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The Washington times., 1931-09-29
DUE
FOR STIFF TILT
WITH PARTY
Many Democrats See Cover
nor Facing Bitter Struggle
As stop Him Foes Mobilize
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

BV GEORGE r. HOLMES
Organization work in behalf OF
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt's can
didacy for the Democratic presl'
Dental nomination has now
reached such a point that the
most enthusiastic among his sup
porters are predicting his nomlna'
ton on the first ballot IN the
convention next June.
One such prediction was mace
today by Senator William j. Har-
ris of Georgia. who has just re-
turned from Albany where he was
Governor Roosevelt's guest, and
presumably discussed the 1897
outlook with him.
Others See Contest
There are few Democrats in
Washington, however, who are
optimistic enough to believe Gov
ernor Roosevelt or any other man
will be nominated on the first
ballot.
Some of them believe Roosevelt
ultimately will emerge as the can
didate, but they predict it will be
only after a bitter battle. How
bitter remains to he seen.
The strategy of the stop
Roosevelt contingent is being
worked out. It will begin to ap-
pear in the open about the first
of the year, when the primary
elections are only a few weeks
distant.
Unless all signs fail, the
strategy of the Roosevelt opposi-
ton will be the old and time
honored device of sticking up SO
many favorite sons that no candi-
date will be able to muster the
required two-thirds in the early
halloting, thus deadlocking the
convention until the leaders can
get together and decide who's to
be who.
Oft-Tried Plan
This is the method that is gen.
orally favored by the supporters
of other candidates. Common
necessity throws them together.
This strategy has been EN-
plOyed many times in national
conventions of both parties. Some
times it works; sometimes 1t
doesn't. One of the times 1t
didn't was at Kansas City in
1928 when the Hoover opposition
failed to stop Hoover.
Generally, the method has
proved more successful in Demo
cratic conventions because two
thirds are required to nominate.
Under the new Congressional
apportionment, there will be
100 delegates in the next Demo
cratic convention. To nominate
will require 734. To stop a
nomination will require 367.
Arkansas can be expected to
cast its 18 votes for Senator
Joe Robinson. Maryland'S Is
and Delaware's six are virtually
pledged to Gov. Albert c. Ritchie;
Oklahoma's % are counted for
Gov. Bill" Murray; Ohio's So
may go to either Newton D.
Baker or Gov. George White:
Tennessees % are likely to be
cast for Senator Cordell Hull:
Nebraska's IA to Gov. Charley
Bryan; Illinois So to Senator j..
Hamilton Lewis, and so on.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
10 Nicaragua Bandits
Killed in Skirn1iSheS

Ten Nicaraguan bandits were
killed and % wounded in five
skirmishes, it was reported to
the Navy Department yesterday
by Brig. Gen. F. L. Bradman, of
the Marine Corps.
No member of the National
Guard, officered by American
Marines, was injured.
Much of the fighting occurred
near San Luis, in Central West
ern Nicaragua.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Moratorium on Debts
Bu Soviet Reported

COPENHAGEN, Sept. IS G.N.SJ.
An unconfirmed dispatch today
from Helsingfors said that Soviet
Russia planned to suspend pay
ment of all foreign debts for one
year.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Miriam Hinton Asks
Divorce in NeUUdU

RENO, Nev., Sept. 20 G.N.S0. q.
Miriam Prime Hinton, socially
prominent in New York, filed a
divorce suit here today against
DR.. j. William Hinton. The Hin
tons were married in Yonkers,
N. Y, November Z. 1928.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
CITIZENS TO ELECT

