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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Public Utilities

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 19.-March gross
of Consumers Power Co., a subsidiary OF
amounted to S2,2s4, 1913, compared with
s2,50l, $50 in March, 1928. Net after
taxes was s1,384,313, against 81 ,239 ,5O4.
Gross for the IL months ended Marc q,
81 amounted to $31, 436,85l. contrasted
with s27,57S,019 in the previous IL
months, and surplus after preferred div
idends was S7,419,243, compared with
$5,750,119.
Tennessee Electric Power Co, COM
nonwealth Power Corporation subsid-
larry, reports March gross OF $l,l1s,12I,
against $1,122, 292 In March, 1928, ana
net after taxes of $566.115, compared
with $527,7O7. Gross for the II months
ended March 81 totaled $13,626, III,
contrasted with S12,76U,388 IN the pre-
ceding IL months. and surplus after
preferred dividends was $2,l24,071,
against 81, 366,879.
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GREAT FAIR OPENS.

The Swiss legation reports that once
more the Swiss industries fair has
opened its gates in the old historical city
Of Basel. The Inauguration took place
under the leadership of the president
of the fair and the delegates of the
federal, state and local government
Moreover, a number Of conventions, ma
tional as well as international, are
scheduled to be held in that city dur
ing the fair, making Basel, for a period,
the center Of the commercial world In
Europe.
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COTTON Is STEADY
IN OPENING SALES
Market Is Apparently Improved
by Steadier Tone at
Liverpool.
by The Associated Press.

by The Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 19.--Cotton
opened steady today at an advance of
points to decline Of points. Some
selling was reported on favorable
view Of the weather map, but the mar
ket appeared to be more influenced by
the steadier showing of Liverpool and a
belief taht recent selling had improved
the technical position. Prices held
steady during the early trading. with
July selling up to 1859 and December
to 1880, or about 6 to 10 points net
higher. The market was quiet, but
within 2 or 8 points Of the best at
the end Of the first half hour.
Private cables said there had been
covering, trade calling and some re-
buying in the Liverpool market, but
added that cloth sales in Manchester
we're below production and that more
looms were becoming idle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
JAPANESE COUNSELOR
QUITS GOVERNMENT POST
Foreign Office Advisers Resigna-
ton Is Expected to Relieve Ten
sion Over Kellogg. Pact.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. ~. sa
TOXIC, April 19.-Etsujiro Uehara,
parliamentary counselor at the foreign
office, resigned his post with the gov
eminent today on his own initiative. !.
Although reasons were not assigned
for his action, it apparently was due to
an interview with him published in the
Japan Advertiser of April IA, in which
he attacked the privy councils oppo-
sition to ratification of the Kellogg pact
so long as it included the phrase "tn
the name of the people"
In the interview Uehara asserted: ut
is the council which is jeopardizing the
sovereign power of Japan and not the
premier" This was strongly resented
by the privy council.
It was feared the councils oppositi0p
which is both antf-governmenb 0nd
anti-treaty, might be increased IRE
sumably, however, the voluntary fesig-
nation viii ease matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
MAIL FRAUD CHARGED
TO PROMINENT WOMAN
Daughter of Late Iowa State SEN
ator, Postal Inspectors
BY the Associated Press.

SAN JOSE, Calf. April 19.-Miss
Elizabeth Murray. member Of pronni-
nent Iowa family, was arrested here
yesterday by Federal authorities on
charges of using the mails to defraud.
Postal inspectors said she was q daugh-
ter of the late State Senator Benjamin
F. Murray of Des Moines.
The woman was charged specifically
with mailing a letter in q scheme TO
defraud Mrs. Leila May Barnum OF
Amarillo, Tex. The indictment was
The inspectors said Miss Murray had
been arrested in Denver in connection
with an alleged land fraud In Tampa.
Fla. She was taken TO San Francisco
last night. to be held for removal 70
Fort Worth after extradition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
POTATO MARKET STEADY.

