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The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Coal and Iron Corp.
E1rnin0S Improve

Sharp recovery in earnings Of the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
Iron Corporation in the first quar-
ter Of 1884 was largely due to the
abnormally cold weather which
prevailed during a large part Of
the early months Of the year and
resulted in the best demand for
anthracite in recent years. An
thracite sales by the Reading for
January and February, 1884, ag-
gregated 1,839,170 net tons as COM
pared with 999, ,659 net tons in like
months Of 1888, an increase Of
839,511 tons, or "a per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Hog Trading Holds
NOn1ilalLy Steady

CHICAGO, May 19 G.N.SO.
Hog receipts were 10000 today
with the market nominally steady.
Choice medium weights were
quoted up to $3.75. The market
showed but little change during
the week with top at $3.50 and
the average price $3.55.
Good light weight steers ad-
vanced Is to SOC and choice
heavy gained Csc. Weeks top was
$9.35. Cows sold is to Csc higher
and good yearling heifers ad-
vanced soc. Feeders sold steady.
Weeks sheep receipts were
10000, the smallest in years. Late
in the week the market advanced
soc bringing the top for wooled
lambs to $3.50.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Chicago improves
Steel Operations

Steel operations in the Chicago
district are estimated at slightly
above IS per cent Of theoretical
capacity. an improvement Of one
or two points in the past week or
10 days. A year ago at this time
steel operations in this district
were at somewhat above 80 per
cent.
The Illinois Steel Company's
South Chicago works are under
stood to be running at about the
some rate as 10 days ago or in the
neighborhood of so per cent of
capacity.
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Holly Sugar to Pay
Preferred Dividend

Wiley Blair, jr., president Of
Holly Sugar Corp, states that in
view Of favorable current earn
ings a dividend Of SITS will be
declared on the preferred stock,
payable August l to stock Of
record July IS. No dividends
have been paid on the preferred
since the regular quarterly pay
ment of $1.75 on August /, 1880.
For fiscal year ended March
81, 1884, consolidated net profit
was $1.044,565 after depreciation,
interest, Federal taxes and ad
justments. comparing with net
10sT Of $1S,744 in the preceding
year.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
WILL PAY.
S25 DIVIDEND

Directors of Harris Trust q
Savings Bank propose to pay on
July a dividend of s25 on the
banks stock from proceeds Of
liquidation of the N. w. Harris
Co. Such a dividend will require
disbursement of $1,500,0O0 to the
banks 10000 shares of capital
stock.
A. w. Harris, chairman, indk
Gated intention of reducing the
present dividend rate of $12 an
nually which has prevailed since
July /, 1882, to $6 annually.
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Food Products
Off Slightly

A slight downward movement
in the weekly food index, com.
piled by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc,
followed a slight gain in the
preceding week.
On May Is, the index stood at
$2.09, a drop of / cent from the
preceding week, but a rise Of
12.4 per cent over the CORE
spending week Of last year when
it registered $1.86.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
Business Failures
Touch Another Lou

Hesitation continues to be the
bane of business activity. despite
absence Of any alarming trends in
the records, according to Business
Weekly. Steel, motor and coal
production dipped slightly in the
past week, pulling carloadings
slightly lower too. But power pro-
duction is turning upward. Com.
mercial failures touched another
low.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
lNSURANCE DIVIDEND

A dividend Of 20 per cent, pay
able on all policies expiring in
July. has been declared by the
American Mutual Liability Insur-
ance Company. This is American
Mutual's five hundred and fiftieth
consecutive dividend Of 20 per cent
or more.
The Washington times., 1934-05-19

High Low Close
Mines. 17h 17h TN
Hudson Bay NJ & S.... 13A 13b 1914
Humble Oil. AN 42% AK
Imperial Oil Can.... 14% 14h 14h
Ind Terr Oil B.. 2
IntI Hyd Ell Sys pf. 25 25 rs
Int Mining ws ...... 5k bA 5A
Internal Pet .....% 26h 26k 2Sh
Int Utilities B 900. y y y
Iron Cap Copper. .... 1& ~ 1%
Italian Sup A ...... 2
Kirby Petrol ....... 8 3
Kruger Brewing .... ~ IL 12
Lake Shore Mnes.... 49Al 49h 49K
Lehigh C & N new. Sh sal Sh
Lerner Stores ....... 2SA 2s1s 2Sh
Loblaw Groce A.. IT IT II
Louisiana Land ...... 8 3
Michigan Sugar ....l 1 1
The Washington times., 1934-05-19
BANK REGULAR

