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Evening star., 1936-05-09
COTTON REMAINS
IN NARROW RANGE
Undertone Steady on Cover.
ing and Demand for Later
Deliveries.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May s.-The cotton
futures market had no outstanding
characteristics this week, though the
undertone was steady on covering in
the near month and q scattering de-
mand for later deliveries.
Rallies of II to IS points from the
low prices reached at the end of April
brought In somewhat increased Offer
ings, which were absorbed by scale
down buying toward the end Of the
week. May closed yesterday at list
and December at 1882, compared with
1I.51 and 1028 the previous Friday.
The trades attention has centered
in the evening up Of May commit
ments and study Of new-crop pros
poets. The covering Of near-month
shorts proceeded steadily If slowly.
The buyers were supplied by selling
attributed to the pool, at prices within
a reasonable range Of average values
for middling cotton at the eight de-
livery points.
Weekly Cotton Statement.
NEW ORLEANS. May . dP,.-Secretsry
Plauche's weekly New orleans Cotton Ex-
change statement issued before the close
brought into sisht during the past week
has been 7O.l60 bales, against 4s.270 last
year and 1224s3 year before last. ana
for the EIGHT days s q MAY II ins s
s5l year before last.
The movement since August 1 shows os
5ecfiOts sssnst ST last Year and
1884 .053 year before last; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Rivers
20 sanst MHt'nsja mus last sfd yesr and
year before last; interior stocks in excess
q those held at the close Of the eemmsr :,
year and 346. sos year before last; South
3:3s2: 900. last year and 3,s9o.ooo year
These make the total movements for
264 619. against sos 7s5 last year and
Foreign exports for the week have been
104 900: against 10000 last YEAR. making
the total thus far for the season. 5.45s 600.
against to 4 4dddss9'oO0 last year. an increase
Worlds spinners' taking Of American
fS9 foT the week Ses sas Ssn4s
ooH North and Canads; "a e 900, against 30:
South 10000 against s. 900 last year
and 90 900 year before last; foreign. ex-
elusive Of Canada and Orient. "a 600
against $1,000 last year and 20 600 year
before last Orient. $4,000. against 10000
last year and $4,000 year before last
Total takinss of American cotton for the
season. 1912 600. against 8. 1853. 600 last
year and 12.1l7,0o0 year before last. Of
which North and Canada. 1876 900.
against ! .293 600 last year and .4S6. .n0n
year before last: South, 4.814. 900. against
3,595.U0O last year and 4 .049. 600 year be-
fore last; foreign. exclusive Of Canada and
Orient. 3,470. 600 AGAINST 2.SO7 900 last
year and 529. 600 year before last; OIi-
and s53 900 year before last
Stocks at the Seaboard and the Ino
leading Southern interior towns have de-
creased during the week. 40. 0.5sl. AGAINST
a decrease during the corresponding period
last season Of 11O.O4S and are now
l4,234 larger than at this date in 1885.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
$964,686 Earnings
Shown in Quarter
By Western Union
by the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Western Un-
ion Telegraph Co. reported for the
March quarter, a net income Of $685.
6s6, equal to % cents a share on the
capital stock, compared with 2O4,100,
or approximately 20 cents a share, In
the March quarter last year.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
Chicago Cash Market.

NMCdBU NdsH Nh"E hos'
Cash wreat, no sales reported; corn,
No. 2, yellow, 65s4 Sc; No. 8, yellow.
6412-65; No. 2, white. SO; No. 8, white,
68; sample grade, 27-6012; oats. No.
8, white, 26la-28a4 No. 4. white, ASA =
26H; sample grade, 22-23A; no rye;
soy beans, No. 8, yellow, s2-S3A;
sample yellow, IS; barley feed, 30
481a; nominal: mailing, 1882 NOM
inal; timothy seed, 2.75-3.00 c. w. T.;
clover seed, 15.-22.50 C. w. T.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.

Potomac Electric 51aTo pfd.-5 at
llllz.
Capital Transit Co.-6 at 12h.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 0 P.-copper quiet
electrolytic spot and future. ESQ; export
9.11Ma2o. Other metals ncniinally I'M
Evening star., 1936-05-09
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL, May . GP.-sllyer futures
closed steady, UNCHANGED to "a lower. No
sales. Closing bids: May. 44eSi July,
1870: eeptember, 1888.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
NEW YORK BOND MARKET
Transactions Today.

