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DECREASE REPORTED
IN UTILITIES GROSS
Revenues of Light and Power
Companies in February and
Year Announced.

Gross revenues Of the electric light
and power utilities of the United States
totaled $17l. 779, 800 for the month of
February. 1881, according to the Ma
tional Electric Light Association. This
is a decrease of $2,725 900, or 1.6 per
cent, below the figures reported for
February, 1880. 1t is, however, $8,256,-
800, or per cent. larger than the rev.
enueS for February, 1929.
For the IL months ended February
%. preliminary figures indicate a total
revenue of $1,993, TIA, 400, as compared
with 81 1862, $780, 800 for the same period
last year and with a revised total Of
81 1913, $50, 500 for the calendar year
ended December 81, 1880.
Total revenues from sales of cleo
tricity to ultimate consumers in 1880
and 1929 follows.
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Washington Stock Exchange
SAT G

SALES.
Potomac Elec Power 515s pfd.-5 at ITO.
Federal-American National Bank &
Trust Colo at so. 10 at so, 10 at
so, 10 at so, 10 at so.
Union Trus: Cos at 30
Mergenthaler Linotype-io at 81h, 10
at 81Ia, 10 at 81, 10 at 81.
The Carpet CORPS at 243s, rs at
24%.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas IS SO "B"-$1, 900 at
1854, 500 at 1854.
Capital Traction-10 at 80.
Capital Traction IS 1871 900 at
Tia, $1,000 at n.
COrrection-Sale as of yesterday,
Federal-American Co. com, IS at %,
was made in error.
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Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK. April IL LP-Stocks
irregular; Westinghouse at new low.
Bonds firm; rails recover. Curb,
steady; trading. dull Foreign ex-
changes irregular; French franc,
strong. Cotton higher; active week
end covering Sugar steady; Cuban
buying. Coffeek easy, European selling.
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PARIS BOURsE PRICES.

PARIS, April IL P.-Prices were
firm on the Bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, SO francs As
centimes. Five percent loan, 104 francs
SIS centimes.
Exchange on London.A124 francs 261s
centimes. The dollar wss quoted at IS
francs 571sNcenticres.
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Business Failures Fewer.
BY the Associated Press.

By The Associated Press
Business failures decreased last week
as their change was calculated by the
Department of Commerce. In the aver
age that follows, the index is given for
comparable periods, based on the
1925 average as 100:
Week endsd April A.. .1349
Previous week 1907
Same week last year. 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-11
important Price Changes.
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as of close of business
April was s457, SOL ,82403. Customs
receipts for the month to date were
t1o,l24,38903. Total ordinary expendi-
ts-.A cl2,720. 1899.
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

New York's Wooiworth Building, once
the tallest, is today fifth in height
among the city's high buildings.
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AFTER CALL.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITI

Bid. Asked.
Amer Tel. & Tel. 4las 3D.. l2s 80.
Am. Tel & Tel. ctl. tr. 5s..... 1864 $50.
Anacostia & Pot. r. r. 5s..... 10 .....
Anacostia d Pot guar. 5S.... 81 500.
c.. g. p. Tel. of Va SIS ....... 1O3 $3.50.
Capital Traction R. r. ST.. TIA 781a
City 81 Suburban 5s.......... 10 81
GEORGETOWN Gas LIST 5s........ l0S 1857
Potomac Elec. cons Sc ........ 1882 $3.50.
Potomac Elec Is 1858. .......... 1921 $50.
Wash. Alex. & Mt. Yer. ctfs.. 2 ....
Wash. Ealto. & Annap. 5s..... 10 ~
Washington Gas 4l2s. ......... 1884 I002z
Washington Gas 5s............. los I06
Wash. Gas IS, series A....... 102 1924
Wash. Gas IS, series B...... 105is 106
Wash. Rwy. & Elec. 4s.......... SO 69z
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barber Ross, Inc, 6iaS.. 81 ..
Chevy Chase Club 5l2s........ l0I -.
Columbia Country Club 5l2s... 100 102
ID. c. Paper Mfg. 6s............ 35 so
Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5s.... % 49,.
washington Cons. Title 6s...... .,... 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-11

One Of the principal causes of blind
ness-tne chief cause In hot countries
Is granular conjunctivitis or trachomg.
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RIGHTS-EXPIRE.s

Il "a Sou Cal En- Apr2V "a "a "a "a
Dividend given in the table
based the latest quarterly half yearly decara
tons
trading tPartly
in n fPluS q
e
h In
m regular n
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Unlisted Department.

