Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1930, Page 25

FINANCIAL. Ressived by Private Wire Divect to The Star Office |EUROPE BEST OFF Notice—All stocks are sold in one hundred-share lots | —Prev1930.— Stock and Sales— % ) - % Kolater-Br (Am § 1 2 1% Ty v 'add 5. Open. Bigh. Low. 97 Koppers G &Cpf(6). 102 : -1 13% 8 AeroSupiply MfgB), 2 12 I 35% Lackawanna Sec(4). 42% o Market Rallies Near Close.| s3% 21% 1 31x 31k Lane Bryant. Tne(); 3¢ |Stability of Exchange and 2% 11k 2 2% 22% v e . 91 8w H o Utilities Issues Continue | 2¢% 13 4 2% 204 . ant Gold Standard Held et T zon 20u i o Chief Fact 51 3 to Be Feature. R e T i ! o1 ief Factors 3 5% Allled Aviatio 2 40 Long Isl Light(60e). 1 B2% S 15% 10% Allied Mills (60c) 3 1\ im 110 BY JOHN A. CRONE. 1 Alllson DrugStA... 1 1 1 R T 10 9.4 | Special Dispaten to The stas Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. 855% 275 AluminumCoof Am. 1 835 835 NEW YORK; April 12.—Despite sev- NEW YORK, April 12.—A slight rally | 108% 105 Alu Coof Ampf (6). 2 10814 1081 1§ MacMarr Stores (1), 8 20% | eral serious economic situations existing APl 24 "1 “23u 204 AluminGoods (1.20), 2 20 20 284 MacMillan Pet(12) 1 30% | i England and on the Continent, Eu- took place near the close of today's| 23015 108 Aluminum Co.Ltd... 2 2244 224% 22+ Mfgs FinCo v.t.c. 4 27% | rope as a whole is entering the last haif frregular and active curb market under 5 Am Beverage Cor 2 76% 6 37 Mapes Cons Mtg 4 45, | of the year in s far more prosperous the leadership of utilities. 4 Am Capital (B)....e 1 12 Margay (2). 2 16 | condition than ever before since the i i Am Cit PRL A (a3). 2 82% Marine M1d 2 68 47 |close of the war, as evidenced by the Electric Bond & Share near the finish AmC P&L B (b10%) 10 4414 Marshall Field & Co. 12 46% | stability of European exchange and the Vi s m Cwlth . 4 2 standard, according "\ ul 3 e :‘E\Rll:, P;::::;n:“ X:m‘;:c.:xlly g\‘:;:rme. Am Cmwith Po war, 4 10% Memph Nat Gas Co.. 102 16% | kins, economist, in a special review of was somewhat lower, but United Light Am Control Ol Flds. 6 17% Mer Chap & S(1.60).. 19% | European economic conditions. & Power “A” held well, and Standard Am Cyanam B (1.60) 36 8% Met & Min Ine (1.20) 2 9% | " “The final acceptance by all the Power & Light scored a new top. Am Dept Stores. 2 16 Met Chain Stores.... 1 17% | major governments of the Young plan Cities Service most of the day was a Am Equittes. - 5 2 MexicoOhioOfl..... 2 4% | has removed the uncertainty of the total trifle heavy, and this also was true of Am gor l;mmv-ru 21 i g‘("]ll:! LA b amount of &:-nnon: ) gfn r'.“é;‘n b{ Ol i % Am Gas & Elec (31). ki 2 StsPet v.t.c. A.. 2 ermany. current estal iedmen StRNNAYI Ol aRIoMIa AR | Wes oy e P WL 5% Mid Sts Petv.te. B.. 2 5% | o the Hark for Tnternational Settle- Express broke nearly 5 points in the last hour. Am Laund Mch(4).. 25s Mid Wst Ul (b8% ). ments also is an assurance that the " f . i4i Am Lt & Tract (10). 9258 108% | reparations will be handled on a busi- el tiog mich o “5,‘.‘335‘.“{? Am Light & Tractn. 18 5 20 | nesslike basis rather than on a political ;’;:n":se&g:: pioe lines, owever, were Am Maracaibo...... 8 st et i il 29 |one,” the statement says. int. . W i Satarranidra (B) . 2 $7'x Morison Elec (31)... 4 Bl in different Eu- o2 1A mames betwesh. selcs Am Superpower (1), 137 36% 36% o DO S % | ropean sonmtsien, Dr- Atkins finds. that B oot o Americatre. Am Super Istpf (6) 1 100% 100% 8 (RMSIDEERCEAING) ¢ 0 12 | Germany is making strides industrially Becied the trend in oil shares ATHEA G SnINt S0 oo S 1 35 s PRCTENR R % lon a scale believed almost impossible pennroad Corporation ran into fairly Gt o o B liegs Sl 7% Nat Amer Co. 6 814 |10 years ago. Last year she had an h».i?n;?f!crm:srp:\ ery time it tried t0 Anchor Post Fb10% 7 10% 12 Hin Nat Aviation. i 20 | excess of exports over imports of mer- move ahead. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Anglo Chil Nitrau 4 35 35% 49% Natl Bond & § 3 51 |chandise for the first time. France was off 23, points. Arcturus Rad Tube,, 2 ‘184 18% 3 B 2 1 | finds herself in the most favorable po- o KOS e N 5 sition of any continental country, hold- ArklnulN'tl Gas. 2 150n 15% 6 ing enormous supplies of gold, with INVESTMENT TRUSTS st oty ) b 5 practically no unemployment and an 2 P fo o Nat Rub Mach (2)... 47 ample supply of credit. NEW YORK. April 12 (#).—Over the 10 48% 8% 16% Nat Scresn Serv (2),, 18 Great Britain is still confronted with cotinterfmarket: AR A0 E 411k K421 Nat Steel Corpxw 43 4 many serious problems, including the Am & Cont Corp N i et L S LR NatSugarNJ (2).a 1 long-existant _unemployment situation; ve 28! b Eo el 6 whic e present governm g‘:‘\.