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THE EVENING JOURNAL. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.

1928 TWENTY-SEVEN LOCAL SECURITIES MfflNIC'SLIi MAYMAKENEON WALL STREET BRIEFS QUESTION ARISES GEN.MOTOUSMAY ENTERAIR FIELD Yellow Trutk Named as Manufacturing Co. in New Project PREFERRED STOCK OF LATTER BOUGHT The committee ot 15 of the New-York Cotton Exchange is making progress to establish a control committee and to provide for limitation of contracts and for deliveries of cotton in the south as we'd as In New York. With the return of nearly all members of the exchange from vacations, the committee plans to speed its work and submit a report to the board of managers at an early dale. The Wayne rump Company, Fort Wayne, is negotiating to acquire two mid-western manufacturers of gasoline filling station equipment to take care of a record of volume of orders. Dannge to properties of the Fajardo Sugar Company in Porta Rico by the West Indian hurricane Is less than was first reported.

Estimated cane lass on all plantations now Is put at between 25 and 30 per cent. Three centrals of the United Porto Sugar Company suffered severely. Stockholders ot New York Title and Mortgage Company will vote October 10 on an increa.se of 50.000 shares In authoried capital to 200.000. The new stock will be ottered at $300 a shares. One share for each three held.

An extra dividend ot 1 per cent and a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent were authoried. GMUII.DK FMJMTI) Truck Division to Build at Once at Thirty-second and Market FINE SHOW ROOM TO BE INCLUDED The truck division of the General Motors Corporation, it was learned today, has completed plans for an $80,000, one-story building with department and fctunv rooms, to bo erected on the southeast corner of Thirty-second and Market streets Actual construction work w.ll be started within a week by the Smith, Harding Company, of Philadelphia, contractors. The building 'iU ready for occupancy by tha first of the ear. Tho bul'dlng will have a 73-foot frontage on Market street and a 220-foot frontage on Thlrty-uecond street. It will be one story high.

Showrooms for the display of Gcn-f real Motors trucks, Yellow Cabs and Coach's and Pontine- commercial will Da placed along the Market street front snd 75 feet in depth. The remainder of the building will devoted to tho department, the entrance! of which will be on Thirty-second street. The property was formerly owned by the Packard Motor Car Company, cf Detroit, who decidrd to abundon plans for ercling a building Hi. The was throimh T. H.

OTooie. of this c.t). Guy Ford, realty broker, part Of the propria Invoiv.d In the dtv.i. RADIO PATENT 115,1) VALID BY COURT A decision of Inmost to the radio tube Industry and to manufacturers of Incandescent electric lamia was rendered bv th United KlaU's Circuit Court of Appeals, In Philadelphia, which thft patent, owned by tho General Electric Company, on proic for making filaments of drawn tungsten who was held to be valid. TlimuKh the ruling tho General IC'cctrlc scored a victory over the De-Forest Radio Company, who it averred, had Infringed tho patent, and who won the case In the Federal District Court of Delaware several months ago, when JutiRfl Hurh Morris dismissed the holding the patent Invalid.

This decision, however, is reversed, though the Appellate Court sustained the finding that the "product claims," of, the patent are Invalid. CARD OK TIIANM. Mr. Offline HMarr mid (itmliy wlnri to thank ttlpnds irnd ntiRiibors (or their during their b-reavunfnt. 96 NOTICE.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY will hold 1 Primary Elrrttnn, on Sturdr. Sfptfmbpr 71, bdwem the hours ot 1 nd 7 oclurn (standard tlrael, (or the purpose ot selecting rtndldttr lr tin following olflrei: OF THE PEACE. PKOl'HONOTABY, CLERK OT THK ORPHANS' COURT. RK01OTER IN CHANCERY. RKCKIVKK OF TAXB'4.

COMPTROLLER. SHKRIFP. CORONER. STATE SENATOR. KKl'UESEN I'ATIVES.

INSPECTORS. rolling places will bo as follows: FIRST WARD, First Primary Ills! net Comprising First, Srcoiid and TliiLl Elivtkm Districts. Polling iiliioe, SU W. Fourth St. BKCONU WARD.

First rrlmart IHstrkt-Comprising First, Second and Third District. Poll, lug placa, t) K. Second fit. Mocoiid 1'rlmarv District-Comprising Fourth, Fltlh. thxtn and Krvrnth Election District.

Polling place, 1211 Lobdcll St. THIRD WARD. First Primary I strict Comprising First. Third and Filth Election Districts, polling plscs. N.

E. Cor. Filth and Jefferson 8ts, Second Primary DistrictComprising Second and Fourth Elrclkm Districts. Polling place. 305 Monroe St.

