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P WATERS RECEDE AT PITTSBURGH Sudden Drop in Tempera- ture Halts Rise—Many Families Homeless. BY the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 23.—Muddy flood waters crept slowly back to the rivers of Pittsburgh today, their rise halted by a sudden drop in tempera- tures, For several days they had climbed steadily, reaching across the fringe of the city’s “Golden Triangle,” cover- | ing waterfront districts and forcing | hundreds of persons from their homes. ‘Then, temperatures dropped sharply overnight. With the mercury, the rivers fell. Continued cold was forecast by United States Weather Observer W. S. Brotzman. He sald snow on the headwaters of the Allegheny and Monongahelia was not heavy enough to cause a severe rise in the rivers even if it should melt suddenly. At the same time he said the snow wouldn't begin to melt sand flow into the streams before Sunday. - Many Are Homeless. But, while the rivers fell, in “tht bottoms” of McKees Rocks, scores of families were sheltered by relief agen- cies. They had been forced again from homes flooded last March when many died in the lowland residential district beneath a towering bridge over the Ohio. Upstream at Sharpsburg and Etna, other suburbs hard hit in the 1936 floods. many others were homeless. In Pittsburgh’s business section the chugging of pumps continued as mer- chants emptied their basements of | flood waters preparatory to moving back stock hastily carried to higher | floors after the rivers began rising | four days ago. The streams were falling two-tenths of a foot an hour at 8 am, with the stage then 32.5 feet. All up and down the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio valleys, too, residents of river-front homes watched | the fall of the muddy tide. anxious | to begin the big job of cleaning out | ailt-filled homes. Many had stayed in their homes, liv- | ing on higher floors to carry out the | old river policy of “stay inside and sweep out the mud with the water.” Bothered by Sightseers. River Rouge plant. facturing represented here in these two models. car made by Mr. Ford. Behind them is the 25,000,000th Ford, which was turned out by their THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Their First and 25,000,000th Cars Doubtless Henry Ford and his son Edsel are discussing the 44 years of automobile manu- The Fords are seated in the first experimental 5 —Wlde World Photo. PLAN T0 REMODEL CAPITOL REVIVED Senator Connally to Press Bill to Change East Front, Add Offices. The long-pending plan to remodel the original section of the Capitol Building will be brought to the at- tention of Congress again this year, Benator Connally, Democrat, of Texas made known today. As chairman of the Public Build- The sheriff’s office, after a survey | of the district, reported little fear | among the residents of the suburban districts. | Instead, officers said, their biggest | trouble was with sightseeing parties | crowding into the flooded districts even through the early morning hours. | Some street car lines remained elosed and some through trains were | rerouted around Pittsburgh. Other-‘ wise, trafic was normal. Telephone | and electric power service, non-exist- | ent during part of the March, 1936, flood period, was uninterrupted. Today city officials termed the flood | A rehearsal, a proving of the ability of | the city to prepare for high waters | and mobilize facilities for relief. Business houses rushed their stocks to safety. Pumps were ready to empty base- ments. Power companies were ready to | earry on service. Shuttle train service was ready if street cars should halt. | ‘The health department was pre- | pared to combat epidemics. The police department had 10 big | new skiffs for rescue work. Rellef agencies had shelter and food for all refugees. | Said Maj. Gen. Edward C. Shannon | of the National Guard after an in- spection of the city for Gov. George H. Earle: | “Pittsburgh was ready for any emergency.” Bedtlme | former Secretary of nally obtained passage of the bill by the Senate in the last Congress, but it died in the House. The proposal | is to bring the central portion of the building out more into line with the House and Senate wings and to face it with marble to correspond with | the outer surface of the wings. Another argument in support of the measure has