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The Washington times., 1933-05-06
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Ford. 1881 De Luxe Roadster. @O0O
Robin egg blue: new paint: OAOJ
aluminium wheels: new tires. and a
motor that runs like new.
PARKWAY MOTOR CO.
sporty car: de luxe equip SZZ5
MODERN AUTO EXCHANGE
1908 14th st n. w. COL 1895.
1881 Ford De Luxe Roadster COOE
De luxe equipped. s W. W.: 900
MODERN AUTO EXCHANGE
1908 14th st. n. w. col. 1896
Ford 1882 sedan-Lowest price GOO
IN 'o 'BGANrox MOTOR co, 0OO0
80 n. Y. Ave. n. Z; MAI. $685.
Ford Fordor Sedan. 1851 COCE
Your mos. careful inspection 600
invited. Practically new tires; uphol-
stery spotless. motor quiet; terms.
JOHANNA SERVICE
1925 goth st. n. w. Dist. 9l4l
Ford. 1929 Sport Coope-Rumbls Ong
seat: motor in excellent con- DOO
dition; real. transportation at low
PARKWAY MOTOR co.
SO4O NJ st. N. W., Georgetown.
Ford 1880 Sport ROadster-Real Q17E
spring and summer transport ID y
tation at low cost: excellent condition:
HANDLEY'S
1880 Ga. Ave. N. w.
Ford. 1881 Sport Coupe. Paint. COCO
tires and motor In perfect OAVV
condition: an exceptional buy.
HANDLEY'S
$3.50 Ga. Ave. n. w.
1881 Raa SSsa S195
MODERN AUTO EXCHANGE
1908 14th st. N. w. col. 9S86.
Ford, 1882 Sport COnpe-Here COCK
Is what you are looking for. OOVO
Looks and runs like new.
HANDLEY'S
1880 Ga Ave. N. W.
Ford, 1881 Tudor-New tan fin. W00E
ish: seat covers, motor and DAAO
otherwise perfect. Don't miss this
buy.
PARKWAY MOTOR CO.
5000 NJ st. n. W., Georgetown.
Ford 1882 Dump Truck-Com- QOCE
pletely overhauIed: Hydraulic eDOUO
hoist; dual wheels: good tires: easy
TRIANGLE MOTOR co.
2 N. Y. Ave. N. w. National $3.50
Ford. 1929 FordOr-This is QfOE
really an exceptional car O1AO
Motor runs perfect: very low mileage.
See it today.
SOTO FA y 3, \! " Mor G.srk CO;
Ford. 1882 'V-s' Coupe. New QA1O
factory-lke finish. Motor O91O
tight and poppy: this car worth at
PARKWAY MOTOR CO.
SO4O M st. N. W., Georgetown.
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b. eyAdiean.
THE party undoubtedly was at its blazing
height Soft lights cleaned: bright lights
- glittered In one corner OF the great, golden
ballroom q negro jazz band, grotesquely dressed
rs Chefs tore tumult of melody from their brass
throated instruments
The couples on the dance floor seemed to re-
volve endlessly through the ecstatic rhythmS OF
the turkey trot 1t was new dance then. Cheeks
were flushed with wine and excitement Eyes
xlittered fevershly, winking automatically to the
harsh beat Of the syncopation.
A girl whispered to her partner: "This is the
dizziest party I've ever been on. Do you realize,
Fred, it's been going on for four months? 1t
seems incredible But here we are. And in spite
Of the strain, some fun, eh kid? ?"
"Well, there's one thing" said the boy named
Of little frolic like this to man worth $7O,OOO,
600? Just chicken feed. And by the way,
wonder where our genial host is? Haven't seen
him around for the past hour"
old J. V.-Josiah Van Kirk Thompson
" wasn't hard to find. In the corner opposite to
the wildly gyrating musicians, curious group
had gathered. 1t consisted Of Mr.. Thompson
fat, red-faced but in flawlesS evening clothes
several miscellaneous couples and jovial lady
who, oddly enough, was sitting inside miniature
portable Turkish bath.
Rather an unusual sight in a ballroom, you
exclaim. But that was the way "Josh" did things
Whatever his guests little hearts craved was in
vtsntly Forthcoming. The beaming lady in the
Turkish bath had been stringng right along with
the party since its start. She was good sport,
even though overweight
But along about the third month Of the festiv-
tiles, she had complained that she was getting
all worn out. ''pm too fat" she told her host. II
can't stand much more rich food. really ought
to reduce"
And gallant J. ". ever alert to the demands