CHICAGO, April 10 Up Omitted
States Department Of Agriculture) -
Potatoes-Receipts, "a cars; on track,
Z new; 165 old; total U. s. shipments,
963 cars; new stock, market steady;
few sales; Texas, sacked Bliss Triumphs,
ordinary quality, 4.40; old stock, trading
fair, market steady; Wisconsin sacked
round whites, 65a85; few shade higher;
Idaho, sacked Russets, 1.70a190.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Kresge's Net OFF.

The S. S. Kresge Co. for the quarter
ended on March 81 shows net in
come Of $3,177,981 after estimated Fed
eraI taxes, equivalent, after z per cent
preferred dividend requirements, to 81
cents a share earned on 5,517,929
shares of common stock. This compares
with 50 ,279, or 70 cents share on
3,678,620 common shares in the first
quarter of 1928.
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CANDY FIRM SOLD.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, April 10
R).-The j. NJ. Collins & Co. of Mime
apolis, candy manufacturers, has been
sold to Peter Paul, Inc, Delaware
corporation, formed as a holding COM
pany for three firms figuring in q
merger The price was reported to be
more than 81 100000
Winters & Co., Philadelphia, and
Peter Paul, Inc, Naugatuck, Conn.,, are
the other companies in the merger.
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PARIS RouRsE PRICES.

PARIS, April 10 CP.--Prices were
easy on the Bourse today. Three per
cent rentes. 70 francs IS confines.
Five per cent loan, 90 francs 65 CEN
times. Exchange on London, 1914 francs
25h centimes. The dollar was quoted
at IS francs 60h centimes.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, April 10 1P).-Butter, I'M
changed; receipts, 1856 tubs; eggs,
higher: receipts, 389 cases; extra
firsts, 27iaa28; firsts, 261aa27; ordinary
1irsts, 25a26: storage packed firsts, 281I5;
storage packed extras, 20.
Poultry--Alive, steady; receipts, 4
cars; fowls. 31a32: broilers, 44a47;
ROSTERS, 211s; turkeys, 80: ducks, 24a
80; geese, 10.
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FARM WAGES STEADY.

Wages paid by Maryland farmers to
all classes OF farm labor showed little
i, 1929. Monthly wage rates were re-
ported to be about per cent lower than
last year, while wages per day were
approximately the same as . year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
STEEL MILLS ACTIVE.

NEW YORK, April 10 C). Reports
to Wall Street from the youngstown
steel area say that Midwestern trade
continues heavy, except In the lap
welded steel pipe department. Little inn
provement is expected for this division
in the next few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Radio Orders Large.

NEW YORK, April 10 tp).--zenith
Radio Corporation Of Chicago an
nounces that advance orders from dis
tributors total $22,000,000. The COM
pany has acquired new plant, ada
cent to its present factories, In which
It Is to build its own cabinets.
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Modern improvements.

Al butchers shop at Plnner. England,
built III 1907, and during all that time
used as b butcher shop, has been re-
Gently transformed into q beauty parlor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

OF his weight, but blatantly seeks to
participate in the receptions and honors
being accorded to them by their own
country.
The fospitable French do not enjoy
handing cut snubs. The crew of the
yellow Bird announced that inasmuch
as America was so kind to them in
their preparations for the take-off
they felt inclined to help the youth.
To Americans, however. the spectacle Of
a citizen of the United States commit
ting the grave breach that the stow
away apparently glories in is something
for which an apology should be made.
Parisians have put UP with many diff
ferent types of Americans from time
immemorial. the kind who are loud and
boisterous, the kind who are drunk and
disorderly and the kind who vulgarly
pirate Of their wealth, but probably
never before have they had the expert
ence of feeling compelled to be kind
to q man who deliberately endangered
their countrymen's lives and who COM
placently remarks that I'VE" had good
crossing.
Col Charles Lindbersh did much to
promote Anglo-French understanding
and amity. The stowaway bids fair to
undo it. Money could not be better
spent by the United States Government
than to buy him steerage ticket for
home without further delay.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