“.:‘g é'&;f::if&' B o £ Atlant Fruit & Sug 2 e done Hitle t stievisie. sue . e rum & Foster Inc B tiantic Lobos. ... 3 pressed textile and coal industry. The Grim & FoMeE The T pG7ot P Atlas Plywood (2). major consideration here seems to be a Auto Voting Mach. . Auto Vot Ma cv pr pt Fixed Trust Shares’ A Investment Co. of Am com failure of industrial and political lead- Revparn o 14 ; N ers to understand the change in the Securities Corp Gen' com 625 Aviation Corpotqgn 1 New Mex & Aris Ld.. modern industrial world and to apply A ol il Shves 2 BAKIS COTD.oo New Jer Zino (14), them to British industry. Thlitee Stand Onl Share, B 2y Bellanca Alroraft. .. NY Auction 1 Italy is making progress under Fas- cist tutelage in many lines of economic activity, but underlying conditions are not thoroughly satisfactory. due to a lack of natural resources. The Scandi- navian countries, Belgium, the Nether- lands are enjoying a generally prosper- ous condition, while Austria and Hun- gary, as well as many of the Balkan and South Central European countries, N ¥ Pet Royalty (1), & Blaw-Knox Co (1%) N Y Rio&Bu Aires... 1 Blue Ridge Corp. ... Blue Ridge cv pf (a3) Brazil Tr& Lt (2).. 2l Bridgept Mach (25¢) Brillo Mfg . Brit Am Tob B 11.20. Buff, N&RP pf(1.60) SR NEW YORK BANK STOCKS NEW YORK, April 12 (#).—Over-the- counter market: Trust Companies. . B Niag Shares Md(40¢c) Noma £1 Cor (1.60).. Nort s oo No Am Aviat A war, SR Hanower gz:‘:‘;‘fl:’“‘“’ 1 Northern P L (15). are slowly but steadily improving their Sormeen Burco, Inc ev pf (3)+ North St Pow A (8) economic position. Eotinty' Burma Corp (131¢).. u i Novadel Agene (3) T inle Butler Bros (30¢)..e 2 wana M o NORFOLK & WESTERN. Ohio Brass B (5) % Ohio Copper 1 Bwana M Kubwa. 1 Cable Radfo T vte... 4 4 New York ....... 66'% Ohlo Ol (12). 6 3 At the annual meeting of stockhold- ‘Westchester Title & Tr Cab& Wire LtdB rets o 37 Outboard Motol . 6 11% 1% 11% 11% 'Prl:ll:t’!e]’;‘l”:’l"o]kdl?ec‘lzfit::re“:e"—:’l’;yc‘te.dt e CERiEABIR WL 27% Pac PubServ(130). 3 35 35 35 35 | At the subsequent meeting of the board, America = 7 1213 Pao Western O! . 4 18 18 17% 17%|omeers were re-elected. . i Carnation Co (31%). - AR U . Proadway National .. 1 Pandem Oil.. 6 2 2 2 Chase. N.nqxw i Celanese cu‘rpé..t o 1% Pantepec Ofl. « b gn’»‘" ;,X"l':{\xx ‘alml\r Cent Atlantic States. 63 Param’t Cab (b8%), g Cent Hud G&E n (2 Parke Davis (11.45) . Penn Mex Fuel (2) ;:;ls"‘ li‘u‘;?t'a‘#:l N Cent P Sv A (a1.75). 1 (240e) 16 o e ot Statel 13 /Pennrons Cotps cfit{sfif—l 43 Peop Drug Stra (1) Chain Storfls Stock . 32 Peop L&P A(a2.40)., Chatham Phoe Al n-v Perryman Elec Co... Chem Natl Asso n-v. Petrol Corp (1% )..e 1 Salesin DOMESTIC Citles Service (130c) & L ]Pm]l::rhen:rlmn:c: thousands. © Citles Serv pf (6)... 15 Blilioys (E)A L8 e s Clev Tractor (1.60).. 131 Philippe (L, ; 1 Club Alum Uten.... 10% Pilot Rad T A (1.20). Colon Ofl 10 Pitney B P n (20c) Coluin Oii&Gaso 1 111 PittS&LE (5)..00m iy p 24 Plymouth Ol (2).... Columbia Pictures Colum Pictures v.t Columbia Syndics Com'with Edison (8) 2 Comwlth & Sou war. Com Wat Ser (b6% ) Consol Auto Merch.. Consolidated Copper 9 Polymet Mfg (31). Prince & Whitely Prince& Whitely pf3. Prudential Inv...... 17% Public Util Hold w w. Pub Ut Hold Cp war. Radio Prod (60). SYNOPSIS. Comdr. Drake Roscoe of the Unmited States Navy is trying to break up @ criminal band known as the Zomes. di- rected by a chief who is called Head Center and who is said to look like Napoleon. With the aid of Dr. Stopford Cons Dairy Prod (2). 94 Railroad Shares. .... he makes his investipations. A Zon: Con Gas, Baito($ 60) 813 RainbowLumProd A aoent, Mme. Czerna, makes the acauaint- Con Gas Ut A(2.20).. 3’ RainbowLumProd B ance of Roscoe and Stopjord and falls 2% Relter-Foster (40¢).. 1 in love with the latter. She deserts the 164 Rel'nce Managemnt. Zones. and Stopford, to insure her safety, * Repettl Candy. takes her to the steamship Ruritania, Con Retall Strs (1).. 