Dominion Bank Of Canada has
declared the regular quarterly
dividend of $3.50, payable July 3
to stock Of record June 20.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
CHILD BOARDING
FACES EXPOSE

An underground" clearing
house for boarding out "un-
wanted" children was revealed
here today.
Unwed mothers, it is claimed,
turn over their infants after
birth to certain wealthy women
philanthropists with the under
standing they be boarded out to
private homes.
The usual rates, The Washing
ton Times has learned, are SIS a
week from birth until the age OF
eight or nine months and $40 a
week thereafter.
Court to Hear Woman
eDtails of the method by which
unwanted babies are boarded out
are expected to be revealed
Wednesday when Mrs. Rose Man
uel, 5000 block Sligo Mill Rd.,
N. E., asks the Juvenile Court to
restore to her custody four chill
dren she has been boarding"
The Manual case is expected to
bring new details of the clearing
house operations and especially
the activities of a highly respected
woman doctor. Known to police,
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4 I4SUSPECTS
|NENA(2ED
BY MOB
ChiIdren's Neighbors Threaten
Lynching; Prisoners Rushed
to Roanoke

CLIFTON FORGE, Va, Nov. 10.
Said to have been criminally as
saulted and then beaten to death
with the butt of shotgun, the
bodies of Ellen Hill, IA, and her
sister, Alice, 8, were found in the
underbrush on the outskirts Of
town here today.
Fearful of mob violence, police
rushed three colored men, and a
colored woman, arrested in conec-
ton with the brutal crime, to the
Jail at Roanoke, 100 miles away,
for safe keeping.
One of the four taken into
cuStoday was reported to have con-
fessed, duplicating one of his com.
panionS.
The suspects in custody are
Philip Jones, his wife, John Pryor,
and Arthur Smith.
Jones, suffering from a shotgun
wound in his left leg, was said to
have confessed, duplicating Smith.
Jones shotgun, with the butt and
the barrel smeared with blood, was
found under the steps of the porch
Of his shack.
Police said Ellen probably was
attacked as she sought to save
her small sister.
Disappeared Yesterday
The children are the daughters
Of T. r. Hill, contractor. They
disappeared yesterday afternoon.
When they failed to return last
night posses were organized and
started combing the mountain
country around the town, believing
the children might have been
lost in the woods.
About 4 o'clock this morning the
bodies of the children were found,
and a search for the killers
started.
Police reported they found a
belt taken from one of the chill
dren'S coats in a colored mans
cabin, and the four suspects were
taken into custody.
Lynching Threatened
When word got around that ar
rests had been made, crowds
started gathering around the little
jail, and lynching threats were
heard.
It was then determined to rush
the suspects to Roanoke. and they
were Smuggled into cars and taken
away before the crowd learned
what had happened.
The bodies were found in a
thicket just over the township line,
less than half a mile from their
home.
No formal charges have yet
been placed against the suspects.
An examination showed that
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: virginia SISTERS ATTACKED AND SLAIN
Mack, Actor
And Writer,
Dies at 81

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19 Q.N.SO.
A sudden heart attack early today
wrote finis 70 the notable stage
and screen career of Willard Mack.
Death came to the famous writer,
playwright, actor and motion pic
ture director as he lay in bed at
his home in Hollywood. He had
not been feeling well and had lain
down. He called a maid to open
the door, gasped and died in a
few minutes.
Mr.. Mack was as celebrated on
Broadway as he was in Hollywood.
He acted in many of his famous
stage successes and acted and dl-
rected many of the screen sue.
cesses he had produced in the past
81 years.
Wife With Him
His fourth wife, Beatrice Ban
yard, also writer Of note, collab.
Grated with him in sew eral
scenarios, was with him when he
died.
Also present were his step
daughter, Beverly, II, and his
physician, DR.. Alexander Cameron,
Two brothers in Canada and a
stepson, Jack, Is, also survive.
His other wives were Maude
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The Washington times., 1934-11-19
'CARRAN SET
.TOJO|N BORAH
IN PAY FIGHT
Hero of Battle Last Session
Seeks Return of Full Conn.,
pensation January