been that the dome ap- pears to rest too close to the edge of the building on the east front. By | extending the central portion a short distance eastward additional commit- tee rooms and offices also would be provided in that part of the Capitol. Last year objections to changing the structure were presented to a House committee after the Senate had ap- proved the bill. Senator Connally also said today he expects prompt action to be taken on legislation for acceptance by the | Government of the famous Mellon ' sont to London as correspondent art collection as soon as the bill is | prepared by Federal officials and trans- mitted to Congress. In correspondence with President Roesevelt recently Andrew W. Mellon, the Treasury. paved the way for presentation of | his art works to the Nation, to be housed in a building on Constitution | avenue west of the Capitol. Divide Spans Five States. ‘The Continental Divide runs through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, | Idaho and Montana. Storles Peace and Comfort. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Just 100k ahead. and not behind: The future vs keep in mind! Old Mother Nature HE snow and ice that covered the Green Forest might be hard, terribly hard, on some people, but not on Jerry Musk- rat and Mrs. Jerry. They were living in peate and comfort in their snug house in the Smiling Pool. Rough Brother North Wind might howl as much as he pleased, for all they cared. He might roar and shriek and pile up the snow and make life diffi- cult for many people, but he couldn’t ‘worry Jerry and Mrs. Jerry. You see, they had been foresighted. That means they had looked ahead, and people who look ahead usually fare better than those who do not look ahead. That snug house of theirs had been built with care for just such hard times as these. It was in the Bmiling Pool near to where the Liugh- ing Brook enters it, but far enough to one side to be out of the current. Mrs. Jerry had been very particular about this. “A poor house in a good place is better than a good house in a bad Place,” said she as she and Jerry were trying to decide where to build. “True, my dear. Very true’” re- plied Jerry. “So we will find a good place first, and then we'll build a good house. We must be very particular about the foundations. They must be where the water is always still,” said Mrs. Jerry. “Of course,” agreed Jerry. “We must build near the shore,” said Mrs. Jerry. “But not too near,” warned Jerry. “Certainly not,” replied Mrs. Jerry. “We mustn't build too near the shore, because we might get frozen in. But ‘we mustn’t try to build where the ‘water is too deep.” “But it must be deep enough” spoke up Jerry in a very decided tone. “It must be deep enough so that there will be no chance for Jack Frost to make ice ciear to the bottom of the Smiling Pool and shut us in.” “Of course, my dear, we must be where we can be sure of Keeping a tunnel to deep water open,” replied Mrs. Jerry. At last they found a place to suit them, and then they built their house. It was mosily of sods and mud and Tushes. It was in shallow water, but one side was where the water was deeper, and this they made deeper still by digging. The roof was of rushes and reeds, and, of course, was above water. And, of course, the floor of their big comfortable room was above the water line. From this s tunne! opened, leading down and gut to deep water. { ‘They began that house in the late Summer and worked at it all through the Fall. Now they were enjoying the results of all that hard work. Ice cov- ered the Smiling Pool all but a little open place where the Laughing Brook entered. Snow covered the ice and covered their roof until it was almost buried. This made their home just s0 much warmer. They could hardly have been more snug and comfortable. They slept much of the time. When they were hungry they entered the tunnel, swam out into the Smiling Pool to where they knew were certain roots of which they were fond, or to a tunnel in the bank in which they had stored some food supplies. Occa- sionally Muskrats do this. They are EVERYWHERE HE LOOKED THERE ‘WAS NOTHING BUT GLITTER- ING ICE AND SNOW. the thrifty ones. Jerry and Mrs. Jerry are this kind. Along the bank they usually could find little air spaces be- tween the water and the ice and thus get fresh air. And always they could swim to that open place for fresh