Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 211, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1926 — Page 13

DEC. 9, 1921)

HOGS AND VEALERS HAVE STEADY MARKET

WEAK SPECULUM SUCKS REIVED IN EARLY TRADING Opening Shows Evidence of Stronger Technical Positions. Average Stock Prices Average of twenty industrials Wednesday was 158.35. oil' .51. Average of twenty rails. U 7.74, oil .01. Average of forty bonds, 00.00. up .01. BULLETIN Bu United Press NEW YOKE, Dec. 9.—A new high for a stock exchange seat was established today when Her* nard L. Nensch, of the firm that hears his name, paid 8175,000 for the membership of C. V. Hoffman. Kenneth Walsh also bought a seat for 8170,000. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Dee. 9.—The Wall Street Journal’s financial review today says: Reactionary tendencies in Wednesday’s session succeeded in eliminating, some weak speculative holdings gave evidence of a technical position at the opening of the stock market here today. Steel Common gained 0 to 149%, General Motors % to 140and Allied Chemical % to 139%. Case Threshing Machine scored a rapid uprush advancing G points to 152. This reflected the expectation of a capital readjustment which is expected to pave the way for a liberal common dividend. Speculative sentiment was given encouragement by the development of active demand for the rails around noon. This movement was regarded as particularly significant in view of the fact that an advance of about two points in the Dow .Tones railroad average would give confirmation to the upward trend displayed by the industrial list over the last six weeks. Baltimore & Ohio headed the improvement in the carrier group, gaining 1% to 107%. Northwestern rails maintained the advancing tend encies which made them prominent in the previous day’s trading, while resumption of strength occurred in the southwestern group. Banks and Exchanges —Deo. 9 1 Mi I VN APOMS CLEARING** Local bank clearings for Wednesday were $3,037,000; debits, $8,011,000. NEW YORK STATEMENT NEW YORK. Dec. f).—Clearings. $887.000.000: balances. $102,000,000. VWEAT STEADY TO FRACTION OFF Ice-Locked Grain Fleet Reported Released. Bii United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—A1l grains opened somewhat ’lower on the Chicago Board of Trade today. Wheat was unchanged to Uc lower, a bearish sentiment prevailing on news that the ice-locked grain fleet at the Soo had been released. Liverpool was stronger than expected and Buenos Aires opened unchanged. Corn opened %c lower on all deliveries, yesterday’s independent strength appearing to carry over despite a lower beginning. Oats opened %c, up to %c off, displaying a fundamentally strong tene. Provisions op ned uuc':ar*'od. Chicago Grain Table —Dio. It— WHEAT— Prev. Hlirli. Low. 11:00. .-lose. Bpo 1.31154 1.39 ii.:9% May 1.40 k, 1.40*1 1,40',.. 1.40% Julv 1.32% 1.32% 1.32% 1.32% CORN— Deo .75% .75% .75’ May 84% .83% .84 .84% July 87 .8(1% .80% .88% 6ATS— Dnp 44% .44% .44% .41 1 May 19% .48% .48% .411% July 48% 47% .48 mMTT.. .m% .inn .mn ,ni% LARD-*r „ Jan 12.45 12.42 12.40 March - 12..1n Mav 12.40 12.37 12.37 RIBS— , „ sfay :::: ::::: •.v.v.Jiho In the Cotton Market (By Thomson & McKinnon) NEW YORK. Doc. 9.—A net decline of 5 or (J points yesterday was Hi ■* eoßt 01 passinp’ over a rep >rt that manv expected would cause a biff decline in eotton. Some hedpre selling in the last hall-hour. Sell some of your cotton on 80-poiiu advances. My idea is to look on eotton as a sate investment, the p. i-e of which can be lowered by selling a little on advances and buying:' back on declines. Lccal Wagon Wheat ! Loenl prain elevator* are pay ins $1.28 for No 2 red wn; .it ottiei irrade* ar. Durclia*rß on ihpii merits SWISS TOBACCO GENEVA, Dec. 9. —A group of tobacco growers, meeting here recently, decided that tobacco culture will be resumed on a large scale in Switzerland in 1927. Conditions of overproduction which hurt the market for the last few years have been successfully met with, if was de-clM-pd. Many growers refrained from last season. GIVES IT BADGE NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Otto Urban took detective l>y mail. He bought a revolver. Then he shot himself accidentally, and when he recovered was arrested for possessing weapons. So he. has given up his correspondence school badge.

