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ONE-PLY roofing s1.50 per so.
Buy Hydroseal to stop leaks in
those old fumes. Costs but little.
John Dover Lumber Co. SIC
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JOHN DEERE and ]. I. Case i'm
PIGMENTS. One used double disc,
$50. John Dover Lumber Co. SIC
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COMING TO
PaScO
United Doctors

The Doctor Who Has Charge o
the State of Washington Is
A SPECIALIST
in Chronic Diseases and
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FOR SALE-Best grade alfalfa
hay in stack. Very reasonable if
taken at once. Jules Moret, West
Highlands. SIC
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WANTED-Elderly woman to stay
with invalid and help with the
house work. C. r. Glib, Richland.
52c
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THE best buy in TOW,
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before you buy. John mi n. OOt pha
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&
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elOns. Pioneer Iron Works I'VE "
FOR SALE-Dahlias ,0a -
cheap; mixed Glads o "uo Game
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FOR SALE-New and used mot
orcycles. See T. Kleinknecht at
the Kennewick Tin Shop and look
them over. Easy terms. :
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FOR SALE 100 Climax plum
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PINE mill wood $3.50 per cord in
car lots of about IL cords. Buy
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Dor. John Dover Lumber Co. SIC
Evening star., 1931-06-20
STOCKS IN RALLY
AT SHORT SESSION
Market Turns Upward on
Hoover Announcement of
Aid for Germany.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHEG
u Dispatch 10 The star,


NEW YORK. June 2O.--The an
nouncement that President Hoover has
initiated measures looking to the relief
Of Germany brought buying into the
stock market today and harp ad-
vance In prices. Naturally the gains
were largest in the higher priced Issues
and in those which had been most
heavily sold for short account in recent
sessions, but the strength was fairly
uniform.
The market opened higher, but on
moderate volume. There was no hur-
ried short covering, as there sometimes
is in Q bear market when an unexpected
piece Of good news develops. At the
start traders were uncertain just what
the effect might be on stocks, and the
early trading was deliberate. AS the
day went on, however, the buying be-
came more confident. although still with
orators were absent over the week end,
and the probabilities are that Mondays
session will give better line on the
technical position.
Railroad shares forged ahead until
Union Pacific and Atchison were up
and points, respectively. New York
Central gained to 5 points, and Balti-
more & Ohio, Chesapeake q Ohio.
Southern Pacific and Great Northern
huVNIICCd. OAC3APCAkC cS
Ohio published its May earning state
ment, showing further decline In gross
and net over the same month q year
ago. but the rails today were disposed
to ignore the earning outlook.
In the industrial list United States
Steel crossed 90 for Q gain Of 5 to
points. American Can had q larger
rise. Allied Chemical and J. I. Case
were In demand from the short interest.
with the former up or points and
the latter more than points. Con-
solidated Gas was very strong and the
leader of the utilities and nearly every
active issue m that group went along.
As might have been expected, Au-
burn Auto had one of It's spectacular
upturns. Stocks like Worthington
Pump, Johns Manville ana Westing-
house moved ahead easily. The oil
stocks were steady, but Is q rule up
only fractionally, and the independent
motors did little
There were intervals of realizing, but
offers were quickly absorbed and the
market continued to climb, with new
favorites taken up. Heavy buying came
into General Electric in the second
hour and into International Telephone
and then into Du Pont, all at higher
prices.
Evening star., 1931-06-20
Great Northern Railway.