air and a look around. Jerry had been there and had climbed out on the ice. Everywhere he looked was nothing but glittering ice and snow. To you or to me the water out of which he had just come would have looked black and cold and very likely we would have shivered at sight of it. Jerry didn’t. If he shiv- ered at all it was at. that glittering white landscape and the bitter cold of the air. Down under the ice the waler never changed in temperature. ‘There was no sun cold there, as there was out here above the ice. Jerry didn't stay on the ice long. “My dear,” said he as he rejoined Mrs. Jerry in their snug home, “what anybody wants to live on the land for is more than I can understand.”, (Copyrisht, 1937.) L and extend outward the east front of | ings and Grounds Committee, Con- | Romm, Contact Writers and Diplomats Shocked by Trial Revelations. Testimony in the current Moscow ‘Lml of 17 alleged Russian conspira- |tors that Viadimir Romm, former ‘Washington correspondent for Izvestia, had acted as a contact man for Karl | Radek, principal defendant, and Leon | Trotzky, now in exile in Mexico, came | as a shock today to the corps of for- | ; eign correspondents here and the State Department. | "I can hardly believe that,” one cor- | respondent said. "Romm was one of | | the finest fellows I knew.” | Radek, also a well-known writer for Izvestia, Russian government news- | paper, said Romm helped him estab- | !lish contact with Trotzky and once carried & letter from him to the erst- | while leader of the Russian revolution. | Romm Not Defendant. The Soviet government has charged | Radek and his co-defendants with con- | spiring to partition Russia between | Germany and Japan and to aid the| | latter with Soviet oil in, event of & | | | | war between Japan and the United States. Romm is not a defendant. Romm, who is 40 years old, came ;to this country as correspondent for Izvestia in the Summer of 1934. Pre- | | viously he had served in similar ca- | pacities in Geneva and Tokio. He | | left Washington early in November | with the understanding he was to be there. He went to Moscow first, how- With Trotzky, Well Liked Here | ever, and was arrested shortly after | | The boy, who couldn't speak English Man for Radek VLADIMIR ROMM. reaching the Soviet capital. Son Attended D. C. Schools. With his wife and 12-year-old son, Romm lived here at 1635 R street. when the family came here, mastered | the language quickly and was attend- | ing the public schools this year.. During his stay in Washiagton, | Romm covered all importani stories affecting Russian interests and made | numerous inspection trips throughout | the country, studying such American industries as the Ford plant, and writing special articles about them. Trials (Continued From First Page.) an agent of the Japanese intelligence service. The alleged Trotzky letter likewise | was quoted as saying: | “We shall have to admit her (Japan) | to the exploitation of gold. We shall have to consent to Germany's demand not to oppose her in her seizure of the Danubian countries and the Balkans, and not hinder Japan in her seizure of China.” Gregory Sokolnikoff, one of the principal defendants, was accused of plotting against the government while he still was occupying the post of vice commissar of foreign affairs. He 4150 was once the Russian Ambassador to Great Britain. Sokolnikoff was alleged to have ad- mitted he acted under the direct in- structions of Trotzky, who again was ordered arrested and brought to trial it he ever re-enters the Soviet Union. Vasily Ulrich, president of the mili- tary presidium, poesided at the trial, alongside two associate military jus- tices and an alternate. The court convened in the Labor Unions’ Tem- ple, once the luxurious ball room of the aristocratic Nobles Club. Guarded Closely. The prisoners were completely sur- rounded by guards when they were escorted into the court room and were seated together in the same box on & slightly raised dais where 16 others similarly accused of conspiring with Trotzky were tried last August, then shot to death. Speedy conviction and death within four or five days was all the current defendants could hope for, diplomatic observers predicted. The prisoners’ box, as always in political trials of such magnitude, was guarded by uniformed, bayoneted guards, who were changed every half hour. Other police patrolled