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—Dee. 9 Kit.liouils— Prcv. High. Low. .1 :00. close. Atchison - ..138 15(1 % 158 15(1 % A Coast L 203 . . 203 203% B. & O 107% 105% 107 Li 105% Cun Pap * ... ... 104 C. & O 101 % 159% 101% 159% C. A N. W. 80 78 80 77% C„ R. A P. 00% 08 U 09% 08% D & Hud 170% II & Lank 140% 144% 110% 141 Elio 40 % 40', 40% 40% Erie- Ist ml .. ... . . 48 % (.1 No pfd. 84 82 % 84 82% Lehigh V.. 99 97% 99 97% K 0 South 42% 42 42% 42% L. & N . . . 131 >f. K. & T. 34 ... 34 33% Mo Par pfd 90 89 % 90 89% N Y Cen..l.3s>r 13L 135% 134 NY NHAH 43% ... 42% 42% No Piu-iflc. 81% 80% 81 80% Nor & W. 157 ... 157 157 I*ere Mum ... ... ... 113 Ppiinsylvau. 50% 50 50% 5(1% Hardin* .. 93% 91% 93% 91 S Railway 117 ... 117 110% So Pacific 107% 100% 107% 100% St. Paul. . . 9 ... 9 8% St. Paul pT 19 % 19% 19% 18% St L & 9 W 02% 02 02 % 02 SI,& S F 102% 101% 102 % .102 Union Par 102% 101% 102% 101 Wabash..,. 40 39 39% 39 Wabash pfd 74% 73% 74% 74 l{iihhi>r<i— A>ax 7% ... 7% 7% Fisk 10% 10% 10% 10% Goodrich ... ... 42 % Gd.vr util. ... ... ... 97% Kefly-Spg. 9% U S Rub... 58 ... 58 57% Eiliiiliniruls-. Am C & F 105 ... 105 104% Am I'.oco 112% 111% 111% 111% .Am Stl F. 45 ... 45 42% 'llald Loco 155% 153% 155 153 5, Gcu Kite.. 85% 85% 85% 85% Lima .... 04 . . Os 03% K V Airb 44 P Steel C (. 43% t’ullme n ..189% 188% 189 187% Wrsth A B 141% 141% 141% 141 % West!, Elec. 08% ... 08% 08% Steels— Bethlehem. 40% 40% 40% 40% Colo Fuel . 47 45% 47 45% Crucible .. 79% 78% 79% 78% Gulf St Stl i ... a 5% 1* RC& I. 43% .. . 42% 42 Repub Steel 50 ... .> „-'•>% Sloss Shelf, . . ... ... 127'.* IT S StcetW 150 % 119% 150% 148% Alloy .. ... 30 Vanadium ... ... ... 40 Motor*— Am 805 ch.... ... . . . 17% Chandler .. 24% 20% 21% 24 Chrysler .. 37 % 37% 37 ft 37% Cnnt Motor. 11 11% 11% 11% Dodge .... 20% 20 20% *-•> Gabriel ... 31% 31% 31% 31% Gen Motor 147', 148 ■ 117 1f.% Hudson ... 48% 18 48% 48% Hupp 21% 20% 21% 21 Jordan .... ‘iaL 1 * . • • * ~ -** ~ Mack i*B‘j s*B*4 !*H U Moon 21% ... 21% 13 Nash 03 % >9 03 ;> % Packard ... 34% . • 34% •}:{., Pierce Arw. 23% 23 23 % ~3 Studebaker. 50% .'4% ;!•> Stew Warn. 00% 00 00% 03% Timken ... 79% ... 19 % y| ■’ Willy* Over 22 21% 22 22, White Mot. 57% ... ai *. ’ Mining— Amer Smlt 139% 130% 13|J% 1 v'iii" l Anaeomla . 48% !?■* 48 4, Cer Dp Pa*. 04 ... 04 _ Os, Inspiration. 20% ... 20% -8% lilt Nickel . 391', 08% 38% 38% Knmeeott. 02 .t 02 02% 01% Tex G&S 50 ... 49% f.O U S Smelt* . . ... .. • Jl ,j Oil*— Atlan Kefs 11*2*4 HI, 111% Cali< l’cte.. 31 ... ;}1 } t \ * Freept Tex. 3 4 ... o3 'jj-, Hotteton . . .* • •• ‘}® Ind 0i1... 30% .. . 30 2*o Maryland 055 54% *>•> . f'4% Mid-Con P. 30% ... 30% 30% P-A P (B) 02% .. 02% 02% Pacific Oil. 1% l’.j 1% Phillip* P.. 55% ... •*•*- ;{}♦ Inion Oil.. 33■% ... *>3 Pure 0i1... 20% ... *20% ~ % Royal Dut 49% . . 49% 4 % Shell 30% ... 30% 30% Sinclair .. 19% ... 10 J-J “ Skelly ... 34% 34 34% 34 S Oil of Cal 58% . . 58% .>B% SOor N J 37% 37% 3J% •}%*} Tex Tran* Pet. 3% ... 3% 3% Industrials—y Rumely ... ••• , •aa !'• ?* Allis dial. 89 88% ,89 88 % Allied Oh 141% 139% 140% 139 Arm (AI. 15% . 15% 10 A nut* Can 52 ** *>l •.'* 5.1 j 51 m A H&L ikl 49% Am S Raz ... . *a; !iV^ Am Wool.. 35 34 •}•>., 34 a Coco Cola 109 ... 108 % 108', a (’ont Can.. 75 Li 7. 7o\a <• > Ceriainteetl ... ... •• . Dav Cheni ... •• ■ , , -L* ,* Dupont .. 108 107 JO7 f ' Fam Plav lis-’i lis 11?% 118 -j G Asphalt. 85% 84% 8%. 85 I Comb En 45% 43% ll', 43% tot Paper ... • ‘* 7 ’s lilt Harv. 151 149% 150*. 