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The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Hercules POlUder
Net $5OO,OOO Less

Net profits of $1,598, ,468 were
reported today by Hercules Pow.
der Company, for the first six
months Of 1880, equivalent to
$50 per share on sos. .079 shares
no par common. This compares
with a net of $2,035,533, or $2.74
per share on $4,000 common
shares in the same period last
year. Gross receipts this year
were $14,O39. 800, as compared
with $17,243,564 for the first six
months Of 1929.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
BATTLE.
RAIL MERGER

Growing opposition to the mer-
ger of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads was
manifested today when repre-
sentatives Of two Western States
Montana and Washington asked
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to reopen the case for
the presentation Of further evi-
dence.
Asserting they had insufficient
opportunity TO present their side
of the case, the two States said
the merger of the two systems
into the Great Northern Pacific
might work to their detriment.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Cotton Cloth Output
Cut Sharply in June

The cotton textile industry in
June produced approximately
20S, ,000, 900 yards less than in
June, 1929, ae9 since August /,
1929, production has been ap-
proximatlye $4,000, 900 yards less
than In the previous correspond
ing period. the Association of
Cotton Textile Merchants of New
York announced today. This, it
was pointed out. brought produc-
tion more in line with demand.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Somerset Crude
Oil Price Cut 17c

PITTSBURGH, July 24.-Som.
erset crude oil has been reduced
II cents q barrel. The new price
is $1.3O a barrel in the Kentucky
lines of the Cumberland Pipe
Line Company, and $1.14 in the
lines Of the Eureka Pipe Line
Company. q. Wayne district crude
was also reduced II cents to
Slit a barrel.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Steady Trend Seen
In Hardware Trade

Practically every major whole
sale hardware market reports
active selling of vacation equip
ment, particularly sporting goods,
according to the weekly review Of
Hardware Age.
While strictly staple goods are
enjoying only q moderate de-
mand, the publication states,
there seems to be relatively more
activity in rural districts than IN
cities,
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Order to CurtaiI
Oil OUTPUT Si0ned

OKLAHOMA CITY, July "a.
The Oklahoma Oil Commission
today signed the proration order
curtailing crude oil production in
the State to an average of 55, 900
barrels daily until September 1.
This is In accordance with the
recently adopted program Of the
Oklahoma Oil operators.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Lehigh Valley Net
Decreases S2.OOO,OOO

Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany reported today net operat-
ing income for June of $788, 739
against $93O,685 in June 1929,
Net operating income for the six
months ended June 80 totaled
SO, ,705, ,572 compared with $5,741.-
664 in the corresponding half
year of 1929.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
DUTCH SHIPMENT

AMSTERDAM, July 24.-The
balance sheet Of the Bank Of
Netherlands issued today reveals
that q further shipment Of "a,
OOO, 900 florins in gold has been
exported to Francs Several days
ago the bank deposited 5000, 900
kold florins II French banks.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
GRAMS OPEN HIGH

CHICAGO, July "a q.N.sl.-Grains
opened generally higher. Wheat was
up Z to ssc; corn Z to Ne and oats
unchanged to NC higher.
Opening prices-Wheat July ss&,
September s1S December. s7A OATS
March 102. Corn--July s44sAA, gepteHn-
Der s24 4s2k. December 7TR. Oats
DOeembsg AeA. March 4aAs
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Commercial SOLUents
Enrn8 :3Oc Share

X Commercial Solvents Corpora
ton reported today for the quar-
ter ended June 80 a net profit
of $T47.O25, equivalent to 80
cents a share or 2,481.876 no par
common shares. This compares
with 1888, ,596 or 80 cents q share
in;the corresponding 1879 quarter.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
ELECTED DIRECTORS

Charles r. Rauth, secretary
and treasurer of the United
States Pipe and Foundry Com
pany, was elected director Of
that company yesterday, succeed.
ing D. F. Haughton, deceased.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
ST. PAUL -LOADINGS DROP

The Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Paul & Pacific Railroad Com
pany handled 102,338 revenue
cars in the first 81 days of July
against III, ,907 in the same 1929
period.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
U. s. Leather Works
Loss Into Profit