FOURTH WARD, First Primary nisirlel-Comprlalng First, Srrond and Third Election Districts. Polling place, ana Walnut Bt. Second Primary District Comprising Fourth and Fifth Klecl'on Districts, PoUing Place, 611 E. Fourth tit. FIFllt WARD.

First Primary I.nsi i let-Comprising First, Second and Third Election Districts. Polling place, 005 W. Seventh St. Hecond Primary District-Comprising Fourth, Filth nd Sixth Election Districts, polling Place. 2t N.

FtankUil St. Third Primary District Comprising Seventh and Eighth Election Districts. Polling place, ana N. Union fit, Fniitlli Primary District -Comprising Ninth, Tenth, Kleventli and Twelfth Elec tlou Districts. Polling plsce, JcBerson at.

Fifth Primary District-Comprising Thirteenth and Fourteenth Election UUtrtcta. Polling place, lrll! W. Klghth Bt. BIXTH WARD. First Primary District-Comprising First and Second Flection Districts, Polling place, 304 Seventh HI.

Beeonrt Primary District Comprising Third. Fourth, FUth, Bixth, Seventh and Eighth Election Districts. Polling place, lUt King St. SEVENTH WARD. First Primary nutrlct-oomprtslng First Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, HutU nd Seventh Election Districts, polling place, 401 Delaware Ave.

Hecond Pi Unary District -Comprising tlghth Ninth, Tenth, Klevsnth, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Election Dull lets. Polling place. 1)03 West Tenth Bt. Third Primary Dlsti Ict-Oontprlsing Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Flection District. Polling place, IV2S North Scott street, Fourth Primary District --Comprising Twentv-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-lourth, Twaitty-mth.

Twentv-sUth and Twcntv-sevcnth Election District. Polling place, '3)00 West eighteenth street. FIOHITI WARD First Primary District-Comprising Ttil, Second and Third Ilectlon District. Polling place, I'lne. Bt.

Second Primary District-Comprising Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Election Districts. Polling place, flat Church Bt. TMid Primary District Comprising Seventh, Flghth. Ninth, Tenth and Blevvith Flection Districts. Polling place Southwest Corner Eleventh and Spruce Bt.

NINTH WAUI). First Primary District -Comprising First, Second and Third Flection Polling place, list Blast Twelllb St. Heeond Primary District-Comprising Fifth n't Seventh Flection Dl- tr en. roiling i Hold Primary il'stilit Comprising tn, fr.nlitii and Ninth Blert'on Districts. Polling place, 2203 t.ivmntts St.

Fourth miliary Tenth Klevenl.il Twelfth, Tlilrleenth nd Fourteenth Election District, rolling place, SOS W. Twenty-scrnrid fit, Filth Primary District-Comprising FII-teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Ilrcfon D's'rlcts. polling place, 3 West Twnilv-thlid St. ninth Primary District Compr'slng Nineteenth Twentieth. Twtiitv-flrst and Twenty-second Fleet on Dlslr'cts, Polling plHce, 115 Wert Twenty-fifth St.

Seventh Primary 1l'lrlct Comprising Twenly-thlrd 1 wentv-foutlh, Twenty-fifth. Twenty-sixth end Twetity.seventh Flection Miilrlet. Polling place. 20V West Twenty-seventh fit. TENTH WAltn.

tr'r-t Primary District Comprising First and Third K'ectlnn Districts, Polling place, 1078 West Fouith St. Second Primary District-Comprising Second and Fourth Flection District. Poll-Ins place, 113 West Fourth St. Third Primary nistrlrt-Comprlilng Fifth. Seventh Hid Ninth Election District.

Poll-lmr place, 11 Fuuth Jackson Bt, Fourth Primary District- Comprising Sixth, Kigl.th nnrl Tenth Flection IMtrlr.U. polling place. Northwest Corner of. ltead md Jackson His- FI.KVKNTlf WARD. First Primary District-Comprising First and Second Election District.

Polling place. Map! and Harrison St. Second Primary District-Comprising Tn rd Flection District. Polling place, 132S Cedf felt Third Primary District-Comprising Fourth and Fifth Election Districts. Polling plce, 3 Fourth Primary District-Comprising Sixth and Seventh F.iertUm District.

Polling place. (00 Mcf.ane Bt. TWELFTH WARD First Primary District Comprising Second Third, Fourth nd Fifth Election Districts. Polling place, 111 Delsmora Place. Second Primary District Comprising First, Sixth nd Seventh Election District.

Polling Place, 4011 N. Podney Bt. Third Primary District Comprising Eighth, Ninth rid Tenth Ele-llon District. Polling Place, 2S9 riuf'ont Bt. Fourth Primary District Comprising Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Four- INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDO.

