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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
Corporation News

NEW YORK, February 2S.-The fol-
lowing Is today'S summary Of impor-
tant corporation news prepared by
standard Statistics Co., Inc, New York,
for the Associated Press.
News Trend.
Index of wholesale commodity prices
| for the week ended February IS reg
| iStered the sharpeSt decline since 1926
| Composite index on that date stood at
1858 Q9l3-100), q decrease of 1.6 per
| cent from the previous week and 81
per cent below the corresponding week
OF 1929. OF the eight groups COM
prtSing the index, metals was the only
one to show an increase from the week
| preceding. Farm products registered
the sharpest decline, 2.6 per cent, while
food products dropped 2.3 per cent.
Contrasted with q year ago, farm prod
uctS have declined IL per cent and food
products 8.5 per cent
Corporation news included another
larger number Of January railroad earn
ings statements. Net operating income
of the first SO roads to report shows a
hdecltne of about % per cent from jan
Nry year ago. Initial dividends on
Accmmon stock were declared by the
gFord Motor Co., Ltd, and National De-
apartment Stores, An increase in an
Snua1 dividend rate was announced by
the Haskins Manufacturing Co.
The Companies.
American La France g. Foamite
eaKned 1923 on 81 perferred shares in
1879 VS.. $7.12 in 1928.
American shipbuilding stockholders
to vote on reduction of par value Of
common stock from 500 to no par and
distribution Of $40 per common share
L.
ITO be Increased from 155, 900 to $50, 1000
no parN shares.
Ann Arbor January deficit after
chargesl $l5,749 VS.. surplus $12,S7S year
ago.
Baldwin Locomotive Works February
consoli dated shipments approximately
1900. Goo, about same as year ago.
Bangor & Aroostook January surplus,
after charges, up Sc per cent from year
ago.
Bell Telephone Co. of Canada IRE
visedt earned 1901 on, 6l3, 500 common
shares I'M 929, against $9.28 on sos, 405
shares in 1923.
Century Ribbon Mills shows loss Of
$27, 1859 for year 1929; earned SAIL on
81 prefeTrtd stock in 1923. t
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul g. Pa
cific Railro Rd budget involves expendi-
lures of over $28,000,000 for improve
aAA0 tAAAeAOk4o W pa ORCA bACo.
Chicago, lSock Island g. Pacific Rail
way January deficit. after charges, 1924
728, against surplus of sos. 164 in 1923.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago g. st.
Louis Railway January net operating
income off 30.T per cent from year ago
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light g.
Power Of Bait fmore requests authority
to issue $1,000 900 series A 5 per cent
preferred stock. to be sold to customers
at current marltet price.
Continental Gil earned $1.90 on COM
mon stock In 1929.
Doehler Die tcasting earned $4.19 on
common stock in wear 1929, against
1919 in 1928.
Emerson Bran tingham Co. sustained
loss Of $282,157 magyar 1929, against loss
of $6l4.026 in 14E months to December
81, 1928.
Ford Motor Co.,s Ltd. declares initial
dividend Of 10 Fer cent on common
stock.
Greyhound Lines! carried 1873, $50 pas
sengers between Cltkcago and New York
in January, against 174,509 year ago.
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January gross revenues, e407, SIT, against
S325 ,643 q, year ago.
Haskins Mfg. declares quarterly divi-
dend of rs cents on common stock, plac-
ing issue on q So annual basis, as
against $24o formerly.
Hawaiian Sugar earned $4.0S on COM
mon stock in year 1929, against $4.S6
In 1928.
Hudson Motor Car had $3.50 dealers
in United States and Canada and 1,6O0
in other parts Of the world on Feb
ruary /.
Illinois Central Railroad January
net operating income of 38.6 per cent
from year ago.
International Telephone q Telegraph
controls Standard EIektrizitaets A. G.,
q German holding company of factories
atus which was founded few months
ago.
National Department Stores declares
initial quarterly dividend OF 80 cents
on common stock.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
January net operating income on $50
per cent from year ago.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported will
discontinue expansion of retail chain
during 1880, to concentrate on develop
ment of stores in operation.
common stock in year 1929, against
1912 In 1928.
Southern Pacific (System) January
net operating income on AS per cent
from year ago.
Stone & Webster, Inc, subsidiary
obtains contract from Potomac Electric
| Power for construction work costing
about $3,000,00o.
Wabash Railroad January deficit
I of ehoroa eQ1 QA1 AGAINST efirnliIe
of $347, 606 year ago.
Warner Bros. Pictures reported TO
have acquired an active interest In
Tobis Co. of Germany.
Western Maryland Railroad January
surplus after charges up per cent
from year ago.
Western Pacific Railroad Co. jan
uary net operating deficit $31 sol
against surplus Of $1S5,S52 year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
UNITED RAILWAYS.

