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The Washington times., 1930-06-18

FURNISHED by W. B. Hibbs < Coz
SALES
Norfolk and washington Steam
boat rights when issued 5016.
Potomac Electric SIS preferred,
5@11O1a.
Washington Railway & Electric,
preferred, 6@9SA.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 5QS7H2.
National Mortgage & Invest,
preferred, 7oo@5; 2OO@5; zoos.
Real Estate Mortgage & Invest
ment, preferred, 100@7.
The Carpet Corporation, bog
211a; 5O@21; 50Q21h.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 51a's, pre-
ferred, 301O6h; 10106h.
Capital Traction SIS, $2,OOO09l.
Washington Gas SIS B, $SOOV
1O31a; 1909 103A.
Potomac Electric 512's pre-
ferred, 15@1O7; 13@1o7.
Norfolk g. washington Steam
boat, rights when issued, 90 To-
Public UtiIity Bonds
Amer AMER T:5 81 : s: F:I Z: 80. isss" iss -.
Am An,eH,t'. 7 s, 81, T Rn s. 'Gt1 81. 81
Ana & Pot Guar 5s...,....( - ~
C & P Tel of Va IS. ..,.''l lVi loS ~,
Capital Traction r Ss.'.. ~ 81 ga
City & suburban 5s .......'I 81 90
Georgetown Gas 1st Ss. W. '''''
Potomac Elec Cons 5s...... log '...'
Potomac Eiec S. ...........l 100 '''"'
Wash Alex & Mt v Ctf. f..... '.'''
Wash BALTIC & An 5s.......t 90 '..''
Washington Gas SIS. ...... w = i;::;;;
Wash Gas 6s series A -. tHe u io+
Wash Gas IS series h. .... lo4 n loo
Wash Rwy & Elec a. ......I 50 80 n
Miscellaneous Bonds -
Barber & Ross Inc 6As... SO 80
Cham-Vanblt Hotel 6hs... go .....
Chevy Chase Club 5hs..... l0O 49,
D. G. Paper Mig IS. ..... IV oV
w NJ Cold Storage S.. -. 90 49,
wash Cons Title 6s. ~ 81 = 20
Public utility Stocks
dAmerican Tel & Tel. l.....,.21oo 80.
dAmer Tel g. Tel. ..,.'.. iz05 80
capitol Traction Co...... SS% %
Wash Gas Lit Co.........,ill6 iaS0
dN & w Steamboat. l2sS zeV
n 4 w Stmbt rts vi ..... IS !!A
Pot Elec Power IS pfd...i1lo all
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
CO.
PLANS BOOST
Of CAPITAL
Company to Vote on Retaining
New Shares Until Further
Acquisitions Are Effected

NEW YORK, June 1s. - Stock.
holders Of the Manhattan Com
pany will hold q special meeting
early in July for the purpose Of
ratifying an increase in the cap
ital stock Of the company from
100000 to $4S, 100000 through
the issuance from time to time Of
250,000 additional shares Of $40
par value stock.
None Of the additional shares
will be offered to stockholders
and no public offering is con-
templated.
To Buy Title Stock
It is proposed to hold the new
stock in the treasury of the com
pany until such time as further
acquisitions are effected. Part
Of the additional stock, however,
will be used for the purpose If
acquiring the minority stock in
the New York Title and Mort
gage Company still outstanding
Inasmuch as the Manhattan
Company already owns 80 per
cent of the New York Title stock,
only a negligible portion Of the
additional stock will be issued for
this purpose. 1t is, therefore, Ap-
parent that the bulk will be used
for other purposes, namely, the
acquisition of new banks or
branches.
The Manhattan Company has
just completed the acquisition of
the Central National Bank and
has divided its offices between the
Bank Of Manhattan Trust Com
pany and the American Trust
Company. It controls the latter
through the New York Title and
Mortgage.
Recent expansion Of the com
pany has used up all Of it's cap
ital so that it naturally requires
additional capital in It's treasury
to further its program during the
remainder of the year.
2.25O,OOO Shares
Upon the completion Of the in
crease in capital, the company
will have 2.250, 900 shares of $40
par value stock. At present there
are about 100000 shares out.
standing.
The Manhattan Company was
transformed late last year into q
holding corporation and operates
under the 1899 charter which the
Bank Of Manhattan Company for
merly operated under.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S Il.
NS9 -Warnin that business
America has come to a stop, look
and listen point" was sounded to-
day by Edward N. Hurley, Of Chi.
cAgo, formerly war chairman OF
the United States Shipping Board.
in an address before the National
Electric Light Associations annual
convention.
Hurley declared:
Confronted rs we are with
business uncertainty and with
q condition in which full enl-
plOyment for our people requires
the export and sale in competi-
tive markets Of the world Of At
least 20 per cent Of our prOduc-
tion Of manufactured goods, we
find ourselves in position
which calls urgently for more
effective economic efforts.
81 earnestly believe that Amer
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
GAS PRICE WAR.
STILL RACES
ON COAST
Price Prevails at II Cents,
With Some Independent
Firms Cutting Still Lower