Of difficult situation, had dispatched his trusted
nsaa servant, Pasquale, who had miniStsFed to his
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shackled than any slave.
dread disease that banishes b
health, struck her down. VIII
York, she was a grotesque
former loveliness-a monstrov
six-hundred pounds.
MOVED, perhaps, by a dee
"A the plight Of other wome
mained of the million to a
girls. Aside from her monel
personal effects. Of the latt
curious was the following adv
from a New York newspaper
(. AMBITION to attain every
these measures. In return for
surroundings, / will make nj
must be known and honor assur|
Object: matrimony.
One might assume that thi.
led to Hunnie's romance with
matter of fact, this was befol
hers. Wrapped about the clip
a fervent letter from a Jers
wrote of ideal love, the devoti|
other tender topics. Appart
came of his passion, for j. V.
Hunnie off and married her.
Two of the most picturesq
figures in "Josh's" menagc
servants, Pasquale Pallini and
Hormany years they had serve
! tie faithfully and we'll, anc
dupt~were paid $3.50 MONTH
Then Thompson's millions
n st, and there were no MOI
It the PalliniS stayed on. Fl
they did not receive a cent of
~ays1Ond Of thar employer
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IKE the hero of the famous Oriental ueIOdrama
IL "Kisnet," old Josiah Van Kirk Thompson scared
from Doverty TO StupendouS rcheS-and died paHper
TIE striking parallel between the e15ssr Of the
Ectionh hero and that Of the fantastic Pennsylvania
goldman can be extended even further.
Both men, after vicissitudes. won the lavish love
Of women Both gained during their stars ascsndancy
tremendous power in the communities that they dom
mated. Both lived to their enemies confounded
and hunbIed
But in the end both the beggas Hail, Of Edward
SheIdons play, and "Tosh" Thompson, Of Uniont0wa
Pennsylvania. saw their rainbow bubbles Drcksd and
went to their graves. with the bitterness Of defeat
snarting like ashes in their mouths though yoSb in
deIirium insisted he still was rich.
Following is the first complete account Of the
Of respectable humble obscury the last chapter
It is story putting the blush the widest dreams Of
novelist. And every word of it has been ScrupuouSy
authenticated
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and Ingres, library that would have made
professional bibliophile groan with envy.
Dashing Hunnie's tastes lay in another dlrec-
ton. She was interested in sports, particularly
horses. AS her tallyho drove through the rolling
Pennsylvania landscape, she was silken figure
of wonderment to the unsophisticated residents
of the hamlets- gorgeously befurred and aglitter
with diamonds.
But her social victory was not immediate. III
fact her first party was distinct flop. Furious,
Hunnie departed with an imposing retinue for
Sewickley, smart Pittsburgh suburb, to exhibit
some of her blooded steeds in show there.
What turnout Hunnie staged! There were
two maids, footman, Hunnie's secretary, hair
dresser, chef, a head stableman, a half dozen
grooms, Japanese servant and a guard for Hun
nie's jewels When they put on a show at the
turn of the century, it was some show.
Hunnie'S nagS didn't win any blue ribbons
but she herself was the sensation of local society
1t was triumph deservedly won.
ALL this time ]. v. was spreading out as the
"A most spectacular coal baron of the decade.
He invaded Greene County, over which another
banker, one J. B. Reinhardt, had held undsputed
sway. Before long he owned 141 Alb coal acres
there in Washington, Allegheny, Beaver, Arm
strong and Fayette counties and in West Vir-
ginia. His holdings in Greene County alone were
58,402 acres-a tremendous area.
Meanwhile, impulsive Hunnie had become
addicted to new fad-travel. She didn't seem
ever to stay put From California to the Riviera,
from New York to Budapest-Hunnie was always
on the go.
