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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
SUBSTITUTE BARTENDER
FOUND SHOT TO DEATH
Republican Precinct Captain in
Chicago Slain at Bar of
Social Club.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 19.-The body Of
James Frurlong. a precinct captain In
the Chicago Republican organization,
was found lying in front of bar in
the Garfield Square Social Club last
night with a bullet wound in his head
The police said he had been serving
as a substitute bartender
Two policemen, responding to an
anonymous telephone call. found the
body The place was deserted when
they arrived, but there we're indications
that patrons Of the club had fed after
the shooting.
Police sent out orders to round up
all members OF the club for questioning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
U. S. Schooner Ends Race.

PLYMOUTH, England, August 10 Up.
The American schooner Amberjack II
and the cutter Ariel arrived this morn
ing 10 complete the Fastnet yacht race.
All boatS now have been accounted for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

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school he founded to reserve their teach
ing for the initiated. with the same Sc
crecy that Is practiced by modern Free
n1aSons
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Sl.25 BALTIMORE
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regular trains and sold Saturday
good Ia return Sunday Dight.
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900 900 years Right here comes the
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German Aviatrix Hops Off.

MOSCOW, August 10 O4D.-Fraulein
Marga Won Etzdorf German flyer, left
for MaZan in the Tatar Republic, this
morning on the second stage of her air
Journey from Berlin to Toxic
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Mems c1othing-Dtrect Entrance From ST.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
BIC GROUP LIFE
POLICY TAKEN

E. ]. Nolan, chairman Of the
Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, fourth
largest bank in the country, an
nounces that group life insurance
for it's employees totals approx
mately $22, 1000, ,OoO following an ex-
tension of its contract with the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
The total sum, covering en-
ployes in the banks offices in
San Francisco and Los Angeles
and in branches in 243 other
cities in California, is one of the
largest amounts of group life pro
lection provided by any banking
organization.
The latest extension provides
100000 of group life insurance
for $500 employees, who join with
the San Francisco office in pay
ing the cost, and is in addition
to $7,000,0OO of the same form
of contributor" insurance pre-
viously provided for 1870 en-
ployes. Group life, insurance
totaling $6,180,000, the cost of
which is paid entirely by the
bank, has previously covered g.
181 employees.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
SHIPS To SERVE
BEACH AND D. {.

Two steamship services will be
operated to Chesapeake Beach be-
ginning this weekend, one from
Baltimore five days each week
and one from Cambridge, Md, on
Sundays only.
The Baltimore service will be
provided by the Wilson Line fast
new steamship "Stat e of Della
ware" This ship carries 4,000
passengers, and will leave Balti-
more at 9 a. M, and returning will
leave the beach at 3 p. m.
The Cambridge trip across
Chesapeake Bay takes about two
hours, and the boat will reach the
beach about II a. M, making con-
nection with a train for Washing
ton via the Chesapeake Beach
Railway. The train leaving Dis
trict Line station at p. M, will
connect with the return boat,
which will leave the Chesapeake
Beach pier at $50 p. m.
This service. is designed not
only to bring Eastern Shore vaca-
tionists to the. beach but to Wash
ington. Neither boat carries
freight.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
CURB TRADING
FAIRLY ACTIVE

NEW YORK, May 20 QNS).
The curb market was not overly
successful in today's attempts to
overcome the reactionary price
swing, although the decline ap-
peared to have reached a tenn
porary terminus on the doWpside.
Trading proceeded at A fairly
brisk pace, with early selling ef
forts succeeded by irregular rally
ing tendencies.
Utilities as a group we're highly
irregular, American Gas and Flee
trio tumbled almost 3 points to
a new low at 511s, before recover
ing it's bearings, while Northern
States Power A resumed its down
ward course with a further loss
of 234 points at 115A.
Cities Service tightened up
after a forenoon of indecisive-
ness, reaching II for a fractional
gain. The preferred, however,
continued under pressure, slump
ing about three points to a new
low at 63A. Renewed unsettle-
ment in the oil group was occas-
ioned by the further weakening
in the crude price structure.
Standard of Indiana, broke to a
new low at 1925, off 3s, while
Gulf, Humble, and Vacuum dupli-
Gated their former low levels of
the year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Rail Stocks HaLUed
Since October 1929