149% Mav DSt 128% ... 138; i 130 Mont Ward 08% 07% 08% 0< Owen Bot. 80 .. . 80% 80 Radio .... 57 57 •* -?2 ,H firm Tv no 11* ... 110% 11, Real Silk. 42 ... 40 ■ 41% 'cars-'toe M's 54% 51'.. ..4% I'ntd Drug 100 . • , 105:4 104% IT 3C I P .231 % 229 % 22 228 |T s j,, \i<. 74. ... 8.1*4 83% Woolworfh 190% 183 Vi 189% 189 rtilillc*— A T and T 150 ... 150 149% Am Exp'vsri .. ... ... J**■*},, Am Wt Wk* . . .. b’2% llrklvn Man 72’, 71 . 72% 71% Col G and E 89% 99% 39% 89% Colls Gas . 110% ... 110% llh fnlerboro .... • • . No Amur Cos 48 4t\ 48 Peoples G3 1 1 j ... 1 ‘-1J 1 1 1‘ Q Phi la Cos ... . ... G and E 50U •> oOU j VVn Union ... ... • • • Hd Shipping— Am Int Cpn 30% 38% 30% 38% Commission Row PRICES TO RETAILERS ~ PRUTS Apples—Fancy Grimes Golden bbl . $5: Indiana Jonathans bbl.. $5.50: Delicious. .d-it).. $2: Pippin. 40-lb basket $1.35 CasahH!—Per crate 3.50 Cider—slso U-iinl ease.' Cranberries—Eaelv blacks hail barrel. : i,2.,(<i 4.59. Centennials. boxl $4.50 .JirkPys Howe*. bbl.. *5 Coconuts —Fancy .laiiuneas sack ot 100 $5 511. Dates—Minaret. 30 pack, to box 84.50: Dromedary. 30 pack to box *0 75: bulk dates. Ile lb. Fig*—l2 pack, to box. ts 1.15: 60 pack to box. No (1 $3: 24 pack, to box. fancy. $3: 12 pack to box. black. $1.75: itn•orted layer. 10-lb. box $1.90(012.10 Grapes—Emperor. $2.50(03.25 per lug: 1 aney keg*, crate. $4.50(ui5.Grapefruit—Extra fancy $4.25: Florida ($3.75. Honey—24-eake crate. 84 60@6. Kumquats—Florida. 250 ot. Lemon*—Ca 111 orfi l a. *4.25 ©4.75. Limes—Florida XOO. 82.60. Nuts—lndiana chestnuts lb 15 023 c: shellbark hickorynuts lb.. 203 c: black walnuts. 303 tie lb.: English walnuts. 30 iu,3Be lb Oranges Florida $304.50: Califor uia navels. $5 0 8.50. Pear* —Oregon Bose. 85 50 box: Oregon D Amous oo box Persimmon* $1 (-,-1.25. Pineaopics—Cuba. crat". SB. 'Tangerine—Honda $2 760 3 per % nox SF.A FOODS Oysters—Gal.. $2.400 2.85. \ EOKI’AULEb Artichoke*—California $101.25 dozen Bean*—Florida. green, per hamper $3.50 ,ii 4. Brussel* Sprout*—Fancy California 25i ib Cabbage—Holland seed 2 Vic lb.: red cabbage. 5o lb. Cauliflower—Crate $2 0 2.26 Ceier.v —Michigan, squares or fiats $1.500 1.85: Michigan rough. $3.2: Michigan jumbo $lO 1.15 dozen: Cali fornia. $5.75. Ceierv Cabbage—Box. $1.50. Cucumbers—Florida $1 50 dozen Egfrp’.aut—Florida. $2.50 per doz. t unic—New. 12 V-c lb. Kale —Keptuckv sack $1 fO: H G, 76c ncr bu „ lettuce —Western Iceberg, crt.. $4.,00 5.00. Mangoes—Florida peppers $d crate. Mushrooms —Pennsylvania $1.75 for 3Ib. basket. Onion*—H. G. yellow. 100 lbs.. $2 Utah'Valencias. 105-lb bag $2 50: Span tsh. ert.. $1.75 0 1 .85. Oyster Plant—G. 45e dozen Parlev—H. G.. 50c ner bunch l‘em — -per crate Poi ttoes —MiihirSn round wnite sack $4.3/.: M%neota early Ohios 120 1b hue. $4.25: Russets. 83.75 R’-.dishec—Southern long reds 25c: hothome buttons, si .25. Font Vegetables Turnips, bu.. SI: par nips. bu.. $1.50- carrots, nu $1.50: Cat i.tian -utabagas $2 ewt.: H. G.beet* bu $1.59. jballo *—Louisiana. 75c dozen *l’ina-'h —H G. bu.. $1.25. . ShuasA—H. G. Hubbard obi.. 82.60. ,-ivyee* Potatoes—lndiana Jersey. bu. f 50. >pi; (ncs—Six-basket crt. $8 HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES Cedar Roping—Fancy evergreen 20i 'd mil. $1.50 Christina* Trees—Vennont *nruee. singes *5 0(1' 2s, tier bundle. $2.50: 3* oer bundle. $2.50: 4s. per bundle. $2,500 .*'sv f*. per bundle. $2.5002.75: lis. per ~pud:e\ $2.:>002.75. Oh: istma* I'r,,- Holders—Green stained wooden cross pieces 25 pairs to bundle $2; permanent metal holder*. $9 ner doz Hol'y—Fancy Delaware. $8 per case Holly Wreath*—Fancy 10-in 82 Dei doz. Laurel Hoping—Fancy green 20-vard roll $1.75

