Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1925, Page 13

RADIO TO PRESENT 6 HOURS OF MUSIC WRC to Carry One of Longest Programs of Melodies Ever Put on Air Here. With the exception of the weekly ible talk and a radlo greeting from rothy MacKaill, movie star, WRC will present tonight a six-hour con- Hnuous musical program. This is be- lleved to be the lengthiest musical entertainment ever broadcast from a Washington station. Beginning with dinner music by Irving Boernstein’s Hotel Washington Orchestra at 7 o'clock, WRC will pre- sent the United States Marine Band, & recital by J. E. 5. Kinsella, bass, and Anton Kasper, violinist; the Vincent Lopez Hotel Mayflower Orchestra, “Crandall'’s Saturday Nighters,” who will include tonight the Metropolitan Theater . Symphony Orchestra; the Washington Quartet, Otto F. Beck, organist; Sig Newman, saxophonist; Milton Davis and Emile Smith, plan- ists, and Sidney Seidenmann’s Colo- nial Room Orchestra of the Shoreham Hotel. Marine Band Concert. The Marine Band oconcert, to he played from 8:15 to 9:40 p.m., will be broadcast jointly by stations WJZ, New York, and WGY, Schenectady. At the conclusion of this program the Kinsella-Kasper recital will be broad- cast also from the studio of WRC. Beginning at 10 o'clock the Lopez dance music will be broadcast from the Hotel Mayflower until 10:30 p.m., when “Crandall's Saturday Nighters" will take the air for an hour and a half. The Washington Quartet, one of the eading features of the “Saturday Nighters” program is composed of Mary Sherier Bowie, soprano; Richie McLean, contralto; J. F. Bowle, tenor, and Fred East, bass, with George H. Wilson at the plano. The quartet is well known in Washington and throughout the East, through its many public and radlo concerts. Sig Newman, tho saxophonist of the “Sat- urday Nighters,” has toured the coun- try in the four leading vaudeville circuits. Other specialty numbers in the Crandall concert will be present- ed by Milton Davis and Emile Smith, who will play several two-piano selections. Greeting From Actress. The radio greeting from Dorothy MacKaill is scheduled for 11:30 o'clock. Miss MacKaill will speak to her Washington audience from the studio of WJZ, New York. For the closing feature of their bill, the “Sat- urday Nighters” wili have the Metro- politan Symphony under the baton of Daniel Breeskin. The numbers to be vlayed by the symphony are the Bal- let Egyptienne, by Luigini:” Lullaby from “Jocelyn”; “Orfental Moon” and “Have a Little Fun,” and selections from “Sari” Beginning at midnight the Sidney Seidenmann Dance Orchestra, which plays in the colonial room at the Shoreham Hotel, will make its radio debut, playing until 1 o'clock. Local Radio Entertainment Saturday, March 28, 1925. A—Naval Radlo Station, Radle, Va. (434.5 Meters). p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. WOAP—Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- Phone Co. (468.5 Meters). Silent. 345 1 WRC—Radio Corporation of Ameriea (465.3 Meters). 6:45 p.m.—Children’s hour by Madge Tucker. 7 p.m—Dinner music by the Irving Boernstein Hotel Washington Or- chestra, broadcast from the Hotel Washington. “Gypsy Love” (Lehar); Peer Gynt Suite, No. 2 (Grieg), (a) Abduction of the Bride, (b) Arabian Dance, (¢) Solvejg's Son “Serénade” (Drigo); “The Swan” (Saint-Saens); excerpts from the ballet - suite, Scheherazade” (Rimsky-Korsakow waltz from the ballet “'Domroschen (Tschaikowsky); “Aimer,” Barcarolle Neapolitaine (Cristofaro). $p.m.—Bible talk by Arthur P, Black, teacher, Ingraham Bible Class, under the auspices of the Men's Or- ganized Bible Class Organization. $:15 p.m—Concert by the United States Marine Band, Capt. W. H. San- telmann, leader; Taylor Branson, sec- ond leader, broadcast jointly with stations WJZ and WGY. ~March, “2nd Connecticut Regiment” (Reeves); over- ture, “La Prin Jaune” (Saint- Saens); “Album Leaf’ (Ein Album- blatt) ~ (Wagner): solo for cornet, “Musica Proibita" (Gastaldon), Prin- cipal’ Musician Arthur S. Witcomb, UniteA States Marine Band; grand scenes from “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Mascagni): “Romance” in F minor, Opus 5 (Tschaikowsky; Invitation to the Dance (Weber-Welingarten) (transcribed for military band by Wil- Ham H. Santelmann); suite, “Three Quotations” (Sousa), (a) “The King of ¥rance Marched Up the Hill and Then Marched Down Again, (b) “I, too, Was Born in Arcadia” (c¢) “In Dark- est Africa”; the Marines’ hymn, “Halls of Montezuma’; “The Star Spangled Banner.” 9:40 pm.—Joint recital by J. E, Kinsella, bass, and Anton Kasper, violinist; Blsie Harvey Weaver at the plamo. 10 p.m.—Vincent Lopez Hotel May- flower Orchestra, broadcast from the Hotel Mayflower. 10:30 p.m.—"Crandall’'s Saturday Nighters,” including Dorothy Mac- Kaill, screen star; the Metropolitan Theater Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Brecskin conducting: the Washington | Quartet; Otto F. Beck, organist; Sig. Néwman, saxophon Milton Davis and Emile Smith, pianists. 