the front of the ornate old building, permitting no one to linger in the vicinity. The long, pillared court room, or- namented with a frieze of cupids, was Here is a per: the Archiiect ac:d?: » in testimony. crowded with privileged observers, who were admitted only by special invita- tion. The indictment charged Rudolf Hess, German minister without port- folio and a high-ranking lieutenant of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, was one of the foreign diplomats with whom the alleged conspiracy was discussed. Trotzy was accused of directing the charged plot from outside Russia while | the others were the Moscow agents. The plan, the indictment declared, 1 was 'n'otzky and Hess agreed that Germany would obtain the most im- portant concessions and would be al- lowed to exploit the Soviet's natural resources. 1n case of war, Radek’s group would engage in military sabotage and espionage under the guidance of the | German general staff. Trotzy was to have kept in close touch with German military leaders on the outbreak of a war between Germany and Russia while the Rus- sian co-plotters were to wreck Soviet military plans through sabotage. As a reward, Germany was prom- ised the rich, wheat-growing Ukraine, and oil, iron ore and gold concessions if the bolshevist regime were over- thrown. Six attorneys represented all the defendants except the four main ones who waived counsel: Radek, Gregory Platikoff, former assistant commisar for heavy industry; Sokolnikoff, and L. Serebryankoff, former assistant commissar of communications. Others Facing Trial. Among the others were N. I. Mural- off, former husband of Mme. Alex- andra ° Kolontai, former Mexico and now in Sweden in the Soviet diplomatic service; J. A. Liv- schitz, former vice commissar for railroads; J. N. Drobnis, former sec- retary of the Moscow Soviet; S. A. Rataychak, former head of the chem cal industry, and B. O. Norkin, for- mer head of the mine trust. ‘Well-informed sources predicted the Reich, particularly its secret police, D. | the Jefferson C., SATURDAY, D. . TAX CHARGE HEARINGS SLATED Fiscal Report Proposals to Be Explored Next Week by Subcommittee. Hearings are to start the middle of next week on proposed tax changes shown in the fiscal relations report of the President’s special commission, to meet the threatened deficit of $10,- 000,000, if Congress passes appropri- ations corresponding to the District budget. Representative Ambrose Kennedy of Maryland, chairman of the sub- committee of the House District Com- mittee, to which that portion of the President’s recommendations was re- ferred, sald he expects to start an intensive study by Wednesday if pos- sible. He will call first as witnesses the experts who made the study on which the Jacobs report is based. These will be followed by the District Commis- sioners and other District officials with & special knowledge of tax problems. Finally representatives of civic organ- izations will be invited to testify. The other members of the subcom- mittee are Representatives William T. Schulte, Indiana; Leon Sacks, Penn- sylvania; Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois, and Dewey Short, Missouri, Auditorium (Continued From First Page.) that the National Capital should have a suitable auditorium. He withheld comment on details of how the project should be carried out pending study of the question by his Public Build- ings and Grounds Committee. King Favors Auditorium. ‘The King resolution directs that the proposed Thomas Jefferson memorial take the form of an auditorium, to be erected on a site selected by the Jefferson Memorial Commission. It directs that a statue of Jefferson be erected in the building “which, to- gether with such auditorium, shall be represntative of and symbolical of the great .contributions by him in con- nection with preservation of individual rights and liberties as expressed in the Declaration of Independence; the establishment of religious freedom, as expressed in the statute of Virginia, and the improvement of the public school system, and the development of academic education at the Uni- versity of Virginia and elsewhere.” ‘The limit of cost of the proposed memorial would be fixed at not to exceed $3,000,000, resolution. ‘The Jefferson Memorial Commission, which has been at work since last June, is believed to be nearly ready to reach its final decision as to the location and type of the memorial. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken- tucky, chairman of the Library Com- | mittee, to which the King proposal has been referred, took the view today that if it should be decided to have Memorial consist of | some form of useful structure, an | auditorium would be the best type of building in that category. He is doubtful, however, of the advisability of making utility the main feature of the memorial. Barkley Cites Precedents. “We bullt a monument to George Washington,” said Senator Barkley. “We built a monument to Lincoln, and in view of that I am wondering whether it would be advisable to have the Jefferson Memorial different in character.” He indicated he is inclined to be- lieve the Jefferson Memorial should follow the general character of the ‘Washington and Lincoln Monuments. “But I am for an adequate audi- torium for Washington, regardless of whether it is built in honor of some distinguished American or not,” he added. Representative Bloom became juter- ested in Washington's need for a large public auditorium at the time of Roosevelt’s first inauguration in 1933. Shortly thereafter he had bluepsin's for a proposed auditorium drawn by Thomas W. Lamb, a New York archi- tect, who planned the new Madison Square Garden and other large New York structures. Bloom also took the matter up at that time with Secretary Ickes, but the possibility of going for- forward with the auditorium proposal as a P, W. A. project did not ma- terialize. With the present revival of interest in the subject, Bloom said today he plans to write letters with the idea of forming the proposed committee representing the two branches of Con- gress, the Federal and District gov- ernments and local business inicrests. FOREIGN EXCHAN( GES. NEW YORK. January 23 (#).—Foreign uchlnu steady; reat ln‘mn in dollln. 1 -Demant tain—] 356 ¥ bill 0 u’v—Mm-n envoy to} !"l Z Hongkong, 30, R80: Montreal in New anl 99.90%: ne:lg:k {n Montreal. 100.09%. METAL MARKET. (January =3 ¢ NEW YOI (). —Coj firm; elicu;lo Dot and Xu!ure 180(' the Gestapo, would figure prominently export, 12. n_ barely steady; spot and nearby. 50.90: (nlul’!'bo 70.’ n Bl Hominatis unchansed: th S t as it is ned under girection o] ve vi:cw of the Palace of wifi: project as planned _;—l‘ oo to’. under the King | JANUARY 23, 1937. Guardsmen Protect Tennessee Levees Against Dynamiters BY the Associated Press. TIPTONVILLE, Tenn, Janu- ary 23.—National Guardsmen, armed with “shoot on sight” orders, paced Mississippi levees near here today, ‘allaying fears that Missourians might attempt to dynamite bulwarks on the Tennessee side to ease pressure on their own land. United States engineers said the “main line” levee, extending from Hickman, Ky, to Tiptonville, is in “excellent condition.” The engineers sent 50,000 sandbags for use in strengthening the earth- works in the Reelfoot Lake and Slough Neck Dyke areas. About 2,500 lowland dwellers continued their exodus to higher land. Near the main levee, some 200 families were marooned. Boatless rescue workers were un- able to reach them immediately. Spy Case (Continued From First Page.) years with Capt. John Gullet of the Army Intelligence, a Naval Intelligence officer named Martin, another named Taylor and the following present or former agents of the Justice Depart- ment: F. X. O'Donnell, R. W. Whitley, Frank Fay, Harry E. Leslie, Charles Scully, R. G. Maher, Dalton and Swenson. The committee then excused String- ham until Tuesday morning and im- mediately placed in the record a list of names of about 60 undercover operatives of the association and their assignments since March, 1933. Senator La Follette informed D. B. Clark, counsel for the assaciation, that handwriting of each of the operatives is being checked at the Justice Department to determine whatever past records they may have. Stringham was placed under sub- poena yesterday to produce any docu- ments pertaining to the matter after the committee had received in evidence a letter in which Stringham spoke of the governmental request for co-opera- tion on labor troubles. He said he had memoranda to that effect in his New York office. Stringham’s assertion was one of numerous high spots in yesterday's hearing in which correspondence and records of the association paralleled testimony of three of its officials in providing