NEW YORK, June 40 Especially -
The reduction in the dividend Of the
Great Northern Railway to o a q share
basis this year had been anticipated,
and to a considerable extent discounted,
In the declipe earlier in the month to
about ~. This IL one Of the situations,
where stockholders might ask why 1t
was necessary for company that has
earned more in the first four months
Of 1881 than in the same period of
1890 and which expects to earn over 81
a share in the IL months and has, ac-
cording to its statements, d strong cash
position and current assets over SO, ZOO,
600 in excess Of current liabilities, to
reduce its dividend rate.
The answer Is to be found more in
what may take place IN the coming six
months than in the past half year. The
crop outlook Is not good in the North
west and the 1latness of the iron and
steel industry makes Great Northern
suffer q considerable net less in earn
ings on its iron ore trafic. When James
j. Hill retired from the active manage
ment Of the Great Northern years ago,
he wrote q sort Of valedictory I'm which
he expressed his faith in the ability of
the road to pay . dividend Of Z per
cent permanently and placed the rating
OF this stock high up in the list Of all
classes Of securities.
Evening star., 1931-06-20
STANDARDIZED BANKING
FORMS ARE ENDORSED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Prese-
The United States Bureau Of Stand
ards has met with tremendous success
in its campaign for adoption Of stand
ardised negotiable instruments in the
country's banking system.
Just as the Government has Effected
considerable economies in standard
sized paper currency, 30 are American
bankers realizing important savings
through the Standardization OF checks.
deposit slips; notes, drafts and similar
paper.
The bureau reports that since 1898
there has been an increase Of more
than $50 per cent In the number OF
banks and commercial users Of cheeks
which have formally accepted the rec
concentrations. While the bureau makes
no attempt to estimate the total, the
American Bankers Association places
the users at around IS per cent OF al
the banks In the country.
Frank w. SimmondS, deputy manager
of the American Bankers Association
and acting chairman Of the COMMITTEES
in charge Of negotiable instrument
Standardization, says checks are now
used to settle approximately o6 per
cent of all commercial transactions.
One of the outstanding points ob.
served In connection with the study OF
adherence was the very gratifying de-
gree to which the smaller financial In
stitutions in towns are following the
program. Also the American Express
Co. has adopted the plan for It's travel
ers' checks, as has the American Bank
ers' Association.
An analysis Of the record Of accept
ors, however, shows the need for a
further educational campaign among
the banks and larger users Of bank
checks for closer adherence to the
standard sizes and arrangements. .
Evening star., 1931-06-20
SAXONY HAS FELT FULL EFFECT
OF GERMAN ECONOMIC SLUMP
Clamor for Relief From Reparations Pay
/, ments Daily Grows Louder-PoLtical
Factors Depress Business:

holds up well; Metals are weak.
SaxOny's major output comes nnder
the head Of such products as' pottery,
porcelain, toys, artificial flowers and
fruit, musical instruments and paper
products, several of which do not fgure
as necessities Of life and In times cf re-
duced buying power produce little re-
action. These industries nevertheless
havs shown signs OF some improve
NEXT this year ana some are even ahead
Of the heavy industries which ordinarily
would have shown the 1lrst signs of q
rise. -.
Bogey Of Pessimism. :.
The bOgey Of pessimism, however, 30
rides the German business situation
that 1t is dimcult II not impossible to
find any one here who will concede that
the rise Is important. Regardless of
whether. or: not this rise Indicates the
real facts, the Germans have yet to
learn the propaganda e optimism to
which America resorts. ~
have mentioned the desire which
prevails for stable political conditions.
Wherever have gone I,aave found this
desire almost jathetically keen. A whole
some respect for Chancellor Bruening
exists. Coupled with icy reception Of
his emergency DEGREES Is q belief that
he Is doing all that he or any other
man can do under the circumstances.
Satisfaction. Is generally expressed that
the move to convene the Reichstag was
defeated this week because this aYerts
q political crisis which threatened to
shake the Reich.
One notes In Saxon industrial circles
q keen, desire for, negotiations for re-
viSing reparations payments. Because
the settlement Of Germanys war obli-
cations rests to a large extent upon
her export trade and because exports
are so tightly bound up with Saxony's
welfare, this desire is very natural One
may say without exaggeration that the
Chequers conversations and the coming
visit to Berlin Of Premier Macdonald of
Britain and Secretary Of State Stin-
son Of the United States have made It
far more fashionable for the average
German to think in terms Of nnodified
reparations than before.
The general belief among industrial
leaders here is that q moratorium
would not provide any considerable
stimulant to industry and trade, but
that actual revision Of the Young plan
schedule OF payments to meet changed
conditions would have q considerable
psychological effect. Emphasis, in fact
is placed equally on this peychologicaj
factor Is on the economic one.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star., 1931-06-20

