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The Washington times., 1930-06-19
ctoto Slightly Beqris Chance Of Rally Stock Market To-day
N. Y. C revenue
INCREASED

NEW YORK, June 10 dNs0.
The New York Central Railroad
Company, in its annual report
issued today, announces that the
operating revenues for 1873 wer.
$396, ,9l7.258.74, an increase over
1928 Of $15,1s4,9l4.42, notwiJn-
standing some recession in bust
ness in the later months Of the
year.
Revenue freight amounted to
l18,016.508 tons, an increase Of
6,535 ,825 tons, the revenue there
from being $242, 1872, ,736.76, an in.
crease of $7.715,09470. Coal, coke,
iron ore and manufactured COM
modities moved In greater volume.
There was q falling off in the
tonnage Of grain, while curtail-
ment Of building activities and
road construction in some sections
reduced tonnage Of stone, sand,
cement and brick.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
Chicago List Reaches
NelU LOIUs for Year

CHICAGO, June 10 (U.S0.
Practically all leading issues on
the Chicago Stock Exchange fell
to new low prices for the year
or longer as public liquidation
and professional short selling
brought renewed pressure against
the market today.
The flood of selling wiped out
entirely the recovery Of yeSter
day and sent stocks below their
levels of Monday, and in some
instances to the minimum prices
of the extreme collapse of last
fall.
A steady stream Of selling
orders brought scores Of net de-
clines ranging from a fraction to
several points.
Trading again proceeded at a
fast pace. with sales for the day
amounting to over SIS, 900 shares.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
CITY SERVICE
NET SETSH|G

NEW YORK. June 10. - Cities
Service Company's net earnings
for the IL months ended May 81,
1880, were $52,S34,197, q new high
record for any IL months in its
history, and an increase Of over
SIG, 900 600 or A per cent over net
earnings for the year ended May
81, 1929. The company'S net
earnings for May, 1880, we're S.
LAG, ,687, an increase of so per cent
over the same month last year.
Net earnings Of Cities Service
Company for the IL months were
7.61 times interest and discount
on its debentureS. Net to stocks
and reserves amounted to $45,.
873,032 or 6.43 times preferred
stock dividends. This compares
with $50, 1888. .534, or 4.56 times for
the year ended May 81, 1929.
Net to common stock and re.
serves amounted to $30, ,738, ,982, or
$1.40 per share on the average
number of shares outstanding, an
II crease of so per" cent over the
previous year, when net to COM
mon stock and reserves amounted
to SLIP per share.
Net to stocks and reserves for
May, 1880, we're $4.607, ,361, an in
crease of 65 per cent over May.
1929. Net to common stock and
reserves for May, 1890, amounted
to $3,993, 900, an increase of 70
per cent over May, 1929.
Cities Service Company also an
nounced monthly dividends Of az
cents per share and VI of per
cent in stock on the common.
Regular monthly dividends Of So
cents per share on the preferred
stock and preference "BB" stock
and cents per share of the pref
erence "B" stock were announced,
all payable August /.
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vestor is wondering what will
happen TO steel If the forecasts
as to The summers operating
rate prove true. In many qua:.
ters, 1t. was observed that some
strong-box selling had appeared,
and that investors who had held
their stock for years were unload
ing In the hope Of buying in
again at lower prices. In other
words, the decline has made
spectators out Of many inves-
tors. Thus far, steel has offered
stubborn resistance to all efforLS
to depress it below the price o.
$50 reached in the collapse last
year. Should the bears succeed in
breaking steel below that level 1t
probably would prove to be q
most bearish development and
might result in another wild out
break of liquidation throughout
the list.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19

The whole question Of the legal
ity Of the Young plan of settling
German reparations is expected to
be raised in Congress as result
Of announcement Of hearings by
Representative McFadden (R.); Of
Pennsylvania, chairman Of the
House Banking Committee.
McFadden. has asked Thomas
w. Lamont. Of j. p. Morgan and
Company, to appear before his
committee next Tuesday. Secre-
tary of State Stimson on Wednes-
day and Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon on Thursday.
The hearing will be held on Nc
Fadden's resolution prohibiting
purhase Of German reparation
bonds by national banks. Federal
Reserve banks and reserve mem
ber banks.
With McFadden repeatedly
charging the $500, 100000 repara.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
mo TOR SLUMP
CUTS STEEL
RATES
Pipe Line and Structural
Orders High, But Reductions
Are Not Offset