AS of October /, 1929, or when
the prolonged bear market was
Just beginning to get under way,
the aggregate market value of
all railroad and rail equipment
stocks listed on the New York
Stock Exchange was $11,S45,456,,
297. AS of May 1881, the market
value had declined to $6,771 ,269,'
173, a shrinkage of over $5,000,-
900, 900 according to the Stan
dard Statistics Company, Of New
York.
Total market value Of 20 repre-
sentative railroad stocks at the
extreme top Of the bull market
in September, 1929, was SO, ATS
100000. On May 18, 1881 their
value had collapsed to $S,706,'
900, 900, present market value be-
ing only about As per cent Of the
bull market figure.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
ancia News Stocks Bonds Commodities and Con1nen
Latin American Relations
Friendly, Says Envoy

NEW YORK, May % uN!SO.
Trade relations between Latin
America and the United, States
were discussed at length today
at the annual convention Of the
National Foreign Trade Council,
which is being attended by 1000
delegates. $780,.
Senor Don Manuel E. Malbran,
ambassador from Argentine, and
John L. Merrill, president Of All
American Gables, Inc, were
among the speakers. Senor NAL
bran said:
ut is perfectly logical that in
my country they are thinking
of following the example set by
countries as advanced and pro-
greSsiVe as yours and that
voices should be heard advOcat-
ing the adoption OF a frankly
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
West Virginia Asks
Bids on Bond Issue

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May
28.-Tenders for a new issue of
$5,OOO,OOO State highway bonds of
West Virginia will be opened here
on June 8, Gov. William G. Con-
ley announced today.
The securities will be dated
June /, and will mature from
June /, 1882, to 1856. Bid
ders will be asked to name the
coupon rate of not more than Az
per cent in multipleS of "a to /
per cent, with not more than two
rates permissible on the issue.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
COTTON CABLES
ARE LOWER

NEW YORK, May % GN.SO.
The New York cotton market was
steady during the forenoon trad
ing today in spite of lower than
expected Liverpool cables and
heavy selling from the South
Liverpool and the continent
which more than offset price-fix-
ing from spinners and New Or
leans buying at the opening. Co.
operatives bought distant months
as did commission houses while
local traders sold and some scat
tered July liquidation continued.
New lows for the season we're
scored in near months at first
call, but a steady trade demand
brought the general list of fu-
ture contracts to within 2 points
of the previous close at midday
with July at 8.57, off 2; October
at 8.92, up /; December at Gil,
off q; January at 9,24, off l; and
March at 9.44, off 2.
Weather conditions continued
favorable for the crop. Overnight
there was no rain and moderate
temperatures prevailed in the
cotton belt. Generally fair wea-
ther was predicted for the East
ern belt and partly cloudy to un-
settled conditions elsewhere with
showers in the West was fore
cast. E. j. Schwabach and Com
pany as of May % estimated this
years cotton area at 41,877, 900
acres. This would be a decrease
of 90 per cent from the 46,078, 900
acres in cultivation on July /,
1880.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
SAFETY SLOGAN
RULES STOCK
BUYERS
"BIue- Chip" Players Quitting
Game, Says Haney, Steadily
DribbIing Away Holdings
BY LEWIS HANEY .
Director New York University. Bureau
Of Business Research, and Former
Economist of Federal Trade
F'frnmtssiOn

