Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1931, Page 7

- DR. KEISTER DIES 1 ATWALTER REED Former Prince Georges Health Officer Victim of Septic Poisoning. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, July 4— Dr. William S. Keister, former public health officer of Prince Georges County, died at Walter Reed Hospital, Wash- ington, yesterday of septic poisoning. He had been ill for several weeks in Providence Hospital, but was transfer- zed to Walter Reed a few days ago. At the time of his death Dr. Keister was health officer of Baltimore County, having left Prince Georges last Sum- mer to accepi an appointment there. Inaugurated Health Programs. Dr. Keister was the first full-time health officer of Prince Georges and helped i~ several important pudbltc health projects in the county. He was instrumental in organizing the Southern Maryland Medical Society and for a time was secretary of that , as well as of the Prince Georges County Medical Society. He was also one of the sponsors of ths movement for a county hospital in Prince Georges. While holding office here, Dr. Keister made his residence at District Heights, and was active in the Citizens’ Associ- ation of that community and in the County Federation of Citizens' Associ- ations. Resident of Virginia. A former resident of Virginia, Dr. Keister graduated from Johns Hopkins | University and served in_the Army Medical Corps during the World War. Since the war he engaged in public health service in Maryland and other States. Dr. Keister is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Spicget Keister, and two sons, George and William, = Funeral services will be held from Hines' Fu- neral Home, 2901 Fourteenth strect, Washington,” Monday at 10:30 a.m. Burlal will’ be in Arlington National Cemetery. - PROPRIETOR OF CLUB APPEALS RAID FINES Prince Georges Police Claim Forest- ville Establishment Was “Tipped Off.” By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 4— Convicted on charges of illegal posses- slon of liquor and of operating a slot machine, Benjamin Morris, proprietor of the Forestville Club, yesterday ap- pealed fines totaling $175, imposed by | Police Ccurt Judge J. Chew Sheriff. | Morris was arrested by a raiding| squzd of the new police force, headed by Sergt. A. W. Hepburn, last Sunday | night. The officers told of finding sev- | eral kegs of beer on the premises of | the club, although not in the club house, and a slct machine in a closet. Police claim the place was “tipped off” and| the machine and beer hastily hidden. State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, who represented Morris, contended the scarch warrant was faulty and there was no evidence of the slot machine being played. Mary Knott, taken in a raid near Clinton, paid a $50 fine for possession. Jim Nichols of Oakland, the victim of another raid, asked a jury trial and was Zeieased under $500 bond. Frank Chichester, colored, of Wash- ington, paid a $200 fine for transporta- tlon and possession. Jack Olson of | Meadows was fined $5 for carrying a concealed weapon after Policeman Wil- liam Gray told of finding a large knife on the man. James Lyle, accused of housebreaking on complaint of Mary Gray of Allentown, was held for the action of the grand jury, bend being sct at $200. 16 TAKEN IN DRIVE ON HOLIDAY LIQUOR Federal Officers Join County Police in Raids in Southern Maryland. By 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 4— Conducting an extensive drive against the influx of holiday liquor into Wash- ington, and its sale in nearby Mary- land, Federal officers yesterday arrested 16 persons in Southern Maryland on charges of transportation, possession or sale of liquor. Nearly 30 azents from Washington and Baltimore participated in the drive, and their activities were supplemented by raids staged by Prince Georges_police. L. 5. Rorer, proprietor of the Garden Club, a readhouse near Meadows, who was arrested Jast week by the county | authoriti>s for possossion, was one of | those taken by the Federal men on charges of sale and possession. Austin Jarboe, barbecue pr Silver Hill, was also booked for possession, as, w:s Willi conducts a roadsi Auburn Grigs two sons, Auburn, booked by the Fede; possession o father for both sale and possession. Possession charges | were lodged againt William and Francis | Nichols, colored, brothers, of Oakland. rictor of | sale and m F. Rock Tt rear 7. B. of Silver Hill, and his and Martin, were | 1 men, the scns for Eddle Greeno and Pete Patterson | were arrested together on sale and pos- session charges near Suitland, as were Edward McDonald and his wife, Mrs. ! Monetta McDcnald. Georg> L. Gray, arrested in the same vicinity, was charged with illegal sale: i Transportation and possession charges | were preferred by the agents against | James Thomas of Benedict, while e | and possession counts face Raymond | Eagan, also of Benedict. James Danicl Morgan of Oraville, St. | Marys County, was arrested for trans-, portation and possession. All those taken by the agents were arraigned hefore United States Com- missioner J. Frank Parray, and placed under bond for hearings later. i Gabriel Nalley, a tenant on the ‘Woodward farm, near Bowie, was ar- | rested by Prince Georges Policemen | Naylor, Gray and Turner for {llegal| possession of 95 gallons of alleged liquor. He was released on bond of $1,000 by Justice of Peace Horace Taylor. ‘The Lone Pine Inn, a road house near Muirkirk, was