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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
ARCTIC AIR PARTY
ON LONG ICE TREK
Members of British Expedi'
ton to Survey Vast Noun
tain Sections.
BY III. G. WATKINS,
Leader Of the British Arctic Air Route
Expeditton.

Leader OF the British Arctic Air Route
Expedition.
ANGMAGSALIK, Greenland, July Ia
(by wireless) (N.ANA).-On July
James NJ Scott, Andrew Stephenson
and Lieut. Martin Lindsay members OF
the British Arctic air route expedition
left the base with 3 sledges, q dogs
and provisions for a six weeks Journey
across the ice gap to the southwest
coast. probably to the settlement at
Ivigtut.
Their journey falls naturally into two
halves, the first occupied with the chart
ing of thu inside edge of the coastal
mountain belt from the base to Umivik
whence hansen started to cross in 1888,
and then an oblique crossing Of the ice
cap to Ivigtut to collect data about the
altitude of the ice cap in that region.
The whole distance is about 460 miles.
Presenting the party Is able to travel
six days a week, this will mean a daily
average of about Is miles.
Check on Mountains.
It is obvious that the survey of the
mountains cannot be made on entirely
conventional lines, but Stephenson be-
Forel region he will be able to form a
.good idea of the width of the coastal
'mountain strip and check the position
Of the higher mountains.
Except at the point where Nansen
started his crossing, no one has seen
the inside edge of the coastal mountain
strip along which the party will be
travelling
With three sledges surprisingly &C
curate account can be kept. and the
rounds of the theodolite angles from the
stations. corrected bv the sledges' whole
distances and by astronomical observa-
lions, should produce map which. al
though admittedly incomplete. could be
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connected with the charting already
done and with the work which the
writer. Capt. Percy Lemon. and Angus
tine Courtauld will do on our boat jour-
ney from the base to Julianehaab on
the west coast.
Dependence for Speed.
II SCOTS party can travel more than
IS miles day it will have TO depend on
aneriod barometer and hypSometer
reading for finding the altitude and
general slope of the ice cap. 1t will be
no use trusting to horizontal theodolite
angles. as the horizon everywhere is
limited by gentle fluctuations about 2
miles from crest to crest. Judging by
observation at our ice cap station these
appear to be moving.
If the party is not badly delayed by
crevasses it should reach the seat OF
the head of Arsuk Fjord, on the west
coast, about August IL. A small boat
has been placed there for them. and In
this the three will be able to reach
Ivigtut, where they will be able to get a
boat to America or Europe.
(Copyright. 1881. IN the United States by
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc
and the New York Times Co. Elsewhere by
the Times, London. All rights reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
BY CARLTON A.xarvELY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 18.-Government
defaults on bond obligations and, to
use the popular phrase of the day,
moratoriums on interest bear some re-
semblance to a fad. Nations as in
dividuals carry on through adversely
often because of the fear Of public
opinion. Credit standing invariably
suffers when defaults are made at times
that defaults are not popular, but once
such methods of securing financial re-
lief receive the benevolent sanction OF
nations in good standing, the natural
obloouy attaching to such course OF
action disappears.
The addition Of Chile to the list OF
Nations in default on their interest
obligations on foreign loans brings the
number of such countries to seven.
Others are Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador
in South America-Paraguay recently
havin paid up-China. Russia and
Mexico This is. of course, to say moth
ing of the countries sharing in the rep
arations and World WaE,debt holiday,
since the debts involved in that opera :
ton are wholly intergovernmental. A
number Of the Southern and, 1t Is said,
one or two Northern States in this
country also have some bond issues in
default.
Payments Aid Credit.
With the exception of Russia, . good
case can be made out for debt default
on the grounds of inability temporary
in some cases, to pay. However, even
in the latter cases bit more rugged
ness might have pulled the countries
through. The great stimulant to
prompt debt payments is the desire for
additional credit in the future. When
moratoriums become prevalent. 1t Is
easy to think such action may not
prejudice future borrowing.
Chile in mineral resources Is rich
country, but like some great landlords
who are land poor, the country Is SUI
fering from lack of demand for her
products. In the past the country's
production of nitrates and. to lesser
degree, of copper have enabled the gov
ernment to spend money on large
scale and lifted credit to so high a rat
ing that very large foreign debt has
been built up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
COMMODITY PRICE
UPSW|NG VITAL
Rising Trend Declared Great
Need to Cause Genuine
Revival in Business.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. July 18.-The normal
reaction in sentiment which developed
after the debt moratorium agreement
became an actuality has been reflected
to a considerable degree in the COM
modify markets. says the Standard
Statistics Co in current survey which
continues, in part
Prices Of most volatile commodities
receded last week, although they are in
all but one or two cases well above the
years lows. OF 40 major items. 81 de-
clined. advanced and IL were I'M
changed. Weakness wes most apparent
in the farm products and n-ferrous
metals groups. the former declining be-
cause of continued fairly favorable
growing weather and the imminence of
new crop supplies, which, incidentally,
again focuses attention on the large
carryovers. Declines in non-ferrous
metals are result of the sharp adj
vanceS of late June. Unusual weakness
occurred in naval stores, following the
demonstrated ineffectiveness Of the CO.
operative agency to maintain a market
In our opinion, no one factor would
contribute more forcefully to G genuine
revival in business than a steadily
rising trend in commodity values, and
the advance already recorded has sue
, ceeded in strengthening sentiment in
most Of the major raw material produc-
ing regions of the world. Available evil
dence indicates, however, that recovery
will be slow and subject to recurring
periods of momentary setbacks, al
though, probably, at succeedingly higher
levels. The chief deterrent, as we see it,
lies in the reluctance of the business
world to assume large risks after two
years in which the error of such policy
I has been amply demonstrated. In other
| words, latent timidity for some time
/ will counsel a program of making
rapid profit turnover in commitments
| of every nature with a view to main
tanning a condition of liquidity; the
universally of this psychology, there
fore, will tend to prevent any long sus-
tanned upward price movement unao.
companied By compromising reactions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
RUSSIA WILL BUILD
PALACE Of SOV|ETS
Architectural Competition Is
Announced by Moscow.
Church to Be Raced.

