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Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, SO score,
23 90 score, q; standard, 20; tub, SO
score, %: 90 score, 90; standard, 10.
Eggs-Hennery whites, 27a28; current
receipts, 22a23; sealed Government
grade, extras, Al; standards, 35; medi-
ums, 80.
Poultry, alive - Turkeys, hens, IS;
toms, 10; crooked breasts, 10; Spring
turkeys, 20a23; chickens, Plymouth
Rocks, pounds and over, 15a17; 212
to pounds, 13a14; under 212 pounds,
13; hens, small, 1la12; hens, large, LA
Is; Leghorn hens, 10: mixed colored
young, l to 134 pounds, per pair, So;
young, 2 pounds and over, per pair, 70;
old. per pair, 40.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys hens. 18;
toms, 16; crooked breasts, l3; chickens,
Plymouth Rocks, 3 pounds and over,
20a22; 212 to pounds, 18a19; under
212 pounds, 18: hens, small, 16a17;
hens, large, 18a21: Leghorn hens, 14a
16; mixed colored chickens, 17a18;
roosterS, II.
Meats-Beef, IS; lamb. IA; veal, IL;
pork loins, Is; fresh hams, 49, smoked
hams, IA; strip bacon, IA; lard, 712;
compound, 7.
Live stock-Hogs, light and medium,
7.SOdS.fO, 4lCdFS, o.'ooH'60' PA6o, 1'oo@
4.25; roughs, 2O0a3.00; calves, 3ooa
600; lambs, 3.00a5.50.
Fruits - Cantaloupes, jumbos, 1.25;
standards, LOO; apples. bushels, 50a
100; box stock 200a2 Is; peaches. 10oa
200; pears, Bartletts, bushels, 1.25a1 so;
fancy box stock, ESQ; seckels, 1.75a2.oo;
grapes, Tokays, 200; Thompson seed
less. 200; muscatels, las; bananas, 100
a225; oranges. 300a4.00; lemons, 7.50a
800: grapefruit, 375a4.25: plums, 1.50a
Its; honeydews. 1.75a2.25; honeyballs,
2.25a275: Persian melons, 2.25.
egetables-Potatoes 100pound sacks
e5a1Oo; Idaho bakers. 2.25; sweets,
bushels. 60a75; string beans, LOCAL rs;
limas, 150a2.oo; peas, 1.75a2.25; car
rots. per 100 punches, 800; beets, per
100 punches, 500; squash, 50a65; Hub
bard squash. 1.50; spinach, LOCAL. IS:
kale SO; Spanish onions, 50-pound sacks.
1.50; tomatoes, 2-peck baskets, 60a75;
peppers. Z; eggplant, 100; cauliflower,
1.50a2 90; broccoli, $50; corn, 50a1.25;
mushrooms. 175a2.Co; satisfy, per dozen
punches, 75al.00.
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mept sales decreased from 81 to 81 per

mept sales decreased from 81 to 81 per
cent. Despite the tendency to increased
buying for cash, open credit and in
stallment purchases continued to make
up the bulk of the total sales volume.
The report showed conditions in the
retail credit field continued relatively
stable during the period examined.
The department said the current
study was based upon reports from 405
retail establishments.
More Bad Debt Losses.
Bad debt losses increased, according
to the department, from 08 PEI cent
Of open credit accounts in 1881 to IL
per cent in 1892, and from 1.9 per cent
on installment, accounts to 80 per cent,
the increase In both cases amounting,
however, to only OIL per cent of total
Gales.
Women's speciality stores did larger
proportion of their business on open
credit than any other type. transacting
total of 68.7 per cent of their busi-
ness in that manner. Considering all
types of credit, furniture stores, the
survey found. did the largest proper
ton Of business on credit. During the
six-month period, the sales in this sort
Of business amounted to 90.4 per cent,
as compared with 91.6 per cent In 1881.
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WOMAN, SIS, IS INJURED
IN STREET CAR ACCIDENT
Mrs. Frances O'Brien Is Knocked
Down After Alighting
From Bus.