Officers will be nominated at
the regular meeting of the Randle
Highlands Citizens Association to-
morrow night in the Orr School,
according to C. A. Barker, secre-
tary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, March rs Up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Hogs, 10000 head, including 1000 DE-
rect; slow, mostly steady; spots strong;
top, $40; bulk, 160-210 pounds. 7.90a
$40; 220-S30 pounds, 7.20a7.05. Pigs,
7.25aT7b: Packing sows,. 6.S6a676;
light light, good and choice, 140-I60
pounds, 7.s6as.10; medium weight. ZOO
250 pounds, T.60aB. 10; heavy weight,
25o-350 pounds. 6.e0a7.65. Packing
sows, medium and good, 2T5-500
pounds, 6.35a6.75. Slaughter pigs, good
and choice, l00-1S0 pounds, 7.25a7.85.
Cattle, 10000 head; calves, 5000
head; good and choice steers predomi-
mating in run; early trade fully steady
with shippers setting price pace; HOO
paid for 1,4B7 pound bullocks; numer-
Gus loads with weight, 8.76a10.25; lower
light kinds steady to IS lower; best
yearlings, early, 1895; liberal supply
heller yearling In run; mostly as on, In
stances more. Slaughter cattle and
vealers-Steers, good and choice, 600
900 pounds, 6.6Oa1O75; COOL 100
pounds, 8.50a10.76; 1,100-1 800 pounds,
s;7Sa1o.T5; l,3oo-1,soo pounds, S.7Sa
Heifers, good and choice, 55o-s5o
pounds. 7.00a9.25; common and me-
dium, 5.50a7.50; COWS, good and choice,
500a6.50; common and medium, 4.00a
5.25; low cutter and cutter, 3.00a4.25;
bulls (yearlings excluded, good and
choice (beef), 425a5.75; cutter to me-
dunn, 3.75a4.85; Vealers (milk fed,
good and choice, 7.0Oa95 medium,
5.50a7.00; Gull and common, 4.00a5.50.
Stocker and feeder cattle-Steers, good
and choice, 500-1 ,05O pounds, T.50a8. as;
common and medium, 6.50a75O.
Sheep, 1000; few sales strong 10 un-
evenly higher: good to choice wooded
lambs, "a pounds down, 8.50a8. rs:
best held around, GAS, 1nsold; few
clipped lambs, 500; fat ewes, 4.OOa4, rs;
lambs, 90 pounds down, good and
choice, S.50a9.1O; medium, 7.75a8.50;
91-10O pounds, medium to choice, 7.25a
8.85; all weights, common, 6.00a7.75;
ewes, 90-150 pounds, medium to choice,
3.50a5 90; all weights, Gull and COM
mon, 2.00a4.00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
Grain Market
ny ths Aasoelated Prssa.

~ bne AAsoCAatea Steae.
CHICAGO, March 2s.--orain prices
scored material upturns early today,
responded to a notice that Government
sponsored agencies would quote pro-
gressively higher selling quotations be-
ginning April /. The proposed increase
would amount to one-half cent . bushei
every 10 days until June 30. the end
Of the current crop year:
Opening n lower TO "a higher today
wheat afteTward showed some adj
tional gain. Corn started M-& m and
also advanced further.
Notwithstanding that announcement
Of progressively higher selling QuotAaons
b. Farm Board allies would apply Only
70 wheat on hand already and not q
the new 1891 crop yet 70 be harvested,
the bullish effect was more pronounced
regarding the new crop deliveries. June
wheat, generally reckoned an old crop
delivery, showed M-cent initial decline
All other deliveries scored immediate
upturns, ranging from u TO- cents,
with July and September displaying the
greater relative strength.
Enlarged general commission house
buying Of wheat was in evidence, espe-
cially new crop deliveries. The in
creased business was aScribed to greater
confidence in various quarters that the
wheat market hereafter would be infiu-
enced more by conditions Of supply and
demand rather than by legislative meas
ures. Corn and oats sympathized with
wheat. strength and with better Eastern
demand for corn.
Provisions were steady, keeping in line
with hog values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
PENNSY SPENDS HUGE
SUMS ON EQUIPMENT
Special Dispatch to The Star

Cpecihl OlSpatcn 70 Inc Gtaf.
PHILADELPHIA, March rs. The
Pennsylvania Railroads investment in
its road and equipment, amounted last
year to more than 1890, O00, 600. 1t was
disclosed in the general balance sheet
OF the railroad made public today, CIV
ing the financial condition Of the COM
pany ~ Of December 81 1880.
More than OIL 100000 was added 10
the railroads Investment IA road and
equipment last year. Despite disturbed
business conditions and reduced rev.
eniies, these expenditures were the
largest in many years.
Total investments in the company's
road. equipment and other general
capital expenditures, as shown by the
general balance sheet, amounted TO
81, t65gSsl, 1850. To this huge figure is
added Sol POI, 878 In road and equip
ment improvements on leased railway
property, making q total Of $780,
923,Os6,
The balance sheet also shows invest
msnts IA securities and investments IN
tlhs,eogementB Of e4n1iated QnnpauAes
tnc1n11ne % ashey 6le.A10 end q n0sAs
nlEIimAea companies, fncisldhng Govern.
Iaant bonds o. 905,3e8s 442.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
WEEKLY PRICE INDEX
/. TUMBLES SIX POINTS
Eggs, Milk, Pork, Flour and But
!. ter Lower-Cotten in Slight
Advance.