(These securities not listed under exchange
rulesO
BONDS
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Total year. 1899, 56O,5oO 1898
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TRUST COMPANY.

Barber & Ross. Inc, com. ...... II Is
Col. Medical Bldg Corp. o.. IS 49,,
Col. Sand & GraV. pfd. d.. 90 96
Elmer. .Bromo-Selz. "A" (2(. ... 80 80
Federal Storage pfd. 90. ."1l0 100
Fed.-Am. Co. com. Il 20D ....... 22A 234
Federal-American Co. pfd. 3d.. go 100
Lanston Monotype 90 .......... 1924 106
Mer. TT. & Stge. com. C10) 95 100
Mer. Tr < Stge pfd. (T....... 80 S6
Mergenthaler Linotype (6)...... B01 81
Natl. Mtge. & Inv. pfd. d.. 41s 81
Peoples Drug Stores pfd. (612).. 1929 104
Real Est M. & @. pfd. d.. 61a z
Security Storage (4e). .'i04 fl3
Ter. Ref. 4 VIII. Corp; d.. 46,, 50,
The Carpet Corp. q. 50) ......... 24A 25K
w. Mech. Mtge. com. t6l....... ga 49,.
Wash Med. Bldg. Corp. (7s).. IS $500,
Woodward & Lothrop com. ..... 26Iz 49,.
woodward Lothrop pfd. Cd. 1854 .....
Eek dividend. eIIaTo extra,
b Books closed. s2fc extra.
c50c extra. y2I2Ge extra.
n25c extra. $50 extra.
f30c extra. h4eo extra.
&1G extra. 1870 extra.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23

one Of the comparatively few
cities that has . newspaper that
will speak with fairness to the
people on the issue of prohibi-
ton"
The wasting Of time is the
theme in the next church ! visit
in the pages Of the News and
Observer. And in the next l
hear of "womanhood frittering
its life away in round Of social
engagements" and manhood in
vesting its life in material things
that will become as dust to be
blown away"
In all these talks the perva-
sive picture is world sunk in
iniquity. But here certain
thought occurs to me. Can it
bel dislike to cast suspicion
upon my own profession-can
it be that the sermon reporters
of the NeUs and Observer select
ed all the lamentations for dis
play in the newspaper and
omitted to mention the cheerful
things the preachers said? If
so, | hope they will get a severe
call-down from the Man Higher
Up and be commanded to vary
the gall with a little honey from
now on. Positively, l cannot
stand to have my Monday morn
ings clouded by these descrip-
tions of a world stepped in sin.
If the sermon reporters can't be
made to produce less dismal
pieces, | don't see but one way
out Of the difficulty for me: to
read the sermon reports first
and then dispel the gloom by
reading the politics and the
Clara Bow stories.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23

of the house and rotting the
woodwork;
When it is evident that the
wall paper has seen its best days
and 500 would paper the down.
stairs rooms and also the up
stairs hall; when SIS would pay
for reflooring the kitchen and
also for a much-needed broom
closet;
When you could do nicely with
a new overcoat for yourself cost
ing about $40 ard your wife is
actually in need of a new eve
ming frock and has seen some
lovely ones down town for
$29.95; when you have seen in a
shop for S75 a dining-room table
that is just exactly what you
have been wanting;
When you car has travelled
$4,000 miles and repair bills are
beginning to increase and it
would be the logical time to trade
it in for a new one, paying, of
course, several hundred dollars
additional; when you have been
promising yourself for ages to
get a radio and could have a
satisfactory one for about $50;
When you are actually
ashamed Of your golf clubs and
could spend from S25 to $50 re-
placing them with new ones !;
when you see stocks selling at
bargain prices that ought to
show a. nice profit in a year or
two;
When, in short, your mind is
brilliant with ideas on how you
could spend money, isn't it dis
tressing that it has to be en-
ployed in searching out difficult
and obscure ways Of not spend
ing money?
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
(BOstOn Trdmscript)

