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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
WALLS BECAUSE
RICHIE REFUSES
TO MAKE WEIGHT
Western Boxing Managers Insist
Lightweight Champion Tip
Beam at 1873 Pounds.
CALL HIM A WELTERWEIGHT
Present Limit Result of Methods
of Billy Nolan While Man.
ager of Nelson.

The fact that Willie Richie refuses IN
wear himself out by making l33 pounds
ringside is most distressing to the other
l!ghtweights in the game for by and large
they see little opportunity of ever annex
Ing the title from the clever San Fran
cisco lad unless he enters the ring physi-
caliy unfit to 90 himself justice. The
managers of the several men who are
ranked high in the lightweight class ara
also wailing unto heaven and calling tns
champion many harsh names-a "wel,er-
weight among others. These insist that
the lightweight limit is 1873 pounds ring
side, and point out that Nelson, Wolgast
and kitchie all won the championship ct
that poundage.
One Western critic boldly declares that
the only real lghtweights in the ring to-
day are Ad Wolgast, Freddie Welsh, Tom
my Murphy and Joe Rivers. lie classes
Jack Britton. Willie Ritchle and Leach
Crosa as welterweights, contending that
they are incapable Of weighing 1873 pounds.
and blithely includes Mike Gibbons a
fullAedged middlewelght. in the list.
Bill James, the Boston pitcher, is think
ing Of becoming a hope" He claims
victories over Arthur Devlin and Hub
Purdue. and declares he will grant either
return match
THE London Daily Mirror" declares
that Wells was mesmerized the night he
met Carpenter Shortly after the gong
rang he believed that q l3-inch shell had
been exploded in his immediate vicinity.
Johnny Dundee will box four bouts next
month. He will meet Freddie Welsh in
New Orleans on New Years Day Willie
Beecher on January 49, Walter Mohr on
January 10 and Willie Jones in the last
week Of the month
The bouts Of the night will be as fol-
lows: zone Round Hogan vs.. Joe Hy-
land at the Greensboro Athletic Club.
Bob Moha VS.. Johnny Howard at the IT.
wing Athletic Club. Johnny Harvey vs.
Bobby Moore a. the Fairmont Athletic
club. Billy Bennett ". Young" Grad
we'll at the Gowanus Athletic Club. Willie
Chandler VS.. Young Wagner at the
Dexter Park Athletic club. Teddy Hubbs
IS. George Gilbert at the Vanderbilt Ath-
letic Club. Danny Ridge VS. Benny Leon
ard at Browns Gymnasium and George
Collins vs. Jimmy Carroll at the Atlantic
Garden Athletic club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
R0ubW LaQm Tennis Football AutmohAM 4 R0N
MORE PRINCETON COACHES
Taylor and Sheffield Join the
Graduate Football Staff.

Princeton. n. j.. Dec. 19.-With the &C
ceptance to-day Of membership on the
Princeton graduate football staff for 1914
by Knox Taylor, 9j and Rosco Sheffield,
'O2, the personnel of the committee was
completed.
The other members, who previously had
accepted. are X. l.. Ames. 80, chairman;
d. G. Herring. %. and Barclay ii.
Farr. 70.
As all the members OF the committee
are said to favor open play. it is believed
this style OF football will be used at
Princeton next year.
TAYLOR and Ames were members of the
committee when Princeton beat Yale and
Harvard I'm 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
OLD RIVALS BURY RATCHET
Swarthmore and Haverford to
Meet on the Gridiron.

Philadelphia. Dec. 9.-Swarthmore and
Haverford colleges agreed TO resume foot
bail relations to-day after an interval OF
ten years. and fixed November q. the clos
Ing date on their respective schedules, FOR
next years game. Both are institutions in
the suburbs Of this city. and for many
years were famous rivals.
or the twenty-three games played from
1879. when they first met on the gridiron.
until 1901. when football relations were
severed. Swarthmore won twelve. Haver-
ford ten and one was a tie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
ADELPHI FIVE IN DEFEAT
Stuyvesant Team Piles u
Score in One Sided Game.