SAN FRANCISCO, June ID
(U.s0. All along the Pacific
Coast the three-day-old gasoline
"war" was being fought today.
with motorists enjoying q general
drop in prices Of at least cents
q gallon.
In San Francisco and the Bay
region the 17-cent rate, first or
dered by the Texas Oil Company
and met by other major concerns
on Saturday, prevailed. Occa-
sional independents" however,
were slaShing further to Is, Is,
and even IA cents.
Members of the Garage and
Property owners Association were
following the policy Of the big"
companies and retailing at II
cent&.
Nine.Cent Gas Seen
In Los Angeles, dispatches said,
the price-cutting war ragged un-
abated, with predictions Of "9'cent
gas" circulating freely.
Most of the major concerns were
maintaining the 161a-cent price,
but the Shell Company, according
to dispatches, met the 12-cent
price Of independents" and was
underselling Richfield, Standard,
Texas and others.
A survey Of independents in the
Los Angeles area showed that
most Of the gasoline sold by them
today went at between 1914 and
IA cents.
San Francisco and Bay region
independents who formerly un-
dersold were still maintaining
their differential.
17.Cent Price Leads
H. w. nellie, secretary Of the
Garage and Property Owners
Association, returning from q
tour Of Northern California, de-
clared the price Of II cents gen
eral, except in scattered instances.
where so-called gasoline bootleg.
gers" were underwriting. In the
Lake Tahoe district, he reported,
the original 30-cent price was
undisturbed.
Meanwhile, various and con-
flicting theories were being ad-
vanced to explain the first i'm
portant cut in a year. Some
observers declared the reduction
was an effort on the part Of big
companies to freeze out" under
selling service station operators.
Others see in the reduction an
attempt of the companies to "un-
load" excess gasoline. Still others
attribute the cut to q protracted
feud over the Pacific Coast mar
ket between certain major con-
Germs.
Oil Rise Is Cited
It Is significant, according to
these, that the price Of gasoline
was cut shortly after that of
crude oil was raised. thus bring.
ing about a situation in which
concerns which are not big pro-
ducerS must pay more for their
raw product and receive less for
finished gasoline.
While the war" was spreading
along the entire Coast, companies
involved, and many others, were
notified that they will appear in
the Federal Court in San Fran
cisco on September 16 to answer
charges of violating the antitrust
laws. Nineteen Western concerns
are defendants in the action in
which the Government charges
price fixing. Date of the hearing
was set by Judge A. F. st. Sure
today.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
LOCAL STOCKS

Pot Elec Pwr 5As pfd. .I1OShi1S7h
Wash Ry g. Elec com. 1859 49,.
wash Ry & ~El pfd. sSA 80
Wash BALTIC & An COM. -. .....
Wash Bait An pfd. 49,.
"Ex dividend; wlwheh issued; dEx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
DRUG AGENTS PROBE
KILLING OF COUPLE
baltimore Man Who Shot Wife
Listed 40 Drug Addict
in 1919.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Nd. August 16.-Fed-
eral narcotic agents this afternoon TOOK
over investigation of the death OF Jonn
p. Bartscher, AS, and his wife. Mrs
Hattie Bartscher, 80. whose bodies were
found in their home in the 1900 block
Annapolis road. Each had died from
bullet wound in the right temple.
The police virtually abandoned their
work on the case when Coroner Otto
Reinhart gave an opinion that Bart
scher had killed his wife and ended his
own life. Meanwhile clues had been
found that brought the Federal drug
squad into the case One of these was
Abe discovery that Rartscher was listed
in 1919 among about 1000 known drug
addicts in Baltimore. Another was the
discovery Of hypodermic needle IN the
pocket of his coat on table near the
bodies
The third was the tentative identifi-
cation as heroin of the contents Of q
package received at South Baltimore
postal substation yesterday and deliv-
cred to q relative of the dead man
This relative opened the package and
later returned 1t to the subStation, where
II was claimed by the narcotic agents
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
NOTES OF CHAIN STORES
ARE TO BE PURCHASED
Clarence Saunders, Denying Re-
sponsibility, Has Reached q
"Compromise Proposition.
ny ths Asaociated Preaa.