(Boston Trunscript)
A generally accepted belief is
that the United States lags be-
hind Europe in air passenger
travel.
But notice these comparisons :
In February, while 1858 we're
arriving and departing from
London's huge airport at Croy-
don, 1873, flew in and out Of the
airport at Tulsa, Okla. While
1850 arrived at or departed
from LIE Bourget, the Paris air
port, 1886 came in or out Of the
Chicago airport. While Temple
hof Berlin, was host to 658,
Boston was host to ITO.
European air lines have been
carrying passengers for ten
years;;-An1erii "a a II II -iHifnfeess-are H very
recent. Paris and Berlin are
great centerS where many lines
converge and g passenger On q
through trip would be counted
twice. Boston, by comparison,'
has one line to New York. Also
it would be noted that Berlin has
a population of over 100000,
while metropolitan Boston has
less than 100000.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23

than the French Themselves.
Every year sees new English
words cross the Channel to
France. The Canadians, befora|
accepting the newcomers, search
their French dictionaries dill
gently for equivalents.
In France the word "parkingr
has been generally accepted. In
St. Hyacynthe, Canada, the
Municipal Council preferred the
French "parquement." Finding
that the word has six meanings
already listed in good dictionl
aries, they decided that a sev-
enth could pass.
In the field Of sports the
French have taken over many
English terms. In pugilism a
round is a round-in England
and France. In Canada it be-
comes a ronde. u
Travellers from Paris to Que
bee may remark that their LAM
guage has undergone a sea
change, but they cannot CONF
plain that it. is due to any lack
of loyalty on the part of Cana
dian purists.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
Cutting Down

(Frdncis F. Beirne in the Balti-
more Erening Sum
When an expenditure of S25
would put the grass plot and the
front walk in respectable shape,
as you have always wished it
to be; when you could easily
spend S75 or 500 on the roof
and cutters and the down pipes
which have holes in them and
are splashing water on the side
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
More French Than the French
(NeW York TimeS) J

Visitors to the Province of
Quebec are impressed by the
fidelity with which French Cana
dians have clung to their mother
tongue in a British dominion.
On the question of adapting
to their vocabularies English
words, they are more punctilious
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
New York pitcher. Baker step
ned I'M tn the nlate Mafhewa<fn


gave him the kind of ball that
he was supposed not to be able
to hit, and Baker knocked it
into the left-feld bleachers for
a home run. Mathewson had
the embarrassing task Of explain
ing this episode in the article
that he and Wheeler wrote that
night.
Wheeler told the company Of
the negotiations for the Pershing
memoir. This was d great prize,
and several syndicates we're
competing for the contract.
After many interviews the Cen
eral one day summoned Wheeler
to Washington and turned over
to him a manuscript Of 260, 900
words. The manuscript was in
longhand, and the pages were
crowded with erasures and in
terlineations. I'D like to have
YOU read this said the General,
"but ! can let you keep it but two
days" Finally Wheeler prevail
ed upon MIN to extend the time.
Wheeler read the manuscript
and saw that it was great stuff
Many months followed, and
many discussions Of financial
terms, before Pershing signed
on the dotted line. Wheeler did
not tell his audience last Friday
what he agreed to pay the Cen
eral, but he said it was a whole
lot Of money"
There were several colloquies
between the General and Wheel
er as TO whether crtain passages
should 90 into the memoir. Some
Of these had been lined out for
omission when Wheeler first re-
ceived the manuscript, and he
insisted that they ought to be
restored. One such passage
contained the words of King
George Of England when Perish
ing soon after arriving in Lon
don with the vanguard of the
A. L. F., dined at Buckingham
Palace. After dinner the King
and Pershing walked over to a
window. The King was talking
about the Kaiser's having sent
airships to bomb London. One
of the bombs had struck and
damaged the statue of Queen
Victoria in front of the palace.
The King pointed to the statue
and said to Pershing:
Look what the Kaiser, God
damn him, did to his own grand
mother"
This had been marked for
omission IN the first draft, and
Wheeler objected:
you ought to leave that in,
General" he said. why, that
makes King George seem more
like a man than anything the
public has ever heard from him.
"You're right" said the Gen
eral. Il wanted to have it in,
bat somebody down in Washing
ton persuaded me to mark it
out"
The words went in ust as the
King had spoken them, and they
appeared in the newspapers on
the very day that Wheeler made
his talk here.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
Ghost Writing


