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Evening star., 1934-09-15
LEADING LANDSCAPE
PAINTER Is BURIED
John Ferry, 72, Specialist in West
ern Scenes, Will Rest on
Puget Isle.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, September Is John
Ferry, 72. one of Americas foremost
painters of Western scenery, was
buried on Orcas Island yesterday. He
died Tuesday at his home in Everett.
His works are hung in hotel lobbies
and railway stations throughout the
country. Sixteen of them are hung
in large railroad station here. He
was born in Hungary.
He maintained a studio for years
on Orcas Island. Two daughters and
son survive
Evening star., 1934-09-15
MRS. WILLIAM BENNETT
DIES AT HOME OF SON
Mother of Assistant to President
of Capital Transit Co. Was
Native of England.

Mrs. William H. Bennett died yes
terday at the home of her son, William
B. Bennett, assistant to the president
Of the Capital Transit Co., at the
Westchester Apartments. She was 80
years old.
Born in Devonshire, England, March
4, 1845, Mrs. Bennet was brought to
this country by her parents, Richard
and Eliza Channon Andrews, when a
small child.
Mr.. Bennett died in 1920. They had
been married So years. OF seven chill
dren, she is survived by three, A.
George Bennett. Madison, Wis; v. A.
Bennett, Duluth, Mimi, and her son
here.
Burial will be at Mineral Point,
Wis, Monday.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
SEEK GEM THIEVES
Police Hunt Two Men Who Sub
stituted Fake Ring.

Police today were seeking two mel
who yesterday substituted an imita.
ton for a genuine diamond rims
valued at $500, while looking a
rings in the jewelry store Of Abraham
Burnstein, 900 block of F street.
The men were believed to have
slipped in the fake ring and "palmed'
the other one during q moment th(
jeweler had his back turned.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
CURTIS HODGES ELECTED
TO CONVENTION GROUP
Secretary of Greater National
Capital Committee Named
to Board of Directors.

Curtis Hodges, secretary of the
Greater National Capital Committee
of the Washington Board of Trade,
was elected a member of the board of
directors of the International Associa-
ton of Convention Bureaus at the
associations convention in Milwaukee
yesterday.
AL Skean Of the Atlantic City con-
vention bureau, was elected president
Hodges addressed the convention on
the subject: Value of National Con-
yentions to a City"
Evening star., 1934-09-15
TWO SEEK DIVORCES

Suits for Absolute DEGREES Filed
in Rockville Court.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. September IS.
Two suits for absolute divorces were
instituted in the Circuit Court here
yesterday. In one, the plaintiff, Mrs.
Cora o. Carter of Newark, N. j., seeks
separation from Thomas Carter of
Goshen, to whom. the petition shows,
she was married in Rockville Decem-
Der %, 1914.
The plaintiff in the other case is
Mrs. Myrtle L. Mcdonald Of Chevy
Chase, who asks divorce from John
Thomas Mcdonald of Lorton, Va.
The couple, the petition set forth,
were married in Montgomery County
July 2, 1882.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Esperanto Glasses. Free.

Free instruction in Esperanto will
be given in the Y. M. c. A. each
Saturday at 7:30 pm. beginning to-
day and each Tuesday at the same
hour in the Mount Pleasant Public
Library. Glasses will be conducted
by the Esperanto Association of North
America.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
FlREMEN TRAINED
200 in Prince Georges Have
Taken First-Aid Courses.