NEW YORK, June "a sharp
drop in steel specifications from
automobile makers and an ircreas-
ingly general tendency toward sea-
sonal retrenchment in other steel
consuming industries are too
sweeping In their effects to be
offset by the large volume of busi-
ness in line pipe and the growing
demand for structural steel, Iron
Age will say tomorrow.
Curtailment in automobile pro.
duction in July will prove more
drastic. it now appears. than was
recently expected. Indications
are that several motor car plants
will shut down for two weeks or
longer next month and that the
general average of operations for
that industry will fall to so per
cent Of capacity. A Central West.
ern steel plant catering to the
automotive trade has been. shut
down and another will diScon-
tinue production June 90.
Ingot Output Drops
Steel ingot production for the
country at large has declined to
IS per cent of capacity, compared
with SO per cent q week ago. The
rate of the Steel Corporation,
which has participated largely in
recent pipe line business, Is 73 per
cent. A few producers are making
more crude steel than their finish
ing departments are taking, and
are stocking the surplus.
The signing of the tariff bill
has caused hardly a ripple in
the iron and steel trade because
Of the very few changes con-
tanned in the metal schedule.
Prices remain weak and here
and there are giving further
ground, but the absence Of wide
spread or sharp reductions sug.
gests more determined resistance
to competitive pressure, particu-
larly on products now on a
market level that is little, If any,
above a cost basis.
Pig iron for delivery in west
ern Michigan has declined so
cents, because Of the competi-
ton Of lake-borne iron, and sill
very iron, following recent re-
ductions, remains weak and
highly irregular.
Scrap Is Lethargic
Scrap, which is less influenced
by costs than other materials,
shows the same lethargy that
characterizes the iron and steel
market in general. Price changes
reported are reductions, but are
few in number.
Steel pipe bookings have been
Swelled by an order for 100000
tons from the Union Gulf Cor.
poration for 10-inch line to be
laid from Tulsa to Cincinnati,
Toledo and Pittsburgh. The Ajax
Pipe Line Co. is in the market
for 100000 tons for an oil line
from Oklahoma to the Atlantic
Coast.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19

Not so long ago I claimed that
the copper production companies
would make larger dividend cuts
than had been expected. Reduc-
tions recently announced by Ken
necott and Calumet ad Arizona
proved the warning was amply
justified. If any further proof
were needed 1t came yesterday
when United Verde sliced its an
nual rate to 50 from 81 and
CRANKY cut down its payment
from the annual rate of So to So,
the largest reduction thus far
recorded. 1t would be no sur
prise II Anaconda halved its divi-
dend rate by reducing it to $3.50
ct the next dividend meeting.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
Brenizer Company
GiUen Paving Work

The Warren F. Brenizer Com.
pany was awarded q contract
for grading, paving, curbing and
umaking other improvements to
District streets at a cost of $122.-
600 by the District Commissioners
Syeterday.
The Bfenizer company put in
the lowest of seven bids for this
work, which is expected to start
early next month.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
IT MUST. SATISFY YOU
We Guarantee It.!

To permit you prove without any chhnoe Of loss thai
'hne coalo j. the best hard coal obtanahle, we make
you plain, straightforward Offer.
Give your order for buc coa now. Try it, and If
fails to satisfy Jon in amy way, win rcmoye the
remainder without charge and refund your money.
EOery lump lump Of pure heat
The Washington times., 1930-06-19

Bulls were excited about
amusement stocks not more than
a month ago. Today it is diff
cult to find a friend Of the group
in a customers room.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
Attack on Young Plan
Due as Bond PrObers
Call Lamont, Mellon

ton bonds offered for sale are
founded upon illegality, the hear
ing Is expected to assume q
broader aspect.
McFadden also has charged the
Young plan and sale Of upwards
Of 500, 100000 worth OF bonds IN
this country Is q violation of the
policy consistently maintained by
President Coolidge, of not ming.
ling reparations and war debts.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19

