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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, october 2s Up Omitted
States Department of Aericulture) -
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head, including
5000 head direct: steady to 10 higher;
light-weightS up most; 100000 pounds,
5.30a5.50 top, $780, 140-210 pounds,
485a5. 80; pigs, 4.50a5 90; packing sows,
465a5.l0. Light light, good and choice
140-l60 pounds, 4.85a5.10; lightweight
10000 pounds, 4.90a525; medium
weight 200-250 pounds, 515a5 so: heavy
weight 250-350 pounds, 5.15a5.50; pack
ing sows, medium and good 275-350
pounds, 5.15a5.50; packing sows. medium
and good 275-500 pounds, 4.60a5.15;
slaughter pigs, good and choice 100-130
pounds, 450a5.00.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head; calves,
700 head; slaughter steers and yearlings
mostly steady; plain kinds slow; she
stock very dull at weeks sharp decline;
vealers steady and bulls weak. Slaughter
cattle and vealers: steers, good and
choice 100000 pounds, e.25a11 90; 900
1,100 pounds, S25a11.o 90; 1,1o0-1 300
pounds, e25a11 90; 1,300a1 500 pounds,
825a11.00; common and medium 500
1900 pounds, 400a8.25.
Heifers, good and choice, 550.85O
pounds, 6.25a10.25; common ana me-
dunn, 2.75a6.75. Cows, good and choice,
3.75a5.00; common and medium. 250a
375: low cutter and cutter, 1.50a2.50.
Bulls (yearlings excluded), good and
choice (beef), 4.25a5.00; cutter to me-
dunn, 2.75a4.25. Vealers milk fed
good and choice, 6.75a80o; medium,
6.00a6.75; Gull and common, 500a6.00
Stocker and feeder cattle-Steers, good
and choice, 500-1 $50 pounds, 5.00a6.75.
Sheep-10,000; generally steady to
strong good to choice natives and range
lambs, 5.75a6.25 to packers; outsiders,
upward to $50; throwouts, 3.50a4. so,
according to kind; fat ewes, 1.75a2.5 so.
Lambs, 90 pounds down, good and
choice, 5.75a6.75; medium, 5.00a575: all
weights, common, 350a5.00. Ewes, 90
$50 pounds, medium to choice, LISA
ATS; all weights, Gull and common, 75a
Its. Feeding lambs, 5O-75 pounds,
good and choice, 500a5.6O.
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LARGE APPLE SHIPMENT
TO LEAVE BALTIMORE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. october 23.-The first
full cargo of apples to be shipped from
nearby States through Baltimore in re-
cent years will be carried by the Danish
steamer Cornelia Maersk.
The cargo consists of approximately
$4,000 barrels of apples, the shipments
coming from orchards in Virginia West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland
They are shipped to Dunkirk and Ant
werp.
A number of other cargoes are to
follow, for which the Norwegian steam
ers Krosfoud, october %, for Algiers
and Marseille: Gunny, for Antwerp,
and Sauna, for Newcastle, October 81,
have been chartered
More than 100000 barrels of export
apples, amounting to $4,000 tons of
cargo and 400 loaded freight cars
have been booked for movement
through Baltimore during the next few
months. according to the officials of the
Export and Import Board.
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CURB SHARES FIRM
IN SMALL TRADING
List Drops Back to Previous
Days Close After
Early Gains.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 23.-After
opening with small gains today curb
&, stocks settled around their previous
r closing quotations and maintained a
steady tone.
, Electric Bond g. Share was up a small
fraction at 81 1s. Cities Service at 71s
was off shade. Standard Oil of In
: diana around 2ll4 was up =, Middle
West Utilities and United Light &
+, Power A were down slightly
Trifling gains in oils, motors and
miscellaneous industrials, along with
the cratic movement of steels, steadi-
ness Of chemicals, selectivity of pack
ing shares and irregularity of coppers
were the outstanding movements in
; . very narrow forenoon session.
: Expectation of higher crude oil prices
and possibly some constructive merger
developments within the next week
% bettered some of the Standard oils.
But this movement did not go far, as
traders realized crude output again is
increasing and gasoline stocks are
J mounting.
Curb stocks registered small gains at
= the opening. Trading was in small
volume
Electric Bond & Share led the util-
r ity list into higher ground, with a
fractional gain to 21as. Niagara Hud-
son, American Gas e. Electric. Ameri-
can Superpower, American Common
wealths Power A and American g. For
eign Power warrants were also some
what higher at the start
In the oils, Cities Service started off
slightly lower, but later equalled its
previous close at 734. Industrials were
quiet with few changes. American
Cyanamid B was slightly lower In the
amusement group. General Theaters
Equipment preferred was fractionally
higher at ga. Mine shares, such as
United Verde and Anglo Chilean, were
unchanged. Pennroad, the only active
rail equity, was slightly lower at AS.
In the motors. Ford Motor, Ltd. rose
a shade, while Durant lost a trifie.
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AUSTRIAN IMPORTS !
REVEAL DECREASE
Amount of Foreign Exchange
in National Bank Declared
Below Demand.