rent" but it flashes just the same.
The amount Of light which one fire.
fly can give of Is tremendous, when
cohtrasted with the size of the creature,
If an insect may be called such, and we
think it can.
A single FREELY, in a. glass jar, can
give off more light, in proportion to his
size, than one of the latest type cleo
trio street lamps. No doubt a precise
measurement of his illumination would
show 1t to be very small, but not jot
of 1t is wasted. It is all light, and 1t
can be seen for yards.
4 4
Picture handsome Bozo FREELY
flashing signals to little Miss Pyropho-
rus as he goes by In the Summer night.
"Oh, what q beautiful light" she
exclaims to herself Never In all my
travels from tropical America have I
seen prettier one"
Click Clichl
Her dainty signals in reply possess
great appeal. Bozo Firefy slows up,
circles in the air and comes back again.
Once more he dazzles Miss Pyropho-
rus but just as she flies over to strike
up an acquaintance, large creature on
two legs looms in the cleaning.
1t is little jamie Murdoch years
old, regarded by her parents as fragile
child, but by the firefiies as perfect
monster in comparison with themselves.
There Is swish, and the gigantic
right hand Of jamie closes over poor
little Miss Pyrophorus just as she Is
about to fash "Hello" to big BoZo
FREELY.
The romance is over.
In vain does she dash against the
sides Of the fruit jar In which jamie
imprisons her; In vain she lights
herself.
Her fat cells work overtime, try to
lure Bozo tosher rescue, but little Janis
Murdoch and a quart Mason jar were
not included in the wide scope of beetle
knowledge.
The forefathers of the Coleoptera, or
true beetles mot the false ones, which
have no particular standing, never
heard Of JAMIE, nor of glass, nor of the
Unsuitable wishes of humanity, which
reach out after all sorts Of sensations.
How could the wise Of this great
genus know that even the young Of the
human species we're never satisfied, but
wanted everything that glowed, that
cleaned, whether il was beneath the
earth or on the earth or in the air
above the earth?
Every small child reaches out for the
moon, so that it is no wonder that 1t
catches f1refiies at later age, for fire.
flies are flying bits of the moon, bring
ing her inscrutable, cold light to earth,
where 1t may be imprisoned in Jars.
Perhaps some scientist has found out
just how many flashes there are In a
given freely. 1t would all depend upon
how well fed the individual specimen
was, and how many fireflies Of the
opposite sex were around, OF course.
Firef1ies are at their prettiest, not
in JAMES jar, as JAMIE thinks, but fly
best.
Then they present one of the most
familiar but one of the most charming
sights imaginable, as they drape the
home yard with moving japanese Ian
terms such as fairies might use in their
dreams
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Hard Money Still
Favored E'Out West
From the Seattle Daily Times.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
In commenting upon the new paper
currency which the Treasury Depart
ment shortly will issue, the New York
Evening Post says that the smaller
sized bills may even wean the citizens
Of the Pacific Slope from their fondness
for the clumsy silver cartwheels."
artistic bills and to admit their superb
GRITTY over the old-style money, but 1t
will never give up the Iron men," In
keeping its silver dollars the West is
not unpatriotic. AS matter Of fact, 1t
is helping the Federal Government to
economize,. since the upkeep of metal
money costs less than that OF paper
currency.
Some years ago the Treasury De-
partment passed out several million sill
yer dollars to see If the East would
accept them. The experiment was a
total failure and within week or two
the new shiny dollars were back in the
vaults of the Government. The East
was firmly attached to its paper money
and would not listen to the plea that
millions could be saved by using the
durable silver coins.
The fondness of the West for hard
money" goes back to pioneer days. In
the bonanza camps gold dust was the
medium of exchange, but 1t was not
long before minted money came into
use. And the West held to its liking
for gold and silver coins long after the
East became attached to the paper
dollars.
The reason for the smaller-sized cur
rency, which will be distributed about
July /, is the economy in expensive
paper. Experiments have shown that
paper money deteriorates rapidly from
being smeared with grease and gasoline
at filling stations and garages. OBJ
viously we can save on paper If the
bills are smaller. For a short time we
shall have two sizes, but soon the old
currency will find its way into the re-
demption agency of the Government.
However, so far as the West is con-
cerned. there will be no falling of in
the popularity of the silver cartwheel.
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A Blatant American.