90% Rep Steel cum pf (6) where he was formerly chief surgeon. Reynolds Bros Inc. Cord Corp.. Corroon & Reynol: Meanwhile, Roscoe has enlisted the aid of Deputy Commissioner Burke of the YT PR A R Cor & Rey pt A (6) tice d S enl (st the |ceded, cautiously. “Theyd have to 2Childs Co 8¢ 43, GosdRalons: o 3 Tomce ‘mve oroken une ut are immedc |make it under the biggest batch of 5 Citles Service 5s ' 87 Coty Soc Anon rcts st “; ately re-estadlished in @nother piace, |LEhtS in the world - il 3Cit Serv Gas stys 43 88% 8 88 Creole Petroleum 32% Ryerson (Jos) ( Roucoe receives injormation that a num- | When the theater filled, ti . hnze"f: I3 i 913, 91t 911, Crocker Wheeler 914 St Lawrence Pap M.. 1 Der of Zomes members will be present {n | Jewels from the box occupled by the| 2 977 973 977 Crown C&S pf 2.70) .4 19%; St Regis Paper (1)., 19 a theater on the night of a party to .m,"] Pnruy barely competed wil ark | g0 a8 g gurms G}:}’:fi'- '_‘:~ 1 i 5;: :ch::;u ‘:’5 ffim‘x‘e St.. 5 Duchesse de Greuze, whom he believes to i -n:;] nuu;‘:xlc Greul:e p;nmew;ere.";mm 1 e e = . eaboar e 4 be a Zome overative. He asks Mme. |on the white neck o 1005 1005 1003 CusiMex Minizg.... 1p 1 Selected Industries.. 5 Ceerna fo attend the theater in disouise | duchesse, so that when Roscoe accom- a1 ‘el lent DasyRLI) 2 1% 12 Sel Ind allot cf 2 and to identify the criminals. He himself | panied her to her box he found himself B! W Dayton Alr & Eng 5 51 5% Select Ind pr (5 3 is to be a guest of the duchesse. suddenly the target of a battery of 32 Duauesne “Gas. . 98% 973, 98 yton Alr g 5 6% Sty RaTatrICI At 4 e Siaioe 5 East Util Inv 5s '54 A 85 8475 847y ) Deere & Co new w.l.. 16 159% 160 - Zlec P & 921y 92 ° 9214 De Forest Radlo. 9 T T 3 He had not anticipated being alone I (TP 18 + De Haviland (50¢).m 2 T3 q TWENTY-THIRD INSTALLMENT. | with her. but spparently the other 85 §‘§ §§, o Silica Gel et. ... 1 HE red light in a vault below | ably detained. It did not entirely suit | s 95 95% 1 Ststo Fin Corp. 3 Manhattan had been glowing | his purpose, however, As he stared down o S South Coast. . 4 steadily for some time, and |at a distingyished-looking, white-haired 108 G0 | e Lo e e (Tho). .. 39 -Bi% So Penn Ol (1234) 4 now: lady who surveyed the house through Pl B T ASie. 11 48v So Col Pow A (2) 1 “Report,” directed a smooth | large tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles, o g3 Bw| 5% 31 DI arris(newd. 11 &8% Southern Corp. 1 volce, “of sector captain covering apart- | he hoped that his dazzling companion = 3 el 3L 3% 8 Dubllier Cond&Rad 1 10% 10w Southland Roy (1 3 ment at present occupied by ex-Zone | would not detect the signals. BHo GUr Eata s f3is o2 332 | 3™ Yu Duran: Motors. ., 2 6% 6% ¢ S W Gas Uul.. 1 Officer 2 A—— Mme. Czerna.” “Orchestra B, No. 7,” signaled Mme. 87 & B 1 % B Reciniodes & ‘BWe 204 Spanish & Gen 3 “Report to hand,” came & reply. “Sec- | Czerna. “Zone officer.” 28 Independt O 65 39 100t 108'4 108" g Standard Motor: 15 tor Capt. I A I, covering apartment, re- | Roscoe noted a thick-set blond man. 7 10002 J00% '98:41 39 18% EastStsPow B (1).. 12 37% 38 Stand OIl, Ind (23). 24 5 ports that Dr. Stopford and Comdr.| “Orchestra D. Nos. 11 and 12, sector | 7 n '3 106% 105 ~ 105 18% 71y Eastern UtllinvA.. 5 164 17 Stand OiL Ky (1.60).. 1‘0 : Drake Roscoe visited at 5:30 p.m. Ned | captain and groupmaster.” o ites € Tais Eastern Util Assoey 2 17 17 81 gz og ;l Oi:o Lfl'fl- i HORE o D R joined them at 5:40. Sector| So the signals flashed, until és m;::!- ves Co 5s 47 xw Eisler Electric (1%) 10 175 173, 62 tand Pow .. s ' captain’s observations through glasses | bers of the Zones had been identified. 15 Kovpers'd'ec 81 M1t El Bond & Sb (b6)... 135 110% 112 6 SundPwraltBLLL 2 T Ton Ton 795 | SeVeral times interrupted becausé Ros. | Meanwhile the duchesse - exchanged opper G&C 5ias ElBond &Shpf (6). 4 i07 I0Th 20 Starrett Corp..... 31% 31% 31% 31% . at wil ; t, to | nods and handwaves with numerous ac- & AR S e A%00%8 1044 104% 104% Eleo Pow Ao (1).n 12 38% 384 30 StarrettCorppfiile 3 441 4% 4010 443 | bave dotocied Htie o i Timied | quaintances, some of them known slss ,M-_,flg;, oAb > 36% , 22% Elec Pw ASso A (1)e 7 36% 36% 10° gmn (‘:‘om-g:-ln g 1;:: 1;'-. 1;& :45. Report ends.” to Roscoe. 7 G e 6 3, 914 El P&L 2d pf A (7) 1 104% 104% 1% Stuts Motor Car. 3 a 4 31 . f H Q. Iimmeia sanbeehe o H0T S ; 1 ' ot 1 e 2 v 113is i awe gtk S0 P SOTSREIENE (et et Al o 33 Mo pac TR 5 00 w1005 il ebiold pt (6) .. I 13% 13?2 sg% 3.‘!3.':53:' “(':es)i') 32 42'& Pren 4§u 413: “To hand,_Patrol confirms arrival of | menced. Ned W. Regan, known and T Muns SS 625 /37 ww 9812 0813 82 ElSharenold pf (6).. S 48% . 4 " | Roscoe and Stopford at 5:30 and Regan | respected by every crook in Christen- 10 Nat P & L 6s A 2026. 106’z 106 30% EBS. IncAn-v(2). 3 32 32 307% Swift & Co new (2) 5 31% 3214 31y 32% :40. Al 1t E i * s ke At %S 5e L1 140 861 BmpG Fcumpt 61 1 31 Swift Internl(3%).. 3 32% 325 8215 3214 ;g,i Bl Lo f:;“ih‘;"‘;‘i‘!‘;gsflfg:;‘%,‘::‘:‘::f:é el g 19': Emp Pub gv Al 1{.:0)) r; 67% Technicolor, Ine. . : ’Ié"»s ;gw 2 172 Immediately an order was issued. Burke was back-stage somewhere. No- | 1, it « e). 