WV IL I1uCc OeOGEeS Have
Taken First-Aid Courses.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
TUXEDO, Md, September 15-
There are now 200 volunteer firemen
In Prince Georges County who have
completed an accredited course in
first aid, it was announced by H. L.
Leonard, president of the Prince
Georges County Rescue Squad, last
night at its meeting here Leonard
said Prince Georges leads counties of
Maryland IN this respect.
1t was announced that Leonard
who has conducted numerous first aid
classes, will hold another series at
The BladenSburg fire house, starting
October 3.
Clarence Gasch and Daniel Kerzog
were elected rescue squad delegates to
the advisory board of the County
Firemen'S Association, with Robert
Rheinbold and Thomas Latimer as
alternates.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
MAN DEAD FROM GAS

Unemployed Victim Is Believed
Survived by Two Children.
William A. Maedel, 38, was found
dead in his room at 428 Third street
this morning gas flowing from an
small stove nearby. Ambulance ply
sicians said he had been dead several
hours.
Maedel. who had been unemployed
for some time, Is believed to be sur
vived by two children and a sister
residing in Washington. They were
being sought by police through relief
headquarters. The body was ordered
removed TO the neygue.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
U. OF M. WILL RESUME
CLASSES ON THURSDAY
First Three Days of Week Set
Aside for Registration
of Students.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, September
l5.-After three days of registration,
classes will be resumed at the Uni
versity of Maryland next Thursday.
Monday and Tuesday have been set
aside for freshmen registration and a
program of orientation for the new
corners. Upper classmen will be en-
rolled Wednesday.
Students returning to the university
VIII find new buildings under way and
foot ball practice well advanced.
Only minor changes have been
made in the faculty. during the
Summer.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Earthuuake Is Registered.

fairly strong earthquake was reg
istered on the seismograph at George
town University early today. The dis
turbance, which reached a maximum
at 2:14, was approximately 1,500 miles
distant, with direction uncertain.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
TWO ARE INJURED
BY HIT RUN Driver
Inferno and Hospital Clerk
Run Down in Safety
Zone.

Police are seeking the driver Of a
Virginia car who last night drove
through safety zone at Thomas
Circle, striking and seriously injuring
DR.. James Hicks, 20, an inferno at
Episcopal Eye. Ear and Throat Hos
pital, and Mrs. Thelma Lille, %
clerk at the institution.
Both Of the injured, who had been
waiting for street car, were reported
semi-conscious this morning at Emer-
gency Hospital, where they are being
treated for injuries about the head
and body and are under observation
to determine whether they have skull
fractures.
Auto Speeding.
Travelling north at high speed. &C.
cording to police reports, the machine
knocked DR.. Hicks to one side, while
Mrs. Lille was thrown forward about
IL feet, and the wheels of the ma
chine passed over her.
Several taxicab drivers, who wit
messed the incident, gave chase to the
hit-and-run car, but lost it in the
heavy traffic after following for sev-
eral blocks.
License Number.
witnesses obtained the license
number Of the automobile, said to be
listed to man living in Clarendon
Va. Washington police asked author
tiles there to aid in a search for the
owner of the car.
DR.. Hicks, 1t was said at the Epis-
copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
came here from South Carolina.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Wounded in 1882.

In March, 1882, McMahon was shot
In the back while asleep. police re-
called. and walked into Casualty Hos
pital, clad only in pajamas. At that
time also he refused to disclose the
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August ii-Wholesale
throwing overheard of speculative
holdings Of all grains today resulted
In wild fluctuations that finally
brought every one Of the pits to a
complete standstill.
BottommoSt prices permitted by
Government regulations formed the
rule in the end. These prices we're
also reached temporarily at the OPEN
ing, and despite extraordinary re-
bounds later. were prevalent in the
last half hour. Many observers said
the chief cause OF the waves Of liqui-
dating sales was a general reaction
from nearly unprecedented continu-
Gus price advances during the last
week.
Wheat closed heavy. 4ka5h under
yesterdays finish, December new, lot;
Corn, 3%a4 down; December, 1914;
oats. 2Aa3h of, and provisions at
II to 40 cents decline.
Business in all the grain pits here
came to a practical standstill at
intervals preceding the close. Trad
ing halted because limits had been
reached at which a further fall Of
prices was stopped for the day and
the week by established Government
regulations.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 11.-An early
decline of nearly $125 per bale in
cotton today was followed by partial
rallies on covering combined with a
moderate trade and commission house
demand. December contracts after
selling of to 1882 or "a points net
lower and As points below the high
price Of last Thursday, rallied to 1886
and closed at 1888. The general
market closed barely steady at net de-
cl1nes of I8 to 20 points.
The opening was easy at q decline
Of 8 to IA points under selling through
brokers with spot house connections
and liquidation. Offerings increased
following the sharp opening break in
the wheat market, and some stop or.
ders were uncovered ON the decline
which carried the general list about
l8 to "A points below yesterdays
closing quotations.
The market steadied during the
middle Of the morning, but renewed
weakness in the grain market led to
increased selling toward the close.
Last prices were within 4 or S points
OF the lowest for the day.
The range follows.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Nebraska Abandons Hone.