MOSCOW, July 18.-An architectural
competition for plan for an immense
palace of the Soviets. with modest
prizes for acceptable designs, is an
nounced here today.
Essential features of the proposed
building are that it must be $50 feet
high and contain a hall seating $4,000
persons. 1t will stand on a site shaped
like a truncated pyramid, of roughly
$4,000 square yards. with a length of
SAL yards and widths of 271 yards at
the base and 135 yards at the top.
Will Raze Old Church.
The site is on the opposite side Of
the Moscow River from where another
immense building for cabinet Offices
and 1000 residences is nearing compile
ton. For the new building the Soviets-
will rae the big Church of the Re-
demonstrating S7.500,000 and requir-
ing IS years to erect-and also an ad-
joining block Of residences. including,
an older and smaller church in front
Of which mourners were permitted to
bid their last farewell to relatives con-
demned to execution in the days OF
Ivan the Terrible.
The giant assembly hall will be d.
vided with movable walls into smaller
halls suitable for congresses. concerts.
and cinemas. 1t must include 800 seats
for the presidium of the All-Union Gen.
trail Executive Committee, $50 for diplo-
mats. $50 for foreign correspondents.
200 for local newspaper men and 500
orchestra seats, while the seats in the
auditorium must be Is inches wide
Numerous other details as we'll as small
er rooms and offices are specified.
Prizes Total $4,000.
Plans in the competition must be
drawn on specified scale and can be
sent in by mail before pm. October
20. They will be placed on public ex-
hibit october Is and &c and will be
exposed at a final showing with techni-
cal criticisms November to 10.
Prizes total $4,000, comprising three
firstS of $4,000 each, five seconds of
$500 each and five thirds of $500
each. while the rest of the awards are
for merit. The successful architect also
will have his name on the corner stone
(Copyright. 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
.SOV|ETS PRODUCE
SYNTHETIC COTTON
New Machine "Cottonizes"
Rough FiberS for Manu.
featuring.

