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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
LUMBER INDUSTRY
INCREASES SHOWN
BY J. G. RoYLE.
pecjal pispstch 10 ,rne star.

Special Dispatch TO rhe star.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE lumber
men Of the United States have taken an
old adage and adapted It to their own
needs. Instead Of cutting their coats ac-
cording to their cloth, they have cut
their production according to their sales.
AS result, they are in strong
statistical position.
For example, the Douglas Fir Mills
on the Pacific Coast are not at peak
production, but there is the strongest
kind Of resistance to demands of re-
tailers and consumers toward price re-
auctions. The mills are well financed
and feel that present production can be
disposed Of profitably Prices are 81 to
50 thousand feet higher than at this
time last year.
The reasons for this attitude are
plain to those who have had an inside
view OF the situation. Residence build
ing construction in some sections Of
the country has fallen OF. But engi-
neering construction, according to ac-
tual contracts let, which are the only
reliable measurement, has exceeded so
far this year the corresponding con-
tracts of 1928 by 1891 ,200.0 900, or AZ
per cent. Contracts In the first quarter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
c. & o. Pamphlet Report.

The Chesapeake g. Ohio Railway Co.
has issued its pamphlet report for the
year ended December 81. 1928. Balance
sheet as of December 81, 1928, shows
total assets Of 1868 ,453, 655, against
1851, 393,21S at end of 1927; and profit
and loss surplus $97, 603,O51, compared
with $79,839 ,339. Current assets were
$31, 045 ,021 and current liabilities SIS
580.143, as compared with $3S,S70,217
and SIS, 7o0, 2s6. respectively, at close Of
previous year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Urge Stock Split-Up.

NEW YORK, April IL (R.-Directors
Of Gold Seal Electrical Co. Of New York
have recommended four-for-one split
up Of the common stock, to be voted on
by the stockholders at the annual meet
ing on April 20. The stockholders have
also been offered the right to subscribe
at $3.50 . share to 1898 common
shares on the basis of new share
for each 10 held. The stock split-up
would be made Immediately after is
suance Of the new shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
POTATO MARKET STEADY.

CHICAGO, April II (P) Omitted
States Department Of Agriculture). -
Potatoes Receipts, SO cars; on track.
80. new; 259 old: total United States
shipments, 637 cars; old stock trading
fair; market steady; Wisconsin, sacked,
round whites, 50a65: Minnesota and
North Dakota, sacked, round whites.
50a60; sacked, Red River Ohios, 60a70;
Idaho, sacked, russets, 1.45a1 65; new
stock, sacks, stronger: barrels dull;
Texas, sacked, Bliss Triumphs, 3.75a
400; mostly 400; Florida, barrels,
Spaulding Rose, 6.00a6.10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Firm Expansion Reported.

NEW YORK, April IL R.--Wall
Street anticipates early announcement
of the formation of an English sub
sidiary of American Can Co., to be
financed, 1t is understood, along the
line of the Ford Motor organization. A
block of stock of the English concern
would probably be sold in England and
the American company would receive
part Of the capitalization In exchange
for patents and organization services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, April II Cp).-Net in
come Of Nash Motors Co. for the quar-
ter ending February % was $4,118,870,
equal to $1.51 share. Net for the same
period last year was $2,604,378 or 95
cents a share.
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. and
subsidiaries reports net profit for the
first 1929 quarter of $325,301, equal to
80 cents on the common. Profit for the
same period a year ago was $l55929,
or IS share, on smaller capitalize
ton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
BUYS Straw Hat Firm.

