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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
Skyscrapers.
(NeW York Times.)

(NeW YOrk IlmeS)
 London's new building code certainly does not reflect the dreaded effects of Amercanzation. h. stead of surrendering to the skyScraper the new English regulations actually reduce by ten feet the maximum building height of ninety feet established forty years ago. Other cited than the British aversion to change. London seems to have taken note of doubts lately stirring in the native home of the skyscraper concerning the effect of tall buildings traffic congestion
 Even where the many-storied structure is making it's way outside of the United States it is almost in what architects might call it's pure" form With the skyscraper has come to be more and more athletic synthesis of height and window glass; with the very minimum of stone or brick to frame the windows. Elsewhere the tradition of bulk continues to assert itself In such close proximity to us as Montreal handsome new building easily qualities a skyscraper by sheer height but refuses to go in for flat surfaces and starkness. Wides pacing between windows, deep insets and heavy stonework rendered superfluous by -frame construction show British conser- vatism operating on the St. Lawrence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
MAYOR WALKER TAKES DECISIVE
 STAND.

While Mayor Jimmy Walker has been accused of being too sy-gong as Chief Executive of New York City none have charged that he is dishonest or that he countenances dishonesty. He has ordered that Tammany leaders and appointees of the mun- cipality must waive immunity and testify before the investigating Grand Jury whenever subpoenaed City appointees were given just 24 hours in which to sign waivers face dismissal from the public service
 This is not the only time that he had issued drastic orders He has immediately dismissed from office those who have been proved guilty of wrong doing or negligently careless. He has transferrd many whom he believed to be innocent but who were on friendly terms with those he believed were not innocent.
 His last order was made in carrying out desire to cooperate to the fullest extent with the invest gation of judicial appointments and the charges that certain Tammany leaders paid for their recommendations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
California.
Cincinnati Enquirer9

Cincinnati Enquirer9
 California admitted to the Union eighty years ago. The State has been celebrating Ad- mission Day. Today the State is far removed from the status of commonwealth separated from other States by trackless wilderness of mountain and desert terrain. It is great, rich and popuous State
 In these respects it is challenging the prestige even of New York. The average growth of the Nation in the past ten years was 161 per cent The gain of California 65 per cent. This rep resents progress of heroic degree The entrance of the State to the Union brings again to memory great figures in the creative development of the Nation It was Henry Clay who drew the bill which admitted California to the Union as free State The bill was defended by the matchless Ioratory of Daniel Webster. No wonder Admission Day religiously is cele- brated in California. From an outpost of cvlllza- tion the State has developed into of the fore most and most important commonwealths in the Republic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
EQUINOCTIAL GALES ARE MYTHS.

Weather is object of more widespread ob- servation and the subject of a greater amount of comment than anything else. Naturally On tempera- ture, sunshine, precipitation and wind depend, from day to day, the success the failure of many human activities, the state of the public health; the exist the expiration of the Unusual condi- tons invariably stimulate and increase interest.
 Winds last week in Juneau were of sufficient velocity to attract attention Quite often during the brief time of their duration they characterized as equinoctial gales They were not They neither fell within equnoctal period approached the intensity of a gale
 The belief is common that the equnoxes-the vernal in March and the autumnal in September are accompanied by strong winds For this popular idea there is no foundation in fact Scientific re- search fails to establish any unusual prevalence of clustering weather when the makes it's apparent crossing of the celestial equator. In one instance observations extending 50 years show that during the five-day stretches around vernal and autumnal equinoxes, there were fewer storms than either immediately before immediately after those periods.
 Juneau's recent experience confirms scientific conclusions. Here in the week Of the autumnal equinox, which occurred September 23, the velocity
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
EXLEGISLATOR GETS GOOD OFFICE.

James c. Brady, who defeated for re-eec- ton as representative of the Prince Rupert district in the Dominion Parliament, has been appointed a Commissioner of the Census and will have import ant work in the Census Bureau of Canada. MT Brady was elected to Parliament four years ago as a Conservative Before that he was at the head of the Prince Rupert public schools He was renominated by the Conservatives, but was beaten last July by Ooff Hanson Liberal, who received more than 1000 majority.
 In spite of his defeat, Brady is popular ln Prince Rupert and the News Liberal, reJoices be- cause of his appointment to lucrative office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
"HITI.ESS WONDERS"