12 p.m—Sidney Scidenmann’s Co- lonial toom Orchestra, broadcast trom the Shoreham Hotel. Lopez Cannot Teach on Air. The Vincent Lopez School of Music, which was to have been inaugurated on the air from WOR, Newark, this week, has been deprived of the serv- ices of Mr. Lopez as its principal teacher by the Albee-Keith vaudeville interests, who hold a contract for the Lopez services. ¢ (ROXY, ’ —has written a book on radio topics, in collaboration with Raymond Francis Yates, It is called BROADCASTING : ITS NEW DAY No, it is not 4 radio handbook. It is entertaining, illuminating commentary—radio fans know “Roxy”—on broadcasting, in- terference, the loud speaker, and so on and on. (Ilustrated, $2.00. All Bookstores.) The Century Co. LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1925 Programs of Following Distant Stations Scheduled for Bastern Standard Time 3TO 8 3:00—Walter Schwartz and his orchestra..... The Detroit News Orchestra program. Tance Talks: vocal and instrumental program. Reading of Scriptures from studio. 5>—Talk: whistling sol 30 —Musical program; High School 45—Concert program, vocal and instrumentai... 4 TO b 4:00—Yocal and instrumental program:_solos. Junior &ymphony Orchest E Rudy Selger's Fairmont Hotel Or Instrumental program, violis, piano. Musical _program from_studio. Songs; Wolf's Melody Boys. Geno ‘Ingraham’s Great Dance program by ‘Marco Melody Boys Varied ‘program; poems Musical program; talks..... 4:30—Musical program by the St Music by Sherry's Tea Orcl B 35—Songs by Fiyon, Bernard Eyge 40—Police reports; grand organ: trumpet 4:50—Shepard Colonial Dance Orchestra.... 5:00—Songs: Organ reci 5:30—Musclal program, voc Farm and home market reports; news. 6 TO 7 6:00—Dinner concert from Hotel Statler. Milstead, Ga., Dinner concert by Westinghouse Band news: markets; talks. Dinner concert by Leo Reisman Ensembie: Childrea’s bedtime stories, by Uncle Weather; solos; Hotel St." James Orches Ohicago Stock Exchange ‘quotations; markets.. Montana Ramblers: vocal solos. Dinner_concert from Hotel Wad a Violin salos by Olcott Bellevue Stratford Hotel Oot Dinoer Club_Alabam _Orchestra. @:45—Chimes _concert...... 5 News period by Eugene Koneck Agricul 7 T0 8 7:00—Eastman Theater Orchestra. Parody Club: Peter Pan contest Markets: bedtime_storie: Vaal and instrumental $0l0s..... YVoeal solos; Fisher's Comus Club Organ recital by Bdwin Seder Chilaren’s bedtime storles. Police reports Dramatic hou k Kiddies' ‘Klul Jrofram by the Kay Elrae Otchostrs Musical program by Paul Eppes™ Revelers Notch Orchestra. [ "and ‘instrumentai. 5t e Dance Orchestra. ture, live stock and produce markets . PN . Fhiladslphis. w Detroit Philadelphle New York %y New York San Francisco Newark Mpls. 8t. Paul New York Meters. 508 unge AR ® 5 sezssasatatig sssiuse 238 P24 New York Philadelphia Ban Francisco Boston Worcester New York New York Ginciomatt cago Chicago Kansas Ofty New York Boston Philadelphia. Boston HE R b 8! Loutsville Rochester Los Angeles New York an 23! - » HEHH IR E2 3 Cleveland Atlanta Pittaburgh Springfeld New York Philadelphia Chicago New York New York Newark New York Chicago New York Philadelphia Ban Franclsco 4205 Boston New York WOO__ Davenport {WOAW Omaha WIP Philadelphia SESSE ra ,.... BN e et 3 » RS PM. WHAM Rochester Wha' Rpringhend Mogfel WEAF .‘?flw Derkd WGBS New York Wi Shiade iladelphia W00 Dave i WOLW bmend T ol ir of the' Mount Csrmel M. * Ohurch S Dinner bour concert....... Musical program; addresses; ‘stories. News, financial and final market reports Community Amusement Association program. Kiddies' bedtime StOFies............... Dinner concert; Harold's Orchestra: vocal strumental; artists: police buliatine Post Office Athletic Association program Vesper recital by Honey Boys' Hotel St. Francis Concert Orchestra. 7:30—Bedtime story and lullaby by Aunt Age Address . Windsor ifotel dinner Bour comcert. . Dinner concert. Children’s bed Police reports: Health talk; Hotel Carlton Orchest Armand Vecsey and bis orchestra “The Commanders,” from Hofbr: :“Trips and Adventures”: vocal solos. The Juuior meeting of the Pittsburgh Sphinx Club; Richard the Riddler. Hotel Imba) o. . 5 45—Knickerbocker Hospi k. The last-minute helps to the Bi by Carman Johnson. 