Wilmington, Del, Legal Notice 96 teenih Election Districts. Polling Place, 22i Woodlawn Ave. PRANDYWINE HUNDRED Sixth Representative District First Election District Polling place, Worth A. A. Club, Claymont.

Second Election District Polling place, Sharpley School. Third Flection District Polling Montrose School, Eclae. Moor. Fourih Election District Polling place, Shellpot School. Filth Election District Polling place, Red Men' Hail.

CHRISTIANA HUNDRED Seventh Representative District First Ilectlon District Polling place, Re Mens Hall, Newport. Second Election District Polling place, Foard's Store, Marshallton, Del. Third Election District Polling place, Henry Clay, Del. Fourth Election District Polling place, Centrevlllo Hall, Crntreville. Fifth Election District-Polling place, Joh Dorman'i Store, Henry Clay.

Sixth Flection Dn-trlcl Polling place, Community Hail, Richardson Park. Seventh tied Inn District Polling place. Civic Club, Kismere, Del. MILL CREEK HUNDRED. Eighth Representative District First Election District Polling place, K.

of P. Hall, Marshalitou. Second Election District-Polling place, Joseph Oormley house, Hockesstn. Third Election District Polling plce, Frank Mote house. Fourth Election District Polling place, Odd Fellows Hall, Stanton, Del.

Fifth Election District Polling Thompson's Garage, Cedars. WHITE CLAY CREEK HUNDRED. Ninth Representativ District First Election District Polling place, Fader' Garaee, Newark. Second Election District Polling plce, Washington house, Nawark. Third Election District Potting place, Currlnder's office, Christian, NEW CASTLE HUNDRED Tenth Representative District First Election District Polling place, Mayor's olflce, New Castle.

Second Election District Polling place, Chandler Clebhart's office, New Castle, Del. Third Election DUtrict Polling place, Cd-td Ryan'a Store, New Castle. Fourth Flection District Polling place, Good Will Fire Engine House, New cstl. Fifth Election District PoUing place, Harrington' Store, Bear, Del. sixth Election DistrictPolling place, Ron Hill School.

PENCADER HUNDRED Eleventh Representative District First Election District Polling Dayett's Store. Second Election District Polling place, Mahan Oarage. RED LION HUNDRED Twelfth Representative Dlatrlct First Election District Polling place, Fir Engine House, Dei-: are City. Second Flection District Polling place, Sutton's Store, St Oeorges. GEORGES HUNDRED Thirteenth Representative District First Election District Polling place, Fireman's Hall, Odessa.

Second Flection District Polling place, McCoy Yearsley'a House, Port Penn. Third Election District Polling place, Town Office, Mlddletown, Fourth Election District Polling place, Rojden Wilson's House, Mlddletown. AFFOQUIN1MINK HUNDRED Fourteenth Representative District First Election Dlstuci Polling place, Hart's Office, Townsend. Second Election District Polling place, Morgan's Pool Room, Townsend. BLACKBIRD HUNDRED Fifteenth Representative District First Election District Polling place, George Ferris' House, Illackbird.

Second Flection District Polling place, Road Commissioner's OfTlce, Blackbird. JOHN BtOCia, JR. Chairman Democratle County Cora. HARRY SMITH, Secretary. septl9-ai.

DEATHS BOOKER In thl oily, on September 11, Mary E-, wife of Horace 0. Booker, and daughter of the late Jame and Annie E. McDonald. Relatives and friends ate Invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 721 West Ninth street, on Thursday morning, o'clock. Solemn requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church, at D.30 Interment st Cathedra! cemetery.

MILKS Suddenly, In Bt. Francis Hospital, on September 17, 18J8, Ray H. Mile, ased 11 years. Relatives and friend are Invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 380 East Second atreet, ew Castle, on Thursday morning. September 30, at o'clock (standiird timet, Requiem mass st St, Peter's Church, st 10 o'clock.

Interment st Cathedral cemetery, SMITir-In this city on Sept. 1038. Laura Ella Green Smith, se 34 years. Relatives and friends ere Invited to attend the funeral services at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

George Green, 1710 Tulip street, on Friday afternoon, Sept. 31. at 3 30 o'clock Interment at Bllverbrook Cemetery. GEORGE M. FISHER IM.tte Ella M.

Fisher, Executrix Undertaker and Embalmer Offlee and Residence Telephone: 11(50 722 KING STREET SINES WELCH FLORISTS Sprays Designs 212 V. 8th St. Phone 5672 l. i ian 1 (Go Co B0YB FLORIST 210 W. 10th St.

Phone 4 25 Tears' Dependable Service FLOWERS J. Elmer Betty 407 Del. Ave. Phone 2152 Phone 222 CARTLEDGE for FLOWERS 10th Orange Phone 203 BRINTON'S for FLOWERS 203 West Ninth Street QIALITV and SERVICE William E.Haines Funeral Director (Graduate Embalmer) S. W.