The performances of the Athletics thus far in the World Series causes one to recall the "Hitless Wonders that Fielder Jones led to world cham pionshp in 1906 The 1906 White Sox were superb in defense and the offensive just strong enough to get the necessary for victory.
 Now if those Philadelphia suggers should break loose in one of the next games and wallop in whole flock of runs as they have sometimes done during the season that has just ended and last year in the pennant contest and the World Series, please forget this comment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

of the wind never exceeded 10 miles an hour. was not until the next week that velocities of 9 to 35 miles were recorded
 Of course, such wind movements cannot be callet gales Under the Beaufort scale, classification O wind forces arranged by Lord of the British Ad miralty for guidance of sailing ship masters ant followed less closely by the United States Weather Bureau, the Juneau visitations were noth- ing more than fresh to moderate breezes.
 Equinoxes and storms may occur together but the former do not the latter. and meteoro- logically they related Christmas and blzzardf and Fourth of July and rain Gales happily are not of frequent occurrence even where and when the wind blows hard.
 Many perosns are prone to exaggeraton when speaking of unfavorable weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

That which we have been calling Boulder Dam is to be known officially Hoover Dam. That is fair enough The Roosevelt Dam in Arizona was a project of the Roosevelt Administration and the Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals begun when Woodrow Wilson President. Now if we should have another President Roosevelt and other dam what then?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
Lower Power Rates as an Asset.
Anchorage Times.)

While excellent conditions of reception doubt less had most to do with bringing the War De- partment's new radio station to Anchorage the fact should not be lost sight of by Anchorage ct- zens that availability of cheap dependable electric energy was of the determining factors in the selection of the location for the important station And there is to believe that cheap power will prove very helpful to Anchorage in bringing new industries to this city well expanded Government activities Not many cities possess, the natural advantages which Anchorage has, for in- dustry and home building, and abundance of power at low rates, is added asset which is bound to have big influence the future growth of the community The establishment here of one of the Territory's most important radio stations may be regarded as merely the forerunner of power untili- zation which low rates have made inviting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

The real "dementa Americana has been iden- tified It is Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition (Atlanta Constitution)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

There is political unrest in Argentina, Chile Peru China Poland the Balkans Cuba and points East, West North and South.-(Detroit News) lot of our own politicians won't rest much until after the election.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

It must like old times out in Nebraska to have Bryan running for office Cincinnati EnquirerD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07
Hops Disappearance"
Cortland Oregonian)

Hops of the principal ingredients of beer and are produced in larger quantity in the United States than in any other country, though beer is prescribed in this republic. In the last three years American production exceeded that of Britain, and that of last year the largest since the But of total of 33220000 pounds only about 80OO0oO were exported To use the term of the Commerce Department, the local disap- pearance' in 1928 was 263O8000 pounds 75 per cent of the total, and it is steadily increasing Is it possible that all that hops disappears" into home brew?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

If the dumbest races the happiest, as a scientist says, what with tree sitting endurance flying and such we're surely moving toward mil lenial joy.-( Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

The upward turn in business is being heralded by an increasing number of voices inviting every body to come in, the bottom is so fine.-(New York Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-07

Lives there a public with soul so dead who never to the world has aid that if people reject his prescription it is to lead to bolshe lvism?-(New York Times)
Evening star., 1930-12-15
SELLING Of CURB
STOCKS RESUMED
Flood of Liquidation Follows
Publication of Unlavor-
able News.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
scial Disnatch to The star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 15.-Unfavor-
able week end news from business and
financial circles, both here and abroad,
coupled with fresh commodity declines
and Saturdays decline, caused the Curb
Exchange to open weak and active
today.
Pivotal public utilities were liquidated
at the outset, carrying such leaders as
Electric Bond & Share, American 81
Foreign Power, Associated Gas & Elec-
trio A, American Commonwealths A.
Bell Telephone of Canada, Duke Pow
er. Hydro-Electric Securities, Niagara
/. Shares, Standard Power 8y Light and
United Light & Power to record low
prices for the year or longer.
Standard Oil securities, such as
Humble Oil, International Petroleum,
Standard Oil of Indiana and Vacuum
On, were battered to new lows from a
combination of liquidation and short
selling, but powerful interests placed
scale orders on the down side.
Prospects of further price declines in
copper were reflected in the plungeS of
Newmont Mining and Noranda Mines
70 record lows for the year or longer.
New Jersey Zinc, Anglo Chilean Nitrate
and Bunker Hill Sullivan, Mirroring
Zinc, Nitrate and Bar Silver Trends
hit bottom levels.
Food and chain shares softened in the
nrst hour as Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea eased more than 2 points. There
were declines in Daniel Reeves, Fajardo
Sugar, Trunz Pork Stores and United
States Dairy A, most of which were in
new low territory for the year.
I Sales in the forenoon amounted to
45S, 800 shares. high total for the
period since November 10. when trading
aggregated $40 500 shares Mapv icc,,a9
were traded in and relatively few big
blocks appeared. Cities Service opened
on II 300 shares at 1872, off 81, allow
ing for its ex-dividend quotation, and
Electric Bond & Share in a 5,800-share
block came out at 3834, off "a. Then
4,8O0 shares of De Forest Radio ap-
peared at l "a, unchanged The first two
issues later in the morning hit new
lows, from which they rallied at midday.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
SUGAR DUTIES RAISED
BY CAIRO GOVERNMENT

