Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1930, Page 11

FINANCIAL. VETERAN HUNTER OF BUFFALOES TELLS STORY OF ANNIHILATION VALUE OF TOURIST TRADE IS GROWING £zt 0nce American Citles Realize Im- iu'unee of Purchases by | | Traveling Publie. BY JOHN T. SINCLAIR. Dispateh to The Star. YORK, December 25.—The Automoblle Association has doing some ingenious figuring. It estimates that the total world travel bill for} 1930 will reach the dizsy heights of $7800,000,000, of which two-thirds, or fiv§ billions, will have been spent by f to see what “it's all ¢ 1930, Amerieans spent ‘225 000,- 000 in Canada, according to the asso- ciation, while 300,000 Americans went abroad. ‘The whole thing is a guess. The esti- mate might be on the short rather than Yet nearly every city II ng 'thln the last five years that nited States and Canada have be- §ull to realize its value. Debt Interest. Becretary of the Treasury Mellon, after announcing the receipt of $122- 989450 from 10 different Buropean countries, on account of their indebted- ness to the United States, points out that of this amount only a little over $30,854,052 is on aceount of prineipal. The balance is for interest. Under the terms lfild down blyl Con- gress, Secretary Mellon says all cash Mmeu on account of the prineipal must be lied to_the retirement of thé public debt. The baiance of the money, amounting to about $92,000,000, is available for the current expenses v.nun recognized u the rhh-t mh'y lurope has not So Vast They Held Up Trains and Blocked River Traffic; Slaughter Doomed Indians. rd, 83 years old, of few sur- hustert BY GEORGE W. REIGHARD. Special Dispateh to The Ster. DODG! (N.ANA. nowadays of the vast number of buf- faloes I have seen drifting northward in the Springtime on the plains of Texas, Oklahoma Kansas. many & substantial businéss and pros- perous farm of today was founded 50 and 60 years ago upon the money that g:nlm from buffalo hides and buff: I eame West in 1867, and for several years drove a government team in the Teserve train for Gen. Ouster and the from the Fort ‘This the buffalo country. One Herd 175 Miles Long. On one of our trips in the Spring from Fort Hays southward, we met the advancing herd at Pawnee, 50 miles south of Fort Hays, and from there clear on to Fort Supply, 175 miles, we traveled through a continuous mass of buffaloes grazing slowly northward. Oftenn we would be stopped by & group o{ a few hundred that was s0 SI’ft drified past and s lane opened |ber unl.ll it past and & ahead of us. It was impossible, of course, to eount the buffaloes i & herd, for the average of | herd was spread over the earth far be- d the range of vision. ’nwuunm'r. Hornaday of the Smith- paid a 1 of her debt, but | P} d $19,: S’!b oo?'mumc "hnd on ( other hand, has for interest And $28, ooo on the prln clnl Italy has paid nothing on the ipal of the debt and yun $1,260,- for interest. PFrance and Italy—next to Great Brit- ain the largest creditors of the United States—have only begun to nibble &t the amounts of their debts to the Gov- ernment of the United States. Perhaps mm fle':mln. for another cut—hope nal. Demand for Bonds. * Investors are taking their cue from the bankers. Halsey, Stuart & Oo., bond investment house, says that of putting funds in good, con- Tanding (he highest grade bonds with manding es n the greatest li:uiidn As soon as confidence is restored in the trade world, th's company believes thé investing public will be(in buying canservative and high-grade bonds, a: theéy haveé in the past. lnybe, but experience of n- last two years has taught many banks and private in- vestors to scrutinize bonds. nore closely before purchasing than they fa did. In such a storm as we have been ng through, even good bonds may “frozen up.” Conrad Hubert Estate. ‘The Conrad Hubert estate is being distributed for Christmas. Checks to- :?.n: $4,600, have been sent out 15 of the 33 institutions, selected by Calvin Cool!dte. Al Smith and Julius mnll estate will exneed Ahlu! 82! 