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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
Trade Trends
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Apparel-It is reported in textile
quarters that mills specializing in the
manufacture of women's wear are
sharply curtailing production. Coatings
and suitings are principally affected by
this trend, with many mills working on
signed orders only.
Alcohol.-It IS expected that the
schedule of prices on denatured alconoi
for the second quarter will be slightly
changed because of the readjustment in
freight rates. Except for this factor
the quotations will be unchanged, deal
ers report.
Cocoa.-Arrivals Of cocoa in this mar
ket between March LII totaled some
300, 900 bags as compared with 106,927
bags in the same period last year. This
movement, according to the New YORK
Cocoa Exchange, was abnormally large
and reflected the desire of importers to
get as much cocoa as possible into the
country before the stricter govern
mental regulations on cocoa bean quail
ity become effective on April 2.
Copper Export sales Of copper have
been made in somewhat better volume
lately, although consumers continue to
make metal only to meet their small
current needs. Domestic consumers are
said TO be showing very little interest
In the market, but sentiment in the
trade seems more favorable as result
of the recent output curtailment agree
ment.
Flour.-Washington discussion con-
corning possible export sales - of the
Farm Boards holdings of wheat had
repercussions in the -four market this
week. Prices were lowered 10 cents a
barrel as an adjustment to lower wheat
prices. Buying continues light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
BANK 148 YEARS OLD.

The Bank Of New York & Trust Co.,
the first bank in the city and now the
oldest in the country to retain its origi-
nal name, was 148 years old Tuesday
1t was on March Is, 1884, that the
original stockholders met at the Coffee
House to elect officers and to hear
Alexander Hamilton read the banks
constitution, which he had Just written
Among the original stockholders were
many members Of New York's most
prominent families, such as Roosevelt,
Low, Waddington, Maxwell. Mccormick.
Vanderbilt, Randall, Hamilton, Frank
lin. Seton, Sands, Bovine, Stoughton.
Leroy, Constable and Gouverneur-de-
scendants Of Whom still are represented
on the books Of the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
NEW FINANCING.

NEW YORK, March 10 [P-New
financing scheduled by 80 States and
municipalities during the coming week
totals $14,219,866, according to the
Daily Bond Buyer. This compares with
revised total of $67,505,566 for the
past week, which was the largest
weekly total for a considerable time.
The weekly average by States and mu-
inequalities for the year to date is
S20,817,188.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
MADE PROGRAM HEAD.

T. I. Sporting, assistant vice president
of the Cleveland Trust Co. and vice
president of the National Financial Ad-
vertisers' Association, has been ap-
pointed program chairman for the as.
sociation's annual convention to be
held September 1915 in Chicago, the
city where the organization was ere.
ated II years ago Sporting is also
in charge of the associations research
work and handled the program for the
Atlanta convention in 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
GASOLINE OUTPUT UP,

Judging from the increase in gaso-
line consumption prosperity Is return
ing to the United States. Disregarding
decrease in exports, gasoline con-
sumed in the United States throughout
the year 1881 was Al per cent more
than in 1880. Twenty-six States and
the District of Columbia showed gains
which more than Offset the small de-
clines In the other States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
DIVIDEND CHANGES.

NEW YORK. March 10 GH.-Unfa-
vorable dividend changes came close to
record in the past week at 10l, COM
pared with 88 the week before, a COM
pilation by the Standard Statistics Co
reveals Decreases numbered 81. while
81 companies passed the payments en-
tirely. Favorable changes totaled IA,
against IL last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20

tCopyright. 1882, Standard Statistics Co. J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20

The egg market has shown slight
advance at Is cents q dozen for current
receipts, and all desirable stock finds
ready buyers on the exchange, hut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 19.-Due
to the cold weather prevailing the past
week the live poultry market took on
a firmer tone, and under an increased
demand prices on some lines show an
advance over last week. Receipts have
kept pace, however, with the demand
and very little desirable stock remains
unsold This is especially true of old
hens. for which good demand prevails
for the Jewish holiday on Tuesday, and
shipments could be increased to arrive
here Monday, although there will be a
good demand practically the entire
week for the other Jewish holidays.
Young hen turkeys, pounds and over,
show an advance of 2 cents a pound, at
SO to IS, and gobblers, IL to IS pounds,
27 and %, with old hens and large
gobblers bringing % and rs, and even
crooked breasts show an advance at ID
to 20 Mixed, colored young chickens,
especially broilers, 2 TO 81 pounds,
clean up readily at "a to 81, but Leg
horns win not bring over % to "a, and
only stock weighing Il to 2 pounds
wanted. Old hens, 3i4 pounds and up.
move out readily at Is to 20, and
smooth, fat Leghorns, II and 10, but
all poor, thin stock will not bring over
IS and IA. with old ROSTERS generally
neglected at IL to Is. Market for young
and good demand for stock weighing
AZ pounds and over. at Is TO %, but
poor, thin ducks are neglected at IL
and 49, Guinea fowl holds steady and
unchanged at 80 to IS each. but pigeons
show an advance at rs TO IS pair for
both young and old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20

