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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
Trading ON D. c. Exchange.

Trading ON d. G. Exchange.
Some issues on the Washington stock
Exchange evidently caught the prevail
ing weakness In securities on the New
York Exchange today.
Capital Traction opened with 10
shares selling at So, followed by 10
more at 52ia and 80 more at 50 nat
One 10-share sale took place at 5l3z,
. new all-time low mark.
Potomac Electric Power 51z per cent
preferred came out at 983a and Mer-
genthaler sold at 91l5. Thirty shares
Of Washington Gas Light stock changed
hands at l25.
Merchants Transfer g. Storage COM
mon sold at los, Peoples Drug Stores
preferred registered l00% and 10 shares
OF National Savings g. Trust Co. stock
changed hands at 500 fiat.
BONDS were mostly neglected, the
largest sale being in Potomac Electric
Consolidated IS, at 1929.
Financial District Notes.
At the monthly meeting of the board
OF directors Of the Washington Loan az
Trust Co, the regular quarterly divi-
dend Of 3 per cent was declared. 1t IL
ps Die November l to stockholders of
re; I'd October a..
Five men and two women have quail
ned in the miniature golf tournament
being played by members of Washington
Chapter. American Institute of Banking.
They are: Aubrey o. DooIey, Richard
A. Norris, Frank M. Perely, H. F. KIM
ball, d. r. Warburton, Miss Anne Craw-
ford and Miss s. Winifred Burwell.
About $50 are expected to attend the
forum meeting of Washington Chapter.
American Institute of Banking, tonight
ct the willard. The work of the New
York Stock Exchange will be pictured
by one OF the exchange officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
VIRGINIA COTTON CROP
AFFECTED BY DROUGHT

~ the Associated Press.
RICHMOND Va, October I4.-Fur-
Their decline was noted in the Virginia
cotton crop during September, owing
TO unfavorable weather conditions, and
the october l forecast of "a, 900 bales
was 5000 bales less than the prospects
on September and $4,000 bales under
last years production, John A. Hicks,
agricultural statistician Of the Federal
State Crop Reporting Service said to-
day.
The drought, which became severe
over most Of the cotton counties during
the latter half OF August, continued
through September and as q result the
condition OF the growing crop dropped
So per cent Of normal on October /,
compared with 81 per cent reported 4
month earlier and IS per cent, the
average condition on october ! during
the previous 10 years.
Based on present conditions, the yield
per acre was expected TO be about 1855
Z pounds Of lint, 10 pounds below last
Z year and 81 pounds below the l0-year
average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14

Beeurea By Gras deed Of trust On real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller Sc s,s va. 81 : : NV aIs:'
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Note-An stocks sold in one hundred share lots
excepting those designated by letter s0s) (250s
which shows those stocks to be sold in odd lots only
individual sales compiled 12OOcompIete in ESQ Edition
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Dull times have proved
golden opportunities
to men Of courage and Uision

DorHscHrLD coolly bought
N French bonds when the
streets of Revolutionary Paris
ran red with blood. John Jacob
Aston, during the war of 1872,
invested heavily in Govern
ment securities sold by fright
ened patriots" who thought
America would not come
through.
History is full of similar In
cidents. Men of outstanding
financial acumen have all real
lied that the time to pick up
good securities at atractively
low prices, is when the major
ity are either selling in panic
or else refraining from buying
through fear that a temporary
economic setback may become
permanent disaster.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Infant, Sues, Asks
S5O,OOO for Injuries

Howard Brummitt, an infant,
by his father, Mike Brummitt,
900 block st. N. W.. has in
stituted suit in Circuit Court to
recover $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries against
Samuel M. and Maud Roberts,
the former described IS an archi-
tect, Of the 1000 block K st. N.
E., as the result Of an automobile
accident.
Attorney James D. Cunningham
filed the declaration on behalf
Of the child, who is less than 4
years of age. According to the
petition, the child was crossing
the street at Sixth and I N. E..
when the Roberts automobile,
driven by the wife, knocked the
child down. Because of the al
legged negligence of the operator
of the vehicle. in failing to heed
caution sign, Attorney Cunning
ham claims that the child was
seriously injured. sustaining a
skull fracture and other perman-
ent injuries.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
BRANCHES RUIN
RIVER WATER