BALTIMORE, February % (SpeciaI :.
Gross revenue of the United Railways
which controls the trolley system of
Baltimore, for January, 1880, was
Sl,423,51769, as against $685.. 494 AZ
Tor January, 1929, an increase of $685.
o23.27, according to the first months
statement of earnings for January. 1880.
Just issued by the company.
The cpmpanyS net for January, 1880,
was $24,005.29. as against a net of
$2,326.5S for January. 1929.
snow conditions caused an increase
IN operating expenses. An increase In
car miles operated was reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
LOAN INTEREST RATES.
d &c AsEoeiated Prom.

Interest rates on collateral loans IN
principal business centers of the coun-
try, a. averaged out for last week by the
Census Bureau, indicated maintenance
OF low levels attained during recent
months. Figures for the week and COM
parable periods follow:
Week ending February 22-Time
money, 4Is per cent; call loans, Az
per cent. Preceding week-Time money,
Y 5 per cent; call loans, 4 per cent. Same
week last year-Time money, 7M per
cent; call loans, per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, February % (P.-But-
ter-Weak; receipts, s,17l tubs; cream
cry extras, SO; standards, SO; extra
flrsts, 32a32h; firsts, 301sa3115; Sec
onds. 291aa30. Eggs-Weak; receipts,
20,061 cases; extra firsts. 24l5a25:
graded flrsts. "a: ordinary firsts, 22a23.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
rfyae .

Notice-An stocks sold hundred share iOts
excepting those designated by letter fHSs) (2BSs
which shows those stocks 10 be sold In odd lots only
Sales OF Each Stock Compiled 10 1880 PM
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
JONES, V0N ELM
AND V0|GT WIN
IN COLI PLAY
Bobby Has Easy Time in His
First Round; Willing, Last
Years FinaIist, IS Beaten
u DAVIS ]. WALsH

MERTON CRICKET CLUB.
south Ardmore, Pa. sept. u a.
EN.s9 Bobby Jones. seeking mis-
fourth cEampionsaip Of the year.
an achievement no other man
has known, won his first round
match ii the national amateur
olf chanpionship this morning
from 3. Ross someryllle Can,
adam chanipion. The score WIS
. % and I To plag tl1e Cana ilai
falling to win SINGLE hole be.
tore the twelfth The matter.
Iin fact, was largely taken out Of
his hands BY Jones himself, who
shot q cIinking 33 TO the turn.
This match, to all practical
purposes, was decided ct the
seventh. eighth and ninth holes,
where Jones sank d succession Of
puts for brides.
Won Elm Wins
Meantime, George Won Elm.
another amateur ex-chanpiOrls
also shot SO to the turn to
beat Chuck Hunter, former
Coast man, by s and 5. Another
winner was Charles Reckner,
Philadelphia, who beat his fellow
townsman. Woody Piatt, by 3
and 2.
George Voigt, arch-contender in
every championship, came from
behind to win his first round
match with Lester Bolstad, Min
neapolis, former Western Confer
ence champion, by 2 and !.
The most sensational winner
Of the day was Lawson Little,
san Francisco, who ran DIR. @. n.
Willing, last years finaliSt, right
out of the tournament at the
twentieth hole.
This match went into extra holes
only because the ubiquitous Little
waited in q lOfoot putt On the
home green for 4, the per
Torrance leaving Willing q five
footer for a half. The doctor
proved that he was good. game
guy by setting this putt down,
but, at the twentieth, he putted
to take losing 6 and the match
was over.
The 1881 National amateur
golf championship viii be held at
the Beverley Country Club, Chi
cago, it was announced this
morning by the United States
Golf Association. The Western
(cOntinued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Netv DeDice Can Measure
Cent $50 Miles off

PASADENA, Calf, Sept. a.
The diameter Of 4 one cent piece
held at distance Of $50 miles
can be measured accurately by
the new 5Otoot interferometer,
now installed at the Mount Wil.
son Observatory here.
Not that the astronomers and
physicians are anxious to meas
une the diameter o9 8 penny hun.
dreds Of miles away, but that is
their way to show the instrument
can measure the diameter Of ex.
eeedingly remote stars.
Dr Francis g. Pease, at Mount
Wilson Observatory. SAYS not
even the most powerful telescope
can show the disc o9 any star as
. clear cut image. That IS, the
central disc appears surrounded
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
PRICE
Gut Z CENTS

