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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
COTTON is STEADY
IN OPENING SALES
Selling Movement Follows Early
Advance-Buyers Cautious
at Liverpool.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 27.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance Of
to IL points, with active months SELL
ing IL to IA points above Saturdays
closing quotations during the early
trading. Reports or rains in the South
over the week end with prospects for
showers, seemed responsible for the
buying which sent prices up to 1870
for July and 1872 for October. The
advance was checked by realizing at
these figures, however. and the market
showed reactions of 3 to points at
the end of the first half hour.
Private cables reported covering and
continental buying in Liverpool on the
rani news from the South and said
there was a moderate turnover in cot
ton cloths and yarns but that buyers
were cautious.
The advance extended to 1874 for
December contracts later in the morn
ming, with active months generally
on the official forecasts for showers in
the belt and complaints of too much
rain in the Southwest. Realizing be-
came more active at the higher figures,
however, and the market at midday
showed reactions of or 6 points from
the best.
A private report was published esti-
mating the increase in acreage at SO
per cent but said that 80 per cent of
correspondents report initial weevu in
festation compared with IS per cent
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27

This country bought in the past year
about one-third of all products exported
by Costa Rica.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, May q (P}.-Butter
lower: receipts, 1851 tubs; creamery,
extras, 4112; standards, 4l12; extra
firsts, 40laa41; firsts, 3sha4o. Eggs
lower; receipts, 52,292 cases; extra
firsts. 30a30l2; firsts, 2912; ordinary
firsts 28a29; storage packed flrsts,
3IIa; storage packed extras, 1874.
Poultry. alive-Steady; receipts 6
cars; fowls, 30a33; brollers. 36a44;
IS; Spring ducks. 80, geese. is,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
AUTO ACCESSORIES GAIN.

NEW YORK, May 81 Especially -
Published profits of % manufacturers
of automobile parts and accessories for
the first quarter of the current year
show an increase of OLAF per cent when
compared with those for the CORE
spending quarter of 1928. Every COM
pany reported an increase also for the
first quarter in each year.
Earnings in tabular form. as compiled
by Ernst & Ernst, accountants, follow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27

The English Theater of German Ac-
tors" in Berlin is giving one-act matt
nees this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
GRAIN.

OTTAWA. Characterization grai
exports for April compared with Apr
last year were: Wheat, 1879 28 bushe'
against 8,360.901 bushels; wheat flou
720,050 barrels against 609,307 barrels
barley. 640,743 bushels against 53,72
bushels:s oats, 382,217 bushels again
150,859 bushels; rye, 1924 bushe.
against 1888 bushels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
IINIRER.

CHICAGO.-Hardwood flooring reta'
prices are being revised upward. Fir
grade plain white oak flooring is sellir
at sos per 1000 feet. Maple foorin,
is I'D So to SO a thousand feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
OIL.

NEW ORLEANS-A further advan~
in price of gasoline is expected. Tt
Shreveport. La, price of crude oil !
North Louisiana and Arkansas has be-
raised 10 to A cents q barrel by til
Standard Oil Co. The price Of gasolin
has been raised IL cents a gallo
making the filling station price 21j
cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27

s15,as766O ss,2s7,346
Percentage increase OLAF.
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xd-Ex- dividend.
wi-When issued.
New.
ww--With warrants.
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Commodity Notes
STEEL.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. May 81
Sales of 10000 tons of basic pig ire
have been made in the Mahoning va
ley at prices of $3.50 a ton, whiC
ported. An alliance consumer took sec
tons.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
SAILOR s v | F {
ASKS DECREE

Although he did not have a wife
in every port, according to the sal
lors' traditions, Frederick MetZeu.
huber, a sailor in the Navy, had lots
of sweethearts, according to the peti.
tion OF his wife. Mrs. Grace Sally
Metzenhuber, 800 block D St. 8. E.,
for an absolute divorce, filed in
Equity Court. today.
Through Attorney Dora Palkin,
the wife tells the court that her hus-
band recently surprised her by de-
parting suddenly from their home,
telling her that he was ordered to
report to his ship. She says he did
not go to the ship, but instead spent
the evening in company with the CO
respondent named in the petition.
Although he is stationed in Dahl
green, Va, and his duties are such
that he might easily spend his week
ends at home, he seldom comes home
for weei.ends and is frequently seen
in the company Of other women, she
complains.
The couple were married August
s, 1921, and have no children.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
MISSION NJ { { |
LAUDS YOUTH