Cor. Market 24th Sts. Telephone 573 Marshall H. Yeatman Undertaker and Embalmer Successor to John B. Marti Office, 819 Washington Street Telephone 13 Legal Notice Rpporttd by Laird, Blsstll Meeds, duPoat Building.

September 19, 192S. Quotations. Corporation Stocks Askec Diamond, let Coal Co, ..104 Hercules Poader pld MX Hercules Common .2.3 345 Cfcts. Warner com, no pr S3 Chat. Werner 1st pld 109 Klectrlo Host Rubber, corn .9 WU, Ga com bi WIS.

GkS pld 101 Del. R. R. 8 com, par 3s 41 Christiana Btcuimes, pld .113 Continental American Lif t. a.

par 10 tl Jos. Bancroft ts Sons, ,109 111 Jos. Bancroft Sons, coin 39 44 Brrantoit Lace, 10 "4 WUminaton Provision 8' pfd duPont Debenture tsait-s) 11: fluFont Common (sales) 390 Atlas Common ilasll Atlas Pfd tUstl ICS Ex. DTVldf-nd. Bank, feiocSs: Central National, par 10(1 140 Delaar Trust par 100 Equitable Trust pat 100 39(1 Farmers' Bsult, par 10 Industrial Trust par 60 68 National Bank, par 100 Security Trust par 1C0 S'lh Union National, par 25 150 Wilmington Trust par JO KS AGAIN SHOW GAINS Early Losses Fractional; Traders Nervous Over Credit Situation GENERAL MOTORS SELLS UP TO 207 NEW YORK, Sept.

19 (AP) Waves of buying and selling alternately swept through the stock maikct today, with price fluctuations running as high at 5 and 8 points. The nervous activity of the market apparently reflected renewed apprehension over the money situation heightened by the rise In call rates from the renewal of 7 per cent first to 7 and then to 8 per cent. Banks had called upward ot $30,000,000 In loans by noon and In early afternoon prices generally began working toward lower levels. With call money at 8 per cent prices at one o'clock included the following: General Motors, 207; U. S.

Steel, 15614 duPont Common, 300; Atchison, 193 American Can, American Linseed, 116; D. and lH'i; Chrysler, 105 Curtiss Airplane, 157; Hudson Motors, 80; National Power and Light, 3(5 Radio Corporation, 236; U. S. Rubber, 39; Wright Aero, Yellow Truck, 40. Noranda Mines was quoted at 53 on the curb at one o'clock; American CSas and Electric at 170-'i U.

G. I. at 142, and Safe-T-Stat at 52. Some consideration appeared to hava been given commission house advices respecting lightening of speculative commitments, but the selling did not deter extensive pool operations. Tfcese were most effective in a wide assortment of selling between $20 and $50 psr share, and many of these, previous neglected.

ros3 2 to 6 points to high prices for the -j ear, Among thrmi were K'jhey Hayes Wheel, which moved up 6'i points to and Walworth Company, up 4 points to 23, aLso a new Gains cf 2 to 3 points were record-d by St. Joseph Lead, Arncricui Zinc, S. Smelting, American Metal, Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron, American Woolen and Trlco Products. Temporary outbursts of bujlng carried Freeport up 5 points. General American Tank Car responded to announcement that stockholders will b3 given the opportun'y tomorrow to subscribe to additional stock on favorable terms by soaring more than 7 points to 00 1-2, a new 1928 peak.

Official announcement of an Important develflpm nt in the company's affairs is to accompany the offering. Flashes of strength aleo were shown by Radio, Montgomery Ward, U. S. Cast Iron Pipe, Curtiss Aero and A. M.

Byers during the forenoon. Among the Issues hit rather hard by the selling waves was Case Thrc 'ling Machine, which lost fl points. Cerro De Pasco, U. S. Steel, General Motors and American Smelting were among pivotal Industrials that yielded point or more of their recent advances.

BAIL FIXED AT $25 Samuel Ekvcrskl, a tailor, of 002 Walnut street, was held under $25 bail for the upper court yesterday morning in c'ty court on a charge of pointing a pistol, the statement that bail waj fixed at $250 being e.i:on-eous. $20 FINE FRITZ Peter J. Fritz, In City Court yesterday on a charge of assault and battery preferred by Charles T. Mc-Gee, his father-in-law, was fined $20 and costs instead of $100 as stated in these columns yesterday. AM KtlTi FffoN ST A rich brown hatters' plush hat, with irregular wide brims, has two big amber buttons fastening 1U ornamental band of felt, HENRY NOWLAND Incorporated Investment Securities Telephone 1705 We Offer Subject to Immediate Acceptance and Prior Sale, All or Any Part 300 Shares (With Profit Sharing Certificate) QUAKER PRODUCTS CO.