Pollution of the Potomac River.
Rock Creek, and the Eastern
Branch can be laid to Maryland
and Virginia and not the District,
according to Rufus S. Lusk, chair
man of the sewer committee of
the washington Board of Trade,
in a talk over station WMAL.
No matter how expensive dis
posal plant the District might
erect, the stream would still be
polluted, Lusk said as many COM
munities in both Maryland and
Virginia lack necessary facilities
for treatment of sewage.
Conditions are becoming better
each day, however, LuSk said, and
recent survey shows that the
sanitary commissions of both
Maryland and Virginia are work
ing to the end of correcting the
DANGEROUS condition. :.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
D. C. GIRL, HELD
IN BAL TIM0RE,
WRECKS CELL
Evangellne McDanieIs Breaks
Windows After Arrest on
Charge Of Reckless Driving

Evangeline McDaniels. 800 block
Of Eleventh st. N. E.. gave Balti-
more police plenty Of action last
night when she was arrested on
charges Of reckless driving after
colliding with a negro in the busi-
ness section Of the city.
After protesting at being ar.
rested, Evangeline stepped from
the role of pretty but bewildered
driver and started to take the re-
ceiving home apart to see what
made 1t tick.
Angered at Arrest
Disguised with the action of
the Baltimore police department,
Evangeline muSed on her plight
and in the muSing became more
and more angered at the incarcer-
alton of a stranger within Balti-
more's gates.
According to one version Of the
affair Evangeline first added to
the ventilation when she smashed
all of the windows in her room,
then the bedding did not suit her
and rip went the sheets and out
in the alley.
Fined In Court
After being Gained by attend
ants the young woman was ar
raigned in court and fined $6.45
for malicious destruction Of prop
erty when she promised to pay for
the damage. .....
She will be tried this afternoon
on the reckless driving charge.
She said she was employed by the
National Carpet Manufacturers
Association.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
d. r. RGLULs DrGIUs
Term for Car Theft

Following up an effort to put
a stop to the robbing of parked
tourist cars in the vicinity Of the
government, buildings and
museums, Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly dealt a two-year sentence
to Dewey r. RawlS, colored, in
police court for the larceny of a
suitcase from the car of Gerald
Crever, of New York.
Rawls was arrested by Officers
D. G. Fletcher and John Foley. Of
the Seventh Precinct station a1ter
the stolen suitcase had been
traced to dealer in the 400
block of K st. N. W., where the
colored boy is alleged to have
sold it.
Property valued at $11, four
dresses and two pair of shoes was
taken from the suitcase.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
PEACE GROUPS
FOR D. c. MEET

Accepting the invitation of the
American Congressional com
mittee to become a part of the
George Washington bicentennial
celebration, the executive com.
mittee of the world conference
for international peace yesterday
unanimously chose Washington
as the scene for a conference to
be held November 10 to "a, 1882,
The sessions of the executive
committee were held last week
in the parliament house at Berne,
Switzerland, by invitation Of the
Swiss government.
Leaders in religious, scientific,
industrial and sociological fields
from every part of the globe will
come here at that time.
The eleven major faiths Of the
world-the Chris t ian, Jewish,
Hindu, Moslem, Buddhist, Con
fucianist, Shintoist. Taoist, zoro,
astrian, Sikh and Jain, as well
as many of the smaller religious
groups, will send their outstand.
ing representatives to the con-
ference.
Prominent among the delegates
will be the president of the con-
ference, Albert Einstein, Of Ger.
many: DR.. Rabindranath Tagore,
of India; Baron Sakatani, of
Japan; the Lord Bishop Of Liver
pool, England, and DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman, of the United States.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
SUMMER Term
HERE ENDED
Times staff Photo

