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Evening star., 1935-01-11
STOCKS CO DOWN
IN SELLING WAVE
Losses of | to 3 or More
Recorded as Activity
Broadens.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated press Financial writ,


NEW YORK, January ll-Stocks
sold of rather sharply today in the
first real reaction of the new year
Activity broadened on the selling.
Losses of / TO or more points were
general, particularly among metals
and tobacco. Power issues eased fol-
lowing early steadiness. United
States Smelling dropped 4 points.
Cerro de Pasco. Mcintyre, Liggett g.
Myers B, Santa Fe, United States
Steel and American Telephone lost
around l to 2. Transfers approxi-
mated 1000 900 shares.
Shares of Coco-Cola Jumped about
S points and Century Ribbon came to
life for an advance of l, both to new
peaks for the past year or so. Con-
solidated Gas, Public Service of New
Jersey and North American were
fairly steady, but Western Union and
American Telephone drowsed. Losers
of to 2 or more points included
Liggett g. Myers B, Reynolds B.
American Tobacco B, Mcintyre Por-
cupine, Dome, United States Smelt-
ing, Union Pacific. Spiegel-May-
Stern, j. C. Penney, American Sugar
Refining and United States Steel
common and preferred. Fractional
declines were registered by Bethle-.
hem, General Electric, General Motors,
Chrysler, New York Central, Santa
Fe, American Smelling and Cerro de
Pasco.
Carrier shares were unreSponsive TO
a more than seasonal increase in
freight car loadings For the week
ended January 5. loadings totaled
498,073 cars, a gain of 1858 over
the previous week, but decline OF
2,740 from the corresponding 1884
week. The aggregate was an increase
Of 58,604 above the like 1888 period.
Some of the selling in the tobacco
stocks was attributed partly to fears
that net earnings of the larger COM
panies for the past year may not
come up to previous expectations.
Earlier estimates Of the Reynolds Co.
1884 profits had been around s2.85
a share, whereas only s2.l5 share
was reported in comparison with S2.ll
in 1888.
The fact that most Of the power
and light shares, which for a lollg
time have been in the depressed class.
were about able to hold their own
was an aid to sentiment and bore
out the opinions expressed in some
brokerage quarters that this depart
ment of the market had fallen to
levels where virtually all the adverse
news had been more than discounted.
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District Tops Other Cities.

Percentage comparisons OF sales in
fifth district cities for December and
1884, with corresponding periods in
1888, follow:
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December. l. mos. Stores. Cities
Ill -1R ihti ol3
Riggs Officers Reelected.

December figures preliminary; in most
cities the month had the same number
OF business days this year as last year.
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renewal Of 100000 wood cross-ties
over and above normal requirements,
which can be placed roughly at 50,-
600, 900, and indicate the possibility
of total purchases by railway COM
panies of 1876 100000 ties during 1885.
Such Q development, according to
. statement by ths National Lumber
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PreIlmMdTy IIgUTeS OH lIIe VdIUt VI
department store sales show an in
crease from November to December
of more than the estimated seasonal
amount. The Federal Reserve Boards
index, which makes allowances for
differences in the number of business
days and for usual seasonal changes,
was rs in December. on the basis of
the 1925 average as 100, compared
with 73 in November and IA in Oc-
tober.
The largest increases compared with
last year in total sales for the month
were shown in the Richmond, Dallas,
Chicago and Atlanta districts. Per-
centage changes from year ago fol-
low:
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Manufacturers Association, would
give the forest products industries q
volume of business from this source
alone amounting to, possibly, $780,
000, 900, at the present average price
of cross-ties, which is probably so
per cent below the high mark Of
pre.depression years.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
STEEL EXTRA ORDERED.