BALTIMORE, April IL Especially -
Controlling interest in the Brigham
Hopkins Co, one Of the pioneer straw
hat manufacturers in the United states,
has been bought by Bronston Bros. q
Co. Of New York.
The arm of Brigham & Hopkins was
founded Il, 1875 by the late William T.
Brichan and Robert D. Hopkins and its
product has been sold in practically
every city In the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
COTTON IS STEADY
IN OPENING SALES
Liquidation Causes Early Setback
But Market Soon Raj
lies.
Nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated fteSS.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Cotton open
ed steady at decline of to IS points,
With active months selling about 10 to
- points net lower in the early trad
ing under liquidation. There was also
some local and Southern selling pro-
NOTED by q favorable weather map and
easier Liverpool cables
A private report estimating domestic
consumption for March at 626, 900 bales.
compared with 613,394 for February,
appeared to be somewhat under expec-
tations and might have figured In the
early decline, but the volume of offer
ings tapered of somewhat around
1877 for July and prices showed rail-
lies Of few points from the lowest
at the end of the first half hour.
Private cables said. there had been
London and local selling in Liverpool
on the better weather from the South
and that the turnover in cloth and
yarn was unimportant with stocks &C
cumulating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, April II R.--Butter-
Unsettled; receipts, 4,347 tubs; creamery
extras, 43A; standards, 1884: extra
firsts, 42Aa43A; firsts, 42a42la; Sec
onds, 4lE2.
Eggs-Unchanged; receipts, 3O,1ss
cases.
Poultry, alive-Easy; receipts, cars;
fowls, 32a34; broilers, 44a47; roosters,
%; turkeys, 80; ducks, 24a30; geese, 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

Read his own story: "On a recent 6OO-mile
trip l used FIVE quarts of a competitors oil.
Later with another oil used three quarts.
Then l decided to drain my oil and fill up
with Standard Motor Oil Heavy, and
Standard Gasoline. On the same trip under
the same running conditions, used only one
quart of oil. That proved to me the superior
quality of Standard Motor Oil. l do not
hesitate to tell my friends that it is the best
oil have ever used"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
an Firm Show Gain.

NEW YORK, April III tFl.--Eet IN
come Of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Cor
poration for 1923 was SIS .447,347. equal
after per cent preferred dividends to
$2.7O on the average number Of shares
outstanding during the year. This
compares With net income Of IS !, 0el,
IS oo cents q Snske, "a 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
DIRECTORS ELECTED

NEW YORK, April II GR.-Jackson
3 Reynolds, president Of the First Ma
land e. Dodge, q director of the Phelps
Dodge Corporation, have been elected
to the executive committee of the
Southern Pacific Railway to Ill the va
cancies caused by the deaths Of J.
Horace Harding and Ogden Mills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Treasury Interest and Payments.

NEW YORK, April II CP)-Treasury
interest payments on Liberty loans April
Is will total $l50,000, 900. OF this
amount. $52.000,000 will be payable at
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

Many new flying routes are to be
established "a Germany this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Profits in Good Oil

Trucking is keenly competitive business and
the profits from single trip may be the diff
ference between using cheap oil or good oil.
The difference between no repairs and day
to week of overhauling the motor.
Mr. Davidson, realizing this fact, proceeded
to find out for himself, in the most intelligent
fashion, just which oils do stand up on the
long, hard pulls in the Virginia hills, and
which oils cannot stand the gaff of hill-climb-
ing, long distance heavy hauling. Mr.. David
son wanted only the best.
After trying wide variety of different motor
oils, Mr.. Davidson finally narrowed his choice
down to three brands: Standard" and two
others made by well-known companies. There
seemed to be little or no choice as far as the
specifications of the oils went. A road test
alone would show up the difference, and this
MIR. Davidson proceeded to make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Safety First
is more
than being
Careful
Veteran Virginia trwckman
gives personal testimony
Cites need of good
high-quality oil

G. Mark Davidson of Lexington, Va, is some
thing more than veteran truckman and
substantial citizen of his community. He uses
his truck as road testing laboratory for
various kinds of lubricating oils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
so ENT0MBED
IN Mine BLAST
Oklahoma Explosion Cut
Off Means OF Escape.
BU United Press

Bp United Press
M'ALESTER, Okla, Dec. 17.-An
explosion ripped through the tun-
nels Of the Old Town coal mine
shortly before noon today, entomb-
ing several score miners. First re-
ports placed the number of en-
tombed men at sixty or sixty-five.
Death-dealing gas Immediately
seeped through the tunnels as rescue
squads, hastily organized from vol
unteers, penetrated the shafts in an
effort to learn the fate of the
miners, entombed a mile below the
surface.
The explosion cut off all means
of the miners escape, so far as could
be learned on first examinations.
ReScuers feared that fire and gas,
often the aftermath of an explo-
sion in deep mine such as the Old
Town, may be adding to the dangers
OF the entombed men if they escaped
death in the first blast.
Scores of relatives and friends of
the miners gathered around the
mouth of the shaft as news of the
explosion made itself known by a
deep-throated rumble from a mile
below the surface.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
COLD WAVE TO
SEND MERCURY
TO Low MARK
City Faces Prospect of
white Christmas With
Snow Prediction.
RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY
Temperatures to Reach 10
Degrees or Lower in
Short Time.