Austrian financial circles have unofi-
cially estimated that the amount Of
about $500, 00o, 900 In foreign exchange
being received daily by the Austrian
National Bank is insufficient to meet
current domestic demands, the Com
rnerce Department was advised today
by radiogram by Commercial Attache
Gardner Richardson at Vienna.
Richardson said requests for alloca-
lions are being entirely refused or
granted only in small part
October imports were said to be drop
ping, and the total for November was
expected to show a decrease of at least
rs per cent from September, according
to Austrian estimates.
Reserves Decline.
The Austrian government was re-
ported by Richardson to be taking rad<
cal steps for the reorganization of the
Creditanstalt by canceling contracts
with IS Of the % of the banks direc-
tors. Some of the directors, it was
stated, are to be re-engaged at lower
salaries.
Richardson also advised the depart
ment that the statement of the national
bank for october Is indicated only small
change, but the proportion of reserve
to demand liabilities was shown at a
new low of 20 per cent.
Meantime Trade Commissioner E. H
Hester at Manila was in Geographic
communication with the departments
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce over the further declines in the
Philippine textile market The declines
were attributed by Hester to the in
creasing restrictions Of credit facilities
to the Chinese dealers and the rapidly
diminishing purchasing power in the
provincial districts, where no improve
ment is anticipated until export prices
Of Philippine products improve.
Hester reported arrivals of cotton
which 1922 came from the United
States, 2.127 from Japan. 1874 from
Hongkong, 265 from China and $50
FROM Great Britain. September ar
rivals were somewhat smaller, with a
decline III receipts from the United
States and increased shipments from
Japan. Arrivals of cotton piece goods
ages, Of which the United States sup
piled 3,2e8, Japan 1892. Hongkong 175,
China 1879 and Great Britain 470.
Drop in Exports.
A small decline in exports and an
increase in imports featured Japan's
foreign trade for September, according
to preliminary figures released by the
Japanese department of finance and
forwarded to the Commerce Department
by Commercial Attache H. A. Butts.
September exports totaled 100, 700, 900
yen. against 107900,0 900 yen in August.
and September imports were valued at
94,l00,000 yen, compared with Sc, 100000
ySn IN the previous month. zone yen
equals $0.493 at current exchange)
According to Butts figures, exports
exceeded imports by 100000 yen, re-
ducing the total unfavorable trade ball
ance for the first three quarters Of the
year to 100000 yen, a decline of
| IS 100000 yen, compared with the same
period last year.
| The department also has been advised
! that midas foreign trade declined both
| in value and volume during August,
compared with the same month last
! year.
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EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, October % R.-New
England Telephone & Telegraph CO.
reported for the September quarter net
income of $2,697,516, equal to $2.02 a
share, compared with $2,687,l42, or
s2O3 share in the September quarter
last year.
Century Ribbon Mills, Inc, and sub
sidiary reported for the first nine
months this year net profit of $135,512,
equal to 70 cents common share,
against $74,S17, or cents common
share in the first nine months last
year.
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CHAIN STORE EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, october % Especially
AN analysis of chain store earnings
for September shows decrease Of "A
per cent in the sales of Is grocery
chains, Of 1.3 per cent in eleven sand
1o-cent stores, of 9.6 per cent in 10
apparel stores, an increase Of .06 per
cent in three shoe store chains, gain
of IL per cent in four restaurant and
food chains, of 81 per cent in two
drug chains, and decrease Of Ill per
cent in the sales Of Sears Roebuck,
Montgomery Ward and National Bellas
Hess. Total sales for 40 companies
decreased last month So per cent. For
nine months to September 80, the loss
was "A per cent.
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POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, October % up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Potatoes-Receipts, 101 cars; on track,
302; total United States shipments, 944;
trading fairly good; market firm on Red
River Ohios, slow and dull on other
stock. Sacked, per hundredweight: Wis
consin roundowhites, 75a85; Minnesota
North Dakota Cobblers, 75a85; Red
River Ohios, No. /, 90a97la: unclassi-
fed, S0a85; Idaho Russets, no. 1, me
dunn. l.20al Is.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO. october % Butter
Receipts, 10,98l tubs; market steady:
creamery specials (93 score), 32a3212
81 score). 2slaa3o; frsts 1889 score)
2612a27l2; seconds (86-87 Score), 24a
2512 standards 40 score centralized
car lots), 80. Eggs-Receipts. 1888
cases; market steady, prices unchanged
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New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, october 23.-Cotton
prices were l TO points higher at the
opening of the market here today
Trading was quiet and the fact tina.
December and March were the best
contracts on the upside revealed the
presence of some speculative buying
Trade buyers were inactive.
Opening prices were: october. 6.54,
UP /; December, 6.62, up 8; January,
6.71, up 2: March, 688. up 4; May,
T.04, up /, and July, 7.22, up 2.
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PARIS BoURsE PRICES.