+ Young America will apparently
have no patience with denomina.
tionalism, Mrs. H. r. Steele, of
Nashville. Tenn, an officer Of the
Womar's Missionary Council, told
the assembled delegates of the courl.
.cil of the Methodist Church today.
she secuted the theory that young
people of today were getting away
from. religion.
She declared that the youngsters
were just as good as those of any
other day and age. They are just
different she added, "and they are
different because they are In diff.
ferent environment"
Miss Estelle Haskin. secretary Of
literature for the board of missions
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, told Of the work done by the
official church publications and of
widespread circulation throughout
hte whole world.
Rural women are seeking to inn
prove rural life and conditions. Mrs,
w. A.. Newell, of Gastonia, n. c.,
told the council. She said that a
campaign for the improvement OF
facilities for negro education during
the coming year was being started.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
GROUND
VALUE FIXED

The condemnation commission ap-
pointed by Justice Jennings Bailey
TO appraise the value of the Pat
terson tract on New York Avenue
Northeast, adjoining the circus
grounds, formerly the site of Camp
Meigs, has fixed the value OF the
property at $780, 900, according to
the recommendation filed with the
court today.
The area sought to be condemned
comprises AZ acres and is to be
used in the development OF the park
and Fairgrounds extension plans
under the National Park and Plan.
ming Commission. The conden1na4
ton commission has been hearing
testimony on the value Of the
property for several months. The
Florida Avenue frontage of the
property ID not included in the
project. :.
The commission was composed OF
Charles A. Baker, Thomas M. Har.
vey and David j. kaufman. The
Government was represented by
special Assistant Attorneys General
Henry H. Classic and A. Leftwich
Sinclair, while Attorneys william
G. johnson and Joseph I. Weller
appeared for the owner.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
SPY
DEATH, CLAIM

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star witnesses for the prosecution in
the trials of the alleged slayers. 4
About a dozen other colored men
arrested since the double Staying
have been released.
The two informers, Clarence Har-
vey and Edward Smith. both of the
200 block v st. N. w, were shot
and killed after their slayers are
said to have failed in an effort to
locate r, j. Barrett, a Fourth pre-.
cinct detective. alleged to have been
marked for death.
Has Fortunate Escape
Barrett escaped being shot be.
cause he was at the bedside Of his
wife in Providence Hospital. Mrs.
Barrett had just given birth to q
daughter.
The shootings are said to have
grown out of a1tagonism aroused
by information given police on the
location of numerous lottery games.
as well as the identity Of bootleg
gers. @
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
AID
TAX REFORM
lContInued from T.Rst 10

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is highly unjust to the professional
man.. he said.
II think this movement d enc Of
the finest things the Hearst papers
have ever undertaken
Similar studies. OF the movement
are being made by the District Bar
Association and tho District Medical
Society following statements by
leaders Of these organiRat tions, prais4
ing the, motives of the movement.
Sign The Petition
The rank and file 81 taxpayers,
without regard to Organization af-
filiations, have not BEEN slow TO lend
their aid to the cause. Signed peti.
tions, asking Congress TO authorize
a more equitable tax adjustment for
the men who earn their living, are
beginning to pour into the office
OF the income tax editor of The
Times.
4 Blank petitions, with ample space
for the signatures OF yourse1f and
your friends. are printed daily in
The washington Times. Sign one
of these and have Your friends sign.
Then mail the petition to the In
come Tax Editor.
Only by this means can Congress
know that sentiment is strongly
organized among the working people
for a reduction in the tax rate. This
Is a movement intended to help the
man who earns his income, as SON
trasted to the man whose income Is
derived from property. Sign that
peutton tooAyi -HzL--.ll-----
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Flier Breaks Propeller
After Landing in
Soft Spot