Prospect of white" Christmas
was enhanced today with the predic-
ton of cold wave sweeping down
on Indiana and Indianapolis from
northwestern United States and
Canada.
Rain early Wednesday should
change to snow, and temperatures
will fall rapidly, reaching 10 degrees
or lower by Wednesday night, j. H.
Arlington, meteorologist, forecast
today.
Shippers were warned that the
wave will extend to the Atlantic
Seaboard, and as far south as Kan
sas. Motorists were cautioned to
prepare against zero readings.
Snow f1urries Wednesday and
Thursday may blanket the ground
in north and central portions of the
state, Arlington said. Along the
Ohio river, where the mercury this
morning stood at go, fall to 20 de-
grees was forecast.
There will be no relief from the
wave for several days at least, &C
cording to information from the
United States weather bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
ATTACK SNOOK ECHO
Chester Thought Target in
Custodian's SIugging.

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 17.-Nelson
E. Hensel, assistant custodian at the
courthouse here, was Slugged by an
unidentified man today in the office
of County Prosecutor John j. Ches-
ter Jr.
Police believe the man thought he
was striking Chester, who prose-
cuted DR.. James Howard Shook,
former Ohio State university profess
sor, under sentence to die Friday
night for the murder of his coed
sweetheart, Theora Hix. Hensel
bears close resemblance to Chester
The man apparently hid in Ches-
ters Office late Monday, remaining
there all night, police said.
The slugging came on the eve Of
the. state supreme courts decision
as to whether it will admit DR..
Snook's case for review. If a review
is granted, the former professor will
be given another stay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
PROBE IN HAITI
GETS APPROVAL
Favorable Report Ordered
by House Group.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - The
house foreign affairs committee Or
dered a favorable report today on
the revised Porter resolution grant
ing the President authority to ap-
point a commission to investigate
conditions in Haiti.
A resolution for the same purpose
previously was reported by the COM
mittee but members of the rules
committee refused to give it right
of way in the house on the ground
it's wording was vague.
The new measure would authorize
appropriation of $4,000 to defray
expenses Of the commission, limit
it's membership to seven and require
a report within six months.
Leaders expect to bring it before
the house Wednesday and prompt
adoption is predicted. The President
requested authority to appoint the
commission in a special message to
congress last week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
Span 3,640-MiIe Stretch
Since Takeoff From
Spanish Coast.
BY CARLOS SPINOLA
United Press staff Correspondent

BAHIA. Dec. 1.-THE trans
Atlantic fight of Lieutenant Colonel
Tadeo Larre Borges and Captain
Leon Challe ended in a crash in the
Brazilian coastal forests which en-
tirely destroyed their airplane.
Challe was injured slightly when
the plane was forced down near
Santo Antonio. Larre Borges was
not injured.
Challe arrived at Santo Antonio
at $50 a. m. today G:50 a. m. east
ern standard time)
Larre Borges sent a telegram from
Santo Antonio to the Uruguyan
minister at Rio De Janeiro telling
him Of the accident.
After filing the telegram at 10
a. m, the Uruguayan aviator re-
turned to the wreck outside the
town.
First reports of the end of the
present flight came several hours
after the two fliers and their white
colored Breguet biplane had been
lOOG Ill UdI hIlCSo dllA GllEll duIO oCI
gone silent. With the radio, they
had kept in constant communica-
ton with shore since the start of
their fight, Sunday morning, at 1855
a. m. (E. S. T0 from TabIada aero
drome at Seville, Spain.
They had been reported regularly
as they followed the north African
coast past the scene Of Larre
Borges' previous failure and had
been sighted over the Cape Verde
islands early Monday.
The sudden rejoicing which had
followed the news that the fiers
had succeeded in spanning the At
lantic from Seville, Spain, was
dampened by the news of the injury
Of Larre BorgeS and his COM
panion.
The flight was the third success
full crossing of the south Atlantic
by a land plane, although it lacked
some distance of breaking any rec
ords for nonstop flying.
The distance from Seville to Natal
by way of the Cape Verde islands
is approximately 3,640 miles. Grant
ing that the f1iers were aloft some
time after passing over Natal during
the night, they covered an esti-
mated distance Of 3,705 miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
r. C. A. HEAD CHARGES
RADIO MEN LOBBYISTS
Asks That Protective Association Be
Investigated.

