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The Washington times., 1930-11-17
Rain Bars Vision
OF Shooting Stars

If you strained your eyes
searching the eastern heavens last
night for a glimpse of the widely
heralded, spectacular display Of
shooting stars and saw only a
mass of dingy rain clouds, don't
feel too badly.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
NeU ChiIdren's Home
Omen bH Christmas

The new Episcopal Home for
Children at Chevy Chase will be
formally opened next month, and
the so children now in the old
institution at Anacostia will cele-
brate Christmas in their new
quarters,
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
DINNER AT CHURCH

A turkey dinner and Christmas
sale will be held tomorrow and
wednesday under the auspices of
the aid society Of st. Paul's Lu-
theran Church. in the hall at
Eleventh and H Sts. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
CHURCH MEN TO MEET

The annual meeting of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
In America will be held here De-
cember and 3. The sessions will
be held at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
BRIDGE TALK LISTED

Frank w. Skinner will speak on
s"rhe Hudson River Bridge and
Other Types of Longest Spans" at
q meeting Of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers at
the Cosmos Club tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
ENJOYS CAR STOLEN

Phillip Baudet, secretary for
the French Embassy, yesterday
reported his, automobile was
stolen from near the Mayflower
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
TRUST COMPANIES URGE
MORE INTEREST IN WILLS

The trust company division of the
American Bankers Association has
compiled returns from a group of sew
eral hundred trust departments show
ing that in 1928 they received 5,S99 ap-
pointments under will: in 1927 the
number increased in 1884 appoint
ments, and during 1928 the number had
reached 44,375 appointments.
recent investigation in New York
indicates, according to Trust Com
panies Magazine, that the following sit
uation Is still true, namely, that 95 per
cent of Americans who die in the course
OF a year leave no wills; that only so
out of every hundred Americans dying
annually leave property; that out of
this 80 leaving property only IS make
wills and that out of every 100 Ameri-
cans who leave wills an average of only
i've name trust companies or banks as
executors and trustees. This ratio is
confirmed by probate figures from Cali
fornia showing that out of 1000 estates
examined there were / ,7S9 administered
by individuals and only rs by trust
companies or banks.
A survey in Pittsburgh revealed that
OF every 100 average adults 80 leave no
estates and only two estates leave more
than $4,000. In st. Paul an inveStiga-
ton showed that out of 1853 adult
deaths there were 1893 who did not
leave enough to pay funeral expenses.
One of the latest tabulations Is that
made in a large Eastern city showing
that OF $3.50 people who died leaving
wills, only 33l or less than per cent
named corporate executors and that IS
per cent of those appointing individual
executors, named widows as executriy.
And 10! the names of trust company
officials and bank presidents are to be
found among the latter Classification
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
STEEL PRODUCTION
ADVANCESFURT
Momentum of Recent Rise
Lost, Says Iron Age
Weekly Review.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February I9-There
has been a further slight gain in steel
production, but the momentum that
caused the rise last week has been lost,
Iron Age will say tomorrow in its weekly
review of the iron and steel industry.
The demand was reported as uneven,
with declines in certain districts offset
by increases in others. This contrast Is
especially sharp in automotive steels,
with Pittsburgh reporting heavier and
other centerS lighter releases.
'Ingot output at Pittsburgh. rs per
cent a week ago, is now nearly 80 per
cent Of capacity" the review states,
land similar rate prevails in the VAL
ley. Raw steel production, however. APP
pears to average 5 to 10 points above
finishing mill operations, indicating the
accumulation of surplus metal to meet
expected expansion of demand in the
Spring. At Chicago new business has
receded but specifications fully sup
port an ingot output of 90 per cent.
Average raw steel production for the
country at large is estimated at 80 per
cent, with the steel corporation rate at
IS per cent
"The railroads and heavy construc-
ton are still giving the market conspic-
uous support. With the rail buying
movement virtually concluded, orders
placed by small Western lines at Chi
cago totaled $4,000 tons. Business in
track supplies aggregated 1900 tons.
Freight cars placed during the week
numbered 2,47l. including 1900 for the
Louisville & Nashville and 500 for the
Canadian Pacific.
Structural steel lettings, at $4,000
tons, compare with bookings of more
than $4,000 tons in each of the three
previous weeks. New inquiries, at $4,000
tons. were the largest this year. Rein
forcing bar awards. totaling more than
5000 tons, were the heaviest for any
week since early in November.
Residential construction remains at
q low ebb, and makers of merchant pipe,
radiators and sanitary ware have been
unable to increase their production
schedules.
THE Iron Age composite prices re-
main unchanged, pig iron ct s18 a gross
ton and finished steel at 2305 cents a
pound"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Bangor & AroOstock
BY GEORGE +. HUGHES.