The price Of gasoline dropped
2 cents a gallon III washington
and parts of Virginia and Mary.
land att o'clock this morning.
1 The Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey took the lead in
making the reduction, and all
the other distributors in this ter
ritory followed suit.
Local managers Of the Stand
ard Oil do not have any explana-
tion to offer as to why the cut
was put into effect, but 1t is.
understood 1t Is being made on
account Of competitive condi-
tions.
Low figures for gasoline at re-
fineries have caused nsideratle
gasoline to be retailed below che
regular posted prices. It is gen
seralIy understood In the oil trade
that price-cutting BY independent
distributors was responsible for
ths reduction recently Of . ceTts
a gallon in the metropolitan area
(continued on Page 2, col. -
The Washington times., 1930-09-24

by several dark and bright rings
known as the diffraction rings.
The interferometer Is q sort of
periscope consisting Of four plane
mirrors mounted on stiff frame
and placed upon the end Of the
telescope.
Light Of every section of the
star produces fringes Of darkness
and brightness. The adjustment
Eof the new instrument, moving
the mirrors about. causes the dis
appearance of these fringes.
I That means the entire disc Of
the star is giving light and t.le
diameter of the star is under OBJ
Servation.
From the position Of the mir.
rors along the beam Of the inter
ferometer, and knowing the dis
tance Of the star. the astronomer
can determine the stars diameter.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
D R0 PS
TO new LOWS

CHICAGO, Sept. "A IN.s.1.
New low prices for wheat were
recorded on the Chicago Board Of
Trade today as brokers in a near
panic unloaded their holdings.
The price Of wheat sank in
the first two hours Of trading to
the lowest in "A years.
AS the market continued to
tumble. three prominent Chica.
goanns left for washington for
what was understood to Be d con
ference with Presidentn Hoover
on the wheat situation. They are
Attorney Silas H. StraWn, Shebel
C. Harris and Peter B. Carey.
Harris and Carey are big men.
on the Chicago be ard while
StraWn is q former president Of
the American Bar Association.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
OBSTRUCTION
ESTIMATED
1T ABOUT
$3.50, 900
Temporary Structure on
st. n. {. Gutted; Clouds Of
Smoke Draw Thousands

Tne most spectacular fire that
washington has seen in years
involving q loss estimated az
more $3.50 900 orsun1ed the
newly occupied warehouse OF the
TItlb furniture Company, so =
st. N, E.. shortly after II o'clock
with flames shooting M ore
than 100 feet In the sir, the
blaze spread with lightning rapid
ity and the entire washing ton
Fire Department was helpless be-
fore its fury.
The structure, which IS owned
by the Jacobs Storage and Ware
house Company. is q oilesstory
brick building and Was occupied
by the Hub Furniture Company.
only few weeks ago. following
4 disastrous fire which the con
scern sustained IN its old ware.
house "a North Capitol STREE
1000 watch BIaae
ie surrounding section "
The city wss thrown Into aldi
excitement as huge clouds d
smoke threw entire blocks into
serni.darkness and the flames
were So hot IS to keep the crowd
81 more than 7.slo0 persons no:
watched u 81 respectful dis
tance.
sThe sprinkler system Of the
building was not III operation be-
the conflae grafton appeared SO
formidable ST 1t.S0 o'clock that
x call was broadcast to I'D fire
men who were nffgiIity. t0 resp0lld
to service in1lned ediately
Four alarms were turned N
within the space Of 16 minutes.
and virtually all the fire appa
xatals of the city was on the
1Coatinasd 81 Rage 2. Col. ~
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
VEAL TIL
IS HUNTED
Photo ~ Joe roberts. Times staff

NEW YORK, Sept. "a (IN.S).
Search for supposed hidden
wealth Of Judge Joseph F. Crater,
missing supreme court jurist, was
to be started today BY District
Attorney Grain. All banks in the
city were to be asked II they had
rented safety deposit boxes to
Crater or his wife.
At the same time q tip that
Crater had been seen in Havana
following his disappearance here
August s was to be investigated.
IContinnsd on Page 2. Cot. 81
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Jesse james Loses
S64. 400 DcsIlaaQe Suits