Am Sand C ii ... 8 0 Atlan Gulf. 58% 37% 38% 37* 1 M M pfd. 40% 37% 39% 37% Until Fruit. . . ... . 121 Foods— Am Sugar.. 8.3% ... 83% 83% Am Bt Sug. . . ... ... 28 Austin Nieii . . ... ... 10 Beech N Pk . . ... ... 59 % Calif Pkg 88 Corn Prod.. 50% 50% 50% .>0 r ’i Cuba Cn pfd 48 % ... 48 % 48 % Cuba Am Su 20 ... . 'A' Fleisehniann 48% 18 *48% 48 Jewel Tea. .48 ... 48 48 Nat Biseuit. 98% 9 7 98 98% Puuta Aleg'. 48% ... 48 48% Postum ... ... 99 Ward Bale B 33 % 33 % 33 % 33 % Tobaccos— Am Sumatra 40Vi ... 40% 40% Amer T0b.... ... ... 120 % Am Tob B 119% 119% 119% 119 Vi Cons Cigars 88 % ... 8(1 88 Gen Cigars. 65% ... 55 55 Liggett ... 98% 98 % 9SV4 98 % Lorillard . . 31 ... 31 31 % R J Rynlds 119% ... 119% 119 Tob Pro B 110% 110% 110% 110% U C Stures. 99 Vg HU % 99% 99% Schulte R S 49% ... 48Vi 49% BUSINESS GOOD IN CHAIN STORES \ Earnings Increase During Year. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—A $30,000,000 melon, which grew from dimes and nickels, was cut here today—one of the largest of the winter melon season in AVall Street. It was in the form of a 50 per cent stock dividend declared I>y the F. W. Woolworth Company—Jie "concern which makes its money selling tilings for u and 10 cents In thousands of bright, red-fronted stores throughout the country. The directors declared this dividend payable in stock in addition to the regular dividend and an extra. The stock has a par value of S2O a share, and on that basis the 1,300,000 shares to be distributed under today's declaration would be worth over $30,000,000. But on Wall Street the stock was quoted at $lB9 a share before the dividend was announced, and afterward at $127.00. Financiers were not prepared to estimate just what the dividend would mean in dollars and cents to the stockholders for the present. If the distribution could be valued at $30,000,000 it would mean 300.000,000 10-cent sales in the Woolworth stores would be required to equal the amount distributed to stockholders. The distribution was not unexpected, as recent, reports of various chain stores have shown heavily increased earnings. The increase for Woolworth aloen amounted to $22,532,000 for November. 1920, over sales for November last year. The Kresge chain of stores has reported a 16.24 per cent increase in sales, and Piggly-Wiggly, Thompson Restaurants and other chain concerns have done much larger business than last year. OTHER ENTERPRISES GAIN Piggly Wiggly, Metropolitan Trade Larger. /></ Time* Special NEW YORK, Dec. 9 Piggly Wiggly Western States Company reports sales for November of $815.710, compared with sales of $573,816 in November, 1925, an increase of 42.15 per cent. Sales for the first eleven ninths of 1926 were $7,087,007, as against $5,930,530, n gain of 19.50 per cent. Thirty-eight new stores were opened during the year, totaling 104 stores for 1926, against appproximately 66 in 1925. Sales for the Metropolitan Chain Stores for November aggregated $1,010,269, as compared with $794,309 for November, 1925, a gain of 27.1 per cent. For the eleven months ended Nov. 30 sales were $8,867,529. as against $6,842,099 for the same period in 1925, an increase of 29.6 per cent. t Produce Markets Butte, twnolesale nrte*< Creamery bent, crude a pound. 55 0 57e. Butterfat—Local dialer* pay 53 0 55e. Chee*:: i wholesale selling prices I—Wi cousin Daisies 24 0 26p' Longhorns 24 0 "7c: Limburntr 27c. Kbk—SirK-tn irrsh dellverrO at Indian apolie 45047 c. Poultry Fowls. 19022 c: Leghorn*. 13 0114 - dock* 15018 c