500000 will'go to Mr. Hubeit's two brothers and a ler. and $6,500,- 000 to the institutions which the Coal- -Smith-Rosenwald Committee des- tes. Among those so far selected aré the Boy Scouts of America, $500,- 000; St Vincent's ital, 8500000 g?mnn Street Hospl! $500,000; 1 Scouts of America, ‘500 000; Amer- ican Red Cross, $3' N University, $250,000; . Jersey City, $250,000, lnd ‘the Y. A. of New York City, $175,000. e Boy Scouts of Ameriea, f Scout Executive James E. West, wledged the receipt of their gift by nytng that it will expand vastly the work of the organization, which now has a membership of 836,396 Scouts and Soout masters and nearly 8,000,000 for- mer members. To many of these vm'hfil charities sueh big Christmas gifts be par- tiéularly welcome this year—when rais- 1 money is immensely harder than been in any year for a decade. (hm-m. u by North American News- T Alliance.) COMMISSIONS CUT ON INACTIVE STOCKS Exchange Allows New Minimums on Issues Selling Below $10. id $66,3! $9,000,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 25.—The first important change in six years in com- milssion rates charged by New York Stock Exchange firms was announced yésterday when the Governing Commit- tee of the exchange reported that it had approved an amendment to the constitu- tion of that organization lowering the rates on inactive stocks selling at less than $10 a share in units of 10 shares. ‘The new rates, which will apply on sales of inactive stocks, will become ef- feetive January 7. if not disapproved by s majority vote of the members of the exchange. Heretofore the rates on all inactive stocks selling between $1 and $100 ¢ share has been 20 cents a share. Under the new schedules the rates for stocks selling between $5 and $10 will be not Jess than 10 cents a share, and the rates on stocks selling between $1 and $5 ¢ share will be not less than 5 cents » share. The member-to-member rates will be decreased proportionately, Commission rates on active stocks have been automatically reduced during, the last year by the decline in stock , since commissions on the active are on a sliding scale, which de- creases with the prlce of the stock. YIELDS ON BANK STOCKS NOW AT HIGH FIGURE Speéial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 25—At the pecies such innumerable hosts as those of the American bison, or, a8 we always called it, the buffalo. Steamboats on the Upper Missouri River were stopped, often for hours, sometimes for uy-. by buffaloes swim- ming Across in such densely gathered masses that the boat could not push in amongst them. 1 have ridden on trains on the Kan- sas Pacific Railroad west of Fort Hays that were stopped for houts by buffaloes streaming across the track Ahead, ‘When the road was first built out across buffalo_land, the engineers, herds like that, tried to force their trains through them, but not even a locomotive could omn a way, and lrur several engines had been shunted off the rails by the bodies of buffaloes pil- ing up beneath the wheels, the engi- necers abandoned the .mmpt to head off a moving buffalo hes Stampede of Hide Ilntem Millions of buffaloes were in this bmad ture of the plains in the late én several :kcmm uhneu',c ::i currln. at about the same time, worl together to wipe them out within 10 ears. yThe first was the invention of the breech-loading, long-range, heavy cali- ber rifle, vm: Fwhich & man could cr to within 200 or 300 yards of the lie hidden, and pump lead into it ai the rate of two bullets & minute for as long a time- as the herd was within range. With these rapid-fire guns to do the butchering, only two other con- ditions were needed to seal the doom of the buffaloes—a markst for the hides and a transpoftation system by ich those hides market. Curlously enough, both of those con- flnm were developed together, in the late 605, when it was found that the buffalo hide was better for muhlnuy belting than cowhide. There also arose a great demand for buffalo robes over all the world, and coineident with that demand three railroads pushed their tracks out into the heart of the buffalo m‘m‘r’ of fllu hunters ufi‘hlt pouudlnht.hehuflfionnceover 08¢ three railroads was never equaled by any other Amnueflun :nlg;l.uuolx; tel:;e'ztr; ing, ‘haps, rush of 'cspll'.lr 'f. in the late 40s. To become & buffalo hunter required only nerve and health enough to go out lnd mu[h it and shoot, and ¢4 mu a couplé of lkmngr nq\fir“:fl' no capital at all, mly strength_enough and a willingness to work. Good Wages could be made both cal ‘The hl:t‘lo! a buffalo shot in warm weather was unfit for a robe; the hair was t00 ‘hin then. It was sent t be made into leather. and on the Texas rairie it brought from 