The Adelphi Academy basketball team
was trounced by the fast Stuyvesant
High School five on the formers court
in Brooklyn yesterday by score OF 50
to
Stuyvesant bewildered its opponents by
its passing. and also its accurate shoot
ing. Adelphl kept the score down to II to
in the first period but was only able
to add three points In the next period.
Moneypenny. at right forward. Tailed
all the poinrs for Adelphi. Martocci
Nogel and Bergland played conspicuous
~ for Stuyvesant.
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Will Tender Part of Pur-
chase Price for Joe
Tinker to Hermann.
DECIDES TO HOLD
BACK ON THE BONUS
Postpones Meeting with the De-
posed Manager of Cincinnati
Team for the Present.

Charles II. Eb5ets, president of the
Brooklyn SuperbaS. left for Cincinnati
Yesterday. to complete the purchase Of
Joe Tinker. made last week for record
price OF $4,000. il such a thing is possible.
He carried with him certified check
for $1,000. the price less the $1,000 which
under the contract signed by Mr.. Ebbets
and August Hermann was 10 go to
Tinker as a bonus for signing a contract
to play with the Superbas
The owners OF the Brooklyn club con-
tend that il is entitled to hold back this
amount and pay IT over TO Tinker when
he comes to terms.
The check for $1,000 will be rendered to
August Hermann. and If accepted the
controversy will come TO an end, but If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Answer to Yesterdays Problem.


wild imagination Such play did though
OF
of
and it
fas f.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Yale Winner at Basketball
rRv Telegraph 90 The Tribune.

nv Tclcgraph % Tho Irihune
Troy. y. Y. Dec. BIN the first baS-
ketball contest between Yale and tho
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute the for
mer won by a score of 50 TO l..
over eight hundred enthusiastic on
lockers watched the fast game
\ shift in the Yale lineup proved
good one the passing of the whole team
hninY clnae 10 par.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Columbia Freshmen ViCtOrS
in Slashing Cane Sprees

the willy Persian never let down his guard
for an instant. and b. forcing Hutton
every inch OF the way finally wore him
down 80 that in the last ten minutes the
bout desenerated into a waiting siege.
Each man was completely worn out.
and when the officials saw that the end
was as far of as ever they called time
at the end OF "a minutes and 80 seconds.
Kenneth Haight. freshman. put up "a
terrific tght against l.. G.. Nef, a sophie
more in the l45-pound class and wrested
the cane away after 70 minutes and .
seconds Of hard lighting. Neff who
wrestled on the varsity team last win
ter had all the advantages Of weight and
experience. but lIaight was persistent and
won by sheer grit At the beginning OF
the third round Nen doubled the fresh
mans leg under him in such way that
II looked To TN" spectators a. n Haight's
lex would b., broken and they cried to
the officials 20 stop the bout. Haight.
however nodded that h. was all right.
and the bout continued. I'm the next few
moments Haight wriggled out Of the
treichsrous hold. and. gaining his feet
shook Nerf from the cane a. his fresh
man classmates roared their approval.
Il ". McCracken. another sophomore
aud q member OF the wrestling team. fell
before the keen fighting OF 4. Schmidt. "A
freshman McCracken seemed 10 have all
the better Of the bout until Schmidt sud
denly got a scissors hold on him and
twisted the cane out OF his grasp.
The summaries follow:
II5-po4nd cIass-R L. ~ay"r. ~. defeated
j. -icg~l. 10 Time. 2.iS
l.5.pound cla.s-K schmidt. ~. defeated
" McCrarkcu. 'lG Time .oS
l35-pouud cias,-praw between II. Hutton
10 and J u Shimmou. - Time. 80 30.
l45-pound chss-k. Haigh'. ~. defeated
T.. - Nen. 10 Time. lo.2j
lSs pound class. simonds. 10 defeated
~. Tischburue. ~. Time. l.l6
40 pound class =. Spurgeou. 10, defeat
81 r. g. MunrDe. -. Time. - 90
Unlimited heavy weight class-b. littaU'r,
~. defeated 4 Gibson. 10 Time. o.u1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Barnard Beats Ethical Culture.

Barnard School defeated Ethical cult
ure School at basketball on the formers
courts Yesterday by a score OF IS TO 10
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Game for Manhattan Five.