High Low Qose
BY private wire direct 60 The Star.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, May 9.-Estimates that
Canada had effected new export busi-
ness totaling l,250,O00 bushels helped
wheat prices upward cent late today.
The Chicago wheat futures market
presented an oversold appearance. and
during much Of the day there was a
paucity OF speculative offerings. Be-
sides the usual disposition to even up
for the week end, considerable pur-
chasing done was believed to repre-
sent lifting of hedges as a result of
domestic -four sales.
Omen Hinh Lam HiA..
Evening star., 1936-05-09
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
BY private wire direct 70 The Star.
Stock ana aaiss

Stock ano 9aies-
Dividend Rate. Add co. High. Low Close
Allen Indust d. 2 20h 20M 20M
Alumni Co OF Am zoos l19 l19 119
aluminium Co
OF Am pf Ihl 15Os LA LA Ia
Evening star., 1936-05-09
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

Ssf,} Ssi SsSs.f; Sstf; sss s!ss s:-- sS; iS iiSSs
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
TRIAL
OPENS TODAY

JONEsBORO, Ark, Nov. "a
G.N.S)-Following selection of a
jury which required hardly more
than an hour, trial starts today
for Paul D. Peacher, city marshal
Of Earle, Ark, who is charged
with violating an anti-peonage
law of 1866.
Peacher was indicted by a Fed
eral grand jury in Little Rock
in September on a charge of "aid-
ing and abetting in causing per-
sons to be held in slavery"
The city marshal is accused OF
having falsely arrested eight ne
groeS on charges of "vagrancy," )"
who were convicted and sentenced
by Mayor T. S. Mitchell of Earle,
who served as justice of the peace.
The Negroes, according to the
charge, were compelled to serve
their sentences at hard labor OF
clearing a tract of land Peacher
had secured by contract to clear
from the Earle special school dis
trict,
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
SARGAS FIGHTS
TWO DUELS

BUDAPEST, Nov. "a Q.N.S).
DR.. Franz SargaS opened his SEN
sational duelling marathon today
with a draw, and then came
through with a smashing victory
in his second match.
The diminutive but talkative
writer, who challenged a good
many of acquaintances because
of allegedly Slanderous remarks
reflecting on the honor Of his
young, beautiful and wealthy
wife, got off to flying start, but
still had many rounds to go.
In the first duel, fought with
pistols, both DR.. Sargas and his
opponent fired. When the smoke
cleared, both men were left stand.
ing, the opponent a little startled
but Sargas beaming confidence.
According to duelling tradition,
the pair thereby were reconciled.
With that little matter disposed of,
DR.. Sargas proceeded to his next
foe,
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
MYER
SENTRY,0NE
0FV|CT|NS,
A|DSHUNT
He Identifies Picture
ofLeader Blamed in
HoIdup Of Couples

A new criminal gang was being
sought by police and Department
Of Justice agents today.
The gang, which started opera
tions in Washington, staged q
holdup at Fort Myer, Va, last
week, it was revealed, kidnapping
an armed sentry, robbing him Of
his .45-caliber service pistol and
ammunition clips and throwing
him out Of a car near Chain
Bridge.
Police believe that the gang is
responsible for two holdups and
abductionS staged last week, one
in Rock Greek Park last Monday
night, when a man was bound and
gagged and his companion taken
away by the thugs. Later she was
released.
Identified BY Sentry
Friday night a gang kidnapped
two girls and two youths on the
Memorial Boulevard, drove them
into a lonely spot in the woods
uG6r Mts VGEtaOu, ana a1Cer TOD
bing them bound and gagged
them.
From that point on the trail Of
the thugs is confused, but it is be.
leved they made a quick dash
into North caro- lima, staged
another robbery, taking a new car.
then doubled back and went to
Trenton, N. ]. q.
Identity of the gang leader iS
known, as the sentry who was kid.
naped from Fort Myer picked him
out Of a group Of pictures from
the Department of Justice files.
Locked in Rumbleseat
The sentry, Pvt. Frank e.
Ayers, 20, of the Third Cavalry,
was patrolir1g his post near the
reservation laundry when the
gang car drove up.
With drawn guns the gangsterS
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
eizlre Of PnBaI Machines Due to Follow 24-Hor Warning
President
ImRiteSAt
Equator
By GEORGE DURNO

