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The Washington times., 1931-12-18

than a bus
boy in the
N e W Y ork
saloon where
he was en-
ployed.
Christopher
Morley, nov
elist, poe t
a nd pla y.
W ri ght, en-
phaSized this
in a lecture
here.
De ny in g
t h a t .MaSe-
Id h a d
L>
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Alexandra Schools
Get $4,000 Fund

The Alexandria city council yes
terday appropriated $4,000 to
cover a deficit in the public
schools for the current year.
The council received a COM
munication from the Retail Mer-
chants Association protesting the
removal of buses from King
Street, ordered for January /.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

may be printed on both sides of
a strip of paper only slightly
wider and longer than a news
paper column. The story may
be read through magnifying
glasses, such as the admiral Is
shown wearing.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Belle Livingston
To Invade Dallas

DALLAS, Tex, Dec: 18-Belle
Livingston, who started out
with the classiest speakeasy in
New York and transferred her
operations to Reno after serv.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
VirginiGns TGrdy
BUuinq Auto TGgS

Less than 100 State automobile
tags a day are being sold in Alex
andria. The Alexandria City
tags will be placed, on sale in the
office of the city collector shorty
after January /.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
"Legs" Led Charmed Life Despite Many
Arrests and Attacks by Gang Rivals

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 G.N.SO
The three Slugs which ended the
life of John Legs" Diamond in
an Albany rooming house brought
to a spectacular finish the charmed
life Of one Of Americas most pub
Iicized gangSterS and hoodlums.
His early days in Brooklyn and
New York's East Side were
marked by his associations with
kid gangs.
Used by Gangs
They were a tough lot, and
Diamond, always considered "yel'
low" was used mainly by the
gang as the chief "leg man" in
their minor crimes.
Diamonds early days in gang
dom earned for him the Soubri-
quet Of Legs" At the age Of IA
he gained gang fame as fleet.
footed youth, and his ability to
steal packages off a truck and
outrun the delivery drivers and
police earned for him ; job with
stronger and tougher gangs as
he grew older.
His early forays brought him in
contact with Little" Augie, or
August Orgen, powerful East
Side mobSter.
When East Side gangs got so
tough that the spoils were not
enough, gang warfare broke out
and the famous battles found
Diamond somewhere around, yet
smart enough to emerge as lieu
tenant to the new chiefs in their
order Of succession.
Diamond was considered a no
body in gangdom until he became
right-hand man to Arnold Roth
stein, slain king of New York's
reputed underworld.
Arrested 22 Times
While Rothstein and his mil
lions ruled Manhattan's vice,
Legs" Diamond was beginning to
be somebody.
During his tenure with Roth
stein he was arrested % times,
about seven of the charges deal
ing with murder or suspected
homicideS. He was acquitted
every time.
The shooting of two men in the
TotSy TotSy Club was laid to Dia-
mond, as were several killings in
the Harlem beer war.
In the HotSy-Totsy flare up,
Diamond disappeared for several
weeks, but finally walked into the
Tenderloin precinct on West Forty.
seventh Street with a lawyer and
surrendered.
Several important witnesses for
the State had been killed and
dumped on the Jersey wastelands.
Fred on the Charge
Diamond was queried about
these shootings. but be merely
mopped his feverish. pasty brow
and emerged after 10 hours of
questioning, free man.
While RothStein ruled the pasty
Legs" was coming power. His
pretty, but plain looking wife,
Alice, whom he married in a
simple Brooklyn ceremony, did
pot do.
He left her in a little cottage
he purchased in the Catskills and
came down to New York to live
like other big shots" of crime.
He got himself a show girl sweet
heart, Marion ("Kiki'D Roberts,
former Follies girl.
On the death Of RothStein, Dia-
mond assumed the job Of running
RothStein's vast enterprises, but
the job was too big for him.
There were a half-dozen rider
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Admiral Fiske Has
Novel Invention

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Rear
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, re.
tired, prepared today to put
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

tender in a Greenwich Village
saloon, Morley declared that
he lacked the skill essential to
a position of that kind.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Morley RidicuIes
John MasefieId