Senator Pat McCarran CD Of
Nevada, hero of the Government
employees pay restoration fight
last session, announced today that
he will offer his aid to Senator
William E. Borah (RO of Idaho,
in preparing a bill seeking to
return full pay to Federal workers
effective January l.
The Idaho Senator recently
stated that he would confer with
representatives of the various Gov.
ernment employees organizations
to map concentrated attack for
full pay restoration by January /.
Will Work Together
Although no meeting has yet
been held it was learned at Sen
ator Borah's office today that he
has discussed the matter with or
ganization Spokesmen by telephone
and probably will meet with them
in q short time.
Senator McCarran, who returned
to Washington only a few days
ago, said that he expected to ar
range for a similar conference
with organization representatives
for the same purpose, but that
since Senator Borah already has
taken such steps he will work
along with the Idahoan.
Expect Agreement
There is one striking difference
in the ideas of the two senators.
Senator McCarran would have full
pay returned Immediately to all
Federal employees while Senator
Borah would limit his demands to
full pay for all those whose basic
salaries are less than $4,000.
Senator McCarran said, how
ever, that he believed he and Sen
ator Borah can arrive at some
agreement concerning this matter.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Nov.
19.-With all the "haywire"
ideas we have, every once in
awhile we hit on a good one,
like old age pensions, (Which
is sure to come at the next
Congress-.
Well, 1 wan down to Los
Angeles Livestock show, and
L saw these hundreds Of
farmer boys, that had fattened
and cared for a calf, or pig, or
sheep, themselves.
It's a thing called the 4H
Club. Somebody was inspired
when they founded that, its
all over the country. BY
golly, they are a great bunch
of kids, and don't they have
some fine stock. Look how
young and he is starting in
his business. We got the most
thorough training in every line
of business in this country, but
craftsmanship and that, you
lust decide overnight your
self, 81 am q statesman"
Yours,
WILL.
Copyright. 1884, by McNaught
syndicate, Inc.D
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Long Chuckles
At Stories Of
Candidacy

BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. 19
G.N.SD Senator Huey P. Long
laughed heartily today when he
read a newspaper story which
asserted that he would be a
candidate for President on a
third-party platform in 1886. He
said:
"This is the first time any
one has ever run me for an
OffiCA
"The first time 1 ran for
railroad commissioner, 1 stood
in front Of the mirror and
said: Boy, we want you for
a candidate
WIFE NOMINATED HIM
"When I ran for governor
the first time, my wife and
decided on me as our candi-
date.
"NOw it looks like I got more
people wanting to make me a
candidate than I ever had be-
fOre-but its an awful setting
to start out with, having the
Newspapers running you.
"n the newspapers are with
you, you're damn near beat be.
fort you start, and it would take
a powerful man to overcome
that handicap"
PLANS HONEYMOON
The "Kingfish" said he didn't
know how such a report got out,
and described it as "just news
paper talk"
Meanwhile, the Longs will leave
tomorrow on a honeymoon" de-
ferred for more than 81 years
Huey revealed.
Senator Long refused to say
where he and Mrs. Long would 60
or how long the honeymoon" will
last.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Silk Workers Seek
Support for Strike

PATTERSON, N. j., Nov. 10
G.N.SO.-Possible postponement
of the silk strike of 5000 members
of the American Federation Of
Silk Workers scheduled to begin
Wednesday, was indicated today
by Eli Keller, local secretary, pend
ing efforts to secure cooperation
of workers in other centers. The
dispute will be aired at the annual
convention of the Federation next
Saturday and Sunday in New
York, Mr.. Keller said, and the
national union officials will be
asked to make the postponed strike
countrywide.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
GObblerS GrOOmed
For Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving close at
hand, turkey growers of Virginia
and Maryland are grooming their
gobblers for the last minute rush
to the markets.
In northern Virginia, and the
Shenandoah Valley some 10000
birds valuedd at $65,OoO will be on
their way next week. while an even
larger crop is expected in Mary
land. Commission merchants say
that first class fresh-killed turkeys
will retail at about 80 cents a
pound, about the same price which
prevailed last Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
And what is more, experts pre-
dict that this years crop will be
of the finest quality, due to plen-
tiful rains and abundance Of green
food.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
n, Y, INSURANCE
CASE LOST
BY International News Service

10y 4Nc"b CCLNASO
The Supreme Court today dis
missed an appeal attacking con-
stitutionality of the New York
State law of 1888, which author
lied the superintendent of inSur.
ance to take over defaulting real
estate title and mortgage com
panies. An estimated $1,000,00O,
900 is involved.
The court held that no sub
stantial Federal question was in.
volved in the case before it. 1t
intimated, however, that a con
stitutional question might arise
following reorganization of com
panies by the superintendent OF
insurance.
The decision, made by the
whole court, was in the appeal
of Fannie Abrams and others,
who were denied an injunction
preventing George S. Wan
Schaick, superintendent OF IN
surance, from proceeding to re.
organize the New York Title and
Mortgage Company.
The decision, in effect, holds
that the law is constitutional on
it's face, but that it may be ap
Piled in an unconstitutional man
ner.
Counsel for Fannie Abrams
which included Samuel Unter'
myer, contended that the law i'm
paired the right of contract and
therefore was invalid.
Another group of certificate
holders, through counsel, inter
vened, urging that the law be up
held. They contended that huge
losses would result from forced
liquidation and the rental market
in New York would be demoral
ized.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Z Dead AS Storm
LaShes California