raided by anotker squad of county officers led by Patrol- man Claude Reese, and Frank Pum- phrey, alleged proprietor, arrested for possession and maintaining a disorderly house. The officers reported 200 bottles of home brew were confiscated. Seven persons in the inn were required to post $10 collateral for disorderly con- duct. . Disorderly house charges were lodged against Charles Jones following a sec- ond raid the same officer on The Oaks, another roadside resort along the Baltimore boulevard. Seven per- sons were also arrested on disorderly ‘warrants at that establishment. Policemen Seize Whisky. Six half-gallon jars of alles ‘were seized yesterday by Policemen R. A. Willlams and C. E. O'Meara in a building in the rear of the 690 block of Callan street northeast, afier a colored man whom they had chascd dropped thel iquor and escaped, POLICE FORCE TEST Examination July 11 for Lieuten- ‘ancy in Maryland. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, July 4—An ex- amination for lieutenant in the State police force will be held July 11, it is announced by the State Employment Commission. The position pays $1,800 2 year. The lleutenancy of the police force Las been vacant for several months. Lieut. Releigh, the last to hold the post, resigned in April, SU FILED T0 GET PRESTON RAY L0SS Action Against Bonding Com- pany in Montgomery Clerk’s Shortage. L] Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, July 4.—Alleging that the accounts of Preston Blair Ray were short $10,189.77 at the time of his death on April 15, William Preston Lane, jr., attorney general, yesterday filed a suit in the Superior Court on behalf cf the State against the Fidelity & Deposit Co., by whom he was bonded. Mr. Ray was clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County from December 8, 1927, until his deat] was found dead from gas in the kitchen of his home in Rockville last April, the day before auditors were to begin an inspection of his bocks. Bonds Cover Losses, ‘The suit filed yesterday alleged that he did not pay to the State all the money received for its use and that two bonds of $14,000 each, issued by the defendant company, were made to cover such possible losse: The suit is regarded as proper by the Fidelity & Dcposit Co., accordil to John A. Luhn, vice president in charge cf the claim department, who said it was, more or less, brought at the request of the company. County and State Protected. ‘The bonds, it explained, cover both the county and State with regard to such losses. While it has not been intimated that there is any shortage in the county's funds, he said, the suit is brought to foresta!l any possi- bility of such shortage being discoy- ered in the futyre for an amount in excess of the bonds. If shortages in excess of the bonds should have been discovered before the settlement of either, he pointed out, the amount of the bonds would have been prorated between the two governmental units. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 4 (Special). —George E. Ayton of Washington and Hinkley Burkett of this vicinity were scheduled to appear in the Police | Court here yesterday to answer charge: of reckless driving which were prefer red after their automobiles collided on | the Rockville Pike, near Montrose, the afternoon of May 30, but they were not ¢n hand when their cases were called for trial and both cases were dismissed by Judge Charles W. Wood- ward. Both men were rather painfully injured in the accident. Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Leslie Weaver, 38, of 1507 M street northwest, Washington, and Miss Doris Swartz, 26, of 1333 Bel- mont street northwest, Washington; Harry W. Leizear, 26, cf 5580 Sligo Mill road, Washington, and Miss Mary Frances Skinner, 19, of 11 Rock Creek Church road, Washington; Millard S. Brickherd, 21, and Miss Mary Fields, 20, both of Glendale, Md.; Hiram Waldo Johnson, 57, of 436 Ord street north- east, Washington, and Miss Addie May Ricketts, 37, of Potcmac, Md.; Robert Thompson, 22, of Martinsburg, Md., and Miss Berthina E. Owens, 19, of Beallsville, Md.; Ralph A. Wentzel, 21, and Miss Ellen Donner, 21, both of Congress Heights, D. C.; Leslie H. Zeek, 27, of High Bridge, N. J., and Miss Sula M. Walter, 29, of Washing- ton, N. J. ‘The store building of Charles W. Gib- son, at Clarksburg, this couaty, was badly damaged by lightning Wednesday afternoon. Entering the d story, the bolt tore off weather boarding, plastering cn ceiling and walls and window shutters, smashed window panes and did considerable other dam- age. ‘The building, it is scated, is a good deal of a wreck, although it was nct set on fire. Frank Patterson of ington was found guilty in the Police Court here yesterday of selling ice in th: county without having a license so to do, but there_were extenuating _circumstances and Judge Charles W. Woodward sus- pended sentence upen the payment of costs. Marriage licenses were issued here yesterday afternoon to the following: Lez Williamson Morgan, 26, cf Frost- burg, Md., and Miss Ce 21, of Oakland, Md.; Wil 23, and Miss Grace Dorcthy Bell Walk- , 19, both of Potomac, Md.; H. Fay Stanley, 32, of Brandette, Minn., and Miss Esther F. Fones, 32, of Rochester, Minn,, and Morton H. Keflin, 25, of Washington, and Miss Eugenia Marie Gabel, 24, of New York. At Darnestcwn Church tomorrow merning the annual cervices for chil- dren will be observed. The dramatic part of the program will be supervised by Miss Naomi