ABOARD U. s.. s. CHESTER
AT SEA, Nov. "a Q.N.S0.-Presi'
dent Roosevelt entered the realm
Of Neptunus Rex today, where he
must stand trial as "senior polly
wog" before the royal court on
the after-deck of the cruiser
Indianapolis just after she crosses
the equator.
A rigorous preliminary initia'
ton for the President and his
party preceded their first crossing
Of the line.
James Roosevelt: his secretary,
Eddie Gallagher; and the White
House pharmacist, George Fox.
were manacled and thrown into
the brig on a bread and water
diet overnight by wrathy "sheu'
backs" veterans Of the equatorial
crossing.
The President then set the
pollywog watch for Davy Jones
Mr.. Roosevelt himself taking the
first watch, followed by James
Roosevelt, Col. Edwin Watson,
secret service men, Gus Gennerich
and others.
They were all clad in fur fly.
ing suits and helmets, and shod
with leaden-soled divers shoes,
Standing in the breeze created by
the ships 25-knot speed atop a
gun turTet, they kept the lookout
for Davy Jones through fire-hose
nozzles held in boxing gloved
hands.
Later the President was ordered
to fish, his line descending to
the forecastle deck, and his catch
consisting of various varieties Of
political fish, unwiSe to name"
Davy Jones was finally sighted,
escorted by Pegleg, the royal m
dertaker, and royal police and the
newspaper men from the Chester.
While rockets flashed from both
ships, Jones was given ambassa-
dorial honors by the captains,
and he distributed subpoenaS to
the poliywogS amid hilarious
horSeplay.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Half Ton of Dope,
Worth 100000
Burned Here

Guarded by guns, a thousand
pounds of heroin seized by Fed
eral agents in New York raids
several years ago and held here
since as evidence was taken from
a Treasury vault today and de-
stroyed in the incinerator of the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing.
Treasury officials said the
heroin had a value at current
market prices of $1,500,000, but
in bootleg channels would have
brought from 10 to Is million
dollars. Under the international
narcotics agreement all seize d
heroin must be destroyed. Seized
opium and morphine may be sold
for medicinal purposes.
It was said that today'S 'bon.
fire" probably was the largest OF
it's kind on record, and that no
such supply of heroin is likely
to turn up in the future. as the
underworld traffic in narcotics is
under better control now then it
was in 1881 and 1882. when the
Continued on Page 3, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
SUES
RICH BR|T0N

NEW YORK, Nov. "a G.N.sJ.
Accusing him of keeping their
daughter, Sheila, 8, Imprisoned"
here, Mrs. Patrice Virginia Wise
man today demanded her former
husband, Sir William Wiseman, re-
puted possessor of a $50,000, 1000
fortune. produce the child in Su.
preme Court this afternoon.
Sir William, head of the British
secret service here during the
World War, was charged with vic.
lating a separation agreement
drawn after she won a Reno di.
vorce in March, 1888.
This gave her sole custody of the
child, subject to visitation rights by
the father, Mrs. Wiseman con-
tended. She said he "forcibly and
wrongfully" gained control, and
has kept Sheila since September,
1885. She did not explain the cir"
cumstanceS.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
IN HEIGHT
XMAS BONUS

A Christmas bonus of more than
$4,000 will be distributed to en-
ployes of the Hecht Company as
an expression Of good will by the
heads of the firm, Charles B. Dull
can, senior vice president and
general manager, has announced.
Before the entire stores person
mel, Mr.. Dulcan today paid tribute
to the loyalty and conscientious
service the store had received
throughout the years from it's CO.
workers. Then he said schedules
for distribution of the Christmas
bonus, largest in the stores his
tory, are being drawn up. and the
gifts will be distributed on De-
cember 10 as follows:
/. All employees who have
worked continuously since NoVem-
ber /. 1885, will receive one full
weeks pay.
2. All workers of the Hecht Com
pany who have been continuously
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
PLEA LOS |
NC0URT
SUI I
Garnett to Ask for
Period of Grace
From Police

District Attorney Leslie c. Gar
nett will request Superintendent
of Police Ernest w. Brown to give
% hours warning to cease operac-
ing them following the signing OF
a final decree by Justice Daniel
w. O'Donoghue.
After that time limit the police
will seize all pinball machines
found operating in the city.
Washington's pin-ball machine
industry, with an estimated $780,.
100000 annual "take," was doomed
as a gambling enterprise by JUS
tice O'Donoghue in United States
District Court yesterday.
Justice O'Donoghue, character
izing the machines as "evil chat
tels," dismissed an injunction is
sued last summer to prevent po
lice seizure Of the machines.
Attorney William r. Lichten-
berg, representing the Pioneer
Novelty Distributing Corporation,
purveyor Of $500 Of the machines
here, noted an appeal nom the
court acton.
The Pioneer Company opened
its fight last June when Garnett,
in an opinion to Brown, declared
that the machines are gaming
devices, depending on chance
rather than skill, and recon-
mended their seizure.
Through Attorney Lichtenberg
the Pioneer Company filed an in
junction suit to test the validity
of the contemplated seizure, and
obtained a temporary Injunction
which was dissolved by Justice
O'Donoghue last night.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
A. F. |. OFFER
SC0RNED
BYC.L.0 @.
Refuse to Talk
Over Breach, Says
Rebel Secretary
By EDWARD B. LOCKETT

