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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-14

Among young men and women everywhere there is disposition to look upon all public men cynically; the legend of Al Smith has been per- haps the chief counterweight to this growing feel ing that public life is somewhat shoddy business -(New York World)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-14

They're organizing United States of Europe Wonder where the Vice-President's folk will st?- Springfield, Ohio, Sun.)
Evening star., 1929-12-15
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, December IA Up Omitted
States Department of Agricultural -
Cattle-receiptS, 400 head; compared a
week ago, choice and prime fed steers
and best yearlings steady to stronger; ;
supply of such grades materially re-
duced; all other grades slaughter steers
and yearlings unevenly, IS to rs lower;
top yearlsngs, 1900; few odd loads of
choice TO prime heavieS, 14.25 to 1900:
few above, 1900; bulk fed steers, 1l.50
to 1875; most butcher and half fat
yearling heifers. 100 or more lower
many 1.50 to 200 below early last week;
fat cows and bulls, rs to so lower; low
cutter and cutter kinds weak to 25
down; most vealers, 100 lower; stocker
and feeder trade narrow; generally
steady.
Sheep-receipts. 5000 head; run in
cludes 800 through; scattered sales good
to choice fat lambs steady at 1925; by
the week 46 doubles from feeding sta
tions, $500 direct; early rs decline due
to slower dressed lamb trade: later re-
placed with curtailed marketing; COM
pared one week ago, fat lambs strong;
fat ewes. so lower; top fat native lambs
1875; fed Westerns, 1850; yearlings
ll.00 early; fat ewes, 900; late, $50;
bulk prices fat lambs, 1878 to 1925;
yearlings. 1000 to 1880; fat ewes, SOC
TO $50; feeding lambs unchanged, bulk
good to choice SIS to 81 pounds, 1900
to 1910; top 1915.
Hogs-receipts, 10000 head, including
10000 direct; market mostly is to IS
lower; very slow at decline; top, $40;
mostly $40 TO 935; market on good to
choice hogs scaling 160-280 pounds;
skippers, 1000; estimated holdovers
1000; butchers, medium to choice. $50
800 pounds. 900 to $40: 20o-250
800 to s.35; 13o-160 pounds, $50 tc
9.25; packing sows, 750 to $50; pigs
medium to choice, 9o-130 pounds, S.0C
to 600.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
CURB SHARES GAIN
in BROAD RECOVERY
Rally Absorbs Week End
SeIIing-Many Issues In
cIuded in Advance.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, December 14-The
curb market made substantial progress
in today's abbreviated session, as yes
terday'S rally was continued with suf-
f1cient momentum to absorb the week
end liquidation. The market advanced
along a broad front, wide aSSort-
ment of industrialS and utilities clos
ing point or two higher, and some of
the higher price issued 10 to 20 points.
Commonwealth Edison mounted about
10 points, and such utilities as Amer
ican Superpower, Middle West Utili-
ties and United Light cG Power A closed
a point or two higher. Electric Bond
d Share failed to continue yesterdays
brisk upward movement, but was firm
and closed "a point higher. Associated
Gas A was an isolated easy spot, closing
nearly / point lower.
number of loW-priced industrials
and specialties made substantial head
way. Pressure appeared to have been
lifted from Fox Theaters A, and 1t
closed nearly a point higher. Dubilier
Condenser was again in demand, reach
ing new high for the movement At
IA and closing at 1872. up u, Amer
ican Cyanamid B, Ford of Canada A,
and Zonite were among shares moving
up q point or so. Great Atlantic &
Pacific continued to fiuctuate over q
wide range in light turnover. It shot
up rs points and closed up 20.
Investment trusts were somewhat
heavy at the opening, but rallied little
before the close. Lehman Corporation
lost nearly points, then more than
recovered its decline. Goldman Sachs
and Third National Investors lost about
a point each, net. Tri-Continental and
Reynolds Brothers were firm.
Oils were dull, but generally steady.
Cities Service was fairly active, and
closed * higher.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BOND PRICES SAG
IN WEEKS TRADING
Profit Taking and Other Fac
tors Cause Drop From
Recent Highs.
Special Dispatch to The star