Butt, while the organist, Mrs. Tt s Plumr vith the junior choir end Cla: T, violinist, wiil have charge of the music. The En- deavor racets at 8 pm. and will be {eaturcd by the report of the Young Pecple’s ccnvention recently held at Frederick. This report will be givea by Miss en Butt and Miss Helen Miles, who spent a week at the con- ierence, An invitation has been ex- tended to the Endeavor Society of Boyd's to attend. STOCKHOLDERS ASKED TO VOTE ON OIL MERGER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 4—Special meet- ings of stockholders of Standard Ofl { Co. of New York and Vacuum Oil Co. have been cailed for July 30 to act on the proposed merger of the two com- panies. The notice sent out by Standard asks stockholders to vote on the change in name to Socony-Vacuum Corporation and also on an increase in authorized capital to 40,000,000 shares of $25 par from 18,000,000 shares to provide for | the. exchange of stock incident to ac- quisition of the Vacuum property. The remainder of the increased stock will be issued from time to time to acquire other properties and for other cor- porate purposes. Th2 letter pointed out that directors have agreed that the contract bs modi- fied to provide that Vacuum stock- holders will receive 215 shares of capi- tal stock of Socony-Vacuum for each share of Vacuum surrendered for can- cellation. Stockholders of Standard of New York will receive new certificates in Socony-Vacuum Corporation for their present shares on a share-for- share basis. POLICEMAN GETS GIFT 8. D. “Sam” Gibson, 1202 I street northeast, a policeman in Washington for 42 years, was presented with a leather traveling bag by the men of the twelfth precinct command on his Tetirement yesterday. Capt. Caney L. Plemmons, command- ing at No. 12, made n}; presentation. IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dr. A. 1. Carison Tells insti- tute of Public Affairs of Civic Need. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, July 4.—Human physiology should be taught from the kindergarten with as much emphasis as is now given to readiog and writing, Dr. A. J. Carlson, profes- sor of physiology at the University of Chlcigoil w)n} Lhe“l:l‘l:flluu of Public Atfairs here last night. Speaking in behalf of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, Dr. Carlson said the future wellbzing of the American people de- pends largely on generally diffused knowledge of human life processes, now mostly the exclusive possession of ex- perts, “It has become as important in the education of the child for citizenship,” he said, “that he be given a program of training from the kindergarten shrough the high school in the functions of the bedy as continuous and thorough as our established education® in the three Rs. This involves in part a ve- study of our whole primary and sec- ondary educational program, a retrain- ing of teachers and, possibly, the scrap- ping of some of our present curricula. Adds to Uneducated. “The longer we delay, the more mil- lions of biologically uneducated fathers and mothers are added to soclety, to again be faced with the ignorance and bewilderment as to the welfare of their own children, which we see in o many millions of parents today. “The kind of education I have in mind in our high schools is nct a series | of ‘thou shalt nots’ on tobacco, alco- hol, toothbrush, calisthenics end bath, but rather the evidence direct from nature, from the living human body and from simple experiments graded to the age of the child. This calis for new intellectual equipment of our teachers. Has it ever struck you as incongruous that we have in our high schools teachers specially trained and giving their entire time to the teach- ing of Latin, German, French or bot- any, but not ome teacher specially trained in and giving entire time to human biology and physiology?” Great obstacles stand in the way of reaching this ideal, Prof. Carlson ad- mitt=d, especially a large degree of pop- ular prejudice. For this he urged “slow compromise sprinkled with intelligent coercion in exceptional cases.” Attacks Ignorance. “There are among us fathers and mothers,” he said, “who reject in whole or in part modern knowledge of the cause, control, cure and prevention of disease as a consaquence of their phil- osophy of the nature of man and the nature of the world. They are only a very small minority, but they consti- tute a real difficulty in the application f proven facts, not only to their own children, but to othér children. There re communities in the United States dren under 5 years old are vaccinated. The reason must be largely parental ignorance.” Children, Dr. Carlson insisted, should not be made to suffer from the poverty | of their parents. “We preach,” he said, “economic foresight and prudence, par- ticularly on the part of those who assume the responsibility of parent- hood. But, granting the greatest thrift, how can anything be put aside for a rainy day in families of eight or more children where food, house rent and clothes must come out of a weekly wage of from $15 to $30? “And let us not forget that even an adult, educated man still is a good |deal ‘of a monkey, a very imitative animal. The expensive automobiles, the mink coats, the diamond in the | home of citizens with economic security {lead to the jitney, the imitation silk |and the glass beads in the homes of |those who live perennially on the | economic brink, Urges Economic Prudence. “If economic prudence is