To reduce their Salaries councilmer
Of Holborn. England, were asked t.
meet monthly instead of fortnightly
but the city fathers Indignantly re.
fused
Evening star., 1932-06-29
NEW GOLD STRIKE :
DAZlESALASKAN
So Rich Ore Is Being 'MoiIed.'
DISCOVERIES See $780,
100000 Value.

BY the Associated Press.
SEWARD, Alaska, June 29.-Elwyn
Swetman, Seward druggist. arrived yes
terday from a new gold strike at Nuka
Bay and said an inspection Of the Bao-
cock tunnel slope, where the original
strike was made, revealed 8 inches OF
ore so rich 1t was being "moiled" down
on canvas.
'Moiling" consists of chipping the
rock away from the hunks of gold.s
Its richness is unbelievable" said
Swetman, who with others, is financing
prospectors in the region.
The strike was made 200 feet from
the Portal tunnel at about the same
depth vertically.
Swetman cautioned against stam-
pede except by those who have money
enough to finance themselves for year.
Nuka Bay is about $50 miles southeast
of Cordova, the nearest city.
Fred Johanson and E. E. Smith
miners, who said they made the strike
estimated the ledge contained 300, ,000,-
900 tons of ore assaying So ton.
The ore was revealed when great
glacier-fed lake on a mountain swept
away part of the peak.
Johanson and Smith, who said the
find was the biggest ledge of gold ir
the world" have staked out % claims
The lake washed the entire side OF
! the mountain away" Johanson said
exposing ledge 1900 feet wide ano
500 feet high. We traced the ledge
back mile and a half"
Evening star., 1932-06-29
ARTESIAN WELLS DELAY
/ STREET BRIDGE WORK
Gushing Streams of Water From
Rock Creek Bed Prevent
Placing Abutments.

Artesian wells in Rock Creek, down.
stream of Pennsylvania avenue, are de-
laying construction of new bridge at
l, street in conjunction with the Rock
Greek and Potomac Parkway develop
ment
This was learned today when it be-
came known that the contractor, the
w. C. Briddell Co. of Baltimore, is en-
countering great spurts Of water which
gush out Of Rock Greek and hamper
attempts to sink abutments for the new
bridge.
The contractor has now gone down
about 80 feet in an attempt to reach
solid rock, but so far without success.
How much farther he will have to go
is problematical.
In addition to regular day shift, q
night shift comes on about 4 pm. and
works until midnight. Under present
plans the bridge is expected to be COM
pleted some time in August, but II the
water continues to gush forth the engi-
neers do not know how much longer
this may take.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
RACE OF M|LL|0N
! YEARS AGO HUMAN
Scientists Find "Peking Wom-
am Had Hands Like Those
of Modern People.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEIPING, June ga creature with
mans hands, but seemingly some other
kind of feet, lived In China 1000, 900
years ago
A wrist bone and toe bone to prove
this were described yesterday by DR..
Davidson Black, world-famous Canadian
anatomist, attached TO the Rockefeller
Hospital here.
Both bones apparently belonged to
the sensational "Peking woman" or her
tribe. The wrist bone goes far toward
establishing her as truly human" one
of the mothers of the human race,
living life certainly far higher than
that of any species of animal known
hitherto.
Skull Was Fossilized.
The top of the "Peking woman's"
skull was found in Chouhoutien caves
In geological formations which scientists
identified as 100000 years old. The
situation showed good reason to believe
that this skull was laid down in the
cave before the rocks formed, and in
the 1000 900 years since turned to
mineral along with them,
More recently other bones-all frag-
ments-have been found in the same
caves, all similarly fossilized in the same
ancient rock strata. These include, be-
sides the wrist and toe fragments, a
collar bone
Next to the superior type of ancient
brain indicated by the woman's skull,
the wrist bone is the big find. For 1t
points to the kind of hand no animal
not even the great anthropoid apes
was ever known to possess. This is a
hand capable of doing work" with
tools in the human sense. In the
theories. of evolution, this development
by mans early ancestors of a hand
that could fashion tools has been rated
as one Of the supreme achievements.
Brain Due to Hand.
It has been argued even that the
superior human brain developed as a
result of the hand-rather than vice
versa. Ability to do skillful things
with the hand built up new brain
twists, with growth in brain capacity
and size.
Previously these caves have yielded
evidences of the crude flint tools, "
like those now found in many other
parts of the world, and all credited to
human hands.
DR. Black, summarizing his studies
today, said There can be no doubt
that Sinanthropus (the Peking wom-
am was Of truly human status"
In q report to the Chinese Geo.
logical Society he said: This maker
of stone artifacts, crude though they
must have been. had hands differing
in no essential from our own"
Study of what appears to be the
terminal toe bone, however, suggests,
according to DR.. Black. that the feet
of Sinanthropus differed quite widely
from the modern type. He says that
further research will be required be-
fore this point can be cleared.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
CIVIC GROUP HON0RS
VETERAN PRESIDENT
Woman Head of Logan-Thomas
Circle Association for 8 Years
Is Presented With Gavel.