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Besi Porkers Worth $12.10 —Bulk of Calves sl3 Down. —Hon Price Range— Dec. Bulk. Ton. Receipt*. 2. 12 25 12.25 51)00 3. 12.15 12.25 5.500 4. 12.25 12.25 3.500 8. 12.40 12.40 _ 3.000 7. 12.25 12.25 8.500 8. 12.0n 12.00 8.000 t 9. 12.00 12.10 7.500 The hog market at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange remained steady today in spite of a 10 to 15 cents increase in the major competing field. The estimate for the current run was 7,300. There w°re 894 lielij over from Wednesday. Best porkers brought $12.10. For the bulk sl2 was paid. Packing sows sold at [email protected], being steady to 23 cents higher. Hog Price Range The two-weight scale continued ill use. Hogs between 120 and 300 pounds sold at sl2 per hundredweight. Those 300 pounds and over were quoted at $11.50@12. steady. Cattle receipts were estimated as [1,200. The market continued steady. | Beef steers brought $7.501g?11.50; bulk i stock and feeder steers, [email protected]; [ beef cows, ss@7; and low cutters and cutter cows, $3.50i?f4.75. Calves Steady The calf market was steady today. Estimated receipts were 1.000. The bulk sold at Wednesday's closing price. Top was $13.50, the maximum paid the preceding day. Estimates placed the sheep and lamb receipts at 600. Fat lambs were steady. Natives went for $12.25 down. Some clippers brought $10.50. Others unchanged were: Bulk cull lambs. $5.30Ji8.50; ewes. $7 down, and bucks. s3<i.i3. Buck fat lambs were ?110 12.23. —Hoc*— RuelDl*. 7.500: market *t*a<ly. 1 20-300 lb* *12.00 300 Ib*. 12.00 —Cattle— Ker-iipt*. 1.200: market strailv. Beef tn r* 57.590 11.50 Bulk Mocker and feeder steer* 8 "80 7.75 Bi - ( rave •... . 5.00 g 700 Low iM>*.tt-r* ai.d cutter cow* 3 hOfr 475 —Clvr— P.ei-eipt*. 1.000: market *le;ily. Best vealera •.$12.5041 13.50 Heavy Calve* 0.500 8.50 —8 bis D Hi cripi* 800: market steady. Top fat lamb* $13.25 Bulk mil imi In 11.000 12.25 Bulk cull lamba 5.50 0 8.50 Ewe* 7.00 down Buck* .- 300 0 600 TRAFFIC CASE IS SEE FOB DEC. 15 Constable Claimed He Had •Parking Privilege.’ After plyadfng not guilty to nine charges of violating the traffic laws. Constable C. \V. Freeman, of I Justice of Peace Edward Dietz's Court, tried to introduce evidence that lie had permission to park as i lie pleased in the court of Municipal Judge Dan V. White. Freeman tried to introduce a letter purportng to be from Don Robberts, assistant city attorney, giving him parking permission. This was overruled by the court. - John Friday, board of safety mem her. one of the men who Freeman said had given him permission to park? said it was untrue, that he did not even know the constable. The trial was continued to Dec. 15. Defense attorneys said they will have Police Chief Claude F. Johnson, Mayor Duvall and O. P. Haskett, president of the board of safety, at the trial to prove Freeman had parking privileges. U. S., Russia to Get League Invitation Bn United Prcn* GENEVA, Dec. 9.—The League of Nations council today decided to invite the United States and Soviet Russia to participate in an international economic conference to con vene in Geneva May 4. The purpose of the conference would be to further the work of post-'war economic rehabilitation.

