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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25
MD-c|FY CITIZENS
HEAR 3 SPEAKERS
Clark C. Griffith, Judge R. {.
MattingIy and w. Nick.
Clayton Give Talks.

Brief talks by several well known
washingtonians featured a meeting last
night Of the Mid-City Citizens Asso-
citation in the Thomson School,
The speakers were Clark c. Grifith,
Washington Ball Club owner, who was
admitted to the association as a new
member; Judge Robert e. Mattingly,
one of the Oldest association members.
and william NICK. Clayton, chairman OF
the Public Utilities Committee of the
Federation Of Citizens Associations.
For Free Transportation.
Mr.. Clayton, speaking generally on
present problems of civic interest here,
specifically recommended the repeal of
the Borland act and advocated the es-
tablishment of free bus and car trans
portation for school children.
Judge Mattingly, after introducing
MIR. Clayton and presenting him with q
travelling bag on behalf Of an unknown
donor, reviewed the commendable work
Of Mr.. Clayton in civic achievement
here.
Mr.. Grifnth. after reviewing the his
tory of the Washington Ball Club I'M
der his management and predicting a
pennant contender for 1881. thanked
the association for its efforts toward
the establishment of Base Ball avenue.
COmmends Police.
The association Endorsed the present
rotary left trafic turn and directed that
. letter be addressed to police headquar-
tiers commencing the efficient police
action taken in the recent milk poison
ing case.
President A. j. Driscoll announced
the following committee chairmen for
the coming year: w H Richardson, law
and legislation: r. B. Hoffman, streets,
parks and highways; George A. War
ren, public schools; Mrs. Alfred Wynne,
entertainment; E. W. Hun, public
health, and @. Howard Huntington,
membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25
ORTIZ RUBIO ASKS
TARIFF EXTENSION
Suggests to Senate Inclusion Of
Articles Now Competing With
Nations Products.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, November 25.-The
Mexican Senate had before it today q
communication from President Ortiz
Rubio suggesting an extension of the
protective tariff policy to include many
articles which under the present tariffs
are enabled to compete with Mexican
products:
Prompt enactment of legislation to
regulate working conditions and give
full guarantees to capital in Mexico also
were suggested in the message, with
the explanation that the combination
of measures was considered necessary
for stimulation of national industry so
as to alleviate the economic crisis.
The President has extraordinary pow
ers to deal with tariff matters and al
ready has established q tariff wall
against various articles, while it is I'M
derstood that under the projected new
grant of power he will extend IL to
other products at present imported on
q large scale.
A decree just published in the ON
cal Gazette establishes what Is expect
ed to be q prohibitive tariff on eggs,
fruits. buttons, pencils, tin, zinc, china
ware, bricks and electric light bulbs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25
Wife Petitions Court
To Order Seizure of
Husbands Dress Suit
nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November as
Something. Mrs. Alma McGill
said, should be done about her
husbands dress suit.
She knew, she set forth in a
bill for separate maintenance,
that he had a SIS, 1000 estate, but
she had had no idea he had the
dress suit until friends told her of
seeing him making merry in night
clubs. Even then. she added, she
scoffed at the idea, only to learn
that he kept it at his Office, where
he donned and dotted it in
secrecy.
Mrs. McGill asked that the suit
be impounded as evidence and
that he be enjoined from dispos-
ing OF any Of the rest of his
estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25
CHAMPION QUAIL LAYS
1885 EGGS IN 1870 DAYS
Georgia Plantations RAINe Same
Birds to Be Released Annually
for Hunters.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
THOMASVILLE, Ca, November 25.-
Pebble Hill plantation, owned by p. w.
Harvey, Cleveland, Ohio. capitalist,
claims the champion egg-laying quail
hen.
The bird has a record Of 1876 eggs
IN 100 days. She weighs half pound
and it takes four of her eggs to weigh
an ounce. The average quail egg pro-
duction for the year from all the plan
tation hens was II eggs
The tiny hen was raised in q hatch
cry, where, under hundreds of feet of
wire netting, these fowls are bred and
released before huntsmen come down
annually from the North
This year, it Is estimated, three
hatcheries in the district released $500
quail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