ny the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, August 16. - Clarence
Saunders announced here today that as
"a compromise proposition" the Clarence
Saunders Corporation, licensing firm for
Saunders chain groceries. has agreed
to purchase $5O0,00 In notes held by
an Eastern banking syndicate against
the Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc, now
in receivership.
When the 1873 stores of the Southern
chain went into receivership Saunders
denied responsibility for the notes and
declared the Clarence Saunders Stores.
Inc. should pay them.
we still deny We are responsible.
he said today. But as q compromise
proposition the Clarence Saunders Cor
poration has agreed to take them OF
the bankers hands"
Bertles, Rawls 81 Donaldson, New
York firm, acting for the bankers petit
kiOned for and obtained a joint re-
ceiver to handle their interests in the
chain for receiverShip. The Clarence
Saunders Corporation, which is paid
royalties by all stores under the
Saunders name, was involved in the re-
ownership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Pottery's Pioneer.

The bicentenary OF Joseph Wedg-
wood. the pioneer Of English pottery.
occurred recently. Wedgwood was born
inal730, began his association with the
epotworks" where his brother was
niaster at the age of 9. and here he
N3rned the art Of making pots upon
The wheel in the ancient manner. Early
N 1859 Wedgwood started on his own
Is q manufacturer. Four years later he
Installed an 'engine-turning lathe In
his works and the first pieces OF engine
turned pottery were produced. Soon
Wedgwood's business improved tremen-
6ously and he received a command from
the Queen for a tea service. He also
sent sets of cream -colored vases to the
palace, which, after receiving the patron
age of Queen Charlotte, were called
Queens Ware"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Peru has purchased 81 American air.
planes this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Ten-Piece Wallqut-Veneer Dining Room Suit

Nicely constructed with genuine walnut veneer on
gumwood An oblong extension table, enclosed
6Onch buffet china cabinet, host chair and five side
chairs with Jacquard upholstered comprise this
unusual bargain in August FURNITURE Sale. .........!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
JUDGE ALLEN WARNS
OF DEADLY AIR WAR
Ohio Woman Jurist Talks by Radio
on New Obligation Under
Recent Treaty.

Disarmament was the subject Of a
talk delivered last evening over the
radio by Judge Florence Allen of the
Supreme Court Of Ohio, who came to
Washington yesterday upon the invita-
ton Of the Women's International
League.
In Nationwide hook-up over the
National Broadcasting Co. Judge Allen
went on the air at $50 O'Clock.
Almost every thoughtful citizen ac-
cepts the fact that the next battle viii
be fought In the air." declared Judge
Allen. The statement Is also made
by high military authority that no de-
tense Of warship or army will avail
against the destruction possible when
bombs are released, as they will be. from
the air. The Cleveland clinic disaster
Illustrated the possibility in the use of
poison gas.
1T is well to help build an interna-
0onal mind, but in the ultimate con-
clus1on war is made by parliament. War
Is made by acts Of government.
II the citizen does not demand that
his government act In accordance with
the spirit Of the multilateraI treaty to
renounce war, he VIII himself be part
ner in the final result when the govern
ment commits some act which tends in
evitably toward war"
Relative to the London Arms Con-
ference, shortly after her arrival in
Washington yesterday morning Judge
Allen said: In my judgment, the Amer
lean people are expecting the American
delegation IN London to propose meas
ures which will result In some substan-
tial reduction Of armament, as indicated
in President Hoover's Armament day
speech. do not believe that the Amer
lean people will be satisfied with
negligible reduction"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
HOOVER ASKS HONOR
FOR TRAIL PIONEERS
President Calls for Observance Of
Covered Wagon Centennial
This Year.