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19
U.N.SO "A death toll of seven
persons was counted today in a
lashing rainstorm throughout
California which reached cloud.
burst proportions yesterday in the
San Joaquin Valley. Four per.
sons were killed in automobile
accidents on wet highways and
three others met death when dis.
aSter overlook their small boat
in San Francisco Bay. Sixteen
others were hurt in highway acci-
dents.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
PRES|DEN 7
SEES CHEAP
POWER
Executive Challenges Utilities
on Costs of Electricity;
Visions Wider U. S. Aid
By EDWARD B. LOCKETT

w
WARM SPRINGS, Ca, Nov.
10 U.N.SO.-President Roosevelt
believes today that the Govern
ment has within the last 18
months become, and must be-
come even more, a real helpmeet
to the people of the nation, in
solving their economic problems
The President does not con-
ceive such a program as either
regimentation or liberalization,
to use a word which he himself
coined. He simply thinks that
the work that his New Deal has
done has proved beyond a doubt
that there are certain functions
which the Federal Government
of a democracy today can. carry
out better than: private enter
Demands Cheap Power
In this category lies the produc-
ton of power on a wholesale
scale. Mr.. Roosevelt indicated
in addresses which he made
en- route here from Washington
that he did not mean that the
Government should eliminate
private ownership from the utili-
ties set-up of the nation. On the
other hand, he does mean, &C,
cording to his addresses, that
private ownership. so far as
utilities are concerned, must meet
the challenge of the Government
to furnish electric power much
cheaper than it is being sup
piled today.
The Presidents thoughts today
were a result of a careful survey OF
his Southern economic laboratory,
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
This vast experiment has, under
the authority of Mr.. Roosevelt,
carried out the Presidents thoughts
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The Washington times., 1934-11-19
PARENTS TAKE
OUT.
Of SCHOOL
Hazen "Passes Buck" But
Promises to Have Blair
Furnace Cleaned

A strike was called at the Blair
School today, with more than 20
indignant mothers taking their
children out of classes after Com.
missioner Melvin C. Hazen had
passed the buck" on the ques-
ton of the school furnace to Or.
Joseph Murphy of the Health De'
partment.
Surrounded by so angry moth
ers, some of whom booed him,
Commissioner Hazen announced
he would have to await a report
from DR.. Murphy before deciding
what action would be taken.
After this, Mrs. Edwin Green
president of the school PIT. Al
addressed the mothers, asserting:
eve are no further along,
and we might as well call q
strike right now"
She then went to a classroom
and took her 8-year-old son, Don
aid, from school. About 20 Other
mothers followed her action.
- To Clean Furnace
Commissioner Hazen promised
he would see that the furnace
was cleaned, eliminating SCOT
from the rooms.
Several mothers, who waited
for hours for the District officials
to make the inspection, COM
planned they were suffering head
aches from fumes thrown out by
the antiquated furnace.
Commissioners Hazen and Sui
tan, with DR.. Murphy and DR.. M.
E. Young, made the inspection
after Mrs. Green went to the
District Building and demanded
immediate action.
More than $50 fathers and
mothers accompanied their chill
dren to school this morning, and
about so waited until the in
Spection was completed.
Strikers ReSOlute
Notified of the strike, the Com
missioners and doctors held an
executive session at the school
and announced repairs would be
made to the furnace tomorrow.
Commissioner Hazen said no
new furnace would be installed
now but perhaps one would be
put in next summer.
Mrs. Green announced that she
did not intend to call off the
strike but that the mothers would
decide if it would be proper to
send the children back after the
repairs were made.
2 Made Ill
Two children were forced to
leave classes during the morning.
complaining they had been made
i'll by the fumes.
The city heads have stated that
a new heating unit will be in
stalled in the school next sum-
mer, but this promise has only
made the mothers more deter
mined in their call for a strike.
District health officers have
tested the air in the claSsrooms
and have reported that there were
no poisonous gases present.
Engineer Commissioner Sultan
pointed out that the installation
of a. new heating plant would take
at least four weeks, but other Dis
trict heads have privately ex-
pressed the opinion that heat
could be furnished the building in
the Christmas vacation period If a
triple shift were employed.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
$4,000 ExtOrtiOn
Plot Jails Man