United States Leather Company
reported today for the six months
ended June 80 a net profit Of
$l96, 1877, compared with a net loss
of $1,969, 439 in the corresponding
1929 period.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24
Stock Exchange Seat
Sold for $4OO, 900

Arrangements have been made
for the sale of a New York Stock
Exchange membership at $400,.
900. This is a decrease Of $685.
600 from the last previous sale.
The Washington times., 1930-07-24

Pleasant weekend trips TO the beach
can always, be planned at q moments
| notice II Won owA your own ear :. ..
why not one Of the reconditicae6 ears
adVeFtibed for sale, In today'O Classified
Ads.S - - " 80 res .
The Washington times., 1930-07-24

E1 dividend. Ex rights. 3PIus ~ in stOek. SPay.
SCRIP Plus 81 stock paid last regular
rate. Payh6ls stock d Payable when earned ePay
stock Plus la& in stock. Plus G% In
stock Plus az IN stock. Pins - 10 sOok Piss
81 in stock PIus 3.3% stock o Plus 81 IN stock
subject approval Of SOckhOdea PiuS O1traA sUnH
100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28

left hastily. to be met by q whitening
broadSide Of shlgs that cut down Sinnons
and ztll. The third sprinted to an auto
mobile and drove away
Authorities questioned Simons' brother
in an effort to learn the name of the
fugitive.
Meanwhile, the police war on crime
resulted in the arrest of Louis CLEMENT.
who was questioned but later released
in connection with the murder of AL
fred J. Lingle, Tribune reporter. Clar-
ence Strobeck, commission house mes
Senger, identified Clement from q Ber-
tillion photograph as one of the three
men who wounded him and robbed him
of a bag containing 1000 last Friday
in front of South Side bank. He also
pointed out Clements cohorts.
The grand jury charged with investi-
eating the Lingle assassination is sched-
uled to hear Corporation Counsel
Samuel EttelSon, ranking member of
Mayor Thompson's cabinet, and William
H. Stuart, political editor of the Chi
cago Evening American, today. Former
Police Commissioner Russell, former De-
tective Chief John Siege and nine
newspaper men have already appeared
before that body, all at the informal
invitation of the jurors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
'DR. LOWR|E PAYS
TRIBUTE TO WILSON
Former Pupil Calls Wartime
President Great "Christian
nationalist.

A tribute to Woodrow Wilson as q
Christian nationalist" was paid yester-
day morning by DR.. Walter Lowrie,
former rector of the American Church
in Rome, during his final sermon
delivered in Bethlehem Chapel of
Washington Cathedral where the
former President is buried. DR.. Lowrie
has been in attendance at the College
Of Preachers this month.
A former pupil of Woodrow Wilson
at Princeton. he referred to the time
the former President had called upon
him in Rome after having visited the
Pope as an Illustration of his diplo-
macy.
Wilson was born out Of due time
in an age contemptuous of his creed
and incapable of recognizing a rational
list when they saw one" he said. He
was drawn to Jefferson, therefore, not
merely by the similarity of their political
doctrines, but by the identity of their
heroic creed that what is ideally true
will eventually be realized and that
what is right must prevail"
DR.. Lowrie said it was in Wilson's
character as a nationalist that he bent
his whole mind persistently to the
acquisition of clear ideas. "It was
thoroughly in character for him to pur-
sue unfalteringly to the death the ideal
aim of the democracy of which he had
vision" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
Nays Big Dirigible
Will Be Propelled
By German Motors

Because Of their efficiency, eight
German made motors are to be
installed in the Nays giant
dirigible now under construction,
instead of motors manufactured
in this county, the Navy Depart
ment announces.
Naval officers had hoped Amer
lean motors could be used, be-
cause it sometimes now is neces-
sary to order replacement parts
from Germany, but domestic
motors failed to meet the re-
quirements. Motors of the same
type are in use on the Los
Angeles.
The new dirigible will be
slightly less than twice the size
of the Graf Zeppelin, will have
a speed of ~ miles an hour and
a cruising range of 1900 miles,
200 more than the Graf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
LABORER CONFESSES
$4,000 EXT0RTI0N PLOT
Admits Writing Threatening Let
tiers to Richard II. Scott, Head
of REQ Motor Car Co.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, July 28.-State
police announced today that Samuel j.
Meyers, 39-year-old automobile factory
laborer, had made a full confession of
guilt of an attempt to extort $4,000
from Richard H. Scott, president of the
REQ Motor Car Co.
Meyers, who is in jail here, was quoted
as saying he had thought use of threat
ening letters would be IAN easy way
TO get money to buy home. The
laborer was arrested Saturday when he
walked into a trap set by State police
under whose direction Scott had placed
money in a coal yard shed.
Scott received three letters and a
telephone call threatening death to
himself, his wife, a son and 5-year-old
grandson unless the money was paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
TWO BANDITS KILLED
BY CAFE PROPRIETOR
Third Member Of Gang Escapes I'm
der Fire With $500 and
Jewelry.
By the Associated Press.

