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BANK CALL SHOWS
DEPOSIT GAIN HERE
IWo-thirdS of Institutions
Report Marked Increases
in Funds on Hand.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Controller John w. Pole issued a call
today for the condition of all banks in
the District of Columbia as of Monday.
June 30, 1880, also for the condition of
all other national banks in the country,
on the same date.
Washington banks as a group show
gratifying and substantial gains in de-
posits on the last day of the Govern
fnent's fiscal year. OF the first ~ local
banks reached following announcement
of the CALL Is report increases in de-
posts since the call of March 81, $780,
and IL reported decreases.
Not only did two-thirds of the banks
report larger deposits but some of these
banks reported such marked increases
IN deposits that they quickly Offset the
small declines announced by some of
the other institutions.
Notable among the local banks re-
porting large gains we're the Riggs Ma
tional National Metropolitan and the
American Security & Trust Co. The
figures from these banks combined with
the totals from the other Is banks that
showed advances, will make the total
deposits in all the banks set figure
70 be proud Of
Ali Groups Show Advances.
All three groups, National banks, saw
inRs banks and trust companies, reveal
Improvement in deposits since March 81.
That means that they are also ahead
of the returns made on December 81,
as the March figures were above the
last call Of 1929.
The District Intangible tax due on
July / pulled down deposits. some large
payments and Withdrawals always being
made At the time this payment Is due.
Recent reports Of increased interest
In savings are proved by the figures
available today. Ever since the New
York stock market crash there has been
q notable move toward thrift reflected
IN the savings departments Of the banks.
The present business depression is
also helpful to the deposit totals in the
banks. Many large corporations are not
using their money for business expan-
sion and not doing much buying. AS
q result their money is allowed to re-
main in the banks Little money is
being used right now in the real estate
business and these funds are also help
ing the bank deposits.
A complete summary OF deposits COW
ering every bank in Washington will
be available in a few days. it being
impossible to reach all the banks to-
day In the limited time before going
TO press.
Below is a comparison of local bank
deposits on June 30 as called for by
the controller today and the deposits
reported following the call Of March
~, 1890:
Comparisons With March q Call.
aaAA
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Money to Loan

Secured By first deed Of trust on real estate
prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller 80 sts! w. S,s ( wv r."
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d. c. Banks to Close Saturday.
Action by Congress in making next
Saturday q legal holiday means that
all the banks in Washington will be
closed for three days, beginning on FRI
day.
As the local banks are almost never
closed for three days in succession, it
will be necessary for depositors to re-
member that they must draw out on
Thursday afternoon any funds they
want for flrecrackers for the Fourth or
for other purposes over the week end.
The brokers in Washington will also
nave q three-day holiday. as the New
YORK Stock Exchange voted TO close on
Saturday, in addition to having silent
Sickers on the Fourth.
Lincoln Bank Views Business.
The Lincoln National Banks Outline
OF Business, published July l. says that
business in June made further progress
toward ultimate recovery, diSpite sea-
sonal reductions in industrial activity
and renewed unsettlements in the Sc
curities markets. One of the signs
mentioned Is the fact that on a Nation
wide basis production III recent months
has fallen below the normal OF coSump-
ton The current rate Is estimated to be
about the same as in 1925, while the
population is much larger.
The bank finds some evidence that
commodity prices may be approaching
q point of relative stability Construc-
ton Is also said to be improving slightly
The bank expresses satisfaction in the
fact that the production of electricity is
again surprising former records and
that in the field Of finance the German
separation bonds were oversubscribed.
Business Quiet on Exchange.
Business was quiet on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange today. Capital
Traction opened at So. later sold at 581s
and closed at 58M ON odd lot sales, none
over 10 shares.
Norfolk & Western Steamboat stock
sold at 22l and Steamboat rights moved
at l6 and 1872. Potomac Electric So
per cent preferred came out at 1919
and 10 shares of Union Trust Co. stock
changed hands at 2A6, ex-dividend.
American Security, Union Trust and
Federal Storage preferred are the only
stocks on the list now being quoted
without the dividend.
Heard In Financial District.
Claude H. Woodward, president of the
Mount Vernon Savings Bank, left the
city today for Old Orchard, Me, where
he will spend a months vacation.
President John Poole of the Federal.
American National Bank has returned
from Chicago. where he attended th'
national convention Of Rotary Clubs.
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ELECTED TO DIRECTORATE.