SHELTON, Nebr.. August II (P.-
Farmers Of Central Nebraska, their
fields reduced to powdery dust by the
relentless drought, have generally
abandoned hope of a grain crop.
Their remaining hope is that rain
finally will come through and allevi-
ate serious feed situation.
Already great damage has been
done. Pastures are gone; corn is
burned to a harvest brown; sugar
beets are hopelessly stunted, If they
come up at all; alfalfa fields have met
the same fate; wheat and other grains
have paid the inevitable toll for a
blistering Summer.
Farmers now count the days until
the time when it will be too late even
to grow something to feed the live
stock. Hay, where there Is any, COM
mands price of $40 a ton. That
price, Nebraskans say, makes 1t almost
impossible to feed live stock and
come out" In other words, it would
not take the ANNALS long to "eat
themselves up" in cash.
Even ThistIes at Premium.
One farmer said he had spent 20
years in raising the standard Of his
dairy herd to top-notch level. without
any feed on his farm, and without
the funds to carry the cattle through
on purchased hay. he is forced to
sacrifice his herd and start back
where I was 20 years ago."
Anything green, even Russian
thistles, is at a premium as down.
cast farmers and business men talk
Of the worst drought of genera
ton"
As is to be expected under the cir
cumstances, the farmers of this area
are miserably downcast. Government
crop curtailment checks have helped
some: corn sealed by Federal loan
provides a backlog; but the weather
has not permitted "a crop" around
here for several years and pessimism
Is widespread. The current high level
Of commodity prices makes it doubly
hard for a farmer to witness devasta-
ton of his fields.
(Copyright. 1884, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1934-08-12
NORTHERN IOWA'S
CORN IS THRIVING
Crop viii Be BountifuI, While
That OF Neighbor's Is
Burned Up.
BY ]. s. RUSSELL.

WATERLOO. Iowa, August II
(N.A.N.A) Corn Is stin king in
Iowa.
The monarch may have been top
pied temporarily from his throne in
the Southern and Southwestern parts
of the State, but any one with half
an eye for crop perfection can see
in Northern, Northeastern and East
ern Iowa and in most of Northwest
ern Iowa prospects for a lot Of corn
this Fall.
It's true that the condition Of the
corn is spotty and more moisture is
needed to bring the crop through to
q successful elimination, but right
now Northern Iowa Is the paradise
Of the corn belt.
No one can conceive Of how poor
the crop is in Southern Iowa without
actually witnessing the devastation
that natures blight has left on the
fields there-and in Nebraska, Kan
sis, Missouri and on to the South
west.
Bounty in Northern Iowa.
And after seeing the ravages OF
drought and heat, no one. without
actually witnessing it. can conceive
Of the bounty that exists in the wake
Of natures smile in the northern
part Of Iowa.
Just where the best spot in Iowa
Is this year is difhcult to determine.
The best crops always are a few miles
away. Northwestern Iowa held the
banner for a time with copious
showers, but recently the heat wave
that leveled crops in Nebraska and
Dakota has been encroaching farther
and farther in the Northwestern cor
ner Of Iowa.
Not gloating over the misfortune
Of others, farmers In Northern Iowa
have seen prices soar as corn was
blighted In other sections and still
their fields continued to show good
condition.
Probably not a bumper crop, but a
good crop-that's the prospect right
now. The corn Is in the milk, In
roasting ear and even beginning to
harden In a few fields.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
TOBACCO PRICE AVERAGE
STILL LOWER IN GEORGIA
~ the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
VALDoSTA. Ca. August ii.-To-
bacco prices generally continued 70
average lower yesterday than during
the open days of the Georgia markets,
but warehouses reported that lower
grades Prevailed in the offerings.
waycross reported 63.452 pounds
sold for si0,33005. or an average Of
$1627 per hundred, with lower grades
prevailing. There was q predomi-
nance Of inferior grades reported also
at Statesboro Thursday, with l9l 900
pounds estimated sold. The average
prices were not disclosed, but were
reported slightly down.
Sales at Moultrie Thursday tota1ed
44S. .s36 pounds. which brought an
average Of $lS2l per hundred. Val.
dosta sales reached 462.07B pounds
Thursday at an average price of
$i8.32 per hundred.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
CANADIAN CARRY0VER
OF WHEAT Is REDUCED
BY The AssocIatnh prnsa-