usefu! and necessary in the citizen, why is it not an equally necessary principle in indus- trial corporations? hould not i ciude the putting aside of surplus earnings as an assurance for the human cogs of in- dustry in slack times. There are still gzeat gaps in scientific knowledge of the physiology of the | child, Dr. Carlson admitted, aespite “an | almost explosive advance during the last generation of our knowledge in the field of nutrition and of the endocrine | glands. The nature and control of the | hunger and appetite mechanisms need | much furtner study, particularly in connection with the distressing = fre- quency of malnutrition in homes where | there is no dearth of quantity or quality of food. The emotional intensity or stability of childhood may play a part. Some competent pediatricians suspect it may be a sequel to a prolonged diet on almost exclusively one kind of food, such as milk. If so, the control is in the elimination of milk. “The relation of adequate diet to the ultimate intellectual capacity and brain function of the adult is another un- known, particularly important because of the chronic undernourishment of the children of industrial workers in times of depression. Prolonged starva- tion in adulis seems to decrease mental endurance. The danger point in phys- ical and mental activity beyond which injurious fatigue sets in is another unknown of the first quality.” Eight Per Cent Handicapped. Nearly eight per cent of the school population was shown by a recent study to be either physicaily or men- tally handicapped, szid Willlam J. Ellis, head of the New Jersey Depart~ ment of Institutions and Agencies. The number of blind, deal, crippled and sick, he said, is more than 10,000,000. Judge Jonah J. Goldstein of the New | York Magistrate's Court urged that much of the attention paid to the “grading of offenses” by the courts be transferred to the grading of offenders. ‘Thus, he said, there are numerous geades of stealing, such as grand and petty larceny, stealing in the night- time, housebreaking, etc., whereas ac- tually it is the same crime, however committed, and the real concern of the court should be with the sort of man who did the stealing. Calls U. S. More Warlike. The popular idea that Latin Amer- ican countries have been especially warlike is a fallacy, Dr. John H. Latane of Johns Hopkins University told the Round Table on Latin Amer- ican Affairs. “For the past century” he said, “South America has been far freer from international wars than any other quarter of the globe. If we count the actual yeers of conflict, the United States has been more addicted to war than the average South American state. The comparative freedom from wars in South America has been due in no small degree to the habit of ar- bitration.” & The opposition of the United States Reviews an 'Sweepstakes” May Delight Racing Fans. OOD racing scenes and acting make “Sweepstakes,” the new picture at Keith's, serve the double purpose of focusing atten~ tion on the talents of Eddie Quil- lan and furnishing the kind of en- tertainment that will give pleasure to a warm weather audience. It is melodra ic throughout, but is developed without the exaggerated action often t?ungh’ in {hys of t ‘type. An excellent company is re- quired to pic- ture the real personalities in & plot which in- volves normal sentiments. The names on the evi- producers have met the situa- their opportuni- ties, Eddie Quillan, An outstand- ing jockey, whose loyalty to'a rac- ing stable by which he is employed is ‘one of the factors in his popu- larity, is signed by a rival stable with the understanding that he will not be required to enter a cer- tain race against the owner with which he has been associated. At the last moment it is represented to him that a certain leading jockey has had a sudden attack of illness and that he must ride instead, con- trary to the terms of his under- standing. He is later informed by a friend that the whole matter is a piece of deception, so when the race is run he permits his opponent to win, The judges teke action and bar him from the track. This black mark stands in the way of his further employment. Uniform lack of cuccess induces him to decide that he will never ride again, and he goes to one of the remote tracks, where he serves as a SATURDAY, nt Row d News of Washington's Theaters. brings into the picture some natural acting by James Gleason, Lew Cody, Paul Hurst, Fred Burton, King Bag- gott, Billy Sullivan, Lillian Leighton and the once famous Mike Donlin. ‘The Keith program also includes S, lihoueh. Konywsod sl mains done, although Hol main- tains its lack of understanding of the character of the newspaper pro- fession. D. C. C. “A Holy Terror” For a Merry Fourth. 