by the associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 18.-Synthetic cot
ton is about TO be produced In Soviet
Russia.
Perfection of a machine which cot
tonizes" rough bast fbers. converting
them into manufacturable textiles, is
announced by the Institute for Expert
mental Research.
The announcement follows closely
publication Of Russia's plan to increase
It's output OF actual cotton to the point
where imports will be unnecessary BIZ
next year. Development of the cotton
substitute would provide cheaper tex
tiles to augment the production of cot
ton goods, vast quantities of which
are needed by the population.
The new machine. called a decorti-
Gator, Utilities fax, hemp, mandyr and
ramte, flbers which grow extensively
in many sections of the Soviet Union
and are far harder than cotton. which
requires certain climatic conditions.
With 1t, only 80 minutes are re-
quired for the "cottonization" process
which consists of separating the fiber
from the plant stem and breaking the
long flberS into short, fluffy cotton
after series Of baths which removes.
the pectines. The expensive, time-con-
Stunning "retting" process is eliminated
in the conversion of such flbers, which
formerly required 80 days and there
fore was considered economically i'm,
practicable.
Alexander Krasnoschekov. chairman
OF the trust for new textiles fibers.
said experts expected to obtain 10000
tons of cotton" from bast fibers In
1882. Toward this end $4,000. 900
rubles (about SIP SOC, 00O) has been ap-
propr1ated for the development Of II
factories during the next six months
Distribution Of 400 decorticators to as
many collective farms also is contem-
plated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, July l8.-Pota-
toes, old, 100 pounds, 2.00a2l0; new,
barrel, 75a2O0; sweet potatoes. bushel,
2.0Oa325; beans, bushel. 50a1.2 rs; beets,
psr 100, 10oa1.50; cabbage, bushel,
40a6o; carrots, per 100, 2.00a3.00; corn,
per dozen, 12a30; cucumbers, hamper,
l5a50: eggplants, hamper, 1.50a2.00; let
tuce, per bushel, 5oa1.25; lima beans,
bushel, 35oa4.00; okra. bushel, 200a
ESQ; peppers, crate. 50al.25: onions,
per 100 pounds. 1.50a1.75: peas, per
crate, 1.00a3.o0; squash, per bushel,
20a40: tomatoes, crate. 50a1 so; apples,
bushel, 50a1 so; blackberries. per quart,
8a12la; cantaloupes, per crate, 75a3.50;
cherries. per basket, 35a50; currants,
per quart, 8al0.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Chickens. young, goa
80: old hens. 1924: Leghorns, 12al6;
roosters. 12a15; ducks, 15a22; pigeons,
pair. 2Oa25.
Eggs-Receipts. SIT cases; current
receipts, l8a19; hennery whites. f1rsts,
21a23.
Butter-Good and fancy, creamery,
23a27; ladies, l7als; rolls, l6a17;
process. 19a20 store packed, 14al5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
SLUMP IN OUTPUT
CALLED TRADE AID
Supplies Being Used Up as
Big Plants Hold Down
Production Rate.
June statistics now available indicate

June statistics now available indicate
that the heavier industries in the United
States showed greater decreases from
June, 1880 than they did In May on
similar basis of comparison, according
to Poor's Weekly Business and Invest
ment Letter issued today. In fact,
says Poor's, the activity in the steel
industry has carried forward into July
on such low basis that the very fact
suggests a turning point. The June
comparisons do not represent as good
results as were hoped for by most trade
authorities in the heavy industries
earlier in the year. but it must be re-
membered that in all instances the slow
current rate of production indicates
using up Of supplies that must be pre-
pairing the way for substantial revival.
of six important business indicators,
the best June showing was made by
bituminous coal production. which de-
clined 1874 per cent from June OF last
| year. as compared with correspond
| ing decrease of PIP per cent in May.
| Automobile production nearly held
its own, according to the preliminary
| figures, with a decrease OF I'll per cent
| from June. 1880, as compared with a
corresponding decrease Of 26.2 per cent
in May.
SCeel lnBOC pIOoucGlol III oulS' AcS1
! decreased 1913 per cent from June, 1880,
against a corresponding decrease Of 37.l
per cent in May.
Pig iron production in June. 1881, as
compared with June, 1880. decreased
AL per cent, as compared with a
corresponding decrease OF 1913 per cent
in May
Electric power production in the
four weeks of June decreased 4.08 per
cent from 1880, as compared with a
corresponding decrease of 1888 per cent
in the five .eeks credited to May.
! Freight car loadings in the four cal
endar weeks of June decreased 1875 per
cent from 1880 as compared with a
corresponding decrease Of 1876 per cent
in the five weeks of May"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
WHITE DOVE VISITS DYING BOY.
THEN KEEPS VIGIL OVER BODY
Hundreds Enter Stricken Home Lured There by Account
of Birds Uncanny Actions.