~ ths Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 28.-Two bandits
were shot to death early yesterday by
the owner OF q road house which they
held up
A confederate, running a gauntlet of
shotgun fire, escaped with $500 In cash
and Jewelry but left behind the bodies
of his companions. identified as Milton
Simons. 20, and Alexander ztll, IS, an
ex-convict.
AS the trio stripped valuables from
the patrons Of the resort. near suburban
Lansing, the proprietor, Tony Sodo,
caught up a shotgun, crept unobserved
from the building and hid in ambush
near the front door. The marauders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
NEW SESSION DEMANDED
chihuahua Legislatures Dissolu-
ton Requested by Court.

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, July IS
P).-The State Supreme Court has
requested Gov. Escobar to dissolve the
present State Legislature and call cleo
tons for a new one.
The court based It's demand on the
fact that the present Legislature Is
divided into two equal groups, neither
of which constitutes quorum and ac-
cording to the State constitution the
Legislature in such cases should be dis
solved The Governor replied that he
was studying the courts petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
VOUGHT RITES HELD
Aviation Pioneers Funeral Attend
ed by Notables.

NEW YORK, July % (P)-The fu-
neral of Chance Vought. aviation pio-
neer, who died last Friday, was held
today from st. Thomas Church, on
Fifth avenue.
Harold F. Mccormick of Chicago, for
whom Mr.. Vought was am aero engi-
Orville Wright, Grover Looming, F. B.
Renthschler, Thorne Donnelley Of Chi
cago and Col. E. A. Deeds were among
the honorary pallbearerS.
The body was taken to the receiving
vault at Woodlawn Cemetery, where it
will be held until final burial plans are
made.
Yokohama, Japan, will spend $780,
600 on water system Improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
ROBBER KILLS GROCER
Shot Fired "for Resisting" az TIVE
Customers Stand BY.

CHICAGO, July 2s (P-"This is
what you get for resisting" said a rob-
Der to Samuel Esserman, 45-year odd
grocer, last night.
This" was a bullet that killed him.
From the till and from two customers
who saw the Staying, the robber and q
companion got less than &25.
Natives Of Venezuela are developing
an appetite for American hot dogs"
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
BROTHER WED5|PARLEY To- GUT
KELLER WIDOW SHIP CRASHES

Conferences Of owners of
steamships and tankers will be
held in the near future to work
out plans for avoiding collisions in
fogs, Dikerson N. Hoover, super.
yising inspector general of the
Steamboat Inspection Service, an,
nounced today.
The conferences will be a direct
result of the Fairfax.Pinthis dis
aster near Boston, June 10, wnen
40 lives were lost.
Establishment of passing lanes
ir coastwise waters. so that vCS-
sells travelling in opposite direc-
tlonS will not cross one another's
path, is one expected result.
Another is a plan for tankers to
come to anchor in fog, in waters
where there will be no danger of
collision with passenger ships.
Both measures were proposed
by Hoover after the investigation
of the crash. Secretary of COM
merce Lamont called the confer
ences at his suggestion.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
WIRE SETS TYPE
FOR PAPERS