OOINHlAsbiOH
Safety first is the investment
slogan Of the hour. ..
The general story told by bank.
ing data and financial markets
continues to be one of liquidation
and thorough revision of values. e
The search for investment safety
is as much in evidence as ever. T.
Steady DribbIe
In the stock market the per-.
sistent liquidation of issues of
investment caliber" is apparent.
This is all the more notable be-
cause it appears as a steady.
dribble rather than a wave of
speculation selling. ~'
Investors are not rushing the
exits. There is no jam. But the
slow steady progress of selling in
Sures that the house will be
cleared all the quicker. =.
Perhaps the decision of the Su-
preme Court adverse to the patent
claims of the General Electric
Radio group has fastened the
process a little. Certainly it tends
to shake the confidence in the
''impregnable" position of the
group.
Investors Wised Up
1t seems investors are recogniz- =
ing that a thoroughly readjust.-
ment in security values is in or.
der. ! think that in the decline
in total security loans (both those
through brokers and those made
to non-brokers) we are seeing the
final cleaning out of the blue
chip" players. see
When this is completed, the
move back to bonds will begin.
The stock superiority complex
is going. did you note that
Massachusetts has been requiring
certain Canadian insurance
company to put up more bonds as
a reserve, rather than common
stock?) 81"
Banks In Good Shape
At the same time the banks are
getting into more liquid posi-
tion. The total loans and dis
counts of the reporting member
banks have been steadily reduced
and are now one and nineteenth
billion dollars below a year ago.
Their net demand deposits, how
ever, have been we'll maintained
and are considerably greater than
year ago,
Consequently, the ratio of loans
to deposits has fallen to a safe
and sane basis for the first time
in a long while. This IS largely
due to a decline of one and one
third billion dollars in loans on
securities during the past u
months.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

II am an OptimiSt. There are
no questions, however difficult
they may be, that cannot be
satisfactorily settled between
countries when both Of them
are inspired by mutual good
will"
Mr.. Merrill, who is also presi-
dent of the PaI1-Ameriean Society,
Inc, stressed the necessity Of
trust and confidence be-
tween nations, saying:
81 am firmly convinced that
the big majority Of nations and
peoples in this hemisphere
which we call America are
awakening to the fact that we
can trust each other and that
our welfare Is bound up in
each other"
Mr.. Merrill said there is no
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
GREEN CLASHES
WITH HOOVER
ON JOBS
Labor Chief "UnabIe to See"
Favorable Factors Noted by
President and His Cabinet

Considerable divergence OF
opinion as to whether general
economic conditions are on the
upgrade at last, or whether they
are still pursuing the downward
path of the last 18 months, was
disclosed here today among those
whose business it is to follow the
situation.
Good, Says Hoover
On Tuesday, President Hoover
met with his Cabinet and at the
close of the meeting, it was an
nOUnced at the White House that
the President and his aides
found many favorable factors"
In the general situation.
Today, William Green, pres
ident of the American Federation
OF Labor, professed himself un-
able to discern the favorable
factors" noted by the White
House. On the contrary, he
warned that unless corrective
steps are inaugurated now, the
unemployment situation next
winter is likely to be as bad or
worse than during the winter
just ended.
Poor, Green Claims
Noting that May has always
been a pickup" month in en-
ployment and general business,
due to seasonal and other causes,
Green said employment had
gained only slightly during the
first half of the month, and that
the net increases have been so
small as to leave the unemploy-
ment problem almost as serious
as at the first Of the year"
Reports to the Labor Depart
ment indicate there has been a
slight improvement in the unem-
ployment situation during the last
two or three weeks, Secretary
Doak said today.
A check made by the U. S. En-
ployment Service showed the out
look was a little brighter than in
April.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Memphis Gas Sales
Gain 1870 in Year

Sales of 9,613,446, 500 cubic feet
of natural gas for the 12month
period ended April 80, 1881, com
pared to 8,117,388, 800 for the pre-
vious 12-n1onth period, a gain Of
18.43 per cent, are reported by
Memphis Natural Gas Company,
affiliate Of Appalachian Gas Cor
poratior1. The company was or:
ganized in 1928 to transport nat
ural gas from the Monroe field to
Memphis, serving intervening ter
ritory en- route.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
DC. Clearing HouseBanks
Cut Savings Interest