50 to 60 cents arlm hide and up to $1 for & bull robes came from buffaloes and brought become I bufralo Good hued in cold weather, from $2 to $3. Swath 1s Cut in Herds. This influx of hunters soon mowed wath through the center of the herd, exterminated all the buffaloes within 50 miles of the rail lines and civided the one great herd into two herds, one south of the Santa Fe lines, ranging in Texas and New Mexico amd known thereafter as the “Southern herd” and another, called the “great Northern herd,” north of the Union Pacific tracks, mostly in the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming. In 1872, when I went down into the ‘Texas Panhandle with a buffalo hunt- ing outfit, i was estimated the South- ern herd numbered 3,000,000 head. By that time buffalo hunting had been de- Veloped into an exact science. Pity? No, I did not feel it. It was business with me I had my money invested in that outfit; if I did not butcher the buffaices there were many other hunting outfits all around me that would, so I all 1 have often hurd of still hunters killing 100 and more in one stand. On that trip 1 killed more than 3,009 buffaloes in one month, which was an average of about 100 a day. In the early 705 we did not think ne ‘were smnmmun. the herds. We 3,000.000 buffaloes in the 5 scarce then that Howard sold the bull increase to supply the market for 100 ears. And yet that vast buffalo herd d become Almost extinet in four years, By the Spring of 1876 only about 10,000 buffaloes remained and they had fled from the hunters and were scattered in -m-ll bands off to- ward the Pecos cou . ‘The last of the Southern herd, l ut 200 head, were killed off in 1887 by a party led Lee Howard. Buffaloes were 8o heads for mounting for $50 apiece and robes for $20. 31,000,000 Buffaloes Slain, 'X that time a market had devel- in the East for the millions of bulnln skeletons that la; lains. They were made Pl mu nnmur and into carbon used refining of sugar, and sold for $7 ralo 'o ‘10 & ton at the railroads. At first long- filol that was 10 feet 't wide and & quarter | ghig L. Henry Inman made an mvunnuon of the buffalo-bone business, gathered statistics of ship- ments of bones on the railroads and announced that 31,000,000 buffalo skel- etons were shipped out of Kansas alone. 1 doubt if you could find on all the g(r)llr]es of Kanses today one buffalo ne or any vestige of a buffalo. I often hear it said that it was a | g willful waste to butcher the buffalo a: we did, but while the buffalo ranged the Flnnx the Xndhm could not be con- ‘The buffalo was his bread bas- md he ;lved on it; u furnished m): AN tepees e needed to unnvfld ulconunp!llm. and so long as the buffalo existed the reservat of buffalo hunters had no hllh-mlnud motives in slaughtering th lnfl-lo ‘We were after his hide and '.he it would b"nbl but, nt. the bu!hlo hunter was true ploneer who cleared the way for the m!r and the cowboy, the settler with his plow, the church and school and civilization on these plains. The country never could bave been settled so long as the buf- falo w-s here to support Xnflhn ‘Whea! d corn, cattle and hogs, g- pemu farms and towns, families, bies growing up, schools lnd church- es are better than herds of buffaloes and hordes of savages. (Copsright. 1830 by North American News- paper Alliance.) MRS. KATHERINE GOULD DIES AT VIRGINIA HOME Wife of Howard Gould and Former Actress and Author Succumbs at 56 After Illness of Months. By the Assoclated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 25— Mrs. Katherine Clemons Gould, 56, wife of Howard Gould, died mmu.ly after an iliness of several months. For the last 156 years she had lived at fl:z Gap Farm near here, before com! stage. In addition to being known as an she was author of a novel and frequent contributor to periodicals. Although Mrs, Gould had lived apart from her husband many years, there never had been a legal separation. He is & member of the New York family of that name and at present is abroad. News of her death was sent to him through his attorneys today. During her residence here Mrs. Gould spent much of her time in philan- thropic endeavor. She contributed a recreational center to the Boonsboro community and aided materially in a ‘number of nounl.y lmvrovemmt projects. OHIO TO GET GET 5536 947 FROM C. P. TAFT ESTATE Value of ¥ormer Publither's Prop- | 4 erty for State Inheritance Tax Fixed at $6,382,844. o DUY | By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 25.