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Aug.
11.-Setting type by telegraph in
series of distant newspaper Of
fices by the operation of a ma
chine in a central office has been
accomplished in the past month
on the newspapers served by the
news wire of the Westchester
County Publishers, Inc, Of this
city.
Announcement Of the first prac-
tical use of the teletypesetter was
made by J. Noel Macy, president
of the Westchester Newspaper
Company.
The new labor and time saving
device was first publicly dem.
onstrated in the office of the
Rochester Times-Union on Decem
Der 8, 1928. Newspaper type was
set by telegraph at that time
within the confines Of q single
room.
Walter w. Morey. inventor OF
the teletypeSetter, said the device
was developed as the result Of
conversation he had In Rochester
in 1926 with Frank e. Gannett
newspaper publisher.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. II U.S0
A strange tangle of young love
Strengthened itself out when Flor
ence Keller became the bride of
the brother of her former husband
who went dramatically to his
death four months ago, hating
them both.
Florence and Edward Keller,
"a, became man and wife in
the Degroot Methodist Episcopal
Church. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. G. S. Harper,
pastor.
No shadow of the tragic death
in April of Henry Keller darkened
the wedding. But the mother
and sister of the brothers did not
attend. s.-.,'
Henry died of gas in April in a
furnished room in Newark, PEN
ming his sensations as death
slowly came to him, and writing
to Florence:
II used to love you. But I'll
die hating you and my brother,
too. I'll bet Florence and Ed
are having happy dreams"
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Firm Reports Signs
Of Prosperous Times

CHICAGO, Aug. IL UN.S).-
Signs of better times were recently
reported as follows by the heating
research bureau of the c. A: Dun
ham Company: ....
/. The worldwide decline in in
terest rates which should aid con-
struction. t-
2. Greater operating efficiency,
with reduced production costs.
8. Reduced inventories, which
were not excessive six months ago.
4. Liquidation of business debts
which also were not excessive.
S. Somewhat improved demand
for bonds, helping building pro-
grams.
s. Passage of the tariff bill.
z. An end to over production Of
automobiles.
8. A feeling that commodity
prices are nearing sterilization.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Indians Preparing
For Great Pageant

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Aug
II 1.N.S).-The populations of
half a hundred of the most noteo
Indian puebloS of North America
already are gathering at Albu.
querque for the third revival OF
their gigantic spectacle, The
First American" on Angst 1S, 20
81 and %, and recognized as the
greatest Indian show in the
world.
During the festival the native
arts, customs, sports and dances
of the Indians hold sway. They
camp in the foothills of the San
dia mountains, close to the city,
and make a colorful sight which
draws thousands of tourists.
The citizens of albuquerque, it.
self a picturesque city, founded
by the Spaniards in 1705 extend
the necessary finances for the
spectacle.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Arguments by Radio
Planned by Women

controversial" subjects for
radio talks will be sought by the
League of Women Voters in an at
tempt to break down off-year pub
lie apathy toward politics in 1881.
Miss Katherine Ludington, chair
man Of the Voters Service Series.
announced yesterday. She said:
Problems of the most con,
trOversial nature in most cases
are the problems most vital to
the voter and those on which he
most needs information that is
unbiased. The letters that
come to us indicate an encOur
aging number Of listeners who
want this kind of thing"
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Richn1Ond-D.C.-N.Y.
Air Route Planned

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. IL
Opening of an air passenger line
on August 18 between Richmond,
Washington and New York has
been announced by Capt. Thomas
B. Doe, president of Eastern Air
Transport Inc. operators of the
New. York-Atlanta-Miami air mail
route. Byrd Airport will be the
Richmond terminus.
One plane each way will be
operated daily, except Sundays,
leaving New York in the morn
ing, arriving in Richmond around
noon and returning to New York
in time for dinner.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Western Educators
To Teach in East

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug. II
1N.SD.-Dr. A. A. Dunlop, of
University of Wisconsin, and L.
C. Curtis, of University of Cali
fornia, have Joined the staff of
the Connecticut State agricultural
experiment station here.
DR.. Dunlap Is attached to the
botany department, and Mr.. Cur.
lis has gone to Canada to become
senior seed analyst with the Ca
madam department Of agricul.
ture.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Greenwood Raps HooUer
On Governors Meet

the farmer q measure of real
relief by organizing the Tariff
Commission and through it re-
duce the exOrbitant duties That
now exact onerous toll from
farmers"
The peoples lobby, in another
statement, urged a special session
of Congress to create a Federal
system of crop insurance.
The Agriculture Department
knew for months that the
drought was coming. the organi
zation insisted.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
COad Files for Nd. !
Senate viii Be Wet