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, December 15.-In adj
dltion to raising the import duty on
sugar from 44o to 700 piasters a ton.
the government also has increased the
excise duty from 225 to 800 piasters per
ton. (The plaster is worth nearly
cents.) An explanatory note pointed out
the necessity for protecting the local in
dustry, which employs $4,000 Egyptian
workers.
The sugar company, in conjunction
With which government monopoly Is
to be created, will not permit an in
crease in prices until an agreement is
reached with the government regarding
minimum and maximum prices.
To protect Egyptian wheat. and -four.
the government intends to levy an Inn
port duty sufficient to enable wheat to
be sold in Cairo at 14O piasters per
arded (roughly 51s bushels) and flour
at l27 piasters per hundredweight. The
present prices are 100 and 112 piasters,
respectively.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, Ssas9;
tub, 371aa38.
Eggs.Hennery, s2as5; current re-
ceipts, 28a30.
Poultry. Turkeys, young, 25a27;
old, 21a22; chickens, 17a20; Leghorns,
16a17; fowls, 17a20; Leghorn fowls, la
ID; roosters, Halls; ducks, Is; keats,
Dressed--Turkeys, young, 32a33; old,
28a30; chickens, 22a25; Leghorns, goa
%; fowls, heavy, 22a23; small, 18a2O;
capons, large, 42a43; small, 35a36
40a45.
Meats-Beef, 1sa2s; veal, 1sa2s;
lamb, 20a23; pork, loin, "a; fresh hams,
"a; fresh shoulders, 20. Smoked
Hams, IS; shoulders, 18; bacon, 81.
Game-RabbitS, 20a30.
Lard-in bulk, 1919; in packages, is.
Live stock-CalveS, IL; lambs, 8.
Fruits-StraWberries, per quart, $50:
oranges, Florida, 3.00a4.00; navels. $50:
California navels, 4.75a7 90; tangerines.
1.75a2.26; grapefruit, 2.50a3.25: kam-
quats, per quart box, IS; grapes, En-
peror, sawdust lugs, ESQ; pfneapples,
$50; cranberries. 3.75; Persian lines.
box stock, 2.0Oa3OO; persimmons' ! 90:
pears, box stock, S.25a3.75; lemons,
3.00a5.00.
egetables-Potatoes, 150-pound sacks.
3.00a3.25; sweet potatoes, per bushel'
1.00a1.25; Idaho baker, 100-pound sacks
3.25; cabbage, new, 1.75a2 90; old. / .25a
1.50; caulifiower, ITS; peas, 4.25a4. SO:
lima beans, 500; string beans, 2.5Oa
500; carrots, per 100 punches, 500;
beets, per 100 punches, $50; broccoli,
S.5Oa4 90; eggplants, 2.00a250; toma-
rs; spinach, 76a1 90; celery, 2.sOa3 .ll: /:
mushrooms, 75ae0; peppers, 2.50a3 90:
turnips. l.00aI.25; peppers, 2.50a3 90:
Marrow pumpkins, per bushel. 100:
cucumbers, 300a3.50,
Evening star., 1930-12-15