— An inheritance tax of $536,947.50 is to n be paid to the State of Ohio through Judge Willlam H. Lueders of Probate Court next week by the estate of the late Charles P. 't, former publisher of the Cincinnati Times-Star, 1t became known yesterday. tax is exclusive of $134,136.89 which must be paid to the Federal Gov- ernment. Total value of the estate for the State inheritance tax was fixed at $6,382,644. Mr. Taft died last December 31. MRS. W. B. CI:ARKSON DIES ‘Wife of Telephone Official Was Resident of Woodley Road. BALTIMORE, Md, December 25 ) —Mrs. Walter B, Clarkson, e of the vice president of the Ches- apeake & Potomac Telephone Co. in charge of financial affairs, died at 10 o'clock last night at University Hos- glo!:‘l here, following an operation. Her e WAS nt 3120 Woodley road, Wash- lnnon D. . clnrnon. whose maiden name wak it Boa o years old an a | % native of Hancock, Md. Here father was Rev. Thomas W. Reed, an Episco- pal minister. Two children, Beaumont, 18. and Anne, 15; a brother, Warwick Reed of New York, and a sister, Mrs. Nelson Burwell of Parkersburg, W. Va., survive besides the husband. < N - N. & W. DIVIDEND VOTED Notrfolk & Western Rallway declared the regular qulmrly dlvtdnnd of $1 on the adjustment stock, payable February 10 to stock o( record Sontforn hard ‘enovgh, With the natural | January 31. AND BOND AVERAGES By the Associated Press. $:30 Edition. STOCKS. here after retiring from the | Bether. PROGRESS IN RAIL MERGER REPORTED Eastern Trunk Line Offioials to Hold Further Con- ferences. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 35.—Further progress has been made at conferences on consolidation between representatives of the Eastern trunk lines. While addi- tional meetings will be necessary to ad- just & number of involved problems facing the conferees, agreement is un- derstood to have been reached on several angles of the situstion, Prices to be paid have not been dis- cussed. The present discussions have centered about the allocation of the strategic lines under cohtroversy. The conference is Kolnl on in a “give-and- take" mood. poud o have been deflnluly declded flut Pennsylvanis releases its shares in the Lehigh Vllle‘ to the Van Sweringens' Chesapeake e e o nnsylvani trackage rights over the Nhul Pl-n the south shore of Lake Erie, ‘whi ‘The t, but in vie ‘t'tll? ufln& en w of the rn:t, that the Van Sweringens opposing the Central’s getting the ware, Lackawanna & Western, whic} was assigned to the Nickel Plate sys- tem in the Interstate Commerce Com= ission's so-called final consolidation plan, it is belleved they would be will- ing to allow the Pennsylvania to com- B with them on traffic along Lake rie, Disposition of Virginian. It is understood the conferees are falrly in accord that the Virginian should be jointly owned by the Chesa- ake & Ohio and th Virginian would Pennsylvania is practically cer- tain of gett! Lhe approval of the other trunk to retain troit, Toledo h Imnmn nnd the Wabash. Al h the B. & very well use the Wabash, for the Wabash by the B. & O. to a considerable extent when the lat- urchased the Chicago & Alton, carries its lines as far west as Kansas City. Further Meetings Planned. ‘There are three solutions u to_the disposition of the Wheeling Lake Erie, Western Maryland and '.Iu Pitts- burgh & West Virginia, W r, form a direct line from Lake fe to tidewater at Baltimore. plan calls for the Baltimore & Ohio retaining the Western lllr!hml. the Van Sweringens retaining the Wheel- m¢ & Lake Krie and for the Pittsburgh & West Vl.r[!nh being held jointly by the four large systems. Another plan calls for the three lines being ld omtly by the trunk. lines and the third or Lhem to go to the Van Swerin- The latter solution seems more of materialising, although if the ore & Ohio the Western ery!lnfl it will have to bulld an ad- ditional line. The ission favor of keeping It is taken for granted that the Reading and the New Jersey will become Blltllan h Ohio _system. the Van Sweringens will ply Kor the P!nnsavlnhl holding of Lehigh Valley will & difficult matter to solve. Central Railroad of part of the has been sug- gested that the Lehigh be operated Jointly z the trunk lines. The latter solution is understood not to