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, August 1.-THE Donnin-
ion Bureau Of Statistics in a crop
report issued today estimated the
carryover Of wheat In Canada ct
the end Of the crop year, July 81,
at 1893 .322 ,863 bushels.
This compares with last years
carryover Of 2l1. TAO, ,1ss bushels. show
ing a reduction Of approximately
Is 500, 900.
When Canadian wheat In the
United States is included the carry
over this year is 203 .277.ll5 bushels.
as compared with 21s. .42s,39s bushels
a year ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
COttonseed OIL.

Bleachable cottonseed oil was easier
today under general selling, promoted
by the weakness in grain, cotton and
lard, but after showing losses of IL to
20 points, the market rallied partially
on covering and scattered buying, pro-
NOTED by the bullish July consumption
report. Final prices were to II
points net lower. Sales, SO lots.
The Census Bureau placed the con-
sumption of cottonseed oil in July at
31S, 1852 barrels, or about 10000 bar
relS more than had been generally ex-
pected, and compared with 1902
consumed in June and 297 .839 barrels
in July last year. Bleachable spot,
nominal; September closed 6.68; Octo-
Der. $40; December, 6.86: January,
$50; March, ITO.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
UTILITY PROFITS DROP.

NEW YORK, August II Especially e
For the - months ended June 80
Florida Public Service Co. reports
total operating revenues of 81 ,62S ,262,
a decrease of $156,5l from revenues
reported a year ago. This figure COM
pares with $2.2ll ,653 for the calendar
year 1880. which clearly reflects the
downward trend in the company's s
revenues. Operating expenses. etc.
totaled 81 ,S04Sl6 compared with ST.
I6S .eSl in the previous IL months.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
BRIGGS PROFITS CLIMB.

NEW YORK, August IL CP.-Net
profit of Briggs Manufacturing Co. for
the second quarter amounted to $2,-
087 1872, equivalent to $1.05 a share on
the capital stock, compared with
$797 ,158, or 40 cents q share In the
June quarter last year. The company
has announced plans for expansion
and segregation of its operations in
drawn metal plumbing ware.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
SUGAR MELT SMALLER.

NEW YORK, August Ii CP).-The
total sugar melt of the 13 United
States refineries this year up to and
including the week Of August 4, TO-
tailed 2,1l5,000 long tons, compared
with 1885, 900 in the same period a
year ago. according to the Sugar In
Stitute. Total deliveries in that period
amounted to 100000 long tons.
against 2.150.0o0 a year ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
CHANGES NARROW
IN NCURbEXCHANGE
Small Gains and Losses
About Evenly Divided.
Volume Light.
by BERNARD s. oHARA,