L.EONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. IL
State Senator j. Allen Coad, Of
Leonardt6wn, formally filed papers
and. announced his candidacy for
reelection for the State Senate,
subject TO the Democratic pri-
maries on September 8, in st.
Mary's county.
Coad. Senator from st. Mary's
county for the past 10 years, will
run on a wet platform. His op-
ponent Is Joseph F. Crew, Of
Maddox, Md. Republican.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Blue Ridge Pitcher
Faces Check Charge

Warren Freshour. 80, pitcher
for the Hagerstown baseball club
in the Blue Ridge League, was
brought to this city yesterday by
Detective Sergt. Ben johnson to
face four bad check charges.
The cheeks were passed on
friends of the pitcher in this
city, police said, and totaled $83.
FreShour resides in Berwyn, Md.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Lundgren's Plane
GiUen Final Tests

NEW YORK, Aug. II (U.So.
Ted Lundgren, West Coast avia-
tor who intends to hop off this
week on 15-day globe-circling
attempt, dipped and dived yester-
day over Jamaica Bay guided
solely with his instruments. The
blind flying tests were executed
with Roger @. Williams, probable
co-pilot on the round-the-w world
flight, in the cockpit.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Md. County Reports
SUbnOrnauL Rains

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Aug. II.
. For the first seven months of
1880 Washington county is shy
just TIC inches of its normal
rainfall, according to figures
compiled by John A. Miller,
KeedySville weather observer.
Mr.. Miller reports the average
for the first seven months of
anyegear. compiled over a period
of Is years, amounts to 1902
inches. but the amount for the
period this year is only 1923
inches. He added that the great
ect deficiency experienced this
year was during May and July.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11

The drought inspired its first
political statements here yeSter-
day.
Representative Green wood,
Democrat Of Indiana, in a state
ment issued through the Demo
cratic national committee, cri-
ticized President Hoover's action
in calling governors of the
drought states into conference
here Thursday. Saying the gov
ernors are doing all they can to
meet the situation in their states,
Greenwood added:
"The President could afford
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Md. Potomac Span
Banned bY State

CUMBERLAND, Md. Aug. H.
The steel bridge spanning the
Potomac River between McCoole,
this county, and Keyser, w. Va.
has been condemned by the Mary
land authorities, following an in
spection by engineers.
Guards have been placed at
both ends and are allowing but
one automobile to pass over at a
time.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11
Dog Has Its
Telephone Number

CHICAGO, Aug. II dN.S).-If
anyone should happen to call
Ardmore 3072 in Chicago, he
probable will be answered by a
hearty "woof- -woof" for that num-
ber belongs to a dog.
PusSiewillow Thornton is the
name of the only canine regis.
tered in the telephone directory.
She is owned by Mrs. Bertha
Stotts Thornton.
The Washington times., 1930-08-11

ETsa the klds app sriate the pleas
uFes af h1me-0W neTNhlp. Give them
thls' kappinesa through the purchase ~
= hsaas adEsFtised n teday's Classified
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-10-09
Houses for Legitimate
Will Again Dot Land,
She Declares

New York City.-All this talk
about the passing of the Ameri-
can legitimate theatre is bunk,
says Rae Samuels who as the
"blue streak of vaudeville" has
toured every town and hamlet in
the U.S.A.
"The public wants good shows
Just as much as it ever did," she
declares. "For time all our
playwrights became scenario
writers and now they are doing
talkies. What we need now is a
new crop of writers and then you
just watch the public step up to
the box-ofice.
Gin vaudeville, the same situa-
ton holds. Good acts always get
over. I think that in a few years
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-10-09
Noted English Porcelain

Spode is the name of an English
porcelain made at the pottery of
Josiah Spode in Staffordshire, Eng
land. Spode was born in 1854 and
died In 1927. He manufactured
dessert services, Spode cups, and
Spode jugs or pitchers, large and
long-lipped with a capacity of gal
lon. When sixteen years of age, he
is credited with having made field
spar porcelain at Stoke-upon-Trent,
and introduced into his compost
ton crushed bone which was soft
base giving a very transparent
body. His pieces were highly dec
grated with floral and ornithologi-
cal designs and were highly gilded.
Succeeded by his son, the firm he
established became one of the lead
ing houses in the industry.--Liter-
airy Digest.