Jones writes the golf talks that
appear over his name. On the
other hand, it is known that
articles signed by Henry Ford
are usually If not always written
for him by somebody else.
Wheeler became a syndicate
manager after a long newspaper
experience He writes cleverly.
Also, his selective sense is high
ly developed; that is. he knows
what will interest people-what
to play up and what to play
. down
One Of the notables for whom
he wrote a daily article for the
newspapers was Jess Willard,
the prize-fghter. Willard was
illiterate, and it was out of the
question for him to write any
thing himself. But in the weeks
preceding his fight with Jack
Dempsey he was more promin-
ent, more talked about. than the
President Of the United States
Hundreds Of thousands, maybe
millions, Of American citizens
were eager to read whatever he
might sign. Every day Wheeler
would have an interview with
him and cook up the piece,
signed Jess Willard, that was to
appear in the next days papers.
Most Of it," said Wheeler in
his talk last Friday, was about
how he was going to make
mince- meat Of Jack dempsey
That was the theme, with vari-
ations, day after day Then it
was arranged that | was to meet
him in his dressing room ust
after the fight, and We were 60
ing to fix up the story Of How l
Did 1t. Well, you all remember
what happened to Willard when
he and Dempsey got into the
ring together. | went to his
dressing room, and Willard was
in such a condition that his best
friend couldn't recognize him.
One look told me that this was
no time for him and me to en-
gage in literary work; SO ] went
away and wrote the piece and
did the best could for him"
1t was Grantland Rice who
suggested to Wheeler that Bobby
Jones would probably be willing
10 do series Of newspaper
articles on golf, and the syndi-
cate manager, from his acquain-
tance with athletes, supposed
that a certain Atlanta newspa-
per man, a close friend Of the
champions, would produce the
copy. But no. Jones did not
want anybody else TO have any
thing to do with it. One day he
turned up at Wheeler's Office in
New York with three install
ments which he had written on
the train. Later they were put
out to the newspapers, ever since
then Bobby Jones has been
writing his own stuff.
Wheeler once handled series
Of baseball articles by the Giants
famous pitcher, Christy Math-
eWsOn. MathewsOn was an in
telllgent and educated man ana
would not turn over the writing
to anybody else; yet he realized
the advantage Of the aid of a
trained writer, and he would
have Wheeler help him. This
was a case of collaboration. The
actual putting down of the
words was done by Wheeler but
Mathewson's personality and
many Of his own turns of ex-
preston went into the articles.
In a Worlds Series game be-
tween New York and Philadel-
phia, with Rube Marquard pitch
ing for New York, Baker of
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23
The Devil in Raleigh

sit at the breakfast table on
a Monday morning and read the
front page of the Raleigh Ne1Us
and Observer. There is the U.s.
uai political gossip from Wash
ington, and speculations upon
what the legislature is going to
do about taxes and schools, and
a sprightly report of the latest
details of the scrap between
Clara Bow and her ex-secretary.
AS drain the cup of the last
drop of coffee and depart for the
living room / am in an agree
able humor, for the breakfast
has been satisfying, and have
finished off my reading with a
cheerful despatch from New
York to the effect the factories
are putting men to work and
business is soon to be on it's feet
again.
When | sink into an armchair
and turn to the inside pages |
come upon reports Of sermons
delivered the day before in vari-
Gus of the Raleigh churches.
Here | learn of such vast
volume of wickedness prevailing
in the world that presently the
cheering effects Of the breakfast
and the front page are vanished
and | am enveloped in gloom. |
find myself wondering if there
is anything unusually wrong in
the life and scenes about them
to explain these clergymen's
mood of lamentation. say to
myself that verify the devil must
be running wild in Raleigh.
Many men today are sacri-
ficing their conscience and bar
tering away their manhood in
the social and political realms"
says one preacher. This does
not cast me down so low. |
have heard it before, and | am
sanguine that men will improve.
But as | read on | find that this
is only small part Of the
trouble. There is an allusion to
men in church congregations
"who ridicule the 18th amend
ment while at the same time they
patronize the bootleggers." /.
Modern politics seems to
have corrupting influence
upon most men" Greed
and graft are gnawing at
the very vitals of the body
polite. Fabulous sums are
spent to elect men to office" . t..
"As to social life, | only ask /:
Could some of the things that go
on have ever crept in except at
the sacrifice of an honest con-
science?' "Gambling, not
only among men, but women in
the parlors Of our most repre-
sentative homes" Then
! there is the drinking that is 60
ing on among women" Then
there are the petting parties,
loose and careless conversation,
attendance upon cheap and in
decent shows and moving pic
lures that appeal only to our
baser nature"
| turn the page and read what
is said. in another church a lit
tie way down the street. Here
again there is talk of church
members who patronize bootleg
gers, and | begin to harbor the
suspicion that there must be
some drinkers among church.
goers in Raleigh-else why
would this be talked about from
two pulpits on the same day?
For any churchman to deal
with bootleggers is to be utterly
untrue and insincere. Let us go
further: for any churchman to
condOno Sllch action on the mart
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23