The weekly wholesale price index Of
the National Fertilizer Association, con-
gisting of 4T6 commodity prices, declined
six fractional points during the week
ended March 81. This is the largest
decline shown during the last several
weeks. During the preceding week the
index number declined only one frac-
tional point. The index number now
stands at T5.2 compared with 76O last
month and ola for the corresponding
week a year ago.
Only 2 Of the IL groups in the index,
textiles and fertilizer materials, adj
e vanced during the latest week. Eight of
the groups declined, while four were
unchanged. The groups that declined
were fats and oils, other foods, grains-
feeds-livestock, automobiles, fuel, in
a GLIDING petroleum and its products,
mixed fertilizer, house furnishings, and
miscellaneous commodities.
& Prices for "a commodities declined,
while the prices for % commodities adj
vanced. Eggs, milk, pork, -four, butter,
cattle. hogs, silver, gasoline, rubber, bur-
lap, silk and mixed fertilizer prices de-
clined. Slight advances were noted In
the prices for cotton, cottonseed meal,
lard, tallow, hams, oats, wheat, copper
wire, Tosin, turpentine, calfskins and
hides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
CURB ISSUES FIRM
! IN LIGHT TRADING
Public Utilities Give Way to
New Leaders-GoIdman
Sachs Active.
BY JOHN A. CRoNE.

special Dispatch to The Star.
:. NEW YORK, March 25.-An attempt
90 bring forward new group Of market
leaders was the outstanding feature of
Hight trading and fairly firm prices on
the Curb Exchange today.
Public utilities maintained their quo
stations, but their appearance on the
tape was comparatively infrequent.
. Electric Bond a. Share moved within
q point range as it came out on the
tape at times at flve-minute intervals.
Cities Service also was neglected and
barely budged in price. Goldman Sachs
the leader Of the trading corporation
shares, rose to new high for the year.
Automotive shares replaced public
utilities in point of volume at the open
ing. As demand for the motors slack
ened, store stocks and food shares
moved at q faster pace. Meanwhile,
natural gas issues settled slowly to
lower levels, taking with them some OF
the makers Of appliances used in the
industry.
Following this movement radio and
electric shares were whirled and then
motion picture and allied issued came
In for more attention. The oils, which
had been dull and heavy, moved a
,trihe faster on the downside. Special
ties then drew brisk bids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
REDUCTION IN FREIGHT
RATES ORDERED BY |. c. O
Ry tha AsnocintAd press

by baS AboocieOSo Ere8s.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today ordered q reduction in
freight rates on wheat and -four in car
loads from Missouri River points 20
points in the Central West.
The reduction was ordered to equalizc
proportional rates from Kansas City,
Omaha and other points to st. Louis,
Chicago and intermediate points with
those from the Northwest.
The reductions range from az cents
q 100 pounds TO AZ cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
NEW SECURITIES

NEW YORK, March IS tP).-New Sc
clrities offered today include:
State of West Virginia, $4,000, 900 334
and Az per cent bonds issued for road
purposes, due 1882 to 1856, priced to
Yield from 2.25 to $50 per cent, by q
group headed by Chase Securities Cor
poration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
POWER FIRMS MERGE.

BALTIMORE, March "a Especially -
The Conowingo Electric Light & Power
Co. and the Northern Maryland Power
Co. have consolidated and will be
known as Conowingo Power Co. of
Conowingo,~ Cecil County, Md. The
capital stock consists of 10000 shares,
M mar VallIe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
PARIS BoURsE PRICES,

PARIS. March IS (Pl.-Prices i'm
proved on the Bourse today
Three per cent rentes, 80 francs 81
centimes, Five per cent loan. 1o4 francs
Is confines
Exchange on London, 124 francs 10
eentin1es. The dollar was quoted at IS
francs $50 confines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
FREIGHT LoADINGs GAIN.
By the Associated Pres

by JIG hBBOClAteu kAs08s
Loadings Of revenue freight lent AZ
encouraging note TO the business situa'
ton during the week ended March i
when q gain Of 10,728 cars was re
corded over the previous week. Tota
loadings for comparable weeks, Is cal
culated by the American Railway Asso'
citation, follow:
Week ended March II. .734,262 cars
Previous week .723, 534 cars
Same week last year. .S6l 1903 cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
New York Cotton
Special dispatch 70 me sssr.

