Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD, OKftOOX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1929.
No. 212.
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Bootleg High Finance.
A Woman Is a Person.
xjf hey Don't Want Freedom
The Fate of Old Men.
(Copyright by King Features
' Syndicate, Inc.)
i
j The hinh fiiiiincnif; of crime,
I on n liootlpjj-pi'oliibition basis,
j puzzles tile authorities. They
wonder how Sir. "Senr .Face
j A" Cnponc, safe in a Plain-
j dolphin prison, could send
j checks for litrjjp sums to usso-
eiates, outside, cancel t h e
! checks, carry on a regular busi-
ness.
;. .
; The authorities wonder how
! tlic bootlcuKci'S could establish
' a code system with a respect
i iible bank, and they ask the
I jl;nik to explain the code, by
j which bootleg money was ilis
i tributed.
Minute details of bootleg fin
, ance, handling bnudreds of mil
lions a year, are interesting,
; not important.
H
Hut very important is the
fact that prohibition, expected
to "empty the prisons" and di
minish crime, lias made possible
. the financing of crime ,011 a ba
sis never dreamed of, and high
ly dangerous to the nation.
M
A 'bear is said to live all win
ter on his own fat. ltut he can
not, eontinue doing so all sum
mer. The new criminal-class, which
constitutes n complete training
school and university of crime,
is living just now on its own
membership. ' Tiuhman' 1 slldOft
gunman, racketeeer uses the
"chopper," or machine gun, on
liis fellow racketeers.
Hut Hint will not last always.
When the new school of
crime turns its attention to re
spectability; when it takes, per
haps, a few interfering rcspcct-f
ables for "ono way rides,
something will have to be done.
Kvon now authorities sug
gest that bootleggers may have
dealt with banks on n basis of
intimidation.
The kidnaping of one New
Jersey banker remains unex
plained. ,
The Canadian supreme court
decided that "a woman is not
n person, therefore not. iiuali-
licd to sit in tlia Canadian sen
ate."
The Hritisli privy council,
overuling Canada's decision,
decides that a woman is a per
son. Years nave passed since Eng
lish law sought to protect wom
en by ruling that n husband
(Continued on Poge Four)
If ilio prlnop n' Vnlcn win ioor
mi" Mill limlif lily nlMilit bcrnnilir
nn ptcrtrnul engineer or n doctor
Ih-i1 born married limn ngt. Tin'
name, .luiiou Slum?, o Ihp fHm
nerutlc nntlminl executive com
mitter. Mrt ' make a llfi'-hmg
m-inm-mt feci like tlie party win
sllpiiln' nwny from lilm.
T
URN
BACK
Ill HONOR
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Golden Jubilee Celebration
of Light Invention Harks
Back to Days When Wiz
ard of East Orange Was
Peanut ButcherHoover
Ride Replica Grand Trunk
Train of 1862.
By James 1j. West
(A.ssoi-iatt'd Press Stuff Writer)
DICAnnOHN, Mich., Oct. 21.
(P) Greeted by a driving ruin and
a liicinK chill. President Hoover
arrived here at U:30 a. m. today
to participate in the golden jubilee
celebration of the invention of the j
incandescent electric lamp by ,
Thomas A. Edison.
The president and Mrs. Hoover
were met at the Hiver Rougue
transfer station by Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ford find Mr. and Mrs.
Edison. They boarded the Ford
train, a reproduction of an old
train of the Grand Trunk railroad. .
for Smiths Creek station at the en-
trance of the early American vil
lage, constructed here for Mr.
Ford. The presidential party and
their hosts posed for pictures tie
fore boarding the train. The train
of olden days proved a curiosity
for the presidential party. There
were three coaches, each painted
in gay colors and decorated out
side with scenes of colonial days
in this country.