2 Y 26" % 2 ' ) & Ve i 7 Fabrics Finishing 24 41% Transamer (1160).. 10 45): 45% 45 45% | cover, Withdraw two if necessary from | pitch. S 3 Fairchbild Avietion. 1 G dram o AlE T 1l 1 10w 1o 10w |theater ares. Instruct Zone Ofmcer 18| Burke came out of the stage door 1% % FandangoCorp...... 6 o e - e to take over lobby. Advise H. Q. patrol. | And made his way around to the fron 40% 32 Federal Screw (3).vi 1 & TrCom Corp et 1 bsi% 5% biw 6w |Roscoe, Regan and Stopford must be of the house. Ned Regan was standing 21% 17% Flatreceipts (125).. 3 19 9 20 Tung-Sol o 4 21% 22 21% o |covered to their destinations, which |in e everywhiEre™ atdN Bike: 5 PG o T PO B e 33% Tung-Sol La'pof (3) 2 35% 86% 35% 36y |must be instantly reported. Mme.|,, bristles with gunmen ARSI 101 101 Firemen's Fd Ins (5) 1 102% 102 aow 5 o Crerna will be disguised. She must be | ;But the place bristies with gunmet. 2 Pitts Coal Co 65 '49 Florida P&LEpf (7). 1 1024 102% 261 Uugerlelder FCorp.. 2 321 321 32% 32 |identified and reported the moment she | It's the Zones, Ned. But what 9 Poor & Co 65 '3, ... Fokker Atrcraft.... 15 29 25 UnNatGas Can160 1 23 28 28 28 |jeaves the building. Move. Connect |82me?> TP R S &b Ford Motor Can 5 37 14 Unidn Tobacco. 19 % R e B That was at 50 minutes after 9. At 18 Pure Ol 4125 '40 wi Ford Mot of Fra 3 11% 32 Uni Chem pt pf (3) 17487 87 8§V 7 The red light went out. A blue one | 10_o'clock the Zones moved. 2 Rel Mannger'ss A"S4 92, Ford Mot. Ltd 87 29 19% 14% United Corp war. 13 26% 26% 264 26% | appeared. 3 Below the city a red light glowed. 3 RButen, Tov. 20 agal Foundation For S 3 6 6% United Dry Docks 1.7, 7. 7 7 | “Laboratory.” a volce announced. “Division A" & voice reported. “Sta- 11 San Ant P'S 53 B 58 9702 Fox Theat Cl A. 50 12% Unit El Ser pur war. 1 % “Give me the latest reports on cables.” | tion covered. Zone officer standing by. 2 Schulte RE S5 133 X g0t 8 “Everything in order, except Service 5. | All units at action quarters, Report 10 Shaw W&P 4138 A '67 9412 General Baking. . 18 an ) D! 3 ur 3 Shawg 55 C 70, GebiBAkInR BE 13 e This wiil have to be fused from manhole | ends. " FER BT %008 GansralCADISWAE. Ly " on Forty-ninth sizeet. Plant ready and | _"CArty on” the masked man replied 83 '3 o rty under group master standing by. | Smoothly, “according 3 e 18 BoUthern NG 4% 44 9813 931a oms i it ;‘1‘;’:) 3 ?‘au:mt protection in case operations | nect. < s SSouth L & P s A 'ST 963a 963 063 3 | are suspected.” Division B, said a high, hars] 3 Bothw P&L 65 A 2022 1053 10534 105% Gen Indus Alcohol.. 2 Utd Lt & Pwr A (1). | 850 volce. “Stations covered. Zone officers 1M &% dan 103 1001 1035 GenW WAEA (2)., 2 UdLt&PwrB().. 3 8 et standing by. All units at action quar- 14Standard ¥ €T 65 %67 1 Glen Alden Coal (3 5 0 Uté Lt & Pwr pf (6 8116 116 115 115% .1;‘;25 g:':fa ".:.'.':,.:’a"‘.‘.,‘.’,“c% ATY;““:; ters. . Report ends” 2Texas P & L 55 '36 2 Giobe Underwrite 4% 15% 1 24% 24% 2415 24% n. The re “ ing to plan. Dis- 7Thermold Co & "3 gT2 o7 97 Gold Cotn. g - 30 t0n 204 20 20 S A, B e el Golden Center...... 27 5% b% 15 24 24% 24 24 . Q.” & volcg reported. * or-| ““pivision C. Four firing groups from 38h70n % Goidman Sachs (b6). 12 43% 43% 214 US&InterntlSee... 1 6% 64 6% 6w |der transmitted. ot i o e b suni Lt 98 5% 6% US&intSe3dpd3%. 1 74% T74% 74% 74%| “Concentrate four firing groups,” the|tions on Forty-ninth street. Chief ;gg Gorham Inc pf (3)... 3 34 34% 5 19% 19% 19% 19% ! man in the vault ordered, “in charge|chemist's party arrived. Chief chemist 10 Wabash 55D 1 43 43 4 2% 21% 20 20 |of a sector captain, upon Forty-ninth|in charge. No opposition thus far. All 2 Weat Ne Wy e 1 % 35 N 3| wueet between Abin and SrondwAy &t unitiat-action quarters: Reportends.? after 9. Groupmaster operat “ ing to plan. Dis- M Wen TEC O S A 31 81 o1 Slu| 97 90 Grelf & BrpfX (7). 2s 87 97 R e e s L R e A 15 Wes Union Tel 5s 60 103'4 103 103 14% 11% Groo Stors Prod vie. 4 12 12 17 2% 26% 25 25% | cover for his work. Advise sector c: “Division D,” announced a deep, cul- Sales in FOREIGN BONDS. 49 36/ Guardn Fire Assn(2) 32 47%" 48% 41 28 23% 22% 23 |tain in charge that nothing must be al- | tured voice. “Speaking from office of BhouSand & Mtg Bk 7s 47 87% 81% 87% | 160% 1314 GulfOflof Pa (1%). 7 167% 157% 7 2T 27T% 2T% 27%|lowed to interfere with this. Instruct |sector captain in charge Roxane Thea- 1Buen Alr Frov 1s 152102 102 103 1% _ % HappinessCandy... 2 1% 1% Utility Equities. 