PHILADE ELPHIA. Dec. 1S.
Johns Masefield, poet laureate
of England, never rose higher
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

and BELLE LIVINGSTON
Belle is bucking a tough pro-
position. All previous efforts
in this direction have failed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
PHONE District $3.50

Ask for an Ad-taker she will
tell you why it will pay YOU to ad-
vertise in The Morning Herald and
Evening Times Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Furnished
APARTMENTS
Upper nth st. Section

Upper I4CH 81. SectIOn
If you are in search of a Furnished
Apartment to occupy as a permanent
residence or temporarily, during the
Christmas Holidays, inspect the COM
pletely equipped vacancies offered in
one of Washingtons newest Apartment
Hotels located on upper Fourteenth
Street. Prices from S65 to $50 per
month . see complete details today
in the Rental columns of the Classified
Section of this newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
BY CARLTON A. SHIvELY.

Special Dispatch TO The star
NEW YORK. August lit is one
of the paradoxes Of our economic sys-
TEN that Tin many cases the larger
the supply of an indispensable commod-
ity. the greater the distress.
Intrinsically there can be nothing
bearish about record breaking cotton
crop. a bumper wheat harvest. an I'M
precedented flow of petroleum from new
fields. an abundance of coal, sugar so
plentiful that it is burned in the flelds:
rubber. tin and lead pressing down the
world markets and the largest surplus
stocks of copper on record. This coun-
try has a much greater supply of much
of these necessary commodities than 1t
ever had before; other parts OF the
world are in need Of them; other ma
tions continue to ship gold to us, add
ing to our already swollen and I'M
needed reserves, yet the trade depression
is about as severe here as anywhere
else.
Oyersupply OF wheat may be settled
by damage to the Spring crop from the
weather and insects in the Northwest
and Canada. but If the Department OF
Agriculture's estimate OF the cotton
crop. Just announced. is borne out, the
is, 584 600 bales in prospect will be the
largest since 1925. 1t is easy to under
stand why the trade fears 5 cents a
pound for the staple. with demand for
cotton goods scanty and huge carry
over.
At Planters Expense.
In all probability consumption OF cot
ton will grow as the price reeedes but
1t will be at the expense of the Southern
planters 1t Is said that this year S
crop has been produced at the lowest
expense In good many years. What
ever may be the actual cost of Droduc-
ing a bale OF cotton, the cash income
to the planter at current prices is low
enough to insure his purchasing little
beyond the neceSsaries of life.
Hope OF averting a price for cotton
which would fiatten out the South and
bring much greater depression there
/ than now exists lies in two directions
( One is that the Department Of Agri-
culture has a record Of making bad
! guesses on the cotton crop. Its latest
estimate is more than a million bales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
MOTOR TAXES PAY
HALF ROAD COSTS
Both Construction and Up
keep Paid for Through
Owners of Vehicles.

BY the Associated Press.
W. r. Smith, president Of the Ameri-
can Road Builders Association, de-
cIared taxes paid by motor vehicle own
ers amount to half the cost of the road
and street construction and mainte-
nance in the United States.
Close studies of heavy traf1c roads
show that in specific cases the user
taxes OF tolls in the form of gasoline
and license taxes paid by motor We
hicles more than pay the road costs,
including a sinking fund for replace
ment," says Mr.. Smith ION light traf-
Is not entirely met by the user taxes
and the property owners pay part of the
cost
If half the traf1ic," continued Mr.
Smith. lis en- the 700 900 miles of sur
faced roads out OF the 5000. 900 miles
in the country a simple computation
shows the saving due to road surfacing
1t is accurately estimated that the
money saving TO motor vehicle driver
is from 2 to 4 cents per mile Travelled
when the road Is surfaced as compared
with a dirt road. If an automobile
makes only - miles on a gallon OF
gasoline the $4,000. 000,000 gallons Of
gasoline used by motor vehicles in 1896
resulted in 1S0, 600. 000, 900 miles Travelled
saving OF cents a mile on the 700,-
600 miles surfaced on which half the
miles are travelled amounts to 81 300
100000 annually. This is several times
the cost Of maintaining these roads
The annual savings in money due u
the surfaced roads about equals the to-
tai expenditures each year on all roads
and streets, two-thirds of which is 2
capital investment in new surfaced
highways"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
GEORGIA TOBACCO PRICE
AVERAGES 7.56 PER POUND