Printing done Weu and promptly al
the Orange Printshop.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-23


goers in Raleigh-else why
would this be talked about from
two pulpits on the same day?
For any churchman to deal
with bootleggers is to be utterly
untrue and insincere. Let us go
further: for any churchman to
condone such action on the part
of fellow citizens who take part
in the scornful attitude that is
popular upon the streets and in
modern clubrooms is utterly to
desecrate the meaning of his
vows to God and to the church."
=. "As a result of the con-
scienceless propaganda of the
wet newspapers our people are
utterly misinformed and mis-
led. -. A lying wet press joins
hands with drink ruled law
to seek to lead an intelli-
gent public" etc "The people
of the nation are utterly misled
by a wet press that has no con-
science" But here a happier
note is heard, for the preacher
says: "The city Of Raleigh is
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-04
YOUTH WOUNDED
BY BANDITS in
COAST HOLD-UP

SAN LEANDRO, Calf, April 4.
W.P)-Gunmen bathing in San Le-
andre bay donned their clothes and
masks early today and held up and
shot youth who failed to put his
hands up quickly enough.
The car III which the bandits es-
capped after taking only purse and
a lipstick was found abandoned on
a downtown Oakland street a few
hours later.
Sam Anderson. II, of Berkeley, a
Sacramento junior college student,
was taken to Fairmount county hos
pital with q bullet wound in the
groin and was reported in a serious
condition.
Other members of the party said
the bandits were swimming in the
nude and were chased out of sight.
They returned few minutes later,
fully dressed, and ordered the party
to give up their money. 1t was then
that the shooting occurred.
Stewart Gregg, 2l, Berkeley, said
he made several attempts to sur
render his wallet containing $40 but
every time he reached for it the BAN
dts, young and nervous, ordered
him to keep his hands up. A purse
belonging to Miss Meredith McCub-
bin. 10, Sacramento, was all they
took.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-04
Divorce Granted
To Jocelyn Lee

LOS ANGELES, April 4. (U.P -
Jocelyn Lee, red haired screen ac-
tress, was granted divorce late yes
terday from Luther Reed, film di-
rector ON charges of cruelty, after
four days of testimony replete with
sensations.
Reed originally SUED for the di-
vorce, charging Miss Lee had cursed
him, struck him with an ash tray,
and had so conducted herself at the
Aqua Caliente, Mex, hotel that they
were ordered to leave.
Testimony was introduced by Miss
Lee that she had found Reed in
company with an unidentified wom-
an, both unclothed, in the bedroom
of friends house.
Miss Lee was given custody of
their two minor children, Celeste, 3,
and Dana, 2, and was awarded ali
mony of 500 weekly. She asked
alimony of S2400 monthly, but Reed
pleaded the divorce action had made
it impossible for him to obtain en-
ployment and that he therefore
could not afford the greater amount.
The couple were married at tt
juana, Mex, June Is, last, and sep
arated in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-04
Winship's Will
Ignores Woman

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. up
The will of Lieutenant Commander
Emory A. Winship, capitalist and
retired navy officer who committed
suicide three weeks ago, was made
public today and disclosed that his
young and attractive widow, Mrs.
Dorothy Blount Winship, has been
provided for at the rate of $3.50 a
month.
The will made no provision for
Miss Helen Elizabeth Thompson, 80,
former film actress, who claimed
that for years she was wife to
Winship in everything but name"
She asserted Winship promised her
5000 month for life and threaten
ed suit in event the will failed to
name her.
The provisions OF the will were
given out here by Judge c. W.
Slack, local counsel for the Win
ship estate.
The will, filed in San Francisco
provided $3.50 per month for the
officers young widow, Mrs. Dorothy
Blount Winship.
Told that the estate was estimat-
ed at $1,000,00O, Barry said:
That's a little different than
what we were led to believe by at
torneys for the estate. They con-
tended that Mr.. Winship was
broke
A provision of the will that Mrs.
Winship not remarry in order to
claim $3.50 a month for life, also
drew comment from the attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-04
BANK ROBBERS
TRIAL TO OPEN
MONDAY MORNING

Trial of Pollard Boykin, 25-year-
old Indian charged with robbery OF
the Calipatria branch Of the
Securities First National Bank Of
Los Angeles, heads the list of crimi-
nal actions scheduled for superior
court next week.
A jury will probably be chosen
Monday morning to try Boykin, who
was captured less than 80 minutes
after allegedly robbing the bank.
Other criminal actions scheduled
for next week are trials of w. A.
Mccain, charged with embezzle-
ment of packing shed funds in Holt
vile; S. H. McCullom, charged with
statutory offense; C. r. Welch,
charged with burglary; and Clyde
Cummings, facing two charges, one
of forgery and one of a statutory
cffenSe.
It is probable that the greater
part of these cases will be set over
for trial at a later date, since 1t
will be almost impossible to hear
all the cases next week.