Common Stock DIENES CO. 82 C'llieni' Hank P.ldg. Tenth 4 Market, Wilmington, Del. Phone 310 Daily Quotations on Boston Curb Securities (Associated Press) NEW YORK. Sept, 19, August sales of sheet stwl were 254,397 net tons and production 329,308 tons, The National Association of Flat Rolled Steel Manufacturers reports.

Total shipments were 324.691 tons. Unfilled tonnage on September 1 was 498,023 tons, with 102,825 tons of finished stock on hand awaiting shipment. Approximate in stock, unsold, was 51,636 tons. Hot mills in the United States totaled 721 with capacity for August of 506,000 tens. International Printing Ink Corp.

in Its first earnings statements since Its consolidation of four Ink manufacturers, shows net profit of $870,779 for the first half of 1928, equal to $2.58 a share on the common, after preferred dividends, gales were Net Income of the G. R. Kinncv Co, for the half year was $297,633 apainst $291,015 In the first half of 1927, Total net sales were $8,648,733 an Increase of 8.22 per cent Plans for trading in securities on the New York Produce Exchange are understood to be nearing completion. A list of proposed changes in the bylaws has been distributed to members. No time has been set for the opening of the security department.

The Kansas City Southern Railway, first carrier to report August earnings, shows an Increase of $19,122 tn railway operating Income, to compared with August, 1927, but a drop of $115,241 in railway operating revenues. Operating expenses were $103,440 smaller than a year ago. Railway operating Income for eight months this year was $3,632,384, a decline of $211,508 from the same period last year. Bituminous coal mined in the United States in the week ended September 15 reached 10,300,000 net tons, the National Coal Association estimates. The Bureau of Mines reported 8,934,000 net tone the week before.

August gross revenues of the Northern Pacific will show an Increase of about half a million dollar.) over August last year, says Charles Donnelly, president. American Chain Company, and subsidiaries In America, report profit of $408,085 for the first half of 1927, but after deducting depreciation charges, net loss was $351,428, against net profit of $527,121 in the first half of 1927. Steel IllffOt nmrfiipt.lnn oSnl per cent the last wckto slightlv better than 80 per cent, against 62 per rent at this time last year. The U. Steel Corporation's current rate ir above 79 per cent against 77 uercrnt In two preceding weeks and 64 per ago.

Lending Independent companies averaged 81 per cent, against 78 to 79 per cent a week ago end under 16 per cent a year ago. The contract for laying the 10 and 12-inch pipe line which the Texas Pipe Line Company will build at a cost of more than $2,000,000 has been awarded to Smith Brothers of D.illns, It will have 120 miles of 10-inch pipe and 470 miles of 12-lnch. The pipe is moving out of Youngstown from Youngstown Sheet and Tube Mills. Work starts October 1. The line will tap pools In Pecos, Winkler, Crane and Upton counties.

The mid-month review of business of the American Exchange, Irving Trust Company, New York, s.iys Improvement in trade and industry sinco the turn of the half year has been fairly general and business sentiment la decidedly better than It was earlier In the year or last fall. The New York Cotton Exchange seat ot Ar.hur LcojKild was so'd lor $31,000 to Richard T. Harriss for fin-other, a decline of $4000 from the previous transaction. Otis Steel Company earned $2 28 a share on the common stock eight months this year, against 71 cents a share in the same period of 1927. Profit of $2,386,371 compared with J.

Kulas, president, reported operations at capacity and largest unfilled orders on the books lor months. Chevrolet Motor Car Company produced 122,702 cars and trucks In August, against 120,000 In July and In August last year. Offering of 74 000 shores of unissued treasury stock of Jordan Motor Car Company ts being ottered to stockholders of record September 25 at $3 a share. MAKE YOUR "DREAM CASTLES COME TRUE SAVE SAFELY AT 4 Open Saturday Eve nlngt Between the Houri of 8 and 7.30 (Standard Time) WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY S. E.

Cor. Marktt 9th Sti. GAS LIP HERE Prof. Le Brun, Inventor of "Cold Light," to Look Over Possible Site LIGHT USED AS AIRPLANE BEACON Neon gas lamps, now coming into extensive use in airplane beacons and "cold light" signs, may be manufactured at a large plant in this city. Professor Le Brun, the inventor, it was learned yesterday, will visit Wilmington sometime this week to Investigate tne advantages of this city as a site for one of the ten plants which he and his backers expect to build in ten American cities.

Tire gas has been adapted to use in signs and beacons and in television apparatus. Neon lamps, the professor said, will be the light of the future, because of their economy. The lights, for which Professor Le Brun's patents have been obtained in the United States, are contro'led by the American Neon Light Corporation, 7 Wall street, New York city. The officers are president, Otto B. Shulhof, former Commissioner ol the Port of New York Authority and former president of the Dualite Electric Lamp Corporation; vice-president, William E.