NEW YORK, January II P).-Di-
rectors of the National Steel Corp.
today declared an extra dividend of
1919 cents on the common stock and
the regular quarterly disbursement Of
IS cents. both payable January 81 to
stock of record January 81.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEE YORK. January IL GP,.-Crude
rubber futures opened barely steady, 10
IL lower: January, 49, 55: March, l3.13-16.
May, I394-95. July, l4.l4-l5.
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81 ~ HACK w pI A \IHJ''
81 81 Hahn Dept Stores. =.
6315 25A Hahn Opt Stores pf.
9s. 3h Hall w F Printing. 4.
1Ols. "a Hanna (M Al pf 90
24% 13 Harb Walker (50c).
100 81 HARRISON & w pf(6)
92 1871 Hat Corp pf (6h)..
6A Ia Hayes Body.
96h "A Hazel Atlas Gl (5).. .
145 101 Helme &c w t11%
12M 5H Hercules Mot (60c)
Sl5a SO Hercules Pw (t3%)
73s. 48la Hershey Choc t3). ..
lOA A. Holland Furnace.
13 81 Holland & Son (50c)
"a IL Houd-Hersh A jpn.
st 2ss Houdaille-Hersh B.
81 43 House Fin pf (3h -.
29% 12h Houston Oil. ......
55a 2h Houston Oil (new)..
STA 35h Howe Sound (3)....
24h 6M Hudson Motor Car.
7N 1Js Hupp Motors.
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D. c. STORE SALES
FAR ABOVE 1883
December Total Averages
2O.9 Per Cent Ahead of
Previous Year.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Department store sales in Washing
ton in December averaged 20.9 per
cent more in dollar volume than sales
in December, 1888, the Federal Re-
serve Bank of Richmond reported to-
day. Retail sales in this city for the
full u months of 1884 were 20.5 per
cent above the 1888 figures. The re-
port further reflects the years re-
markable Wind-up in retail trade,
October revealing a gain of % per
cent over the previous October and
November scoring an advance of 25
per cent.
Washington stores made the best
showing in the fifth district in De-
cember trade. Charleston. w. Va,
came second with a 1913 per cent gain,
while the average for the 49 reporting
stores in the whole district was II
per cent better than a year ago The
average for the entire Richmond dis
trict for the full year was 18 per cent
higher than in 1888, today'S report
says.
Total sales in 456 stores in the
United States in December were IL
per cent above sales in December,
1888, and communicative sales in the
Nation in 1884 were 13 per cent above
sales in 1888. The Richmond Reserve
district tied with the Dallas district
for first place in percentage increase
in December over sales in December,
1888, and took third place in percent
age increase in total sales for 1884
over 1888.
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LUMBER CHIEFS HAIL
NEEDS OF RAILROADS

Estimates of expenditures needed
to restore railroads to physical con-
dition equivalent to that Of 1929,
made public here include the
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60 27 Laclede Gas pf.
31M 22K Lambert Co (3).. set
IAN 5 Lane Bryant.......
IAN q Lee Rub&Tiro <60el
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3sM Safeway Stores t3)
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1c% air lTDdHhS-NlOTSe. /.
77hs 80 Fairbanks-Mrs pf.
11h 4 Fed 1t & Trac.
62 344 Fed Lt&Trac pf(6).
$50 25S Fed Motor Truck.
5h 2 Fed Screw Works. =.
81 20 Fed'd D Stores (tD
351s 23s. Fid Phi F Ins(t1.35)
LOG 81 Filene's pf t6h)...
25H 13h Firestone (40c)....
69M 53 First Nat Strs(21z).
17A 2 Follansbee Bros tk)
211a 1015 Food Mach (a25c).
% sh Foster Wheeler....
80 SIS Foster-Wheeler pf.
ia Ga Foundation Co. ....
27Ia 17lS Fourth n Inv (hS5c)
17h So Fox Film tA)......
63 20 Franklin Simon pf.
5OA 21l5 Freeport-Texas Cd
3313 ID Fuller Co pr pf f....
Evening star., 1935-02-06