Mrs. Frances O'Brien, SIS. of the 2300
block of Tracy place. was reported i'm
proved today at Emergency Hospital,
where she is being treated for injuries
received last night when knocked down
by street car after alighting from q
bus at Connecticut avenue and M street.
Mrs. O'Brien received fractures to
both wrists and head injuries. X-ray
photographs were to be taken today to
determine If she has a fractured skull.
She is employed in the household Of
Admiral I. Hutchinson Cone of the
Tracy place address.
The woman is said to have been
dragged several feet by the street car
before 1t could be brought to stop by
Motorman Henry A. Abel.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
HUGE WHEAT FARM /
IN RECE|VERSH|P|
Hickman Price, Largest
Grower in Southwest
Section, Fails. '-
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PLAINVIEW, Tex, September 3d.
The vast agricultural holdings of Hick-
man Price, who brought big business
methods to wheat farming In the Texas
Panhandle four years ago, have been
thrown into receivership.
A short crop last July led to financial
difficulties for the tall. 46-year-old for
mer motion picture executive who quit
a New York Office to become the largest
wheat farmer in the Southwest through
machine operations.
Now the Dowden Hardware Co. Of
Plainview has obtained a receivership
order and an injunction in District
Court restraining creditorsi from seiz-
ing any portion Of the Price estate by
attachment or other legal processes.
Action on $500 Note.
The hardware company based its ac-
ton on $500 note and said the pro-
cedure was necessary to protect small
creditors and Junior lien holders. Mike
H. Thomas Of Dallas qualified as re-
ceiver under $4,000 bond.
July % Price called together his
creditors and turned over to them the
operation Of the huge farms on which
he produced 100000 bushels Of wheat
from $4,000 acres under cultivation in
1881.
Il am at the end Of my resources"
he said
II am convinced that nv plan Of in
dustrial farming is sound and practical,
but these are abnormal times and
don't know Of any new industry that
has succeeded"
Creditors appointed q committee Of
five to work out plan for operation
Of the estate. They sought to avoid
receivership because Of the expense.
The petition in the Dowden suit as
serted Price owns 12,800 acres in Swish
er and Deaf Smith Counties reason
ably worth" $406, 900, and various tools
and implements. It was stated that his
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Tipsy Bees Rout
Raiders and Help
Moonshiners Flee
Swarm Tipping in Mash
as Party Creeps Up
on Still.
BY the Associated Press.


TACOMA. Wash, September 80
Resentful bees, full of fight from
tipphng in corn mash, proved allies Of
moonshiners when Sheriff Fremont
Campbell and Chief Deputy AL Ray
tried to creep up on a still In dense
wood near Roy yesterday.
They got close enough to the still to
hear the voices of the operators. They
were creeping ahead in an effort to
capture the moonshiners when the way
was suddenly barred by swarm Of
busy buzzing bees having party over
some mash dumped along the narrow
trail.
"Scram, sheriff. bees!" hissed Ray
who was in the lead and so sorry. His
warning was superfluous.
The moonshiners also "scrammed"
completely.
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|RETA|L CASH SALES
INCREASE SHOWN
Credits and InstalIments OF,
According to Commerce
Reports.

Cash sales Of retail establishments
showed an increase, while open credit
and tnstallment sales decreased slight
ly in the first six months Of this year,
the Commerce Department reported to-
day In its fifth semi-annual retail
credit survey.
The department said that, consid-
ering total net sales of all stores re-
porting by cities, 1t was found that
all showed large decreases in sales.
Washington, with a decline Of sc per
cent, had the smallest and Portland,
Oreg., with drop Of 33.1 per cent,
had the greatest decrease.
Cash Sales Reported.
The survey showed cash sales re-
ported increased from 45.3 per cent for
the first six months last year to AIS
per cent Open credit sales decreased
from As to 43.4 per cent and install
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Husband Who Failed
To Go Over Niagara
In Barrel Divorced
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASsociated Press.
CHICAGO, September 30.-Two
years is more than enough to 60
over Niagara Falls In q barrel.
Mrs. Bessie Smolen charged in
a bill for divorce that her hus-
band George left home two years
ago last April, saying he was
going over the falls in barrel.
She scanned the papers for re-
ports Of the exploit, but none
came.
She waited two years before
filing the suit. Yesterday Judge
Charles "A. Williams gave her a
decree. The Charge was deser-
ton.
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Rays to Trap Smugglers.

Invisible rays are employed in trap
being set up by German officials on the
western frontier in their warfare
against the army of 10000 smugglers
who have organized a perfect informa-.
ton service. The trap is a mile long.
and an alarm sounds If person or car
crosses the rays. This informs the off,
cials Immediately where to find the
smugglers.
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Baltimore Bond Issue Sold.