KiikIiic Burns Whh1
The cotfehes were hauled by a
woodburning locomotive and each1
car had a wood stove going nt
full blast. There were old style
ol burning lamps to illuminate
the cars but no illumination was
needed. Upholstered seats with
bronze sldearms proved comfort
able. The president and Mrs. Hoover
and their hosts entered the. -rear
coach and thc moved through the
train to the ono immediately be
hind the engine and its tender
which was piled high with cord
wood. Tho train moved along at
a fair pace over the two mile
stretch of track to tho entrance
of the early American village.
Km I i so n Sells Fruit
During the trip on the old train,
Mr. Kdison turned ttmo back moVc
than half a century to reenact his
boyhood role of news butcher. He
had a basket of fruit which he
sold for real money, insisting on
collecting from his customers.
LTpon the arrival at Smith's
Creek station the president and
Mrs. Hoover" inspected the old train
which Is a reproduction eft the old
OVand Trunk train from which
Mr. Edison In 1862 was forcibly
ejected because chemicals with
which he-experimented in the bag
gage car when he was not selling
newspapers in the other cars, spill
ed on tho floor of tho car, set it
on firo and Incensed the train
crew.
The locomotive with Its bulging
smoke stock and two enormous
drivers was called the "Sam HUT
and on each side of the head
light were the word "Tho Pres.
dent."
The name on the tender was
"Atlantic and Gulf R. R."
Post For Pictures
The president and Mrs. Hoover
then posed for pictures with tho
engineer, William T. Black, whom
Mr. Hoover greeted warmly.
Mr. Hoover showed interest In
a nearby snwmill where nn old
time saw was humming as it cut
up the cordwood lengths for the
locomotive.
Turning back to the station, Mr.
and Mrs. Hoover received the dis
tinguished guests who had been
invited here by Mr. Ford for tho
golden jubilee celebration. They
Included Owen' D. Young, chair
mrn of the board of the General
Electric company: John D. Rocke
feller .Jr.. Governor Fred W.
Green, of Michigan and several
others.
' ' Inspect Sin I Ion
Then there was nn Inspection
of the red brick station, brought
Intact from Us original site not far
from Port Huron on the Port Huron-Detroit
mute. It was at this
station that Edison was discharged
as a newsboy and began his career
as a telegrapher.
A rlri7.Kllng rnln fell throughout
the reception at the Smith's Creek
station and the president left off
his formal clothes, wearing n dork
gray overcont and a peary gray
fedora hat.
As the party started for the Ford
home, the president and Mrs.
Hoover entered a town car with
Mr. rnd Mrs. Edison. Mrs. Hoover
relinquished her place on the hack
seat for 'the famous Inventor, who
rode beside the president with
Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Edison on
the folding seats In front.
Klnmnn Klll.il
WORCHSTK.R. Man,. Ort. 21
(PI One fireman wan killed and a
dozen were seriously Injured In a
fire which destroyed a warehouse
hlnrk thin morning. Lieut. Carl
It. Swenson u killed when n
wall toppled on firemen who were
wllhln the building.
OM EDISON
Stork Busy Sunday;
Leaves Three Boys
in Local Families
Old man stork, who would
Just, us .soon disregard the
Stihlmth as not, cuught up
on his work and deposited
three husky boys at the Sac- !
red Heart Hospital within a
4 few hours of each other yes-
terdny.
As a result, Mr. and Mrs.
A. K. Dorsey ure the parents
of a seyen pound, 13 ounce
son; Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Wi-
- mer are the parents of a
young- man weighing eight
pounds and three and one-
4 half ounces,' ujul Mr. and Mrs.
P. R. linteman lire the par-
ents of a lad of six pounds,
five and three-fourths ounces.
Mrs. Marguerite King Shoots
Self in Breast After Quar
rel With Chicago Writer
Daughter Grants Pass
Pioneer.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 21 (P)
Mrs. Marguerite C; Kins, 38, a
widow, killed herself early today
In the hote room of Pnrlte lirowne,
political writer of tin! Chicago Trib
une. She shot herself twice in the
breast with a .22 caliber pistol be
longing to Browne.
lirowne told police that he had
known Mrs. King, who came from
Grants Pass, Ore., for about two
years and that they had quarreled
a fortnight ago.