ASKS That Protective Association BE
Investigated.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-'Lob-
byists are responsible for the
charges that the Radio Corporation
of America is a monopoly" Manton
Davis, vice-president and attorney
of the company, charged before the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee today.
Davis said that Oswald F. Schu-
cite, executive secretary Of the
Radio Protective Association, who
has appeared before various con-
sressional committees demanding
prosecution of the Radio Corpora
ton, is a lobbyist"
Davis asked the committee to call
Schuette under oath and make him
disclose the names of each men,
ber of his organization and its
contributors, asserting that the Ra-
dio Protective Association is COM
posed of body of men seeking to
use without right the investigations
of others, thus raising a smoke
screen around their own wrong
doing"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
Three Missing at Session to
to Name Successor to
0uSted Chief.

Realignment of the three former
majority faction members Of the In
dianapolis school board was seen
today when Mrs. Lillian SedWick,
Louis Whiteman and Fred Kepner
failed to appear at the called meet
ing to select a successor to Charles
F. Miller, school superintendent,
ousted last week.
Although Charles w. Kern and
Theodore Vonnegut, minority mem
bers, waited until noon, none of the
three appeared.
ut looks to me as if Mrs. Sedwicl1
has brought the two within the fold
again an they are going to re-elect
Miller" Kern said.
Kepner and Whiteman bolted
from Mrs. Sedwick and joined Kern
and Vonnegut in ousting Miller.
Whiteman then sponsored the Sc
lection of Donald DuShane, Colum-
bus QndD school superintendent,
who refused the appointment.
Kern, as chairman, called meet
ing for today and had prepared a
resolution offering the post of acting
superintendent to c. c. Underwood,
director of elementary education.
UnderWood's contract as direc-
tor OF elementary education was
guaranteed by the resolution and
he would act as superintendent only
until Jan. /, when the three new
members of the board will take Of
flee. They are: Julian WetzeI, Rus
sell Wilson and Mrs. Maud Miller.
The resolution also declared Un-
derWood would be paid an amount
sufficient to bring his total salary
to $4,000, the pay of the superin-
tendent.
However, Kern was unable to con-
vene the meeting for want of a
quorum of three.
Mrs. Sedwick was the only dis
senting vote against the ousting of
Miller.
Rumors of a realignment have
been current for the last few days,
and it was asserted that the major
ity faction would appear today and
re-elect Miller.
Only Kern can call a meeting,
and the matter for discussion must
be stated in the notice, it was
pointed out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
ALGER'S PALS
BEGIN SERVING
5-YEAR Term
Charge Upon Their Arrival
at Reformatory They
Were Framed
HURL THREAT IN COURT
"We'I Get You," Youthful
GangSterS Tell Judge
Upon Sentencing.
be- Times Special

Ba Times Special
PENDLETON, Ind, Dec. 17.-De-
spite their vociferous protests that
they were double-crossed, and
threats against sheriff, state police
and a judge, Howard Mackey and
John Ross, Chicago gunner, today
began five-year terms in the state
reformatory here for possession of
firearms after a felony conviction.
They were sentenced by Circuit
Judge John r. Carney in Jennings
circuit court, Vernon, Tuesday
night, after they agreed to plead
guilty rather than face charges, ex-
treme sentences for which might be
twenty years. Prior to their decision
they asked a newspaper man and
Sheriff Wilbur BSniSter what SEN
tence the firearms charge carried
and were told one to five years.
Threaten Judge
When Judge Carney passed the
maximum sentence on them, both
shouted:
We've been double-crosSed If
We had machine gun we'd NOW
the lot of you down. Well never
stay in prison five years. Well
make a break the first chance we
get, and then Well get you plenty"
Sheriff Banister and a deputy
drove them from Vernon to the re-
formatory this morning, followed by
an automobile in which rode Carl
Losey and Harry Johnson, state po-
lice, armed with a submachine gun.
Taken in Columbus
On the return trip to Vernon,
Sheriff Banister was to stop at Co.
lumbus and take Mrs. Gene Alger
from there to the Jennings county
Jail, where her husband is con-
fined pending trial Dec. 26 on rob-
berry charges. The Algers are ac-
cused of robbing the Paris Crossing
State bank, Aug. Is.
Mrs. Alger. an expectant moth
er, was taken to Columbus because
of crowded conditions in Jennings,
Ripley and Scott county jailS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
COAL SUIT UNDER WAY
Breach of Contract Hearing Before
Judge Miner.