A rule prohibiting local banks
paying more than 8 per cent on
new savings deposits after June /
has been adopted by the Washing
ton Clearing House Association, it
is announced by H. H. Mckee,
chairman of the association and
president Of the National Capital
Bank. He added:
so far as the future is con-
cerned, it is my personal Opin.
ion that the rate on savings de-
pOSitS here will not be reduced
below per cent"
The association in, March
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

denying that there has been con-
siderable distrust on each side.
1--WE now feel that America Is
awake and new day Is dawn
ing and that we are looking
forward through new and
cleaner spectacles."
He visualized unity" from
Canada all the way down to the
tip end of Cape Horn.
american business men, lock
ing for a way to improve their
trade in these days of economic
stress, should not overlook tie
Pacific area. 1t offers won
derful potential market for
their products.
Wallace r. harrington, former
governor of Hawaii, and the pub
Usher of a newspaper in Homo
lulu, made this assertion in an
interview with International News
Service today. He is attending
the convention,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
AGWI NET LOWER

Atlantic. Gulf and West Indies
Steamship Lines and subsidiaries
report for the quarter ended
March 81, 1881, net income of
$410,393 after depreciation, taxes
and charges, equivalent after
dividend requirements on 100000
shares of. 5 per cent preferred
stock, to $1.8S a share on $50, 900
shares of no-par common stock.
This compares with net income
of $1,O36,516 in the first quarter
OF 1890,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Commission Rejects
Cut in Coal Rates

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday rejected the
proposal Of several railroads to
reduce freight rates on bitumi-
nous coal in carload lots from
mines in Illinois, Kentucky and
Indiana to points in southeastern
Wisconsin.
The proposed reductions we're
protested by Lake Michigan dock
interests, because the roads failed
to ask for equal reductions on
coal from the docks.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
3. AND o. LoADINGS OFF

Cars loaded and received from
connections by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad for first 18 work
ing days Of May totaled 138,550,
a decrease Of 1.799 from the first
18 working days Of April, The
daily average for the 18 days
was 1897 cars, a decrease of 100
from April.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Tin Mills Speed Up
Operations so p. e..

SHARON, Pa, May 28.-Thirty
hot mills are operating this week
at the Farrell Works of American
Sheet & T.inplate Company, an
increase over the previous week. I
Two weeks ago only 20 mills
were operating.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

adopted resolution setting the
maximum interest to be paid on
demand deposits after April l at
| u per cent, where per cent had
been the usual rate. OF the 80
banks in Washington, 13 are mem
bers and % are associate members
of the association.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Steel Scrap Prices
Cut In PittsburuI,

PITTSBURGH, May 27.-Heavy
melting steel scrap has sold at
$11.S0, but this grade is now
quoted at $10.50 to $11. Hydraulic
compressed sheets are now on a
parity with No. l steel. a sale
being consummated at SIT,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
MAGNOLIA CUTS CRUDE

Magnolia Petroleum Co.. sub:
sidiary of Standard Oil Co. of
New York, has followed the re-
ductions of Humble Oil g. Rein
ing Co. in East Texas crude oil
nriceS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
COPPER WIRE PRICE CUT

General Cable Corp. has re
duced the price of bare copper
wire, in carload lots, "a cent to
1912 cents a pound.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

protective tariff, in order both
to diversity our production by
increasing the number of prod
ucts for expectation, and to re-
duce our imports by producing
in the country many of the arti-
cles which are today imported"
Nothing will stand in the way
of friendly relations between
Argentine and the United States,
in the opinion of Malbran. He
expressed his views in this con-
nection as follows:
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
CanaIn

New YORK Turds in Monfrear .$iE pre-
MUM at 81. 900
Montrea1 furds IN New YorR .3tT dts
count at $1,000,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
New York Bond Market
Fractions represent SENDS
1911 means I0f I-S2
United States

Liberty 3Iks '32. i
Liberty 1st 4As SO.
Liberty 4th AIS '33.l |
Treasury AIS IT,
Treasury 3%s '46....
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court for the Ju- neau Precinct, Territory of AL aska, Division Number One. IN THE MATTER OR THE ES- TATE OF NANCY H. CARLSON, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, James Carlson, has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Nancy H. Carlson, deceased, and that the creditors and all persons having claims against said deceased, must ex- hibit them with the necessary vouchers within six months after the first publication of this notice, to said administrator at his office in the Alaskan Hotel Building, Ju- neau, Alaska.
 Dated this 27th day. of April, 1881.
 JAMES CARLSON,
 Administrator of the estate of
 Nancy H. Carlson, deceased. First publication, April 28, 1881. Last publication, May 25, 1881.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18
PIRATES WIN FROM BOSTON,
 SUNDAY GAME
Two Pitchers Stage Their Own Duel Bad
 First Inning