Mrs. Ella M. Thompson, for eight
years president of the Logan Thomas
Circle Citizens Association, was pre-
sented with a gavel last night at a
meeting of the association In recognl-
tion of her long service.
Mrs. Thomas recently was elected to
serve another term as head of the or
ganization.
The meeting last night was the last Of
the Summer and took the form Of re-
ception There was an extensive pro-
gram of music.
AT a short business meeting which
preceded the reception the possibility of
staging a July carnival in conjunc-
ton with the Central Business Mems
Association was discussed, but no final
decision reached.
Evening star., 1932-06-29

More than half a page of timely
Summer needs, every one bought
at a tremendous saving to you.
Don't pass up a single one! Come
down tomorrow prepared to save
a lot of money!
Evening star., 1932-06-29

A break for the golfer! so Pairs
of mems plus fours in cool oyster
white linen. They have all the snap
and style of a good golf knickerl
Sizes 80 to AZ waist.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
Window Smasher Sought.

Police are searching for an unidenti-
fed colored man suspected of breaking
the show window of the Ross Jewelry
Co., 702 Seventh street, early today. and
escaping with several wrist watches
valued at about $50. Detective John
Wise and police of the first precinct
were given a description Of the man,
who was seen lettering in the vicinity.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
ADMR. C0FFMAN'S BURIAL
is SCHEDULED TOMORROW
Retired Naval oficer to Be Inferred
at Annapolis at
II AN.

Vice Admiral De Witt Coffman. U
S. NJ, retired, who died Monday at his
home, in jamestown, r. l., will be
buried tomorrow morning at IL O'Clock
in the Naval Cemetery at An
napolis, Md.
The admiral, who was rs, and had
been retired from active service since
November, 1918, is survived by his
widow and a son, Comdr, Richard
Boush Coffman. A native Of ShenRn-
doan County, Va, Admiral Cohman
graduated from the Naval Academy IN
the class of rs.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
MISS MARY MARK DIES
s1-Year-old Employe Of Work
House to Be Buried Here.

Funeral services for Miss Mary Ellen
Mark. 81. for many years an employe
of the District Workhouse. who died
Yesterday after an illness of several
months, viii be held at 10 am. tomor-
row at the home of her niece. Mrs.
George G. Jones, 436 Fifteenth street
northeast. Burial viii be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Miss Mark was born in Lebanon, Pa,
and came to this city in 1904. She was
employed at the workhouse while 1t
was ID the District. and later when it
moved to Occoquan, Va.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
Held Youngest Graduate.

IEONARDTOWN, Nd, June 20
(Special) Miss Jane Knott. II, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Knott
Of Palmers, Nd, was said to be the
youngest pupil in St Marys County TO
receive her elemantary school diploma
on June 10. She viii be one Of the
Youngest to enter the new Margaret
Brent High School this Fall.
Evening star., 1932-06-29
ASKS SIPS DAMAGES
Girls Guardian Sues Montgomery
school Board for Injuries.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 2e.--Etta
wheeler of the upper section Of the
county. through her guardian, Clarence
Steele, has filed suit in the Circuit Court
here against the Montgomery County
Board Of Education, claiming $l25 dam
ages for alleged personal injuries sus-
tanned in a bus accident on the Mar
tinsburg- Dickerson road on June 3,
1881.
1t is represented in the declaration
that the plaintiff was seriously injured
when a school bus in which she was
riding. and which was operated by
Spencer Fisher, ran of the road. The
plaintiff is represented by the Rockville
law firm of Peter g. Simpson.
Evening star., 1932-06-29

A square inch Of skin on the palm
of the hand contains about 2600 sweat
glands.
Evening star., 1932-09-07
5-YEAR- old SCORNS
FRACTURED SKULL
Tells Doctors on Operating Table
He Had Worse Falls, but
Condition Is Serious.

