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The Washington times., 1931-04-06
RECALLS
OLD TRAGEDY

The sensational tragedy of Feb
ruary II, 1926, when an automo-
bile crashed through the railing
of Calvert Street Bridge and
plunged into the frozen creek be-
low was recalled in the Court of
Appeals today when that tri-
bunal, in an opinion by Chief JUS
tice Martin sustained a District
Supreme Court verdict against
Kathryn A. Collins, who sought
> to recover damages from the Dis
trict and the Capital Traction
Company for her injuries.
Miss Collins was a passenger in
the car operated by Mrs. John
Alden Standish, who was in
stantIy killed.
The traction company was &C
cused of negligence in failing to
sweep the snow from its tracks
and the District was held for
leaving the snow on the bridge
4 in such manner as to form a
= ramp, which permitted the ma
chine to skid over an 18-inch
guard rail.
At the trial of the case in Dis.
trict Supreme Court a directed
verdict for the defendants was
ordered, and this action was
made the basis of the appeal.
The higher court asserted that
a diligent effort on its part had
been made, but it was unable to
find proof of negligence on the
part of either of the defendants
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Night Flying Starts
From Hoover Field

Planes Of the Ludington Line
scared over Washington for two
hours last night carrying passen-
gers on the first commercial
night flights ever made over the
city.
Eighty persons we're taken
aloft in eight trips by Pilot Floyd
Cox. A long waiting line was at
the airport most of the night,
and several hundred persons gath
cred to watch the planes taking
off and landing on the lighted
field. Each trip lasted five min
uteS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Smith Custer Case
Slated For FridnY

An agreement on the time for
filing the Senate suit to GUST
Chairman George Otis Smith, Of
the Federal Power Commission,
will be reached at a conference Of
opposing attorneys next Friday.
The Senate case against Mr..
Smith will be handled by John
w. Davis, former ambassador to
Great Britain, and former Gov
Alex. j. Groesbeck of Michigan.
Mr.. Smith will be represented
by former Senator George Whar-
ton Pepper of Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
FIRE DESTROYS
CABIN JOHN
HOTEL
Famous HosteIry Had Been
Vacant Four Years; Damage
Put at $4,000 by Owner

CABIN JOHN, Md, April 6.
The Cabin John Hotel, which for
many years was one of the most
popular summer hostelries in this
section, was destroyed by fire
early today.
Flames were discovered eating
into the upper floors of the three
story frame building at 3 o'clock
and by dawn all that remained
standing was the charred rem
nants Of one wing. Eight fire
fighting companies, two from the
District and six from nearby Mary.
land communities, assisted the
Cabin John department in fight
ing the flames, which proved
stubborn, due to q stiff wind.
w. H. Bobinger, Caoin John
merchant and owner of the no
tel, estimated the loss at approx
mately $4,000. The motel con-
tained 40 rooms all of which were
furnished. He has not decided
yet whether he would rebuild the
structure.
Mr.. Bobinger said the cause
of the fire had not been deter
mined, adding:
81 came hOme-not to the
hotel but to my house several
hundred feet away-abOut 1880
o'clock, and looked over at
the hotel, but saw nothing out
of the way. At 3 O'Clock /
was awakened by the first fire
alarm, and saw the hotel burn
ing. We saved very little Of
the fixtures, the flames having
gained too much headway when
discovered"
Vacant Four, Years
The hotel which stood just be-
yond the Cabin John Bridge, had
not been occupied for the past
four years.
1t was built in 1900. and had
included among it's guests many
prominent perSOnageS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
UPHOLDS
Dill DECISION

The Court of Appeals today in
an opinion by Justice William
Hitz affirmed decree of the
District Supreme Court restrain
ing by injunction the Penn Oil
Company from selling as ''Mobil-
OIL" any other lubricant without
first informing purchasers of the
substitution.
A District Supreme Court JUS
tice more than year ago issued
the Injunction after a prolonged
court hearing in which the Penn
Company was accused by the
Vacuum Oil Company, makers OF
Mobiloil, of selling crankcase
DRAWINGS in some instances as
the well-known product.
The decree Of the lower court
was amended after it's promulga-
ton to exonerate the company
of the charge of selling crank
case DRAWINGS as "Mobiloil,"
after a conclusion that the in
stances complained Of in that
respect, were isolated and ap-
peared to be the independent act
of one employe. The other fea-
lures of the decree were allowed
to stand, however.
The higher court today held
that the contention that the origi-
nal decree should have included
the exoneration, was without
merit, and sustained the trial
court in every instance.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Angle Parking Dies
As Soon As Signs
Are Posted