NEW YORK, March as. - Cotton
prices were irregularIy higher at the
opening today, distant positions easing
further while near months recovered 3
70 points. The opening was steady on
the Liverpool market.
Opening prices were: March, 1910,
up 2; May. 1888. up 5; July, 1l.09, up
2; october, 11.<0, unchanged; Decem-
Der. 11.56. on 2; January, 1l.e4. OF 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, March IS (P). Bar
silver, 2sM, a decline Of x. The mar
ket was steady with limited offerings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, March rs (Fh-Rail-
roads reporting today their net oper-
ating income for February, with COM
parative figures for last year, included:
1881. 1880.
ft6du1nB $4OO,SSf S1yU3OSUo1
Chicago Great West
ern .......... 195,023 1855, ala
Boston and Maine. 804, 629 zoos, OTIS
N. Y. Ontario & West
ern ..,...s....s 64,735 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

TNo Hevres vases haYR 6Asn presented
~ the President Of france 90 prizes
fcr French m English schools,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
Post Office Letter Writer.

About 10000 quarts Of ink are used
I annually by the United States Postal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred-snare Ioss
excepting those designated by the letter (SOs (250s
which shows those stocks were sold IN odd lots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

NEW YORK, Martyrs CR.-Stock-
holders q Federated Capital Corpora
ton have approved an increase IA an
thorEed common stock to 500. 900
shares from 100000 and reduction "A
the par value from % 70 no par.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

Received BY Private Wire
Direct to The Star oHiee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, March IS O9.-over-
the-counter market:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

Secured ~ arss deed % tgasi on s,AI ssa.ts.
Prsgaillna interest," END esmmiIsion.
Jsssph !. Weller 81. w.: a u : NV NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

pyissnss rates in dollars based lass
cash or stock brayabs in stock eAdiusmsnt dividend
cent 70 gosk lptus cent g. Plus - per eeps
Paid lass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
Great Shopping Center
Once Royal Grandstand

Six hundred years ago Cheapside
was the scene of magnificent tourna-
men;s. in which knights from all parts
of England came to compete. The
tournaments commenced on Septem-
Der 81 and lasted for three days. In
the year 1881, however, according to
a historian writing of the times, dis
aster marred the proceedings. A scat
fold had been erected for the purpose
Of seating Queen Philippe, wife Of
Edward III, and her gay troop of la
dies, SO that they might watch with
comfort the knights show their skill
In deeds of arms. The tournament
had not long been in progress when
the upper part of the scaffold on
which the ladies were seated "brake
In sunder, whereby they were with
some shame) forced to fall down,
and many knights and others which
stood beneath, much hurt"
The carpenters were saved from
punishment by the intercession Of
the queen, but to prevent such ac-
cidents happening in the future the
king ordered a building Of stone to
be erected for himself and the queen,
so that they might see the spectacle
in safety. This erection was used until
the year 1410, when Henry " granted
1t to certain MERGERS, who converted
1t into shops, warehouses, and other
requisites of their trade.-Manchester
(Eng) Guardian.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
"Quacks" Reap Harvest
From Gullible Public

Burning a rabbits heart on the fire
to bring a mate for lonely woman;
paying half a crown for a quack con-
sultation and a pennyworth of herbs;
buying charms to ward off evil; burn
ing incense at fortune-telling tea par
ties, and reading teacups to discover
whether husbands are faithful to their
wives These are among the many
amazing performances carried on In
the West riding OF Yorkshire. Leeds
and Bradford, in particular, are in
tested with these places, where people
are induced to undergo treatment"
for all sorts of ailments and for all
sorts of reasons. Incompetent people
calling themselves 'herbalists" or lad
visers" make examinations of men
and women and then prescribe some
herb. Charms of various kinds are
sold to neurotlc women suffering from
fear complex. At Leeds one woman
paid 70 cents for rats tail that was
supposed to have been possessed of
special powers. Many homes have
been destroyed by the suspicious
aroused in the minds Of wives con-
corning their husbands. The police
experience great difficulty in securing
prosecutions, because people who have
been gulled are ashamed to come for
ward to give evidence.-London Tit
Bits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
Man Called as Judge
Thought Self Accused