Special DlSpatCn TO Inc CIhE.
NEW YORK, December IA num-
Der of factors combined this week to
bring bond prices down from their re-
cent highs and thus cause unSettlement
in the investment market.
The increase in brokers' loans of $3S,-
100000 was itself insignificant and the
revival of gold export by the United
States was not alone sufficient to cause
the reaction in fixed income securities.
But these two things, combined with the
fact that the year is near an end and
seasonal requirements have caused a
tightening of money rates and that the
stock market has had renewed activity,
have brought out considerable amount
of profit taking. There was also Some
foreign selling.
what foreign buying there may have
been seemed to have gone into the pun =
chase of foreign dollar credits, espe-
cially those of Germany The selling
in part was occasioned by the French
Governments public works program, for
which $3.50 600 900 is needed for start.
Other foreign selling is attributed 10
profit taking, as recent levels have been
considerably above those at Wnlch
bonds were purchasable three weeks or
o month ago.
During the week there was total OF
So9 TAI .l6l in new issues, compared with
S16e l58. 900 last week and $5l, ,44O. 900
during the same week last year. TINS
total IS not as good an omen as 1t might
seem, for $65, 900 900 of it was New YORK
City's tl5s. AS matter OF fact. the
weeks events were not as favorable as
those in the previous week, when the
United States Treasury marketed $780,
OoO. 900 of nine-month certificates at
ga per cent.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BALTIMORE & OHIO.

NEW YORK, December IA ODD
rectors of the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road, 1t was reported today, are con-
templating an increased capital expen-
diture for next year which, including
uncompleted items on the 1929 pro-
gram, will aggregate about $4S,00O,O00
OF this amount about $4,000, 900 Is to
be spent for roadway and structures
and $l5,500,00 for equipment.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