When Browne returned to his
room shortly after midnight this
morning, Mrs. King was there, be
said. She appeared disconsolate
and he asked her what the matter
was.
In reply, Browne told police, the
woman drew (he pistol from her
handbag and shot herself twice be
fore he could prevent her.
GRANTS PASS. Ore., Oct. 21.
(VP) Mrs. Marguerite C. King, 38,
who shot herself to death in Chi
cago Inst night, was the daughter
of the la(e Frank South, pioneer
mining man of Grunts Pass. Her
first husband, Jack King, died sev
eral years ago and later she mar
rled a Mr. Drake, salesman for n
Chicago hook company. The con
pie were divorced moid than a year
ago.
Mrs. King was here last summer,
returning from Indianapolis, where
she was to take charge of a book
store. It is believed she stopped
In Chicago to visit friends.
Acquaintances of Mrs. King here
were surprised at the reports that
she committed suicide. Self-destruction,
several of them said,
would be "out of character" for
her.
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Tho fourth car of noscs( offered
on the Detroit market, sold nt
auction today at an average oi'
$4.03 por box, the Winter Pear
Committee, Inc., was udvUed 'this
afternoon.
Tho average price by sixes, ac
cording to Information received by
the committee, was as folluwt;
KO'h to 135' $4.03
150 s 4.03
165 il 4.00
180" and smaller 3. "5
The fourth . car , had very few
boxen of . lorae siis, , however, A
brisk demnnd 'for sixes 110, J2d
and 135. held up the- average. ' .
Por tho first time, slhco tho Detroit-Hose
campaign, was opened,
OctolMT 7 ,6no' o the Inl-gcat
chain stores', Jn.t f-fclrolt - bought
freely nnd over half the car sold
today was purchased by them. This
Insures the Rose a wider rango of
buyers nnd publicity.
The fifth car of Honrs Is now
being conditioned and will be
placed on sale this week, In. time
for the week-end buying.
SENATE REFUSES SEND
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (PI
The senate today refused to send
the tariff bill hack to Its finance
committee with Instructions to re
vise the measure and limit rate
changes to farm products only.
IIP. WOMAN IS
SUICIDE IN APT.
OF JOURNALIST
QUESTIONED IN
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lone Ord, show girl, was held In New Orleam In connection wRh
the death of Jack Kraft, New York newspaper pressman. Miss Ord
told officers that there had been a fight aboard the boat from which
Kraft disappeared. Hla body waa later found in the Mississippi.
PATRONAGE FOR
Reply to Florida Protest On
Appointment ; of Federal
Attorney Says Political
, Reasons Not Basis of Se
lection. WASHINGTON.. Oct. 21. (IP)
President Hoover, in reply to a pro
test from Kloridu over the appoint
ment of a federal uttorney, bus an
nounced It Is the duty of the chief
executive to make selections on the
basis of public service and not for
political reasons.
The letter, made public at the
White House today, was In reply
to a communication from Fred li.
Ilrltten, secretary of the Republi
can party In Kloridn, on the np
iwintmcnt of Federal District At
torney Hughes. It asserted the
Florida secretary and other Re
publican leaders In that slate had
overlooked the "prliaary responsi
bility" Incumbent on the chief ex
ecutive "to appoint men to public
office who will execute the Ibwh
of the United Stales with Integ
rity and without fear, favor or ikj
lltical collusion."
"I note your demand," the letter
said, "that tho organization shall
dictate appointments In Kloridn Ir
respective of merit or my respon
sibility and that you appealed to
the opponents of tho admlnislra
tion to attack me. Tho success of
tho Republican pnrty rests upon
good government, not on patron
age." BY OWN GUN AT SALEM
8AI.KM. Ore., Ort. 21. (Pi
Marlon county's first hunting fa
tality this season occurred Sunday
morning when Hrro!Mhi Kusarbl.