dove new to his pillow. Just before he
breathed his last the bird huttered be-
meath the bed.
The bird refused to leave the room
when Pemter NJ. Doran, undertaken,
visited the house in the evening It
perched on the back Of a chair. Then,
as the undertaken was about to leave,
the dove few to a drapery rod above
the head of the body.
There it remained motionless for Is
hours. Mr.. Campese, who sat beside the
coffin all night. keeping watch, said the
dove did not move.
Yesterday afternoon the bird few to
the floor. 1t then f1uttered to the
raised lid of the coffin, from where it
returned to its perch on the drapery
rod, indicating that 1t would again keep
watch over the body Of the boy last
night.
Perched above the coffin. the dove
closely watched the hundreds of people
who entered the room and filed past
1t seemed fearless and shone in the
beam of light placed behind the cof-
fin lid.
(Copyright, 1881. by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
ARMY ORDERS

COL Percy L. Jones, Medical Corps, at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., has peen
ordered to his home to await retire.
ment; Col. James E. Shelley, quarter
master, Corps, who has been under
treatment at Walter Reed Hospital, has
been assigned to duty at Fort Reno.
Okla; Maj. Gen. Irving J. Carr, chief
signal officer, and Maj. Gen. Guy ".
Henry have been given leave OF abb
scnce for one month each and Will
spend the time abroad: Maj. William
W. Hicks, Coast Artillery, has been
transferred from New York City to Fort
Totten, N. Y; Technical Sergt. Gregorio
vega. band, 18th Engineers, Fort Hum
phreys, Va, will be retired July 81 after
more than 80 years service.
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Marine Corps Orders

Capt. John Halla, about July 10, de-
tached Washington, D. c., to LIST Bri.
gade, Haiti, via the U. S. S. Kittery
Scheduled to sail from Hampton Roads
Va, on or about August S.
Can't. William K. Snyder, detached
Portsmouth, N. H., to San Diego, Calf
First Lieut.. Herman H. Hanneken
detached Quantico, Va, to San Diego
Calf.
FIRST Lieut.. Sidney R. Williamson
detached San Diego, Calf, to Pensa'
cola, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Special Dispatch to The s.si.

SENECA FALLS. N: W. July 10
N.A.N.A).-Lured by hints of the
supernatural, hundreds Of persons Wis
tied the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vester Campese yesterday to view the
pure-white dove which, entered the
house Thursday as their son, Edward,
-, lay dying, and afterward kept vigil
for hours above the body.
The large bird, which the family has
named THE Dove of Peace" acted I'M
cannily as the boy breathed his last
after an illness of eight weeks. Later
1t perched motionless for Is hours on
a drapery rod directly above the coffin.
Where the bird came from remains a
mystery. 1t has no identification mark
and none like it is known in the neigh
borhood
Two hours before the boy died the
dove walked up the front steps of the
Campese house and into the front bed
room, where he lay unconscious. It
perched on the footrail of the bed, re-
manning motionless for nearly two
hours
Five minutes before the boy died the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
EARTHQUAKES RECORDED
AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
One of Two Shocks Described as
VERY Severe" Estimated at
5000 Miles From New York.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-TWO earth
quakes, one of them described as very
severe" were recorded today on the
seismograph at Fordham University.
The strongest disturbance estimated
at 5000 miles from New York, regis
tered its first shock at 6:35:21 am.
eastern standard tinle) and the second
shock at 6:44:47 am.
An earlier quake was estimated at
1900 miles from New York. It's first
shock was registered here at 12:37:22
am. and the second at l2:45:47.
In view of lack Of reports Of any
earthquake in Europe, scientists at Ford
ham expressed the opinion the first
quake may have occurred of the coast
of Chile and the second farther out in
the ocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
PAUPER'S OATH FILED
BY NOTED DIRECTOR
Nv the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, July 18-J. Stuart
Blackton. pioneer motion picture pro-
duced, filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States Dis
trict Court.
The veteran screen man, who saw the
film industry advance from its barr
studios Of generation ago to its pres
ent big business" scale, filed pauper's
oath. For many years Blackton was
a leading figure of the screen world as
author, director and producer. He di-
rected many of the successes Of the
silent screen, including THE Christian
THE Battle Cry of Peace" and THE
Passionate Quest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Big Disorderly Case
OverfOws Court;
Defendant Freed