NEW YORK, August Ii--Minol
changes prevailed In quiet week end
curb trading today.
Small gains and losses we're about
evenly divided throughout the list
A few Of the recently firm metals
met additional profit taking. Utin-
ties and oils we're steady. Alcohols
Nere inactive.
Consolidated Mining yielded
points IN a neager transfer, while
Bunker Hill IL Sullivan lost 2. Wright
HarRreaves moved In the opposite d.
rection, advancing a point to a new
high for the year. Lake Shore and
Hollinger Gold improved slightly.
Pan-Amerlcan Airways and Dow
Chemical we're rather firm but minor
reoessions appeared in American Cy-
anamid B. Sa1ft International. Glen
Alden Coal and Swift AZ Co Elec-
trio Bond r. Share. Hiram Walker
and StandarL vi OF Indiana closed
about unchanReo
TranSferS which Appropriated So
900 shares. were about the same as
last Saturday.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE
weekly statement of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus. and undivided profits
$725.3l2,200 (unchanged).
Total net demand deposits (aver-
agel. $40 ,6e3, 900 (decrease).
Time deposits average, S2,675,-
900 (decreaSe),
Clearings week ending today, ST.
AL, ,486, ,327.
Clearings week ending August 4
So, $50. $50, ,02l.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
DANVILLE BANKER GETS
HOUSING LOAN POST
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

DANVILLE, Va, August II. -
Wayles R. Harrison has been appoint
ed assistant to the liaison officer of
the Virginia Bankers Association for
the national housing act. through
which Federal loans will be made to
home owners for alterations and i'm
provement Of homes. Mr.. Harrison
is vice president of the American Ma
tional Bank & Trust Co. of Danville.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
LESS U. S. COTTON NEEDED.

NEW YORK, August II R1.-
American cotton forwarded to mills
Of the world during the current week
amounted to las. 900 bales. compared
with 2l7,000 bales In the same week
last year, according to the New York
Cotton Exchange Service. The move
ment of American cotton into sight
totaled $1,000 bales, against 10000 a
year ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. August IL R.-Foreigr
lars; others in cents: Great Britain, de
mand. 5.11A: cables, .5.11Nj 60-day
bills. bills 5i9 az France demand 81 .sSesh
bles, S.72,
Demands-BeIEium 1887: Germany
Sweden. 1886; Denmark, q. .s3: Finland
2.26: Switzerland, 33.Is; Spain. 1880
Portugal, 4.65: Greece. .06; Poland. 1920
Austris. AtiO1i1snsao. is.so HunTarS. oti 800; ST Ru.
mania, 1.Q2: Argentina. 80 .e6s: Brazil
sSS TokiS Sse.2S; Sen sSnanghaI 1,, ~ So
pesol, 27o6: Montreal in New York
102. 70; New York in Montreal. 07.25.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
CUBAN SUGAR OUTPUT
HITS 2,245,412 TONS
By the AssoeIated nress.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August IL. Sugar
production in Cuba up TO July 81
amounted to 2,245,412 tons so far
this year. while exports from Janu-
ary l to July 81 totaled. 1852
tons. according to reports TO the New
York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Stocks on the island on July 81
amounted to 2,030,515 tons, against
2,3sl,078 on the same day q year ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, August IL lHA (United
states Department of AgTicuIture) But
ter-Market ruled steady to firm at un-
changed prices. Trading was confined to
small lots for immediate needs Supplies
OF fancy butter none too liberal and rather
closely held
UNCHANGED prices. Trade was slow. as
many buyers and dealers were out of the
market, Withdrawals from storage con-
tinued at very satisfactory rate. Live
poultry nominal.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
STUDEBAKER SALES RISE

SOUTH BIND, Ind, August IL tE'l.
The Stude'oaker Sales Corp. said re-
tail sales for passenger and CONNER
cial vehicles we're greater in July than
for any July since 1880. In July unit
sales totaled 4.4s4, ia per cent more
than July. 1888, an increase of ST.
per cent over July. 1892, and 4.s per
cent better than July, 1891.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Cash Grain Market.