sensational disclosures. Spy Records Destroyed. Among the revelations were the following: ‘That the association destroyed em- ployment records for undercover agents last August, after the Senate investigation began, and that only six such sples are now on the pay roll as compared to 38 before the probe started. That on at least one occasion an official of the association posed as an officer of the Federal Government in engaging a labor spy and that when the man refused to continue working for the association he and his wife had been threatened with reprisals if they talked. ‘That Gerard Swope of General Elec- tric was considered by Stringham dangerous man to industry” because of his pro-labor sympathies, with the added implication that he had be- trayed industry. | That the pro-labor tendencies of George E. Deming, vice president of the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co., official of the Chrysler Corp., largest customer of Deming’s company, be- cause Stringham thought Deming should be “broken down.” Spy Customers Named. ‘That some 70 companies used labor spies of the association between March 1, 1933, and July 31, 1936. The following companies were named be- fore the committee as customers of the espionage service of the associa- tion: Acme Steel; Addressograph Multi- graph Corp., Cleveland; Aladdin In- dustries, Inc., Alexandria, Ind.; Ameri- Corp., Brooklyn; Baker Raulang Co., cago; Bettendorf Co., Bettendorf, Towa; Black & Decker Co., Kent, Ohio; Bunting Brass & Bronze Co., Toledo. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foun- dsy Co., Muskegon, Mich. (Central New York Branch, Syracuse and Chi- cago branch); Cincinnati Milling Ma- chine Co. Cincinnati; Colonial Pre- mier Co., Chicago, Ill.; Curtis Manu- facturing Co.; Delaval Steam Turbine Co., Trenton, N. J.; Delco Remy Co., Anderson, Ind.; Charles F. Elmes En- gineering Works, Chicago; 8. W. Far. ber Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. A. Finkl & Sons; Ford Instrument Co., Long Island City; French & Hecht Co., Davenport, Towa; Fried- man Silver Co, Brooklyn; G. & O. Manufacturing Co., New Haven; Gemmer Manufacturing Co., Detroit; A. C. QGilbert & Co., New Haven; Hookless Fastener Co., Meadville, Pa.; Illinois Tool Works, Chicago; Kelley Koett Manufacturing Co., Covington, Ky.; F. & N. Lawn Mower Co., Rich- mond, Ind. Ledger-Wood Manufacturing Co., Elizabeth, N. J.; Link Belt Co., Chi- cago; Manufacturers’ Association of Moyden, Conn.; Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, Chicago Heights, IIL; Millers Falls Co., Greenfleld, Mass.; Morse Twist Drill Co., Providence; Motor Products Corp., Detroit; Mullins Man- ufacturing Co. Murray Corp. of America, Detroit, Mich. (Muskegon branch, New Haven branch, Northwestern Pennsylvania branch, Erie, Pa.). Otis Elevator Co., Yonkers (Phila- delphia branch). Plamondon Manufacturing Co., Chi- cago; Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Manufacturing Co., division of United Aircraft Corp., Hartford, Conn.; Pre- cision Casting Co., Reynolds Spring Co., Jackson, Mich.; Revere Brass & Copper, New Bedford division; Revere Brass & Copper, Rome, N. Y.; Rome Company, Rome, N. Y.; Sargent & Co, New Haven; Servel, Inc., Evansville, Ind.; Shaw Walker Co., Muskegon, Mich.; J. Sklar Manufac- turing Co., Brooklyn, N. ¥.; F. L. Smith Machine Co,, New York City; Stewart Warner Corp., Chicago; Sun- beam Electric Co., Evansville, Ind.; Tappan Stove Co., Mansfield, Ohio (Toledo branch); Tri-City Branch, N. M. T. A, Moline, IIl. Victor Chemical Works, Washburn ‘Wire Co., Providence; Waterbury Tool Co., Waterbury; Webster Manufac- turingCo, Tiffin, Ohlo; Wilson & | Berty gol um Bennett Manufacturing Co., Chicago; ‘Wilson & Bennett Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City branch); Worthington Pump and Machinery Co., Harrison, N. J.; Wright Aeronautical Co., Pater~ son, N. J.; Yale & Towne Manufac- turing Co., Stamford, Conn. 200 Houses Are Moved. ‘Two hundred houses are being moved or resligned to sccommodate ap- proaches to theGolden Gate Bridge at San PFrancisco. had been reported to H. T. Keller, | f can Brass Novelty; Arma Engineering g Cleveland; Bell & Howell Co., Chi-|Sinu Procter & Gamble Earnings Rise To $6,730,202 Level By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—Procter & Gamble Co., manufacturers of soap and its products, with