York. 15O-pound sacks round whites,
U. s. No. l, 4.25a4.35.
String Beans-Supplies moderate; de-
nand moderate, market slightly weaker;
Florida, bushel hampers, nat type,
2.50a2,75; pearls, 2.50a2.75; fair quail
ity and condition, 400.
CucumberS-SupplieS light: demand
slow, market slightly weaker; Florida,
bushel hampers, choice. 2,50a2.75.
squash-supplies light: demand
moderate, market steady; Florida, pep
per crates. fancy, $50; ordinary quality,
large size, $50.
ggplant-Supplies light; demand
light. market steady. Florida, pepper
crates, wide range in prices, best.
3.00a4.00; ordinary quality low as 200.
Tomatoes-Supplies light. demand
light. market steady; California, lug
boxes, green ripes and turning. wrapped.
3.50a4.00. Repacked, unknown origin,
threeS and fours, ripes, wrapped, fancy
and choice count, 250a3.00
Spinach-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market steady; Virginia, Nor
folk section, quality and condition i'm
proving, bushel baskets, Savoy type,
best, 1.25al.35; poorer low as 100;
Texas no sales reported.
ulif1ower-Supplies light: demand
light, market about steady: California
pony crates, 2.15a3.OO; few higher.
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull; Florida. pepper
crates, fancy, 800: choice, 400.
Peas-Supplies light: demand moder-
ate, market weak; California, 45-pound
crates, 8.00a8.50; Florida, express re-
ceipts. late stock, badly f1eld-frosted,
no sales reported.
Carrots-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; California,
Western lettuce, crates, punched,
3.5Oa3.75; Texas, Western lettuce, crates,
punched, mostly around 800.
Beets-Supplies light; demand light,
market steady; Texas, Western lettuce
crates, punched, mostly $50
trawberries-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull; Florida, pony re-
frigerators, missionarys, mostly around
4Oc per pint; 75c per quart.
Oranges-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market about steady; Florida,
boxes pineapples No. l, medium to large
size, 4.00a4.50; No. 2, medium to large
size, 3.75a4.00; California, boxes, navels,
6.0Oa7.50.
Grapefruit-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; Florida, boxes
No. /, medium size, 4.25a4.75; large
size, 3.75a4.25; few fancy high at 500
Evening star., 1929-12-15
CORPORATIONS HELD
BEST OFF IN YEARS
Growth During New Era" Held
to Have Strengthened Many
Big Concerns.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
= NEW YORK, December 14.-While
the so-called new era" did undoubtedly
fail to meet the hopes of many Of its
adherents, 1t provided an exceptionally
fertile culture for corporate growth in
the opinion of Pierre e. Bonin, presi-
dent Of Clarence Hodson 81 Co., who
states that not only were countless new
corporations financed during this
period without the assumption of
bonded debt, but many seasoned COM
panies took advantage of the favor
able conditions to retire accumulated
Indebtedness, to do new financing
through the offering of stock, and in
general to improve their corporate
health.
THUS we find today, after a serious
deflation in stock prices, that the COM
panieS issuing them are in better con-
dition than any time in the past 10
years. This Is true not only Of the new
companies, but of our old established
railroad and industrial companies.
prolonged period of depression would
mean, therefore, merely that stock
prices would continue, low but in very
few instances would there be corporate
distress"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
RAIL EARNINGS OFF
FROM BEST YEARS
Recent Slump in Freight Revenues
Has Prevented New
High Records.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatCn TO Inc star.
NEW YORK, December 14.-"Con-
trary to the expectations raised by the
results gained IN the first half OF 1929,
the present year will not prove to be the
best the railways have nad smca the
war" says the hallway Age. THE fail
ure of 1relgnJ business to snow a normal
seasonal increase Is causing the net
operating income earned In the last
one-thlru of the year TO be substantial
ly less tnan was anticipated. Both the
total earnings and the net operating
income reported Tor the first 1O months
OF the year Included almost $50, 800 900
OF back mail pay which actually was
earned in 1927 and 1923. Even eXclud-
ing this back mali pay, the net operat-
ing income earned uurmg these 10
months was only at the annual rate OF
o.l9 per cent, as compared with o.20
per cent in 1926, Wnicn was the best
year the railways have had since the
war. Exclusive oI TINS back mail pay,
the return earned in 10 months was AZ
the annual rate of only oU0 per cent.
IN view of the present trend OF earn
lngS II seems propabIe that the return
reported for the entire year will not
exceed per cent, and tnat, excluding
the back mail pay, it will be consider
ably less than tnis."
Evening star., 1929-12-15
NEW BOND OFFERINGS.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Ninety-
one states and municipalities will OFFER
new bonds during the coming week, the
total of which will amount to $66, ,594,-
444. Last weeks total was $780, 1888.
One large issue is for 100000 4 per
cent road bonds, for which the State of
South Carolina will open bids on Tues
day. Other Forthcoming issues include:
Mobile County, Ala, $3,325, 900; State
Of Georgia, $2,00O,0OO; Los Angeles
school district, l,24O, 900, and New
Haven, Conn, $1,000, 1000.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Money to Loan

Secured by nrxt deed of trust on real estate
PreVaIiing interest ana commission.
Joseph 1. Weller txS siSI wash; ssS :: is1,' ns
Evening star., 1929-12-15
MOST POWER SOLD
IN HOME STATES
Electric Survey Shows Product
Largely Disposed of Near
Generating Points.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December ACCORD
ing to a bulletin published by the Ma
tionla Electric Light Association, based
on a survey started several months ago,
the amount of power generated IN the
United States not directly subject 70
control and regulation by State COM
missions is only All per cent OF the
total. and even this Is subject to regu-
lation in so far as rates to the ultimate
consumer are concerned.
Based on reports from those OF lts
400 member companies engaged in the
interstate transmission OF electric
power, the bulletin shows that 1927
per cent of the total amount OF electric
energy is consumed within the State
where generated.
OF the remaining 1913 per cent two.
thirds, or 6.62 per cent, consists OF
power sold direct to consumers In one
State by a company generating 1t In
another State and is subject to direct
regulation by the public service COM
mission in the State in which 1t Is sold.
The remaining one-third, or All per
cent, consists of power generated by
one company and sold to another COM
pany in another State for distribution
to its consumers.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
/ WILL SELL.