7:50—Talks by Alvan T. Fuller, Governo: 8 TO 9 00—Dinner dance music from City Olul Review of the International son by Mrs. W. F. Barnum Health talk; musical program: solos.. Lenten meditations; surprise program... “Art for Laymen,” by Walter M. Gran Chatesu Laurier Orchestra Musical program by the Symphonic 1 wolos: “The Complete Life' Sioghi Breen and Ler Syncop Dinger concert by Ralph Willlams rden Orchestra; reading; solos. -, Hans Haag, ‘violinlst Somervilie Male Chorus;’ fashion talk; lectons: vocal salos. Lullaby tinie; WIS Revue Los Angeles Evening Herald news Tnited States Marine Band, from WRC Double Steing Quartet.............. Concert by the Tech Dartmouth Comibi sical Clubs from Hotel Summerset. $:30—Los Angeles Examiner news bulletins. Concert program; news bulletin Concert by the Westinghouse Band.. Saigt Cecile Male Quartet, vocal... Strand Rtoof Orchestra.... Studip entertainment : Instrumental trio: voca Chateau Laurier 8:45—0Organ recital; sport taik.. side 9:00—"'Fireside Philosophies’ ; Rotary Club Varied program: Quartet Garden's Orclieatra: vocal Russell Pratt and Fred Da Olassical hour, vocal and instrumental. Bestra. Sunday School Les- ote concert from Metropolitan Museum Bible questions’ Midaight Revue. ulleting. ® TO 10 P.M. Midway Danciog and instrumental Philadelphia New York 8 Kansas City WCBo Sivintse. p ICKAC Montreat " i and 1o ~WBCN Chicage . I JMAQ Chicago WFAA Dall piixd Oakland, Cal. 361.4 Ottawa 435 Atlantic Otty 275 Mootreal 425 EZE8 §A2EE8 o 8 Pittsburgh Springfield New York Pittsburgh = Bpringfiela Bt. Louts 546.1 Fort Worth 47 . . Philadelphia n:’g Philadeiphia 508 2 t New York 4843 a 435 Atlantic city 275 New York = 52 New York 3819 New York 4915 Chica Tomre,N.Y. H5° Newark Chicago Tos Angel New York Boston war WEBBR WOR LS : T and WGT. Wiz WNAC .. WBZ LKL WHAS KDKA WEAF CIwHN L LOKAC CNRO NX 405.2 3448 467 434.3 2802 3311 467 3998 309.1 4915 3612 425 ined " Mu- Sorincted ngeles Loulsville Pittaburgh New Yorl New York Montreal Ottaws 435 Los Angeles 338.9 night......WOCO Mpls. St. Paul 418.4 - WBON ¢ Philippine Tsinds”. WMAQ Ci Carlo Dinova and Giovanai Marazainl, Italian vo- cal recital Decatur, Ga. Dance music by the WTAM Orchestra; I Musical program, vocal and instrumental Hotel Traymore Orchestra. e Northmiuster service; address: muscial by the Charmley Trumpeters, qua chorus . s Comcert by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Vocal and instrumental program... Art Hickman's Concert Orchestra.. 9:15—Dinner hour program.. 3 ren’s programn: stori e music by Phil Rowano's Orchest; program’ : rogram c gle ‘Corps Versatility concert by Fischer's Orchest: sarden talk; “What Is Playing at the musical program Dallas Alumai of Theta Pi, mi 0:45—Emeline Bosse, sopr: KFI Radiotorial... High 'School ‘String Orchiestra. rish isa0r Atiatic City % rtet and New York New Yark Newark Los Angeles Los Augeles Orchestra ra . T 3 WFAA Angelo Patricolo, pianist.. WEAF . KFI Los Angeles 10 TO 11 P.M. 10:00—Lake Arrowhead Orchestra: banjols Della Ttiordan, lady baritone; solos. .. Doncert by the Hendrix College G YVocal solos; Hotel Brunswick Orchest “Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase Nenjamin Frankiln Dance Orchestra State of New York program...... Paul Whiteman's Hotel Traymore Dance S bumorous sketche: o Theater program Musical program. vocal d instrumental Yocal and instrumental program... 10:10—Concert by the Washington and Talk: e 10:15—Dance music from Cople: Jefferson Eneline Bosse, soprano; 10:30—0ry instrument popular’ duo: 1 P.M. TO 12 11:00—Ciro Orchestra program..... ngeles Examiner program. Musical _program. 3 Vincent Lopez and his orchestrs... ram by Mioneapolls Athetic team....... r program Dong Bestor's Drake Dance program by Jos Mann asd b Orchestra Murray Hortoo's H; Ralph” Willlams and bis Rainbo Skyl vocal and instrumental program harmonicist A Organ_ recital by Musical _program.. . Dance program by New Ariington Hotel Art Weldner's Dance Orchestra, Vanderbilt Hotel Orchestrs 11:30—Nest Club.......... 5 11:45—Trask’s Hawaiians of New Orlea: quartet; Bernard and Robinson, sin Frank Kodek and his Nightingale Orchestra from Roseland Gardens 13 MIDNIGHT 12:00—Kentucky Revae.... % Adoiphus Hotel Orel Orchestra_program Male quariet; 12:15—Arthur Hays, oo 12:45—"'Nighthawk Frolic' 170 2 1:00—Art Hickman's Dunce Orchestra...... Radlo Club; varsity trio; solos; ukuiele. Hotel Ambassador Orchestra o Ow) mntinee; Honolulu Serenaders: wolos; Hotel St. Francis Dance Orchestra. Colburn’s Melody Men of the Hotel P 00— 1 ia Club" s 2:00—*'Insomnia Olul Hollywood nite. Lost. playing “for three bours... o ‘Club ure’ police #od weather Piare Hotel: wonis. . Angels with the Majestic €ix Orchestra, Los Angeles New York Hot Sps.. Ark. Springfield Phiiasion iadelphia Newark ", Atlantie City WGBS KTHS WDz wiz wip Wor Orchestra. WPG Congress <. KYW Chicago WMAQ Chisago WOC * Davenport ‘Gle u'n'fl)’ér Pt o Ciub, it WAYO New Yo 53 2858 =@ @i 25gsEEs (4= An Neware o' MIDNIGHT. WoR KFI KNX WEAF Newark Los Angeles Los Angel i New York wcco “KGo WGN K0A . WMH Orchestra. three hours... W8B, e WOAW TO 1 AM. Omaha New York Dall Cinc'nati 325, < Kansas City AN, Toa Angel Los Angeles KNX Los Angels : “ofchestra. WECN Chicago KGO Oakland, Cal. ; Portl'd, Oreg. AM. Chicago Los Angeles Los Angeles FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RAPIO EACH DAY BY JOSEPH C. ALCATERRA, Noted Authority on Radio. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited. How to Make Comparative Tests of Apparatus. There are so many conflicting claims of various types of apparatus wow on the market that the,average fan is very much confused and is more or less at a loss to know just what claims to believe and what to reject. A condenser manufacturer makes certain claims as to the low-loss prop- erties of his condenser and attempts to show by an array of figures the measurements which have been made to determine the efficiency of his con- denser. A coil or tuner manufacturer claims certain {q\'oluuonuy,‘phlracterlauu g‘)r his particular brand of merchan- se. A transformer manufacturer claims his transformer to be far superior to any other product of its kind and dis- plays its characteristic curve while his' competitor voices his claims in practically the same manner. And so the claims and counter- claims are spread over the pages of the various newspapers and maga- zines, until the fan asks how he can really test such apparatus and really find out for himeelf what if any dif- ference exists between the products of various manufacturers. Tt 1s usually impossible for the lay- man o make extensive laboratory London Concert, Resent From U. S., Heard in Britain By the Associated Press, SCHENECTADY, N. Y., March 28.—A program originally broad- cast from the Hotel Savoy, in Lon- don, March 15, was received by English listeners after it had made a round trip over the At- lantic Ocean, the General Electric Co. announces. . The program was caught by a recelving station at Belfast, Me., and transmitted by wire to WGY, which retransmitted it on 379.5 meters. The 379.5 signals were received in London, Wales and other points in the British Isles. The music, the letter writers stuted, was far from clear, but the announ~ements were audible and the tone of Big Ben, the clock on the Houses of Parliament, was distinct. .. MEMORABLE WEEK IN GRAIN TRADE Setbacks in Wheat and Corn Prices Have Been Very Far Reachiig. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.—Severs set- backs in price both for wheat and corn have made this week memorable in the grain trade. Much of the sell- ing that carried values down was ascribed to uncertainty over the out- come of Government inquiries rela- tive to unprecedented big market fluctuations of late. Compared with & week ago, wheat this morning was 1% to 11 lower, corn, 7% to 8% off oats showing 1% to 2 decline, and provisions at losses ranging from 52 to 1.42. U. &, Inquiry Worries Traders. Sharpest breaks in the price of wheat came when the week was drawing to a close and reports were prevalent that drastic Federal meas- ures against any abuses in grain marketing transactions were near at hand. Trade nervousness at one stage grew to such a pitch that the May delivery of wheat dropped in value 8% a bushel from figures cur- rent a couple of hours before. Indi- cations of wet weather likely to af- ford relief from drought in the South- west and West tended further to scare buyers out of the wheat pit. Besides, throughout most of the week the export demand for wheat showed a decided tendency to lag. More Corn for Sale. Acute weakness of the corn market was largely due to the fact that the corn visible supply had increased to a notable extent, although corn receipts of late had been light. Furthermore, Bastern shipping call for corn kept surprisingly slow, and despite the near- ness of lakte shipments, numerous pre- dictions were heard that burdensome amount of corn might be handed over to holders of May contracts here. A big movement of corn from Kansas City to Chicago was an additional depressing influence. Sympathy with corn and wheat eased down the oats market. Provisions fell with grain and hogs. SEABOARD AIR LINE EARNINGS FALL OFF Floods in South Reflected in Re- ports Just Made for February. Special Dispateh to The Star. g BALTIMORE, March 28.—Effects of the extensive flood conditions which prevailed in Georgia during the first part of February are reflected in the monthly statement of the Seaboard Alr Line Raflway Co. just made public. Although total operating revenues, amounting to $4,853,597, were $126,737 greater than for February, 1924, net railway operating income decreased $237,294 to $704,212. Total operating expenses showed a rise for the month of $235,416, aggre- gating $3,819,079. For the first two months of this vear total operating expenses amount- ed to $7,734,420, or $370,310 more than for the corresponding period of 1924. Against total operating revenues of $9,758,422—$174,725 more than last year—this left a net revenue of $2,019,002, a drop of $195,585. e tests with expensive and complicated laboratory equipment. The best test that he can make is actual use In a circuit and compari- son under ldentical operating condi- tions. Merits of Audio Transformers. If you want to find out the relative merits of two audio transformers as regards quality and volume, make an arrangement whereby the two pieces of apparatus can be interchanged in- stantly so that operation may be ob- tained under exactly the same condi- tions. The circuit diagram below shows a very simple method