CHICAGO, December 15.-Traders in
almost all speculative lines regard con-
dtttons in their fields as the most pes
stmlstic experienced in years. Grain
values are near the bottom levels OF
the season. Cotton is the lowest in re-
cent years. Stocks are demoralized and
traders say that until a permanent i'm
provement is seen in them commodity
prices are not likely to have q sus-
tatned upturn.
Eggs are the lowest in so years, stor-
age eggs for December delivery being
slightly under is cents Storage butter
Is around 26 cents. Wheat for july
delivery IS at the lowest in 16 years or
more. Corn Is selling at 10 cents, oats
at 33 cents and rye IS cents in Chicago.
In Winnepeg, wheat has dropped to
54A cents for December delivery and
SO cents for May, with oats slightly
above 25 cents, rye around 20 cents and
barley 2412 cents.
Continued liquidation. with limited
speculative support, was especially heavy
last week, the main buying support
coming from those who were covering
commitments or who had privileges.
one OF the closest observers, review
ing the situation at the close Of the
Chicago Board of Trade Saturday, said:
"As long as deflationary forces con-
tinue under way it is not reasonable
to expect our commodity values to swing
against the trend, but It seems to us
that at the clrrent levels defiation
should be pretty well completed and
that at current levels defation
thing can well afford to invest in Ca
madam wheat at current prices. Don't
buy it, however, unless you can pro-
tect your holdings against temporary
declines"
That wheat speculation has fallen off
IS seen In the weekly report of sales of
futures in Chicago, there being 78.8O2,-
600 bushels last week, compared with
133, ,681 900 the previous week and $780,
084 900 year ago. At the same time
the open interest last week declined
only 100000, being 153, TAT, 900 bushels
at the close, compared with 155,739,-
600 o week ago. Open interest in May
wheat is 116,032,O00 bushels, against
liz, ,456, 900 q week ago.
Primary receipts of wheat last week
were the lightest in more than five
years.
Receipts here last weew we're 5,067 900
bushels; in the previous week 3,172,O0O
Evening star., 1930-12-15
GAIN IN SECURITIES VALUES
LOOKED FOR BY PIT TR RADERS 6
Chicago Operators Believe Commodity
Prices Will Improve When Stock Market
Recovers. Grains at Low Mark.

and In the week last year 7,130, 900. Ship
mentS, respectively, were 100000, A.
694, 900 and 3,252 900 bushels
closing prices on old crop deliveries
Tor the week were unchanged to u
cent higher with July q cent lower.
| Closing prices On December were 1917
70 1874 cents, March 1915 cents, Nav
! o. 10 SIh cents and July 70 to 69R
Corn has disappointed its friends bv
weakening to nearly the lowest of the
season and closing at about the inside
OF the week, with net losses of az to
"a cents. December finished at 6e3,
to 69A cents, March 72A to 725s cents.
May TAN to 747s cents, July 76 to 76b
cents. July had range of 74as to 80T
cents against 1915 to SO cents the pre-
vlous week and 951s to 95% cents a
year ago.
Sales for the week were 12s,s77,ooo
ousheLS against 108, ,381 900 the previous
week and only 48,261 900 in the same
week last year. The cash situation was
not changed to any extent. Open in
terest In corn was SIS, ,281 900 bushels at
week. -''0
Primary receipts of corn last week
were 8,253,000 bushels; the previous
week, 1881 900, and the same week last
JSoA SbA TVJUVU UuSIlelS. SnlDmenCS, re-
spectively. were 2,854,00O, 2,057 900 and
3,708, 900 bushels.
Oats were under pressure. mainly
from speculative holders, owing to the
weakness In corn, and finished 2A to
3B cents lower. December was 325k
cents, March 1875 cents, May 343l to
30 and July 331a. Trading dropped off
1l,OOO,OOO bushels to 13,075 900, COM
pared with 15,995,000 a year ago. Mar
keting is the lightest in more than five
years, and stocks are not heavy while
interior consumption is said to be large
Spectators say oats are too cheap and
consumption too large for prices to
stay around the present level.
Rye spectators have lost their in
terest, as trading last week decreased
virtually 100000 bushels, with agrre-
gate sales Of 6,742, 900 bushels. while
year ago they were IL ,583 600. Liuui1
dation developed on every hard SPOT
ana the finish was tame, with Decem-
per 10 cents, March ASH, May ASH and
July 43. It is said that a leading in
oustry has a big line of December
bought on which it has been unable
10 get delivery of the cash prain.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Note-An stocks sold in one hundred-share lots
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (250)
which shows those stocks to be sold In odd lots only
Evening star., 1930-12-15
SUGAR PARLEY ENDS.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December Is
R).-The International Sugar Confer
ence disbanded today without reaching
an agreement. The rock upon which
1t split was refusal of the German dele
gatlon to recede from its demands
regarding its export quota.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
NEW YORK, December is CR.-
Over-the-counter market:
Trust Companies.
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