McGulrk, chairman board of directors Yellow Taxi Corporation; secretary-treasurer, John W. White. Among other directors are Bertram' Unger, banker; Louis Haas, secretary-treasurer ot the A. Lef court Realty Holdings; David Nickelsburg, president Fur Merchants' Warehouse corporation, and M. L.

Jacobs, of Kane Brooks fe investment bankers, New York city. Gerrish Gassaway, manager of the Chamber of Commerce said that no official communication concerning the location of the plant here had been received by the body, but that he knew that representatives of a company interested in such a project had been here and had looked over the city as a passible place for locating a portion of the business, MARKETS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19 met a slow demand and were weak. Tomatoes green beans and potatoes met a good demand and were steady. Demand for sweet potatoes was slightly better, but prices were unchanged.

baskets Wealthys 50Tr75c; Smokehouse, 60 75c: Grimes Golden, 505175c; Winter Banana, 6575c; Starks, 65c; Ram-bos, 7590c; Delicious ordinary, 60 ft 75c; -culls and windfalls all varieties bushel baskets Smokehouse, 1.00 1.25; Grimes Golden 75C5U.0O, fancy higher; Jonathans, Peaches, Penna. baskets 1.00"'' 1 50; bushel baskets, 85c 0 1.25, fancy, 1.25 1.50. Burhels 1.50 2 01. fancy 2.25, poorer low as 1.00, all quotations are for Elbertas. Pears, nearby baskets Seckel" 75c21.00, poorer, 59c; Lecontes 35 If 40c.

Grapes, N. baskets, 50c 1.00. Huckleberries, 32-qt. crates. 5.00 iff 6.50.

Crabapples, nearby baskets, 50 75c, lew extra fancy high as 1.00. Beans (snaps), nearby baskets ereen 75c 1.00, fancy 1.25, poorer 59c; wax 75cftl.25. few fancy higher; bushel hampers, 1.2502.00, for green, wax 1.00 1.75. Lima beans, nearby baskets, 2.00 3.00; N. J.

bushel hampers, 4.0081 4.50, few 5.00, flats, 2.75S3.50. Beets, nearby, per bunch, 3tT4e, Carrots, nearby, per bunch, 3 ft 4c. Cabbage, nearby baskets mtWs, fancy 75c, poorer 25840c; Savoy 50c Celery, N. bunches small 15 30; large 305? 60c; Penna, per bunch 35c, Corn, nearby baskets 6075c; sacks per 100 ears 1.50ft 2.50; few extra fancy higher, poorer 1.00. Egg plant, nearby baskets 40 50c; few extra fancy 60c.

Escarole, nearby bushels 75c 1.00. Lettuce, New York, crates Big Boston, 50c1.00. Mushrooms, Penna, 3-lb. baskets, 1.00 1.75. Onions, N.

baskets yellows, 1.00. White picklers bushel hampers, 3.005J3.50. Parsley, nearby bushels 1.00511.25, Peppers, nearby baskets Bull-nose 30fit40c; red 3050c; hot peppers S5ffi40c; tomato peppers 30 40c. Pumpkins, nearby baskets, 30 40c. Rutabagas, nearby baskets, 50 teflc.

Radishes, nearby bushels, 60 75c. Squash, N. baskets green and white l.OOf 135. Spinach, nearby bushels 1.0001.25. Tomatoes, nearby baskets 75c5i 1.25, few fancy 1.50, few exception lots higher, poorer 50c.

Sweet potatoes, N. baskets yellows No. Is 50f 65e, few 75c; No. 2s, 30 36c; teds, 60S 75c; No. 2s, 305? 35c.

Potatoes, nearby baskets, 40 50c; N. J. 1.00-105 lb. sax, 1.00 1.25; 150-lb. sax, 1.7501.85; Penna.

90-lb sax 90c 100; 100-lb. sax, 1.00 1.25; 120-lb. sax, 1.25fi l.50; Penna. 15061b sax round whites, 1,75 1.85. PHILADELPHIA, Sept.

19 (AP). Butter, top grades, 92 score, 49'i; 91 score, 90 score, 89 score, 45'i; 83 score, 44; 87 score, 43H; 86 score 43, Live poultry, fowls, Plymouth Rock, fancy, heavy, 30S31; medium, mixed breeds of colored fowls, 273 29. Dressed poultry, chickens, Western, in boxes, 3S3'-i 38S40; 35837. Old roosters, dry picked, 5 or over, 24125; under five 215j23. ALLEGE INFRINGEMENT Robert O.