of accomplish- ing this end. Mount a four-pole, double throw switch on a panel large enough to accommodate the switch and two transformers. If you cannot get a four-pole switch, two, two-pole switches will do just as well. Connect the terminals of the set which would ordinarily be connected with the transformer terminals, with the blade terminals of the switch as shown in the diagram. Then connect the terminals of the left-hand transformer with the switch terminals so that when the switch is thrown to the left, the transformer will be connected properly into the circuit. Do the same with the right-hand transformer, connecting its terminals to the right-hand switch contacts so that when the blades are thrown to the right, the terminals of the right- hand transformer will be connected properly into the set circuit. All that is necessary then to switch from one transformer to the other is to throw the switch either to one side or the other. You will then be able to judme for yourself regarding the respective merits of the two trans- formers. The same stunt can be used with other pieces of apparatus, providing a switch with as many blades as there are terminals on the instrument to be tested. COTTON CARRYOVER REPORTED SMALL Consumption Growing Stead- ily—Price Outlook for Next Crop Appears Good. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, March 28.—Europe will have bought 8,000,000 bales of the supply of the American cotton before the new crop comes on the market next July. That statement was made to the writer today by the ultimate world au- thority on the consumption of this great vasic commodity, Col. H. G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Ex- change. The signfficance of that etatement lies in the fact that ths carryover into the new crop year will be relatively small. The production of the staple was larger last season than many expected. But consumption has been improving steadily. It is too early yet to determine the extent of the new crop. The seed s not all in the ground. Acreage is as yet undetermined, and the question of weather and boll weevil conditions is still to be answered. Supplies Going Faat. Demand, however, may be expected to increase steadily and the problems involved in supplying that demand now are oocupying the attention of the members of the American Cotton Shippers’ Association, now in session here. The visible supply of cotton is shrinking rapidly. It has dropped from around 4,763,000 bales on Jan- uary 2 to approximately 3,700,000 or less now. Consumption by mills is gaining, although this trend is far less obvious in New England than in the South and in Europe. Manchester mills are reporting a much {mproved situation and the English manufacturers of cotton goods are seriously discussing in- creases in production. European and American mills are returning to con- ditions approaching normal. England is expected to use at least 40 per cent more cotton this year than last. The mills of France, Germany and Italy are working at something near normal capacity. Many Mills Well Supplied. Experts here estimate that there remains something llke 3,325,000 bales of American cotton from last season's crop, and Ccarryover to be distributed before the new crop be- comes available. Many of the mills of the world are well supplied with raw staple for thelr requirements, however. As to prices, the best informed men here assert that outside the compar- atively small daily market fluctua- tions “quotations seem likely to re- main fairly stable. Until the proba- bilities of the coming crop are bet- ter developed holders of spot cotton are very independent in their atti- tude. Mills are calling cotton stead- ily, and some shippers who sold them are having to pay premfums to get spot cotton to make deliveries. It is Interesting to note, however, that, in the opinion of one great cotton authority, it is the surplus which de- termines the price when all is said and done. Europe Determines Prices. Europe, he sald, was the dominant factor in the price of American cot- ton. America does not use the amount of cotton produced. The price at which the remainder is sold, therefore, determines the price for the entire crop. England, he indicated, would rather have American cotton than that of any other country, and to a certain extent it is up to the American mills to determine how much England should have, he de- clared. 1If they did not bid for it Europe would take it, since the con- tinent, as a result of the war, has a shortage of cotton textiles which he estimates represents 109,000,000 bales of raw staple. “Europeans need sheets on their beds,” he added, “but they have man- aged to get along without sheets for about 10 years and they will not buy them unless the price Is attractive. But improvement in economic condi- tions is producing a greater willing- ness to make such purchases.” BUTTER MARKET WEAK. Coming Flush Production Causes Price Declines. CHICAGO, March 28.