NEW YORK, July LH1.-Clarence M.
Woolley, chairman Of the American
Radiators Sanitary Corpora
ton, today was elected a director OF the
Atchison, Topeka a. Santa Fe Railroad
to succeed the late DR.. Arthur T. Had
Law
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STEEL GAINS STOCKHOLDERS.

NEW YORK, July 2 (0.-Holders of
q. s. Steel Corporation common stock
on the date for closing of the books for
the March dividend totaled 129. 626, an
increase Of 5,557 in three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-02
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Reeavea By 70 he

Notice-An stocks sold in One hundred share lOs
excepting those designated by the letter (65S) (2S5s
which shows those stocks TO be sold in odd lots only
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
CRANTON TALKS
At YORKTOWN

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 80
Representative Louis c. Cramton,
Of Michigan, will be the principal
speaker at the exercises com
memorating the 149th anniversary
Of the surrender Of the British
at Yorktown, Va, October 20, it
has Just been announced here.
His acceptance Of the invita-
ton to speak was conveyed by
Representative Schuyler Otis
Bland, of Newport News, to Mrs.
George Chenoweth, Of Yorktown,
regent Of the Comte de GraSSe
chapter of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, under whose
auspices the celebration next
month will be staged.
Approximately 10000 persons
are expected to attend the
celebration.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, Of
Washington, D. c., president-gen-
eral Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, is one Of
the many high officials Of the
D. A. r. who have accepted in
vitationS to be present for the
149th observance Of the sur
render Of CORVALLIS and his
troops, Mrs. Chenoweth has an
n0llnced.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Spring in Tree Goes Dry
As Result of Drought

STAUNTON, Va, Sept. 80.
For the first time in memory,
Willow Spout is dry. Thousands
Of people scattered all over the
country who have toured the
Shenandoah Valley know this re-
markable spring that flows from
the trunk of willow tree. 1t is
at Ft. Defiance on Lee Highway,
between Staunton and Harrison
burg.
The flow ceased last week and
oldest inhabitants say that they
do not recall when this happened
before. It is another indication
Of the severity of the present
drought, since no ordinary dry
spell ever has affected this
spring.
Amazed travellers in the val
ley see this spring and imagine
that there must be some trick
about it. From a point five or
six feet UP the trunk of an an
cient willow, in normal times
there spouts a large natural flow
Of sparkling clear water. In Civil
War days, soldiers of both armies
drank from it, and in later days
It has been a point of interest
and refreshment for tourists.
When the Valley pike was built
In 1926, workmen brought water
to the road side by means Of pipe
that was made from willow logs
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
COlored Man, SIS, Is
. Pledged to Wagon
By the Judge

John Sharp, colored, SIS,
never heard Of the Eighteenth
Amendment, and while he had
heard Of Andrew Volstead, he
did not know him. he told Judge
Robert E. Mattingly today,
when arraigned in Police Court
on a charge of being drunk.
At any rate, neither the
amendment nor Volstead had
interfered with John Sharp's
drinking. He said he had just
been out drinking, trying ito
work up a little steam," when
the officers picked him up.
The judge warned him Of the
terrors Of the Volstead act, took
his personal bond not to re-
peat the offenSe, and made him
take an oath not to take an
other drink for two years. Then
the case was dismissed.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
FUND
S195 SHORT

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. 3d.
The right to vote has its disad-
vantages as well as its benefits.
To those who live within the
District Line the franchise means
everything. It means much to the
citizens of Montgomery county,
also.
But voting entails expenses.
According to the report Of Alton
C. Beall, treasurer Of the Mont
gomery County Government Club,
which was filed Saturday with
Preston Ray. clerk of the Circuit
Court, $8,085.50 was spent dur
ing the Democratic primaries,
September 8, in behalf Of the
SO candidates supported by the
Government Club.
Six thousand nine hundred
eighty.seven dollars and fifty
cents was used for the transpor-
tation of voters to the Al polling
places in the county.
For watchers, challengerS and
checkers of voters lists in the
Al polling places, $1,098 was
used.
The Government Club received
contributions to the extent Of
81, 800, which, after all expenses
were paid, left the club with a
deficit Of $195.
Money donations ranged from
SIS up to $500. There were two
contributions of the latter size.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
VANDA[S, BREAK.
CAR WINDOWS.
staff Photo