Reports from Paris tell Of the richly
deserved honors which are being show
cred upon Jean Assolant, Rene Lefevre
and Armeno Lotti jr., the three intrepid
aviators who were the first Frenchmen
in a French plane to span the Atlantic,
but they likewise relate the activities
Of that incongruous figure, the stow
away, an American, unfortunately, who
put the gallant flyers into the very jaws
of death by his presence on board the
Yellow Bird. The flight of the giant
Bernard plane was conceived by
Frenchmen, was financed by French
men and three years we're spent in
preparation for the sporting venture by
Frenchmen. Yet an American not only
had the supreme gall to sneak aboard
their plane, thereby endangering the
lives of all and definitely making Of
the trip failure because of the addi-
tionAl gasoline consumption on account
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

whether to continue the discussion in
open session or with closed doors. A
vote taken In executive session will not
become available, but individual sena-
tors may make public their own votes
If newspapers have been able to pry the
lid of votes in executive session under
the old rule, the chances are that they
will more facilely repeat the process
under rule which removes the penalty
from laxative members.
The new rule does not go as far as
Senator Jones original proposal nor the
resolution offered by the conservative
rules committee But as It required a
two-thirds vote yesterday to change the
rule. and now leaves to majority vote
the decision on open or closed session,
the chances are that the Senate will
court more publicity in the future than
II has In the past while newspaper re-
porters will run less risk of mourning
senatorial wrath by reporting the public
views of public men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

when children see the firef1ies fash
ing In the Summer night they little
think that such luminosity is the call
Of mate to mate.
such. however, is the case, another
instance Of Natures striking adapta-
tions. What pleases the children is
done by Nature for her eminently prac-
teal ends.
Firefiies belong to the great beetle
family, the Coleoptera, which includes
the sacred beetle Of Egypt, and thou
sands of others.
1t is said that some kind of beetle
can thrive any place on the earths
surface One beetle lives in and on one
sort Of plant, and another in another,
so that human scientists are kept busy
combating them.
If a showdown ever comes in the
worldwide war between the insects and
man. one of the major divisions to be
overcome will beNthat of the Coleoptera.
No doubt the click beetles (Py-
rophorus), commonly called firef1ies, will
be spared, largely on account Of the
pleasure they give to mankind through
their luminous activities.
What would Summer evening be
without the bright sparks showing here
and there, now here, now over there?
Little children run after them with
X,
them in their chubby hands, determined
to imprison them In bottles, so that
they may watch them flash their fire.
Firef1ies may be regarded as an ideal
children's insect.
They cannot bite, they are clean cat
least to all outward appearance), and
possess no unpleasant characteristics.
The genus Pyrophorus contains about
90 species, Jumped off in tropical
America, their native haunts, as "cu-
cujos." 1t is said that down there they
are put in cages, and are worn as per-
sonal adornments.
The freely is unknown in the
Eastern Hemisphere. although the well
known glowworn often is called, al
Both male and female fref1ies
emit light. Even the eggs are lumi-
nous. Those who have made a special
study of f1refiies declare that the
luminous organs consist OF layers of
cells which may be regarded as spe-
cialized portion of the fat-body"
If this doesn't make it clear, we
quote from the article in the Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, 1.-The luminosity is
due to the influence of an engine in
the cells of the organ upon a special
Now we are sure that you know all
about 1t, Just what makes the FREELY
fash, and how! The interesting thing
about this insect to the homeowner is
not how he does 1t, but that he does do
1t at all.
And especially that he does it so well.
His light is the despair of scientists,
being Of the cold" type, which wastes
no Elimination in heat.
Man has been able to make some
very fine lights for himself, but the
best of them is considered extremely
wasteful from the scientific standpoint
Of 100 per cent utility Of materials in
volved.
A freely can Guido Edison any night
in the week, when 1t comes to giving
of light without waste. Its little light
machine is wonder. in its way. 1t
has no glass bulb, no wires, no cur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Believe Talking Movies
Will Reduce Production