In a proclamation issued yesterday
President Hoover called upon the Amer
lean people to employ the occasion of
the observance from April 10 to Deem
Der 20 Of this year as the covered wagon
centennial, as a fitting means of COM
memorating the lives and deeds of the
heroic pioneers who won and held the
West.
The Presidents proclamation, in part,
follows:
The Congress, by unanimous vote,
has authorized commemoration of the
heroism of the fathers and mothers who
traversed the Oregon trail to the Far
West. On April 10, 1880, the first wagon
train left st. Louis for Oregon, pioneer
ing the way for the thousands of men
and women who settled the Pacific
States. On December 90, 1880, Ezra
Meeker was born, who carried over into
our day the personal memory of his
historic epoch. The Oregon Trail Me-
mortal Association, which he founded
and which included men and women in
all walks Of life In all parts of the coun-
try, has sponsored the movement to
observe Che period from April 10 to De-
cember 20 Of this year as the covered
wagon centennial. to recall the national
significance Of this centenary of the
great Westward tide. which established
American civilization across a CONT
nent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
MASONIC BANQUET
. HONORS BIRTHDAY
Marked Tribute Paid to First
President by Alexandria
Washington Lodge.
apecial. pi.p.teh 70 The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February ga
list of distinguished speakers featured
the banquet Of the Alexandria Washing
ton Lodge, No. %. A. F. & A. M, held
this evening at Armory Hall in celebra-
ton Of the 1sSth anniversary Of the
birth of George Washington. Wash
ington was a member Of this lodge and
at one time was its worshipful master.
More than 400 MaSonS from all parts
of the country were present.
Three Principal Speakers.
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connec-
ticut; Ahmed Mouhtar, Ambassador to
the United States from the Republic Of
Turkey: and DR.. William MoSley Brown,
a member Of the United States Crime
Commission and grand lodge officer Of
Virginia, were the principal speakers. C.
Phillip Heishley, past worshipful mas
ter of Alexandria, Washington Lodge,
and at present historian Of the lodge,
acted as POSTMASTER.
One of the features of the evenings
program was the presentation of a past
masters jewel to c. Aubrey Callahan,
the presiding oficer of the Alexandria
washington Lodge for the past year.
The Jewel was presented by Past Mas,
ter Alfred c. Moss Of the lodge, who
placed him in line.
Three Masonic lodges located in vari-
Gus parts of the world generally observe
the birth Of George Washington at the
same hour and the same day. They are
Liberty Lodge of Beverly, Mass: Con-
stitutional Lodge, No. 294, of Beverly,
England, and Alexandria-Wash
Lodge, No. %, of this city. This custom
was started so years ago and the exist
ing friendship between the lodges has
been continued. Charles 3. Tenneson,
past master Of the Alexandria Washing
ton Lodge, was the local body'S repre-
sentative to the celebration at Beverly,
Mass.
Many Distinguished Guests.
Distinguished guests who attended the
banquet we're Walter Newton and George
Ackerson. secretaries to President Hoo
YER: George Christian, secretary to the
late President Harding; c. B. McGinty,
secretary of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and present worshipful
master Of st. Johns Lodge Of Washing
ton; the Rev. DR.. Frank McFaden,
grand master Of MasonS Of Virginia, and
. long list of others.
The banquet was prepared by the
George Mason Hotel and served by the
mothers, wives and sweethearts of the
Masonic order members. The hall was
deliberately decorated for the affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
COMMODORE VANDERBILT
TAKING TROPICAL CRUISE
Leaves Tampa for Havana and
Plans Later to Cross Atlantic
Ninth Time.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, February 22.-Slipping
down the bay with the tide last night
the ocean-going yacht Ara bore Commo-
dore w. K. Vanderbilt and his wife out
to sea on another tropical cruise.
Havana was to be their first port Of
call. AS guests they had Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin M. Post, jr., close family friends.
The Ara was brought in for repairs
two weeks ago. The Vanderbilts re-
turned here yesterday to find that a
crushed stern, caused when the Ara
backed of the marine ways into dock.
had been fixed and little time was lost
in getting under way.
Commodore Vanderbilt said they
might steam Eastward and Southwark
through the Bahamas and Caribbean
islands, after leaving Havana. Return
ing to New York within few weeks,
the Vanderbilts planned to cross the
Atlantic in their ship for the ninth time
to attend wedding Of a French banker,
one of the commodore's friends in Paris,
he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
ORATORY CONTEST
PLANS ARE LAUDED
Requiring of Extemporaneous
Speech Is Praised by vir-
ginia Educators.