/ WILL SELL
$4,000 Racquet Club 7es, 1882. Bid.
$4,000 Hilltop Manor LIST Mortgage
6M6, 1886. Bid.
$1O,O00 Jefferson Apt. 1st Mortgage
6es, 1889. Bid.
$500 New Amsterdam 61zeo LIST Ref,
'35. Bid.
$500 Fairfax Apt. 1st and Ref. 61z%,
l943. Bid.
$500 Smith Bldg. 1st Mortgage 6%c,
1897. Bid.
$1,000 Pelham Terrace 1st Mortgage
10, 1888. Bid.
$1,000 21OO Mass. Ave. 1st Mortgage
7ee, 1882. Bid.
$1,000 Chatham Apt. LIST Ref. s1z%,
1881. Bid.
$1,000 Arlington Apt. 1st Mortgage
615es, 1943. a IS.
$4,000 Corcoran Courts 7eS, 1855,
q s2Iz.
Is Units Wardman Mortgage q
Discount a 321z.
100 F. H. Smith 711eo pid. Bid.
100 F. HI. Smith 10 pfd. Bid.
10 international Bank @ sax.
400 Miller Train Control a 65c.
100 Washington Base Ban q IS.
30 Virginia Plate Glass v. +. a IS.
50 Great National Insurance @ IL.
100 VascO Products so pfd. @ 6.
Units international Finance. BID.
THOMAS HUME
l4l2 G St. Natl 1916, 1347
Evening star., 1929-12-15

A nutmeg tree will yield from 1000
10 10000 nuts a year.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BOND SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK

HiKh, Lew. Cless. Chga.
. 100 99k 99st r q
. 1Oi 1901. 1905 - ~
Evening star., 1929-12-15
TRADING IS DRAGGY
AT D. C. MARKET;
GAIN is FORECAST

Continued From Eighth Page.)
Evening star., 1929-12-15
WHEAT PRICES DROP
IN HEAVY SELLING
Expectation of Decrease in Ex.
ports Causes Tiood of
Liquidation.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, December 14-Wheat slid
down today to the lowest prices here
since November Is. Assertions that ex-
port demand for North American wheat
would remain slack until after January
had tendency to promote speculative
selling, and the market closed at vir-
tually the days bottom level Some of
the late pressure to sell was also due to
the fact that bullish statement which
in some quarters had been expected
from the Federal Farm Board failed to
appear.
The table:
Evening star., 1929-12-15

sAsss As Eiven annual caSn
.u, on tns latest quarterly hal-ysary declarations
UNI OF Isnins less than tParty TPIuS
PAID sst y.so :, IN preferred stock iPu. 92S In stock
stock PAYABLE earned Psyabls IN cash or stock
Plus le% In stock. .,nrs
Plus is%
I/25 Of Q share :" S'"'A' - S'"' -" ." '' -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
LEONARD HALL
PLAYSSOCCER

LEONARDTOWN. Nd, Oct. g.
Leonard Hall High School here,
which opened it's soccer season last
Saturday by beating INTERCHANGEABLE
Q to 2. hopes TO smear Stu rt High
in Washington today.
The team Is composed of the
following members:
Capt. Louis Richie, center; Fox,
goal tender; Ford Loker, fullback;
Charles Cassidy. fullback; Peter
Petherbridge, center halfhack; Gar
ner, on line: James Davulla, half
back: Henry Davula. inside left;
John McCabe. inside right; Vincent
Foresta, outside right: Reed King,
backfield: James Gardiner. outside
left. and Bradley Knott. goal tender
The substitutes are George Copp-
land Norman OGorman. Lynch
and Vincent Abel.
The team this year IL coached by
the Rev. Bro. Theophane. c. +. X
and is one OF the best the school
has had. Many of the boys have
been playing several years and are
at their best this year. like Louis
Richie, Pete Petherbridge. James
Duvalla, John McCabe and Reed
King.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
'MURDER" CALL
TIPS COPS