Steel common continues to lead
the market, both on rallies and
@tbacks. Many q bona fide IN,
The Washington times., 1930-06-19

Many traders and investors
who, two weeks ago. were willing
20 bet their fortunes that Stand
ard Of New Jersey would resist
selling, have seen that issue drop
sharply as the result Of the. Cali
fornia price war.
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
EMPLOYMENT GOOD

william Green, president of
the American Federation Of
Labor, yesterday declared that
"the unemployment situation is
decidedly encouraging" This
matter has been hurting business
since the November crash In the
stock market and 1t is thought
that Green's statement will have
material effect,
The Washington times., 1930-06-19
FISHER TO TALK

Frederick B. Fisher, executive
director Of the George Washing
ton Bi-centennial Commission,
will speak at the weekly luncheon
of the Kiwanis Club at 1890 to-
day at the Washington Hotel.
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Black cats are eyed with horror By
railroad men, but dogs are considered
lucky. Cross-eyed people avoid APP
preaching American engine cabs be-
cause they are evil omens liable to be
driven away with well-aimed Jumps
Of coal.
Their proper function is to sit on the
first seat of the rear coach, thereby
comforting one days luck on the con-
ductor As matter of fact, while the
engine driver is giving his steed a
final inspection all adults who stare
at him are considered unlucky unless
they are accompanied by children.
Accidents on United States lines are
believed to occur In triplets. An en-
gineer who reports one is gloomy and
respondent until he has worked off
the spell by reporting two more.
Neither will any engineer who has
not lost all interest in life cheerfully
write "13 cars" on his report; he pre-
fers to report "13 cars and an engine"
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line of her cheek with tentative fore.
finger, then quickly withdrew his hand
and flushed. Ozark eyes, dark hair
and pale clear skin. What more could
a girl want, unless 1t is such perfect
bony structure? You'd be pretty any.
way, dark or thin, or pale or flushed,
because it's real-deep. Now you're
blushing-and that gray coat" He
laughed delightedly, and the deep color
suffused Ernestine's cheeks at his per-
sonalities. But she was not dis
pleased, only smiled at him.
Aren't you glad we knew each
other when we were kids?" he said to
her. ut makes us seem so much closer
now"
They swayed together and fell into
a warm hypnotic silence, His little
finger brushed her hand, as he knocked
his ashes into the tray the waitress
had PLACED for him, and at once they
rose, talking and laughing artificially.
Ernestine felt the need to masquer-
ade her bright joy in him. She was
acting like a moon-struck high school
girl, acting as though she had never
talked to a man before. Well, she
hadn't. Not like this, certainly. She
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had listened TO plenty of them raving
about themselves, and explaining the
technicalities of football, but she had
never taken part in such satisfying
conversation. But she dissembled as
they left the tearoom and turned
toward the newspaper plant.
1t was dark now, and the streets
were crowded with homegoing work
ers, so they instinctively drew close
together. She asked after his mother
in a formal tone.
shell never be WE'LL" he told her
sorrowfully, and at once her sympa-
thy drew them back into intimacy. He
tried to put the conversation back into
place.
"How's your pretty sister Lillian?"
She answered that Lillian was a
beauty now. fair and slender and ex-
quisite. A lady.
"She's going to marry Loring Ham
ilton, guess" she said. Hes at the
house lot, as he's always been. He's
awfully good to both of us, but Lii
lian's his choice. He's In his fathers
law office now. He inherited a nice
practice. believe he wants to be a
Judge. Don't you remember him?"
"a big blond boy? He was al
most grown when we were kids. Yes,
remember him. He treated me with
an air of weary patience. hated him.
He used to tease you and pull your
hair. If he prefers Lillian, he's
changed, for he always noticed you.
/ admit was simply Jealous. He had
the run of the house, and was an
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Of going to see parents, and espe-
cially the female one, on the midSun-
day of Lent, taking for them some
little present, such as cake or a
trinket. A youth engaged in this ami
able act of duty was said TO go
'a-mothering,' and thence the day it
self came to be called Mothering Sun
day. One can readily imagine how,
after STRIPPING or maiden had gone
to service, or launched in Independent
housekeeping, the old bonds of filial
love would be frightened by this
pleasant annual visit. signalized, as
custom demanded it should be, by the
excitement attending some novel and
perhaps surprising gift. There was
also cheering and peculiar festivity
appropriate to the day, the prominent
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Mothers Day
Observed by
All Nations