TAMPA, Fla, Nov. "a Q.N.S0.
American Federation of Labor
peace overtures to the suspended
unions of John L. Lewis Commit
tee for Industrial Organization,
today met rebuff high in the
C. I. o. officialdom.
Charles P. Howard, secretary Of
the C. I. o. and president Of the
Internal tt onal Typographical
Union, said the rebel industrial
unions would turn down the A. F.
of l.. offer to negotiate toward
healing the breach in organized
labor's ranks.
Howard said the only way to
bring peace was to reinstate the
rebels, and that when the fedora
ton failed to do this, it destroyed
hopes of settlement.
An overwhelming majority Of
the Federation in annual conven-
tion voted to indefinitely continue
suspension of the Lewis unions.
but the road was left open to
peace. and President William
Green of the A. F. of i. in a voice
hoarSe with feeling and fatigue.
called on the industrial union
rebels to go down the road, hand
in hand with the old guard, craft
union forces, to a new unity Of
organized labor in America.
Hope to Close Break
No matter that the Lewis Com.
mittee for Industrial Organiza.
ton had Haunted peace offers in
the past, said Green, no llatter
that its officers. from John Lewis
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
SCaIds Prove Fatal
To Lehman Heir
International News Service

CHICAGO, Nov. "a G.N.S0.
The death of Ernst John Leh-
mann, 34-year-old heir to a Chi
cago merchandising fortune, Of
scalds received in his bath. was
revealed today.
lehman was scalded from the
feet to the waiStline. Just how
the accident happened was not
learned, but it was believed when
he stepped into the tub Of hot
water in his hotel room yesterday,
the shock caused him to faint and
he fell into the tub in a sitting
position. He was found soon
afterward, given first aid, and
rushed to a hospital where he
died last night.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Sen. King Asks Funds
For Boys Clubs

Senator William H. King (Dem0
of Utah, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, returned to
his office today and began pre-
pairing the legislative program on
District matters fr the next Ses-
sion of Congress.
First on his list, the Senator
said, was an increase in appropria-
tionS to expand the boys club pro-
gram. He said he requested of the
District matters for the next ses~
ton of $4,000 to $4,000 to the
community playground fund to
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Werber Gets $40 Hit
Wild Driving Walk
For 500 Day in Court

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, Nov. %.
Bill Werber, sensational Boston
Red Sox third baseman, made a
costly error, it was learned today.
The College Heights, Md, Amer
ican Lacquer was brought before
Judge George B. Merrick in the
Prince Georges county court here
on a charge of exceeding the speed
limit. The judge called him "out"
by $40 and costs, totaling $11.50.
He did get a "free pass" how
ever, when the judge dismissed
another charge Of reckless driving
against Werber.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24

provide for adequate recreationa
activities for the boys of the city
He said:
at is imperative that we do
something for the boys in Wash
ingtOn. The only way we are
going to cut down on juvenile
delinquency is to provide clubs
along the line of mems clubs to
which these boys may go during
their leisure for supervised rec
reatiOn.
''It is my thought to provide
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
George AIDE Receivers,
Joshes With Callers

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Nov. "a
GN.S0.-Ge orge Ade, famed
Hoosier author, playwright, hui
morist and philosopher, near death
from a heart and lung ailment a
week ago, was repeatedly greatly
improved today.
His physicians said they believed
the 70-year-old author out Of dan
ger as he sat up in bed, read the
newspapers, and joshed with at
tendantS and visitors.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Police Slayer Sought

CHICAGO, Nov. "a G.N.S0.-Po-
lice today sought Harry Obinger,
SO, for questioning in connection
with the shooting Of Policeman
Martin ]. Condor, SO, last night.
Condor was riddled with shotgun
slugs as he left his apartment with
Obinger's estranged wife, Tillie, 26.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
YuIe Bonus Voted
For 1000 Workers

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. "a.
The Atlas Powder Company has
announced a Christmas cash
bonus to 1000 employees who earn
less than $400 a month. Leland
Lyon, president, said the fund
would be distributed on a sliding
scale basis to workers employed
prior to November l.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Solution for JobIess