ATLANTA, Ga, August li-Marcus
McWhorter. chief statistician of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, announced to-
day that il 1872 ,SoT pounds OF tobacco
we're sold in Georgia by growers last
week at an average price Of ! Sc cents a
pound
This compares with % .386.e7s pounds
at an average OF 1912 cents for the
same week a year ago. and 6.756. 1872
pounds at an average OF 80 cents for
the previous week this wear
The total paid for tobacco last week
was 87sli3.4S. as against SO sac $50 81
for the second week OF the season last
year and s495, A for the first week
this season
The highest average price paid last
week was s.4e cents a pound as COM
pared with high OF 1909 cents for the
same period last year and s.ls week
previous.
The lowest average price was 42e
This compared with low for the second
week last year OF s7l and low for the
first week Of this year OF 296.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
POSSIBLE ERROR IN ESTIMATE
SEEN, COTTON GROWERS HOPE
Second Encouraging Factor Would Be 'tc
Prevent Actual Picking of This
Years Crop.

above that of the trade. In the record
is a Government estimate fully $500 900
bales ont of the way. and without any
specially unseen factors entering into
Inc situation. 1t may finally turn out
that the 1881 crop is not excessive.
The other ray of hope comes from
the expectation that low nrices will pre-
vent actual picking of much of the
crop. Picking wages are sufficient to
leave the planter little from his crop,
but in this direction there is danger
of an overestimate by the trade. Prices
paid for production can be brought
down sharply under the hand OF neces-
sity, and even a slim margin over costs
means for many growers the difference
between having a little something to
live on and charity.
Farm Board Help.
Ordinarily the present situation in
cotton would bring on large Specula-
tive following. The much abused trader
would be willing to risk his money in
carrying cotton against the time when
shorter crops and larger demand would
put prices up. At the same time, many
SPECTATORS who would have sold short
sine time ago would now come to the
support Of the market with covering
operations. AS it is, only the legitimate
hedge selling is ngaged in to any very
large extent. The helpful Farm Board
has at once shooed off spectators on
the short side by appeals to patriotism
and frightened prospective longs by
holding its support cotton as a constant
threat over their heads.
Wheat and cotton afford an illuminat-
ing example, in Wall streets opinion. of
how markets respond to supply and de-
mand without the Spectator. The
Street is not slow TO think of these
things in terms of securities. On the
Stock Exchange while the bull would
be hailed as a savior of his country, the
bear is a much deSpised animal ap-
parently. among the authorities. who
with questionnaires, pegging of pre-
miums on borrowed stock and with en-
couragement to an artificial shortage in
lendable stock keep the shorts interest
as low as possible The short of today
is the bull of tomorrow, and the small
interest shown by spectators on either
side is bringing the exchange its leanest
season in q good many years.
(Copyrieht 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
COTTON CLOTH SALES
REACH 1922 PER CENT
Production for Month of July
Amounted to 1872 ,545, 900
Yards.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August l1.-Nev business
in standard cotton cloths booked dur
ing July amounted to 82.2 per cent of
production. the Association of Cotton
Textile Merchants of New York has
reported.
Production during the month
amounted to 1872. 545. 900 yards. or at
the rate Of 4sI36,oO0 yards per week
for the four weeks, a decline of rs
per cent under output in June.
July shipments totaled 81 ,331 900
yards. equivalent TO 1898 per cent of
production. and new business booked
amounted to l58, 1858, 900 yards.
Stocks on hand as of July 81 were
269 449 900 yards, a. decrease Of 6.5 per
cent during the month. and a new low
figure for STOCKS since these figures
became comparable, on January /, 1928
UNIFIED orders July 81 were 2T7,-
SGT. 600 yards, decrease Of i6 per
cent during the month, but sim in
excess of stocks on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
PARAMOUNT PROFITS
ARE $1.82 PER SHARE:
Adolph Zukor Reviews Business of
Corporation for First
Half of 1891.