BALTIMORE, September 80 (Spe-
ciaD The Banc- America Blair Corpo-
ration, Robert Garrett & Sons, the First
of Boston Corporation, Roosevelt &
Sons, Estafrook & Co., George B. Glib
bons g. Goa Darvey & Co. and Boat
mems National Co. Of st. Louis were
awarded the issue of $3,879,000 Balti-
more City bonds yesterday on their bid
Of 101.958
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Indebtedness approximated 1925, 900, OF
which $95,000 was unsecured.
Operated Day and Night.

Operated Day and Night.
Price applied big business methods to
farming, operating his power imple-
ments day and night, maintaining his
own machine shops and producing veg
etables. meats and fruits to feed his
many employees.
Motor cycle messengers linked Prices
headquarters at Kress, Tex, with COM
bine crews, truck trains and mechanics
at all points of his operations.
During the 1881 harvest Price had
$50 men on his pay roll, IS combines,
Is tractors and 100 trucks.
Prices ambition was to expand his
operations from the Texas Panhandle
to the Dakotas, so that his equipment
and men might be employed to capacity
in the harvest from June until August,
working northward as crops ripened
Price, native Of Jefferson City, Mo-,
and science graduate Of Columbia Uni
versity. for five years was assistant to
VIII Hays, head of the Motion Picture
Producers Association.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
New Fire Escape in Berlin.

A new life-saving device which can
be attached to any window, has been
invented in Germany and was tested
recently in Berlin. Two ropes are
thrown to the ground, where passers-by
catch them and control the descent of
the escaping person. In the test a
man and girl descended from a sky
scraper.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
POETRY SPEAKERS TOPIC

Prof. Lee of Virginia Summarizes
Work of Americans.
Prof Lawrence Lee Of the University
Of Virginia summarized the work Of
American poets during the last 20 years
in an address last night at the first
Fall meeting of the Arts Club.
The speaker also recited several poems
OF his own composition,
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Shorthand in Irish Taught.

Following the order that all govern
ment employees Of the Irish Free State
must carry out their official duties in
Irish, classes in shorthand and type
writing in Celtic are being started by
the City of Dublin Vocational Commit
tee. The enrolment has been large.
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Open for Reference.

The central building Of the public
library Eighth and K streets, will be
open each Sunday from to pm. for
reference use only, beginning october
2. All branches and subbranches will
be closed.
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POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO. September 80 up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Potatoes-Receipts. rs cars; on track,
29S; total United States shipments, 4s5;
market dull. trading slow; sacked per
hundredweight: Wisconsin Cobblers,
60a65; Minnesota Cobblers, 60a65: Min
nesota early Ohios. 55a60; South Da-
kota early Ohios, 60a65; Idaho Russets,
1.05a112l2.
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ADM. HAMLET BETTER
Coast Guard Commandant Recov-
ering From Surgical Operation.

Rear Admiral Harry c. Hamlet, COM
mandant of the United States Coast
Guard, was recuperating today from
his operation last Tuesday at Naval
Hospital
Admiral Hamlet was resting COM
fortably," but it was said it probably
would be three weeks before he can
leave the hospital
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italy exported 23,ooo,ooo In food.
eeuffs to the United States in 1881.
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Intention Of Navy.

The admiral's statement follows:
1T Is the present intention Of the
Navy Department to keep the Scout
ing Force in the Pacific until after the
next feet concentration, which takes
place next Winter. This assemblage
of the two forces, the Scouting Force
and the Battle Force, permits of q
greater degree Of feet training than Is
possible during the somewhat limited
time Of feet concentration
Moreover, being assembled now, 1t
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FLEETS SCOUTING
FORCE KEPT WEST
Will Remain in Pacific Until
After Next Concen-
trati0n.