defense, but he professed to know
little about the names Of the streets.
Reilly referred him to the map of the
Bronx, but it apparently helped his
knowledge but little.
Last Surprise Witness.
Heller was the latest Of the defense
surprise witnesses. He came to the
stand at the start of the afternoon
session after Mrs. Maria Mueller.
niece Of Mrs. Hauptmann, and five
other persons had testified they were
present at the Hauptmanns on the
night of December 2, 1888. when
Fisch was guest at a farewell party.
Fisch sailed for Germany shortly
afterwards and died there the follow
ing Spring.
Mrs. Mueller also corroborated
Hauptmann's own story that he was
at home on the night of November 26,
1888, when, the State contends. he
passed a ransom bill at a Greenwich
Village theater.
The defense also produced q witness
to testify that the memory of Mrs.
Cecile Barr, cashier at the theater,
was faulty-she was the woman who
identified Hauptmann as the ransom
bill passer-but he was not permitted
to answer defense counsels questions.
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cemetery on the night Dr.. Condor
passed the $50,000 ransom to a man
the State contends was Hauptmann
himself. Neither Lindbergh nor Con-
don mentioned a parked automobile
when they testified.
The witness, young, self-possesSed.
describing himself as q writer, now
working as a cashier, said he sat in
his automobile near the gate OF st.
Raymond's for two hours with q girl.
Story Straightforward.
He told his story in a straightfor-
ward manner, but in cross-examina-
ton by Attorney General David T.
Wilentz various inaccuracies cropped
up as Heller strove to remember details
of his physical surroundings.
He said the incident was called to
mind in letter from the girl after
the news Of the payment Of the ran
som was made public. Then. he said,
he forgot it, and it was brought to
mind again after Hauptmann's arrest,
when he saw a picture Of Fisch In the
paper.
Fisch is the man, Hauptmann says.
who left in his keeping shoe box
which he inspected last August to dis
cover it contained nearly $4,000 OF
the Lindbergh ransom money.
Heller was vague in many OF his
answers to Wilentzs rigorous exami-
nation. He hesitated about revealing
the name Of the girl. He admitted to
a conviction on a charge which was
not brought out in examination.
He was vague, too, when he tried to
describe the street condition where he
parked, the street lights and the state
of the cemetery wall near the spot
where Lindbergh has testified he
heard a voice, which he identified as
Hauptmann's, calling hey, doctor"
Lindbergh Watches Intently.
Lindbergh spent his twenty-ffth
day in court, listening to the testi-
mony with no greater show OF emo
ton than he has evinced since the
beginning. He watched Heller In
tently. taking note Of every word.
Heller, who said he now worked at
a Manhattan restaurant. and had
formerly worked for his brother In
the Williamsburgh section Of Brook
lyn, said he is "a years old. On the
night of April 2. he testified. he
called for young lady in the Bronx
and took her for a ride in his auto
mobile about 7::3O or 8 o'clock.
He pointed out the position where
he had parked his car on an aerial
photograph introduced earlier by the
Evening star., 1935-02-06
Bruno Is Reported
As Still Believing
His Trial Is Fair
Defense Staff Membe,
Tells of Statement
to Spectator.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON, N. j., February 6
R.-Taciturn as Bruno Richard
Hauptmann was during the twenty
fifth day Of his trial yesterday, he
reiterated q statement he is getting
fair trial, one Of his counsel said.
c. Lloyd Fisher, one of the defense
staff. said Hauptmann told him DR..
Frederick Kirsch leaned over during
a recess period and addressed Haupt-
mann in German on his reaction to
the trial.
Fisher said Hauptmann informed
him he told Kirsch he was getting
a fair trial"
Kirsch has been in this country
handling financial arrangements for
the fight between Steve Hamas and
Max Sehmeling. which will be held
In Germany.
Evening star., 1935-02-06
BY ANNE GORDON SUYDAM.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BY ANNE GOkDON SUIDAMs
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PENNINGTON, N. j., February g.
As one by one the witnesses culled by
the delicate hand of Mr.. Reilly from
an unknown repository get snow
bound in Trenton. or miss the bus to
Pennington. or are seized with sudden
palsy. or simply fold their tents like
the Arabs and silently steal away, the
case Of the defense begins to look
pretty weak, and you find yourself
actually embarrassed In Its name.
For the second time this week Mr..
Reilly, for sheer lack Of alibi material,
however himsy, was forced to stand
before Justice Trenchard's bench like
a sheepish boy and request an early
adjournment. The Judge usually mid
though thoroughly discriminating, re-
minded Mr.. Reilly that 1t was in
cumbent upon him to produce and
hold his witnesses in court until they
should be called, and upon Reilly's
promise to do so wound up with the
rather severe admonition, Il hope so,
Mr.. Reilly, else something unpleasant
is likely to occur"
Witnesses Grow Curious.
Those witnesses whom he has pro-
duced grow more and more curl
GUS. Perhaps 1t wouldn't matter
much If these other nebulous
names never did materialize in
court. for even sight unseen they
could not seem more fantastic and
unreal than some who have appeared
in the flesh. Maybe there aren't any
more. maybe 1t would be just as well
not to have any more like the general
run of those who have come before us.
From the subterraneous creatures OF
last week, who darted in and out OF
ferryboats and speakeasies, We come
this week TO a thwarted Lothario. who
is gallant enough to tearfully strive to
suppress his ladys name from the
case. but who was not quite gallant
enough to refrain from entering the
case at all, although his appearance
confirmed nothing save his own in
anity. 1t may be that the manly
hearts of the male jurors, including
the ultra-susceptible heart OF Liscom
Case, were stirred by thoughts OF more
ardent days and nights which they
had known before the unexpected arm
of the law reached out and incarcer-
ated them, like so many white mice,
in the jury box. As Benjamin Heller
told with throaty reluctance the story
of his sentimental tryst with Judy
Schwartz beside the cemetery gates
on the night Of the ransom payment,
when they parked for three hours in
the mysterious darkness and talked
about life, it may be that Rosie Pill
and Verna Snyder quivered with the
tender memories of those ineffable
days when Messrs. Pill and Snyder
wooed and won them. 1t may be that
We were all little affected by Heier's
moving story of his unrequited love
for little Judy Schwartz. who worked
by day at Bloomingdale's Department
Store and parked by night at st. Ray
monds Cemetery. only to reject his
proffered suit IN June. to marry
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Defense Displays Increasing
Weakness With Its Witnesses
Reilly, Lacking Alibi Material, 1,
Forced to Request Early Court
Adiourr,n,ents T,vice This Week.