BLADENSBURG. Md, Sept. 3O.-
Unknown invaders, believed to be. !
seeking revenge upon one Of the
local fire companies here, early
yesterday threw stones through
the firehouse windows and broke
windows in two parked automo
biles belonging to members of the
fire company.
The machines that were dams
aged were the property Of Law.
renee Dayton and julius Lomaas
local members of the volunteer
fire squad. A large rock was !,
found in Loman'S car. having
crashed through the windshield
of the machine. -
The front windows Of the fire..
house were smashed to bits.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Men Killed on Train
Go to POtters Field

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 80.
The two men who were found
dead on the roof of a box car at
the Potomac Yards about q week
ago will be buried in Potters Field
today unless someone claims the
bodies.
The two men were discovered
on top Of the freight car with
their heads crushed in, evidently
by a bridge or tunnel and no
identification marks could be dis.
covered on them. They have not
been claimed since that time and
an order for their burial was is
sued yesterday. The burial will
take place sometime this after
noon.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
HEAVY BALLOT 7.
FAIRFAX AIM

FAIRFAX. Va, Sept. 30.-With
registration for voting in the No
vember elections for Congress but
a few days off, Judge Howard
Smith, of Alexandria, Democratic
nominee for Congress from the
Eighth congressional district. adj
dressed the Democratic executive
committee of Fairfax county yes
terday in a meeting called to
plan a campaign for the heaviest
registration possible, with q con
sequent heavy vote in the elec-
ton.
DR.. Brook, Of Fairfax, who op-
poses Judge Smith in this cam
paign, has been a candidate for
the same office on several other
occasions, never having been
elected.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Doctors Death Will
Aid Priests School

Fifty thousand dollars will be
received by the Dominican House
Of Studies here for the purpose Of
educating young men for the
priesthood when DR.. James j.
McDevitt, Of Worcester, Mass,
dies, according to the late Mary
E. Taylor's will, filed for probate
in Boston yesterday.
Mrs. Taylor, the widow Of Sen
ator william Taylor, associated
for many years with the Boston
Post, arranged for DIR. McDevitt,
her brother, to enjoy the income
during his lifetime and for the
principal to be turned over to the
Dominican House after his death.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

through which holes were te-
diously bored. About the base of
the tree now known as Willow
Spout there was a cavity, doubt
less made by washing rains, and
from this hole a workman drove
an auger upward into the trunk,
and completed his experiment by
sinking another hole at right
angles and then filling in where
the earth had been removed.
This forced the water up through
the trunk and out through the
opening, and in ensuing years the
stream has flowed through the
old channel, concrete replacing
the old wooden pipe and, later,
metal.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
TIMBER BLAZE.
EXT|NGU|SHED
At ARDMORE
Flames Break Out for Third
Time and Peril D. C. Homes
Along Boundary RoadWays

ARDMoRE, Md, Sept. 30.
Breaking out for the third time
yesterday, a forest fire was. raging
in the woods near here and at one
time appeared to be out Of the
control Of three volunteer fire
companies summoned in three
consecutive alarms.
Bladensburg, Cottage City and
Berwyn Heights apparatus re-
sponded to the first three alarms.
Terrorized residents in the out
lying farmhouses fled before the
oncoming smoke and fire. The
District fire companies were or
dered to be in readiness in case
the flames spread across the
boundary roads.
A number Of homes in the fire
area were being barricaded against
the flames and back-fires were
lighted by the firemen in order
to save many buildings. Another
similar blaze near Hyattsville kept
four companies, busy and the
situation appeared grave at one
time in the Ardmore woods.
Immediately after the other
fighting companies returned to
their stations they raced to aid
their companions here, and as
night fell yesterday the uneasy
residents returned to their homes
with only a smouldering mass Of
forest to fear.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

A car for you and one for the fam
fIy can both be purchased for the price
OF . new one through tOday's Classi-
fled Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
POLITICS BOOM
IN MARYLAND

UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
Sept. 30.-Steadily increasing ac-
tivity in both the Democratic
and Republican political ma
chimes in Prince Georges county
is noted as the election date
draws closer. Elaborate plans
for one of the hottest campaigns
in recent years are being laid
by both parties.
At meeting Of the Repub-
lican State central committee
held yesterday at the Marlboro
branch of the Eastern Shore
Trust Company, s. Gardiner Coale
was reelected chairman Of that
group. Other officers elected
were: Mrs. Lulu A. Bickford,
vice chairman: Thomas A. Bald
win, secretary, and Mrs. Helen
B. Cardoza. vice secretary. Mem
bers who attended the meeting
were George B. Merrick, E. A.
Burgess. Charles A. Greenleaf.
Howard Proctor and William G.
Griffith.
4uG O0mOCFdGlC COMmlttcC,
which met Saturday at the Of
fices of Ennis Ray in Wash
ington, will be led by LanSdale
G. SaSScer. Other members Of
the committee are: Mary w.
Browning and Kent r. Mullikin.
The Democratic committee to
plan and hold big mass meet
ing in the Marlboro courthouse
grounds at / o'clock october z
is headed by Hampton Magru-
der. He viii be assisted by Sam
uel Wyvil and Lansdale G. Sass
Ger. This meeting. it has been
announced, will be attended by
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie and his
running mates.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
JURY FOREMAN NAMED

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Sept. 80.
Judge Robert Moss, Of the Anne
Arundel County Circuit Court, to-
day named Joshua s. Linthicum,
of Linthicum Heights, as foreman
Of the grand jury for the Oc-
tober term of court, which will
open october 20. The docket for
this term is heavy. Linthiclm
was foreman two years ago.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Safe RnLed
At SiLDer Spring