By the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, August IA state
nent issued yesterday by Adolnh zu-
kor. president. said that in the FIRST
half OF 1881 Paramount Publix Cor
poration had approximate net earnings
OF IS 700 900 or equal to 81 g. per share
on outstanding stock.
The company reported net available
for common OF $4sS4,ooo equal to sts0
"a share on s,l2ss7s shares for the
quarter ended March 81. For the full
year OF 1880 the company's net profit
exclusive OF Balaban and Katz opera
lions was reported as equal 10 $500 a
share On 31i3.O26 shares
Announcement that directors had
declared q quarterly dividend Of 2ts
per cent share In common stock on
the common against 62ia cents in cash
paid quarterly previously, however,
overshadowed the estimate Of small
earnings In the second quarter. The
stock dividend ON the basis of Satur-
days closing price Of 22a4 for the stock
was worth ssh cents a share.
Mr. Zukor explained the action OF
the company in suspending cash divi-
dend payment and SUBSTITUTING stock
dividend as Que to conservatism" ne
eessitated by the obligation of the COM
any TO pay cash fof stock which has
been delivered IN return for properties
acquired In the last two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, 81, tub. 80
Eggs-Hennery, 24a25; current re-
ceipts, 16a17
Poultry. alive-Spring broilers, 2
pounds and over. 30a32; 2 to q
pounds. 27a28; Ia to 2 pounds, 81
Ieghorn broilers, large, 24a25: medium
22s23; hens. large. 2la22: small. 1Tala
Leghorn hens. large, l5al6; small. ia
IA: ROSTERS, 12a13.
Dressed-Spring broilers. pounds
and over 33a34; 2 to 2is pounds, goa
broilers, large, 23a30: medium, 2s: hens.
large. 23a24; small 1920; Leghorn
hens. 17aiS; small, Halls; roosters, la
IL; Long Island ducks. 2la22
Meats-Beef prime, Is, choice. 49,:
good, i3a13l2; Texas steer. 1la12; lamb.
20; veal. IA; fresh hams, le: smoked
hams, 81; strip bacon. "a: lard, Ioia
all
Live stock-Hogs, heavy. 6.25a7.75:
light and medium, 800a8.25. pigs, lisa
500; roughs, S,0oa5.0o; lambs. 4oGa
800; calves. 4.0Oa6.50.
Fruits-Wa termelons. 25a60: few, ex-
ira fancy, IS; cantaloupes, homegrown
2-peck baskets, 50a60; crates. Loo,
Persian melons, $50: honeydews, I.5Oa
Its; honeyballs, 2.50a300: oranges, $50
a575: lemons, 5.00a8.00: lines. per
100. 200; apples. bushel baskets, sea
IS; box stock. 2.50a2.75; peaches. 75a
LIS; few, extra fancy 250; black
berries, 500; huckleherries, 2.0Oa2 so;
pears, 2.5Oa300, plums. 2.O0a2 IS.
grapes zoo, bananas, 25a1 so; figs,
50a1 90; currants, 500; pineapples. .5Oa
S.75; grapefruit, Porto Rico, 2.7sa3 90
egetables-Potatoes 2.25; sweet. per
bushel ATS; tomatoes, 2-peek baskets
5Oal 90; squash. so: spipach, New zea-
land, 100: kale. IS; peppers, 2-peck
baskets. so; cabbage, 4Oa50; carrots,
punches, 500; corn, 5-dozer sacks, asa
LOO; string beans, LOO; limas, LISA
1.50; cucumberS, 2-peck baskets. ej:
celery, per bunch, 75aI 90; peas. 4.eDa
4.50; eggplant. 1.50; lettuce, Iceo1rg
TOO; okra, 2-peck baskets, SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
n NEW YORK BANKS
TO PAY Sl5,a3,l64
Composite Yield of Ats Per
Cent to Be Made Under
Current Quotations.
speeial plsnateh % The slnr.