The Scouting Force of the American
Fleet will remain In the Pacific until
after the next fleet concentration has
been held, Admiral William V. Pratt.
chief Of naval operations, announced
today This program provides greater
economy and better training facilities,
he explained.
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An amazing liquid mas been dis
covered that actually ends all worry
over corns. One tiny drop stops
pain instantly and a few more
drops make the corn SO loose you
can lift it off with your fingers.
It's FREEzONE-the safe, quick
way to get rid of hard and soft
corns and calluses. Get a bottle
from your druggist and try it.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

coined at is to 1, would create more
money which people actually could
get" he asserted.
Three-fourt1s Of the worlds
population lies across the Pacific
ocean," DR.. Wikof said. Those
peoples are on the silver standard
today as they have been for hun
dreds Of years. Right now four and
one-half Chinese dollars are need
ed to buy one American dollars
worth Of American goods.
That is why China is switching
a lot Of her trade to England, which
went from the gold standard to the
silver standard recently"
DR.. Wikof pointed out that it
commonly is believed that the fed
eral government controls the Fed
eral Reserve bank.
THE government at Washington
does not own share of stock in the
Reserve bank" he asserted. ct is
owned privately and controlled pri-
vately."
DR.. Wikoff charged that congress
never passed law putting the
United States on the gold standard.
Congress- he claimed, passed a
law to have the number of grains
in each silver dollar stamped there
on.
The clause demonetizing silver
was forged into the bill by the sec
rotary 20 the President and the
assistant secretary Of the treasury
after the bill had been passed and
before it had been signed by Presi-
dent Grant. These men were sent
to the penitentiary, but congress
never has corrected the error.
England benefited by this de-
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BARES DANGERS
LURKING IN U. S.
GOLD STANDARD
Marott Says 1t viii Wipe
Out Our High Degree
of Living.

"The gold standard will wipe out
the high standard Of living in this
country" George ]. Marott, Indian
apohS merchant, asserted Wednes-
day night at a meeting held in the
Marott hotel to further bimetallism.
There is not enough gold in this
country, or in any other, with which
to transact business" Marott de-
clared.
Marott was the final speaker on
a program which included Fred T.
Loftin, bimetallist organizer; Waiter
G. Reese, Shelbyville attorney, and
DR.. G. S. Wikoff of Wichita, Kan.
Wikoff pointed out that banks
are allowed to lend many times
more money than they actually
have in their vaults.
This creates many times more
money in the United States. But
in times such as these, that created
mony is no good because almost no.
body can borrow money. Silver,
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way, which Russia built across
north Manchuria as a short cut to
Vladivostok, is in the zone Of Chi
nese-0 apanese skirmishes.
The upheaval in Manchuria
where China, Japan and Russia all
hold stakes in the important rail-
roads, has given Japan new
strength. TWO new ports are be-
ing & veloped in northern Korea.
Russia. holding aloof from the
argumer5 is faced with the I'M
pleasant prospect Of finding her
com. cree on the Pacific more re-
stricteu than it has been, as regu-
lations over railroads and seaports
tighten against her. Such a stu
alton is not likely to be permanent.
"Vladivostok," says DR.. Bowman,
"ig a key point in Russian policy,
touay no less than yestes ny and
tomorrow. Imprisoned liberia
wou' be even more shut il than
at present if the eastern part of
that vast nation were deprived of
a port.
How to develop that port and
its hinterland, and yet persuade
Japan that Russia is aiming no
sDear at her, is one of the most
aoLte of the problems that vexes
Russia in the far east today"
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several weeks ago, Detective Chief
Fred Simon said today.
DR.. Lapenta, Italian consul in In
dianapolis, and Mrs. Lapenta iden-
titled Northern Wednesday as the
gunman who took their money and
jewelry, but was foiled in an at
tempt to steal the auto when La
penta's daughter threw away the
keys.
Northern. arrested recently. is
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monetization. She bought up silver
in the United States, where its value
fell greatly, and sold it in India,
silver standard country, where its
value still was high"
Marott announced at the close of
the meeting that a similar meeting
will be held in the Marott hotel
ballroom next Wednesday.
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BY EMILY c. DAVIS
Science Service stan Writer