Landing in a soft spot" may
be all right for others. but for
aviators It's anything but all
right.
When L. r. stuyvesant. Of the
1900 block OF Eighteenth st.
N. W., brought down his Avro.
Avian airplane at Hoover Field
yesterday he made, q perfect
landing. The plane TAXED about
is feet when the tail suddenly
rose and the nose buried itself
in the earth.
Stuyvesant was uninjured.
Damage to the plane was slight,
consisting Of a broken. propeller
and landing gear. 1t is believed
by stuyvesant that maybe the
tail skid strnck . bump on the
field and sent sths nose downs
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
WE'D,
HIS DIVORCE
SUIT REPLY

EtheIbert 3. Frey, attorney with
offices in the international builo'
irig. who was recently sued tor
limited divorce and allmony by MS
second wife. Mrs. Margaret Frey,
answered his wife's suit today with
q declaration that he IL not legally
married to her.
Frey admits IN his answer that
he told his wife the marriage was
not legal because his first wife had
obtained decree Of absolute divorce
against him and that under District
Of Columbia law he could not re.
marry.
Mrs. Frey had sued her lawyer.
husband on grounds OF extreme
cruelty and failure TO provide. She
charged numerous assaults.
Frey says that he told his wife
before their marriage of the fact
chat he could not legally remarry,
and has attached to his answer an
agreement which he declares she
signed wherein she agreed TO leave
him II they found that they
could not live together anicably.
The wife also agreed to work out
side the home Il 1t became neces-
In her suit, Mrs. Frey declares
that she was forced to obtain re-
munerative employment while hV.
Ing with her husband, but that he
refused 10 allow her to use his
name while working, and refused
to allow her to work in an Of
flee.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Merchants Complaints
Bring Traffic Changes

Two changes in the traffic regt.
latfons were ordered by the Dis.
trict Commissioners today. The
changes provide that Seventeenth
Street, from l. to M Streets North.
west, be placed in the 2-hour park
ing zone from 8 a. m. to 6 b. M,
and that 1-hour parking be allowed
I'm Connecticut Avenue from North
ampton to Livingston Streets North
west, between the same hours.
The Commissioners ordered the
changes when Traffic Director Wil-
liam H. HarIand reported that he
had received numerous complaints
from business men that automobiles
parked all day In front of their
establishments. and interfefed with
their business.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

AirpIane Safety Slot
Rights Purchased
BY America

The American. Government, has
bought the rights to the Handley
Page safety slot" for alrplanes,
1T was learned today.
The 'tslot," an auxiliary auto.
matte aelron. has proved in tests
that is is almost impossible to
spin a ship with them installed,
naval officers declared today. It
Is from spins" and stalls" that
most Of the fatal accidents result,
It was pointed out.
The "sslots'' work by air pres
sure. that is. when the plane
goes into a stall, lack Of air pres
sure on the wing allows aspiring
to open the "siot," which serves
as a small wing in such a position
as to right the machine.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Child Badly Bitten By
Six Dogs in
Baltimore

BALTIMORE. March 15--A pack
Of six mongrei dogs that swept
out house when the door was
opened yesterday attacked Grace
Thomas. four. who was sitting on
the steps, and seriously injured
her.
The animals rolled the girl
across the sidewalk and bit and
snapped at her for fully 5 minutes
before they were beaten off by
their mistress, a neighbor woman
and life insurance collector. The
collector was bitten on the hand.
The little girl was bitten and
cut on the legs, arms and body.
She suffered seriously from the
loss of blood, and at the hospital
where she was taken 1t was said
her condition is critical.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
NOTED WOMAN
DIES HERE
-Tsnss staff Photo

Heart disease caused the death
in the Arlington Hotel today OF Mrs.
Grace Rhys. 50, of London. The
woman died before physician could
be summoned.
Mrs. Rhys was the wife of Ernst
Rhys, an English lecturer, who
motored to Washington yesterday
from Baltimore where he spoke at
Johns Hopkins University. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rhys and their daughter were
making an extended tour OF the
United states.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Armstrong Nominated
For Board of Utilities