Forty million feet more of motion
picture flm was exported from the
United States to European countries
last year than in 1928, the total being
over 10000, 900 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

Old Chief Maybe. s6-year-old Cney-
enne Indian, claims to have never slept
indoors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

After the serious thoughts Thanksgiving Day. the fore
most mind the Thanksgiving Dinner From the early
days down been the ambition of house
wife make hers and successful and consistent with
the times APP Food Stores offer everything that make
this verab feast Of feas Only the finest of foods will do
have gathered them from the four of the globe
We urge you shop with and share in the many saving
offered through special well regular low prices.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
COPPER INTERESTS OPPOSED
TO PLACING TARIFF ON METAL

war uses of the metal eliminated by
the advent of more modern equipment.
Despite this curtailed use, production was
allowed to Increase yearly, with the in
dustry facing the problem of devising
new uses for its product. Tremendous
progress has been made in this direc-
ton, but supply and demand are far
from being parallel. In the meantime
an oversupply Is steadily piling UP.
The United States, which Is RESPONSE
bic for half the worlds exports Of cop
per, produced about 1,0l5,000 tons In
1929, compared with 912,950 tons the
previous year, and with 3,210 tons in
1919. Domestic consumption for the
comparable years was 924,500 tons,
804, 1853 tons and 457,236 tons, respec-
lively, the latter representing a SUBJ
normal year, due to o let-down as an
aftermath to the war.
The acutenesS Of the situation Is en-
phasized in the trend of the market.
AS late as last April the level was
around 18 cents a pound, while today
1t Is approximately IL cents. A few
weeks ago new low mark of 9l2 cents
a pound was recorded.
The Tariff Commission is powerless
to act in the matter even though pres
sure were brought 10 bear upon it, as
the 1880 tariff act specifically prohibits
transfer of an article from the dutiable
list TO the free list, or vice versa.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
VIRGINIA TOBACCO
BRINGS S3,1S7,S7
Warehouse Reports Show
Total of 34,742,746 Pounds
of Leaf Marketed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, December Ia
Producers sales of leaf tobacco on Vir-
gtnia markets during the month of Mo-
vember amounted to 34,T42, ,746 pounds.
valued at S3,l6T, ,S5T sales of the cor
responding period last year were ga
72l ,246 pounds, valued at $685., ,05I,
warehouse reports of the commissioner
or agriculture, released here today by
the division of agricultural statistics Of
the Virginia Department OF Agriculture,
showed
The average price Of all types sold
during November was S9.1S. compared
with $l8.3i for November last year.
Flue-cured sales amounted to 29. .SSi !.
621 pounds, with an average of $937
per hundreds pounds, compared with
20 798,536 pounds in November last
year, with an average of S16.o7 per
hundred pounds.
Fire-cured sales amounted to 4,6s2,- :
$50 pounds, with an average OF $500
per, hundred pounds compared with
1881 ,032 pounds In November last year,
with an average Of $l453 per hundred
pounds.
Sun-cured sales amounted TO 22s ATS
pounds, with an average of 81 per hun
dred pounds, compared with 29I, ,67B sold
last November at an average of $l023
per hundred pounds.
warehouse men estimated that the
quality of all sales during the month
graded IL per cent good, 81 per cent
medium and 81 per cent common, COM
pared with 30 per cent good, Al per
cent meolum and 80 per cent common
for November, 1929.
The hurley market at Abingdon did
not open until December 9, so no report
OF sales was available from that market.
The report was compiled by John A.
HICKS, agricultural statistician of the
Federal-5tate Crop Reporting Service,
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December a.
Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.25a1 rs /;
sweet potatoes, barrel, 1.00a3.25; yams,
barrel, 2.50a300; beans, bushel, ITS;
beetS 100, 3.00a4.00; cabbage, ton, 49, 90
a23.00; carrots, 100, 3.0Oa4.O0: cauli-
flower, crates, 1.50a2 90; celery crate,
