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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

Alfred and Ansker Nelson, Lilly
Anderson and Cora Jensen of Dag
mar attended the dance at the
Temple Saturday night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15
/ Local Brevities ]
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LOCAL MARKETS
rpTDAY. MAY Is, 1881

Oswald Anderson of Reserve was
= caller in the city Tuesday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-15

Junior Karr who is employed a
Fort Harrison is enjoying a vaca
ton with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Peterson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

Earnings Of American Telephone d
Telegraph Co. for the quarter ended
Marcn 81, 1891, while rejecting the
smaller business being done throughout
the country, win be satisfactory. Rev
enueS win be applied to the largest
total Of stock outstanding in the history
of the company. At the close OF 1880
there were IL 1861 shares outstanding
and earnings for the year applied TO
this total amounted to 1922 share, or
20 cents above the dividend on the
stock. Earnings for the flrst quarter
viii exceed this rate.
Even IL business conditions do not
show any improvement over those Of the
present, il Is probable that the company
win earn its dividend requirements in
1881. Some sections Of the country
have shown improvement In the tele-
phone business, while others have shown
q further recession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
Charter No. 1926. Reserve District No. s.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
OF WASHINGTON

In the District OF Columbia, at the clos
,of business on March 25th, 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO. April / (P).-Butter, 5,677
tubs; unsettled. Creamery, extras (92
score), 81; standards go score earlots)
27H; extra firsts (90-91 score), 2612a
1854: firsts 1888 score), '2512a26;
seconds (s6-S7 score), 24l2a25. Eggs.
20,721 crates; firm extra firsts, 201R;
fresh graded firsts, 1912; ordinary flrsts,
1872; storage packed firsts, 81 storage
packed extras, 21s4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

" washington. in the District of Columbia.
t the close Of business on March rs, 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
First Mortgage Loans
Lowest Rates of Interest and Commission
Thomas J. Fisher & Company. Inc
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
American Security & Trust Co.

American Security & Trust Co.
OF washington, in the District OF, Columbia,
at the close Of business on March %, 1881
RESOURCES.
I. Loans and discounts .sls'2O7'SSss55 i ls
T. 9nfiraIai States Government -'O'-'''
o securities owned ...4.... 7.s5s.e5Oss
4. Other bonds. stocks and Sc
g. BS snEifisS ho Gynsd ssa554s: "O0O''00
furniture, and fixtures 60, ,.z "a
T. Real s1'ss estate owned other o--'I1''''
banking houses -. $500. 12l 596 90
9. Cash and due from banks. 5,40i,366.T
~ ot dssS s l:s%s :: . $780, Sc
Total ..................... sal, 400 ,O0g O4
LIABILITIES.
IS Capital stock paid in...... $1,000, 900 90
H. 1ndivided profits.net -. sSs,SsiGi
49, Reserves for dividends, con-
10. Reserves sersa'' for Interest. taxes. ''
c criG and and unpaid -. 25s,se4Os
II. Due to banks, includine. GER
tilted and treas. checks
a. Demand deposits ......... 17,3s0,011 SO
23 Time deposits ,........... l4,224,6936 60
District Of Columbia ss
I, CHARLES +. HOWE. treasurer OF the
above named bank. do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best OF
my knowledge ana BELIEF,
CHARLES E HOWE, Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
30th day Of March, 1881.
(Seai) HARRY @. MULLER,
Notary Public, D. G.
My commission expires March 80, 1884.
Correct-Attest.
Corcoran Thorn, James M. Green,
II. s. Reside, c. A. Aspinwan,
Howard Moran, Gilbert CrosYenOr,
B. w. Thoron. Geo W. Brown,
Chas. A. Carry, Clarence r. Norment,
John Saul, J. Philip Hermann,
Harry K. Boss, James F. Shea,
VIM. j. Flather, Jr., Directors,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received by ruatewh to

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred.share lots
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (25Os.
which shows those stocks sold in odd lots.
complied nOOn-cOmplete $3.50 Edilo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

Nearly 10000 houses we're built in
England and Wales last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
Poor Henry Pu vi.