Kenneth F. Armstrong was nom
mated for q vacancy on the Public
Utilities Commission by the Wash.
ington Chapter OF the American
Association OF Engineers at the
body's meeting last night at the
Playhouse. 1914 N st. N. w.
After hearing an explanation Of
the Hare system of proportional
election by DR.. Morton c. Lloyd
the body recommended its adoption
by the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations in its election Of the
citizens advisory council.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
HOOVER DROPS
TWO COOLIDGE
POLICIES
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Continued from First Page)
days executive order, providing
for publicity concerning big tax re.
funds and abatements by the Treas.
tiry.
Congress has been alternately
grumbling and roaring over the
secrecy of these refunds for several
years. In the past eight years
they have amounted to more than
So, 600, ,000. 900. Congress has, grudg-.
ingly authorized them without
knowing any of the reasons or
proceedings under which they were
awarded. The Treasury simply
sent the figures to Congress and
Congress acted. though not with.
out roaring about it.
Under the new order, Treasury
officials are to prepare and make
public the reasons proceedings,
and facts underlying al tax refunds
and abatements in excess Of $4,000.
This Is q complete reversal Of the
Treasury policy an hitherto estab.
liahed by Secretary Mellon and
supported by Presidents Harding
and Coolidge. And Il was all the
more surprising because Secretary
Mellon himself proposed it. At least
q letter was made public to that
effect. He has hitherto, stoutly
maintained the position that all tax
business concerns only the Treas,
ury and the taxpayer. and that it
Is none Of the business Of anybody
else. The files OF the Ways and
Meana Committee contain numel.
Gus communications from Secretary
Mellon to that general effect.
Evidently, President Hoover held
contrary views. The Executive or.
der yesterday was the result.
1t goes long way toward meet.
ing the agitation In Congress for
complete publicity concerning all
Federal taxes. Congress once voted
this. but later repealed it.. 1t is
now considered improbable that the
fight for income tax publicity will
be renewed In any serious way.
Lesser ReVersals
The oil and tax matters repre-.
sent two ma jor reversals of Cool
idge policies in the first fortnight
of the new Administration.
There are others of lesser impor-
tance. but nevertheless significant
of the trend OF the new regime.
President Hoover has taken up
prohibition and law enforcement
evils with expedition and firmness.
Within 80 days he will announce
the personnel of a factfinding
commission to so into the situa.
| tion.
The white House press confer
ences, which means the methods OF
White House publicity, have been
completely reversed. Presidential
| handshaking en- masse has been
| drastically curtailed. and may be
| eventually discontinued altogether.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
New York Society Woman
Gets $4,000 for Injury

NEW YORK, March is u.N.S).--
Mrs. Mary e. Bishop today was
again in possession of tidy sum
of money.
Mrs. Bishop. who once owned a
box in the diamond horseshoe of the
Metropolitan Opera House and who
later became impoverished. was
awarded $2O, ,0e0 yesterday In her
suit for S1O0,O for the loss Of an
eye, A.. ...l....... a.fGIi.i
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
HENRY FLURY TO TALK

"John B. Watson and BEHAVIOR
istic Psychology" will be the sub
ject of an address by Henry Flury,
biologist and writer before the
washington Open Forum. in the
500 block of I st. n. W.. Sunday
afternoon at . o'clock. The public
il invited. No admission charge IL
made.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Plan HUNT FOR
ATTACKER Of
WOMAN