headquarters at Cincinnati, reported profits for the quarter ended December 31 of $6,730,- 202, equal, after dividends on pre- ferred stocks, to $1.02 a share on the common. This compared with $6,629,564, or $1.01 a share, in preceding quarter and $4,278,858, or 64 cents a common share, in the December quarter last year. COMMITTEE BACKS $50,000,000 Appropriation for Loans to Farmers Is Sanctioned. B the Associsted Press. ‘The Senate Agriculture Committee approved todsy the Smith bill to au- thorize an appropriation of $50,000,000 for 1937 seed and feed loans. ‘The bill, introduced by Chairman Smith of the committee, is similar to & measure already approved by a House committee now awaiting House consideration. Maximum loan to a single farmer | would be $600. Interest would be fixed at 4 per cent. ‘The committee also set up today a subcommittee to consider farm ten- ancy legislation. It is headed by | Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Ala- bama, author of the bill which the Senate passed last year. Bankhead's bill this year would authorize a $500,- 000,000 program, with appropriations of $50,000,000 a year for 10 years. Bankhead said the committee would not begin work until President Roose- velt's committee to study the farm | tenancy problem reports three or rour weeks hence, NEW YORK COTTON BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 23.—Cotton futures opened barely steady, 2 to 6 points decline on lower Liverpool cables and under liquidation and for- eign selling. March, 12.46; May, 12.28; July, 12.17; October, 11.77; De- cember, 11.75; January, 11.74. Trading was falrly active. The foreign offerings were credited princi- pally to Bombay account. Other sell- \ ing came from the Continent, wire hguses and New Orieans. The trade | was against the best buyer in the near months and helped steady thu list after the call, when prices tapered off. Although nervousness over the Japanese cabinet crisis was in evi- dence, the only trading credited to | Japanese account consisted of selling | | March and buying May contracts. The official ginning returns to Jan- uary 16 of 11,956,808 were about in line with expectations and apparently had no market influence. It was cal- | culated about 310,000 bales were still | to be ginned if the December bureau | estimate, when reduced to 12,166,000 | running bales, were to be attained. May recovered from 12.27 to 12.30 ally were 1 to 5 points net lower. Liverpool reported Bombay selling | and hedging meeting trade calling. Futures closed steady, 2 higher to 3 | lower. Cottonseed Oil. Bleachable cottonseed oil futures | closed steady. March, 11.37b; May, | 11.43; July, 11.46b; September, 11.43b. Sales, 82 contracts. b—Bid. Liverpool Q: lllhm | LIVERPOOL. January 23 (#.—Cotton, | 28,000 bales. including 19.800 American. Spot. moden:elhunn‘en done; prices un- ; n E a1 May. g July, 6.8 Ocmber‘ 650 December. 6.45. CHICAGO GRAIN BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 23 —Displaying | unaccustomed independence of the Liverpool market, Chicago wheat values scored something of & gain at times today, despite notable fresh | breaks of prices abroad. Unfavorable weather conditions in parts of the domestic soft Winter wheat area had an uplifting influence on the wheat market here afier a moderate dip at the outset. Offerings of new crop futures were relatively scarce, which helped 1ift all deliver- les to above yesterday's finish, up about a cent a bushel over earlier bottom figures. Aiding the upturn were cables that sald 9,000 tons of Canadian wheat and 5,000 tons of Argentine wheat had been bought for shipment to Germany. In explanation of persistent set- backs of Liverpool wheat prices, advices were received that urgency of resale offers of Argentine spot Wheat overseas had caused fresh liquidating pressure in Liverpool futures, and had not ceased when Liverpool trading was ended for the day. Liverpool wheat, due 33 to one cent lower, closed 15al1% cents down. Under such circumstances, upturns of the Chicago market were not well sustained, especially for the old crop month, May. Corn, oats and rye values were chiefly swayed by wheat market action. ‘Today's recepits of corn in Chicago totaled but 68 cars. Provisions changes of price were apparently devoid of significance. Around midsession, wheat was %a% up, compared with yesterday’ finish, May, 128, July 1.12%, and corn was % off to % up, May, 1.08%, July 1.03%. DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED ‘YORK, Januai 23.