NEW YORK, June "a long
struggle over warm water ports
looms ahead in the far east.
This Is the outlook as seen by one
OF those cautious prophets of
science, a political seographer. The
geographer is DR.. Isaiah Bowman.
director Of the American Geograph-
zeal Society, with headquarters here.
one OF Russia's vital requirements
IN the far east. he explains, is q
port open to her trading ships all
the year round. Such a port is
known as a warm water port, to
distinguish it from ports that are
1ce-bound in winter.
Throughout czarist history Rus
sian leaders worked to gain warm
water ports for the vast Russian
domain, not only in the far east,
but in every other direction. So
far as the far east was concerned,
the czarist regime never completely
solved the problem. 1t was left to
the Soviets, and now is one of the
key points in far eastern strategy.
War Complicated Problem
Russia seemed near a solution of
the port problem in the far east
when she gained a twenty five-year
lease on Port Arthur and Dairen in
South Manchuria, back in the 1905.
The most southerly seaport in Rus
sia's own Pacific territory. Vladivos-
tok, was at that time. icebound for
the greater part Of the year. So it
was necessary to look farther south,
into another -Manchuria-
Tor the desired outlet to the sea.
But the favorable position which
Russia gained in South Manchuria
was lost long before the twenty-five
year lease was out. The Russo-Jap-
anese war broke, and the outcome
was that Russia had to withdraw
from South Manchuria, giving up
her seaports.
Since then Russia has concentrat-
ed on Vladivostok. She has wrought
complete change in it's character,
turning the port, to all intents and
purposes, into a real warm-water
port. IhlS is done by ce-breaking
ships that keep the harbor open.
Open Nearly All Year
AS the effectiveness of these ice
breakers has been increased, Vladi-
Vostok has come close to being an
all-year port. According to advices
at the Soviet Union information
bureau, in Washington, the port
now is closed only a few weeks in
the year, and the prospect is that
1t eventually will be kept entirely
free of ice.
Still the port problem is far from
solution. The Chinese Eastern rail-
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Tough Loot

Discovering that his loot wss
a fourteen-inch alligator, a
thief abandoned 1t shortly be-
fore l this morning in a res
taurant near Alb East South
street, where a truck from
which the alligator was taken
Ras parked. The thief also
took coat.
Bernie B. Morgan. Muncie,
told police he was returning
from Florida in the truck and
was carrying the alligator,
which was is a lard can.
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RoBBER is IDENTIFIED
Alleged Bank Bandit Named as Man
Who Held Up Consul.

Earl Northern, alleged bank ban
dit and ex-convict, has been identi-
fled as the bandit who robbed DR..
and Mrs. Vincent Lapenta and their
daughter in their automobile at
Twenty-second and Meridian streets.
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Chickens Die in Fire

Twelve chickens persisted shortly
before midnight when fire destroyed
a garage at the home of A. E. Clay
foot, 954 Adams street. Origin of
the fire has not been determined
Loss is estimated at $50.
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CONFLICT OVER
PORTS is PERIL
IN FAR EAST
Russia Reaches Toward
Sea; Outlet for Her Ships
Is Vital Requirement.

This Is ths fourth Of a series on the
political situation and conditions in zen.
eral in the Far East. where China. japan
and Rnssia are near Erips.
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so TO BE INITIATED
RituaIistic Degree Slated Friday by
Order of Mechanics.

Fifty candidates will be initiated
into the Junior Order, United
American Mechanics, at a district
meeting Friday in haywood. Three
degree teams will exemplify the
ritualistic work.
Indianapolis council, No. 2, and
Indianapolis council, No. 81, Daugh-
tiers of America, will hold a card
party Wednesday in the hall, 21O
East Ohio street.
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Sl2 every single day during the
Contest in daily cash prizes, plus
big grand prizes. You have an equal
chance to win. Complete details in
The Times today.
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awaiting transfer to Hendricks
county to face trial in connection
with robbery of the Amo State bank
this spring.
Evening star., 1932-03-11
SENATE STOCK MARKET
PROBE TO START SOON
Expected to Get Under Way by
Next Tuesday-Committee
Flooded With Suggestions.

Start of the Senate's stock market
-lvestigation will get under way early
ext week. it was said confidently last
= light by Senator Walcott, Republican,
r Connecticut.
The inquiry was sidetracked for COM
-leticn by the Senate Banking Com
= ittee of its work on the Glass banking
vision bill. The subcommittee work
g on this measure has about finished
S job
II believe We can get going about
- ext Tuesday" Wslcott told newspaper
,en. We viii employ a counsel and
thing the committee is determined
go completely into the whole stock
zrket problem
Meanwhile the committee is flooded
fth suggestions and offers Of help
ON the thousands who lost in the
sock market collapse Of 1929 and
l3o However there is every indica-
N that il viii confne its activities
inquiry into the methods Of big
perstors suspected Of manipulating
-iceS