~ .Ratant, Aoihne J. W 1Aavad Il hOuA.. Bum
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produced and the obese dows
happy ...
Let US abruptly shift the
scene from these jubilant 60
ings-on to a far earlier date.
Josiah v. Thompson, at this
period, is just one Of Western
Pennsylvania many small
town bankers. A man Of in
tegrity, a well-liked citizen, of
excellent birth and breeding.
But, not even he suspects
that with the years passage he
will soar to position of ex-
traordinary affluence, eventu-
ally to become known as "The
Emperor of Coal" with a for
tune conservatively estimated
at $70,0O0,000 and three sue
cessive wives, one of whom
walked out on him with an even
million in, her purse.
Born in 1854 of distin-
guished Revolutionary stock,
Josh" rose quickly in the
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Pasquale Pallini, Thompson's Faithful Servant,
Who, When the Coal Millions Began to Melt,
Staved On Without Wages. Pallini Is Shown
Here Fruitlessly Hunting for His Dead Masters
Cash Records.
banking field. The 100000 he inherited from
his father he pyramided cleverly, so that soon
he became rich-well, moderately rich-man'
When he inaugurated his coal land deals,
these were extensive and spectacular. His hold
ings he perseveringly increased. At the height
of his power he controlled great rich tracts
throughout Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia More than 100000 acres!
Captains Of industry are proverbially OF the
marrying type" j. v. was no exception. Three
times he went to the altar. Of his first wife very
little il known except that she made him suit
able and placid n.ate and that, just aS he was
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Rose Mary Maloney IL, Thompson's FavOrite
Step Child. He Bequeathed to Her Reputed
Signature Of Button Gwinnett, One Of the Sisnsrs
Of the Declaration Of Independence. But Experte
Pronounced 1t Forgery. If Genuine, It Wou!d
Have Been Worth Small Fortune. J. v. Hid
1t. Where Is 1t Now?
beginning to be recognized as a great power in
the coal business, she died.
Far more picturesque, far more Of "charac-
ter" was Wife No. 2. She was "Galllvantlng
Hunnie Hawes' as the Unontown natives styled
her with mixture of awe and derision. Hunnle
was sprightly widow, over 80, when she met
GOSH" They met, appropriately, in New York's
old Waldorf Astoria in 1908. Hunnie had been
a Broadway showgirl.
Her first husband had just died, leaving her
IL tidy little fortune he had made on the horses.
She entrusted all her money to j. ", with the
request that he invest it in some Of his coal VEN
lures Willingly he did So And in twinkling
the widows mite had swollen to half million.
Then Hunne and "Josh" got married The
honeymoon definitely marked Thompson's first
he had been frugal, though not stingy, soul.
But now the sky was the limit for him-and his
bride.
Perhaps it was the intoxication of Hunnie's
charm and good looks. Perhaps it was the cham
pagne-like air of the European countries over
which the happy pair roamed. Perhaps the count
less rare and costly antiques that Josh" bought
in Venice Paris, London, Vienna and brought
home to "Oak Hill" in triumph.
w., you see, had not only acquired wife
He had Undergone severe attack OF the antique
complex. There were rich rugs from Persia
golden chairs in which, once, great doges had sat-
a complete du Barry bedroom for the mistress of
the mansion, superb japanese teakwood cabinets
champagne goblets centuries old, the Empress
E1genieS8 chaCO0al buEneE. OanUaSeSh b. BoO2a1Geg
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ness, none
his fad. y
ting wifi
Whether s
his hundre
Of record /
Ten ya
been mar
was a dive
bought upI
papers tha
A copy Of
locked in /
famed EN-
mansion. \
never divq
recent deal
He Sett
Hunnie. \
and rich. |
as she ple
tragic iron,
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whimS for ever so