The unemployment problem
would soon adjust itself if every
family, able to do so, and every
business establishment hired one
or more persons in addition to
their present staff, Jesse H. Jones,
chairman of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation stated today.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
IS RUSSIAN
SHIPS SENT.
T0SPALN
Food Carriers Sunk
BY Foreign Shells,
Madrid Claims

ROME, Nov. "a (I.N.s.).
Thirty-five Soviet warships are
steaming into the Mediterran-
can to protect the Russian
merchant fleet, Rome newspa-
pers declared in an uncredited
dispatch from Hendaye today.
Another message from Brest
stated three German warships
are headed for the Mediter-
ranean for a similar purpose.
International News Service
Tempo of the Spanish war
crisis quickened suddenly today
as the naval situation of SPANS
east coast assumed an interna-
tional character filled with dan
gerous threats to the peace Of
Europe.
Thirty-five Soviet and three
German warships were reported
rushing to Spain's Mediterranean
coast to protect their national
merchant shipping there, threat
ened by constant maneuvering Of
naval vessels of several powers
and by lOyalist and rebel Spanish
warshipS.
The loyalist Spanish govern
ment at Valencia published addi-
tional grave charges of German
and Italian interference with its
warshipS.
Food Ships Sunk
In official communicates the
government stated several Span
ish food ships had been sunk. and
then pointed out it was unlikely
all of them could have gone down
under insurgent fire. The govern
ment charged Italy and Germany
with violating neutrality "con-
stantly."
Gen. Francisco Francois insur-
Continued on Page 4. Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Indy Inspects Site

DUBLIN, Nov. "a G.N.S).-Col.
Charles A. Lindberg left today for
England after having inspected the
site Of a proposed transatlantic air
base at Rhyanna, Limerick.
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Snow in New York

NEW YORK, Nov. "a Q.N.S).
Ten thousand men cleared streets
of New York's first snowfall to-
day after 1.8 inches fell during
the night.
Threat Of further snow caused
officials to call 10000 more men
for possible street clearance
work
The Washington times., 1936-11-24
Fechner 10 Enjoy
21-POund Turkey
International News Service

A 21-pound turkey will grace
CCC Director Robert Fechner's
table tomorroW-one of the flock
of 5000 the Eureka (Utah) CCC
camp obtained to gobble up
crickets which threatened crops
near Goshen, Utah, last summer.
The task required seven weeks and
the turkeys gained an average Of
10 pounds each.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-02

In some states a man can't mar
ry either his mother-in-law or his
sister-in-law.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-02
NEW BOND ISSUE AND
LARGER PATROL ADD
TO HIGHWAY EPENSE

Expansion of the highway patrol
and interest payments on new
state bonds which had to be issued
to raise enough highway depart
ment revenue so Minnesota could
get federal aid on it's trunk system
will increase the 1886 operating ex-
penses of the department by ap-
proximately 100000, according to
Commissioner N. w. Elsberg.
The regular session of the 1885
legislature found state revenues of
the highway department so low
that it authorized the issuance of
new state bonds so Minnesota could
get it's share of federal road funds.
Accordingly $4,5OO,OOO of bonds
were sold in 1885 and another $4,-
100000 must be marketed in 1886.
These two issues will add more
than $200,0O0 year to the inter-
est payments which must be met
by the department. Inaddition the
legislature authorized an increase
in the patrol force to 100 men.
Thirty-three new officers will be
added gradually after January l.,
and the department must pay their
salaries, buy and operate their au-
tomobiles and motorcycles and
furnish other equipment and quar-
tiers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-02
Picked At Random

Helen Wills Moodys brilliant
tennis comeback, bringing with it
the Wimbledon championship for
the seventh time, has earned her a
new title-the outstanding woman
athlete of 1885.
Mrs. Elizabeth hester, 81, Of
Boonville, Ind, reared three boys
to be mayors of two different cities,
For the first time in the history
of the Chicago Civic Opera a wom-
an, Ethel Leginski, will conduct the
orchestra in an opera of her own
composition.
Marjorie Putnam, Harold Thorn
ton and Margaret O'Brien, of Tar
rant City, Ala, have attended
school six years without being alb
sent or tardy.
Paul Thomas, of Salt Lake City,
holds S8 Boy Scout merit badges,
leaving only one more to earn.
Isabelle Abella, of Yakima,
Wash, had such a luxuriant growth
of hair at the age of seven weeks
that she was given a shingle bob.
Wiley johnson, 10, of McAlister,
Oklahoma, and Betty Brown, 10, of
Emporia, Kan, won the national
leadership trophies for boys and
girls in the annual All national
conference in Chicago.