The observation of Mothers day as
national festival is significant. That
day so rich in sentiment, so tender
In its meaning, should be officially
adopted in a country which SCOTS at
sentiment and prides itself on its
veneer of practically is a hopeful
sign. Like the divining rod of old u.s.
age it reveals underneath the crust of
commercialism a perennial spring of
idealism.
Although the formal designation of
specific day as Mothers day was
but recently made in this country, we
find in turning the pages of history
that the idea rests, like so many of
our customs, upon an ancient foun-
dation. 1t strikes deep roots into uni
versal truth and emotion. Mother
love antedates the Christian religion.
Mother-worship, with its own rites
and ceremonies, reaches back into pa
gan times.
"Mother Of the Gods"
Our earliest record of formal moth
erworship is in the stories of the
ceremonies by which Cybelle, or Rhea,
"the great mother of gods" was wor-
SHIPPED in Asia Minor. In her worship
1t was the power and majesty of moth
erhood rather than its tender maternal
spirit that the wild dances and wilder
music celebrated. Cybelle was repre-
sented as traversing the mountains in
chariot drawn by lions. The lion,
the oak and the pine were sacred to
her.
The worship of this superlative
mother of gods" was introduced
through Greece into Rome about $50
years before Christ There it was
known as the festival of Hilaria and
was held on the ides of March, when
the people made offerings in the tenn
pie. These were, of course, confiscat-
ed by the priests, but they served
their purpose Of elevating motherhood
into something of Its rightful dignity.
With the advent of Christianity. the
festival, still keeping some of its old
forms, was informed with a new spir-
1t and TRANSPORTED. The old celebra-
tion with pagan rites in honor of the
mother Of the gods" on the ides of
March, grew into a celebration in
honor of the mother church." 1t be-
came the custom on mid-Lent Sunday
the fourth Sunday In Lent, for the
faithful to visit the church in which
they were baptized and brought up
bearing gifts for the altar.
"Mothering Sunday" Old.
Just when and how this festival of
worship for the mother church, gave
rise to the observance of "Mothering
Sunday" is uncertain. 1t is sure, how
ever, that long time ago when young
men and maidens were bound out as
apprentices and servants, mid-Lent
Sunday was set apart for them to Wis
1t their parents.
The following quaint account of this
festival is taken from Chambers
Book of Days:
1.-The harslhess and general pain
fitness of life in old times must have
been much relieved by certain simple
and affeetionate customs which mod
ern people have learned to dispense
with. Amongst these was a practice
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us to sleep. When sickness came. how
wakeful it was; it never slumbered.
The cry of dream set it going.
The chair knew all the lullabies that
only mothers know to sing and soothe
their tired children. 1t is vacant now
but it sways and sings in memory
still. 1t does not make so much dif-
ference who makes the laws at Wash
ington; but 1t does make all the differ
ence in the world who sings the lul-
labies at home. Napoleon might well
say in his contentious style, 1.-THE need
of France Is mothers"
That chair was the first altar. II
was just high enough for us to Law
our heads in her lap and lose our wor-
ries. 1t was the first confessional
And we looked up through mothers
face and saw God.
Mere wood and stone do not make a
home. They are but quarry and forest
to the feelings. Let them be wrought
into perfect portals of the model home !:
let the appointments be sumptuous and
the hanglngs surprising; they are as
meaningless as a wareroom.
But let father build the walls, erect
the pillars and plant the hearthstone !:
let mother work her life into the fur
niture and tapestries and you be born
there-now it is home. 1t may have
no intrinsic worth to others; it is
priceless to you. You cannot sell it !;
it is like bartering a wedding ring.
1t is the place where you drain your
sorrows and tighten up your resolu-
tons. 1t is the place you unstrap
your burdens and freight your men,
cries with the hallowed things of
earth.
Home is where mother is. No cable
tow is as strong to bind as mothers
apron stringsi
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Mothera