The disturbances in China have
brought once again to international
view young man who has from time to
time figured largely in the story OF that
unhappy land This is Hsuan TNpg,
at present better known as Henry Pu
vi. former Emperor of China. He has
been made the object of murderous
attack by Chinese at Tientsin, where
he has been living for the past seven
years, and out of this incident may
grow grave developments involving
Japan in further complications.
I!suan Tung was born in February,
1906. the son of Prince Chun, brother
of the Emperor Kwangsu OF the Man
chu dynasty which had ruled China
for more than go years. On the death
of the Empress Dowager, his grand
mother-whose ribald name "Old
Buddha" prevailed during the long
years Of her control of Chinese affairs
which occurred when Hsuan Tlng was
only two years old. he assembled the
throne with his father acting as regent
His reign" lasted for four years and
was interrupted by the hrst revolution
In 1912 he was formally deposed, bein1
held in the palace in the Forbidden
City" at Peiping-then Peking-vir-
tuallIA as a prisoner. In 1917 Gen
>rbuI hsune attempted a counter
s,tion and restored the youth te
NE. His reign" on that occa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
The Jam at Highway Bridge.

The climax Of the usual Sunday jam
on the Virginia approach to the High
way Bridge, at which point three roads
converge, was reached yesterday with
some thirty thousand motorists fretting
and Turning as they attempted to make
headway on the choked approaches to
the bottle-neck. From three o'clock in
the afternoon until seven o'clock at
night trafic was practically at stand
still. with cars backed up for many miles
on the Virginia side Of the bridge.
This situation, which has been
brought about by the construction OF
the new Mount Vernon boulevard and
the rough one-way detour and the re-
pairing of the Alexandria road which
runs through Potomac, Virginia, has
been crying for attention for many
weeks. but so far no policemen have
succeeded in penetrating this little strip
OF No Mans Land for the purpose OF
regulating the huge volume of traffic.
Virginia police disclaim any juriSdic-
tran over the area, while the Federal
park police take the same stand.
The District police, of course, have
nothing to do with the matter, and
neither apparently has the Arlington
County force. And there the matter
seems to rest, as do the motorists on
Sunday afternoons. 1t is obvious that
some way out of the ciffculty should
be found and lust as obvious that II
be found at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09

sion was limited to one week, IS he
was forced to abdicate when the Young
China party gained control.
In 1924, when Gen. Feng invested the
palace in one Of the frequent revolts
that marked the evolution Of China
from imperial to approximately demo-
cratic rule, HSuan Tung, disguised as
n coolie, and all the other members OF
the old Manchu dynasty escaped and
fled to TientSin, where the former EN-
peror found refuge in the japanese
concession He has resided there since,
a pitiful figure. One tale is that he
has been dependent for his maintenance
upon the charity of friends and political
supporters and from time to time liqui-
dating his only assets, consisting Of q
few treasures which he had contrived
to carry away with him from the palace
at Peiping. Another tale is that Japan
has been financing him.
Now and then Hsuan Tung has briefly
emerged from his seclusion. He was
lately disclosed as ambitious to strike
out in an artistic career, having some
reputation as an artist-poet, singer and
painter. There was a report that he
hoped to go on the operate stage.
Quite recently news came from Tientsin
concerning his domestic difficulties, his
second wife" seeking divorce because
she was unable to harmonic with the
first wife Of the imperial organization.
Lately a report has circulated that
plan had been formed by the japanese
to promote movement to establish
Hsuan Tung as Emperor Of Manchu-ia
in restoration of the ancient Manchu
dynasty in the three eastern prov
inces" 1t was doubtless this possibility
that caused the attempt at asSassina-
ton Poor Henry Pu vi seems doomed
to be a pawn in Chinese politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
Politics and the Judiciary.
FROM the Chicago DAILY Tribune.