'HE “world premiere” of “A Holy ‘Terror” took place yesterday at the Fox Theater at the witching hour of 11:58 a.m. At that tims those who expected a Lon Chaneyish film, or one drippirig with ghosts and light- ning and rain must have had some- what of a surprise. TFor George O'Brien, seated comforiably on a bucking broncho, attired in his best Long Island riding breeches, is the “terror” and the rest of the Plctul'e is a_throwback to the grand cld days of William 8. Hart, when men were men and heroines were mede of sterner stuff than our modern high- ball-drinking Cinderellas. Made distinctly as a “program” picture, there is nothing to catapult one out of one's seat, nor anything else to warrant fits of hysteria. Done in the manner of our grandfather “flickers,” it reveals an incredible little story about a father, who wasn't a father, and a son, who goes out into the wide open spaces from a polo match on Long Island to avenge the “foul” murder of a man in whom he should have had very little interest. The best of the pickings in this docile and occasionally humorous little fable is Mr. O'Brien's unex- pected entry by forced landing in a plane into the shower bath room of the heroine. “What are you doing here?” she asks, as the man steps out of the plane within » foot of her shower bath curt: athletic vein; the villain turning out to be a hero and the gently ncrfumed lady-of-the-counter in tne Western waiter and entertainer in a cafe. Friends find him there, buy a win- ning horse with which he has pre- viously been associated, form a part- nership, making him one of the owners, and plead in vain for him to ride the horse. Finally the young woman whom he had hoped to wed arrives on the scene and succeeds in showing him that it is his duty to ride again and restore himself to good standing. He goes into a hard race, gains a brilliant victory and the young woman shares in his ultimate ‘success. It is a simple story, but one that has more than the usual dramatic quality to be found at the race tracks. The pictures are recorded with notable skill. There is con- tinuous action, and the whole is excellent entertainment. Marion Nixon in the chief feminine role has only a conventional share in the story, but is nevertheless effective in creating a character. Mr. Quillen’s work is notable for the riding re- quired by the plot and for his clear- cut representation of a sincere and vigorous young man who has no ap- parent interest in races that are fixed. The race track environment cabaret hangout slapping cne of the villainous lads with a sound slap in the face. Many shots, showing that Mr. O'Brien can ride a_horse and the heroine rushing io the aid of the hero, add ‘to this pleasant little round of entertainment. The kiddies, grandma and those who wish a refuge from 4th of July firecrack- ers should revel in it. y Other than the amusing Mel Klee of blackface fame, and Mangean's Internationals, a group of extraor- dinarily agile jumping, rolling and bouncing acrobats, the stage show has for its star a seal called Buddy, presented by Walter Jennicr. Mr. (or Mrs.) Buddy is hereby voted the most satisfactory stage personality of the week and one of the most en- gaging performers as well. His train- ing shows infinitely more results than many college educations. Wells, Win- throp and Stanley execute clever dancing steps before Buddy's ap- pearance and the Gay Sisters come out and sing nicely and ought, per- haps, to sing even more. Al Mitchell leads his musical breth- ren through a splendid number and Bob Hamiiton plays the old tunes in a new way to comple‘e the bill. —E. de S. MELCHER. 16 MILLION INCREASE IN ROAD BUILDING! Tremendous Program of Improve- ments Under Way Through- out Nation. FURTHER DROP IN BANK CLEARINGS IS REPORTED Bank clearings this week at all lead- ing cities in the United States, as re- | ported to Dun's Review, of $9,563,138,~ 000 are 25.2 per cent below those of 1930. At New York City clearings of $6,972.942,000 are 23.7 per cent less, A tremenc:i: road-building program | is under vy th:>ughout the Nation, with an inc-ease of $16,000,000 over the calendar year 1930. This is indicated in figures prepared by the Bureau of Public Roads for President, Hoover, frem operations by both the Federal Covernment and the States, totaling $1.616,000,000 for 1931. Federal aid for 1931 will total $259,- 897.000, compared with $105.648,000 for 1930, an increase of $154.249.000. Some States have increased their ex- penditures for 1931, while others have made decided decreases. Among those showing_increases were: | Louisiana, $34.450,000; Wisconsin, $19.- | £00.000: Tilinois, $10,250.000; New York, $8,000,000; Texas, $7.500,000; Minnesota, $7,700,000° Kentucky, $6,600,000; Michi” gan. $6,500.000: Oregon, $6.000,000. The totalyincrease for all the States | amounts to'$167,072,469. | States which have decreased their expenditures materially were: Pennsyl- vania, $29,800,000; Flerida, Tennessee, $17,900,000; Cal 900,000. The total decrease of all the States amounts to $152,129,361. Tnia, $13,- | U.S. LETS $433,438 NAVAL CONTRACTS Keystone Heating Corporation Is Awarded $10,569 Job at An- napolis. A number of local contracts were included by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, in construc- tion projects totaling $433,438, made public yesterday at the department. Improvement of the heating plant at | Annapolis radio station was provided in a contract for $10,569 which went to the Keystone Heating & Equip- ment Corporation of this city. Allen J. Saville of Richmond obtained a $15,- 800 contract for alteration of porches at the Quantico Marine Barracks. The Industrial Piping & Engineer- ing Co. of Baltimore obtained a con- tract for $14,770 for the steam dis- tributing system at the Quantico bar- racks, while the Saville firm got an- other' contract for $8,900 for the base- ment extension to the commissary at Quantico. 