SILVER SPRING, Md, Sept. 80.
Some time between the closing
hour Saturday and early yester-
day, the safe of the Potter Radio
Company, Silver Spring, was bur-
glarized and $3.98 taken.
When the burglars had taken
the small loot after working the
combination of the safe, they
closed the door and locked it..
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~ n maid at the hotel matches the
American miss pack her nesUIy acquired
treasures and also notifies the Treasury
agent.
grade shops. particularly jewelry stores that
have had the same American clients for many
years. take extraordinary precautions to avoid
the news of sales leaking out even TO their
clerks . very great number Of establishments
simply helpless against this inside espionage.
The managers see excellent buyers, whom they
hope to keep, betrayed by the very girl who
serves them II D saleswoman informer 10 dis
charged the girl who replaces her viii probably
do the same thing. Girls who earn from $50
to 500 q month hear Of some one receiving q
reward of $4,000 or $50 900 for tip ON o big
sale, and they will hasten down 30 the United
States Treasury agent and try to do likewise.
The United States Government and the
American jewelers. Protective Association
which co-operates with it. are justified, &C
cording to the law. IN getting advance infor-
nation about persons who intend to defraud
It. Why should American jewelers. and depart
ment stores pay high duties on their imports,
they point out, and allow individuals to smuggle
in large quantities Of stun without paying any
thfngp
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asked where she had bought them I'm t2e
States"
In such circumstances the visitors often give
themselves away by signing their name 10
luncheon check or mentioning the name Of the
Ndressmaker or furnishing other clues 10 their
identity. Such information triekles into the
ONCE of the Treasury agent from innumefahle
sources and there It Is fitted together, one
infOrmer often corrOborating and experimenting
another.
COME innocents abroad even commit the folly
OF asking the hotel concierge for advice
about shipping their purchases into America
minus duty.
The average concierge who handles keys.
letters railway and theater tickets and baggage
and Is often more important than the hotel
manager, Is a notorious informer. He knows
everything about the guests at his hotel and
when the police want any information they no
first Of all to him. The idea of telling him q
secret is the height Of absurdity. He generally
finds out ones plans on his own account The
hotel maids and Wallets are always at his service,
and what they cannot discover Is hardly worth
knowing.
From the point OF view Of this army Of in
formers, the regrettable feature Of this system
OF espionage is that the majority perhaps the
great majority, of American visitors make a
sincere declaration upon their arrival at New
York, either through honesty or from fear of
being caught.
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TT Is very easy to see this espionage operating
Mrs. Jones buys her Russian sable eoat-in
fact, pays Is much here as she would IN the
States-and then announces that she will take
It 10 the hotel instead Of having It sent. She
casually gives her name, which Il utterly In
COMPREHENSIVE, even to an English-speaking
salesgirl, and mumbles the name Of the hotel.
"But please let me send the coat to your
hotel" the girl insists. ct viii be no trouble
ut all. Our messenger will leave at once. where
did you say you were stopping?"
An old trick. The salesgirl- informer must
discover the correct name Of the purchaser and
the hotel where she ID stopping The customer
will be obliged to give both II the package is
sent By messenger. But Mrs. Jones, who prob.
ably wishes to wear her new sables without q
moments delay, h determined to take it along
I'm O taxi
"Oh, here Is q button that Is loosei" the girl
exclaimed with . cry Of triumph. "You must
surely let us give it . good brushing and ex-
anime an the buttons assure you that It win
take only few minutes It win be ct your
hotel as soon as you arrive. Just write out your
name and address on this card. II you please"
MRS. Jones succumbs to this simple trap, signs
her own doom chat Is to say. IL she has any
dishonest intentions), becomes an interesting
subject for the United States Treasury agent
and her purchases are noted in q card index
file from day to day. dozen informers may
report her and condemn her afterward II she
makes an honest declaration. IF she asks the
shopkeeper to fake the bills, showing only half
Of the actual price paid, this information win
be passed along, too.
II she has sewn American labels into the
collars Of Paris-made coats and placed soiled
pads I'm new frocks to make them look old she
will be tripped up again. This may explain why
some Of the feminine smugglers are ready to
fight when they step out Of the New York
Custom House after long argument. The
chief inspector, with suave omniscience, has
made them out prevaricators in black and
wflitei
THIS b simple, easy and inexpensive system
Of detection-it Is the smugglers. not Uncle
Sam, who pays the informers In the end-but
it often breaks down because In many expensive
shops the proprietor himself serves his good
American clients and. wishing to shield them,
he takes great pains not to let his personnel
learn their names and addresses.
The United States Treasury agent has many
strings to his bow, however, and the fish that
slip through the net stretched In the shops
often get caught IN another sort OF trap.
waiter in a smart tea shop or hotel restaurant
win prick up his ears ut once when he hears
several American women gossiping about the
things they have bought. 2
Eyes, ordered q dozen afternoon frocks my
dear, and am wondering how can get them
through the customs without paying duty. one
confides.
"why don't you wear them until they are
mushed up and then swear you bought them ct
homer" demands the other.
"I have q friend who tried that but the
customs people simply. laughed at her and
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help 10 expose attempted smuggling into
American" naive visitors here ask I'm astonish-
ment
Does Il actually mean that no matter how
hne and honest q shop we deal with our pur-
chases viii be Immediately reported by the
saleswomen?" ~-~~-
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Women Who Tell and Get Paid to Tell

~ MILDLY goes s-shopping in gay Paree and
makes many expensive purchases, OIsich the sales.
girl reports the United States Treasury agent is
Ihe French capital
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(3) Arriving ON her native shores, eks !,
fair traOeler fails TO declare many of he.
foreign purchases, but spord has bees.
sewe ahead By the Psvis agent. snd cas-
toms Officials haze no difficulty in sp-
pretending the ,oould- be sn,nggIer. -. :.
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HogU the Partisan
SalesgirIs and
Hotel Maids Haze
Turned Mformers
against Amer1can
ShoppersAbroad
to Reap Rich Re-
e0ards for Tipping
Off Customs agents
Concerning Unde-
cIared Purchases.

~ OTHING else to declare. Mrs.
~ Jones?"
~ The customs inspector at the
New York pier looks specifically
ut the home coming million-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-22
COOPER A TION

Individual place good
society together
will
cooperation.
climbing the ideal sliding the
according lacks muniy cooperation
individual accomplish anything
ttoa MAJ to
accomplish anything sets out accomplish
RICHMOND will bring practically condition
out
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-18

When waffles are cooked IN a
new electric iron the current its
cut off automatically and a light
flashse as a signal.