From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Seabury investigation in New
York Is developing material for study
of practical politics which every citizen
who wants to know how he is governed
will do well to study. The disclosures
OF judges Is, we think, the most impor-
tant result of the inquiry. While there
have been some denials from witnesses
as to the amounts exacted or received
by the party organizations from judicial
aspirants, It is clear that virtually sys-
tenn OF purchase has existed. But the
passage of money, vicious as the offense
is, is not the only form of improper in
huence. The general evil Is that pull
and party service, whether in the crude
form Of money payments or in less tam
gible forms, pervert the processes of Sc
lection and put the more scrupulous,
and therefore the more fit, aspirants ut
a disadvantage.
The conditions exposed by the Sea-
bury inquiry are not peculiar to New
York City. They are unfortunately
our political system, We must endure
them, but certainly we ought to do our
best to mitigate II not abolish them.
The establishment Of a judiciary inde-
pendent as far as Is humanity possible
of political or other Interior influences
is the very first essential Of just and
responsible government. It is more i'm
portant than the selection Of competent
and conscientious executives and legis-
lators, for reasons which any intelligent
citizen will understand. Yet we con-
done or shirk the evils we know exist In
our methods Of selecting judges and
will make no serious and persistent eff
fort to amend them. The task is din.
cult, but not impossible, and we ought
long ago to have been at it. The bar
especially ought to feel a greater re-
sponsibility for devising system which
would better insure moral and profess
sional competence in the judiciary and
protect its independence. We are not
INDUCING counsels of perfection when
we assert that present methods of ss-
lection may be greatly improved. We
are Sinking this greatly and urgently
needed reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
Story Of American Crusoes
Wakes Many Romantic Signs

clotheless, on an ato1l In the South
Seas" and "for months on end those
treasure hunters Subsisted on fish and
berries and dressed in something like
seaweed." Remarking that these cast
Always in real life were only too glad
to forsake their back-to-nature exist
ence on that lonely Pacific island" the
Uniontown Herald comments: They
might have remained there indefinitely
had it not been for the casual visit Of
a private yacht. The quiet of Cocos b
rarely disturbed nowadays except BY
casual visits-and castaways."
Our Boy Scouts, dreaming In bed
for weeks in advance" AYERS the Prov
idence Bulletin, couldn't have mapped
out a more promising program, with the
possible exception Of a code In cipher
to lead to the piratical gold. That seems
to have been an oversight. And they
were bored! 1t seems preposterous. And
it only goes to show how soft sailors
have become since the glorious days Of
Ben Gum. Capt. Kidd, Swiss Family
Robinson and the noble, ragged Cru
soe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
The President Is Exonerated.

President Hoover'S Committee OF In
vestigaticn has promptly and unquali-
fiedly exonerated him from the charges
preferred by William H. Gardiner, preSl-
dent of the Navy League. The inquiry
extended only to those accusations
which concerned questions Of fact. The
committee ignored allegations regarded
purely as expressions Of personal
opinion. With respect to relevant mat
tiers, the investigators find that Mr..
GARDENERS statement contains many In
accuracies, false assertions and errone-
Gus conclusions, and that his assump-
ton as to the Presidents attitude to-
ward the Navy Is wholly unwarranted."
The fundamental contentious Of the
Navy League head and which the Pres
ident's Committee holds proved to be
without foundation were % that Mr.
Hoover entered into agreements" with
British Premier Macdonald, which
shave never officially been divulged in
their entirety" and CD that 1t Is the
administrations policy to restrict, re-
duce and starve the Navy" The board
Of five who examined Mr.. Gardeners
indictment declined to dignity with
notice his undoubtedly diSrespectful ref
erence to the "abysnal ignorance Of
President Hoover regarding the func-
tionS of a Navy" The Navy League
executive was led, in an excess OF zeal
for q worthy cause, to Stoop to Ian
guage about the Chief Magistrate Of
the Republic which is inexcusable
from any standpoint Mr.. Gardiner
damaged his case at the outset when
he descended to such excuses.
The Hoover Navy League incident is
probably not definitely closed, desirable
as would be the final disappearance Of
an episode that should never have &C.
Cured, or, having occurred, should not
have been allowed to attain the dimen-
sions 1t achieved. Friends Of the Navy
project a congressional investigation OF
the Navy Leagues charges on the
ground that the presidential inquiry
was not conducted under impartial con-
ditions. Government agencies" which
apparently were the only ones con-
suited by the Presidents Committee in
its effort to sift the Gardiner charges
to the bottom, report that at present
the United States has under construc-
ton naval craft representing $174,7oo,-
900 expenditure. No new keels are to
be laid down until November l, 1882
barring vessels already contracted for
under the terms Of the one-year holi-
day which has just come into force.
The committees findings emphasize
that there is in the truce nothing to
prevent the United States from attain
ing treaty ratios after the London
treaty's expiration" which will be De-
cember 81, 1886. The committee also
reminds the country that, the treaty
does not obligate its signatories to build
Up to the provided limits. The Ameri-
can people, who accepted the three
power pact on the Hoover administra-
tons assurance that the strength it
authorizes is requisite TO a balanced
United States Navy, trust that in due
course, world conditions justifying it, we
will proceed TO expand the feet to cor
responding proportions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09