23, a Japanese, shot himself whllr
on n hunting trip with rhrre com
panions. KilHurhl was leaving n rar near
Huong's Inndlng In thn KHzer bot
tom when the trigger of his gun
raught on the running board.
PUBLIC SEMCMUffl FOR
VIEWOFH0OVERB0X MATERIALS
Colored Baptists Settle Church Row
' With Razors and Chairs; One May Die
KVANSTON. 111., Oct. 21. (IP)
The Internal troubles of the Mount
Zlon llnptlst church (colored I
reached the razor stage yesterday.
Three deacons were seriously In
jured. One, Samuel Sanders, wns
slashed across the neck and may
die. Twenty members of thn con
gregation were cut nnd bruised.
Three persons were arrested. In
cluding t'to pnstur, the Rev. 0. A.
I.om:, nnd Blmon Matthews and
Alex Corbln, deacons. Should the
wounded Sanders tlie, police suld
charges nf murder would be made
against the three.
For n year there has been trou
ble between one faction of the
.church and the pnslor. Yester
day's meeting was under a court
LOUISIANA DEATH
Associated Vrtas Photo
JACKSON TREES
; Fruit' Growers' Supply Co. of
San Francisco Buys 640
Acres Near State Line
Will Build Spur Railroad
From Hilt. -
ROSKHl'no, Ore., Oct. 21 W)
Nine' tr.'ictrt of government timber
In seven counties were sold by tho
United States Land Office nt Rose
burg today. The largest purchase
was made by the Fruit Growers
Supply compnny of San Francisco,
This concern buying 040 acres In
Jackson county, near tho state
line.
A spur railroad is to be con
structed from -Hilt, Cnllforniu, and
the pine timber will be cut for
box material, tho 'compnny hav
ing practically exausted 'its pres
ent holdings-.
Several additional tracts of pri
vate timber In the same vicinity
are held by the company under
option.
Purchasers nt today's sale were
ns follows:
M. D. Marsh, Noto, 41 acres,
Iine county, SHI.IiO.
i. M. Howard, Sheridan. 40 acres,
Vamhlll county, $1,300.15
Forcln nnd Tirson, Noto, 240
acres, Lane county, $10,1114.10
Wren Lumber Co., 40 acros,
Linn county, $2.01 7.73.
Chester A. Smith, Glendale, 40
acres, Douglas county, $1,202.40.
A. M. Matlock, Ventn, 40 acres,
Lane county, $1,442,118
I Sherman Lumber Co., Banks,
1 200 ncres, Washington county,
.l9.3liS.20.
j Fruitgrowers Supply Co San
' Francisco, 040 acres, Jackson
' county. $32,000.30.
Richard N. McCnrlhy, Marsh
ricld. 40, , acres, Coos county,
$5. 508. 07. .
ORKOON STATU COLLKOIO,
jcorvallls, Oct. 21. (Special)
jLiwrewe Fisher of Medford, u
graduate student nt Oregon State
irrillegt., was honored recently with
I the presliteni-y of thn Newman
rluha Catholic student organlxa
itlon. This Is one of the many
student religious oi'Kunlzntions on
thn rumpus.
order which called upon tho church
to hold an eloction iK-foro Novem
! her 4 to determine whether Long
should continue, as pastor.
I (1. W. Gibson, a deacon expelled
'n yerir ago, beKjin heckling the pas
tor and demanding reinstatement.
1 Deacon Matthews pushed forward
I and told Gibson to sit down. Blows
! were exchanged and soon the meet
ing was divided Into two sides, one
backing Glbssnn, the other support
ilng Matthews and the pastor.