LOS ANGELES, CALI Sept "a
(TNS Actions charging breach
81 contract brought against the
estate Of Fred G. Thomson. film
star, and Paramount Famous
I,asky Corporation by Jesse
JameS. jr., and Jessie Estelle
James descendants Of Jesse
James. the famous outlaw, today
were non-suited By the court.
The son Of the outlaw sought
80 400 damages. while his grand
daughter asked Tor $4,000.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
TODAY's SCRATCHES
LINCOIlN FlIfl.lls

FIRST RACE ossoon. I0dgson.
Ormonhart, Medley, Big Sweep,
OreateH 2d.
SECOND RACE Beige, Night Flash.
Bubble Weight, Black Bull, by An
Inch, Austerlitx.
FIFTH RACTE--OukeF HarbpF.
SIXTH RACEM. ]. McNulty ~.
SEVENTH RAgE--Pride.
weather. cloudy: track, slow.
WOODBlNE
FIRST RACE--AIOmuN b.
SECOND RAGE Mastery.
FOURTH RACE Rosswfn.
FIFTH RAcEsJudge Fardy. Aea
Kaie, PttI n.
! SEVENTH RACE SenbslgEt. HandI-
srCelxeF Branch.
Weather. clear: track. fast.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
AFRICAN HAD
LECTlJRED
TOBOYS
CetWayo FOrcibly Thrust On
Steps ot Superintendent BY
Irate Citizens Of HerndOr

Rising ID their wrath over an
address which an itierant col
oFd cleric had delive TED ii tllsir
hiSh school. to Whit pupils, tie *
nens 81 Hern h. va, last
night made ! SUR ise visit upon
TIE lod inc Rnllano
cetway SIZED hin
tofnobiIs II II tlasy planned ~
atake him for ! ride and de-
posted him i1ldeiy ard roughly
oh the aoOfateps 0f the home az
wv. u. EOodBOll. superintendent
0f schools of Fairfax county.
The crowd. numbering about
40 persons, including some of
the leading citizens Of the town.
had been wrought TO q high pitch
Of indignation BY reports that
Cetwayo. who is an Oxford grad
uate and Inguist and divine Of
ren0Wn among members OF his
race, had told pupils of the
HeIndon high school that il was
high time for Africa to begin
sending miSsio sionarieS to the United
States. instead Of the United
States sending missionaries 10
Africa.
Tar and Feathers
Their first plan was to tar
and feather the preacher, but
the crowd finally decided upon B
milder policy that 81 leaving
him ur1ceremoniously on the
doorsteps Of the superintendent
Of schools. who had been respCrl-
S1bie for his appearance before
the high school youngsters.
CetWayo Is alleged to have been
frightened when the posse sWoop.
ed down and took him forcfbly
from the home Of Arch Shirley.
g Herndon colored citizen with
whom CetWayo had been stopping.
He was vOllible in promises that
he would make no further 81.
dresses n Herndon, and would not
return to that town.
+ Zulu POtentate
Cetwayo, who is q grandson az
the noted Zulu chief, Cheka. lived
ln state Of Savagery until he was
22 years old, when he was sent to
ENGLAND to be etlucs ted.
He claims to have been grad.
uateu from Eton College III the
same class as the Prince of Wales.
now King George. The African
holds several degrees, among then,
a DID Ph n aY4f3 AfsrN
CetWayo has been III America
Tor several years. He carries
papers from the British govern
ment to establish his identity.
His grandfather was known as
the crueleSt chief who ever lived
in the Dark Continent, and was
finally imprisoned III London BE-
cause of his bloody raids on the
Dutch settlers OF Africa.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
HOOUer Due 10 Lead
Parade O1 B0llIcers

President Hoover viii parade
down Euclid Avenue, Cleveland,
upon his arrival there next We'd
nesday, it was announced here
today.
Mr.. Hoover will reach Cleve
land at 1850 b M, leaving the
train at East Liberty station,
from which point there win be an
automobile parade u the Cleve-
land Hotel. At $3.50 D. m. he will
address the American Bankers
Association at the auditorium
and depart later Tor Washingt ton.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight, Thursday mostly cloudy; con
tinned warm. General southernly winds.
Temperature yeskerday- Highest 60; lowest.
Fun Wsafher Report on page
.saleEtss Tss. s,s say aitssnsa. g sassr 4
News efrvtre anS gn1sesval srvplre
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-09