Amoradat Kridakara, Siamese Minister
to the United States since May, 1929,
retires to become his country's envoy to
France. Paris ranks as Slams blue
ribbon diplomatic post, so the transfer
is a promotion. Prince Kridakara is a
first cousin of King Prajadhipok, who
visited America this year. The Siamese
Minister has never fully recovered from
his disappointment in not being able to
play host to his King and Queen in
Washington, having been stricken with
foot on Yankee soil. The prince has
been popular figure in Capital official
society. His small daughters attended
National Cathedral School here. Krida-
kara is slated to be Siamese foreign
minister some day.
That's an overcrowded anxious seat
which will be occupied from now until
December l. by which time Charley
Curtis says he's going to Tess up about
his political plans. At least two men
are supposed to be waiting for the Vice
Presidents decision with eagerness-
Secretary of War Pat Hurley and Porto
Rican Gov. Ted Roosevelt. Both rank
as strong second place possibilities on
the Hoover 1882 ticket, if Curtis prefers
to run for the Senate in Kansas. AM
basSador Walter Edges presence in
America at this witching hour suggests
to some politicians that the JERSEY
man mightn't be averse to putting up
a Hoover-tail-end lightning rod. Had
Dwight Morrow lived. many authorities
think pressure would have been exer-
cised to induce him to be the Presidents
running mate. with an eye to keeping
New Jersey in the Republican column.
Under the auspices of two Washing
tonians, Lieut.. Col. H. Edmund Bulls,
Reserve Corps. U. S. A., and Mrs. Les
ter j. Pollock, vice president of the
Women's Democratic Educational Coun-
Gil, Democratic women from the North
and East are being organized for pill
grimages to Washington, Monticello
and other Cradles of democracy"
The first caravan is due here on No
vember IS. 1t will consist of women
who vote in the fourth assembly
Queens County, district of New York
The purpose of the pilgrimage Is to
acquaint the newly enfranchised branch
Of the Democratic party with its "his-
toric traditions" in these parts.
4 X
Washington Is filling up day by day
with members Of both houses of Con-
sAeSo' oA"iouS 70 give CaplCol Hill tne
once over well before trouble begins
on December 7. Newly elected states
men are busy warming up their as
signed quarters in House and Senate
Once Buildings and otherwise learn
ing the ropes. Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike are conscious that a ses-
sion OF almost unparalleled heat i'm
ponds. Being the so-called long" SEES
sion: terminable not by law but only
at congress own will, the agony will
be proportionately protractcd, Nobody
expects the session to be shorter than
seven months-adjour being an
ticipated in June just before the two
national conventions.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
A Man Without a Country.

Pity the plight Of the man without
country" He Is a sad creature, ma
tionally homeless. Edward Everett Hale
wrote a tale of such a one, a story that
has become a classic of American liter
allure. Now and again such cases turn
up, to confuse the authorities, to arouse
sympathies, and to make people who
enjoy their own homelands appreciate
the blessing. The latest instance Is a
singular one. Najib Saab Aloud came TO
the United States in 1911 from Syria. He
failed to take out naturalization papers
and so did not become a citizen OF this
country. Several years ago he was ar
rested for violation Of the national
bankruptcy act and sent to Atlanta
Penitentiary for twenty years. He has
lately been released and was at once
detained by the immigration authorities
on the ground that he was irregularly
resident Of the United States. Ac-
cording to the law, he should have been
returned 10 his native land. But upon
inquiry 1t was found that there was no
such country" He was born in that
part Of Syria which under the Lausanne
treaty became non existent. It Is now
q French dependency. When the change
came under the treaty the natives Of
the region were given two years to, swear
allegiance to France. Aloud did not
take the oath. He was not in Syria.
Hence he is not q citizen Of France,
under the dependency status Of his
homeland. He cannot 90 back there as
a Syrian-Frenchman or Q French
Syrian, whichever way the case may be
stated. He is not an American. He
cannot now be naturalized, on account
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
Future of Foot Ball.