3 20 20 19% 19%|Zone Officer 1-A that all sectors must | ter. Zone units and state units as re- S Cauca Vallev Tsg48i- §is B4 843 14 114 Hecla Mining (1) 1 12 12% $8% VacuumON(V4M).. T 92 93 92 97 be open for wiihdrawal of firing groups, poited Save rendiusied position of six 14 Chile Mtg Bk 6s '31100 97 6 5 Hollinger Gold (60¢) 1 64 6% Ptm (2 8, 8% % bl % N C! must nof operatives, ake 1Chile Mtz Bk 6s '62 913 Sl 918, 145 8% Hudson Bay M & L T 1 % Vick Financial Corp. 4° 8% 9 8% 8% | weakened for this purpose. Move. Con- | times left the box of the Duchesse de ot 81 119 78 HumbleOtl (3) 4116 116% 16 Vogt Mfg Co (3).4 3 224 224 224 224 |nect ?vu‘]:::lt:men in “’fi""{;’" Greuze and beenhcomeEd c& me%}g:; Oul Hydro Elec Serv 12 3% b6 8% Walker (H) (1), 10 10% 10% 10% 10%| That ni e Roxane Theater was | Messages in cypher. Ex-Zone Hygrade Food Prod. 2 10% 10% 31 | in a state of sl unsuspected by the | Czerna identified. She is in touch by In Sivine ey ie § 10 e e e | sowss st o d Broadway, hop- [ Morse with Roscoe. Two operatives de- Imp O1L Can (60¢). .y 1 28% 28% 814 Wayne Pump.. 14% 14% & &l by IndPipe L. n (t2%). 1 39 39 184 West Alr Exp (60¢).. 5 48 48 45 45 |ing for a glimpse of the King or, at| tailed to cover. All units standing by. R ind Terr u Ol (A) 7 47% 47% 301 WestTab&Sta(2).. 1 35 35 35 35 [least, of some one of the notabilities | Report ends.” b R M Bk err I1lu Of ¢ 5 b3% 53 % msRC(140). 2 16% 17 16% 17 |attending the gala performance. No less| “Carry on according to plan. EXx- 10 Finl ind Terr Iilu Of1 (B) 1 53k 14% . Willlams R C ( prydhed s g W 8 Pranklort 68 ind Finetfs (b10% ). 12 28% 28y 6% Wil-Low Cafeteria % 12 12% 11% 12% |than 40 windows commanding aspects| Zone Officer Czerna is m i 3 e Cans Mun InsCoof NAth (13). 5 81% 81% 2 Woodley Petroleum 8 8% 3% 8w 3% Of the theater had been commandeered | moved from the rolls, but must 18 8eE 80 Mo T Insurance Seo (140) 3 21 21 % “Y*ONl & Gas . o 2 i ow ou|by Deputy Commissioner Burke and an| brought to headquarters without fall T o Intercoutinent Petn. 15 14 14 20" Youns (JS) (10)....10s 98 98 98 98 fwin Nisted at each. The ¥ not Inter than 10:30. Disconnect.’ ™ 16 231% 233, leading to and adjoining the theater| At 10 o'clock every ligl 3 HuD Lras 3s A wi o # Yukon Gold 5 & % &|area were thick with detectives, and | Roxane Theater went out. Burke had 1 3 45% 45% 17% Zonjte rod ( -3 204 204 19% 19% |inside themt-hnb ter 1u-en fll’n every 20 | just got ":,'i,k m’:.nh: wl:‘cel;bclrd below 61 1p 16% RIGHTS. Bxpire was occup! y & police officer. the en ippened. i had Internatl Utll {war). 2 4% 44 7 Ind Ter 11l Oil...Apr30 42 71 7% 7% 74| Deputy Commissioner Burke had| In the theater pandemonium had A Interstate Bquities.; 13 12% 12% 12% 124| 1K 1% Ludlom Steel..Mav19 2 1% 1% 14 1% made a workman-like job of protecting| broken loose. Women screamm: “fg- bl %g,uhr GoCh g A Interest Bacvpf (3) 3 45% 46% 45 45%| 1 1! Ruckld L & May 5 9 1% 1% 1% 1% [the royal visitors on the first occasion | body knew why. Men shouted. No- 5 '59. 84% " semi- | Which seemed to call for such protec- | body knew what they sald. Then: 1Rumania Ingt Ts ' 3 9 P om 9 DiviZend rates in doflars based on last quarterly or Ei e A g ttes 3 S tlence ! roared_ s mighty voice; 1 St % ; S b l) 2:& zg:: 2::: ”lu“ e nm"&u tPartly extra, iPlus extra in stock. & Payable oflum‘ admitted l?e ‘much. S and mfinmu- "si'llmule i . Itallan Superd wi *Ex-dividend: artly e, us 2 s 3 - o xs{:‘;',,‘é‘g"é.u.i;: R Italian Supegpo 2 15 15% 15 15% ineask - ciuck. bPaveble in stcik. d Payable 3: preferred stock. 16 looks to me, Burke, ssid he,| That magnifigent harsh voice achleved MONROE SALES ADVANCE | 22 PER CENT FOR 1929 Special Dispatch to The Sta) NEW YORK, April 12—The Monroe Calculating Machine Co., Inc., reports a sales increase of 22 per cent for 1929 over the preceding year. Domestic busi- ness moved up 24 per cent, while foreign :;l;: showed 16'2 per cent gain over P CANYED AMERICAN FOOD SELLS WIDELY ABROAD By the Assoclated Pre: Cans carry American food to the din- ner table over a wide area, according to the Department of Agriculture. Continuing the increase shown in previous years, exports of canned foods by the United States increased 11 per cent in 1929 and were valued at $79,- 000,000. The United Kingdom was the leading purchaser of American canned L4 Canada was the second leading mar- ket and Philippines third. STOCK AND BOND AVERAGES By the Associated Press. Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Edition, (Copyright. 1850, Atandard Statistics Co.) GRAIN MARKET CHICAGO, April 12 (Special).