ELABORATE WINE PALACE RAIDED Luxury Found at Kenzington Club in Chicago. Bn United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 9.—Federal of ficials of this district today were prepared to fuKiish Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews with additional evidence in his fight to obtain a $300,000 fund for all enlarged force of liquor spies. The evidence comes from a sensational raid conducted last night upon a deluxe establishment which the officers said was a wine salon that for elaborateness has not been equalled in any raid ever conducted. Called the Kenzington Club, the place raided was Incorporated, under the laws of Illinois and occupied a three-story building. According to officials, the raid was made possible by evidence obtained by two •’under-cover’* men—the tvpe of officers that Andrews wishes to hire. pursepresenTed VICTIMS BE FIRE I v $2,000 Less From Blaze east of City. A one-story frame house, seven miles southeast of the city, on Independence Rd., owned and occupied by John Mills, was destroyed by tire today. The loss was estimated at $2,000. The Indianapolis fire department was called and Squad 25 of Irvington. under Capt. Dan Hill, fought the blaze. (Inly water from a small well Jva.s available. Over'heating of a stove caused ihe Firemen collected a fund to aid the unfortunate family. "Within the past year two children In the family have died, neighbors said. Mrs. Huls was at a neighboring store when tlie fire broke out. A child was at school. COLLINS WARS ON BOY AUTO THIEVES Two Sentenced —Says Situation Appalling. Declaring thefts of automobiles by youths lias brought about “an appalling situation,” Judge James A. Collins of Criminal Court today announced lie will cooperate with police officials in the prosecution of boy auto bandits. the police department has cut the average number of daily auto thefts from twelve to two or three within the last few weeks and that the court will severely punish any persons indicted and found gully on thse charges. John Millirons, 17, charged with theft of ten autos for "joy riding” purposes, was sentenced to one year at the Indiana State Farm. HersclTrt—Lgwi.s, is, who pleaded guiltv to the tliett of three autos with Millirons. was sentenced to the county jail until noon, Dec. 24, and fined $23. In the Sugar Market (By Thomson & McKinnon) NT2W YORK. Dec. 9—Firmness in face of further active profit-taking 1 characterise! ypHtorday h sugar futures market. Whether the report that the 4..%00.0()0-tou crop decree would come overnight had anythin? to do with the action of the market is not of ho much importance. Selling at this Piaffe lias been a urood tldtur for the market. The support which has appeared a* price.** decline, however, has lieen indicative of the trade.

-By Williams

INDUSTRIES DROP DESPITE ACTIVITY ON WALLSTREET Favorable Appearing Made by Minor Motor Lists. By E. Walter Mocltler NEW Y'ORK, Dec. 9.—Despite a great show of activity and support in the last hour of yesterday’s trading. the industrial averages again settled lower. The market itself is filled with rumors of pending favorable. action, but the downward trend has not been checked. Quite a few of the minor motors presented a more favorable appearance, however. Jordan, one of the weakest of the independent motors on the decline, rallied sharply. Bears who have short positions in many of the motor stocks took warning from this example and started covering. This firmed up the group considerably. Market Professional \ The market is so entirely professional in control as to render day to day movements almost meaningless. Woolworth sold off nearly three points, following publication of the details of the long expected stock dividend. According to these terms, stockholders will receive a Christmas melon of a 30 per cent stock dividend. In round numbers this should lie worth $32,500,000. At the present time Woolworth has 2,600.800 shares out. This will be icreased to 3,900,000 shares, on the basis of one new for each two old held by the company. Tlje company’s stock is $23 par value. Hails Hopeful A good buying movement developed among the northwestern carriers. For some time there has been a feeling in the market that Great Northern, as well as Chicago & Northwestern, was in line for better treat ment in the way of dividends. Nat urally such a belief has been reflected in the entire group despite the very obvious fact that any such action would completely eliminate the advantages of the St. Paul receivership as an argument toward higher rates in the territory served. Wall Street received quite a surprise when Secretary Mellon announced that the treasury would offer $200,000,000 in 3% per cent certificates on Dec. 15. The Street has been expecting this financing, but private calculations made as to the amount which would probably be required placed it considerably above the comparatively modest amount asked. There is no question but