The call OF murder in a house in
the 1900 block Fifth st. N. w. early
today was all wrong. Lieut.. j. w.
Pierson, Of the Second precinct
learned, but he found there had been
considerable shooting.
Shortly after ! q. m. q call was
received at the precinct that n muir.
der had been committed at the Fifth
street address. Lieutenant Pierson
and q detail Of police rushed to the
place and found the door locked.
They smashed in the door and en-
tered to find a full-fledged craps
game in operation. they allege.
Three colored men escaped through
windows, but % were rounded up.
They told police the only shooting
was of dice. Asbury Lewis. colored.
as. was charged with running a dis.
orderly house. His guests" were
charged with disorderly conduct and
held in $25 bond each.
While Lieutenant Pierson and his
men were on their way to the house,
two more telephone calls came from
the unidentified informant. believed
to have been a disgruntled loser in
the dice game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
Eastern Air Express
To Open Lines Today

Lieut., Walter Hinton of the avia-
ton committee of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce will be a
goodwill passenger on the first
plane flying in the new service Of
the Eastern Air Express which is
scheduled to leave Hoover Field to-
day for Miami. Fla.
Lieutenant Hinton will carry mes
saGss of greetings of the Washing.
ton Chamber of Commerce to the
presidents of the chambers in cities
along the route of the air express
Stops will he made by the plane Al
Richmond. Raleigh. Camden. Sa
vannah. Jacksonville. 81. Augustine
ana Daytona Beach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
PARK VIEW BODY
AIDS PARENTS

Parents Of the 81 students of Park
View school who have been ordered
transferred to the Monroe School
are to receive the hearty support OF
the Park View Citizens Association.
DR.. Charles F. Carusi, president OF
the Board of Education. is inform ID
in a letter from Fred s. Walker,
president of the association.
Walker said that an investigation
showed that Park View Is less
crowded than it has been for 10
years and that the transfer of the
children will not reduce the number
of classes at the school. or the num-
her of classes on part time. and that
there are now no oversize classes IN
the Park View institution.
The letter stated the belief OF the
association that the order of trans
fer can be rescinded with no hard
ship upon pupils now in the school,
whereas it would cause great incon'
yenience to the >57 children II the
transfer order remains in force.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
DIR. MOrdecai w. Johnson
Opens Religious Talks

The committee on religious life of
Howard University today announced
the October speakers at the Univer-
sty Sunday morning services.
DR.. Mordecai w. Johnson, presi
dent OF Howard University, will be
the first speaker of October 8 and
will be followed on successive Sun.
days by DR.. Roland H. Bainton, pro.
fessor Of church history at Yale;:
DR.. Eugene w. Lyman. Of the Union
Theological Seminary. New York
City. and DR.. Conrad Henry Moehl-
man, of Colgate College and the Col.
gate.Rochester Divinity School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
SOON To FINISH
WILSON BLVD.

CLARENDON, Oct. b.-M. f.
Hillard, superintendent for Brady
Brothers, Frostburg. Nd. who have
the contract to surface Wilson
Boulevard from Clarendon to Viz
einia Avenue, said today that work
would be started early. Monday
morning and that section would be
ready for traffic by the end Of
next week.
John H. Olcott. who has the con.
tract for the concrete shoulders,
stated that the road would be ready
for the top surface as far as Oak
street by. the time Virginia Avenue
is reached.
During the construction work mD
florists wishing To reach Clarendon
would do we'll to go by way OF Lee
Highway from .Ross|yn 10 Igor
Village thence over Virginia Avenue
tn Key Boulevard 10 Clarendon
Avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
KILLS BROTHER
IN MD. FEUD

IEONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. 5. -
The feud of two brothers near here
ended in oath oef one in a quarrel
over the right of one to hire a farm
hand already in the employ Of the
other.
Jetson Norris, SIS. was shot through
the heart by Walter, so, on the lat
ter's farm. A coroner's jury ordered
Walter held in the Leonardtown jail
pending a hearing on a murder
charge.
The two brothers were owners
Of the general store at Yankee
Point six miles from Leonardtown.
Several weeks ago they auarreled
and dissolved partnership. Thurs
day they quarreled again because
Walter had attempted to employ
LESSONS hired man Jetson went
to Walters farm. Walter met
him at the door and fired one shot.
Walter Norris has seven children,
three of whom live in Washington.
They are Mrs. Nellie Hunt. Mrs.
Nertha Bush and Jennings Norris.
Jetson Norris Is survived by five
children
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
8 MURDERS
HERE IN SEPT.

Eight murder eases were reported
officially in the District Of Columbia
in September, according to a re-
port made to Major Henry G. Pratt
yesterday by Lieut.. L. I. III. Ed
wards, statistical officer of the
police department.
The much-discussed Mcpherson
case is not included. as a Coroner's
jury held it to be suicide.
There We're two manslaughter
cases and 345 arrests for felonies.
Arrests for misdemeanors num-
bered 1854
Arrests for traffic violations
totaled 1859. nearly three times
the number for the same month in
1928. In liquor raids. police seized
4,179 quarts of whiskey, 722 gal.
Ions of alcohol, IS of gin and % of
cider.
Only 20 arrests were made under
the lottery law, despite the fact
that a special drive to enforce this
law had been announced recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05
:. EBERS 7 Nd 7
To BE OTIS
PARTNER

Ferdinand Eberstadt, former
partner Of Dillon, Read & Co. and
widely knwon in local financial cir.
cles, is to become partner in the
firm of Otis & Co. of New York,
1t was announced today.
Eberstadt resigned. his partner.
ship in the firm of Dillon, Read &
Co. on January l of this year and
subsequently attended the Repara.
fions Conference as assistant to
Owen d. Young.
: The firm of Otis & Co. was
! founded in 1899 in Cleveland and
is closely identified with large
banking, public utility, steel and
other Industrial interests In the
United States. Eberstadt's connac-
/. ton with the firm Is said to indi-
cate that 1t will expand it's activi.
ties in the East and abroad.
He Is graduate of Princeton
and OF Columbia Universities and
served in the Army during the
World War. Later he Joined a
: large New oYrk law firm and prac-
nticed law up to the time of his
entry into the firm of Dillon. Read,
and Company in 1926.
Otis and Company are members
of the New York, Chicago, and
other stock exchanges and maintain
offices in II cities.
Major Ennalls Waggaman. presi-
dent of Waggaman. B"awner and
Company, Inc. is travelling through
New York and Cantda on com
bined business and pleasure trip.
Frank B. Pryor and w. Eben
Burnside. both of Waggaman.
Brawner, and Company, Inc, are
spending several days in Richmond
and Norfolk.
The Washington stock Exchange
will hold a Saturday session today
for the first time since the begin
ming Of the summer.
This marks the end of the week.
end holidays and the opening OF the
winter session. which will run daily
except for certain holidays.
Ivan l.. Hobson, operating under
the firm name of Hobson and Co.,
has opened offices in the Invest.
ment Building for the handling Of
investment securities. He was
formerly identified with the De-
partment of Agriculture. The firm
will also provide specialized services
In the analysis of investment trusts.
Invitations have been received by
the officers and board of governors
of Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking to a dinner
by Baltimore Chapter A. l. B. fol:
lowing the scheduled tournament
between two golf teams Of the cha D.
ters in Baltimore on Tuesday, DC.
tober s.