Preparations to enforce the
ban against angle parking
throughout the city were be-
gun today by William H. Har-
land, director of traffic.
An order for the making of
signs bearing the words Par
allel Parking was issued by
Director Harland. The city
wide ban will not be enforced
until signs have been posted
throughout the city to give
sufficient notice Of the change
in regulations.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
BODY
TOLD CARRIER
IS NEEDED
Rail Company Official Says
Contract With Realty Firm
for District Has Expired

A group Of irate residents Of
Foxhall Village and Potom C
Heights gathered in the Public
Utilities C Com mission hearing
room today to fight the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany's petition for abandonment
of bus service to that section.
The first witness, Alfred G.
Neal, vice president and comp
troller of the company, testified
that operation of the Foxhall
Village bus line began in April,
1925.
The company, he said, agreed
to operate the line on the
strength of q contract with Boss
and Phelps, real estate firm,
which guaranteed the company
against operation loss.
Contract Expires
Last month, the witness testi
fled, the contract expired and
the real estate firm declined to
renew it. The witness pointed out
that the section is served by the
Cabin John car line of the com.
pany but his testimony indicated
that the service is not as ade'
quate as the bus line.
Banding together in the fight
against the company's petition,
residents of the two sections will
petition the commission not only
for continuance Of the bus line
but for extension of the line to
the downtown section of the city
Delegates from the Foxhall Vii,
lage Citizens Association and the
Potomac Heights Citizens Associ
alton, and Peoples Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech and William
NICK. Clayton, chairman of the
Federation of Citizens Associa
tions public utilities commission
lead in the fight against the com
pany's petition.
The original order of the com
mission granting operation of the
bus line permitted the busses tt
run from Thirty-fifth and Reser
voir Streets to Foxhall Road
The line was later extended tt
Potomac Heights and a short
time later was extended to con
meet with the car line at Wiscon
sin Avenue.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Magazine to Stress
Birth Control NelUs

The names of several national
figures appeared on a list, made
public yesterday, of sponsors for
@ new magazine, People, to be
published under the auspices Of
the American Eugenics Society.
The statement of the associa-
tion says that, although birth
control is not the primary objec-
tive of the society, the magazine
will recommend contraceptives
as means of bettering the race.
Articles by Mrs. Margaret Sanger,
birth control advocate, will fea-
ture the first number of the
magazine.
Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur, DR.. David Starr
Jordan, Bishop William j. Law.
renee and other prominent per-
sons are named as sponsors.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
HOWARD KING
NegrO Health Week
Is Being Observed

The seventeenth annual ma
tional negro health week is being
observed here this week under
auspices of the National Public
Health Service, the National Ne
gro Business League, and the
Commission of Interracial Co
operation.
A number of community clean
up campaigns will be conducted
in Washington and it is expected
that Montgomery county, Md,
which has been awarded the
county first prize on two occa'
sions, will also take an active part
in the program
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Dinner Will Honor
BrOUn u. President

Members of the Brown Club
Of Washington will entertain
President Clarence A. Barbour,
of Brown University, tomorrow
evening, at a dinner at the Uni
versity Club. While in Wash
ington, DR.. Barbour will be the
house guest of Chief Justice
; Charles Evans Hughes of the
U. S. Supreme Court, who is a
Brown graduate.
DR.. Barbour will speak to the
Washington Brown men on mat
ters concerning the university
and brief talks will also be made
by Assistant Attorney General
Charles P. Sisson and Claude
Branch, special assistant to the
attorney general, who are mem
bers of the local Brown alumni
association.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
F|NGERPR|N
SOLE CLUE IN
MURDER
Mrs. E. Jaynes, Cashier,
Succumbs to Bullet Wound;
Robbers Car Was Stolen