The securities of any corporation the
earnings of which show trend diver
gent from other organizations in its
group always form an interesting study.
This Is true no matter in which direc-
ton the earnings move. Just now rail-
way reports make unfavorable compare
sons with the same period a year ago
There are, however, exceptions. Among
these a noteworthy one is that of Ban
gor e. ArooStock This is a compare
lively small railroad operating entirely
in Maine and dependent for a large
share of its income on its car loadings
of single crop, potatoes. 1t happens
that a bumper crop of Maine potatoes
last year conceded with high price,
with the result that not only the grow
ers of that State, but the railroad which
carried their product benefited.
Bangor & Aroostock earned in 1929
approximately $8.15 share on its COM
mon stock. taking into account the
additional shares recently offered. This
compares with 1884 a share on the
stock outstanding at the end of 1928
Besides the common stock. which is of
$50 par and on which dividends Of So. 80
are now being paid annually, ms road
has an issue of z per cent cumulative
500 par, preferred stock outstanding
III UAA.o otocA the iCSuIdI Idte has Deen
paid since it was issued in 1917. It is
callable at ITO and sells around that
price so that it presents no speculative
attraction, but does give a generous
yield.
The capital structure is not all that
could be desired. inasmuch as over 65
per cent is in funded debt. Still in
tersSt changes are covered roughly twice
over, so that the bonds command a good
investment rating and are legal for
savings banks in New York and other
States
AS for the common stock, a railroad
dependent so largely on a single COM
modify Is likely to have wide fiuctua-
tons in net income. This must be
taken into account in determining
whether the price earnings ratio fairly
appralses the value Of the shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
FURTHER GAIN OCCURS
IN PRODUCTION OF OIL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla. February 1s.-Esti-
mated daily production of light gravity
oil in the United States, increased nearly
$4,000 barrels during the week ending
February Is, the Oil and Gas Journal
says today. A decrease of about 1000
barrels daily in heavy gravity oil was
shown for the same period: Total
United States production of crude was
2,675,969, compared with 2,6IS,76l, for
the week ending February 8.
The California fields set the pace for
the Nation with light oil production in
that State increasing during the week
from COL 500 barrels to 662 500 barrels
daily. The biggest increases were
shown in the Santa Fe Springs and
ElWood fields.
Oklahoma production remained on
a fairly even keel
West Texas output was off slightly
for the week. as was that most of the
other midcontinent areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

system and the New York Central on
consolidation plans.
These two companies have held equal
interest in the Reading for many wears
each owning approximately Is per cent
of the Reading stock The Baltimore
& Ohio during the last year increased
its holding to around "a per cent. ac-
cording to Mr.. Shriver's statement, but
there is no record that the New York
Central has taken similar action.
It has been generally understood
that an agreement existed between the
Baltimore & Ohio and the Central
whereby the latter would turn over its
holdings to the Baltimore g. Ohio if
In return the Central were given con-
troll of the Lehigh Valley or the Lacka-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
NEW COMPANY FORMED.

NEW YORK, February 10 (49.-The
Batchelder, Snyder, Door d Doe Co.
has been formed through the merger of
the Batchelder & Snyder Co., Arthur
e. Door Co., and the William A. Doe
Co, Boston meat and food packing
companies. The interest in the Arthur
E. Door Co., held by First National
Stores, a New England chain grocery
store system. has been sold to the new
company. Frosted Foods Co., Inc, a
subsidiary of the General Foods Cor
poration, will have controlling interest
in the new organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
SECURITY HOLDINGS GAIN.

CHICAGO. February 10 CIP.-Samuel
J. insult told stockholders Of insult
Utility Investments, Inc, that securities
held, including nearly $50, 600. 600 81 se-
curities bought since January /, showed
an increase in value of more than S2S,.
100000.
Securities held December 81 were
valued at $146.136, 427, against an ag-
gregate cost Of S145,745,773. Net in
come for the initial business year was
S11 ,598,745. The annual report shows
the company had increased its assets to
S107, 621 $40 on December 81 from the
S18, 766,908 listed as assets when the
corporation began operations January
49, 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
NEW SECURITIES.

NEW YORK, February 10 R.-New
securities offered today include:
Shawinigan Water & Power Co., $15,-
OOO'oOO frS mortgage and collateral
trust sinking fund per cent bonds,
series &C." priced at SO and accrued
interest to yield more than $40 per
cent. Offered by Aldred g. Co., Brown
BROS. d Co., Lee, Higginson & Co., and
Valspar Corporation, $2,500,000 To-
year per cent convertible gold deben-
lures priced at 9812 and yielding more
Gnan $40 per cent. offered by Brown
Bros, d Co. and the Detroit Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
FINANCE COMPANIES
LITTLE HURT BY BREAK