a scheme to use the Mongolian for
their own use. A squad of soldiers
are sent out to bring in the wounded
man. He is operated upon which
saves his life and the first step in
the scheme begun. The imperialist
agents then plan to announce. far
and wide that the Monaghan is a
direct descendant of the Great Kahn
and make him the Emperor of Mon
golia. Then, according to the plot,
he is to sign treaty with the
Allies giving them permission to
rule the country.
The treaty is prepared and all
that is necessary is the signing. All
the celebrities are gathered to-
gether and then behold, who should
arrive but the trader with the Sill
yer Fox he had stolen many months
ago from the Monaghan youth who
is being groomed for emperor! The
Monaghan then breaks loose. With
the fiery spirit of his ancestors he
attacks more than a score of men,
destroys the building and leaves for
the hills where he becomes the lead
er of the forces fighting imperial
ism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-09
SANTO DOMINGO
WORKERS RIOT
Hungry, They Demand
Food; Get Bayonets

SANTO DOMINGO, Sept s.
Bled white by American imperial
ism, with their conditions further
worsened by the economic crisis and
one of the worst hurricanes ever to
strike the island, large numbers of
impoverished Dominican workers
and peasants rioted today, demand
ing bread. Instead of getting food
they were faced with bayonets of
U. S. marines who came to the sup
port of the Dominican government.
Most of the workers who joined the
food riots had not eaten since
Wednesday.
Most of the Dominican resources
are in the hands of the Cuban Do
minican Sugar Co., National City
Bank of New York corporation.
With the severe crisis in the sugar
industry reaching the worst stage
in its history, the great mass of
workers and peasants in Santo Do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-09
WORKERS URGED
TO HELP BAZAAR
AS Aid For Red Press
Against Fascists

Not only on tremendous demon
strations do the revolutionary
workers weave the red rope which
will finally strangle capitalism, but
also at our entertainments which
are not merely for amusement.
One of the most important affairs
this year is the Daily Worker
Morning Freiheit Bazaar, which will
take place at Madison Square Gar
den Oct. 2, 8, and 5.
The committee in charge are do
ing their utmost to assure the sue
cess of this bazaar. However, the
help of every worker is urgently
needed, now more than ever, when
the Fish committee with all its
social-fascist agents are crashing
their teeth at the Red Press. Thou
sands of letters have been sent
throughout the country urging
workers to gather articles for the
bazaar as we'll as secure advertise
ments for the bazaar souvenir
magazine.
A bazaar conference will be held
Sept. 10, at which further plans
will be worked out. All members
of the conference are urged to be
present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-09
Charity Hospital Has
No Pity On JObless

NEW YORK.-An example of
boss class charity" is given by an
unemployed worker who walked
into Lebanon Hospital yesterday
with hand injury and blood poi
soning. He states that the doctor,
as soon as he found the patient was
unemployed, handed him over to an
undering and said: "Do what you
want with him." Hasty dressings
were followed by presentation of a
demand for 81, although the hos
pital is supposed to do emergency
work free and gets large donations
ito maintain charity beds" The
worker himself has at home numer-
Gus receipts for S. donations he
made to the hospital when he had
a job, in time gone by.
Yesterday he had to sign an &C.
acknowledgement that he owed the
hospital 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-09
J0BLESS VETS
Get NO GOVT AID
Fight For Workers Bill
They Say

NEW YORK.-That the govern
ment that they had fought for in
the last imperialist war is inter-
ested only in forcing hunger and
misery upon them, more and more
ex-servicemen, jobless and hungry,
are daily becoming convinced.
William Lustgarten, a veteran
who served with the 115th Ammu-
milton Train in France, enlisting at
the age of 16, has trod the streets
of New York for four months in a
vain attempt to get work.
At the state department of labor
employment agency, where he ap-
piled for job, he was turned down
for even such work as kitchen help.
Gassed in France, now that he is
penniless and starving, the bosses
government has no use for him.
The realization of this has not
only dawned on this ex-serviceman
but on hundreds every day. In a
statement to the Daily Worker Lust
garten declared
~ call on all ex-servicemen, job
less or working, to fight for the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill. That is the only way we vets
and workers will be able to force
anything out of the Bosses"
Another ex-serviceman, James
Wood, who had served in the navy
for the duration of the world war,
has now searched high and low for
job.
Applying at the U. S. department
of labor employment service, veter-
ans division, for job, he was given
slip for a job as janitor of a
S-family house, without pay. Where
he was to get money to buy food
evidently does not concern the gov
eminent of Wall st.
His eyes requiring treatment
Wood went to the veterans hos
pital. Because he dared complain
that the service was not good, and
that If his eyes were shot he should
receive compensation, the officials
tried to get some thugs to subdue
him to straightjacket him and
shanghai him to some prison.