BOSTON, Mass, May 18.-The Pittsburgh Pirates evened the Series with the Boston Braves Sunday, taking the game to behind the pitching of Heinie Meine. Socks" Seibold was the losing twirler. He allowed three hits and as many runs in the first inning and the Pirates were never headed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18

Nothing being more welcome these spring days than an argu- ment, the following letter from Ira Minnihan of Hadlock, Wash, comes at an appropriate time:
 We had an argument at school concerning well known athletes. Two of my teachers, being Univer- sity of Illinois graduates, contend ed Red Grange along with Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth were the best known. agreed with them n the latter two, but said that Red Grange was virtually unheard of today. I would like to know which three athletes have received the most newspaper space in the last seven years"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18
BASEBALL OPENS. AIT 6:30 T0NICHT;. MOOSE vS. ELKS.
Flag-raising I a kes Place Sunday, but Rain
 Postpones Game

Yesterdays baseball game, sched- uled to open the season of the Cas- tineau Channel League, was a wash-out. There was no game on account of rain. But the season was formally opened with a flag raising ceremony. Then Karl Theile, president of the League, officially declared that the initial contest of the year, calling for the appearance of the Moose and the Elks, was postponed until 6:30 this evening. At once, the little group, including an occasional ball-tosser in the players dugout and the several scattered persons, besides the band, in the grandstand, hastened to the roadside to crowd into auto mobiles, leaving the field, in pools of water. to a few soaked but frol- icsome small boys and a wet, be- draggled dog.
 No Rain at First
 :. When the Juneau City Band, in accordance with opening day plans. assembled at Triangle Corner at o'clock yesterday afternoon the sky was overcast with clouds, but no rain was falling Before the musi- clans were well under way with their first selection, however, there was light sprinkle. It gradually became heavier. Soon the band took shelter on the sidewalk under an awning.
 Doubt as to whether there would be game were resolved for the time being by Jack Davis, secre- tary of the League, who said that there would be and who dispensed the information that for-hira auto mobiles would take persons to the baseball park free of charge.
 League officials, members of the band and several other persons were driven to the grounds. For ar
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky 8-Twenty only the Kentucky and derby records of quarter The sensational With Sweep All second and Mate third Twenty Grand money tables The Peaknes winner stretch Twenty Grand lengths Sweep closing up gamely.
 
 The former Old Rosebud 1914
  a two-yearod Vice President Charles Curtis guest of the weather
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18

hour, the small company remaine ] there, vainly hoping that the wea- ther would clear and that a warm sun would speedily dry the dia- mond
 Band Relieves Monotony
 The monotony was relieved by selections from the band. Finally League officials decided to stage the formal opening of the season so the game schedule could be started, when weather conditions favored, without the delay incident to opening ceremonies.
 MT. Davis and A. F. McKinnon, manager of the Moose team, which won last seasons league champion ship, tied the American flag and the League pennant for 1930 to the halyards of the pole at the en- trance of the park. As the flag and the pennant were raised full staff, the band played the Star Spang- led Banner" and all stood with hats off.
 The game this evening will start promptly at 630 o'clock.
 SAVE THE DATE
 Moose Dance Saturday, May 23rd. Moose Hall adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-18
GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League

Hollywood 2, 3; Oakland 3, 4. San Francisco 6, 4; Sacramento }, 0.
 Portland l, T; Los Angeles ', 8 Seattle 0; Mission 2.
 National League St. Louis 6; New York 1. Cincinnati '; Brooklyn 5. Pittsburgh 5; Boston 3. Il.
 American League Washington 1, 4; St. Louis 2, 2. Boston 1; Chicago 2. Philadelphia IS; Cleveland 10. New York 8; Detroit 5.