Special Dispatch 70 The star,
NEW YORK, August Ii.--Based on
current dividend rates. the total annual
disbursements TO stockholders by n
leading New York hanks and trust
companies amount to Si35,54S.ibA
bined capital funds of So 1876. $50 $40,
according 70 Morris A. Schapiro Of the
firm Of Monahan. Schapiro e. Co. Us
ing current market quotations. Mr.
Schapiro shows that the underlying
shares are valued at $2S65. 600 OoD
having \ composite yield OF Ats per
cent. At the peak Of the 1929 market,
the total markes~value was over four
times the book value with an average
yield Of is per cent.
Thus the market today places little
valuation upon the good win and
established earning power of institutions
of banking resources in the world" Mr..
Schapiro says,
AS group, these banks have gone
through profound readjustment dur
ing the course Of the current depres-
sion. Due to low money rates and
slackened demand for commercial acs
commodation, the rate Of earnings has
been the lowest In many years. Tn
usually heavy charge lofts due 10 loans
and 10 securities accounted for the low
ratios of net profits TO capital funds
Further operating economies have been
introduced by the arrangements. and in
a few cases dividends have been revised
The strong liquid position OF New York
banks has In part been dictated by their
desire to maintain an impregnable posi-
ton while financial conditions have
been depressed and uncertain.
Possibilities OF further Teaditst-
ments exist depending upon the turn
OF forthcoming events Write-offs b.
banks do not necessarily mean total
loss. as they often result in situations
that turn out to be highly profitable at
later date. These institutions are
favored with the virtual position OF
world money center, and will eventually
be faced with expanding profits"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
GENERAL MOTORS SALES
SHOW INCREASE IN JULY

Special Dispatch To The star.
NEW YORK, August l1.--July sales
of General Motors cars TO consumers in
the United States totaled s5,054 as
against SO,l4T for the corresponding
month a year ago.
July sales of General Motors cars
to dealers in the United States totaled
70 .7z3 as against T0.7l6 for the cor
responding month year ago.
July sales OF General Motors cars to
dealers in the United States and
Canada, together with shipments over
seas. totaled 81 .449 as against 1876
for the same month last year. This
represents the fourth consecutive in
crease in total sales over the cor
responding month Of the year previous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
RAIL ROADS WIN /. C. C.
RULING ON BOX LOADING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Comniisa sn
today ruled that Southwestern railroads
could require shippers to load boxes of
fresh vegetables and melons crosswise
instead of lengthwise
Railroads operating from Arkansas
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas
attempted to put the rule into effect
last March. The Lower Rio Grande
Valley Shippers Association protested
and the schedules we're suspended until
October 90.
The railroads claimed vegetables
shipped in what is known as lug boxes
when packed lengthwiSe In the car, were
damaged to much greater extent than
when packed sidewise. They presented
studies showing that loss and damage
claim payments averaged over $40
car for tomatoes when packed length
7Tise and much less when packed side
wise.
Shippers objected on the ground that
ventilation of the vegetables would be
interfered with, but the commission said
SUFFICIENT space for ventilation was pro-
vided by the use Of Stats In making the
boxes
The new rules provide a penalty OF
20 per cent when boxes are loaded
lengthwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
WESTERN UNION MAY cur
DIVIDENDS ON COMMON
sperlsl nlspatch q Ths slsr.

NEW YORK. August When
Western Union Telegraph directors meet
for dividend action on September 8,
they may give some consideration to
a downward revision in the SO rate noe.
being paid annually on the commo6
shares This Is the belief prevalent In
the financial district. where, however.
1t IL not forgotten that the company
would be one OF the FIRST TO benefit from
any general improvement in business,
The company earned &4is q share on
the common in tine FIRST half year.
against S4.e2 in the same 1890 period.
This showing was made in the face of
decrease Of sfi .I35.7s In gross by
slashing expenses some sT,30e. 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, August Il tP1.-Butter
9l6S tubs; Arm, prices unchanged
Eggs, i0,B64 cases; firm. prices UNI
changed
Poultry. alive. ears, 80 trucks
steady; fowls. lSa2a; brothers. 90
fryers. 20: Springs 20: boosters, 10
turkeys. i5a1e: Spring ducks white
ia coiored. L. Spring geese. Ia