POMPTON LAKES, N. j., Nov.
19 G.N.SD.-Russell Hopper, "a,
of Oakland, N. j., who police said
admitted attempting to extort
$4,000 from Robert T. Sheldon,
New York broker and resident Of
Oakland, was being held today for
Federal authorities.
Sheldon received a letter Satur-
day instructing him to put pack
age containing $4,000 under a tree
at Pages Corners, or else his
house would "be bombed from an
airplane." Hopper admitted he
wrote the letter, police said.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
South Sea Empress
Hunted in Deaths

launch is expected to be sent to
the islands shortly.
Invited to Leave
The baroness, who ruled a group
of retainerS on Floreana Island
with an iron hand and ruthlessly
deported any outsiders who en-
tered her lonely domain, is re-
ported to have left her island re-
Gently.
While no official announce
ment was made, it was generally
understood the Ecuadorean gov
ernment had invited" her to
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R. E. Lee Memorial
BeQuests Tangled

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 10,
Civic authorities will meet
this week to untangle one Of the
knottiest problems of recent
years growing out of two be-
quests, each for erection Of a
memorial to Robert E. Lee.
One will, left by ]. Henry
Ferguson, provided 100000 for
a statue of Lee and Thomas j.
"Stonewall" Jackson; the other
that of Mrs. Elizabeth B. White,
makes $4,000 available for a
statue of General Lee. Each
will stipulates the memorial be
erected near the heart of the
city and authorities are seeking
ways to legally combine the two
beuueStS,
The Washington times., 1934-11-19

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Nov. 10
U.N.S0.-The mysterious activi-
ties Of Baroness Elise Bosquet De
Wagner, self-styled Empress" of
the Island of Floreana in the Gal
apagoS, were the subject of lively
comment today as Ecuadorean
authorities investigated the dis
covery of dead pair on the beach
at lonely Marchena Island.
Although the island group is
owned by Ecuador, government
officials were without an official
report of the gruesome discovery,
but inquiries were begun and Q
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Shotgun ExplOdes,
Burns Mans Face

John E. Hughes, of the first
block of Rhode Island Ave. N.
w., is in a serious condition in
Georgetown Hospital from burns
received when a shot gun ex-
ploded in his face early today
in Montgomery county.
Bethesda police said the man
was experimenting with a gun he
had constructed himself.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Rains, Snow Sweep
Entire West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19
G.N.SO.-King Boreas has seized
California and most of the Pacific
Coast in his luSty grip.
From Canada to Mexico, and
from the Sierra to the sea, torren.
tial rains, SHOWS and winds bat
tered down, and as darkness fell
there was not the slightest diminu-
ton in the storm. Weather Bureau
officials predicted continued rains
and SHOWS, with moderate gales,
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Probe Is Ordered
In Crash of Plane

BECKLEY, W. Va, Nov. 10.
Department Of Commerce aero
nautical inspectors will attempt
to determine today why a plane
piloted by w. w. Wells, of Null
lens, crashed here yesterday, kill
ing Mr.. Wells and w. o. Lay, his
passenger. Witnesses said the
plane went into a spin at 600 feet
while Mr.. Wells was circling for
a landing.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
SELLS MINOR BEER

Pleading guilty to a charge Of
selling beer to a minor on October
26, George Sachlis, proprietor of q
restaurant in the 1900 block H.
st. N. w., was fined $500 by Judge
Ralph Given following a hearing
in Police Court today. The amount
of fine was recommended by the
Alcohol Beverage Control Board.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Fay Webb Obtains
Suit Delay to Jan. I

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 Q.N.SO.
Trial of Fay Webb's suit to set
aside a separation agreement,
under which she receives 500 a
week from Rudy Vallee. was ad.
journed today until January Z.
The delay was asked by her coun-
sci to permit several appeals to
the Court of Appeals.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Miner Kills Wife
And MOther-in-laW

PINEVILLE, KY, Nov. 19
Q.N.SO Mrs. Hazel Bowman
and her mother, Mrs. Nellie
Stripping, were shot to death
today by James Bowman, a coal
miner, husband of Mrs. Bowman,
who surrendered to authorities.
The double Staying climaxed q
domestic quarrel.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Ex-Sen. BrOusSard
Dead at His Home

NEW IBERIA, La, Nov. 10
U.N.SO United States
Senator Edwin S. BrousSar'i died
at his home here today. He
served in the Senate for 10 years,
retiring to private life in 1882
following his defeat for renom.
ination by Senator John H.
{ verton.