another In July, and. with bitter
sweet retribution, to die in August.
And, Of course, 1t may be that there
was never any Judy at all.
Promised to Meet Friend.
Nevertheless, in the name Of Gre
dulity, let us shadow this Romeo as
he goes to meet his Judy. He emerges
from his fathers restaurant at about
z O'Clock and goes to the corner Of
Grant and Attorney streets, where,
according to his sworn testimony, he
has promised to meet a friend at that
time. He doesn't know who the friend
was, but he is positive that he never
came to that corner. =
This condition alone arouses fas-
cinating speculations in the inquiring
mind. How does he know that his
friend wasn't there all the time If he
doesn't know who his friend was? How
can any Of US be sure that this loyal
though anonymous friend has not
been standing on that fateful corner
where Grant and Attorney streets
meet. waiting for the faithless Heller
to appear? Perhaps he stood, like q
stork. first on one foot and then on
the other. until he achieved, through
long waiting. the static patience of a
fire plug. Perhaps he comes ire
sistibly back through the dusk Of every
April I'd. in the wan hope Of finding
his Benjamin unaccountably there.
Well, Benjamin has done his duty
by going to the street corner at all,
and so he steps briskly forth to an
other street corner and picks up Judy.
They drive to the street adjoining
Woodlawn Cemetery and park there,
and while so engaged, Benjamin.
through sheer nervousness over the
momentousness of the occasion, or
possibly in spirit Of playfulness, fips
the lights OF his car on and of maybe
20 times in three minutes" according
to his own testimony. During one of
these bright moments, he was for
tuitously able to observe man jump
ing over the cemetery wall In fact,
he was able to observe him SO well
that he unhesitatingly identified the
picture Of Fisch as "strong resem-
blance" to that man. At this point,
Judy, perhaps slightly annoyed with
his odd manoeuvering Of his lights,
seems to have reproached him, for he
explains his failure to report the affair
to the police by the fact that he was
too grieved at the time"
Letter Found in Desk.
Judy is married and buried, and
last Saturday Mr.. Heller decided to
clean up his desk, and what should he
find therein but letter from Judy, in
which she seems to refer to their tryst
on the night Of April I'd. 1t seems to
be Of tremendous importance to Mr.
Reilly, but 1t is not admitted in evi-
dence. and so Judy passes out Of our
consciousness as intangible as when
she entered 1t.
Philip Moses, one-time taxi driver,
song writer. farmer, hoofer and what
have you, and for the past two weeks
stooge of Pennington, who has been
signing autograph books for street
urchins with his name followed by the
Evening star., 1935-02-06