Mount St Mary College fell victim 10
the speedy Manhattan College basketba u
FIVE on the De Ia Sale court last night
BY a score of "A TO 49,
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
PARTING
SHOTS

McGrsw may he n trifle shy worlds
championships. but he conducts the greatest
school for managers in the country. Bres-
nahan, Tenney and Dnhlen all earned their
degrees at the Polo Grounds. This year
Harry Mccormick, NiIbert Robinson. Char
lie HerzoG and Arthur Devlin were sent out.
Arthur took little post graduate work in
Boston before going to the Coast.
The Bakers have broken loose again.
HOBBY was the whole show in the opening
hockey match at the St Nicholas Rink
No doubt the communications when
passed between Ebbets and Murphy were
of interest By revealing the supreme con-
fidence wEIcl. the National League own
ers have in each other but the CORE
spondence between Ebbets and Hermann
would he more to the point just now. on
that score the silence Is painful.
Why does Ty Cobb interrupt the sweet
winter dreams of the American League
pitchers by announcing that he has invented
Il new bat of exceptional qualities" II Is
IA hcartless Christmas message.
They say Eddie Ainsmith travelled all
the way from Texas TO Washington to
get Clark Grifith's consent TO his mar
riage LGckily most Of the Giants fixed
M their love affairs before McGraw left
the country. 1t would be long jaunt
TO ths Little Napoleon now.
Will Gritfith's paternaIism extend to di-
yOrces, separations and christenings: He
may find that managing IN the domestic
league is attended by even greater difficult
ties than heating the Athletics.
Joe Tinker is rapidly getting down 10
cases. He has expressed desire 10 see
a certified check for $1,000. Tinker shall
see what he shall see.
"Hyperprofessional experience with
graduate control is the new rowing -o-
gan at Yale. II is quite a mouthful and
looks passing fair in print but will il stop
another procession on the Thames next
year?
Armstrong. the new graduate coach for
the Blue, is 10 be something Of an organizer
or diplomat" II l. 10 be hoped that the
diplomacy will be OF the Courtney brand
Whether the new Herreshoff defender is
to be plated with monol metal or nickel
steel is causing deepest concern. Untl the
suspense is lifted few can take any inter
Get in the white hope tournament next
week.
W. II. w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

Charles Herzog new manager OF the
Cincinnati baseball club. was offered ms
FIRST chance 10 show his ability az
trader yesterday. when President Mur-
nhv of the Chicago Cubs invited him to
iook over the reserve list as a preliminary
TO a possible deal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

The Bakers have broken loose again.
HOBBY was the whole show in the opening
hockey match at the ST Nicholas Rink
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

Why does Ty Cobb interrupt the sweet
winter dreams of the American League
pitchers by announcing that he has invented
IL new bat of exceptional qualities" IL il
hcartless Christmas message
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

yale. Time Halves Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
MANHATTAN.

Substitutes.
Referee ayet,
twenty minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