! Chairs were used as clubs and pro
i Jectllcs. Razors flashed,
i Five squads of policemen were
I required to break up the battle,
i which spread to the church yurd
! and blocked traffic as motorist
j stopped to wulch thn fight.
WITNESS IS
QUIZZED ON
CRIMEHOUR
Pantages Employee Says Al
leged Assault Before 6
P. M. Forty Minutes
. Later Than Time Set By
Dancer Girl's Clothing,
Hair Not Disarranged, Is
Recollection.
LOS ANGHLUS, Oct. 21. (P)
XI m. Roao Fowler resumed her do
fense testimony at the trial of
Alexander T. Pantagea on a'atat
utory charge today, and said the
vaudeville magnate left his theater
August 9, tho day of tho alleged
assault to go to a barber shop at
5 p. m., forty minutes later than
the time fixed by Kunice Prlngle,
17 year old dancer, who brought
the charge.
Miss Prlngle stated Pantages
went to the barber shop not later
than 4:20 p. m., nnd fixed the
time of the alleged assault before
0 p. m.
On cross examination by District
Attorney Huron Fltts nnd his as
sistant, Robert P. Stewart, Mrs.
Fowler admitted she was still in
tho employ of Pnntages, nnd had
been tnklng statements from
other defenso witnesses. She snid
her husband was doputy district
attorney of StanlBlaus county and
he studied for his bar examina
tion in tho office of Joo Ford, a
defense attorney. Sho admitted
her husband had been connected
with a law firm which bears
Pantages" name.
Mrs. Fowler said she saw Miss
Prlngle in one of the offices In
the theater nt 4 p. m., August
9, but that the girl talked to no
one.-
Clothing Not Torn '
"Wag her hnlr mussed?.'-' Btew
'arp asked.''" ' ' ""f'""" -f " '
"No, she had her fiat on," Mrs.
Fowler answered.
"Was her dress torn?"
"I don't think so. She had 6
Jacket on." - ,
"You saw Pantages leave for the
barber shop at 6 p. m.-"
"Yes. I'm sure."
"When you rushed to tho cubby
hole room (where tho attack is
alleged to have been made) did
you hear the girl say anything?"
"Yes, sho suld 'There's the
beast'." '
"Did you see Roy Keeno, (a
prosecution witness) move a tnblo
Into tho cubby hole room?"
"No, we loft for tho police sta
tion at about d o'clock."
Keene nnd testified Pnntnges in
structed him to move a table into
the room, Which he did at 0:10
p. m.
Superior Judge Charles Frlcke,
presiding, questioned tho witness.
"When you heard the scream
did you run to tho little room at
once?"
"No, I was telephoning."
Ileonl Hcrramii
"When you finished, did you
henr them?"
"Yes, nnd I ran down the hall."
"As you woro running down the
limit, did you hear them?"
"Yes, they continued."
Fred T. Wise, n stato witness,
who testified ho arrived at the
door of the little room to see Miss
Prlngle fighting to got out. her
clothes torn, nnd Pnntages' clothes
In disarray, was recalled by the
defense.
Ford showed him a paper, de
scribed as an Insanity complaint
Issued ngnlnst ' him In Denver,
Colo., in 1025.
"Do you remember being con
fined for mental examination In
Denver?" Ford asked.
"Yes, I think 1 remember," Wise
nnswered.
Questions concerning tho length
of time ho was confined met slate
objections which were sustained
and Wise wna excused.
Mickey O'Neill, on employo for
eight years at the Pnntnges the
ater, then was called to tho stand
by the defense.
GRANTS PAHS, Ore., Oct 21 (P)
An Immediate survey nf the
Port of Crescent City wns ordered
today by the sennto committee
according to a message received
here from Senator Charles L. Mc
Nury of Oregon.
Action taken by tho committee,
the mesage said, may eliminate n
posslblo delay of two years in the
attempt to gain federal nbl In the
project. A meeting of the board
of United Stntes engineers nnil
representatives of various organ
isations hi to be held in Crescent
City October ti.