Fve-year- George Titcum, who
bravely declared from an operating
table that he had ''had worse falls with
out going to hospital" was in serious
condition today at Georgetown Hospital,
suffering from compound fracture Of
the skull.
George fell feet into a concrete
areaway late yesterday while playing in
the yard in the rear Of his home at
3817 T street.
Rushed to the hospital, he was still
conscious when placed on the operating
table for an examination. He could not
quite comprehend why every one was so
solicitous.
The boys condition was pronounced
critical last night, but this morning
1t was said he had spent comfortable
night and was resting easily. He Is not
yet out Of danger however.
George Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. Titcum. His father is head
Of the Titcum Paper Bag Co., Of
Georgetown.
Evening star., 1932-09-07
WOMAN, 70, KILLED
AS CAR HITS TREE
Three Others Are Injured as
Auto Leaves Speedway
on Hains Point.

Mrs. Evelyn Cochrane Petrone, 20, oi
637 I street, was killed and three other
persons, a woman and two men, were
injured early today when the roadster
in which they were riding around the
Speedway left the road and crashed inte
q tree near Hams Point.
Those hurt in the smaSh-up are
Frank Brady, so, Of the 500 block Of
Twelfth street, with whom Mrs. Petrons
was riding in the rumble seat; Miss
Fannie Ehrlich, 81, of the $500 block
Of Warder street, and Robert Ruppel
900 block Of Fifth street, said to have
been the driver of the car.
Companions Are Treated.
The impact hurled Mrs. Petrone from
the machine. She was pronounced dead
on arrival at Emergency Hospital. Her
companions were treated at the hospital
Brady for head injury, Miss Ehrlich
for scalp wound. and Ruppel for a
serious head injury.
Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald said an inquest would be held as
soon as the injured are well enough to
appear as witnesses.
Divorce Was Pending.
Mrs. Petrone, who roomed at the ]
street address, was separated from her
husband. Stanley Petrone, first block
of K street, and, according to police
divorce proceedings were pending in
District Supreme Court. She was said
to have relatives in Philadelphia.
In another accident yesterday Celia
Clark, IL, of the 1900 block z street
northeast, was knocked down by an
automobile said by police to have been
operated by Anthony F. Federico Of the
1900 block Trinidad avenue northeast
She received scalp cuts and possible
brain conclusion. Her condition was
said to be not serious.
Evening star., 1932-09-07
FIRE BOARD PHONE OPERATOR
TRAPS FALSE ALARM SUSPECT
Joseph N. McInerney Had Ex-
change to Give Number in
Advance of Connection.
Man Unfortunately Sends Call
From Drug Store Near
Engine House.

A lucky circumstance last night
sprang the trap prepared by an EN-
ploye of the Fire Department for q
man alleged to have turned in 100
false alarms from Georgetown in the
last year.
The result was that when the sus-
pect, a 20-year-old colored youth
stepped into a booth at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and M street to telephone for fire.
men there were flremen all around him
when he stepped out again.
The lucky part of it, for the firemen
at any rate, was that William E. For
man, 1900 block Of Duncan street
northeast, telephoned from drug store
only a few doors from No. S Engine
House.
Charted Pay Stations.
But the preparation for just such
a lucky break had been in progress for
months. Joseph M. McInerney. fire
board telephone operator, charted all
the pay stations in Georgetown when
false alarms began to originate from
this source, always given by the same
voice.
McInerney visited the West exchange
and requested the telephone operators
to give him the number from which the
call was made before connecting him
with persons desiring to report fire. u
It became a favorite trick for the
man to wait until No. Engine and
No. Truck Companies were out on an
alarm before telephoning a false call
necessitating the dispatch Of apparatus
from midtown sections
The companies were out on an alarm
shortly before pm. when another
fire" was reported to McInerney In the
14O0 block of Wisconsin avenue. 1t was
the familiar voice making the call.
McInerney, however, already had the
mans number, and although he had nc
choice but to send the apparatus to the
Evening star., 1932-09-07
BROWN ANSWERS
CARRIER PROTESTS
Substitutes Told Lack of En-
ployment Is Economy
Requirement.