NORTII END
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11


ley county, IN acotndance with
Chapter 230 OF the SesS ons Laws
stone Park Highways through Stan
4 "i 'l5, was granted,
! Tn nouoh' the petition of
Anna Mt'nrd county ala was
granted
oh motion, the following resonl
''oh was adopted.
KI>o'.t IloN
NhtlttAS; the Interstate com
Pahl exec n'ed u surety for the
'l'lIehs STATE Bahk or For'
''"r", Soulh Dakota, a bond TO-
'he county STANLEY IN lhe state
! OF Sonf Il DaEu@a, IN the sum OF
! tlN" Thousand Dollars. guaarahtee :,
! ihe the pam to sald stanley
County moneys deposited by said.
county IN the said Citizens state.
h&nk
And whereas. the said Inter
/ STATE surety company has been
called upon 20 pay, and has paid
ss such surety. the sum of Five
~ hsaho DoHaIs Tor which sum
I II became nam" hy reason OF the
| hr'aull OF the said CITIZENS State
'''>' '"' '''''p' "'ti 'pi ny
! the Sald county Is hereby acknOw-
| lrdg"d
~ Ih're1of". lie It Resolved:
! that in eonSldtra Non thereon the
o,'' ''''.''',, o""'F oH -" '''''
" "'"'' N"''' ~ ''S "'''' ~ oS ",d'
| ''I, =" "SS'' i'lo''u' uoes he'eu!
| 49, '''i S'' ''" u '''''',' gnu y!
'''" "'''i' h''" ~ W. ''H'' "S"."'
an" wv oN'' n,''o 'l'''
''''' 'n't -H'''' '"'''N
t '"'''' a''"i'' Us ACCOUNT 'Miih ''i'
''''" ','' S"i'ha 'h' sal" lNenS
S'a'' ''hh ol for' ii''l' SCUM ny
kola. IN IN" Sald sum OF Slf""os
Dollars ana does herehy authNr-
We 'h' sad In. er STATE surety
company Z" collect and receive
from the said CITIZENS state Bank
or Fon pierre. The SAID sum or
lt3 \? Dollar" paid by IL as slch
surety. or such div dends thereon
as may be paid TO the cr.di tors or
said Citizens Stadc Bank of Fort
rtnrre. South Dakota ON said sum
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11

ON motion. the follow, ,ng claims
We're allowed and warrants drawn
FOR same:
+ b Davis 4 CO.. mdSe acct
road and court house Sla3l
Il B. Stearns wood for jail 200U
r. Pierre Power Co. supplies
electricity fr court house l6 Go
Ft Pierre Power Co. supplies
and lab n court house $3.50
{. II Howard. reward for horse
TN IF Toe. 90
G + Coyne. sheriff fees l9o g.
+. \. Hart. per diem and mil
cage $500
Back Hawk Township. TO REIN.
hur"a Il assessors salary paid for
Years 1909, 1870. 1871, ll2 and
l9l" 10000.
w G. Soccer. road work roo
@ + stuart, postage. stamped
ENVELOPES S and post cards $500.
on moi II Poard adjourned until
80 o'e'o k F. NJ.
Al 1.2o O'Clock D. m board re
assembled as per adj mrnment.
'tE members present
II NV ~ 'ltt 't'Jil VI by w
w., for ahatom M OF $l2.l6 per
5r'} tax fer 1908 Hrantcd
Il" ~ iirp. nrtition of Samue
~."''or for n'at' lnrnt OF 81 u per
nn@l lax in Ferguson township { II
"a" Was granted
on molten. petition of James NJ.
| "mehl II for refund of road poM
~ %"'-' + year 1906 at large
v Is granted
on motion, prri''r s'
\ pickler for refund of $40 40
f. 2S. X 20. for l?l" ana 1872 ON
account OF err n""ns tax sale. was
granted
On motion. the petition TO move
County hr dee on secti n line be
tween SECTIONS 3 and 10, r IN
X 27. To point one mile north
on 'lMt, line between sections 2
and -. was not granttd
On motion. the petition for
hrldl" on town ship line between
TWP. GN r % ana Twp 6N. Z %.
Sections 3 and &c across West
Fork Of Frozen Mans Creek was
not granted
ON motion the petition for bridge
ON Plum Creek at n point on
public highway ON section lnc be.
tween Secti' ms SO. TWpS IN X.
24f, and section 81. Twp IN T. %
r. was not granted
On motion, the petition for cs-
tablishmenl Of public highway was
granted deS.rih bed as follows:
"He ginning AZ or near the NV
corner Of see 32, T SN II 23E and
running AS near diagonaMN practic.
BILE across Sec 81 r Sn X 23e n
the township line between Twps
and :. near the SE corncr of
Sec 30, r SE r 22E
On motion. the petitfon for estab
lishment of public highway was
granted described AS follows:
BE ginning al the Sc Garner Of
the NE of Section /, T SN Il.
24E and interSe,t,'ny the Lindsay
| and Carlin matt road at tr near the
section corner between Sections
26 and 27, r. On r. 24E.'
On motion, the petition for
erection rf guide posts along the
public highways constituting the
Chicago. Black Hills and Yellow
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11
Commissioners Proceedings
Fort Pierre. s. d
November 18th 1913.