Tlie tntnl production nf con I In
Hie world In IIUI7 wns about Vim)
million tons.
C
o.
Bak Hunters
Hi i Bad Luck:
i Horse, Cow
I1AKI0R, C ' Oct. 21.-yP)
! Hero are v linker's entries
for tho duor hunters' story
contest, P.I2H edition:
Hunter No. 1 dismounted
from his white horse in the
4 mountains near here ynster
4 duy, beat Ms way through the
brush, circled around a hill,
saw what ho thought ttus a
deer and fired. He killed his
own horse.
4 Hunter No. 2, nt another
point, fired at a yellow anl-
nml. It fell." He did not slop
to Investigate but rushed to n
nearby ranch to get a wagon.
The runolioi' nnd wagon nc-
coinpanlcd tlie hunter to the
Boone of tho kill. It wns the
rancher's Jersey cow.
LOCAL HENS ON
FALL VACATION
EGG SUPPLY CUT
Co-Operative Manager Says
Shipment to Klamath
Falls Curtailed By Scar
city Receipts Turkey
Pool Progressing.
Tho Farm Kxclmnge Co-operative,
according to Clay D. Parker,
manager, lias been forced to cut
down on Its supply of eggs to
Klamath county because of not
enough eggs to supply the demand.
It requires a large percentage of
the avuilable eggs to supply til
local demand, which nro selling for
48 cents per dozen wholesale. The
market is high with eggs scarce.
According to the records of the
county assessor's office, there are
a 5,0 14 clilckeua and turkey., ju
Jackson county and, from the sup
ply of eggs on hand, very few of
the hens are working.
Arrangements for the turkey pool
being sponsored by the Farm Co
operative nre progressing favorably
with the raisers dally reporting
the number of birds they will have
for sale.
Shipping of turkeys to the New
York market will Btart November
4 and continue until November 10.
Shipments on and between these
dates will reach the market in
time for tho Thanksgiving buying
tor which a majority Of the valley
birds will be made. Any shipment
after that data will be made by
express. Six to 10 carloads of tur
keys are expected to be shipped
from this district.
Savage & Company of New York
City, buyers, will post an "Irrevoc
able credit" with the Jackson
County hank with authority to pay
from 30 to 33 centB per pound
when a car Is loaded and ready for
shipment. The nmount advanced
laBt season was 33 cents. The ad
vance for this year has not been
determined.
f-
WUAKEIHV
A telegram was received yester
day from the Detroit Fruit Auction
company by tho Winter Pear Com
mittee, Inc., David It. Wood, chair
man, stilting Hint the Detroit trade
was "enthusiastic about Dose
pears," and "that the growers can
depend on Detroit to take a big
volume next year nt attractive
prices, provided pears are condi
tioned nnd offerings properly con
trolled." The mesniiKO also suys that In
terest In Hoses has bocn stimulated
by radio addresses nnd newpaper
announcements.
The word lent encouragement to
I he pear conimlllce and tho locnl
growers nnd pnekors, who are co
operating In making thii Rosu cam
paign In Detroit a success.
Tho telegram from The Detroit
Fruit Auction company, in full, Is:
Detroit, Mich.. Oct. 10.
Medl'ord Winter Penr Com., Inc.
Dr. It. Wood, President,
Medford, Oregon.
Trade here enthusiastic on Rose
pears stimulated hy radio an
nouncements nnd nddrcss by Pro
fessor llartninn. Ilelicvo growers
can deend on Detroit to take big
volume next year at Attractive
prices provided pears conditioned
and offerings controlled properly.
DKItTHOIT FRUIT AUCTION
COMPANY.
Ry C. O. Hrowti, Gen. Mgr.
Timber Filler Killed
ROHKIUHiO, Ore.. Oct. 21. (VP)
J. V. Brady. 40, a timber faller,
Wns killed today at Glendale by n
falling tree. '
DETROIT MARKET
SCRAMBLE
10 UNLOAD
IN WALLS!