that the offering will he taken very quickly. DOHENYS TESTIFY ABOUT FALL LOAN Defendant, His Wife and Son Take Stand. Pu T'piled /’res* WASHINGTON, Doc. 0. —E. L. Do heny, Sr., his wife and his son, E. L Doheny, Jr., all took the witness stand here today in the trial of Do heny, Sr., and Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, on charges of conspiracy. Mrs. Doheny was the first of the trio to testify. She was followed by her son. They told the story of the SIOO,OOO loan made to Fall before the Elk Hills oil leases and Pearl Harbor tank contracts were awarded Doheny. Rear Admirals Robert E. Koontz and William C. Cole called by the defense to aid its contention that the Pearl Harbor oil tank contracts were made by E. L. Doheny. millionaire, as a matter of- patriotism, were permitted only to generalize, saying that the maintenance of an adequate naval base at Hawaii is “vital.” LAKE SHIPS RACE ITU WEATHER Freed From Ice, Now Strive to Make Port. Be fulled Press SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dee. 9. —With the ice jam, which since Dec. 1 lleet of ships in the record of Great Lakes traffic, definitely broken, skippers, of the vast fleet were hurrying today In an effort to beat approaching bad weather. More than 100 grain-laden vessels today were gliding carefully through the treacherous ice still filling the N< bish cut, as they headed south for Buffalo. The majority of them contained just enough coal to reach port. Some may be forced to use part of cargoes for fuel.

Museum Found in Stomach Bu United Press BICKNELL, Ind.. Dec. 9 —A collection of 1,389 buttons, coins and pieces of metal were exhibited here as having been taken from the stomach of Mrs. TTert Hahn. Mrs. Hahn says she can only remember swallowing a dime when she was a child.

Why a Policeman 7 s Hair Gets Gray Police have various and sundry duties. Early today polite went lo College Ave. and Thirteenth St., on call of irate citizens attempting to sleep, A horn on an auto was short circuited. Police broke the contact and all was well.

FIVE OEAD IN INDIANA BLAST (Continued From l’age 1) home immediately to make room for their comrades. Relatives Gather The crowd of bystanders grew larger as news of the accident spread through the mining community. Families of the entrapped men stood by, some weeping, others quietly waiting. Only immediate families of the most seriously injured were allowed to go to the hospital with their men. The story circulated among those around ihe shaft was the Black, one of the dead, was responsible for ihe explosion. It was sad lie disregarded a sign winning that a certain portion of the mine was dangerous because of a gas pocket. Black worked on the night shift. He returned with the day men to recover a watch he had left in the diggings, it was reported, and set off gas, while going to or returning from the place. . Two Crawl Out Five of the injured miners were carried from the mouth of the shaft soon after the explosion. They had just started down in the cage when the blast occurred at G. 20 this morning. Two hours later two dazed workers crawled to safety through a manway. They could tell but little of what had occurred inside the mine. The sides of the shaft, had been caved in, they said. Ran for Mamvay “When we heard the explosion we ran toward the manway,” one said. "We have been struggling up ever since.” It was impossible to learn the exact situation at the shaft or how soon rescue workers might burrow through the debris. Ventilators were still working in the mine, however. The shaft, more than five hundred feet deep, reached a vein of No. 4, Indiana coal, which is classed as "gaseous.” BLASTS PREVENTABLE I'. S. engineer Urges Safety Law for Indiana. “Mine explosions such as the one today at Princeton can largely he prevented through the exercise of proper safety methods,” declared 'J. J. Forbes, chief engineer of the extension service of the United States bureau of mines. Forbes addressed this morning the adjourning session of the second State-wide industrial conference Which opened Tuesday at the Claypool, on “Coal Mine Safety Devices.” Law Needed “Indiana needs a law compelling mine operators to utilize rock dusting as an explosion preventive," Forbes continued. “The process consists of blowing powdered limestone into the mine to make the coal dust mixture less than 35 per cent volatile coal and the remainder the nonexplosive rock dust. “This expedient reduces the danger of explosion incomparably, by rendering the loose material mV der twenty-mesh size involatile. “Water applied to the drilling hits used in undercutting is also advisable, ns it wets the dust as formed and prevents it from sifting through the air.” Used Canary Forbes demonstrated the use of oxygen as a resuseitator for carbon monoxide poisoning, by stupifying a canary bird in a cage before the convention and restoring it by applying oxygen. Other speakers were H. W. Heinrich of