November 18th 1913.
Vt 300 O'Clock A. NJ Board
f County commissioners as
semb,et as per adi ioulnmen' Mem
b"ls present: +. f. NJ arison Chair
mah.t r K. Marsh, II l.. .Jcffnies.
r \. Hart and Frank coye. and
james A Quigg, County Auditor.
Meeting called tn order by Chair
man Minutes Of last meeting
We're read and approved
ON motion, the Salary ella inns for
October We're approved as follows.
James A. Gu gg. Audit n $l25 90
a. {. Bernau, Deputy Auditor
............... $500
Geo. \. Price, Deputy Auditor So 90
carrie Quigg, Clerk Auditor 90 90
q. +. Stuart. Treasurer l25.00
J. +. Saunders, Deputy -Treasur
er ..,.,. 80. " $500
John +. Forsell. Deputy Treasurer
...... . 50 90
F. {. Barth. Clerk Treasurer 5000
n w, May, Register of Deeds
..... 49,. 10000
Ned II Benedict. Deputy Reg.ster
Deeds ...... ...... . 80 90
Marion \. Gale.a Clerk Register
DteUS ..... ~ g., 90
W. w. Warner. Snpt, Scho Is l25 90
II. r. Mendenhan. Deputy Supt.
SCHOOLS ....,....... .,..,. 20 90
Claude A. Bennett, Judge SO 33
webb Lambert, States Att rney
........ ... :. 10000
Susie Kennedy, Stenographer Stat
nS ATTORNEY o. 90
t. l.. Norman. Jailer .... 5000
A. NJ. SWineford. Jantor so. 90
On mott n, the following rla ms
were allowed and warrants drawn
Tor same:
FRED Rane. road work ... SO. 90
lohn Penzien, road work 80: 1900
David krambeck, T. ad work l2.OO
Anton kury. road work . - 90
KAY ]. Adams, blacksmithinc 4 50
Ray I. Adams, road work 200
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11

+. ID. COrnman, road work Ia 90
A. A. Fluharty, road work 4 90
F L. Valentine, road work 500
Charles Fendt. road work 1900
Paul G Walker, road work sc 20
thas. S. Jones, road work 900
August Erickson, road work. 1850
thas. S. Jones, road work zoo
Geo Botsford, road work 1900
w r Berry, road work $500
Mike Ellinsson road work 2o.20
Martin Hanrahan, road work so
Fred Marringt r jad work y so
Fred Warrington .lr.. road work I. 80
Harry Burns. road work A. 40
Sam Strayer, road work $500
Mark Warrington. 7 ad work ! 80
j *. Jansen. road work and black
smithing .. PHO
John Burns, road work 500
Lester Warrington, road work li, 80
r $. O'Neal, + ad work 1000
Sam H. l.egler, road work 3C.00
James Nedved, road work 36. 80
Albert O'Neill, road work $500
Ed link, road work 22.6O
w IA Mann road w; rk 1000
Joe FalZone, road work 80 60
A. Il. Van Horn. road work 500
EMy Elawkey. road work 800
| Harry Hart. road work / 90
K r. Marsh. road overseeing 20 uU
On motion Board adjourned un-
til l:30 p VI
At | 80 o'cl NIX p NJ Board re-
assembled as per adjournment ALI
members present
On motion. The following cla ms
were allowed and warrants drawn
for same:
K r. Marsh, road overseeing 43.O0
Roy j Obele. road work Gt.oo
j p Obele, road work 1880
Fran is Hughes, road work 200
Joe Sbopmer, road work $50
John H. pitIen, road work "a 90
r. b. StearnS, road work IUO
John ketcheu, road work 400
John ketchen road work IN"
W. G. Griff H. road work ! 1000
EhaS. Frye, road " X ''.3o
D. A. Powell ST.. road work p %"
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11