From the Toronto Daily Star Canada.
Richard BarthelmesS believes the
coming of the "talkies" will cause pro-
ducing organizations to turn out fewer
pictures dozen year instead of a
hundred. Perhaps half dozen year
would be better still.
The arrival of the talking picture
for it has arrived. although it will
undergo a great deal of improvement
compels the moving picture industry to
set Itself new standards. 1t was high
time that, from some source, the COM
pulslon should come. 1t was fatally
easy for producers TO turn out new"
pictures in rapid succession, most of
them echoes and limitations of each
other, with but the shred of an idea
in each as justification for produc-
ing it. But 1t is now perceived that
while a half baked idea may not be
too silly to look at, 1t may be quite too
silly to listen to. The eye may see
much and look on with indifference,
but the ear is a door to mans under
standing and his reason is on guard
there. 1t will not admit rubbish-not
too much of 1t too constantly. man
may see an incredible picture and not
feel that his intelligence Is being
affronted, but If he is trapped into
listening 10 mcredlDle things ne Will
resent it. Sight is a sense that projects
itself to exterior objects; hearing is the
reverse Of this in its operations, its
function being to bring everything in to
the core of ones personal consciousness.
A man may see. and be unconcerned;
but II you make him listen it is of con-
Germ to him what 1t is that he is made
TO listen to. He will feel that he has
rights and will insist on them.
The movie industry is we'll aware that
its easy days are ended, and it will from
now on have a critical world to deal
with. A pleasing appearance will no
longer be ample equipment for success
on the screen; the actor or actress
must possess some of the culture and
training necessary in legitimate drama.
Mr.. st. John IRVINE writing in the
London Spectator says: mo one who
frequents moving pictures even rarely
can fail to be struck by the extraordi-
nary disparity between the quality of
the picture as piece of mechanics
and It's quality as piece of entertain
ment. A magnificent apparatus is en-
ployed for the production of puerile
stories" This truth must have i'm
pressed nearly everybody at some time
or other-how everything is subordi-
mated to the wonderful mechanics of
camera and screen. 1t Is probable that
the latest development in the movies
will require and call for the services of
the greatest dramatists and actors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

Keen national interest in the new
paper money, soon to be circulated, is
apparent.
waiting anxiously for the arrival of
the new, the st. Louis Globe Democrat
finds reason for concern In the fact
that the old money Is gathering Nth
because 1t is not being renewed. ut
takes very little imagination" according
to that paper. ito sense the menace of
infection that is borne on the wings of
the paper money that for so many
months has been passing from hand to
hand. from sources of filth and disease
and infection into homes and Offices and
pockets Of spotless cleanliness. This
situation is present because currency
reissue has practically stopped and We
are handling our one -dollar, flve-dollar
and twenty dollar bills, and even larger
ones, over and over. Nothing can
be done about the matter, other than
the exercise OF care in handling bills
that come to u.s."
1.-THE new bills are destined for popular
demand says the Charlotte Observer,
land when the public understands the
situation the old bills may be subjected
to rougher treatment than ordinarily,
that their period Of usefulness shall be
shortened, to facilitate withdrawal"
The Scranton Times remarks that
Willie, DIS UldbOtI % CUuISE, bI1eIc Will
be more or less general circulation of
the present currency for number of
years, it Is expected that most of the
old currency will be withdrawn in the
course of year or two. It will be re-
called that for many years after the
Government stopped minting two-cent
pieces and half-dimes, many of these
coins were in general use. Today they
are seldom seen excepting In collec-
tors display"
with red, green. brown, blue and
yellow as the color scheme for ones
'wad.' money will talk louder than ever"
remarks the Chattanooga News, while
the Norfolk virginian-P Pilot speaking of
the saving in material represented by
the smaller currency, states that "one
Is less impressed by the paper saving
point than by the fact that the new
bills will represent an esthetic improve
ment over the old, will be better pro-
portioned and more beautiful in design.
Some of the newer issues Of the French
government have shown what can be
done by way of combining legal tender
with art. In American practice the
two have been oftener divorced than
joined"
"The backs of the bills" explains the
Columbia Record, twill be printed uni
forr1ly In green and the faces in black,
while the Treasury seals and serial num-
bers are blue, red, yellow, green and
brown. Consequently the new money
will be stylish and it is said to be more
durable than the currency which has
been in use in the past"
This being republic, we cannot be-
stow orders Of nobility on famous men, y
says the Spokane Spokesman Review,
but we can print their pictures on