vance: IN rates would be beneficial to
industry, commerce and the public. 1t
would solve the .ominous financial prob
lem With which. the railways directly.
and the public indirectly, are confronted
by enabling the railways to maintain
their bonds as investment securities and
10 refund those upon which the prtn-
cipal became payable. and by enabling
them TO discontinue their present policy
OF retrenchtng more and more severely
In the maintenance of their properties
which would mean that they would en-
ploy more labor and buy more materials
and supplies than they otherwise would
The more needed labor. the RAILWAYS en-
ploy and the more needed p,.rchases
they make the better it win be for
general business,
THE National Foreign Trade Conyen.
tlon recently issued statement to the
public. IN which 1t said, The CHIEF
factor Of the present situation fs nrof;t.
less merchandising. An essential aneces-
Sity of the present situation is an ad-
vance in commodity prices Prof1tles,
railroading Is as bad for general bust
ness as prohtless merchandising. An
advance In freight rates that win stop
prontiess railroading Is as essential to
the revival Of prosperity as an advance
In commodity prices that win stop
prontless merchandising.
Subject 10 Competition.
at is true that the railways are sub
lect to competition which may make
t mpracticable for them to main
tain higher rates on q large amount of
trafnc. On the principle Of Charging
what the trafiic Will bear railway
rates, under present conditions, would
be made lower for longer than for
shorter hauls to meet Competition via
the Panama Canal; and would be made
relatively higher than at present on
cheap and bulky commodities as COM
pared with more valuable commodities.
and also relatively higher for long
haulS than for short hauls, in order To
meet motor truck competition.
VIII the Interstate Commerce Com
mission make, or authorize the rail-
ways to make. such revolutionary
changes in present policies of rate
making? The conditions that are caus-
ing them to be needed have been Gre
ated by the Government policies OF
subSidizing other means Of transporta-
ton and not regulating their rates as
those OF the railways are regulated.
The country still needs it's RAILWAYS
and can support them said the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in its last
annual report. 1t can support them
only by letting them charge rates on
the trafnc they actually handle that
viii provide adequate earnings, or by
subsidixing them. a. it does other
Evening star., 1931-06-20
RAIL FREIGHT RATE ADVANCE
HELD NECESSARY TO PROSPERITY

The movement Of the railroads for q
general advance in freight rates raises
questions both as to what should be
done in the public interest to meet the
emergency with which the railways are
now confronted, and as to what should
be done by the State and National gov
ernments to effect lasting solution Of
the Nations transportation problem, /"
says the Railway Age "Only those who
will deny that the railroads are con-
fronting Q real emergency. With no
improvement In traflc In sight, failure
to secure an advance In rates might,
and probably would, result In numerous
railroad bankruptcies.
Such an advance In rates as Is pro-
posed would enable the railroads to
pass safely through the crisis. The in
dustry, commerce and people of the
country would have to pay the higher
rates. Every branch of industry and
commerce and every class Of people are
suffering from the depression. Would
it be better for the public for an ad-
vance in rates to be refused, and for
many railroads to be allowed. to con-
tinue TO drift toward disaster, or for
the public to pay enough more in
freight rates to tide, the railways over?
Part Of Costs.
'It viii be pointed out that q period
of depression Is q bad time to advance
rates. When business was good the
western lines asked for q, general ad-
vance which the Interstate Commerce
Commission refused upon the ground
that they did not need 1t. If an ad-
vance in rates cannot be made when
business Is good because 1t is not needed,
and cannot be made when business Is
bad when 1t Is needed, it follows that
rates never can be advanced.
Freight rates are only q part Of the
costs OF industry and commerce, and
only q very small percentage of the
prices paid by consumers for most COM
modities. On the other hand, they are
the source Of about so per cent Of the
revenues Of the railroads. Consequently,
the direct effects produced by an ad-
vance in freight rates upon the costs
Of industry and commerce, and. the
prices paid by consumers, would be
relatively very small as compared with
the beneficial effects produced upon the
railway situation. Indirectly, an ad-
Evening star., 1931-06-20
Important Price Changes.
HUGE GLASS CONTRACT
AWARDED TOLEDO FIRM
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TOLEDO, June 20.-Libbey- Owens
Ford Glass Co. has reached an agree
ment with the General Motors Corpora
ton and subsidiaries to supply them
with practically their entire needs of
glass for seven years.
It is estimated that the minimum re-
quirementS OF General Motors under
this contract will exceed $50;0OO 600,
one Of the largest orders ever placed in
the history Of the glass industry.
In order to take care of the vast re-
Quirements of General Motors as well
as those Of its other customers the Lib
bey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. is expand
ing its facilities and has completed ne
gotiations for the purchase of the plate
glass factories ut Ottawa, Ill, belong
ing to National Plate Glass Co, a sub
sidiary Of General Motors With these
new plants and It's present factories,
-Libbey-Owens-Ford viii be able to take
care Of this increase in sales.
Evening star., 1931-06-20
Commodity Price
Trends of Week
BY HN MeGuI