Four smudged fingerprints on
a battered District of Columbia
license tag may be the means Of
solving the murder Friday night
of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, 59-year.
old cashier Of the Garden T.
Shoppe, 1925 Columbia Rd. N. w.
The license plates were on .
stolen automobile which the rob-
bers used as a getaway car"
The car was discovered abandoned
near the Connecticut Avenue
entrance to the Zoo short time
after Mrs. Jaynes was fatally
wounded.
Died At Hospital
The murder, one of the most
cold-blooded ever perpetrated in
the District, was the outgrowth
of a daring holdup. Two masked
bandits entered the place and or"
dered Mrs. Jaynes to open the
cash register. She complied to
their demand and was standing
by when one of the robbers fired
at her, the bullet striking her in
the abdomen.
She died yesterday morning at
Garfield Hospital.
Two young men, answering the
description of the bandits, last
night visited the tea shop, in
quired about the condition Of
Mrs. JayneS, and left before
Headquarters detectives, who were
notified by employees Of the shop,
could reach the scene.
Reward Offered
A $500 reward for information
leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the two bandits has
been offered by the Police De-
partment.
At the time of the robbery,
Mrs. Jaynes did not think she
was hurt and it was not unit u
two hours afterward that it W y
discovered she had received 3
serious bullet wound. 81
Deputy Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald removed .25-CaIibsr
automatic bullet form the vic
TINS body at an autopsy last
night.
District Coroner J. Ramsay
Nevitt swOre in the jury tOday&or
the inquest.
Worker in Church
Mrs. Jaynes formerly was Mrs.
Sheppard. She was born in Shell
byville, Tenn, on February 81,
1872. She has lived in Washing
ton for 38 years. She was mar"
ried to William B. Jaynes 80 years
ago.
Mrs. Jaynes has been long
active in religious and philan-
thropic work here. She taught a
Sunday school class at the Mt.
Vernon Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, for % years. The
class is named in her honor.
Funeral services for the MUIR
dered woman have not been COM
pleted, pending the arrival of rela'
tives. Besides her husband, Mrs.
Jaynes is survived by three
brothers,
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Shoe Man to Speak
At Ad Club Luncheon

A. H. Geuting, Philadelphia,
Pa, president of the National
Shoe Dealers Association, will be
the guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the Advertising Club
of Washington Tuesday noon at
the National Press Club.
Mr.. Geuting will be introduced
by Edwin Hahn, president of the
Washington Shoe Retailers Asso-
citation. A large number Of local
shoe merchants are expected to
attend.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Group
Meets Here April Is

The biennial convention of the
National Woman's Democratic
Law Enforcement League will be
held in Washington on April IL
and April 13, Thomas Jefferson's
birthday.
All meetings will be presided
over by Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson,
of Maryland. Among the speak.
ers will be former Senator Robert
L. owen, Of Oklahoma: Daniel c.
Roper, of South Carolina, and
Mrs. Clement L. Shaver, Of West
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
PENNSY'S EARNINGS.