have come up at the recent series of conferences. List of Conferees. ‘The m held ‘Tuesday lasted three and one-half hours. The follow~ ing announcement was given the press: “The conference adjourned without reaching any flnfl conclusions. ther meetings will be held.” Attending the conference were J. J. Bernet and O. P. and M. J. Van Swer- lnxen of zhe Nlclel Plate system, W. W. ge ue -na A J. eounlv ol the nnsylvan 'k J. Crow- ley and A. H. lhnh nl the New York Central and Daniel Willard and George M. Shriver of the Blmmon & ©Ohio. BELTSVILLE TO HAVE of N De- O. could thcmod.l passed 1 wil hich, to- last ton, One d , ‘The 8! hingto ’mnerr hot Christmas Edibles Are Given to Needy By Hancock Grocer By the Associated Press. ICOCK, FOUND DEAD IN HOME Montgomery County Man Meld to Be Victim of Exposure. LEWISDALE, Md, December 25 (Special) —Morgan Watkins, 58, a well known resident, was found dead in his home, where he lived alone, yester- day morning by Luther Beall, who dropped in to see how his bachelor hbor, who had not been well, was -ri'&’. was & wrist and lu M but Dr. lo.l coumnblc cut on the man’s |'row 1930. GIFTS SUPPLIED AL INARLINGTON DRIV Scouts Aid in Distribution by | e Organization, Churches and Individuals. By & Baft Correspondent of The Star. OLARENDON, Va., December 25— mm the eo-operation of nexl";m mmmmmmmm Public Welfare of Arlington County yrvvwcdnrrychlldlnmmty'l\h :z:m‘plflwo good things to UBM of Mrs. Mae E. Jacobs, superintendent of public wel: fare, the m Scouts of the county last night dist 10 complete mas baskets to the needy f the welfare board had in its for the purchase of amilies and hands $382 and fuel m oo oF on Targst ohmity Bares b the_county. is ass W‘ o trafi fllz it u;“w ic duty a School, E examination, nve s urufluu mas tree provide M from exposure. Watkins was & son of the late|of Jullun ‘Watkins, He leaves three brothers and three sisters, all of the Damascus nelghborhood. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 25 (Spe- cial).—Rev. J. Lloyd Black, promotional secretary of Lynchburg College, Lynch- Va., has accepted & call to the :‘c‘:‘ of the ‘kville Christian Church and will assume charge of his duties January 11. He succeeds Rev. C. Minor, now in charge of d | Srariey Siail Bohool at Pooiesville, | K1rs, Jncobe: orfolk Commissioner Crittenden mmmy-rmnumnme in following Jong il , were hald nmmy afternoon at e home, Burial was in Forest Oak cemflcry Gaithersburg. Six nephews of Mr. Walker served &s libearers—Carlton Browning, rlisle, Ira Darby, J. Forest Walker, Marshall Walker and Ralph Walker. ‘The annual Christmas entertainment of the Rockville Christian Sunday school will be held in the church Sunday evening. The program will include a Christmas play, directed by Mrs. George Wilson, in which Mrm-nd ‘“‘d s:lnln Claus will appear; recitations and music, and Christmas boxes will be dis- tributed. The superintendent, Frank H. Higgins, will be in charge. Following a short iliness of pneu- monis, Miss Lucy A. Goodwin, 77, for the last 14 years a resident of Kensing- , died at the home of her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Ed- uud Parker, Kensington, Tuesday after- funeral will take place at 'll oclock tomorrow mmlnc from the funeral home of Warner E. Pumphrey in Rockville, burial to be in Rockville Union Cemetery. Miss Goodwin was a native of Boston, Mass. -Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Luther M. Johnson, 41, and Miss Alma Ellen Rhody, 32, both of Altoona, Robert C. Barnitz, 36, and Mrs, Anna B. Schoder, 34, both of Was] n; Sickels, ll and Miss Bessie Hm bz" both of d, Va, and Miss Florence A. Pizzine, 26, of Wash- ington; Carroll Lee Shry, 21, and Miss Mary M. Pry, 18, both of huumr-, l(d Richard A. Stanley, 22, of Gor- Large congregations night services in St. Mary's Catholic and Christ Episcopal Churches which ushéred in hfll'mlfl in Rockville. Mid- were held in St. 's Catholic Chureh, Forest Glen; St. Martin’s Catholic Church, Gaithers- burg, and 8t. Mary's Catholic Church, Barnesville and were told not onday morning, thus t Christmas ay ve ever enjoyed. The g.u schools closed about noon on esday and will resume activities Jan- ull'Y A. Tyler of the Methodist church omchted at the marriage here nsterdny afternoon of Charles J. White d Miss neuu Viola Luckett, both of to return until giving the such employu ELABORATE TREE FETE W"‘"“"" National Metropolitan Bank 8inging, Band Music and Distribu- tion of Candy for Children on Program for Tonight. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. BELTSVILLE, Md., December 25.— The final and one of the most elaborate community Christmas tree celebrations in Prince Georges County is scheduled to be held on the lawn of St. John's Church at 6 o'clock this evening. Singing by the children of the local public school, community singi vnuz band accompaniment and distri of candy to children will feature lhe program. Rev. Stockton Myerly of the Emmanuel M. E. Church South will pronounce the invocation and Rev. m:uld Hall of St. John's the bene- ction. mml:w;! ?‘(- v'llllle! ‘Women’s Comm: ub of which m the W. F. Nash, jr., will preside. At Marlboro yuurdAv afternoon the town commissioners lighted the tree planted in the court yard by the Wom- en’s Club of l(euwnod district follow- ing short addresses by Judge T. Van Clagett and Mrs. PFrank BScrivener, president of the club. arranged by Mrs. lge'mln, chairman of '.hp Clv:; By the Associated Press. LYNCH‘BURO. Va., December 25.— Permit has been granted by the city to llmrhl Huplh! for an addition to tal, which is to o8t mm 'n-u. 1s the second unit of the the first unit having been com some years ago. Cumberland Woman Expires. By the Associated Press. 1814—Oldest National Bank in uulml and janitor. Despite the cold, the community sing, under auspices of Arlington Post, No. 139, American Legion, proved a com- plete success. The ceremonies were opened with the lighting of a commu- nity tree in the center of Clarendon square and the sounding of the church call by E. P. Cox of the drum and bugle corps. The inyocation was delivered by Rev. H. C. Miller of 8t. George's Epis- copal Church and a shert lddteu was made by Rev. Perry Mitchell of the Cllrendon Bapdn Church, following which ter presented a large numbtr of prmnu 0 & eripple 1, who was brought to the Beveral selections were pl Cleve Puir’s Brass Quartet repre. sentatives of most of the enun:hu -.nl other organizations in the gathered near the tree for the slntlnl of Christmas earols. —_— roger | ROAD BILL CONSIDERED | Hyattsville Committee to Make neeommmd-fiem te Legislature. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 25 (Special) —Members of the Road Com- mittee of the commvn ommcll now are considerin; & they will recommend In e Kyltufllh road law by the Legislature, which convenes next month. , Particular criticism has been made of that part of the present bill wmeh Ppro- vides that property owners for their road and sidewalk lmpmemenu in two years. This is believed entirely too limited & time. Reward Offered for Vandals. BLADENSBURG, Md., December 2§ (Special) —Police are searc] ing to the arrest and conviction of the intruders. Money to Loan Secu! trast G A =X 420 ' b, L. Joseph I Blar. oth & ¥ MW, REAL ESTATE LOANS Made at Low Interest Rates TYLER & Rb’iHERI:ORD %‘- and ‘m:fi-“l for 3.°5 or 10 vears, & 1520 K St. NW. National 0478 Money on Hand te Loan om First Deed of Trust 6% Interest %W anéd JAMES F. SHEA 643 Louisiana Ave. N.W. the District of Columbla—1930 15th St., Opposite U. S. Treasury Interest Coupons —and Div Checks net idend further yield when promptly deposited in Ouf Sav- ings Dept. {{Why keep such caj tal idle, when it will earn you 3% Com- pound Interest? 3% on Savings PROPERTY Apartment House MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT GPROBLEMS of rentals, re- supplies, help— | HYATTSVILLE NEEDY - | Special Dispatch to The Star. Al by | tributed by of the Volunteered v FINANCIAL. BANQUET PLANS MADE BY HERNDON FIREMEN Fairfax and Arlington County oonnliu to Be Guests of ommunity January 17. Special u-uuh to The Star. nnumon. Va., De:tunbor nzrl..—m * A-11 DAY IN JAIL GVEN 2 SHRUB CUTTERS Colored Men Among Seven Arrested, Others Showing Permits in Marlboro Court. ites _was received into m' mmv. 'S mon of plans for a banquet and a meet- here mm of the fire com- and Arlington | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 25.