121,150,000; | § while the’ ageregate at centers outside eof New York of $2,590,196,000 is 29.0 per cent smaller. Settlements falling due in early July have swelled bank clearings somewhat this weck, and total clearings are larger than for any week since the first week of May. The clearings this week include thoce of both days of this “week in last year three days of heavy July settlements were included. This difference will account in some | measure for the large loss reported this week. Bank clearings for the week, as re- ported to R. G. Dun & Co. and aver- age dally bank clearings for the year to date, are compared herewith: J l‘vi”)l(!;fl P t 3 oit Cleveland ' Cincinna Lou: 01 Light, Total all. FLOOD CONTROL AIDED Low Mississippi Waters Contribute to Work of Army Engineers. Record-breaking low water in the Mississippi River this year has accel- erated flood control work of Army en- gineers. More €han 90,000,000 cubic yards of earth were moved in the fiscal year just ended, as compared with 43,000,000 in 1929, Although scme of the records extend back to 1800, the stream has been lower on an average in 1931 than in any other recorded year. The highest stage on the [New Orleans guage so far this year has been six feet seven inches. In 1925, the lowest previous year, the guage showed a miximum of nine feet three inches. The average for 75 years was approx mately 15 feet. STOCK AND BOND AVERAGES. By the Associ From Yesterday High (1929) .. Low (1929) .. to the League of Nations, Dr. Latane continued, has led to a change of policy on the arbitration of American questions, Before League organi- zation, he said, it was customary to refer disputes between South American states to the sovereigns of various Eu- ropean countries. “But,” he continued, “according to Secretary Hughes’ policy, American questions must now be decided in Amer- ica. There will arise at some time a case which will require League action and the question will then be squarely presented as to whether the United States will impede a pacific settlement merely of opposition to the League,” 223 h (1! Lo (1930) High (1929) Low 888 44+ iated Pre: ’s 5:30 Edition, whereas for | JULY 4, SENSATIONS MARK CULPEPER SHOW Exciting Card in Running of Twenty-Seventh Annual Horse Events. —_— Special Dispatch to The Star. ORANGE, Va, July 4.—Sensational victories for E. L. Redmon's 3-year-old gelding, Port Light, and Miss Eliza- beth Nesbit's Cathode Ray featured the opening day of the Twenty-seventh An- nual Culpeper Horse Show at the fair grounds yesterday. Five classes for jumpers, two saddle horse divisions, two breeding classes and two events for ponies were con- tested during the morning and early afternoon. They were followed by four flat races and a steeplechase to round out an exciting day for more than 500 spectators. The thousands of .specta- tors expected for the Fourth of July meet were to be offered 13 classes, with entries that were expected to exceed 200. The races were again to follow the show events, Port Light, from Redmon's Middle- burg Stable, captured two blues in quick succession, winning consecutively the contest for 3-year-old hunters and the green hunter division, Cathode Ray Wins. Miss Nesbit's Cathode Ray, a_6-year- old well known to the crowds, took the open hunters and jumpers and added the lightweight hunters’ blue to his "already ~ impressive collection of prizes. Anthony and George Rives of Cobham, Va., showed outstanding sad- dle horses, " thelr gelding, Johnnie Walker, taking first honors in the class for green show horses and Chinguep in winning the ladies saddle event. Other exhibitors often rated in rib- bons were: Mrs. John Hay Whitney of Upperville, whose entries received wo seconds and a third, and Mrs, Allen Potts, veteran horsewoman of Gordons- ville,’ Va., who carried off the same prizes with her mounts. he open half-mile event, which was delayed almost half an hour by milling, disorganized starts, nevertheless offered a variety of amusement and surprises. The collision of excited animals at the starting line resulted in dismounting Jockey Tommy Clatterbuck, whose mount, Linda Misha, owned by Mrs, Mary T. Plaster, fell 'on him. Clatter- buck was pawed as other horses at- tempted to escape from the tangle and was carried to the inclosure, his face seemingly in a bad condition., He later rallied and returned to the saddle, only to be thrown a second téme. Another Jockey Thrown. M. H. Everhart’s Major Finley also dislodged his jockey in this race. When the event finally got under way and was finished as a superb climax to the | ludicrous happenings, B. E. Murphy's Captain High dashed past the judges’ stand as the thoroughbreds came back for unsaddling, rushed toward the pad- dock with his jockey tugging madly to | stop him and ‘took the four-ioot iron gate at a leap, tossing his rider in the dirt, and galloped to his stall alone, The closest race of the meet was the | fourth, a three-quarters of a mile feature, in which Reigh Celene fought | a ncck-and-neck battle for a half of the distance with Mrs. A. S. Bowman's Schley B, which finally nosed out to victory in the last 200 yards. The steeple-chase looked like a tight scrap between Radio and other dogged contenders until Harold Barnes' Sammy Mack pulled away from the field in the last round of the course and left large gaps of daylight behind him as he romped home to an easy win. Summary of Events. Summary of everts in which a silver plate was given, in addition to cash prize: Class No. 1, halfbreed suckling colts— First, brown filly, Russz] Settle; sccond, chestnut colt, C. W. Yowell. Class No. 5, brood mares, mares suit- able to breed hunters, either bred this season or with foal at side—Pirst, Wild | Rose, bay