From the Manchester Union,
It Is surprising that DR.. William G.
Anderson. director OF the Yale gym
nasirm, should forecast the downfall
OF loot ball. The widespread growth
OF interest among college students in
atnletlcs OF all kinds, he feels, will re-
suit in the doom Of the gridiron sport
Furthermore, he is convinced that the
development of excellent teams by the
smaller colleges will result in a reduc-
ton OF gate receipts. DR.. Anderson
fails, 1t would seem, to take the public
interest in foot ball into account. when
It tires OF foot ball. then foot ball will
be doomed. While admitting that
present economic conditions may be
responsible for decreased demand for
tickets, he thinks, nevertheless, that
there Is less general interest in the
game. Fans throughout the country
WIN be quick to dispute his views. Few
other games, they wilt contend, provide
the color and thrilk that foot ball
does: Its reign as the king Of college
sports is far from over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

sylvania on July 23. 1891, although st.
origin was prior to that date.
Q. How long after Amundsen
discovered the South Pole did Scott
reach it?-R. r.
A. About a month. Amundsen
reached it on December II, 1911, and
Scott on January ID, 1912.
@. In playing draw poker has thsss
ever been a rule which permits
player to draw five cards, discarding
his original hand?-M. S.
A. In draw poker a player may dis
card any or all Of his original cards.
and ask for an equal number In their
place, or he may stand pat.
Q. How many pounds are there In
bale of cotton?-R. T.
A. It has an average gross weight
Of 500 pounds and net weight Of 478
pounds.
@. Where was the first lighthouse
in this country built?-R. A. w.
A. The first to be built on the
North American continent was Boston
Light, built in 1716.
Q. How many japanese and Chinese
are there in the United States?-
A. In 1880 there were 1Ss,s34 Japa-
nese and 74,954 Chinese in the United
States.
@. How much higher than ordinary
tides do the Spring tides rise along our
coasts 20. w.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that mean range of tide along
the coast of the United States varies
from less than foot to about 20 feet.
The Spring range is from 10 to IS per
cent larger than the mean range.
Q. What is the association which Is
composed of tall men called?-D. G.
A. It is called the National Society
of Long Fellows. It was organized in
the Spring of 1927, for the purpose Of
giving publicity to the needs Of excep-
tionally tall people in the way Of spe-
cial accommodation.
@. How many radio listeners has the
British Broadcasttng Co.?-F. p.
A. In August, $4,000 listeners
licenses had been issued. 1t is esti-
mated that this would mean about a.
100000 individual listeners.
@. What causes a tail spin?-D. D.
A. A tail spin is the result OF stall.
After stalling, an airplane falls of on
one wing, the nose drops and the air.
plane revolves in the opposite direction
to which the rudder Is applied. The
tail revolves making the nose the APP
proximate center of the turn. If the
rudder is applied to the left wing it
becomes left spin, and If to the right
wing, it becomes right spin. A tail
spin Is used as a stunt and also as a
means Of losing altitude. 1t becomes
dangerous only when the piloS loses
control OF the plane.
@. In what countries did Herbert
Hoover work as a mining engineer
E. Mob.
| A. He pursued his profession Of min
| ing engineer in many lands, including
the United States, Canada, Mexico,
South America, Australia. New Zea.
land, China, India, Italy, South Africa,
Russia and Great Britain.
@. Why are weather cocks put on
/ steeples?-H. A.
A. Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Greek
astronomer of about 100 B. c., built at
Athens a Tower of Winds: a brazen
Triton on the summit turned around
with the wind. From this model was
derived the custom of placing weather
cocks on steeples. According to some
authorities, the cock was used in order
to remind the clergy of watchfulness,
the thought being derived from the
cocks Growing when Peter denied
| Christ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09

One of the men who, in the event Of
sweeping change of House personnel
under Democratic organization, will be
missed by Representatives who were &C
customed to find words of wisdom and
experience available at q moments no
tice is William Tyler Page, who has
already made a comprehensive list of
the tasks that lie before them. His ra-
dio address in last Saturday nights
Evening Star Forum was properly un-
biased and dispassionate, yet exceed
ingly informing and not without its ele-
ments of solemn reminder.