—The wheat market opened a fraction higher today under scattered buying because showers over the Winter wheat belt were unimportant and Liverpool was not as weak as expected. Pressure developed on the buige. May opened 1.13 to 1.13%4: July, 1.147 to 1.1434; September, 1.17% to 1.17%4. After first half hour May, 1.12%; July, 1.14%; September, 1.17. Corn followed wheat. May opened 8413 to 8414; July, 86%; to 86':; Sep- tember, 87': to 875%. After first half hour May, 83%; July, 86%: Septem- ber, 87 4. Oats showed little change. May opened 4475; July, 45 to 45%: Septem- ber, 437. After first half hour May, 44%; July, 45'; September, 433,. Pro- visions were easier. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, April 12 (#).—Stocks— Irregular; Allied Chemical jumps above 340. Bonds—Steady: entire market dull. NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK, April 12 (Special).— There was very little change in cotton | prices today and under a limited vol- ume of business, final quotations were a point or two lower than Friday. Strength in the old-crop deliveries was offset by predictions of showers in | the Southwest, which tended to ease new-crop positions, changed at 16.55. Cotton range: Spots were un- Open High Low Close 1630 138 1878 1637 | 1635 1641 1633 1639 | 1830 1356 15148 15350 1326 1529 1522 15325 1864 1369 1360 1360 | 1540 1346 1535 1538 Tl 1867 15067 1567 January, new ..., 1548 1549 1541 1345 March ... 1568 1571 1565 15.66 By Sax Rohmer glancing up at the chief of police, “that | you can go home and go to sleep. | “I'm standing said Burke. | | “There's $5,000,000, real stuff. in this theater tonight. If there hadn't been | any Zones, it would have tempted some- |body. I'm not looking for murder— unless it's yours. I'm looking for rob- bery. 1 won't allow the house light to | be lowered. I've got three men on the switchboards.” 4 “If there was a hold-up in the theater.” Roscoe mused aloud, “they'd | never made a getaway through the men posted outside.” “I reckon they wouldn't.” Burke con- Curb—Irregular; _ Electric Bond Share rallles. Foreign exchanges— Easy; Japanese yen steady, with re- opening of Tokio Cotton—Steady: week end covering. Sugar—Quiet; good spot market. fee—Easier; lower Brazilian market. e BALTIMORE STOCKS. BALTIMORE, April 12— & | Stock Exchange. | Cof- | ADVANGE IN TRADE . CONDITIONS NOTED Encouraging Outlook in Various Sections. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 12.—Notwith- standing the warmer weather and the impetus given by the approach of Easter to distributive trade as well as a main=- tenance of the slightly increased pace set by the industry late in March and early this month, the main improvement in the business situation still seems to rest rather in the factors making for uitimate revival than in actual present gains, according to the weekly reviews of trade and business. R. C. Dun & Co.’s review of business says in part: “After two weeks of April something has been added to previous gains in business, although the rate of progress has been disappointing to many interests and has caused a modification of ear- lier expectations. In view of the violence of last Autumn’s speculative upheaval, however. conservative opinion had sug- gested that the pace of recovery would be measured, with many irregularities and contrasts developing during the transition. “Sentiment is stronger on the whole, and the advancing season has not i failed to give some impetus to activi- ties, but expansion still comes only slowly and not in all quarters simul- taneously. A fluctuating process of re= covery does not seem unnatiral even several months after a period of severe economic disturbance, yet necessaiv ad- Jjustments are being effected tha' point i to subsequent betterment of a moi: de- | cisive character. “The trend of buying plainl: shows that caution is the rule, but the nearer approach of Easter has quickened the jretail movement and merchants are hopeful that the attractive values available on various goods will even- tually stimujate a larger response from consumers. Data on unemployment, al- though differing considerably, are be- coming less unsatisfactory as outdoor work 1s extended, while the probable influence of low money rates as a con- structive aid to commercial recupera- tion is being stressed in many channels. Statistical Position Better. “It is significant of the more en- couraging outlook now that there has been a check to the extreme unsettle- ment in commodity prices, more evi- Sales. STOCKS. Last sale 110 Arundel _Corportion 4502 200 Baltimore “Trust Co. ol 1Central Fire Insurance Co ' !.l. 87 7C & P Telephone, Balto pfd. ...l 115!z 32 Consolidated Gas com 126 1 Consolidated Gas 8% cum pfd A 102's 20 Eastern Rolling Mills com. 227 50 Finance Co. of America 111z 100 Finance Service com 1830 5 Pirst National Bank 490 100 Pa Water & Power 90°% 5 Union Trust Co 70 50 United Railway & Eleciric | 13% | 25 United Porto Rican Sugar pfd... 38 THE EMPEROR OF AMERICA Copyright. 