Harman, representing the G. Hevi Duty Electric today filed a suit In equity In United States District Court against Ryan, Scully and Company. The petition alleges infringement on patents on improvemcts used on electric furnaces. The plaintiffs seek a restraining order and an, accounting. fTime of Filing Involved in Suit Between to Contractors INVOLVES WORK ON DARLING BUILDING Question of whether a mechanic's Hen should have been filed within the legal time, dating from the time work was stopped on the building or from the time that the work was completed by a new owner, is involved in argument heard before Chief Justice Pennewill and Judge Richards in Superior Court yesterday.

Decision was reserved in the case. The argument was on a demurrer filed by the defendants to the plaintiff's declaration in the suit of tha Bethlehem Construction Company against the Christiana Construction Company and the J. Frank Darling Company. According to allegations, the plaintiff was contractor Jor the building of a sugar refinery in South Wilmington and work was stopped in 1922 when, it is alleged, payment was not fortcoming. Later, the Darling Company bought the property, according to allegations, and completed the work in 1925.

A mechanic's lien was filed by the plaintiff a short time after the work had been completed, the time being within the 120 days specified by law. While the plaintiff, represented by James R. Morford, contends that it was in the right in filing the lien after completion of the work, the defendants, represented by Aaron Finger, claim that the lien should have been entered within the legal time after work had been stopped in 1922 and not after the work had been completed in 1925. CURB MARKET NEW YORK, Sept. 19 return of 8 per cent, call money turned the Curb Market sharply irregular today.

While the general list sagged, nearly a score of industrials and specialties were swept upward to new highs for the year or longer. Safeway Stores shot up 18 points to 700, and Crocker-Wheeler went up 13 points to 110, both new peaks. Newton Steel added 8 points to its recent gain on announcement of increasing the dividend rate from $2.50 to $3. Bristol Myers extended its gain on announcement of acquisition of Frederick F. Ingram, Inc.

Consolidated Dairy Products went ahead on reports of pending acquisition of three ice cream companies, and Cameo on reports of contracting to install its merchandising machines In the stations of a large western but both- more than lost their gains later. In the automotive group, Checker and Durant both went to new tops in small gains. Keystone" again led the aircraft touching a new at 30. Marconi was a point off strength in the sagging radio groiip, jumping a point to a new top. Sugar still reflected hurrican'? damage In Porto R'co.

Unitsd Porto Rico Sugar dropped 25 points, and Central Aguirre extended its loss by 3 points. Fajardo rallied a point, however, on the announcement that its loss was less than at first reported. Bullard Machine Tool dropped 6 Mid Balaban Katz 4 points, while Alabama Great Southern, Fox Theatre and Wire Wheel eased. Mines were generally strong. Corn-stock Tunnel, Newmont and Noranda Rising 2 and 3 points.

Oils were irregular, Gulf gamins more than a point, while Standard of Ohio and Humble sagged. In the quiet utilities group Electric Bond and share made a small rain. SIXTH WARD G.0. P. CLUB IS ORGANIZED Temporary organization of the Sixth ward Republican Club, which la to maintain headquarters in the National Theatre Building, for the benefit of voters, was effected at a meet'ng of about 150 voters of the ward last night.

Dr. Samuel G. Elbert is the temporary chairman of the club and Frank Hain5worth Is temporary secretary and treasurer. Permanent officers will be elected at the meeting of the organization next Tuesday night. It is the plan of the club to maintain headquarters in the theatre building, so that information as to elections and questions in politics can be obtained by voters.

The club is not to pass out of existence after the next election, but Is to be maintained as a permanent organization. Meetings will be held every Tuesday night. BACK WITH OLD FRIENDS F. Stanton Heck, a former Wll-mlngtonian, who has not been in this city for twelve years, is visiting his sister, Mrs, William T. Lowe, at 400 West Fourteenth street.

Mr. Heck, who is a motion picture actor in Hollywood when living here was employed by the Crosby and Hill Company. He met many old friends today, WHARTON TO SPEAK TONIGHT Dr. Charles M. Wharton, of Dover, Democratic nominee for Governor, will deliver two addresses in Wilmington tonight.

He will first address a meeting of the Seventh Ward Democratic Club, 1307 Scott street. Following this meeting he will address the Democratic Young Voters' League on the second floor of 604 Market street. Both meetings will begin at eight o'clock. THIS FIRE IN HEATER, B. Davis started a fire in the heater of his home at Ninth and Lombard streets, this afternoon.

There was much smoke. A neignoor thought there was a fire and turned da a fire alarm. Firemen found the Are In the heater where Davis meant it to be. Persistent reports that the General Motors Corporation would shortly announce its embarkation into the aviation Jleld with the manufacture of airplane motors by the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company, a concern In which Motors has a substantial interest, were prev-alent nl the financial district yesterday, says the New York Herald Tribune. At the same time it became known that Motors had acquired more than 100,000 shares of Truck prefaced stock, or more than two thirds of the amount outstanding, in addition to its large blocks of common and Class shares.