Editor McGin Commodity Service.
.AuBURNDALE. Mass, June 20 Gpt-
During the week just closed, commodity
prices haze shown resistance to the
drastic downward trend prevailing dur
ing the past few weeks. Although out
OF IA groups 3 declined, yet in all
groups bvt one, the declines were frac-
tional. Live stock, hides and leather,
and fne textiles were those commodities
showing an upturn. While both the
agricultural and industrial index show
ed fractional decline, the all-conannod-
ity total remained the same as last week
due solely TO the influence Of live stock.
Although the slow rate Of business
activity has caused pesEinnisnn. this
Business cycle Is not Fundamentally diff.
ferent from those that have gone be-
fore. There is always q period after
drastic defiation in which there Is an
cratic trend. Commodity prices are
known to lag somewhat behind business
activity, and altho there has been an
Improvement, still commodity prices
continue to sag due to selling of dis
tressed lots and disposal of accumu-
lated stocks. Two things are necessary
TO prevent fabricators from buying on
hand-to-mouth basis. First, prices
must stabilize, and second, there must
be an increasing demand from con-
stlners. low commodity prices are only
now being reflected in retail prices Even
in everyday necessities, buying has
been delayed, but with the advent Of
lower prices to the consumers IL has
been demonstrated that business will
increase. Stocks in retallerS' hands are
notably low, and any increase In retail
business should be quickly reflected to
the manufacturer and thus finally to
the producer Of raw materials.
sBulIdings Materials.
Noting. changes in specific groups,
building materials showed the heaviest
decline due to price recession in lum-
Der.
NOn-ferrous Metals.
After showing resistance In last weeks
index to the downward trend. nom
ferrous metals lost part Of their gain
this week, due to price declines in cop
per, tin and zinc. Anthony and silver
showed an upward trend.
Fine Textiles.
Fine textiles were lower, due to cot
ton and silk.
Agricultural Prices.
A mixed trend was shown by Agricul-
eufal prices, WITH declines ID oats, cot
ton, eggs and hay more than ofisetting
the increase In corn, barley, re, max
and butter. =
Paint Materials.
A decrease was registered by paint
materials, due to price recession in lin
seed oil: Rosin and turpentins were
slightly higher.
Paper.
A fractional decline was shown BY
paper, due to Manila chip board and
MitscherIich pulp.
Important Price Changes.
Evening star., 1931-06-20
HEALTHIER BUSINESS. :
CONDITION IS REPORTED

Business in general proceeds along
depression levels, says the United BuSi-
ness Service, but seems to be In q
healthier position than at the begin
ming Of the year, due to the fact that
many industries have lowered costs Of
production and distribution. These ad-
justnnents have not bsen completed,
however, and more receiverships and
reduced dividends are expected. The
September October seasonal rise should
prove to be the definite turning point
toward recovery. The United Business
Thermometer registers ass per cent
below normal this week.
Evening star., 1931-06-20
BY FREDERICK oEcHsNER.