Record Selling Movement
Drives Stocks to New
Low Levels Turnover
May Surpass Eight Mil
lion Shares Powerful
, Pools Unable to Check
Downward Trend Prices.
NEW YORKIC, Oct. 21. lP)
Tho stock market was subjected
to ono of the most overpowering
selling movements in Its history
today. lioth the New York stock
and curb exchunge tickers fell
more than an hour behind the
breath-taking pace of trading, ns
leading shares tumbled $5 to $35.
The enormous turnover of stock
promises to approximate, ir noi
surpass, the March 26 record on
the stock exchange of 8,24ti,?40
shares. '
Repeated efforts wore mado by
powerful Interests to support the
market, but they met with little
success until after scores of issues
had broken f5 to $35 a share,
many to new lows for the year.
Tho selling represented an enor
mous liquidation of weakened
margin accounts, and ' unloading
by discouraged traders who have
felt keenly the sharp declines of
the past six weeks. Selling orders
poured into tho market from all
parts of the country and from
abroad.
Auburn Ilnril Hit
Auburn Auto tumbled $35 to a
price of $340 which contrasts with
Its high point of the year of $514.
Tho utilities, many of which are
now selling from $20 to $100 or
more under their peak prices
reached in early September, were
conspicuously weak. Such Issues
as American Waterworks, Amerl
co.n, Power and Light, North Amei .
lean, Electric. Investors, Paelflo
Lighting, Standard Gas and Elec
tric, and Stone & Webster dropped
$0 to $14.'
General .Electric, which opened
more thnn $4 higher, soon showed
a- net loss of more than $12. V.
S. Steel, YoungBtown Sheet nnd
Tube, Republic Steel, Atchison,
Pere Marquette, Radio, National
Jliscult, National Cash Register
and Allied Chemical were among
shares dropping from $4 to $10.
Sell 80,000 HliarCH
Cities Borvlce, which has climb
ed steadily on the curb during re
cent months from nbout $28 to
above $68, opened with n block of
80,000 shares, one of the largest
transactions In the history of the
market, a Utile above $65, but
soon sngged to around $60,
High priced shares continued to
hold a prominent place In the de
moralized selling. Commercial Sol
vents (old) broko to 627, a loss
of 138 points. Auburn Auto lost
45, Geoples Gas 15 and Second
National Investors 10. In tho finnl
hour the ticker was running 7B
minutes into. Sales approximated
7,000,000 shares.
SECRET TARIFF
TOLD TO LOBBY
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. W
An office memorandum of the
Connecticut - Manufacturers' asso
ciation showing Information on
thn secret tariff rate making ses
sions of tho senate finance com
mittee was produced today at tho
sennto lobby investigation commit
tee hearing.
Tho memorandum was written
by J. K. Wuichut, an official of
tho association, to Charles I..
Kyanson. assistant to the asso
ciation president, who aided Sena
tor IMnghnm, Republican, Connec
ticut, a member of the finance
committee during Its deliberations
on the tnrlff meusure. - -
Tho ; paper was produced by
Senator. Walsh', Dcrnocra 'M(.n-.
tnnn, as Kyanson was recalled by
the committee, - It relnted the
opposition of Chairman Smoot and
Senators Kdge and Reed, Republi
cans, members of the finance com
mlttce In the . secret session! of
tho committee, to the 10 per cent
duty qn rough bored shotgun bar
rels. ,
Kyanson, on being shown ft
photostatic copy of the memo
randum, said ho did not remember
It. s
"Do you suppose," Walsh asked,
"that Mr. Wulchot, a subordinate
of yours, had such familiarity
with the majority members of tha
finance committee ns to obtnln
this Information?"
"No lr," F.ynnson replied,
"I suppose we will have to ask
Mr. Wulchet about It," WAIsh
observed,
SESSIONS
WERE