PARIS. October % C%D.-Three pei
rentes, "a francs 80 confines. Five
per cent loan, 102 francs centimes
Exchange on London, SO francs "A
centimes. The dollar was quoted at
Is francs 401k centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Trieste, Italy. has renewed for five
years its decree granting exemption
from taxation and offering facilities
for Is years on all newly built houses.
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. october % OP).-Over-
the-counter market
BANKS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Germany now has more motor cycles
than any other country.
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BONDS ON THE CURB
MARKET.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
RIGHTS-EXPIRE.

RIUHTS-EAPIRB.
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Pyidsnd rste in dolIs Dasse
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stock n 81 D regular
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
KIWANIANS PLEDGE
CLIFFORD FULL AID
Club Stands Ready to Garry Ont
All Allotted Work as Far
as Possible"

Promise of "all possible aid" was
given to Director Walter S. Clifford of
the Presidents National Unemployment
Relief Organization in a resolution
adopted yesterday by the Washington
kiwanis Club. The resolution asserted
the club stands ready to carry out. as
far as within its power all work or
assistance allotted to the club"
Charles w. Pimper, chairman Of the
Orthopedic and Welfare Committee of
the club, reported that 81 children were
cared for by the club during August
OF these. he said. As were patients at
the Kiwanis Clinic at Ch!ldrens Hos
pital. Nurses provided by the club made
1876 visits during the month.
Eugene R. Woodson and Edwin r.
Hill, vice presidents, and Edgar Morris,
district trustee. were named delegates
TO the Capital District Convention of
Kiwanis Clubs at Baltimore, October 90
to 81. Alternates elected were Mr..
Pimper, Frank T. Mitchell and DR.. o.
U. Singer.
Alvin W. Hall, director of the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, was pre-
sented to the club as a new member
yesterday by Mark Lansburgh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
u. S. CHAMBER JOBLESS
COMMITTEE ADJOURNS
Group Studying National Planning
Board to Meet in
New York

The special committee from the
Chamber OF Commerce OF the United
States which has bcen in session here
two days studying a proposal to set
up national planning board designed
to promote continuity of work and pre-
vent unemployment, adjourned today
TO meet in New York September 81.
when it will formulate a report to go
to the board of directors of the cham
Der. meeting here October and 3.
A brief statement announced the
decision OF the committee to delay its
report until later in the month and
made no mention of the nature Of the
discussion which was carried on here.
The statement said. however, that
while the program for the national
planning board was designed as a long
rarge measure, in view of the cur
rent depression the committee has
turned its attention to the immediate
situation and will deal with it in its
report"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Driver FIees, but Two Men
Are Caught in Pursuit
of Speeding Auto.
OFFICER FIRES TWICE
AT CAR, REPORT SAYS
Private Is Grazed and Second Mar
rowly Missed by Car Going
at Dizzy Pace.