LOCKPORT, Ill, July 18 (P1.-
The biggest case OF disorderly
conduct this town ever had was
up for decision Thursday.
It was that of George Hoti-
meyer, who tips the scales at STA
pounds.
Because of his size the case
was held out of doors. He was
acquitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as of close Of bust
ness July 16 was $341 ,564, 202.70. Gus
toms receipts for the month to date
were 916,506,711.93. Total ordinary ex-
penditures, $11,067 ,361.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Prinz Regent Luitpold, the German
battleship, which was surrendered to the
Allies and scuttled by the Germans at
HSapa Flow In 1918, has been raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
bL|MP PILOTS SET
FOR RACE TAKE-OFF
National Elimination Event
to Round Out Team for
International.

AKRON, Ohio, July 13.-Pilots com.
peting in the twenty-first renewal OF
the national elimination balloon race
were busy today inspecting their bags
for the take-off from the Akron munich
pal airport at S pm. tomorrow.
Six in Competition.
Three civilian and three service en-
tries will compete for the p. w. Itch
field Trophy and a chance TO represent
the United States in the 1881 interna-
tional race from a site not yet selected.
First and second place winners also
qualify for the international event.
Ward T. Van Orman Of Akron auto
matically qualified through winning
last years international contest.
One former international and two
former national title holders are in
cluded in tomorrowS field. Ed j. Hill,
entry representing Radio Station WJR,
was winner of the 1927 international.
Lieut.. T. G. w. Settle, chief of the
Navy Inspection Bureau at the Good
year Zeppelin plant here, is handling
the Navy entry. He was winner Of the
1929 national.
1880 Winners Entered.
Frank Trotter and Roland Blair, win
ners Of the 1880 national, are again fly
ing the Goodyesr-Zeppelin entry. Trot-
ter is pilot and Blair his aide
Capt. Karl s. Axtater, pilot Of Army
balloon No. /, and Lieut.. Edgar M.
Fogelsonger pilot of Army balloon No.
2, both have participated in previous
national events. L. p Furculow, who
pilots the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
Association bag, Is making his first ap-
pearance in a balloon race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

BY means Of a scientific instrument,
the sound of a gun fired at Woolwich,
England. was heard in Cardiff, Wales,
$50 miles away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
NEW YORK CURB MARKET : s:: r.. :; ::: S s

NoIe-An stocks are sold IN one hundred.snars lon
excepting those DESIGNATED by tho letter eO (2SOs,
which shows those stocks were sold In odd lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Australia plans to increase Its sales
AK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Dividend rates in dollars based on last quarterly ssmian
PAYABLE in cash stock Payable Adjustments
Plus S. IN Plus 81 Plus ~ in
L N m
stock n n D year-no regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

xw-Without warrants.
n-New.
vt-When issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26
Arliss' Art in Acting.

MANY have been the analyses of
A'A the art of George Arliss. One of
the latest has been offered by an Eng
lish critic who thinks he finds one of
the essential secrets in the actors use
o. his hands.
When Mr.. ArlisS was asked about
this. he smiled and declined TO commit
himself, beyond an agreement that he
finds the use of his hands is of great
importance in interpreting a character
on stage or screen. But his Judgment
is that everything is important that
enters into good acting-the voice, the
pauses, the facial expressions, the
bodily attitude, oh lots Of elements that
are not so popular in movie acting. He
did not say the last but his twinkling
eyes seemed to express a suspicion
like it.
The English critic was inspired by
study of the play Of the Arliss hands,
however, in "Old English" The phys
ical manifestations of the aged though
still active-minded and worldly Syl-
vanus Heythorp are certainly to be OBJ
served, to large extent, in the use of
his hands Their grasp of wine glass
is q careSS; the motion of the butler
to fill it up, the air of ownership as
he cuddleS the bottle close to his body,
like a child who Is prepared to fight to
retain his dearest poSSeSsion-theSe
small touches speak volumes. And then
the short sharp rap Of the muckles