Closing exercises were held yes
terday in many of the Districts
summer schools. At the Force
School the program opened with
salute to the flag which was
lead by three boy scouts.
Sam Aed gave Americas Creed.
ALI JanSSon played selections on
his harmonica, while Martha
Jane Cooper and Margaret Chap
man sang several songs. Three
DwellerS, a play by 12-year-old
Linda Plummer was acted by the
students, who also presented THE
Wolf"
Readings were given by Keith
Kallio and Mrs. Helen Webb Eel
Ter and compositions were read by
Margaret Yanagita and Charles
Thornton. washington" sung
by the third and fourth grade
children was also heard.
The Pierce School in it's enter
tainment, incluGLcl stunts. which
were performed by Nancy Blu.
onvieri. Robert Kirk and Ethel
Shulman played selections on the
piano. Vocal bits were offered
by Irving Abraham, Charles
Mandley, Marie Ashley and Maj
garet Kenny, while Lucy Hig.
gins and Jane Harper danced.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Broker GiUen Bond
On SlUiH1dLe CHARGE

Frederick w. Berlin, a broker
with offices in the 900 block Of
Fifteenth st. N. W., was held to
the Grand Jury today from police
court to face charges of alleged
embezzlement of funds from Her
bert Schosnig, of the 1900 block
Of Eleventh st. N. w., and Will
lam Heller Of Colonial Beach.
Berlin is: alleged to have con-
trolled the sale of a local bakery
for the two plaintiffs and to have
embezzled funds of SchoSnig and
Heller. Bond was set at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
LaIUn Ban Removed
For Md. Water Users

Restrictions on use of water
for sprinkling lawns in nearby
Maryland have been removed by
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission and a new
booster pump will be installed
at Georgia Avenue and Fern
Street Northwest, to increase the
pressure in the Takoma Park
Silver Spring area.
The pump has a capacity of
2,500,00O gallons a day and will
be sufficient to take care of the
needs of all residents of the area.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
TABOR SUNDAY
PLANS LAID

The plans for the participation
{ organized labor in the National
: .bor Sunday service. the after
, oon Of August 81. at Washington
I athedral, will be discussed at a
Getting Of the Washington Cen
: al Labor Union Monday night.
t Musicians Hall, labor officials
E. r1nounced today.
William Green, president of the
: Inerican Federation of Labor,
ill deliver the Labor Sunday ad-
oresS. The service will take place
4 the open air at the base of the
17eace Cross and will be broadcast
ny a coaSt-to-coaSt network.
In response to an invitation
rom the Washington Central La.
;or Union, the Rev. DR.. G. Free
and Peter, canon and chancellor
the Washington Cathedral, will
ddress the union Monday night,
, 2plaining plans for the service.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
POISON V|CT| I'M
SHOWS GAIN

Condition Of Denton Spicer, %,
400 block Sixth st. N. w., who
took poison. police reported, be-
cause Of a love affair last night,
was reported not serious today at
Emergency Hospital.
The young man collapsed while
walking at Ninth Street and Penn
Sylvania Avenue Northwest with a
young woman. His companion, it
was reported, fled when Spicer
told her Of his decision to end his
life.
Spicer told First precinct police
and hospital attaches that he had
decided upon suicide when his
sweetheart displayed an interest in
another man.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
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FOR NEARLY
ALL NEEDS
Cotton, Wool, silk and Rayon
Textiles, Hides and Many
Other Commodities Lower