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 1q-Con-
f1dence that any business depression
Will not seriously AFFECT finance com
panies is expressed by H. Bertram
Lewis, vice president of the CONNER
cial Credit Company, in an article in
Dividends. monthly magazine pub
lished by Kidder. Peabody 81 Co.
1T Is most interesting to observe"
says Mr.. Lewis. that the stock defiation
and general business recession resulting
tnerefrom have so far had but little
erect upon this company's current
volume of installment business and
of overdue paper"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

Venezuela is now buying all its flour
from the United States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
sss5, 500, GOO $3.50, 500, 900
Disclosures Of Survey

The first annual survey made by the
trust company division disclosed $541, :
100000 in life insurance policies de-
posted with corporate fiduciaries under
trust agreements during the five-year
period l923-1927, inclusive. This
amount was increased by 500, 600, 900
in 1928 and, with the 81 200, 900 900 de-
posted during 1929. the total amount
Of life insurance policies now reposing
in the vaults of the banks and trust
companies of the United States as
trustee under trust agreements may be
safely said to exceed $4,000, 900 ,000 The
work of education and development
done by the trust companies in the field
OF insurance trusts has indeed borne
fruit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
BREAK IN RAILROAD
MERGER PLAN HINTED
specisl pispatch 70 rhe star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 1s.-The
question has been raised since George
NJ. Shriver, senior vice president of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, admitted
that his company owns something over
"a per cent of the stock of the Reading
Co. whether the Baltimore a. Ohio's
action indicates a break between that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
INSURANCE TRUSTS
GAINING IN FAVOR
Enormous Sum in Policies
Turned Over to Banks Dur
ing Past Year.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 1e-Evidence
that the insurance trust has been
adopted by the American public is
shown in the fact that during 1929
lie insurance policies aggregating ST.
2c9OOO,OOO were deposited with banks
and trust companies of the United
States as trustees or under rust agree
ments, according to c. Alison Scully,
chairman of the insurance trust COM
mittee OF the trust company division
American Bankers Association, who
addressed the annual meeting of the
division yesterday. This total for 1929
represents an increase of II per cent
over 1928 and an advance of 367 per
cent over 1927.
Healthy Sign Revealed.
"A fundamental, healthy sign re-
vealed by the increase in the aggregate
value OF life insurance trusts" said Mr..
Scully, lis the corresponding growth in
the number of institutions who are en-
gagged in this field of service. The banks
and trust companies reporting to the
trust company division that they had
been named as trustee under insurance
agreements in 1929 was almost double
that for 1928. The number of insur
ance trusts reported for 1929 was 1902,
as against 1857 for 1928. The AVERAGE
amount of the policies deposited in
individual trusts was $57 ,807 in 1929, rs
compared with $49,59l in 1928"
The results in some of the more i'm
portant centers are very interesting:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

Soft, snowy white towels, made of
good weight absorbent material by
the worlds largest towel manufac-
turers at the Cannon Mills. Differ
ent colored borders that will not run.
A real value at this low price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

The new cellulose acetate plant of
the Tennessee Eastman CORPORATION,
subsidiary of the Eastman Kodak Co,
at Kingsport, Tenn, has been placed
in operation Full scale production is
expected to be reached by Midsummer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

wanna. Control Of the Lehigh Valley
has been acquired by the Pennsylvania
and the Wabash. and the Lackawanna
has been allocated to the Chesapeake
g. Ohio under the Interstate Commerce
Commission consolidation plan.
This turn of affairs, 1t is said, has
automatically terminated the agreement
between the Baltimore & Ohio and the
New York Central, and it is reported
that the latter now seeks control of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, now
controlled by the Reading and which
the Baltimore & Ohio needs to give 1t
an entrance into New York.
o--
Venezuela is now buying all its flour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

much as they could of what went on there.
Guessing that, the Germans had special per-
sonal guards for the Kaiser, Hindenburg and
Ludendorff. Though Marshal Foch usually
chose small secluded places for his headquar-
tiers, he was watched most of the time, knew
it and joked about it. He even made camou-
f1aged trips to lead his watchers astray.
When Gen. Pershing first reached France he
objected violently to any one being assigned
to guard him, but Col. Moreno insisted that he
have a guard. former New York newspaper
man checked the generals goings and comings
and guarded him.
This faithful shadow accompanied the Amer
lean commander -in-chief wherever he went and
once probably prevented an attempt to assassi-
nate him. Whenever Gen. Pershing appeared at
public ceremonies his I. p. guard covered" him
with care vigilant for suspicious looking people,
especially for men with hands in pockets or
hidden by newspapers and women with hands
in muffS. The general went unarmed but his
shadow carried two pistols-one hidden.
Came an occasion in 1918 when Gen. Pershing,
inspecting American depots and troops in a
French city behind the 'front.'" returned to
his special train through tunnel beneath the
tracks, subway like that at many American
suburban railway stations. In this dark passage
some one had laid a trap. But luckily the
/. P. guard the accustomed 20 feet ahead of the
general, pounced upon woman OF rather evil
aspect. He seized both wrists almost hidden in
a loaded revolver.
Gen. Pershing passed on. The woman was
borne off to local GO headquarters. I'm
fortunately, secrecy still hides the rest-who
she was, why the revolver, in that place under
ground where, but for GO, she might have
killed the American commander in an instant.
We kept at our own G. H. @. watch chosen
from the original I. P. detachment that had
some weird experiences. A principal job was
to see what happened to the contents of waste
basketS-which may sound foolish, but
based upon known German methods. Another
was to watch scrubwomen, any civilians who
might enter the three big barrack buildings
converted into Offices most of which held
secrets of real. even extraordinary value. This
day and night prowl was often exciting.
especially when one spotted some one acting
suspciously, trailed him and found him another
Up One of the band who spoke fluent French,
but broken English, sneaked one dark night
NshsA b.uoo 90 JRn1 mtat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