The complaint Of substitute mail
carriers in Washington over a lack of
work brought from Postmaster General
Brown yesterday the explanation that
the economy bill forced the department
to keep expenditures for services at q
minimum. At the same time, however,
he held out hope for increased en-
ployment with the seasonal pickup Of
the mail.
The position Of the Postmaster Cen
eral was set forth In a letter to Rep
resentative Mead, Democrat. Of New
York, chairman of the House Post once
Committee, before whom the carriers
had left their case.
Reduction Required.
In this letter, too, Mr.. Brown an
swered the complaint OF the substitutes
that their pay Is subjected to the statu-
tory 8Es per cent cut, by recalling that
this Is requirement Of the law which
the department has no discretion to
modify"
Regarding the lack OF work, he wrote:
"The department realizes the hard
ships suffered by substitute postal
employees generally at this time as
the result of the continued decrease In
the mails.
"As you know. however, 1t is not
possible to administer the economy law
in such a way as to provide any SUBJ
stantial additional employment for these
classes of workers.
Withheld Pay Impounded.
1.-THE pay withheld from regular en-
ployes for the periods during which
they are on furlough must be impound-
ed and returned to the Treasury, and is
not available for the hire of substitutes.
Accordingly, the department is COM
PEELED, if it is to carry on the service
within the limits of the appropriation
for the current year, to- require the
furlough to be taken at time. when a
minimum Of substitute service will be
necessary It Is, Of course, to be borne
In mind in this connection that the
Summer months are normally our light
est months"
Evening star., 1932-09-07
D, c. POLICEMEN
TO Be DECORATED
Firefighters Also to Be Given
Awards for GalIantry
in War.

Thirty-one District policemen and
firemen will be decorated by the United
States and French governments for gal
lantry in action during the World War
at ceremonies preceding the annual po-
lice and firemen's base ball game at
Grifith Stadium, Saturday, at 2:15 pm.
The Cross Of Malta, bestowed for
service under gunfire, will be presented
10 firemen and II policemen by Maj.
Gen. " H. Moseley. deputy chief OF
staff, U S. A. Five firemen and like
number of policemen will receive the
Verdun Medal, awarded by the French
government to those who participated
in the second battle in defense Of that
French city. Commandant Emmanuel
Lombard, assistant military attache OF
the French embassy, will make this
presentation.
n. C. Government to Give Medals.
Three members of each branch oi
the service will receive medals from the
District government for outstanding
acts of valor. They will be presented
by Gen. John A. Johnston, chairman
of the committee which annually makes
committee are Robert v. Fleming
president of Riggs National Bank
Henry c. Stein, Chief George S. Watson
of the Fire Department and Maj. Pei.
ham D. Glassford, superintendent oi
police.
The ceremonies will be broadcast
over Station WMAL. The recipients ol
the medals are: Cross of Malta-Police-
men ]. E. Bennett. William Melvin. X
H. Denbroeder, George Earl, T. G. kel'
leher. j. E. Lowry, George Greenip. H
F. Elliott, E. T. Costello, w. E. Riley
Firemen c. D. Bartelmes, P. w. Graves
F. C. Larman. B. j. Burns, Scott Valen.
tine. ]. r. Dickens, John Engle, @. w
Harvey. c. r. Bassette and T. l.
Phillips.
Verdun medal-Policemen r. N. White
w. McGrath, G. w. Chrisman, j. D
Bennett and A. G. Havens; Firemen D
]. Reilly, G.. G. Moxley, w. B. Allen
J. H. Fincher, w. ]. Schmitz and H. L
King.
Policeman T. c. Lewis and Fireman
Frank Neuman; silver, Policeman F. b
Ashe. and Fireman c. D. Bartelmes
bronze bar, Policeman E. L. Baker ane
Fireman r. C. Roberts.
Acts of Valor.
Neuman, a private, rescued small
boy from the path Of fire engine er
route to a blaze at Fifth and Qulnc!
streets on November %, 1880. Capt
Bartelmes saved a woman from a win
dow ledge in burning house in t., tn
600 block of p street January 81, 1881
while Acting Inspector Roberts earnet
his award through investigation OF th'
Hub Furniture Co. warehouse fire Sep
tember "a, 1880, and the CARRIER!
School fire on April 4. 1881. His In
yestigation resulted in the apprenen
sion of incendiaries.
Pvt. Lewis thwarted a hold-up De
cember IA, 1880, exchanging fire viii
! the bandits, one Of whom was killed
| Pvt. Ashe arrested a colored man whit
| had shot another in fight and threat
ened to shoot the policeman. Pvt
Baker on September 9, 1880, crosse'
an areaway between two houses on al
ironing board to arrest an armed mai
who had threatened to shoot a nurse