The purchasing price Of the
1925 dollar represented $1.19 in
July last, the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics reported today in .
survey showing the decline In
wholesale prices from June.
OF the $50 commodities or price
series for which comparable data
for the two months was col
lected. increases were shown in
81 instances and decreases in 236
instances. In 257 instances no
change in price was noted.
Food Prices Drop
Farm products decreased, with
declines in oats, wheat, beef cat
tie, hogs. sheep and lambs. cot
ton and potatoes. The decrease
in the group as a whole from
the June level was 6h per cent.
Somewhat higher prices were re.
corded for corn and hay.
Foods declined over AZ per
cent from the June average. fresh
and cured meats, coffee. flour,
lard and canned fruits sharing
in the decrease.
Hides and leather products
were somewhat lower than in
June. with hides and skins show
ing an appreciable drop and
leather a minor decline.
Practically no change was re-
ported for boots. shoes and
leather products.
Textiles Are Lower
Textile products were down
ward. with cotton goods, silk and
rayon, woolen and worsted goods
and other textiles all participat-
ing in the decline.
In the group of fuel and light
ing materials there were slight
advances in anthracite and BIZ
luminous coal, while petroleum
products declined, causing small
net decrease for the group.
Metals and metal products
again averaged lower, with small
declines in most iron and steel
products and larger declines in
non-ferrous metals, including
aliminum. copper, lead, tin and
zinc.
Building materials continued to
decline, lumber, structural steel,
and paint materials averaging
lower than In June.
Paper and Pulp Down
House furnishing goods showed
no change in the price level,
while in the group assigned as
miscellaneous there was drop in
prices of cattle feed and slight
drop in prices of paper and pulp.
rubber, automobile tires, and lub-
ricating and cylinder oil.
Decreases from June levels
were shown for the three large
groups of raw materials, semi
manufactured articles, and fin
iShed products, while norl-agricul-
tural commodities and the group
of all commodities other than
farm products and foods also de-
clined.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
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FIND BY LADS IS
INVESTIGATED
BY POLICE
Bracelets, Army Identity Tag
Are Discovered Submerged
at Pennsylvania Ave. Span

Two boys, wading in the East
ern Brnach Of the Potomac River
near the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge today uncovered a pot
filled with a dozen necklaces and
bracelets. .....
The boys, Pearce Green, 10.
1900 block Twenty-Second st. s.. E.,
and Thomas Herbert. IA. 2200
block Naylor Rd. S. E., were in
wading when Green stepped upon
necklace. The boys searched
and found another necklace.
Police Summoned
The discovery was reported to
police and Policeman C. r. sgd
nor, Of the Eleventh precinct, was
dispatched to the bridge.
One Of the boys, stripped, waded
out into the stream and found the
pot submerged under three feet Of
water.
May Be Loot
Besides the strands of beads and
bracelets, several Aviation Corps
insignia and an Army identified
ton tag bearing the inscription,
"Westel Willoughby. second lieu
tenant. Army Air Service, A. E.
F." were found.
Police estimated that the neck
laceS and beads were of little
value, but a check was being made
today to determine whether or not
the articles were stolen goods.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Band Concert List
For Comma Week

The schedule of band concerts
in the public parks for the COM
ing week is announced by Lieut..
F. B. Butler, assistant director
Of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, as follows:
Monday. 1880 to 9 p. M, Army
Band, AnacoStia Park. south end
Of Eleventh Street Bridge.
Tuesday, same hours, Navy
Band, Garfield Park, Third and E
Streets Southeast.
Wednesday, same hours, Army
Band, Sylvan Theater, Monu.
ment Grounds.
Friday, same hours, Community
Civic Band, Vermont Avenue and
u Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
NdtiUity's Carnival
ODens MOnday Night

The Nativity carnival which
opens Monday night to continue
until Saturday night. will get
under way when the Washington
Boys ElkS' Band will stage q
parade starting at Farragut Street
Northwest, along Georgia Avenue
to the site of the festival, between
Piney Branch Road and Van
Buren Street Northwest.
The Rev. Benedict j. Hanne-
mann, assistant pastor, is chair
man Of the carnival committee.
Proceeds will be applied on the
church debt.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Lad Gets Jail Term
For RGtteru Theft

Raymond Colvin, Is, was SEN
fenced to serve six months in
Jail for theft Of an automobile
battery yesterday. but Judge Rob
ert E. Mattingly ordered the case
held open pending examination
of records concerning the youths
age,
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
JULY DOLLAR BOUGHT MORE FOR HOUSEWIFE Than In JUNE
Wading Boys Find Pot of Necklaces in Eastern Branch
|SKY-WAYS.