Damage suit of j. A. Schellenger,
coal mine operator, against the
William Schroluke Coal Company OF
Indianapolis, growing out of an al
legged breach of contract, for which
a $1,000 judgment against the Schro-
lucke company is asked, was being
tried today before Superior Judge
Joseph M. Miner.
The action charged that in April
1928, the Schroluiie company con-
tracted to buy $50 tons of coal a
day from the Schellenger company
and short time later contracted
for an additional weekly quantity
but failed to accept the coal in vio-
lation on the contract.
1t is said the coal was to be sold
to the Indianapolis Power and Light
Company by Schroluke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
MORROW is CANDIDATE
Ambassador Makes Formal Entry
Into Senatorial Race.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Am-
baSsador Dwight w Morrow for
mally announced his candidacy to-
day for the United States senate in
the New Jersey primaries next
June. He said he would accept ap-
pointment to the senate as soon as
his present public obligations are
discharged.
Morrow will be one of the Amer
ican delegates to the naval confer
ence, starting in London next
month. after which he will return
to Mexico. When he returns to
Washington, Senator Baird (Rep.,
N. j., appointed to fill the post va
Gated by the resignation of Walter
E. Edge to become ambassador to
France, will resign and Morrow will
be appointed to succeed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
DIES ON SEA VOYAGE
Noted Chicago Lawyer Had
Lived Abroad Long.

BN United Press
ROME, Dec. 1.-THE death while
on a sea trip Of Horace Sweeney
Oakley, Chicago lawyer, was an
nounced in the local newspapers.
Oakley, who has been a resident
of Fiesole, near Florence, died Sun
day, the advices said.
Horace Sweeney Oakley was SO
and unmarried. He was born at
Prescott, Wis, and was educated at
National university, Washington,
D. c., and the University of Michi-
gan. He was a member of the
Chicago Bar Association and ad-
mitted to practice before the United
States supreme court. He was
deputy commissioner of the Ameri-
can Red Cross to Greece in 1913
1919.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
LETTER MURDER CLEW
Anonymous Message Promises Aid
in Staying of Teacher.

BIZ Inifcd Press
ROCKFORD, Ill, Dec. 17.-An
anonymous twenty-page letter writ
ten to Captain Homer Of the police
department, from Battle Greek,
Mich. gave authorities the only new
material with which to work today
toward solution of the Cordelia E.
Gummersheimer murder mystery.
Police said the letter intimated
that the 35-year-old teacher was
beaten to death in her apartment
week ago Sunday by person of
low intelligence. The writer prom
ised to come here to aid in the hunt
for the slayer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
HURT IN CRASH
Minor Injuries Suffered After Early
Morning Collision.

Three persons injured in an auto
crash at Twelfth street and Cor
nell avenue early this morning were
taken to city hospital. Ira Golf, 48,
of 2349 Bellefontaine street, driver
of one car, suffered a broken collar
bone and head injuries; Clyde
Sezier, 35, Negro, 819 Locke street,
driver of the second car. was cut on
the head, and Miss Earline Cole,
81, Negro. 1855 Colorado avenue, was
cut and bruised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
QUESTION FARM BOARD
Grain Commission May Take Fight
Into United States Courts.

BIZ Inttqd pTf89
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia hint
that grain commission men may
take their fight against the federal
farm board into the courts and
question the constitutionality of the
farm relief act, was given to the
senate lobby investigating commit
tee by julius Barnes, head of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
Business men feel there Is q
serious question concerning the con-
stitutionality of the act" said
Barnes, but they have refrained
from raising it thus far because
they wanted to see the board work
out its policies"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-17
ANS-ATLANTIC HOP ENDS IN
DIVE INTO BRAZILIAN FOREST
Kills Younger Brother
Sister With Empty Gun

wood, when he heard a report
and found his father, Eugene
Wilbur, in the house, with his
brother, Daniel, 3, and sister,
Lulu, 6, dead on the floor.
Finally, police said, the youth
confessed that he pointed the
gun at the children to frighten
them. He had been mopping
the floor and they annoyed
him. When he ordered them
from the room they refused
and he snatched up one of his
fathers nine rifles. He said
he didn't know it was loaded.