l.75a2.76; eggplant, crate, 125a2 rs; I;
kale, bushel, 60a75; lettuce, crate, 3.75a
4.25; peppers, crate. 1.25a2.50; parsnips,
.bushel, 90a1.10: spinach, bushel, 75a
100: tomatoes, 3.00a5.00; turnips,
bushel, S0a1.00; apples, bushel, 75a2.00;
cranberries, box, 2.50a3.00: grapefruit,
box, 2.25a3.50; oranges, box, 2.50a3.00;
pears, bushel, 1.o0a2.O0.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, pound, 25a26;
old, 18a23; chickens, springerS, 15a23;
Leghorn, 17a20; barebacks, Halls; old
hens, 18a25; Leghorns, 14a16; roosters,
13a16: ducks, 13a20: geese, 15a20;
guinea fowls, each, SoaS6; pigeons, pair,
f1rsts, 20a25.
Eggs-Receipts, ss4 cases; nearby
firsts, 80; Southern f1rsts, %; hennery
whites, 29a33 current receipts. 28a30.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 30as512; ladies, 27a30; rolls, 28a
oVp PAONVocJ oVb oVOAC PdShCAs AOo4o'
Hay and Grain.
Wheat-No red Winter, export,
80h; No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot,
801z; December, 8015.
Corn-No. 2 domestic, yellow, old,
89a90; cob corn, new, 435a4.40.
Rye-Nearby, 60a65.
Oats-White, No, 2, new, 451aa46; No.
8, 441ka45.
Hay-Receipts, none. General hay
market strengthening. Drought has
seriously curtailed nearby crops, chang
ing the entire situation. Sections here
tofore shipping are now asking for Of
fers of hay. Good clover mixed and
timothy new hay will bring from 24.00
to $500 per ton.
Wheat straw, No. /, per ton, 900a
1000; oat straw No. I, per ton, 9.00a
1000.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-Receipts. 500 head; light sup
ply, market steady; steers, choice to
prime. none: good to choice, $50 to
$50; medium to good, 7.50 to $50; fair
to medium, $50 to 750; plain to fair,
$50 to $50; common to plain. $50 to
5.25. Bulls, choice to prime, none; good
to choice, $50 to 500; medium to
good, 5.25 to $50; fair to medium, ATS
to 5.25; plain to fair. 4.25 to ATS; COM
mon to plain, 375 to 4.25. Cows, choice
to prime, none; good to choice, $50 to
500; medium to good 450 to $50; fair
to medium, 400 to 4.50; plain to fair,
Evening star., 1930-12-12
PRICES ARE MIXED
IN CURB DEALINGS
Market Becomes Irregular
After Early Show of Strength.
Trading Is Quiet.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 12-Starting
slowly, with prices fairly firm, todays
curb market picko1 up speed and turned
irregular as the session progressed.
Electric Bond & Share rose frac-
tionally, but Cities Service was down a
shade. Goldman Sachs, after opening
on II, recovered most Of its early loss.
Trading corporations, realty issues,
store stocks, petroleum shares and mis-
cellaneous induStrials, in order named,
reacted during the forenoon, which was
notable for It's absence of big blocks.
Sales during that period amounted to
23S,70 shares, compared with 2s8. 400
in the same period yesterday
Railway and light securities. which
broke more than II points yesterday,
was off only point today as an earning
statement indicated net for the IL
months ended November 80 of $271 a
share on the common stock. Corpora
ton Securities of Chicago by a frac-
tional decline hit new low for the year.
Shenandoah, Intercoast Trading.
Chatham-Phenix Allied, North and
South American and similar types of
securities declined. Lefcourt Realty
common and preferred were each off a
point.
Edison Stores B, Neisner Bros. pre-
Milk Producers we're few of the weak
spots in store and food shares. Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea moved against the
trend because of its sales report, which
showed business in the IL months of
this year totaling S4o.295. .20l. or 489
per cent above the same 1929 period
American Book Co. was a feature in
the inactive industrials, opening up 16
points from its last sale of October 16.
Associated Rayon preferred was up az,
while Celanese participating preferred
lost half that amount.
Copper shares moved lower in dull
trading. Decline of 10,712 tons in re-
fined stocks of copper metal strength
ened the statistical position, but the
omission of Hudson Bays interim divi-
dend on both common and preference
shares and slowness in working out the
terms of the Rhodesian merger chilled
the attitude of traders toward this
group.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