Report of Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
for May and five months, including
operations of West Jersey & Seashore
Railroad Co., compares as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Trade Trends
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Automotive Accessories-May ship
ments of automotive parts, accessories
and service equipment held unchanged
from April and showed an improved
comparison with 1880, when there was
a decided decline between April and
May, the Motor and Equipment Asso-
citation reports. The index for all
groups of manufacturers reporting
stood at 1874 per cent Of the 1925 base
figure OF 100. compared with similar
figure in April and la per cent in May
last year.
Copper-Export copper continued in
good demand at the c,ose of the week
and sales for the half day Saturday
totaled 100000 pounds. Prices held
unchanged at ga cents a pound, do
nestle, and 9025 cents, {. i. I. European
base ports, for export. Imports of cop
per in manufactured form by the
United States declined slightly in May
TO 16,189 metric tons, compared with
1926 tens in April and 1922 in
March, the American Bureau of Metal
Statistics reports. Exports of refined
copper from the United States last
month were l5,709 tons, compared with
l6,9l9 tons in April.
Lumber-Orders for lumber again
trailed production during the week end
ed June 90 Geographic reports from
1893 leading hardwood and soitwood
mills to the National Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association indicate. They
showed orders per cent below and
shipments 5 per cent below a combined
cut of 27,558,00o feet. A week earlier
1853 mills reported orders per cent be-
low and shipments per cent below a
cut of 23l,0l4000 feet.
Petroleum-The average price of
crude petroleum at 10 representative
producing fields was higher last week
at 69.2 cents a barre, compared with
CPS cents in the preceding week, &C
cording to Oh, Paint and Drug Re-
porter. The average for the CORE
spending period last year was 81 .46la a
barrel. Gasoline at the refiner.es was
lower last week at 1887 cents a gallon
at four principal refining centsrs. COM
pared with 3.75 cents the preceding
week and 7.lS cents gallon last year.
Silver-Bar silver ended the week
with a display of strength. advancing
flve-e:ghths of cent in New York to
29l2 cents an ounce and rising three
eiehths of a penny in London to
IL 1916 psnce.
Steel-Operations of steel plants in
the Youngstown district next week will
remain unchanged at Al per cent of
rated capacity. Dow, Jones Il Co. re-
ports Republic Steel Corporation &C.
Invites will be at As per cent, an in
crease OF per cent over the current
rate.
zinc-A further advance in the price
Of zinc at the close of the week brought
the price from $40 to. 375 cents a
pound. East st. Louis, an advance Of
a tenth of a cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
CURB SHARES FIRM
/ IN PROFIT TAKING
Gains Are Confined Mostly to
Fractions - Utilities
Prove Feature.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY.
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Trading on
the curb was active today, but the
rally lost a little steam
Apparently a considerable volume of
Profit-taking went on during the two
hours. but supporting orders were suf-
flcient to handle such selling easily and
the market showed net gains that were
mostly fractional in size.
Utilities moved busily, without much
change in price. Electric Bond &,
Share was unable to get more than
nominally above the previous close and
finished unchanged. There was, how
ever, a 2-point rise in Brazilian Trac-
ton. American g. Foreign Power
Warrants. Middle West Utilities,
United Light "A" United Gas and
American Superpower averaged less
than half point higher.
Vacuum was active in the oil group,
rejecting new interest on the strength
of the revised terms for the merger
with Standard of New York. 1t closed
u higher, which was also the gain in
1 Gulf. Cities Service was off Ia.
H Realizing held the S0ecialties in
check Parker Rust, Aluminium Of
America, Woolworth. Cord Corporation
and Newmont Mining finished with adj
vances of more than half point.
Deere lost l. Investment Tru-ts we're
mostly quiet United Founders dragged,
but erased decline of half a point.
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sive amounts On the other hand tia
line representing inventories of raw MAJ
terials shows great seasonal changes
each year. The years 1926-2S wit
messed about the same low points and
about the same peaks in respect to raw
material inventories which, outside of
their regularly extensive seasonal
movements, thus showed marked stabil-
ity through these years. But in the
Summer Of 1929 these inventories were
not reduced nearly as far as usual, and
at the end Of that year rose to a much
higher point than during any of the
previous years. During 1880 raw ma
terial inventories, as shown in this in
oex fell seasonably in the early months,
but reached their low point in June at
q level slightly higher than the low
point for 1929 Thereafter they rose
even higher at the year end than dur
ing the previous year.
1T seems plain that one reason for
the continued decline of commodity
prices during 1880 arose from just this
inventory situation. Through 1890 in
ventories of raw materials in this coun-
try were too great to be absorbed eS-
cept at lower price levels. The gen.
orally normal inventories Of manufar-
tured goods apparently blinded OBJ
servers to the quite different situation
with raw materials.
Building and Construction.
Some students of the business cycle
have long commended that its violent
fluctuations might be considerably
mitigated by 6eferring construction
during booms and stimulating it dur
ing depreSsions. In 1899 both govern
mental authorities and business leaders
made valiant effort to stimulate con-
struction.
But it seems apparent from our ex-
perience thus far that building is not
always sufficiently flexible industry
to make it as quick and effective q
counter-balance in stabiliZinE the bust
ness cycle as could be desired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, June 81 LPl.-(United
States Department of Agriculture
Cattle. 800 head; compared week ago,
yearlingS and light steers 25a75 lower:
only specialties escaping with minor
declines: matured beeves, 50al 90 lower;
plain big weights off most; few steers
scaling over 1900 pounds less than IS
cents lower; yearling heiferS, so and
more lower; most fat she stock, 50al 90
Of; low cutters and cutters; 25a5o
down; bulls strong; vealers broke ]. GOA
$50; yearling steers topped at 8.75;
bulk. 700a6.0O extreme top medium
weights, $40: few over IT'S; most
heavies, 65oa7.25 late: peak on yearling
heifers, 825: bulk. $50 downward; most
beef COWS 350a4.25; best w"ighty sau-
sage bulls. 425; late top vealers, 800;
stock and feeder trade practically at
staudstill.
sheep, $500 head; today's market
nominal: for week 40 doubles from
pared week ago, choice lambs and year.
lings, 10al5 lower: other grades and
classes steady; feeding lambs nominal;
closing bulk good. and choice native
eve and wether lambs, 7.75a8 90: f-w
8.25; weeks top. $50; range lambs,
7.75a8.25; native bucks, 6.75a700;
throwoutS, 500a5.50; range throwouts
6O0a6.25: fed yearlings, 5.00a6.50; fat
ewes, 1.00a1.75.
Hogs, 5000 head. including 1000 di-
rect; steady on best light weights;
others very slow; most bids and few
sales Is or more lower; bulk, 160-240
pounds. 725a750: top, $50; packing
sows, 325 pounds up, 4.60a5.00; smooth
light weights scarce; compared week
ago, butchers steady to 25 lower; pack
ing sows. 35a50 off; shippers took 1000;
estimated hold-overs, 1900; light lights
good and choice. 140-160 pounds, lisa
7.45: light weights, 10000 pounds.
7.25a7.50: medium weights. 200-250
poupds. 700a750: heavy weights. $50
$500 pounds, 5.75a715: packing sows,
nahum snd good, 175-500 pounds, 450a
pigs good and choice, 100-13O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
FRENCH AGREEMENT SEEN
ON DEBT PROPOSAL
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Hornblower
& Weeks, commenting upon the cur
rent advance in the stock market, say,
in part:
In spite of the extent and the ra-
pidity Of the advance the past week.
stocks show no evidence that q cell
ing has been reached, and in so far
as the main trend of prices is con-
cerned. the upward trend continues to
show a surprising lack of resistance
with good demand for stocks appear
ing wherever the market hesitates.
Both the strong market on the
Paris Exchange, which yesterday was
described as the greatest boom since
1929. and further strength in our own
market, are without question reflect
ing the strong feeling that q satisfac-
tory final. agreement between France
and the United States will be reached
on the debt postponement proposal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
WHITNEY LAYS STOCK DECLINES
OF YEAR TO TRADE DEPRESSION
Head of New York Exchange Reviews
Activities of Trading Center-Dis-
cusses Fall in Commodity Prices,