lReported by J. Z W. salesman & Co
Evening star., 1930-12-15
MORTGAGE ISSUES
64 PCT. UNDER 1929
Drop In New Financing Held
Beneficial to Steadyinu of
Real Estate Values.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. December l5-Notwith-
standing the increasing volume of new
nrst-mortgage real estate financing in
recent months, total offerings for the
rfst IL months of this year was 81 Der
cent under that of the same period in
ivy, according to the monthly realty
investment review of Nelson, Hunt
Statistics showed that new realty
STOCK and bond financing In November
totaled $i5,610,000, an increase of AZ
per cent over october and the largest
Ior any month since last July. Total
financing for the entire year up to De-
cember l, 1t was stated, now aggregates
S1SO,632 ,270. a decline of 81 per cent
for the 11-month period.
F1rst-mortgage real estate bond and
note oneringS to date the survey
stated, aggregated $162 1927, $50, as COM
pared with $4o3, ,2l0,65 in the same Pc
ROD in 1929, q loss of about go Der
cent. New stock offerings aggregated
but $i8,005,1 100, decline of about 81
per cent from the volume registered
In the hrSt 11-month period last year,
Decline Held Beneficial.
This decline in realty financing"
said the review. sis undoubtedly havinS:
a most beneficial effect in stabilizing
the real estate security situation. It
augurs well for more rapid return to
normal conditions, where only the
soundest types of building projects will
be accepted as security for first-mort-
gage issues"
Statistics showing the volume Of new
realty financing In the first IL months
OF 1880, as compared with the same
period year ago, and in 1928, follows:
$780, 1929.
Bonds &160 607 Iso 2An9 81 n aso
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Totals =. $1sO,6s2,27O $510, sol $50
Gain in November Realty Issues.

Gain in November Realty Issues.
Analysis of the reviews figures
showed that first mortgage bond and
note offerings in November also showed
an increase OF per cent over the total
OF The same month year ago, but this
gain was more than offset by the loss
In stock offerings which in 1929 totaled
S5.458,OOO as compared with 100000
this year.
About SO per cent of the total financ-
ing for November was on Office and
commercial types of structures, while
Al per cent was on residential projects,
consisting largely of collateral trust GER
tif1cates.
The gain In the volume of November
realty financing over october was
largely due to an increase of about
S2,lO0,O 900 in residential and a $2,50O.-
900 increase in commercial offerings.
This was Offset to some extent by a
81 ,800,0 900 loss in the volume of issues of
financial and miscellaneous character.
Detroit led the Nation with a $5,OOO,-
600 issue, and Baltimore was second
with three offerings, totaling $4,57s,0OO.
New York, Richmond, Milwaukee fol-
lowed in order named. Other cities
which reported new issues were Cleye-
land, Seattle. San Francisco, New Or
leans. Appleton, Wis.
Mortgage Money Market.
The review stated that money for
financing needed home building Is ac-
cumulating. Banks and insurance COM
panies have ample funds for first mort
cages on sound well-conceived con-
struction projects"
Average yields Of new real estate
bond issues at their Offering prices in
November again registered q slight in
crease, according to the reviews
weighted by volume index. The index
for November stood at 5.98 per cent, as
against Sta per cent in October, and
6.o8 per cent in November, 1929.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
John R. Thompson Sales.
CHICAGO Decemhar /

CHICAGO, December is (R.-John
r. Thompson Co. today Teported No
vember sales Of $1,185, ,g94, compared
total for the first IL months tfih wear
was $13,697, ,395, compared with $l4.-
422, ,993 in the same period last wear
Evening star., 1930-12-15
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
by Dhectt Thss once

~ Sales OF Stocks on New York Exchange
1880 AM. 770500 1900 Noon. I a7e aoo
l:so Pm 2466 200 21O Pm. 272s 200
payments based m bs e IN the above table
q less than 100
yssrno IN e'Ge PsF,ar st P scrip fp1s 90 this
Ps 81 IN ean % e SGeE fPlHs ioS in stocS
l% sn sock Plus So In stock In preteTred stoc
Evening star., 1930-12-15
First Mortgage Loans

Lowest Rates OF interest and Commission
Thomas J. Fisher 6 Company. Inc.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Chicago Airport's Big Record.

More than 1000 airplanes arrive and
port each month.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Musical instruments are being manu-
factured in Canada at the rate Of
S1.000, 900 lassth a month.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

RlGHT& Expire
14s I'M Com Edison Feb IL 12 IL 12
Dividend rates in dollars quarterly or SEM
payment "Ex dividend. fPartly
Payable in cash stock Payable stock Adjustment Siv
Plus S In stock Plus 81 in IL In stock
Plus 2 in stock Plus 1o% In stock az in stock