important town Of Audenarde on the Scheldt.
Their advanced patrols going down to the
river were fred on heavily and accurately by
German machine guns on the opposite bank,
and had to take shelter. Then little knot of
dark-clad Belgian civilians, four years under
German domination, came dragging or pushing
one Of their number.
"Espionl Espion!" they cried. I'VE have seen
him signal the American position to the Ger
man machine gunners."
They brought him to Capt. A. A. Hopkins,
chief OF the 91St's Silent Watchers, who ques-
toned him, aided by the officer commanding
the Belgian gendarmes accompanying the di-
vision for this very purpose. Scene witnesses
and commander (King Albert) all were Bel
gian, and to the BelgianS Capt Hopkins turn
ed over the suspect His fate remains unknown
although his picture is in our War Department
collection.
If he spied, it was against Americans, but if
he was executed, it was by allies. So with all
the enemy agents the A. E. F. caught
That arrangement helps explain why the vic
tories of the American secret war were, and
main, secret. Officially, the Americans exc
cuted no German spies and arrested few. The
A. e. F. rule was Let the French do it. It's
their country"
The Americans might turn up" a suspect,
provide information sufficient to justify arrest
and perhaps conviction, but the French Ibid
the dirty work. as in sundry cases to be de-
scribed here. That simpified what was, after
all, enforcement of a French law forbidding
espionage, and enabled the Americans to wash
their hands of dstasteful business. If, as
some boast today 1--WE never executed spy"
we all but led some to the stake-quite de-
servedly according to the rules of the game.
Behind the front, on the services of supply,
there was less mystery-and probably more
spies. The area was far greater-all of France
but that 400-nie strip of front from the North
Sea to Switzerland so filled with pitfalls for the
spy as to be virtually impregnabe. Besides,
much of the really big information was not
at the front, but in the rear
livery G. H. c.. allied and German, was
watched, and Chaumont must have been,
although there is good authority for saying
that no German agent was caught there nor
an important leak detected. All the allies, in
GLIDING the Americans, had spies at German
G. H. @. at Spa, who kept them informed as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

around a corner and into the arms of salty
Marine from South Dakota, of the provost
guard, eager to be First to fight"
Hands up!' he cried, demonstrating with
bayoneted Springfield.
But I'm an l. p" the prowler tried to en-
plain in French English.
ST. P? Never heard of it," said the Marine.
you're a German spy, that's what you are.
Cmon to the guard house"
Accelerated by the bayonet the I. p. went
to the guard house. where he remained two
days until even the Marines yielded to the
secret service and let him go-with a warning
not to do it again.
BEFORE the st. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne
battles so much evidence came in of Ger
man agents trying to cover Tours that that
city and its vicinity were made reserved area
and combed with especial care. There and ct
Issoudun, Romorantin, all-American aviation
centers in France there was always watch for
German agents. Counter eSpinage put an
especially close guard on the Liberty motor SO
that the plans should not reach the Germans
before planes driven by them reached the front.
A case of preventive counter-espionage. There
were others: Reports came of a leak in informa-
ton from the big railroad regulating station at
Is-sur-Tille, where trains of supplies and food
were dealt out like bridge hands, to the troops
along the front. An American counter
espionage officer went to see what was wrong.
He found enough. A German agent schooled
"train-watcher," with access to the yards,
could gather plenty of information. The Amer
leans were innocently sending out freight cars
with destination, number of unit, sometimes
contents, plainly chalked in English and French
on the sides A good German agent could al
most send from Issur-Tille alone a daily
American order of battle. More, he might tell
beforehand when troops were going to
r1o ftooxv
nation chalked on their supply trains would
change. Thereafter the chalk marks were In
CODE altered at irregular intervals.
How could an agent have got information out
of Is-sur- Ellie? The counter-spy found the
answer in the French mail boxes The A. e. F..
were forbidden to use them, but some did to
escape censorship by their own officers and h
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