The women's Dixie derby,
which starts from Washington
airport Friday, August ~, win
cover approximately 1.575 miles
before the finish line at the
Curtiss-Wright- Reynolds airport
in Chicago is reached. Already
three official entries have been
received and Jack Wynne, Of
Hoover field. has been ap-
pointed timer, with Captain
Carroll, Of washington airport.
named as referee. According to
A. K. Barta, Of the Aero Club
of Washington, many more
entries will be received just
prior to the start. Quoting
Assistant Manager Crowder, of
Washington airport, beginning
Monday, August 18, the East
ern Air Transport will offer
daily passenger service from
Washington airport to New
York city, making one trip
each way every day.
We learn from Jack Wynne,
of Hoover field, that he ex-
poets the president Of the At
lantic Seaboard Airways, Inc,
Rueben Re!tfin, in town today.
This corporation owns Hoover
field. Friday was one Of those
days on which every private
owner was out doing his stuff
:. Seemed as If everyone that
stables his ship at Hoover was
in the air yesterday. Bill
Payne took UP his OK Waco
and was "just flying around"
Paul Charles came in with
the Eaglerock and carried
Shelly, jr., as a passenger. He
just stopped a short while on
his way from Richmond to
Gettysburg. Henry Berliner
was up with his Kinner-Fleet
just building up time.
Naval Air Station. staged its
usual number of croSS,country
flights yesterday. with Lieuten-
ant Webb starting the day by
heading for Pittsburgh in an
O-2-U with a passenger. Major
Gieger came down shortly after
ward, with eight passengers in
the Marine Corps Ford from
Quantico. Captain Page landed
from Mitchell in a land fighter
and Lieutenant Commander
Townsend used an O-12-U max
ing the same trip. Lieutenant
Commander Stump took a land
fighter going to Hampton
Roads. Lieutenant Commander
Davies and Lieutenant Wilcox
arrived with an O-2-U from
Hampton Roads. Lieutenant
Commanders Shoemaker, OS-
trander and Miles took off for
Dayton, Ohio, each flying an
O-2-U.
Lieutenant Pugh left Boiling
Field for Wright Field with a
passenger yesterday, in an
O-25 -. Lieutenant Ferguson
took off for Red Bank in a.
pursuit plane. Captain Eaker
headed for Buffalo with a
Fleetster. ;. Lieutenant Haddon
had q P-1 on his trip to Will
mington. Del. l. e u tie nant
Myers TAXED Secretary Davis to
Wilkesbarre, Pa, in an AS.
Lieutenant Umstead used a Ca
when he started for Middle
town. Coming in from Middle
town, Lieutenant BiSsel flew a
pursuit plane. Lieutenant Ha-
genberger went to Wright Field
in a. Douglas. Lieutenant
Goodrich, Of Mitchell Field,
used AN OIL making the hop
from that field to Boiling yes
terday Four routine tests and
four hops were also made.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Forecast Failing; Prophet
Asks to Be Jailed

Walking into the First precinct
0lice station today, John LOCK
d, colored, So, self styled prophet,
,queSted that he be incarcerated
I'd some of his blood be shed
cause his prophecy relative to
e ending of the national
ought had not come true.
Lockard, who said he came
,re from Tryon, N. c., claimed
tystic powers by which he fore
Ills the future. He said he had
recaSt numerous events, all OF
hich came true.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
EDERAL WORKERS OUTING

The National Federation of
cderal Employees today will hold
I outing at Chapel Point. Co
oerating in plans for the excur.
IN are the Women's Union of
le Bureau Of Engraving and
'rinting, the Mems Union of the
tlreau, and Local No. 2.
charge. were acquitted.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16
Times staff Photo

The prophet declared he had
prophecied the termination of the
drought and when his prophecy
failed to become a reality, he
ca!d, he deemed it advisable thai
he be punished. He carried
under his arm a dilapidated win
dow shade, upon which a picture
of the Capitol was painted.
After listening to Lockard'S s
story, Patrolman r. A. ChamblisS
took him into custody and sent
him to Gallinger Hospital for
observation.
The Washington times., 1930-08-16

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