impressive words star witness" takes
the stand. He admits, or rather he
boasts proudly under cross-examina-
ton. that he is skilled impersonator
Of Will Rogers, and thereupon prompt
ly combs down his forelock in the ap-
proved Rogers manner and looks hope
fully at the audience, to the delight
Of the jury, press and spectators and
to the complete baffiement Of Justice
Trenchard
Gus Miller, defense witness called
aloud in court by Reilly and apparent
ly having failed to appear, swaggers
down the aisle as court adjourns for
the day, declaring that 1T was too hot
to talk in there. If they want me to
talk. let them give me some fresh
air" If this be contempt. make the
most Of It. which nobody did, but still
it did seem a bit quaint for a witness
in murder trial to announce with
righteous indignation that he couldn' t
testify because 1t was too hot"
Evening star., 1935-02-06
EXHIBITS ARE GUARDED
Only Two Men Have Access to
Kidnap Ladder.

PENNINGTON, N. j.. February G
@.-Vigilance was increased today
over the prosecution exhibits in the
trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the
Lindbergh kidnapping.
General orders were renewed last
night for guarding the exhibits and
only Detective Lewis j. Bornmann
and Arthur j. Koehler. Federal wood
expert, are henceforth to be permitted
access to the kidnap ladder.
The exhibits are in an isolated room
Of the warden's quarters in Hunterdon
County Jail. State troopers, in three
shifts daily, stand watch over them
Evening star., 1935-02-06
HOLDING COMPANY
BILL IS OFFERED
Measure Given to House
Provides Dissolution With
in Five Years.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Legislation to carry President Roose-
velt's projected control Of utilities a
long step farther by elimination Of
public utility holding companies" was
introduced today by Chairman Ray
burn Of the House Interstate Com
merce Committee.
Although the measure was not
claimed to be an administration" bill
in the usual sense, it was put in after
White House conference yesterday
and Mr.. Roosevelt knew Of its contents.
The legislation, as explained by
Rayburn, would:
l. Simplify holding company struc-
lures and eliminate geographically and
economically unrelated properties from
their set-ups.
Would Halt Speculation.
2. Confine holding company invest
ments to public utility activities by
excluding all extraneous or speculative
ventures.
3. Control future security issues
and acquisitions Ito prevent further
growth Of pyramided structures and
economically unsound systems.
4. Require adequate reports and
standard accounts to show financial
condition and intercorporate relation
ships.
S. Eliminate common control Of
electric utility properties and inter-
state gas transmission and Of domestic
and foreign properties.
6. Establish the principle that a
holding company shall not profit from
dealings with its own subsidiaries and
that service and other companies be
organized on "a truly mutual and CO.
operative basis and shall perform their
work at COST"
Rigid Control Sought.
7. Impose rigid control of intercor-
porate relations wherever there is an
absence of arm's-length dealing"
8. Effect necessary reorganiZations
OF holding companies under Federal
administrative control"
In a statement Rayburn recited
holding company practices which he
said created problems national in
scope"
. "As an immediate program, there
fore" he announced, II am offering
bill which is intended to accomplish
the compulsory dissolution. under the
trusteeship Of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, Of public utility
holding companies which have not
been voluntarily dissolved within a
reasonable period Of time"
Five-Year Limit Fixed.
The measure provides for the aboli-
ton of the holding companies at the
end of five years.
Evening star., 1935-02-06
UNION LEADER DIES

CLEVELAND, February 6 P.-
Prentice NJ Booth, n. former grand
secretary Of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way Trainmen. died suddenly at his
home here yesterday.
Booth was connected with the
brotherhood for SO years, as chief clerk
to the secretary and treasurer, and
then as grand secretary.
Evening star., 1935-02-06
Muriel French Asks Decree

RENO. New. February R.-
Muriel French has filed a suit for
divorce against George E. French,
New York social registerite, charging
cruelty. The couple married in New
York City December 3, 1927. They
have one child, George, jr., 6.