mare, H. H. Norman; second, | Anna, bay mare, Miss Adelila 1931 s No. 10, saddle horses, confor- | mation, style, action, paces and Tan- | ners considered at a walk:, trot and ! r, for horses that have not won a i ribbon in saddle class prior to { 1931—First, Johnnie Walker, bay geld- +ing, Anthony and George Rives; second, | Lovely Lady, bay mare, Mrs. Allen Potts; third, Tce Maiden, gray mare, Mrs. Allen Potts. Class 22, 53 entries, hunters and jumpers, cpen to all, over four jumps at four feet, best performance won, { manner considered—First, Cathode Ray, cl nut gelding, Miss Elizabeth Nesbit; second, Rock Arden, bay gelding, Mrs. D. N. Lee; third, High Lights, chestnut mare, Cap:. Ewart Johnston. Class No. 6, ponies 12 hands and under, judged as child’s pony and rid- den by children under 13 years of ag>— First, Trixie, Henry Ferneyhough: sec- | ond, Silver Gray, C. Randolph -Halla- | day. Class No. 14, hunters, for 3-yearzolds, { shown over jumps not to excezd three and a half fet, conformation and per- formance to count 50-50—First, Port bay gelding, E. E. Redmon; second,s Gull Dale, chestnut gelding, Mrs. D. N. Lee; third, Don Diable, gray gelding, Mrs. John Hay Whitney. Class No. 12, lauies’ saddle horses, ridden by ladies, general manners con- sidered—First, Chinquepin, gray geld- ing, Anthony and George Rives; sec- ond, Tove Token, brown gelding, Mrs Allen Potts; third, Mistress Anne, chest. nut mare, Anthony and George Rives. Class 16, green hunters, 50 horses entered, conformation 25 per cent, per- formance 75 per cent, 4-year-olds, over jumps not exceeding four feet, 3-year- olds, over three and a half feet—First, Port Light, hay gelding, E. F. Redmon; second, Don Diable, gray gelding, Mrs. John Hay Whitney; third, Odd Socks, chestnut gelding, Mrs. D. N. Lee. Class No. 19, middle and heavy weight ‘hunters, for horses carrying 175 pounds over jumps not exceeding four and a half feet, conformation 25 per cent, performance and manners 75 per cent— First, Broken Glass, bay gelding, Mrs. D. N. Lee; second, Bolling Green, bay mare, Mrs. John Hay Whitney; third, Main' Spring, brown, gelding, E. L. Red- mon. Class No. 17, lightweight hunters, horses carrying 150 pounds, confor- mation, 25 per cent, .nm't‘e% l'.r"lld rformance 75 per cent , Cath- g’de Ray, ch. g, Miss Elizabeth Nes- bit; second, Sportsman, B. G., Miss Elizabeth Nesbit; third, Speedy, ch. g., Capt. Ewart Johnston. Class No. 8, jumping ponies under 12 hands, over two and one-half-feet jumps, and ridden by child under 14 years—First, Silver Gray, Randolph Holladay; second, Trixie, Henry Ferney- hough. Result of Races. First race, open half mile—First, Leo Mac, R. H. Covington; second, Little ‘Tansie, T. M. Waller; third, Sparkling Inn, J. A. Popham. Second race, half mile—Pirst, Everhart; sscond, Exchanges Closed For Two Days In Fourth Observance By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 4—The financial community closed up shop last night for a two-day holiday over the week end brcause of Independence day. The New York Stock, Curb and all the commodity exchanges and banks will be closed until Monday morning, I St CREDIT MEN BRING CONVENTION T0 D. C. Local Delegates Report National Sessions Will Be Held Here Next June. ‘The delegation from the Associated |h; Retail Credit Men of Washington to the annual convention of the National Retail Credit Association, which was held in St. Lous, reports that the na- tional association accepted the invita- tion of the Washington association to hold the convention here in June, 1932, ‘The members of the Washington dele- gation were Charles M. Koofer of S. Kann Sons Co., Harry V. Ostermayer of Woodward & Lothrop, John W. Tal- lentire of the Hecht Co., Miss Elsie M. Lee of Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., and Stephen H. Talkes, secretary of the associaticn. Urgent invitations were extended to held next year's convention in other cities, but the local representatives were successful in bringing the convention to the Nation's Capital the year of the George Washington Bicentennial. At the last meeting of the board of directors of the local associaticn the entire board was elected the Executive Committee for the 1932 convention. Stephen H. Talkes, secretary-treasurer of the associetion, was elected general chairman of the Conventicn Commit- tee; Harry V. Ostermayer, credit man- ager of Woodward & Lothrop, vice chairman, and Albert Gcorge Keon, credit manager of King's Palace, treas- urer. Martin M. Watson, credit manager of Dulin & Martin Co., president of the assoeiation, was announced as chairman of the Committee on Hotel Arrangements. e PR TR CHASE NATIONAL BANK. NEW YORK, July 4 (#)—The state- ment of the Chase National Bank for June 30, 1931, showed an increase in deposits over the last preceding state- ment, that of March 25. The total of deposits, $1,897,544,000, represented an increase of $13,735,000. _Combined capital, surplus and undi- vided profits of the bank on June 30, 1931, amounted to $324,579,802, as com- pared with $359,006,746 on March 25. In the figures as of June 30 the bank, in accordance with its established pol- icy, has made provision for all known losses, reduced its holdings of securi- ties to the market value and set up substantial reserves to cover possible future contingencies. The statement showed total assets as of June 30 of $2,429,309.215. This compares with $2,517,816,372 as re- ported on March 25. Washington Produce 7 gs—Hennery, ceipts, 16. Poultry, alive—Spring broilers, pounds and over, 33a34; 2 to 2, pounds, 30a32; small, 13z to 2 pounds, 27a28; Leghorns, large, 24225; small, 20a22; hens, large, 19a20; small, 17ai8: Leg- horns, 14a15; Yoosters, 13al4. Dressed —Spring broflers, 3 pounds and over, 37a38: 2 to 215 pounds, 34a35; 115 to 2 pounds, 32a33; Leghorns, large, 27a28; small, 25a26; hens, large, 23a24; small, 20a21; Leghcrns, 15a16; roosters, 15a16; Long Island ducks, 22a23. Meats—Beef, top, 14al! 1212a13; cow, 11; veal, 13a13 lamb, 16a17; pork loins, fre 23; frozen, 17a18; fresh shoulders, 1812; smoked bacon, 21; ages, 11. Live stock—H 18a20; current re- 3 medium, Spring sh - killed, fresh hams, 17! 