— For {llegal cutting of evergreens in Prince Qeorges Oounty Willlam Lee he [ of Deanwood and George F. Johnson of Bixth street, Washington, both col- ored, were jailed yesterday in_default of $5 fines imposed by Judge J. Chew Sheriff. y |, Five other Washington men, arrested for the same offense, offered evidence to show they had the owners' consent and were acquitted. Charles Blanford, sr., was fined $25 for having secreted about his Queen Apne district home muskrat skins taken out of season. He was arrested lge‘["ebuny Game Warden Joseph Harris FT 15, DEI—UGED wlTH GI s John Cranford, colored, was fined $50 for illegal possession of liquor. The Jail has seven Christmas-day inmates. Jack Wood of Bright Seat was fined 45 for assault and battery on Herbert Canton by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court yesterday. KLANSMEN AID NEEDY | Seventy-Five Baskets Distributed in Ballston; Va., Section. BALLSTON, Va., December 25 (Spe clal).—The singing of Christmas carois and the lighting of a Christmas tree in Waverly Hills at Veltch street and Miller avenue opened Christmas fes- tivities in this community last night. Members ot Ballston, No. 6, Ku Klux Kl-ln distributed more than 75 baskets food and toys to needy families thm t the county. this morning Ifl‘!nlfl!l’l in au- tomobiles visited the homes of shut-ins. 95" % telephone efficient handling of % 2 g 5 Clothing, Toys and Food Distrib- uted by Charities and Other Organizations, HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 25.— So generously did the people of the community respond to the appeal of the Associated Charities of Hyattsville and vicinity for elothing, toys and food for Christmas that all who reported were taken care of and some toys and clothing went begging. They will be for later distribution. veral additional requests for ald were nulved {uwrdu and approx- muly ets of food were dis- Subscribe Today It costs only about 11, cents day and 5 cents Sundays to ve Washington's best ni ewspa- per delivered to you regularly lcx\;ury evening and Sunday morn- g‘lbph@. National 5000 and the delivery will start imrhedi- ately The Route Agent will col- lect at the end of each month and dolls that were contributed. This idea was conceived by and carried out under the direction of H. L. Leonard, | president of the County Re!cue Squad. Girl Scouts contributed new garments. Judge Retta D. Morris, as president of the Associated Charities, general charge of the relief First Mortgage Loans On improved Real Estate in the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia for 3, 5 or 10 yeoar terms on your S%2% RANDALL H. FIAGNER & COMPANY MORTGACGE LOAN CORRESPONDENT Office Building Business Property New York Life Insurance Company 1321 Connecticut Ave. Decatur 3600 Want to get in touch with three capable salesmen of good char- acter, backed by good production records, who might consider . change to new selling field of su- perior stability. Good income. Riding on crest of wave even in this present depression. Should appeal particularly to bond and security salesmcn. This Company has had a business career of eighty- eight years and paid out over Six Hundred Ninety-Eight Millions of Dollars in dividends. Address BOX 424—E, Star Office. Busy and Safe NLESS you plan right now about the re-investment of your Jan- uary funds, your money will be idle . . . and money above all else should be kept busy. You should not lose a single day’s interest in your re- investments. But, together with keeping your money busy, it is more important to re-invest your funds in securities which possess a high margin of safety and attractive yield. The 6 per cent First Mortgage Notes, sold through Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Company, are investments of this type. The Notes have achieved the notable record of MORE THAN 61 YEARS and a hundred and one other questions are constantly com- ing up for decision in connec- tion with the management of apartment houses. You can save yourself every concern by putting us in charge-—and probably to your 3 1i income. WITHOUT LOSS TO AN INVESTOR. Reservations Will Be Accepted Until Your Funds Are Available 8 mer camt ot the 21, 4. a nJ 4 g: cent at the Jows of 1007, business three mar to thnt of 1929 and 1930. SEES IUIINESI UPTURN. ce of the similarity ir of all business depressions and SWARTZELL, RHEEM & HENSEY CO. MORTGAGE BANKERS 727 I9STREET N.W, / ; WASHINGTON D.C. B. F. SAUL CO. 925 15th St. N.W. Nat’l 2100 ONLY 85 BIG MERGERS. ‘The decrease i:: the m'nntu"l‘-/":l.l mor- gers of manufacturers of naf n ‘Yeen most marked ufls with 1920, MORTGAGE .LOJNS .