1996, by Nerth American Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Serviee. a momentary triumph. There was a lull, and: | “Keep your seats,” Drake Roscoe | continued.” “There’s no cause for | alarm.” 1 In flat denial of his assurance a shrill scream burst from the royal box, | then: “Quick!” The duchesse grasped his | hand, and he felt the contact of cool | gems. My pearls! Hide them. I am afraid.” |~ “Right!” said he. “I will do my best Stay here whatever happens. “You are going to leave me?” “I must.” s Her long, slim fingers closed on his | sleeve, groped upward . . . her arms | clung to him. “Stay! I beg of you. I order you to “Forgive me! T have my duty.” He tore free—and was gone. Matches, which immediately became extinguished, and some few pocket | torches broke the gloom of the big | building. Screams of the women be- came terrible. Then the first shot was | fired—somewhere in the balcony. Strug- | gling masses fought for the exits. A | torch gleamed suddenly upon the face of a man who wore a black mask. The torch was dashed from the hand of its owner. From the back of the theater Stopford had seen Mme. Czerna spring up at the moment that the lights failed. He was half-way to the seat she had occupied now, dazed, bruised, fighting desperately, striving to shelter women he met, not knowing friend from ingly into his eyes. He received a sick- cning blow on the temple—and crum- pled up between the seats. Out on Broadway a Stygian darkness reigned. Except for car lights, the White Way was black from sidewalk to tip of its {allest buildings. Drake Ros- one spot in New York that night where he could be useful. Allowing for drift, the press of panic-stricken humanity— estimating the opposition of detectives planted in that section of the theater— he had calculated that Mme. Czerna would be taken out by the second exit on the prompt side. For, in the instant before the light failed, he had seen, as Stopford had seen, that she was marked down. The man who had sat in the center of the circle was the organizing genius in im- mediate charge of this classical hold- up, and Roscoe paid him the compli- ment of concluding that his calcula- tions would coincide with his own. They did. ‘Wearing his mask, he fought in dark- ness through a knot of bewilered people to where & big closed car was drawn up. Two men were lifting in an insen- sible woman. The night was hideous with clamors. The Fire Department had turned out with search lights. The weird howling of their approach through the pitch darkness of Broadway came remotely over A human babel. As Mme. Cberna was placed in the car: “Beat it!" said Roscoe. The man whose shoulder he had grasped turned swiftly. Roscoe drew back the lapel of his coat. The second man turned, automatic raised, then: “Divisional chief!” said the first. “All clear. What orders, chief?"” “Report to sector captain in front of theater.” ‘The pair hurried off. “You're through for tonight,” said Roscoe to the chauffeur. “Beat it!" “Good enough, chief!” \ ‘The man left the wheel and disap- renrefl among the frightened throng lost in Broadway darkness. Roscoe closed the door of the car, jumped to the driving seat, and moved off just as the first searchlight split a blinding white gully through the black- ness. As he drove on, debating where safety lay, he reflected that at least he had saved their gallant little French ally from an unimaginable fate. That the others had survived he could only hope. He had a small fortune in pearls in his pocket, solve: the Duchesse de Greuze. ‘There would be arrests, no doubt, and some of the property which had changed hands in the most sensational raid in criminal history might be recovered. But if the loss fell far below four mil- lion dollars he would be surprised. He drove into a lighted area on Park avenue, and: “Damn them!” he said, nullln* up and looking around at his beautiful, in- sensible passenger—“the zones have scored a big victory. How big, I don't know yet.” (To be continued.) the ! foe. A ray from a torch shone blind- | coe’s sea sense, alone, guided him to the | nd a profound mystery to (St dence of steadiness in this respect hav- ing appeared during the last fortnight, and- some buyers have shown an 1 | creased disposition to operate in in- | stances where markets have become | more stabilized. Retrenchment in pro- duction is gradually bringing about & closer balance between supply and de- | mand, with a consequent strengthening of the statistical position in some in- dustries. and such rise in output as has occurred has been based strictly upon tangible needs. | “Nearly all of the barometers which measure the rise or fall of trade con- _tinue to make adverse comparisons with | those of a year ago, but there has been !a narrowing of the losses which were i revealed last Winter, and the insolvency record is now following the normal sea- sonal tendency toward decline.” Bradstreet'’s State of Trade says, in | part: “Comparisons with a vear ago con- | tinue to reflect recessions as hereto- | fore, but more mention is made of a | nearer approach to last vear's volume at 2 number of markets than was vis- {ible some time ago. “With the advance of the growing season at the South and of planting time at the North and West, increas- !ing emphasis is being placed upon the deficiency of moisture in the Winter | wheat belt of the Southwest and in ! the Spring wheat-growing areas of our own Northwest and Canada. A fur- ther stiffening of farm crop prices, after early realizing, brings prices, par- ticularly of wheat. well up to the prices | ruling on March 1. while cotton prices | are not far below those reached on the lmlly from early March and the margin jof declines in both from a year ago has narrowed. 1l Retail Trade Up in Quarter. “Perhaps the most interesting fea- | tures of March results are the show- ings made by chain and department store sales. March chain store sales, 50 concerns reporting, show a decrease from 1929 of 19 per cent. as against gains of 9.1 per cent in January and of 7.3 per cent in February, but still record a gain for the firsy quarter of 3.7 per cent over last year. | “Department store sales show a de- crease of 12 per cent for March. &s against declines of 2 per cent in Feb- ruary and 4 per cent in Jartuary, with a decrease for the quarter of 6 per cent from a year ago. A great deal | of this March and first-quarter decrease may be attributed to the late date of Easter. “With April returns available a truer picture of the course of this branch of business may be had, with the prob- ability that the losses shown in the first quarter in department store sales | will be considerably reduced. “Iron and steel trade reports are | conflicting, in that, while prices of steel sheets and strips are easier and scrap metal is weaker, the automobile trade is reported taking more material in answer to larger production of low- | er-priced car: 55 JUNIOR BANKERS CONVENTION NOMINEES Fifty-five members of Washington Chapter, American Institute of Banking, were nominated last night as candidates for posts of delegates to the national convention of the institute at Denver, Colo., June 16 to 20. Election of dele- gates will be held April 24. The local chapter will be entitled to 33 delegates. The following have been nominated: Mildred C. Woodcock, Frank M. Per- ley, Raymond D. Lewis, Alfred W. Sherman, Henry F. Kimball, William P. Keith, William E. Schooley, Paul Seltzer, James C. Dulin, jr.; William A. Cady, American Security & Trust Co.: Robert H. Lacey, Columbia National Bank; J. Fred English, F. H. Cox. Thelma_Courtney, Commercial National Bank; E. J. McQuade, Liberty National Bank. James A. Soper, Richard A. Norris, Robert E. Lee, Lincoln National Banl Dalton Cook, Merchants Bank & Trust Co.; Frank Lee, Ed Norris, Mount Vernon Savings Bank; Winifred S. Bur- well, William G. Winstead, National Metropolitan Bank; I. J. Roberts, Harold Burnside, Esther Lau, Catherine Kreig, G. Harry Morris, Emory Girdner, K. Birgfeld, Riggs National Bank. Gerald Keene, Stuart Ogilvie, Second National Bank; T. Hunton Leith, Se- curity Savings & Commercial Banl John De Marco, Seventh Street Savings Bank; Wilbur C. Dieter, Union Trust Co.; Rose L. Royce, Mabel Royce, Arthur Doying, Washington Loan & Trust Co.: John Poole, Wilmer J. Wi ler, Charles D. Boyer, Lois A. White, Walter Sanderson, Joseph D. Yerkes, Aubrey O. Dooley, Federal-American National Bank. William Barker, Mount Vernon Sav- ings Bank; Willlam B. Mehler, Wash- ington Mechanics Savings Bank; Robert ; A E. Henze, W. W. Spaid, J. Earl McGeary, ‘W. B. Hibbs & Co.; Robert G. Whitton, Alice Whitton, First National Bank of Alexandria, Va.; Grace Bromley, Dis- trict of Columbia Bankers' Association, and Eugene Marks, Merchants Bank & ‘Trust Co. Fruit Exports on Rise. Fruit grown in the United States is becoming more popular abroad, ac. cording to the Department of Com- merce. rts fresh fruits in- creased ,000,000 in 1929, | Weekly Reviews Find.More