Gunfire which marked a two-nile
chase of a reckless driver through
Northwest Washington last night was
being investigated today by police.
Craige l.. Smith and j. O. Hite.
motor cycle policemen, overlook the car
at Georgia avenue and Howard place.
but the driver escaped They began
the race after the unidentified colored
motorist disregarded a traffic light at
New York and New Jersey avenues. The
fleeing machine was reported to have
been struck twice by bullets said to have
been fired by Hite
Police officials today launched the
investigation to determine whether Hit,
was justified in using his revolver In
spector Louis j. Stoll was placed in
charge Of the inquiry.
Two Officers Endangered.
Smith suffered slight bruises when
grazed by the automobile at First and
streets. Another policeman. G. V
Moore, was forced to leap out of the
path of the car when 1t struck a traffic
signal he was operating at Georgia and
Florida avenues
Police reported the driver Of the car
frequently ran on the left side of the
street at dizzy speed as he sought to
evade capture. They said several pass
ing motorists were forced to mount side
walks to avoid collisions.
Second Shooting in Week.
After the driver escaped on foot the
policemen took into custody his COM
panicns. Warner Lewis, colored, 81. Of
the 5000 block Of Sherman avenue, and
Judd Augusta. Colored, rs, of the 900
block of Columbia road. They were
released after being questioned at the
tenth precinct. Police said the driver
would be arrested on a warrant cflarg-
ing reckless driving, operating a car
without permit and assault with
dangerous weapon.
Firearms also were used by police
early Wednesday in another chase. w
D. Perry reported he returned the fire
after the driver of a machine fired
point-blank at him near Twenty-frst
street and New Hampshire avenue. The
driver escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
LOWER COAL RATES
PLEA BEFORE |. C. C.
Reduction on Anthracite to D. C.
and Nearby Maryland and
Virginia Asked.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
today set for hearing October the
complaint Of a group of coal dealers
in this section who are seeking a re-
duction in rates on anthracite from the
Pennsylvania fields to Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Joined IN the action are John P
AgneW & Co. George M. Mccullough,
James E. Colliflower & Co., L. P Steuart
& Bro, District Coal Co.. A. P. Wood
son Co, Fadeley Co. and Leroy O. King.
all of Washington. and Thomas w.
Perry. Chevy Chase, Md; Griffith &
Perry, Silver Spring. Md, and Dickey
Bros. Hyattsville, Md.
The action is directed against the
Baltimore & Ohio. Pennsylvania and
other coal-hauling lines.
The petition for a decrease calls the
rates, which range from $265 to 1928
a ton, unreasonable and excessive and
asks that the commission fix reason
able rate and require the defendants
to paw reparations for allegedly unlaw-
ful charges collected. This refund
would cover two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
GAS ADJUSTMENT
REPORT IS FILED
Company Makes 91,633
Tests, 1870 at Order
of Commission.

The Washington Gas Light Co. has
made total of 81, 63S adjustments to
gas appliances in consumers establish
ments since January % when the
check was ordered by the Public Util1-
ties Commission, according to report
filed with the commission yesterday by
Bert H. Peck.
OF these, however. only 1870 were
made as a result of the company's sur
vey ordered by the commission, the
report stated. Other adjustments were
made as follows: On complaints and
service calls, 33,740; on installing new
appliances, 1894; others, chiefly at
time of water checks, 10,308.
These figures will be examined at
the public hearing before the commits
sion September IA. at which the rela-
ton of the local company with one OF
its chief stockholders, the Central Pub
lie Service Corporation, will be studied.
The general question of gas pressures
and their relations, If any. to CUSTOM
ers' bills, will also be examined at this
hearing. 1t had previously been
planned to hold two separate hearings
on these subjects, but the two have
been consolidated at the request Of the
company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
CARPENTERS SEEK
AID FOR D. c. LABOR
Commerce and Trade Bodies
Told Unfairness of U. S.
Importing Workers.

The Carpenters District Council,
representing more than $500 union
carpenters here. is seeking the aid of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
and Board of Trade in its fight to pro-
tect the interests of labor in connection
with contracts for Government projects
in the District.
At special meeting of representatives
of the three groups in the Homer Build
ing yesterday the labor council.
through l.. H Harrison. its president.
voiced the union complaint against i'm
portation of out-of-town labor by out
side contractors to whom the Govern
ment awards its work. The complaint
was directed III the main against the
District Government, although Federal
projects were cited by the labor group
in some instances.
Movement Given Support.
Although the Chamber of Commerce.
through Harry King. president. and the
Board of Trade. through Claude w.
Owen, vice president pointed out that
the trade organizations already are on
record as opposed to the importation Of
outside labor for local work, the bodies
pledged their supprt to the movement.
The representatives of the three groups
also asked the aid of the public press
in the fight.
Richard H. Burdette and Robert
Reichard, other spokesman for the
labor council declared that because OF
the partially Of out-of-town contra ctors
to imported labor. between so and 40
per cent of Washington carpenters are
now unemployed. 1t was said also that
local workmen are being substituted by
outsiders on Government jobs now in
progress.
Wage Scale Not Paid.
Reichard said three out-cf-town con-
tractors now engaged on seven District
building projects are not paying the
prevailing wage scale. Another about
to begin work on a school building Is
opposed to the local rate. he said.
Reichard said 10 local carpenters en-
ployed on the Agriculture Department
Building by a Southern contractor were
dismissed this week and their positions
filled by men brought from Louisville.
Mr.. King suggested that the support
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and of the Buy in Wash
ington Council be enlisted in the move
ment. The latter. Mr.. King pointed
out, has been active in the fight to pre-
serve local labor conditions and encour-
age home purchasing.
The groups were agreed that en-
ployment of local labor on District work
not only preserved the standard of
labor conditions here, but also kept in
circulation here money paid out in
wages in Washington.