In Germany the common courts are
composed of three professional and
two clay" judges chosen like jurors.
At a court in Berlin recently the pre-
siding judge noted the uneasy de-
meanor of one of the lay magistrates.
During the proceedings this man sat
without any show of interest, looking
miserable and casting appealing looks
at the states attorney. When the
Judge who had to pass the verdict
were about to leave the courtroom,
the president heard the unpaid mag
istrate speaking to the police sergeant.
He approached and heard to his
greatest establishment, II dare not go
home, sergeant. dare not tell my
wife, who is Ill In bed, that | have
been found guilty. have never been
in court before; have all my papers
and testimonials with me; was never
asked to show them. Really, have
never done anything against the law
in all my life" The judges crowded
around, and under peals of laughter
the poor lay magistrate was informed
that he had not been asked to attend
the court as an accused, but had been
summoned to do his citizens duty as
q magistrate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
Gave Life to Further
Fight on Yellow Fever

In order to discover the yellow
fever germ DIR. James Carroll sacri-
feed his own life by permitting an
infected mosquito to bite him. He was
q member of the board that was ap-
pointed by the United States govern
ment to investigate the acute infec-
tious diseases then occurring on the
island of Cuba. He submitted himself
to incubation, with a consequent Sc
we're attack of the fever. He recovered,
but died seven years later in Wash
ington, September 16, 1907. His death
was regarded as an ultimate result
of the disease. Doctor Carroll was
born in England June 5, 1854, and
was a physician and surgeon in the
United States army at the time of his
appointment to the Havana yellow
fever commission.
The other members of the board
were Maj. Walter Reed, also ply
sician and surgeon Of the United
States army, DR.. Jesse Lazear and
DR.. Aristides Agramonte. Doctor Lag
ear accidentally contracted the disease
during the experiments and died, and
Major Reed died of appendicitis in
Washington the year following the
conclusion of the experiments. his
death occurring on November %, 1902.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
Diary Reveals Arctic
Tragedy of Long Ago

Away back in 1888 seven Dutch
sailors were left on Jan Mayen Is
land In the Arctic by whaling ex-
petition. When the whaling ship re-
turned the next year all were dead.
The bodies were placed in wooden
collins and a calrn of rocks built over
them. For nearly 800 years the exist
ence of this burial place has been
known but it was not found until
wireless operator named Olonkin from
the Norwegian weather service dis
covered the cairn Only fragments Of
the wooden collins were found under
the stones but most interesting of all
was the diary Of one of the seven
unfortunates, Outgert Jacobsen, which
told of their sufferings 1--WE are all
in bitter need and dying" an entry
early in April, 1884, stated. 81 crawl
on hands and knees and help the
others as far as l can" The last
notation was made April 80. 1t read:
wind as before. Sun shines. Who.
That was the end. The hand Of the
writer had failed him before he could
put down another word.-Capper's
Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30

In the reign of William and Mary
copper coins were struck in England
for New England and Carolina. Lord
Baltimore had silver shillings, 8
pences, and 4 pences made in Eng
land to supply the demands Of his
province of Maryland. Vermont ard
Connecticut established minis in 1875
for the issue Of copper coin. New
Jersey followed year later. But
congress had the establishment of
mint for the confederated states I'M
der way, and in the same year agreed
upon a plan submitted by Thomas
Jefferson, and the act went into op-
GRAFTON on a small scale in 1887. After
the adoption of the Constitution OF
the United States in 1889 all the state
mints were closed, as the Constitution
places the power of coming money in
the federal government.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-30
Great French Novelist
Lover of Good Coffee

To the many Americans who 60 dis
consulate in want of their usual coffee
when travelling in France 1t may be a
surprise to hear that famous French
man, the novelist Honore de Balzac,
was as fond of good coffee as they can
be and extremely fastidious about the
quality of the grains and their perco-
lating.
He always had three kinds of grains
mixed-Bourbon, Moka, Martinica, and
had to go to three different grocers for
them. He called his own coffee pot
his muse" and drank gallons of the
dark beverage every day.
There he found the stimulus for
those excruciating spells of inspira-
ton, which sometimes lasted 4S hours
and left him as weak and worn as any
big fight. Another fad Of his, which
perhaps helped him to survive such an
unhealthy life, was fruit. He reveled
in its beauty and adored its freshness.
He was known to have eaten four
pounds of cherries at time.