WhimS Tor ever so
many years, to the nearest hospital sup
plies store.
Presto! The reducing machine was
produced and the obese dowager was
hannv
Evening star., 1933-10-09
New York Cotton
By the Associated Presa

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October g.-Cotton ftl.
lures opened barely steady, is lower
under pre-bureau liquidation and South.
ern selling. October, 9.26-B; December.
9.42; January. $50; March, 9.65; May,
$50; July. 991. B-bid.
There was buying by the trade and
some local or Wall Street buying but
Southern selling and pre-bureau liquda-
ton continued. Active months soon
showed net losses of about 6 to 8 points.
December sold of to 935 and May to
9.74, but the market was holding fairly
steady at rallies Of 2 to 3 points from
the lowest at the eEd Of the first half
hour. Except for the trade buying and
Southern hedging. business was sttrib-
uted chiefly to further eventng-up Of
accounts in preparation for the Govern
ment crop report. Liverpool cables said
the market there had eased under
Bombay selling but had been steadied
by scale-down buying on the decline.
The market eased of another few
points under increased offerings which
came largely from the South. Decem-
Der sold down to $50 before trading
was suspended to receive the Govern
ment report. This placed the indicated
crop at 1885, 900 bales was $4,000
bales above the average expectations Of
the trade as indicated by q recent can
vass Of cotton exchange members.
After selling off to 9,2s for December
when business was reeumed following
the report, however, the market rallied
on covering and trade buying, with De-
cember selling up to 946 or about 4
points net higher. The market at mid
day was steady and within a point or
two either way Of Saturdays closing
quotations.
Cotton futures cIosed steadv 12.17 hivher
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CURB CONTINUES
ADVANCE TO CLOSE
Prices Reach Best Levels in
Final Hour, but Changes
Small.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 9.-Stocks Ad-
vanced in quiet trading on the Curb Ex-
change today, reaching its best levels IN
the last hour. Most of the gains were Of
small size.
On the upswing in the final hour Ma
tional Distillers when-issued stock almost
monopoliZed the tape as 1t extended its
forenoon rise to 2 points. Hiram Walker
and the other repeal shares also bettered
their previous quotations.
Among the late features was the run
up of Celluloid Corporation common and
preferred on brisk turnover and s.
point Jump by Aluminium Co. OF
America. Pennroad Corporation turned
active as rail shares were bid up on the
big board
The gold mining stocks were affected
by the decline in the price Of the yellow
metal in London and the other metal
shares were also inclined to ease. Lake
Shore Mines, Wright -Hargreaves Mining
and other recent favorites among the
gold mines we're off by small fractions in
the first few hours of trading Newmont
Mining had a larger loss. Roam Ante
lope Copper also sold lower. but New
Jersey Zinc stood firmly during this
period.
Professionals again bid up the liquor
stocks. which were active but not much
higher. Distillers. Ltd, was an excep-
ton, selling fractionally lower in the
forenoon. National Distillers new stock
traded on a when issued basis, ran up
a point to "a In the early trading, but
lost part Of the gain by midday. United
Molasses was turned over actively at a
Slight gain
The utilities were quiet and steady
Electric Bond l. Share and American
Gas & Electric both opened fractionally
higher and moved in a narrow range
thereafter
Petroleum stocks were moderately
active and pointed higher. Standard
OIL Of Indiana eased for a time, but re-
covered around midday. when Humble
Oil advanced a point and Gulf Oh Of
pennsylvania was up fractionally
Creole Petroleum was again active and
slightly higher.
Textile stocks were strong, notably