—Di duhnd 4 (prepaied b the e siandard Buanas Extra. Pe- Stock o! Pa; al Lee & onay____ "MTO% T Increased. od Kid . ____2pc__ 138 2 =8 1-3 B s = Amlfl X W&(l Dt 31, 02'7. nd 7% P MONTREAL SILVER. 23 (9. —8il l‘:roe. losed- sténdy imen nigesd” 4 %3 s &% 7 nnulry - 4475 fl 7 70b b—Bid, SEED AND FEED BILL 3 rrh! for et m P b!l‘l.) *xx A1l Washington Produce 1-pound Bllnu 30 tub. 35; pound rru:u. %6: 1 7: cal 213 k fresh 50" fliced becon: compound, 14's; Bl "‘g%“'":'n nrhm olce bes T8—Che veat P30 Taoe 19: mok scor 37, . 3 STOCK- medium L 16, 9%a0%5: §.ae0%a: rousns, sab calves, Saiz: lami neu Dlld skippers—net fob. Wash- ington. By the United Btates Bureau of Asrleulsural Econom GGS—Market we: ceibis contimue: hes ment very siow. graded eggs, Re. and_retail move- Prices on nearby unm- . 1'5a7 cents 1o few st t0p auotations. 21az3: hennery whites. 2 ment wraded and d Ve e’ eggs (net prices Sk U. 8. b. Wllhlnlwn) . 8. extras, Lr ULTRY—Mi at unchlnled Klul joals: Leshorns. 10aiz. 'V ulnn Rocks. brollers, and Crosses, 18220, Guine: dl lnfl up. 40 each: evs; ‘oung nuns tomny, under 19 pounds. pounds over. 15; No. 28, 1 14; old toms, 14. INVESTING .COMPANIES YORK. January 23 (@.~—New urity Dealers’ Association: Admin P4 2nd Inc_ Am !unnau th York Binkers e 57 corn- Bn‘ Industry Broad St. Inv Bullock Pund EOrPorats Hiin: A Corp Tr AA mod Cumulative Tr s Depos Bk N Y * Bepos Tha'snrs - Shrs Fixed Trust Sh A - Pixed Trust 8h T Gen Investors Tr Group Sec Agriculture Group Sec Automobile___ Group Sec Bullding - Group 8ec Chemical roup Sec Food roup Sec Invest Shrs . Group 8ec Merchandise Group Sec Mining z Bec Petroleum _ | Group Sec Huron Holding Incorp Tnvestors Insurance Groun Shrs TS, o Nati wm' 2 - ion Wide Voting __ NY'Bk Tr Bhrs North Am Bond Tr ctfs - Nor A Quarterly Income 8 Selected Am h Belected Am sn Inc lected Cumul Sh lected Income 8h _ | Selected Indus v pf | Spencer Trask_Pund_ Stand Am Tr Shrs | 8tand Util Inc | Super of Am Tr A Super of Am Tr A A_ Super of Am Tr B Buper of Am Tr B B Super of Am Tr ¢ uper of Am Tr D Bipcrvised Bbrt Trustee Stand Inv C_ | Trustee Stand Inv gulteed lAra\ Bk usteed Industry rs | Wellingion Fund INSURANCE STOCKS NEW YORK. January 23 (#.—} Security Dealers’ Assocations —e¥ Youk Actna Cas (2a) Aetna Ine (1.60) | Aetna Life (.%0a) AmEquit (i 60) | Am Ins Newark (i3 | Am Reins (3) and was selling at 12.29 shortly nner | Am Foitna: 1 cm oLN Y Contin Gas (1) Fid & Dep (1g) _. Firemen's Nwk rank G ol E i Globe & Ri p Homestead (1) Lincoln Fiu Natl PFire (2) Natl Liberty (2 Prov Wash (1, St Paul Fi gbrmlfllld (l‘.l) | Travelers (16) Fire (2) Westchester ( a—Also extra or exlru U. 5. TREASURY NOTES. (Reported by Chas. D. Barney & Co.) Rate. Maturity. Bid. offer. s Feb. ‘37, 0 2 8as 2328 Sept. 1 1;s U.S. TREASUBY POSITION. B7 the Associated Press. Ty pesition, of the Tressury on Janu- ary 21: Receipts, ?, 020.135.39: expendi- 24,13 balance, $1,765.- receipts for the he fscal year (since July 1), 88, ll fl(fl 52: expenditures. 34. 047,563.664.00. Including _$1.657.332.- 340.63 of !merlegcy ex%endmlru' e NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YOR.K January 23 (P.—Ei 2 Mdllzg colors: SD!r ‘ ards. 2 3 le nds other " prices LAIDLAW & COMPANY. NOTICE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TIFICATE Notice is hereby wiven that & new Limited Partnership has been formed to proceed with and continue under the firm name of Laidlaw & Company the business heretofore carried on by the Limited Part- nership under the same name which was terminated on ercber 31. 1036, *n by its vredecessors d that the fn ln'ml Pll’ rlEIB 1‘|tfl on J nu. 7 | es, of the Clerk of the Vn(ted States Mani en: A Edward Roesler. Jr.. lmn?nz } / Robert E. Hauser. Isabells Wood Laidi: McSweeney have hereto- a Limited hnnenhln ur- the laws of the State of New ership: “that the firm name of artaership is Laidlaw & Compan the ~busin 4 hrmenmv is un bulmsu of bu ing and dnlm n lllfl with stocks. securities. negotiable lnnmm n uneu ol debt or ownersh! and not otherwise: E. Hause: said Isabella McSweeney are Special Partners: thai said Tsabells Wood Laidiaw hes Contt buted 500.000 and the said Henry Seunes hnm ‘Contribu ;lr‘nfl‘lhl " General Partners D LAIDLAW Ml ' a8 several nmcrmn