the Travelers Insurance Company, who spoke on “What Safety Means to the Employer;” W. J. Hockett, safety director of the General Electric Company, who spoke on ‘Safety at Our Plant," and Dr. Cameron A. Leatherman, safety drector of the General Motors Company at Muncie, wh ospoke on “Industrial Safety in the % Automobile Industry.” INSPECTORS SENT State Mine Bureau Head Orders Five Men to Scene. Chief Albert C. Daily of the In diana bureati, of mines immediatelydispatched five deputy inspectors to the scene of the disaster. Deputies taking part in the invest! gation are John Ellison, John Stevey, Thomas Gillespie, James A. Russell and S. J. Wilton. RED CROSS AT WORK Evansville Chapter Sends Stricken Area Relief. , Marcus Sonntag, chairman of the Evansville branch of the American Red Cross, left for Princeton todaji with doctors, nurses, and surgical supplies, according to William Fortune. chairman of the Indianapolis branch of the Red Cross. More supplies will be sent and other "doctors and nurses are in -readiness to depart for the stricken area if further need develops, Fortune said. COUNT SALM CASE HALTS Compromise Rumored As Hearing Is Adjourned to Jan. 17. Bn United Prrsr NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Trial of the separation suit- brought by Count Ludwig Salm against his wealthy and socially prominent wife, the former Milllcent Rogers, today was adjourned until Jan. 17. with indications it would not appear in the courts again. Rumors spread about the courthouse that the move presaged a settlement out of court but the opposing attorneys would not comment.

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ENFORCEMENTOF DRV LAW COSTS 19 LIVES IN YEAR Arrests Total 72,700 —Fines and Forfeitures, $5,23f,000. Bnl niled Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—Prohibition agents confiscated more than 27,500,000 gallons of intoxicants in the last fiscal year and made 72,700 arrests for dry law violations, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair announced today. Enforcing tinprohibition laws cost nineteen lives. Thirteen persons were killed by dryagents and six Federal officers lost their lives in line of duty. Federal sleuths captured 12,227 distilleries, 12,248 stillsl, 137.500 fermenters and still worms, 5.935 nu tomoblles i ul 187 boats used for rum smugggling. Wildcat breweries lma 14,220,000 gallons qf beer to the Federal agents, twice ns much a.. was confiscated last year. Agents seized 1,247,000 gallons of whisky and rum, 808,600 gallons of wine and 193,000 gallons of hard eider. Raids on moonshiners netted 12,248,900 galllons of mash. Dry law violators lost to the Government property valued at more than $13,000,000. The treasury collected more than $5,231,000 in fines and forfeitures for dry law violations and $116,197 in taxes and penalties on intoxicants and alcohol manufactured. POLICE ARE GIVEN CLEW TO BANDITS Crime Wave Here Temporarily Recedes. Th’e crime wave which recentlystruck the city temporarily receded Wednesday night and today. No lilllng station holdups avers reported. ™ Captain Walter White received a “tip” on the license number and kind of auto used by two tilling station bandits. Police are investigating two youths answering the description of the bandits. Yeggmen failed in an effort to open a safe in the office of Capitol City Fuel Company office. State and Deloss Sts. Manager Thomas Fitzgerald said the combination was bat tered off hut nothing taken. Sergeant Wilson slated two women and two men following a raid on Apt. 2 of 901 N. Jersey St. at 3 a. m. Wilson said an automatic pistol was found in one of the men’s cars. The women were held on statutory charges. NICARAGUA ASKS AMERICANS’ AIO Conservative Faction May Enlist Army Officers. Bii United Ptesf MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Dec. 9. Two retired American army officers were preparing today to take ovei a strategic fortress and an arsenal here to aid the Diaz Conservative regime if the Liberal forces pf Dr. Juan Sacaska march on the capital of the Diaz government. Maj. Clavin B. Carter, chief of the Nicaraguan constabulary and a former officer of the Philippine constabulary, and Major Rodriguez. U. S. A., retired, are the officers. SLAYING ATTEMPT FAILS Six Men Fire on Agent of Nicaraguan Liberals. Bn United Press MEXICO CITY. Dee. 9.—An attempt to assassinate Dr. Raoul He peda, agent of the Nicaraguan Liberal government, failed last night when six men in a passing touring car fired pistol shots through the windshield of an automobile carrying Dr. Zepeda and a chauffeur, slightly wounding the latter. DENIES AIDING REBELS Guatemalan Foreign Office Makes Statement. Bu United I’ress GUATEMALA, Dee. 9.—The foreign office denies reports that the Guatemalan government had aided the Nicaraguan revolutionists yvho are attempting to overthrow the Conservative Diaz regime.

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