Tubize Chatillon and Celanese Corpora
ton OF America first preferred Mont
gomery Ward A stock moved ahead and
Woolworth, Ltd. was steady.
tCopyright 1933)
Evening star., 1933-10-09
HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES
OF STATES OUTLINED
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
State highway expenditures In 1882
amounted to $e55,446,ooo. the Bureau
of Public Roads reports on information
collected from State authorities. States
surfaced 29,500 miles Of road and more
than 5000 miles we're graded.
Total funds available were tl,173,.
$4,000. consisting OF s275,25e. 900 ball
ance from the previous year. t632, ,200,.
900 current revenue from State sources,
s161 .467.0o0 Federal and local contribu-
tions, and S104 $50 900 from sale Of
bonds and notes. More than 80 per cent
OF the current State revenue was de-
rived from motor vehicles fees and gas
oline taxes, the bureau said.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
BOND LIST STEADY
: IN QUIET TRADING
Amusements, Communica-
tions and Some Rails Are
I Strong Spots.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 9.-BondS OF
the amusement companies, OF the New
York traction lines, of the telephone
and telegraph corporations and of sew
eral Of the rail roads were strong today
These groups were in little better
demand than the general list, which
was quite and without special feature.
The strength in the movie bonds
covered such issues as Warner Brothers
Picture Is. which rose over point,
Keith 6s Paramount -Publix 5l2s and
Loew's IS. The new film attractions
this Fall have been we'll received and
the economies effected during the past
year are now beginning to show impcr-
tant results in operating statements
New York fractions Up.
The speculation in the low priced
issues of the New York fractions is pre-
dicated not only on better earnings,
but on a belief that the election trend
is daily becoming mcre favorable to
the anti-Tammany froces and that
higher fares would follow their success.
There were no outstanding features in
the rail group, but steady tone that
was significant after several days of
firm prices Chesapeake Corporation SIS
touched par Southern Pacific, Erie,
Chicago & Northwestern and the Penn
sylvania junior issues were steady.
Union Pacific first As crossed par and
Atchison As sold around 95.
The death of the head of Interna-
tional Telephone & Telegraph has had
little effect on the prices of the COM
panys bonds. Western Union SIS were
higher today and 40 points over the low
prices made earlier in the year. Amer
lean Telephone long-term loans were
slightly easier A statement of earnings
for the quarter will be sent with the
dividend checks next Monday. Among
the lower-rated utilities there were
moderate fluctuations both ways.
French Issues Lower.
The uncertain political situation
abroad reacted some today on foreign
dollar bonds. French issues were lower.
although the government announced
Sunday that it would defend the franc
against further devaluation. German
issues were heavy. In the continental
group the rise of point in Danish
loans was a feature. Canadians were
steady, but Australians we're lower.
Less change occurred in United States
Treasury issues than in some days. The
prizes quoted in the first half of the
session varied little from those on
Saturday
A reactionarv trend developed in the
gold country bonds in the afternoon.
Dutch East Indies IS, which recently
sold above lat. were offered close to
14O. a decline of over a point for the
day. French tbs were off u points.
On the other hand, German industrials,
public utilities and municipals were
strong.
The recovery in rails continued. Penn
sylvania 4i2s were up point Other
members of this group were fraction
ally higher, with the tone generally
satisfactory. There was some improve
ment in the United States Government
list.
Copyright. 1933D
Evening star., 1933-10-09
Chicago Grain