1s47. Abraham Lincoln was an un-
known law clerk in Its legal depart
ment. George Pullman first tried out
his sleeping car on the Alton In 1857.
In 1855 an Alton funeral train carried
Lincoln to his grave In Springfield
During the late decades of the nine
teenth century the Alton prospered. It
was one of the first 10 use bright colors
on its coaches, giving its trains such
names as the Red Bird" and the Red
Hummer"
In 1895 E. II. Hartman acquired the
Alton for 100000. He loaded 1t
with $40 1000 900 in bond issues and a
few years later added $40, 900, 900 more.
A shopmen's strike and miners walk
out brought receivership in 1922.
W. A. Bierd, the president, remained
as receiver.
Minority stockholders Of the Alton
sought to avert the auction. contend
ing the property was being sold for
much less than It's value. The law pro-
vides an interval of 7e days for in
terested parties TO object before the
court may approve the sale
Evening star., 1930-12-12

BY the Associated Press,
WILMINGTON, Ill, December Ia
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in ac-
quiring the Chicago g. Alton has fol-
lowed again the policy of its founders
who, 1o4 years ago, foresaw that sue
cess was in westward expansion.
The public auction OF the Alton here
yesterday made certain its absorption
by the Baltimore & Ohio, extending the
Baltimore railroads lines from st
Louis to Kansas City and from both
cities to Chicago. The Alton had LOSS
miles Of trackage.
Will Cost B. & o. &75,OOO,OOO.
The Baltimore g. Ohio bid S23 900 006
for the Alton. 1t was the only offer ano
will cost the B. g. o., with the added
obligations, about $75,000,000.
The auction, held on the station
platform in this hamlet, was ended
quickly. The sale terminated Federal
Court receivership of eight years. The
Wilmington Station is the first out OF
Chicago owned by the Alton. The road
enters Chicago on ., leased line.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, December IL (SpeciaD -
The wheat market was quiet and steady
today. There was scattered buying. in
fuenced by the better tone to Liverpool
and Buenos Aires markets. December
old, opened TIA to TIN; March. old
79A TO 792s; new, 795s May, old, 81
70 81 Is: new. S1$ to 81%. After the
hrst half hour: December, old 77A
March, old, 1885: new, 7olz; May, old,
81 ~: new, 81A
Corn was firm on covering by over
night shorts. December, old. opened
7214 to 1915; March, old, 1914: new,
1873; May, old, 7714 to n; new, 77I5.
After the first half hour: December
old, 70; March, old. 74ss; new, 1877
May, old, 767s, new, 77as.
Oats showed little change. December
old, opened 342s; March. old, 351z
May, old, 36la. After the first half
hour: December. old. 341s; March, old,
3512; May, old, 36%
Provisions were firm with hogs.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

For the Alton. it was the end of SO
years OF f1uOtuating financial life.
Wholly Midwest line, traversinR the
rural districts of Central Illinois and
Missouri, 1t always was home" road,
weaving its fortunes and sentiments
into the life Of the territory.
In 1927 the rallying cry Of WEST
ward, Hol" stirred the 3. g. o. builders.
Railroad and canal promoters of that
day were facing East. scrambling for
the Atlantic port trade.
Important as Is this trade to Bal
timore, it certainly is of minor con-
sideration when compared with the
immense commerce which lies within
our grasp to the west" reported the
organizations subcommittee
Pushes Steadily Westward.
From that year the B. d. o. has
been steadily pushing westward In
1882 it was at the Ohio River, by
1875 it had touched Chicago and at
the turn of the century its trains we're
in st. Louis.
The Chicago g. Alton grew from the
Alton 81 Sangamon, Incorporated in
Evening star., 1930-12-12