13; smoked hams, shoulders, 12; ogs, heavy, 6.50a750; light and medium, 7.50a7.80; pigs, 7.00a 7.50; roughs, 3.5025.00; calves, 5.00a 7.00: Spring lambs, 4.0026.50. Fruits—Watermelons, 30a60; loupes, jumbos, 3.00a3.25; standards, 2.50a2.75; honeydews, 1.50a1.75; hone; balls, standards, 3.00a3.50; flats, 1.0 cherries, fancy, 15-pound box, 2.75: plums, 1.50a1.75: pears, 5.00; bananas, 1.25a3.25; peaches, 1.50: ‘Thompson canta- lemons, 9.00; limes, per 100, 2.00: black berries, 2.0023.50; huckleberries, 4.00a 5.00; raspberrles, black, 4.00a5.00; red, 6.00; grapefruit, 1.75a2.25; rhubarb, per 100 bunches, 2.50a3.00. Vegetables—Potatoes, new, per barrel, 2.25a2.50; sweets, per bushel, 1.85a2.0 tomatoes, home-grown, 2-peck baskets, 2.0022.25; Mississippi, flats, 1.00; celery, per bunch, 1.25; peas, 1.50; string beans, 1.00a1.25; limas, 1.50a2.50; corn, North Carolina, 1.25a2.25; peppers, 3.50a4.00; lettuce, Iceberg, 5.00a5.50; onions, Bermudas, 50-pound sacks, 1.75; whte, 1.50a2.00; carrots, per dozen bunches, 75; beats, per 100 bunches, 3.00; kale, 25a35; spinach, 1.00; cabbage, 50260 fgzgs'phnt, 3.00a3.50; cucumbers, 1.00a ool gocll Boys prefer John Buchan, Edgar Wallace and “Sapper,” while the .girls favor Warwick Deeping and Shakes- Peare, according to the Cainegie Trust in Britain. FIRST Butter—One-pound prints, 28%; tub, | strip | lard, in bulk, 10; 1 pack-| ADVANCE N TRADE OF NATIN 1 S Bank Investigators. Find Quickening of Demand in Retail Lines. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 4.—Several of the larger Wall Street commercial banks have sent private investigators around the country to get a true picture of con= diiions. These return with the Tepol that there actually is a quickening of trade. One very favorable present-day factor is the fact that shelves are bare everywhere and that a fresh demand, however small, must start the wheels of industry turning. The long period of reduced buying power, with firms buying only from and to mouth, has brought about a tremendous shortage in all lines. Dun's Review of Business says that the last half of the year opens with financial conditions greatly improved. Definite indications of industrial betterment are shown. Shoe manufacturers are very busy; textile centers report wider operating schedules; improvement is seen in the automotive industry and radio manu- facturers have a fair number of orders from dealers for Fall delivery. Orders booked by furniture manufacturers, however, are nearly 20 per cent under the seasonal normal. Customers’ Men. ‘The New York Stock Exchange wants |to take a peep into the stock market operations of brokerage house custom- ers' men. The customers’ man is the fellow who is constantly calling you up on the telephone with tips and who want you to keep on buying and selling to Ycll up commissions for the house. The Stock Exchange authorities want to know if any employes of brokerage houses are gambling on their own ac- count. ‘The Committce on Quotations and Commission of the New York Stock Exchange issued th=> following notice to its members yesterday: “Are any of your customers’ men or other of your employes permitted to trade on margin for their own account? such individuals whose personal trading accounts aggregated more than 5,000 shares within the past six months. This list is to give the names and the ca- pacity in which employed.” It had been reported that some pro- fessional traders were masquerading as customers’ men in order to obtain con- cessions in commissions. Atcivity in Cotton. The increased activity in the cotton market was reflected strongly in the bank clearings at New Orleans this week. In that city clearings jumped 33.3 per cent over the same week last year. At all other centers decreases Were shown. Cigarette Prices Advanced. The old price for leading cigarette brands of “two packs for a quarter,” obtainable in chain stores, represented a substantial saving in the yearly bills of heavy smokers, 5o it is sad news for them that the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., hereafter will charge 14 cents a pack, or two packs for 27 cents. A tin of 50 cigarettes will cost 33 cents and a carton $1.32. Several other leading drug store and tobacco chains, besides department stores, are considering an increase in {the price of cigarettes to meet the boost of 45 cents a thousand by manu- facturers. In the trade it is believed eventually cigarettes will be sold at 15 cents a pack, or two for 29 cents. American Tariff. J. V. Lawrence, European representa- tive of the National Automobile Cham- | ber of Commerce, who returned to this I.coumry yesterday, said that European countries are showing less resentment over the recently revised American tat- |Mf. 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