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. october 9.-Rallies late
today. in which corn took the lead,
lifted grains vigorously from early low
price levels
Fxpectance that something important
to the grain trade would be announced
this afternoon in Washington by the
controller of the currency had con-
siderable to do with stimulating up
turns of values. Sentiment regarding
corn especially became less bearish than
of late and belief prevailed that lqui-
dation of the corn market had been
thorough.
Corn closed strong, 1as to Ia above
Saturdays finish: wheat. p to is
down; oats J.. to q advanced, and pro-
visions varying from cents decline to
Evening star., 1933-10-09
FOREIGN MARKETS

LoND0N-Follovins good reports from
sues on the stock exchange were mostly
better. OIL shares were generally lrmer
idend announcements. Home rails and
tran atlantic issues advanced while German
ponds declined. The market closed ir-
PARIS-Althoush prices on the Bourse
we're slightly above Fridays closing quota
fearing new taxation. are hesitatine TO buy
until the governmental budget bill is pre-
sented The closing was irregular.
lar and easier money were bright spots
Quotations. however. we're inclined to sas
and many stocks were not quoted at the
CLOSING because OF lack Of business.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
DIVIDEND ACTIONS DUE.

NEW YORK, October 9 (Pl.-Divi-
dent action is scheduled this week on
these stocks. among others: American
Machine & Foundry. American Ship
building. Continental Can. Nash Mo-
tors. OwenS-Illino.S Glass. Proctor &.
Gamble and F. w WoolWorth.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
METAL MARKET.

easier; electrolytic. spot end future. sMae
Tin barely steady: spot and nearby: 1925;
future. 1880. Iron quiet. No. 2. fob.
Alabama. 1880 Lead steady; spot. New
York. 4 so; East St. Louis. 4-35. Zinc quiet
tirnony, spot, 7.0Oa7.12. Quicksilver. $500
Evening star., 1933-10-09
STOCKS EX-DIVIDEND

NEW YORK. october 4'-Stocks ex-
dividend today: -
Alaska juneau. 3oc; Du Pont de Nemours
deb 81 So Gold Dust. roc; HARRISON Walker
in special preferred stock; Phila. Elec. pf..
S1o5
Evening star., 1933-10-09
Washington Stock Exchange

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone OF
Virginia 5s-s500 at l04.
WASHINGTON Gas IS "B'-S500 at l03.
washington Gas SIS 1960-sl, 900 at
1043s
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 26l2, is
at 26l2.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy. & Electric $500 at
86l,.
Capital Traction 5s-sl 900 at Sc, ST 900
at 56. 81 900 at 56.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. October P-Call money
steady; ). per cent all day. Time loans
easier: so days. has,: 3-4-5 months. ass.4;
months: s.a'; per cent Prime COM
unchanged 80 days. 'sah; 5000 days,
SsaL; 4 months. Asa1a: SIS months ha34.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
HOSIERY DEFICIT Barred.

NEW YORK, October 8 P).-The
Holeproof Hosiery Co. reports a dencit
Of s129,s49 for seven months ended
July 81.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
Cash Grain Market.

Cash Grain Market.
Wheat, No. l hard. 843s; Corn. No.
I yellow, 3812a39; No. l white, 40l2;
oats. No. 2 white. 29a31l4; rye, no
sales: barley. 45a73; timothy seed. 5.75
a6.25 per cwt.; clover seed, 8.00al2.O0
per cwt.
Evening star., 1933-10-09

quarterly Or semi-annual payment. sEx
eiyidend. Partly extra. .Plus 4% in stock.
aPayable II cash or stock Payable in
stock. Adjustment dividend. Plus S.
IN stock. 8 Plus 81 In stock b Plus IL
IN IN :toek. :tk. PlTs * IN stock; Plus 19y
In stock. pPsid last year-no regular ratS.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, October 9 lP.-Ba
silver barely steady. "A lower at 1884,.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK. October Q oP.-over-the
counter market:
(ouotatlons as Of IL o'clockD
Evening star., 1933-10-09
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. October 8 P).-Ovel
the-counter market:
Quotations as Of 9 o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-10-09
N. Y. CURB MARKET
Received BY Privats Wire Direct Once.

Stock and Sale
Hose. Dividend Rate Add 90. High. Low. Close.