Special Gable to The Star.
LEIPZIG, Germany, June 2O.-When
German exports decline, Saxon industry
feels the blood 60 cut Of its veins.
Thus did q manufacturer here In
IeipSig, the Western hub Of the State
Of Saxony describe, to this correspond
e1t the apprehension under which he
and his fellow business men live.
Saxony contributes one-fourth Of
Germany's total exports to the United
States, and that fraction brings into
her industries in normal years from
$40, 600. .OC0 TO 10000 900. In normal
years go per cent of the Saxon popu-
lation Is engaged In industrial or MIN
ing occupations. No section. of the
country, with the possible exception OF
the Ruhr, where heavy industries such
as coal, iron and steel predominate
is 30 highly tndustrialized and 90
heavily populated.
Today there is as per cent unem-
ployment in Saxony, the lightest of any
state in Germany. But the situation
rests heavily on the people and on
industry; taxes and social charges, such
as unemployment relief, become more
burdensome with the issuance Of each
new emergency decree,
+. Political Factors.
Add TO these internal factors de-
pressed prices and reduced buying
power in the domestic German mar
ket and unstable political conditions
and you have the worst side Of the
picture. The decline In prices for
most Of Saxonys products has reacted
to q considerable extent upon q favor
able export balance, but this balance
will only be maintained when Saxon
industries see their way clear to keeping
above water.
A number Of industrialists with whom
the correspondent has talked were
doubtful as to whether the export bal
ance could be maintained. None was
optimistic; some were simply less pes
3imistic than others Several lines are
already from 2 to 10 per cent below
last years export levels. Working hours
In such instances have been reduced
to 40-hour week and wages on the av-
erage are 7 per cent below the high
mark In June, 1880.
The textile industries, making up SO
per cent of Saxony's total output, are
running generally on so per cent basis
having found it essential to reduce
producticn to meet the lessened demand
for their goods. Business has been bad
for some years past, anyhow. Leather
Evening star., 1931-06-20
BUSINESS FAILURES GAIN.
.x the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Business failures gained slightly last
week as their change was calculated by
the Department of Commerce. In the
Index that follows the average is given
for comparable periods, based on rep
Presenting the 1e23-25 average as 100:
Evening star., 1931-06-20
rs TREAsURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as of close Of busi-
ness June Is was $474, ,334, ,937 SO.
customs receipts for the month to date
were SlT.023,04621. Total ordinary
|cypenditurcs, $13,676,02779.
Evening star., 1931-06-20

Money to Loan
Secured 6y Arst eesA sf trust On real estate
FreyAihDE interest ana eOMmIGsion.
JOseph /. Weller a: a: w.sA; - Z ! . Tr7ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

He turned to the golden lion. We'll, Jad-bal-ja.
once again we turn away from home; but no, where
she is is home" But the trail mystined TarSan
of the Apes, for it did not lead toward Opar. The
sixth day. his keen ears caught the sound Of APP
preaching men. Sending Jad-bal-ja into a thicket
to hide Tarzan took to the trees and moved rapidly
toward the on-coming men, who proved to be his
own Waziri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
STOHLMAN'S USED-CAR
CLEARANCE SALE
CONTINUES.

Ford Tudor ............. So
1926 Studebaker Touring ...... 10
1925 Ford Tudor ....,...... 20
1924 Dodge Touring .......... 20
1926 Chevrolet Touring ........ g
1926 Chevrolet Touring ........ 80
1924 Hudson Sedan ........... 40
1925 Essex Coach ......... SO
1925 Overland Coach ....... 90
1926 Flint Touring ....... 70
1926 Chevrolet Sedan ......... SO
1927 Chevrolet Coach ......... 90
1927 Chevrolet Sedan .......... 13o
1928 Chevrolet Coupe ........ 2lo
1927 Paige Landau ............ 22o
1928 Chevrolet Coach ......... 24o
1923 Chevrolet Cabriolet ...... 26o
1929 Chevrolet Coach ......... 800
1923 Dodge Sedan ........... $50
1929 Chevrolet Landau ........ 38o
1880 Ford Tudor ........... 4lo
Every Car in Running Condition.
Terms and Trade.
STOHLMAN CHEVROLET,
1907 NJ St.-Georgetown.
West 1916. Open Ewes. & Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Within days march Of the bungalow Tarzan dis
covered the spoor of q considerably body of war
riors Several DAYS old 1t was, yet plainly legble
Suddenly the ape-man displayed the sharpest in
terest, for among the mems footprints he saw the
smaller ones of q white woman, loved footprint
that he knew as well his 1.-THE Waziri re-
turned and told her was missing" he soliloquized,
"and now she has set out to search for me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

At their head was Usula, sad and detected. Throw
ing down his spear and shield and stretching his
arms wide, he barred his great breast to Tarsan.
STRIKE Bwanal" he cried. Lady Jane IL no more.
We failed IN our duty to protect her" TArzan
could not believe his ears. He made Usula tell each
detail of the events leading up to her death. When
this was done Tarzan Of the Apes spoke but three
words. where Ia IuVini?"