God made mothers before He made
ministers; the progress of Christ's
kingdom depends more upon the infiu-
ence Of faithful, wise and pious moth
ers than upon any other human
agency. Ny mothers discipline was
loving but thorough. She never
bribed me to good conduct with sugar
plums; she praised every commend
able deed heartily, for she held that
an ounce of honest praise is often
worth more than many pounds of pun
ishment.-Theodore Cuyler.
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Mothers Chair

The rockers are worn
fiat on mothers chair;
but how soothing the
motion! What a large
c h a ir it was-and
strongl No burd e n
was ever heaped upon
it that it was unable
to bear. Every wave
of sorrow broke there.
Every storm was stilled.
Nor was it ever dou-
ble-tongued. 1t was an
oracle.
That chair creaked
when 1t rocked. 1t
seemed to grow older
quicker than fathers
chair; but then it was
used more. Its creak
was music that sang
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The brakeman supports the driver in
his observance of superstitious rites
by never carrying his lamp above his
waist To do SO is considered fatal.
But the strangest of all tales of
railway superstition is the story of
the. engine on the New York. New
Haven and Hartford line. On the thir-
teenth of every month, no matter who
he may be, the driver of that engine
reports sick. The number of the en-
CINE is 0-13.-London Mail.
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dish being furmety-which we have
to interpret as wheat grains boiled in
sweet milk, sugared and spiced. In
the northern part of England, and in
Scotland, there seems to have been a
greater leaning to stepped pease fried
in butter, with pepper and salt. PAN
cakes so composed passed by the
name of Carvings; and so conspicu
Gus was this article that from it Car
ling Sunday became local name for
the day.
rid, Mid and Misera,
CARING, Palm, Pase-egg day.
remains in the north of England as
AN enumeration of the Sundays of
Lent, the first three terms probably
taken from words In obsolete serv-
ices for the respective days, and the
fourth being the name of Mid-Lent
Sunday from the cakes by which it
was distinguished"
Simnel Cake Comes in.
Another delicacy much esteemed on
'Mothering Sunday was simnel
cake. Walsh, in "Curiosities of Popu-
lar Customs" says of this dainty:
I'm Shropshire, Yorkshire and Here
fordshire it has long been the custom
to make during Lent cake called
simnel, which is deemed especially
appropriate as a 'mothering' present.
AS far back as Herrick we find:
r,- TO DIANEME
A Ceremonie in Glocester.
= I'll to thee simnel bring,
'Gainst thou COST a-mothering,
So that when she blesseth thee
Half that blessing thou'lt give me.
1.-THE inside of simnel cake was
like rich fruitcake, but it had an
outer crust made of flour and water.
Boiled first in water, it was subse-
quently baked. The crust is colored
yellow with saffron and ornamented
with more or less art. Professional
etymologists refer the word simnel to
the Latin 'Simlia,' meaning the fin
est sort of -four. But the folk ety.
mologist declares that the baker-fa-
Their Of Lambert Simnel, pretender to
the throne in the reign of Henry VII,
was the first to make these cakes.
thence called after his name"
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D.y-. Real Purvo..

In q perfect world there would be
no need for this annual reminder Of
one of life's most sacred duties. If
all men were worthy of the love their
mothers bore them, we should already
have achieved the ideal. In proper
ton as 1t is realized that the formal
exercises Of the day are but the SYM
boil of an all-the-year spirit its real
purpose will have been fulfilled.
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Date Set for Session.

The Constitution provided that the
congress should assemble March 4,
1889, and thereafter convene "in ev-
cry year" on the first Monday in De-
cember unless it shall by law appoint
a different day. Up TO and including
May 20, 1920, IS acts were passed
naming dates other than December.
Since then, with few exceptions, con-
gress has convened in December.
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Christianity. Hone

The Christian family is the only
hope of the world, and it is hard to
imagine a Christian home without a
Christian mother.
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THE STORY

Renewing a childhood attach
ment, Ernestine Brieeland, of a
wealthy family. is attracted by
viii Todd. newspaper artist. son
Of carpenter.