—Weak senti- ment and light supplies kept the butter market unsettled during the week, the rapidly approaching sea- son of flush production causing slight declines. Trading stocks were light, due to a smaller make, and floor stocks generally were closely cleaned., The decline narrowed the price range between 87 and 92 score but- ter, which during the past several weeks has. extended from 6 to 13 cents, with the narrowest range at Boston and the widest at Chicago. Production reports indlcated a slight increase over the previous week, but a decrease of 8.5 per cent from’ the corresponding week last vear. Closing wholesale prices, 32 score, and range, at the four principal mar. kets follow: Chicago, % lower, at 47%; New York, % lower, at 47; Bos- ton, 3 lower, at 474, and Philadel- phia, 7% lower, at 4734 el e HEARING DATE SET. Laurel Trolley Service Appeal Comes Up on April 14. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 28.—The ap- plication of the City and Suburban Railray Co. -of Washington to the Public Service Commission for an order permitting the discontin- uance of railway service between Laurel and Branchville, will be heard before the commission on April 14. The rallway company has asked permission to establish motor bus .?fivlca between Laurel and Hyatts- ville. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Concert by the United States Marine Band, WRC, Wash- ington; WGY, Schenectady, and WJZ, New York, 8:15 to 9:40 o’clock. Symphonic concert from the Metrogalnan Museum of Art, WNYC, New York, 8 to 10 o'clock. Prolgra'm by the Ninth, Dis- trict Rotary Club, WCCO, Min- neapolis-St. Paul, 9:30 o'clock. “Crandall’s Saturday Night- ers,” WRC, Washington, 10:30 to 12 o’clock. 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Sleeper Radio vic. £o ¢ & 1 new S0 Cal Ed pfd A Southwest Bell pfd Swift Iotl........ Switt & C Thermiodyne * Radio Thompson Rad vt Thread Co pfd Union Carbide. ... United G & E new 3 United Profit Sha Yictor Talkiog M. Wh Rk Min 8 new Wh Rk M 8 o vte Wick-Spen Steel_wi Yellow Taxi N Y. MINING. rizona Globe Cop. Canario Copper .. Chino Bxt Mines . Cresson Gold ... Divide Extension. 3 Bog G M Ltd Ind 10 Eureka _Croesus. .. . 40 Forty Nine Mines. .23 Harmill Div 0 Hill Top Neva Hollinger_". E5E2.8 & FEE e BER 880 ¥ [ .80 Parm Porc M Ltd .31 %9 Plym Lead Mines .53 20 Red Hill Florence .01 20 Silverdale 1 Tonopah Min .. 4 United Bastern Mia .52 1 ted Verde Ext., 25 20 § Conmtinental .. 2 Unity Gold .. . 50 28 Wenden Copper . 4 10 West Ead Ext .... .00 — . —— FORT WORTH, March 28.—Thou- sands of acres of oats, barley and rye, ruined by the severe Winter and the Spring drouth, are to be plowed under as soon as rainfalls and the acreage planted to cotto: 20 Gains in Stocks Since December Wiped Out During Recent Break Business petition Now BY STUART P. WEST. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 28.—The fur- ther decline on the stock exchange during the last week has signified two things: First, that the business community three months ago took an altogether too sanguine view of the outlook; second, that specula- tion under the momentum of the early Winter advance was much overdone. The principal point to consider at the present time is how far these mistakes have been rectified. Look- ing back over the price list one sees that in a large part of the market everything that was gained between December 1 and March 1 has been lost. More than this, there are a lot of stocks which within the last day or two have been selling where they were at the beginning of November. In other words, the post-election rise has been to a large extent un- done. Street Was Oversanguine. Nobody ought to take the position that business conditions are unfe vorable, for they are not. - Simply, they are not up to expectations. A lot was sald about rallway earnings, and how in view of the record-break- ing tonnage figures, they were going to make an extraordinary showing. As it turns out, the February resulls have not been good, and with all al- lowance for the very large revenues in 1924, with which comparison has to be made, the outcome is below ex- pectations. Industrial production has fallen off, but this is not the thing of most im- portance. The big development is the failure in most lines of manufacture to obtain better prices and thereby offset higher costs of labor and materials. Dun’'s review makes the statement in its latest summary that “reports of narrow profit margins continue.” Pig iron from time immemorial has been considered an index of trade, and the Cleveland Iron Review has made the statement during the last week that “lower pig'-iron prices are the general rule.” Instead of the increase in fron and steel prices reckoned upon at the start of the year the drift is consistently downward. The com- posite on 14 representative iron and steel products 18 given as $40.33 a ton, aguinst $40.53 & week ago and $40.53 two weeks ago. German Competition