Acquisition of the Yellow Truck preferred cost the corporation a sum in excess of Although General Motors and Yellow Truck officials were reticent tn discussing reports that the manufacture of airplane motors would be begun the near future, attention was directed in the street to the recent admission by an official of the former company that the project had been considered. It was also pointed out that Ford, Packard, Auburn and Continental Motors were already interested in aviation and that it was but logical that the largest automobile manufacturing company should make its entry into the field. It was not ascertained whether General Motors proposes to begin to build airplane engines by the acquisition of a company already in the field or by working up designs for Us own engine, but the majority opinion was that the latter course would be pursued, with Yellow Truck the unit turning out the motor. General Motors brought Its two-thirds interest in the preferred stock of Yellow Truck under terms submitted to holders, last February, the dividend was passed. The proposal called for the purchase at $93 a share of every Yellow preferred share deposited with the corporation.

These deposits, it was learned exceeded two-thirds of the total of 150,000 shares outstanding, Although the corporation Issued assurances that the asset value back of the stock was substantial, it was stated that since no dividend' was likely to be declared on the stock for some time holders would be given the chance to liquidate their shares at $93 each. The offer expired May 10. but until now the corporation did no-indicate the number of shares it had so purchased. General Motors acquired its interest in Yellow Truck and Coach in 1S23 and shortly afterward, put through a recapitulation program by which common shareholders receivd $15,000,000 preferred and 600,000 shares of Class out of a total ot 1,300,000 shares. Motors acquired al! of the 800,000 share.1- of $10 par common stock and 404,550 shares of the stock out of a total of 1,300,000 shares giving it 1.2C4.550 votes out of 2,250,000 for ai.

three classes of stock, which total' includes the votes of the preferred stock, votable only after the passing of four dividends. WATER WORKS CO. IS INCORPORATED NEW YORK. Sept. 19.

National Water Works Corporation has been chartered under the laws of Delaware with a capitalization of 200,000 shares of cumulative preferred stock, no-par value; 200.000 shares of class A common stock, no par, and 200,000 shares of no-par class common stock. The corporation has already acquired a number of properties tn Pennsylvania and Tennessee and other acquisitions in various States are now under negotiation. The officers of the corporation Include I. Edgar Detwiler, president of Detwiler president; V. Bernard Stems, formerly vice-president of North American Water Works Corporation, vice-president; William H.

Urban, vice-president of Detwiler vice-president; Eugene L. White, formerly vice-president and general manager of New Jersey Power and Light Company, vice-president; Yerkcs, vice-president of Detwiler vice-president; John Patterson, senior member of the firm of Patterron Brinckerhoff, secretary, and C. E. Lent, formerly treasurer of North American Water Works Corporation, treasurer. BOXDMARKET NEW YORK, Sept.

19 (AP)-Prices moved irregularly in early trading on the bond market today. Activity again centered on the coppers, but rails attracted some buying on reports of increased car loadings. Calling of upward of $20,000,000 in bank loans Bnd the firming tendency of call and time money appeared to Inspire caution and except in one or two issues buying was light. Andes Copper 7s again were the market feature, advancing to a new year's high at 152'4, up more than 3 points, on heavy buying encouraged by strength of copper stocks and the growing value of the issue's conversion privilege. Anaconda Copper 7s were traded in small volume at prices slightly lower.

Liquid Carboai Convertible 6s soared 5 points to new year's high at 141 coincident with the rise of Liquid Carbonic stock. Public Service of New Jersey 4 were under pressure, Missouri Pacific 5s, Wabash 4V4s, Erie 6s and Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburgh 4 '4s were among the rails to show improvement. The forelcn list was steady. Public offering is being made of $2,500,000 Carolina Power Light Co. 5 per cent first and refunding mortgage gold bonds, proceeds to be used in reimbursing the company for expenditures for additions to property and other corporate purposes.

Griffith Mortgage Corporation romliined rMourctg, as of June 30, 1928. $189,614.21. The 8 Cumulative Prefrrrfd Stock a sound, high-rate Investment. The Common Stock hat) great money-making; poswiMlltle. CARROLL W.

GRIFFITH, President Citizens' Bank Building, Market at Tenth Street Wilmington, Delaware mmm d0 1L3 Members New York Stock Exchange 921 Market St. Phone 10600 Del. HARRIMAN COMPANY Members New York Stock Exchange Phone 5200 Wilmington, Del. S23 Market St. Artlis, Smith Warwick MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Associute Members New York Curb Market Telephone 10843.

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