- ~, I'i", Board e-assemblec
a']o''M"ent All members
.'"'l.5
~ 'ao'' 'oh' the to'l W. hg claims
a4""e" ana warrants drawn
,lS.'
"m honsoh' plumbing court
'.'"S @4>.Zo.
my \ 'i'rk, ad work 1000
rank lucas, road work l5.So
i1lI foau "o'h' hau'l"s
-" wig ".
"a foad "o'k s'i."".
+. e'i'1e'' sung roan
'.'i'' ~ ''"S' Foad Nl'"rl :
H4oae!' f"ad WORK S2 90.
''s' foa" overseeing
1H."u'
''"" NI'" ing an"
t"''o.
- " S"h' 'eielt oil roao
"2e, F""d viewing ana
%e'''".
+ Co>n", shcFifl foes and
So
n3.S"' F""' viewing ana
$500.
Damon pinot" work Tor
2.ao
't0al,f' auto very - 20.
'"I1ha Btled'l. work IN Audi
t'l.," >'l. 90.
" MAY, postage Regis e,r
..'rr tor"n, labor court
"" 100
loan2, metals for jury %6 "o
'H : GfllIih, aut" livery t o"
.A"'" 1hifal I"i"phoh" 60
-" rom and toll service $50
VI. larson, mdae TO Peter lver
#GI,f 10.
idh.l&ah. rams lipt 500
~" i ri} hauling culverts B 90
Osborne road worn "' 60
"Ioi school supply Co. sta
'tN ana snpp'ies GO. Supt ~ ;
yer y Sahuho, road work 500.
" hr l'llIlihlef, road work 60.
Ahl mex n. road work 24."o
org" " DETER, road work
." '"
hFbeE. faad work %
l"Hnr, ihnndI> for
mousse l.lo
.a y riley, ad work NE.
"Snn kelIar, road work - .oC
81 Eellet + ad work tS.20
Jass q Myers, road work
80.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-12-11

CONTINUED Next Ncek
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-10
MARKETS---FIN COMMERCE

the National Bank of the Republic, said;
NO laws detrimental to the interests OF
this country will be enacted"
President Goddard, of the State Bank,
said: 1.-THE result of the November cleo
ton was no surprise to the people; they
were prepared for it. Now, what is there
to shake confidence, TO cause alarm
Certainly the new administration will not
start out to wreck the peace and prosper
ity, the happiness OF the people. Condi-
lions as they have appeared have always
been met by our people successfully, and
the intelligence and loyalty of our people
have not refrigerated. Business should
move forward. even though we may
have TO go through a period of readjust-
ment."
Ernest HamilI. president of the Corn
Exchange, said: Basic conditions are
sound and 1913 should prove satisfactory
to ALL"
These expressions are from men who
have been important factors in the up
bdilding of great banks and other bet
terments in Chicago.
That they see things so favorable, and
they are all conservative men, should
have an encouraging. helping effect on
everyone.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-10

ney General in Washington yesterday. in
asmuch as the matter is not in shape 10
make public.
While the continued uncertainty as TO
what plans will finally be adopted for the
dissolution of the Union Pacific merger
held active trading in check to-day. the
increasing easiness of money and the as
surance which has been given to the
worldly the great powers of Europe that
the Balkan war must be ended in the
present negotiations, caused better buy
ing Of the general railroad and Industrial
list Of stocks than for any time in the
past month.
The street was. however, much disap-
pointed at the absence Of any announce,
ment of an agreement between the At
tcrney General and the Union Pacific
management; but IL Is believed that the
matter of the Unicn Pacific disposing Of
its Southern Pacific holdings soon will be
satisfactorily arranged.
In the meantime the cheaper rates for
money Is likely to result in advancing
stocks generally TO gradually higher lev
els. unless the Supreme Court should rem
der another unfavorable decision In the
Minnesota railroad rate case on Monday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-10
Bn mixers Optimistic.

Chicago bankers have taken a most op-
timistic view OF the outlook for business
for the year 1919
James B. Forgan, president of the First
National Bank, says: For the next year
/ see no reason to anticipate anything but
good business and prosperity. The change
of administration should not cause ap-
prehension. The tariff will. Of course, be
revised, but the President-elect has prom
ised that business interests have nothing
to fear from his administration. As a re-
suit Of the abundant harvest, business is
on solid basis and has impetus enough
to carry US well into the new year.
From business standpoint there
seems to be nothing to interfere with
prosperity"
William T. Fenton. vice president Of