Commentator Of the extemporaneous
feature Of the Seventh National Ora
torical Contest, which Is sponsored in
the District and in nearby counties of
Maryland and Virginia, was voiced yes
terday by three superintendent of Viz
ginia schools.
r. G. Bowton Of Alexandria, L,
Fletcher Kemp Of Arlington and M. D.
Hall Of Fairfax County praised the
plan which requires the young orators
to deliver a 4-ninute extemporaneous
speech after they have presented their
6-mtnute orations as q means of In
ducing more intensive study of the
American Constitution and, of providing
an improved means of displaying the
ability of the contestants.
Encourages Originality.
Mr.. Kemp declared: 1.-The extempore
speaking rule Is a good addition to an
already excellent plan for improving
public speaking and increasing general
knowledge Of our governmental insti-
buttons. Knowing that he or she will
have to demonstrate in the extempora-
neous speech a genuine understanding
of the principles laid down in the pre-
ceding memorized grafton, the pupil will
study the subject with great care. That,
by itself, will be splendid thing.
In addition, this arrangement en-
courages originality on the part of the
contestant, because 1t Is obvious that q
speaker who leans on others for the
construction Of the set speech will not
have sufflcient self confidence and
knowledge of the subject to make a
satisfactory extemporaneous speech on
a topic closely related thereto, but not
identical with it.
Judges to BE Assisted.
"Of course, we do not expect, and !
feel certain that the sponsors of the
contest do not expect, brilliant extempo-
raneouS talks from these high school
pupils. A really finished speech, memo
rized or extemporaneouS, is the product
of a master, and is possible only after
years of practice. The object of the in
novation will have been attained, !
think, If it enables the judges to make
certain that the speakers really under
stand their subjects, and If it increases
the general average Of efficiency in
speaking on short notice.
Every person who appears in public
has many occasions on which he must
speak on only a few minutes notice.
This four minute eXtempore speech in
the contest furnishes valuable training
in that direction, and pupils will do well
to avail themselves Of it,"
Enthusiasm Is High.
Mr.. Bowton ,indorsing the National
Oratorical Contest for secondary stu
dents under his supervision, has written
to The Star contest headquarters as
follows:
THE contest this year offers splen-
did attractions to high school pupils in
prizes and in opportunities for self Jim
provement. am glad to be able to say
that enthusiasm among the pupils for
the contest is at a very high point and
that everything indicates successful
competition in this county.
The revised rules for this year are
certain to result in raising the standard
Of contestants, so that those who win
their way to the top win be boys and
girls of considerable ability and willing
ness to work. We in Alexandria are glad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
AND WATSON
ADDRESS UTAH SOCIETY
Representative Cotton Also Speaker
at Annual Banquet and En-
tertainment.

Senators Smoot of Utah and Watson
Of Indiana addressed the meeting of
the Utah Society, held last night at
the Carlton Hotel featuring the organi-
zation's annual banquet. Some $50
guests participated.
Short speeches were made by Sena-
tor Smoot, Senator Watson and Repre-
sentative Cotton.
A program Of instrumental and vocal
music, featuring Miss Frances Shea,
soprano. and George F. Ross, accom-
PIANIST, was followed by dancing. T. e.
Billings, the president of the society,
and Commissioner Harold A. Lafount
OF the Federal Radio Commission, who
was chairman of the general commit
tee, took leading part in arranging
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
MIAMI GETS MEETING.
Shrine Directors Elect California
Man as President.

DENVER, Colo, February % Dr.
Miami, Fla, was selected yesterday as
the 1881 meeting place of the Shrine
Directors Association of North America.
The election Of officers was a formal
ity. William I. Mcdonald of Oakland,
Calf, succeeded Earl Swan, of Okla
homa City, as president. Other new
officers are Stanley w. Brinson, Nor
folk, Va, first vice president; Sidney
A. Gaines, Wichita Falls, Tex, second
vice president, and Louis C. Fisher,
Charleston, 8. c., secretary-treaSurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

to do all in our power to carry forward
this important work."
Mr.. Hall said:
I'VE in Fairfax County are very much
interested in the new feature of The Ma
tional Oratorical Contest, which provides
for eXtemporaneouS speaking in addition
to the prepared address. The speaker
who acquires the ability to make q good
prepared address or q good extempo-
raneous talk doubles his capacity for
the effective expression of his ideas.
Another feature of this years ar
rangements, which is excellent, is that
of strict county organization of the con-
test. This serves to stimulate a healthy
competition between schools in the same
county and also adds to the interest in
the Northern Virginia finals in which
the champions Of the different cities will
compete for the 500 prize and q place
in the finals for this area"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
Vice Consul Chase Weds.

KOENIGSBERG, Germany, Febru-
airy % R.-Augustus Sabin Chase,
American vice consul at Berlin, and
Frauline Helga Won Erdberg were mar
ried here today in the Lutheran
Church. The romance began in the
Berlin consulate, where the bride is
employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase will go to Wash
ington after q brief honeymoon In
France.