Further plans for the conduct Of
the hunt for the colored attacker OF
Mrs. Clara Millar, 32-year.old Tas
koina Park housewife, will be dis
cuSsed and formulated at a scheduled
conference called by Mayor Ben q.
Davis of Takoma Park, Nd.
Sitting in at the conference win be
Irvine Ware, chairman OF the police
and fire board; Police Chief Il. A.
CutsllaW and Martin Iverson. assist
ant fire chief and city council mem.
bef.. The time and place Of the con-
ference has not yet been announced.
chieE CutshRw is engaged in.
running down information reaching
him As to the identity Of the
attaeker. He is firmly convinced,
he said, that the colored man re-
sponsible for the attack il thor
oukhly familiar with the community
and many OF it's residents. It IL
believed that the $500 reward Of.
fered for the capture Of the at
tacker viii be increased.
A colored man picked up by
police OF the Eleventh precinct last
night on an automobile theft
charge, fitted the description broad.
cast and he was Immediately taken
to the wotnan's bedside in the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park.
Mrs. Millar, her body a mass Of
black and blue spots, her eyes
bIackened ami her forehead lace
| rated and in a serious condition,
suffering from shock. took a firm
grip on her tattered nerves and
viewed the colored man when he
was brought lefore her.
| The Wrong Man
The ordeal was too much, how.
Iever, and she broke completely
down, but she did tell Louis Cut
shaw, chief OF Takoma police, that
| the man was not the one who had
| attacked her.
Another man being held awaiting
| the time when Mrs. Millar's condition
win permit his appearance before
her IL Howard Thorton, colored, 1S,
OF the 1900 block Twelfth sPl. n. w.
He, with his brother Edward, was
picked lrp on the Baltimore pike
at Berwyn and lodged in the Silver
Spring Substation, Chief Cutshaw
told reporters the man fits very
closely the description OF the as
sailant.
ID. G. Police Deputized
Cutshaw today intends to run
down several leads that have come
TO his attention with the last few
hours, he said. The very nature
OF the crime and the audacity with
which it was carried out makes
him believe the colored man re-
sponsible is thoroughly familiar
with the community and the habits
OF many of it's residents.
Threats OF a lynching were met
by the Maryland authorities. who
deputized four Washington detec-
tives, Capt. G. p. Lord, Of the
Thirteenth precinct, and IL OF his
policemen. Many OF the armed
posse also have been sworn in as
special deputies.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Elsie Janis Improving,
Is Report From Paris

PARIS, March Is u.N.S.l.--Im'
provement was shown today in the
condition of Miss; Elsie Janis, the
American actress, who Is i'll in the
American Hospital at Neuilly.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
By HARRY BERGMAN

NOGAI4ES, Sonora, Mexico,
March is tI.N.S.l.-AIthough rebel
troop movements continued today
in the campaign to recapture Naco,
Sonora, from Gen. Augustin Ola
chea, intimations today at rebel
Headquarters here indicated that
the Naco garrison may return to
the revolutionary cause without
the battle which has been expected
since last Tuesday when Olachea
reaffiliated himself with the fed
eral government. Unconfirmed re.
ports given out at headquarters
today said Olachea was making
overtures to the rebel leaders with
view OF reaffirmiIg his support
to the revolution.
Reports still persist here that the
Olachea mutiny was a prearranEed
rebel plan for the purpose of draw.
ing ammunition through the border
from the United States, and for oh.
tanning war plans from Mexico City.
Gen. Fausto Topete, constitutional
governor OF Sonora, win lead the
Naco trive instead OF Manzo, ac-
cording to rebel headquarters here.
Topete, leading 500 infantry troops,
was unaceountably delayed in his
journey from Ortiz, Sonora, but was
expected to arrive here today, &C.
cording to headquarters.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
DURANGO FALLS
To FEDERAL.
TROOPS
CONTINUED from FIRST PagsS
cations with their base 1t chihuahua
Poison Gas Available

Poison Gas AvaiIable
Poison gas win be used IN this
battle for the first time in Mexican
warfare, It is reported here. Gas
shells will be thrown by artillery
into the rebel positions while avia-
tors drop bombs filled with this
lethal substance, according to mill.
tary plans as outlined here.
II the rebels hold their ground
and give hattie the conflict may
be one of the bloodiest in the his
tory Of Mexican warfare. It will
certainly be. the decisive engage.
ment OF the revolution.
II the federals win the govern
ment of President Portes Gill will
stand without further menace. If
the rebels are victors, which seems
entirely Improbable and unlikely,
the next candidates for president
viii be dictated by the rebel groups
now in the field.
Federal troops are expected to
occupy the city of Durango within
the next "a hours.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. March Is
Junction. a small
town near here, was under three
feet of water today and many Of
the residents sought higher ground.