BY the Associated Press.
The problems confronting the copper
industry Of this country, it appears
here, will have to be worked out by the
individual firms themselves.
A canvass Of capital sources brought
out that an overwhelming proportion
of those engaged in the production of
copper are vigorously opposed to adopt
ing tariff on the metal. They contend
that such step would be very unwise
in view of this country's status as an
exporting nation, and might eventually
lead to the same situation as confronts
the wheat growers of this country.
Of1cialS of the American Mining Con-
gresS, leading representative body,
say no requests have been received with
respect to tariff on copper, and have
no indication that such request will be
made. No action, of course, will be
taken by the mining congress unless
majority Of its membership makes the
request.
The present problem is one of mark
kets depressed by over-production. The
World War proved q windfall for the
industry, providing a ready market for
unlimited output. Demand became more
or less normal in 1919 with falling of.
of approximately so per cent, as COM
pared with the last war-year.
The period following found many pre-
Evening star., 1930-12-12

300 to 400; common to plain, 2.25 to
ESQ. Heifers, choice to prime, none;
good to choice, CTS to IT'S; medium to
good, 6.25 to 6.75; fair to medium, $50
to 500; plain to fair, 500 to $50; COM
mon to plain, 4.5O to 500. Fresh COWS
and Springers, 1000 to 5000.
Sheep and lambs-Receipt 800 head:
light supply; market steady; sheep, LOO
to $50; lambs, 500 to 600.
ply; market higher; lights, 9. so to q. 90.
heavies, .S.25 to S.65; medium. S,50 to
$40; roughS, $50 to 7.6O; light pigs,
S.25 to $50; pigs, $50 to $50.
Calves-Receipts, rs head light SUD-
ply; market steady; calves, 500 to ii so.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK. December 12 fspec

NEW YORK, December IL (SpeciaD
Opening cotton prices today were /
lower TO points higher, though most
Of the near contracts were still below
the 10-cent level. Ring sentiment was
inclined to extreme caution, owing to
the uncertainty of the Farm Board ac-
ton, and volume was slow as result.
Opening prices were: December, old,
9.9S, up 2; December, new, 9e8, up 8:
January. old, e94, up /; January, new.
9.e5, up 3; March, 1919, up /; May,
l0.46. up l; July, 1852, OF l, and Oc-
tober 1898, up S.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
MORRIS BANK p1Y1nENn.

BALTIMORE, December IL (speciaD
Directors of the Morris Plan Bank of
Baltimore yesterday declared the thirty
second semi-annual dividend of per
cent on the capital stock, payable De-
cember 81 to holders of record Decem-
ber "a. The stock is on a 6 per cent
annual basis. During the last year the
savings deposits in the bank increased
20 per cent, officials said, while the reg
ular loan volume increased 10 per cent.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

side markets we're down 80 points.
Trading was in moderate volume, with
the buying mostly from trade interests
and the selling from houses with i'm
porting connections and from trade
interests. Commission houses were on
both sides and dealer interests. were
bidders Tor scattered amounts.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
RAW SILK FUTURES.

NEW YORK, December IL (Spe-
ciaD Quotations for raw silk futures
we're lower again today. refiecting
unfavorabla cables from the Far East
ern markets. Yokohama was off II to
al, Kobe, 90 TO 30 lower and, the out.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance.
announced today as of close of business
December 10, was s35,562 ,so2,65. Gus
toms receipts for the month to date
we're 1882 .5e0.69. Total ordinary ex-
penditures, &e,671 ,o45.9o.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. December ~ (P).-Bar
silver, 32K.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
NEW YORK CURB MARKET s::;: ss: n: ::: Ss::

Note-An stocks sold in one hundred-share lots
excepting those designated by the letter (e0s) (2SOs
which shows those stocks to be sold In odd los only
Evening star., 1930-12-12
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

NEW YORK, December IL Op.--
Evening star., 1930-12-12

psysn m @ Vse9d VI e0d % 90 last
ia Ia PAYABLE
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Evening star., 1930-12-12
BONDS.

ny the Associated Press.
From Yesterdays $50 Edition.

'psriSht. 1880. Standard Statistics Col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-04

Style consciousness now vital part
Of wornan'S makeup.
The better type woman is now max
ing the greater part of her wardrobe
because the new silhouette with nodded
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