaign.
The company has improved its ref1n-
ing process SO that it now RECEIVERS a
larger percentage of gasoline from its
crude oil With this advantage and by
diversifying their activities SO extern
sively, the company has shown remark
ably good earnings in the past two years
in spite of difficult conditions within
the industry. At present the financial
condition of the company is unusually
strong.
Texas Corporation has expanded so
rapidly in recent years. especially since
1927, and so many changes have been
made in the number of shares outstand-
ing that it is impossible to estimate
with any accuracy the future returns
to the common stock holders, who are
the sole owners of the company.
Last year the company earned $5.42
on its stock after averaging $40 for
seven years 1t paid SO in dividends,
making yield of As per cent at current
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
INCREASING TRADE
ACTIVITY is SHOWN
Federal Reserve Board Discloses
Results of National
Survey.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
A rapid growth in loans at Federal
Reserve member banks in principal cit
les throughout the country between the
middle of February and the middle OF
March was reported yesterday by the
Federal Reserve Board in summary of
the next issue of the Federal Reserve
Bulletin.
Investments of reporting banks de-
clined during the period, while borrow
ings from Federal Reserve banks were
nearly 100000 larger March 20 than
they were four weeks previously. Secur-
ity holdings showed little change.
The board found that production OF
the country continued at high rate
with record automobile output during
February and an unusually high daily
average production of copper, iron and
steel Preliminary reports for March
indicated further expansion of auto
mobile and iron and steel production.
During February production OF coal
and crude petroleum increased. while the
production of cotton and wool textiles
continued large. but the silk output de-
clined from the high level of the pre-
vious four weeks.
Inc nlSH TaCS Oh ACTIVITY III tndIuIdc-
turing was reflected in an increase in
factory pay rolls and employment.
Building declined during February
the Summary said, and the value of con-
tracts awarded was 20 per cent smaller
than a year ago. The greater part of
this decline was in residential building,
while commercial and industrial con-
tracts awarded were larger. The first
part of March showed some increase in
building, but it remained below the
level of year ago.
Sales by wholesale Arms generally
were smaller, the board found, than
they were year ago and the general
level of prices declined slightly in Feb
ruary, totaling about the same as year
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
GROWTH OF UTILITY
COMPANIES RAPID


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 26.-They are
still Harvesting up. not the horses, but
the horsepowers of the United states,
That fact is about the surest guarantee
for the future activity of American in
dustry that could be given. It explains
why the biggest financial minds of this
Nation are a unit in declaring they
never sell America short"
The electrical generating stations of
the country now have a production
capacity of $4,000, 900 horsepower. This
is equivalent to the work Of $4,000 600
men. according to Matthew s. Sloan
of the New York Edison Co. and it
represents a gain from 5000, 900 horse
power 80 years ago.
Development Needed.
The Public Utility companies, per-
forming their proper functions, must
develop their facilities SO that they
shall be adequate not only to meet
present demands of the communities
receiving service of high standard now,
but also be able to respond Immediately
to the growth Of such communities,
however rapid their population and in
dustrial increase may be. That Is be-
hind the steady growth of power de-
'S1OPAAShS tSAAA 6A'sAAHGtAVAA AOW 6OAAS
on.
The extent of that growth may we'll
be estimated by the report of the North
American Co. issued today. This ex-
ample is taken because the company
services communities from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Gross earnings of the
company rose from 1922, 166834 in 1927
to $l35,551 ,S99 in 1928, gain of 1895
per cent. Net income was $64, 500 ,252
last year. gain of 1925 per cent due
to increased efficiency. At the end of
the year there was $40 ,582,721 available
for reinvestment in the business.
There were 163,7 700 kilowatts Of elec-
trical generating capacity added. bring
mig the total to 1,818.902 kilowattS.
Over 49, 900 kilowatts of new generating
capacity already are being developed
in 1929. The company sold 1850 per
cent more electric current In 1928 than
in 1927 and similar increase Is antici-
pated this year. 1928 total was $780,
032 1853 kilowatt hours.
With plants constantly being trans
formed for the use of electric power
with houses being wired for electricity
and with railroads embarking on ex-
tensive campaigns for line electrifica-
ton, it would seem the market for
power had only been scratched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
Erratic Science.