Richard Whitney, president of the
New York Stock Exchange. in his first
annual report to the Governing Com
mittee on the year May l. 1880. to May
l, 1881, gave a statistical history of the
events Of the past year and discussed
various phases of the EXCHANGES activ-
tiles. Mr.. Whitney reviewed changes in
administration, the work of the eX-
change, the installation Of new tickers,
and discussed theories regarding the
relationship of the break in stocks to
the business depression.
Mr.. Whitney reiterated his stand that
the action of the stock market Is an
effect of business conditions, rather
than a cause, and devoted considerable
time to a discussion of the cause Of the
business depression.
Concerning this, Mr.. Whitney says:
THE year 1880 will long be remem-
bered as providing, only too complete,
an example of the occasional phase of
the business cycle. If genuine and per-
manent Improvements in the organiZa-
ton and conduct of business are to be
made, 1t Is needful that the record of
important developments during this
major international business depression
should be preserved and studied.
Means Of Checking Recession.
Whatever one may believe to be the
basic causes of the depression, there Is
no doubt that they arose long before
1880. Through 1880. therefore, the VI
tai question was really whether the re-
ceSsion in business already under way
could and would be arrested. During
the early months of the year business
conditions were not without consider
able reinsurance in this regard. Disil-
lusionment' was not, however, long de-
layed. BY June the favorable appear
ance of current statistics had faded
and again recession held sway. The ex-
pectation of improved conditions in the
Autumn proved another bitter disap-
pointment. A final shock was the fur
ther downward plunge in December.
after the faint and again deceptive signs
Of sterilization in production and COM
modify prices during earlier months OF
the Autumn. During 1880 pessimism
and disbursement thus increased as
the year progressed, and attained their
maximum intensity in December.
After the depression of 1892,
much statistical and economic research
and very widespread public attention
was devoted to the whole question Of
recurrent cycles In business conditions.
Unfortunately, the long period Of great
prosperity from 1925 to 1929 persuaded
many people in this country that the
business cycle had been definitely abol-
ished and that 1t had become possible
indefinitely, without the danger OF Seri-
Gus depressions.
Recurrence Of Cycles.
Those who have all along continued
10 hnlie1e m the alternating cycles OF