a Facter. The copper metal has completely aisappointed anticipations. It was quoted at the end of the week below 14 cents a pound as against the re- cent high of 153 cents. Scarcely anybody is talking nowadays about the Dawes plan and what it is going to do for the helping out of Ameri- can forelgn trade. Must more to the point are the statements being made that low-cost German goods are coming into competition with the high-cost American goods, that the so-called “anti-dumpi: clause of the tariff law is being invoked, and that American ' _producers are turning to ‘Washington for more relief under the protective system. These are all developments which Below Expectations—Lower Prices Also Noted—German Com- Real Factor. havé made the industrial position look difterent from what it was three and four months ago. Of more conse- quence still is the tremendous break in farm prices. It is not of so much consequence that May wheat, repre- senting the demand and supply for the 1924 harvest, should have shot up from around $1.50 a bushel and then lost most of its rise, for the farmer previous to these fluctuations had sold over 80 per cent of his crop. But it is quite a vital matter that the Wheat options representing 1923 should have come off from their tops 25 to 30 cents a bushel, and that corn and other grains should have lost correspondingly. All this suggests a lower agricultural buying power than that which was contemplated in the markets of the early Winter. Speculative Wave Slows Dowa. In this synopsis of the changes in business conditions one sees the prin- cipal explanation why the Wall street market of March is in a different frame of mind from that of December and January. The second reason, hardly less to be considered, has been the necessity of clearing away the ab- surdities of the Winter's speculation for the rise. The opinion may be ven- tured that this corrective process is pretty far advanced, if Indeed, it is not complete. Reverting to the industrial situa- tion, the facts are that it has fallen short by a good deal of the more en- thusiastic predictions made at the outset of the year. Yet it is not like 1923, with its overbuying at abnor- mally high prices, and it is still fur- ther away from the inflationary war years. Therefore it is foolish to talk about the recent decline on the stock exchange ‘as if it portended a season of depression. French Securities Lower. One of the features of the week past has been the decline in French securities dealt in on a dollar basis in the American market. This has not been due to the threat of new issues, which would involve fresh competition. It coincides with a new high record for the French paper note currency. Quite possibly it also re- flects misgivings regarding the a. surances which official France has made as to the ability to strike a budget balance. The French franc has not gone down, but rather has recovered, yet the dispassionate view of this occurrence is that resources are available at the Bank of France to support the paper unit, and that these are being used, regardl of atural condition; New Burden on Market. The Federal Reserve banks have beer selling freely out of their hold- ings of Government securitles. In doing 80 they have thrown an addi- tlonal burden upon the market, and this has shown In the moderate ad- vance of money rates. The supposi- tion {s that this is an alternative measure to & further increase in offi- clal discounts. At all events, it is one of the factors which has exercised a restraint upon the previous specu- lation in stocks and grain. EGGS MARKED UP- AT CENTER MARKET Spring Chickens High, With Supplies Hardly Enough to Meet Demands. Spring chickens, always in demand at this season, are not very plentiful Only moderate receipts are yet in evidence, scarcely enough to mect demands at prevalling high prices. Live springers this morning were quoted at 60 and 70 cents a pound. Dealers hope they soon will become more plentiful and cheaper, but hardly expect much change in pre- vailing conditions until long after the Easter holiday season. The egg market continues firm, with a tendency toward higher prices, andr dealers do not look for a cheaper market in the near future. Prices of most commodities remain practi- cally unchanged. Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter—Fancy, tub, 62a54; prints b5as store packed, 20a23. Eggs—Fancy, sslected, candled, 31z 82; average receipts, 29%a30. Poultry—Alive—Roosters, 1 Winter “chickens, 35&3 ducks, 15a22; keats, young, 60a70 each; geese, 15220, Dressed—Fresh- killed Winter chickens, 35a38; roost- ers, 19a20; fowls, 28; turkeys, 45a50; ducks, 25a28; geese, 20a25; capons 408 Live stock—Calves, choice, 12; me- dium, 10a11; thin, $a9; lambs, Spring, 18; live hogs, 13a131: Meats—Beef, 17; veal, 1 8; hogs, 20%:a21; loins, 26a28 shoulders, 18a20. Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today's market report on fruits and vegetables, furnished by the Markei News Service Burcau of Agricultural Economics, says: Apples — Bupplies light; demand. limited, market steady; barrels, Ma land, Virginia and West Virginias, Al 2% inches up, Black Twigs, some scalded, 5.00a7.00; A 2% inches up, Winesaps, 6.5027.50; boxes, North- western, medium to large sizes, extra fancy Winesaps, 3.75a4.00; TYellow; ewtowns, mostly 3.00: fancy Wine- saps, mostly 3.50; Delicious, 4.00a4.50 Cabbage—New stock; supplies mod- erate; demand light, market steady; Florida, 133-bushel hampers, pointed type, 1.0021.50; South Carolina, barrel crates, pointed type, 2.60a2.75; mostly 2.76. young fowls, 30: 7a20; lamb, 30a32; hams, Lettuco Is Cheaper. Asparagus—Express receipts light: demand limited, market falrly steady: Georgla, dozen bunch crates, large size, 5.0026.00; small to medium size, 3.00a5.00. Celery—Supplies moderate; demand light, market fairly steady; Florida, 10-inch crates, 4-6 dozen., best, mostl 2 ordinary to fair quality and condition, 1.50a2.50. Lettuce — Supplies moderate; de- mand limited, market slightly weak- er; California, Imperial Valley, crates. Iceberg type, 4-5 doszen, 3,50a4.00: few 4.25, mostly 4.00; North Carolina’ 5-peck hampers, Big Boston type, wide range quality and condition, 30a 150, few 1.75; South Carolina, crate Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 3.5083. mostly 8.50. Onion Market Steady. Onions — Supplies light: _demand light, market steady: New York and Ohlo, 100-pound sacks Yellows, U. S No. 1, medium to large sizes, mostiy 3.25, few higher. Potatoes—Old stock: Supplies mod- erate; demand moderate, market tairly steady: New York, 150-pound sacks Round Whites, U. 8. No. 1, 1.90a 0 per sack, few fancy high as 2.25. New stock: Supplies limited; demand light, market steady; Florida, double- head barrels Spaulding Rose, U. S No. 1, 11.00. Spinach—Supplies moderate; de® mand light, market falrly stead: Texas, bushel baskets, mostly 1.00% Virginia, Norfolk section, barrels Sa- voy holdovers, ordinary to fair qual- ity and condition, 1.50a2.00, few low as 1.25. Strawberries—Supplies 1ight: de mand good for good stock, market firm Florida, pony refrigerators, 35a4i. mostly 40, per quart. Tomatoss—Supplies moderate; de mand moderate, and market stead: for good stock; Florida, sixes, ripes and turning wrapped originala fancy count, 5.00a5.50, few best high as 6.50; cholce count, 4.00a4.50; poorer fancy and choice count, 2.00a3.50. FILM INCOME GROWS. NEW YORK, March 28— Gross business of Universal Piotures Cor- poration in the fiscal year ended No- vember 8, 1824, amounted to $22,779,« 924, an increase of $2,000,000 over the previous year. Net profits showed an increase of 41 per cent, totaling $1,~ 785,011, equivalent to 7.4 time the an- nual dividend on the first preferred stock of Universal Pictures Co., Inc.. and_equal after preferred dividends to $5.66 a share on the common stock: EVERYMAN’S INVESTMENTS BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. BRITISH SECURITIES. Among foreign investments in the United States next to the bonds of Canada stand those of Great Britain Thers are two United Kingdom dol-~ lar bonds listed and actively dealt in on the New York Stock Exchange. Both carry 5% per cent coupons, and one matures in August, 1929, and one in February, 1937. Both are a direct obligation of the government of Great Britain and both, therefore, are high- grade investments. There is, how- ever, @ sharp distinction between the two, which accounts for the wides spread in market price and which 11— lustrates a featurs often found in the bond list. The 53%s of 1837 are a straight in- vestment {ssue the quotation for which is fixed solely by the return which any bond of similar rating would bring under prevailing money market conditions. ~ Selling as they do at & premium of about six points. which the purchaser must charge off between now and 1937, the “maturity yleld,” as it 1s called, is around 4.80 per cent. The 5l4s of 1929 sell much’ higher, not because they are any bet-t ter investment, but because there i¥ a conversion privilege attached which makes the market price move witi that for sterling exchange. Holders have the option &t any time of ex- changing their 5 per cent dollar bonds for United Kingdom Nationai ‘War § per cent sterling bonds. That would be no attractien at all were it not for the fact that for the purpose of the exchage sterling is computed at a fraotion under $4.30 to the pound. As every ons knows, sterling exchange is now way above that figure and 8o there is a profit in making the exchange and the size of this profit governs the market for the American dollar bonds. It fis, however, not necessary actually to make the conversion to reelize the profit. The same object m&y be at- tained by selling the dollar bonds and this is the proper thing to do un* 1ess the holder desires to speculate il exchange. (Copyright, 1623.) —— a Butler, Mo, has a police judge who is 91 years of age.