From the Boston Transcript.
From schoolboys' science papers:
The earth makes a resolution every
"a hours.
The difference between air and water
is that air can be made wetter and
water cannot.
We are now the masters of steam
and eccentricity.
Things that are equal TO each other
are equal to anything else.
Gravity is chiefly noticeable In the
Autumn, when the apples are falling
from the trees.
The axis OF the earth is an imaginary
line on which the earth takes its daily
routine.
A parallel straight line is one which
If produced to meet itself does not
meet.
electricity and lightning are Of the
came nature. the only difference being
that lightning is often several miles
long, while electricity is only a Few
MfQsks 4-----4-----.-.--.-------
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
RAIL BUS LINE OPERATION
RULING REFUSED BYI .C. C.
Commission Declines to Render De
eision Arising From Issue of
Rival Oregon Systems.
Az the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today refused to decide whether
railroads have the right to operate
motor bus lines for passenger transpor-
tation.
The issue was placed before it by A.
Jaloff, operator of bus line out of
Portland, Greg, who complained that
the Spokane, Portland &, Seattle Rail-
way had entered into competition with
his enterprise by running buses be-
tween Portland and Astoria, both in
Oregon.
The commission pointed out that the
railroad had organized subsidiary
corporation to operate the buses and
determined that there was no jurlsdie-
ton conferred upon it as regulative
body to declare the practice unlawful
The railroad company was warned tc
make Joint bus and rail passenger rate
publication in lawful form. but the
complaint of the bus owner was dis
missed without action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26

deliveries In Chicago. Especially as
there we're indications that Argentine
exports might be interfered with by
strikes on the part of stevedores. There
were also advices that Europe was ex-
pected to continue to buy actively and
Oriental trade to be well maintained.
Crop reports today regarding do
nestle wheat in the Southwest. where
growth was most advanced, we're on
continued mixed character, some fields
very promising, others thin and late.
The situation was summed up, however.
as favorable in the main. although
some loss from blowing has taken place.
According TO current trade dispatches,
lack of rain was largely Offset by the
fact that as rule the subsoil ap-
peared to be soaked to within an inch
of the surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
COTTON PRICES FIRM
IN EARLY DEALINGS
Market Opens Higher, but Reacts
Somewhat to Realizing
Sales.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Cotton
opened steady today at an advance of
to II points In response to relatively
firm Liverpool cables. May sold up to
2082 and the new October contract to
2010, or about 10 to 16 points net
higher during the first few minutes on
covering combined with moderate trade
and commission house demand.
This bulge met considerable realizing.
There also seemed to be some Southern
selling, which eased prices slightly after
the first furry of buying had been sup
piled. The outlook for showers In the
Eastern belt created some uncertainty
as to weather conditions and the market
held steady during the first half hour,
Private cables reported covering, local
and London buying in Liverpool and
said there was moderate business in
cotton cloths at Manchester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26
WHEAT IN UPTURN
ON OPENING SALES
Good Export Business in Canadian
Stocks Induces Higher
Prices.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 26.--Liverpool ex-
port business in Canadian wheat, to-
gether with higher Liverpool quotations
than looked for, led to an early upturn
today in wheat prices here. Labor
troubles at Argentine ports and alb
sence of moisture In Kansas tended also
to lift wheat values. Opening at 10 to
"a advance, Chicago wheat later showed
firmness. Corn, oats and provisions
were likewise f1rmer, with corn start
ing unchanged to "a higher, and subse
quently holding near initial figures.
Word that 100000 bushels of Cana
dian wheat had been taken for ship
ment to Europe did good deal today
to encourage buying of wheat future