Wheat, No. 2 red, 10312-l05 /;
No. /, hard, 1.10-1.1l; corn, No, 1,
yellow, 78; No 2. white. 78; oats,
No 2, white 5214 -531A; rye, No. 2,
S512; barley, 63-l05; timothy seed
l5.5o-l6.00 per hundredweight; clover
seed, 1l50-16.25 per hundredweight.
Wheat future purchases yesterday
totaled 54,514,000 bushels, corn 49,
$4,000. Open interest in wheat was
1855 ,230, 900 bushels and in corn
80 ,945 600
The bottom dropped beneath prices
at both Winnipeg and Liverpool. Net
losses registered at winnipeg in wheat
ranged from to almost 9 cents, and
at Liverpool the Setbacks amounted
to more than cents.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
COTTON GOODS HIGHER.

NEW YORK, August IL [P).-Scat-
tered price advances on various types
of cotton goods have occurred in the
primary market, although a number
of houses continue to quote prices un-
changed.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
UTILITY NET DWINDLES.

CHICAGO. August IL R-The
West Texas Utilities Co. today listed
$3.50 as net income for the first six
months of 1894, compared with $10,-
ls3 for similar period in 1888.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
PULLMAN GETS ORDER.

NEW YORK, August IL tP.-The
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co.
has received an order for 100 phos-
phate cars from the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, according TO reports to Rail
way Age.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Phone Charges Reversed.

Reverse telephone charges are being
introduced by the guvernment-ownel
telephone system IN Britain and win
be known as transfer charges"
Evening star., 1934-08-12
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

GEW YORK. August II Ap-Aey York
beeuTity Dealers Association.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.

NEW YORK. August IL R.-Priet
quoted in dollars and 32ds.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
5s% S6s Young S q I pf...s.s..'
" u Yukon Gold. ..........1

Dividend rates in dollars based on
annual payment fPartly extra. tPlus 4
in cash or stock. b Payable in. stock.
Plus So In stock. Payable IN SCRIP
Sss in stock Paid this year-no res
Evening star., 1934-08-12

/ last quarterly or semi
4ss in stock q Payable
!. I Plus 81 in stock.
ID. Plus SCI in stock.
'fus So In stock. a Plus
egular rate.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-07-17

said his own force was insufficient Sor
the job.
There were no attempts 70 operate
trucks In the market district but Il
was reported that . few trucks had
been stopped In some parts OF the city
while . number Of others were allowed
to enter.
MIX Deliveries Allowed
With few exceptions, union leaders
said, the union means to stop Ill truck
transportation in the city. The ex.
ceptions include milk wagons, Ice,
brewery. oil. city and sanitary trucks.
Taxis viii be allowed On the street.
Gasoline stations still were open.
The exceptions, strike leaders de-
clared. will be in effect Tuesday and
possibly Wednesday. They explained
that the ultimate goal Is to tie up all
transportation and to enlist the aid
OF Ill workers In q general strike II
necessary.
The first concentrated drive Of the
strikers Is expected to be against the
city market district. Arrangements
have been made with the Farm Holi-
day Association and the Market Car
deners' Association to allow its mem-
bers to enter the city, provided they
show their membership and have
union permits. Deliveries will be
made only to homes and stores, but
not to the city market.
More than 10000 workers, In Is cot
ton mills Of Huntsville, Ala, answered
the call for q statewide textile strike
as the hour set for the walkout ar
rived.
The workers demand 4 30-hour
week, pay increases and changed
working conditions.
Five mills were closed, ana another
awaited the result OF Z conference
with the operators.
Other mills ct 0adsen, Jasper, Cor
dova. Albertville, 0untersville and
were closed g shifts
changed. John Dean, international
Of the United Textile
Workers Of America, In charge Of
strike headquarters, said more than
$4,000 workers would be on strike by
3 p. m.