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Evening star., 1916-12-23
Policemen's Widows Given $50.

Mrs. W. C. Boteler of 81 Girard street
and Mrs. D. c. Smith of Gresham place,
widows of crossing policemen, each
were given a Christmas present of $50
by the Crossing Policemen's Associa-
tion today. J. l.. Patchell, president of
the association. was instrumental in
arranging for the presentations.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Features of K. of c. Christmas Party,

An address on the Christmas spirit,
by Rev. Father Williams, pastor of st.
Anthony's Church; Christmas carols
sung by the st. Paurs choir. under di-
rection of Harry Hall. choirmaster, and
solos by Harry Emmons and Lawrence
Mills were the feaNres of the Christ
mas party held last night by Washing
ton Council, No. 224, Knights of Column
bus, at the hall Of the org8Aization,
e street northwest.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
New Australian War Loan.

LONDON, December 20, 1920 ANA
Reuter- dispatch from Melbourne today
says:
1T is stated that the commonwealth
is about to float another war loan of
f1S.000.000 in terms similar to those of
previous loans"
Evening star., 1916-12-23
New York Bank Statement,

NEW YORK. December 23.-The state
Ynent Of the actual condition of clearing
mousse banks and trust companies for the
week shows that they hold $90,064 $50
reserve in excess of legal requirements
This is decrease of 81. .3s3, 900 from last
week.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
WALL STREET MARKET
SLUGGISH, IRREGULAR

NEW YORK. December 23.-1mme-
diate opening prices generally showed
fractional gains, but it was not long
before the market displayed expected
weakness and fractional to point to two
point declines.
Traders rather looked for recessions,
concluding. with more or less market
Judgment. that many longs would not
care to go over the two holidays car
rying stocks. with the present uncer-
tainty and uneasiness in the business
world and especially in diplomatic CIR
cles.
Wall street will be much slower than
usual recovering from the awful 1oit
it has received this week. An army OF
traders We're badly damaged financial
", many ruined and forced to retire
defeated. and their accounts closed out.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
British Ship Risk Rates Raised

LONDON. December 23.-The Daily
News says that owing to the increased
submarine menace the government war
risk insurance office has raised the in
surance per voyage for British vessels
to 40 shillings per cent.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Norwegian Fiction.
Crude Oil Up 10 Cents Per Barrel

INDEPENDENCE. Kan, December
23.-Another advance of 10 cents a
barrel in crude oil was posted here
today by the Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany. The new price is $1.3O.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Norwegian Steamer Is Sunk,

LONDON. December 23-Lloyd's Ship
ping Agency announces that the Nor
~esian steamer Avona has been sunk
and that the steamer Mureta is believed
TO have been sunk
Evening star., 1916-12-23
British Steamer Reported Sunk.

Sinking of the British steamer Laris-
ton was reported to the State Depart
ment today from London, but neither
place. time nor manner was given.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Sensational Advance of the Day.
Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES
Capital Traction IS, $500 at 1OSI.
Capital Traction. at SO.
Washington Railway pfd., 20 at 81. 10 at ST.
After call:
Washington Railway As, ZOO at s11.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
SPECULATIVE POSITION is
EXCEEDINGLY VULNERABLE
Peace Uncertainty and Weakened
Technical Conditions Cause
Weeks Stock Shrinkage.

NEW YORK, December 90. The un-
certain course of peace negotiations
and weakened technical conditions in
the stock market itself offer sufficient
explanation for this weeks extraordi-
nary shrinkage of. values. which was
partially rectified by yesterdays mod
crate rallies. There will always re-
main difference of opinion as to the
extent to which the German overtures
figured as a market factor, but can
vass of the situation indicates that the
speculative position was exceedingly
vulnerable and only required some out
standing developments to bring about
general reaction.
Wall street and industrial interests
are continuing to readjust their posi-
tions on peace basis, and the belief
prevails in conservative quarters that
the readjustment will be of no less
benefit than causes which gave rise to
so much prosperity in the past two
years.
The stock market will doubtless be
governed largely during the next few
weeks by the foreign situation.
Speculation Bound to Diminish.
Speculation is bound to be in dimin-
ished volume. if for no other reason
than that the recent bull party will re-
quire some time to repair its shattered
fortunes.
In the wider field of finance a further
inflow of gold, enormous bank clear
ings, partly occidental to holiday trade.
and the general monetary situation Of
fer abundant proof of the country's
commanding position.
1t is almost a foregone conclusion
that the banking interests of the coun-
try will be asked before long to take
part in additional foreign loans, re-
gardless of the outcome of prevailing
peace discussions.
In fact, it is believed that cessation
of the European conflict will be
the signal for decided expansion
of these undertakings into countries
which thus far have found this market
unavailable.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Stronger in Last Hour.

There was decided improvement in
the last hour of the session and espe
cially in the last half hour.
The volume of early trading was
light and the fluctuations more or less
frequent Some of the closest observ
ers of market conditions found cause
for satisfaction in the fact that there
seemed to be no pressure on the list;
that the earlier declines were nol fol-
lowed by increased realizing, and ac-
credited this to a feeling of security on
the part of the financial interests. read
ing between the lines that this meant
that the liquidation has cleared the at
mosphere for the time being and that.
for the present at least. the price for
extended speculation has been paid and
the account, as far as the public veal
is concerned, settled
Evening star., 1916-12-23
NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by ". B. Hibbs & Co.
members New York Stock Exchange. New York
Cotton Exchange and Chicago soard Of Trade.
Evening star., 1916-12-23

Electric burglar alarms surround the
Treasury at3Washington, and are tested
every flftee6 minutes, day and night.
Evening star., 1916-12-23

The Avona, of 1896 tons gross, was
last reported as arriving at Rotterdam
November %, from Portland, Me, and
Jouisburg, g. u. The steamer Mureta
Is not listed in available shipping rec
ords.
Evening star., 1916-12-23

Platinum is becoming so scarce that
Russia, where most of the mines are. Is
3ecking new deposits.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
WEATHER..

For the District of Columbia. fair to-
night and tomorrow, without decided
changes; lowest tempera-
ture tonight about IS degrees; gentle
to moderate shifting winds.
For Maryland, fair tonight; somewhat
colder in east portion. Tomorrow fair;
gentle to moderate shifting winds.
For Virginia. fair tonight. Tomor-
row. fair; slightly warmer; gentle to
moderate shifting winds.
For West Virginia. partly cloudy to-
night. Tomorrow unsettled and warm
er. probably snow
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey.)
Today-Low tide. 12:4S am. and 12:39
pm; high tide, 6:12 am. and $40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1:41 am. and
/ :35 pm; high tide, 7:0S am. and 1886
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 1925 m; sun sets,
4:50 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1925 am; sun
sets. 4:51 pm.
Moon rises. 6:10 am; sets. 333 pm.
Automobile lamps to DE lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Fa1ls-Temperature
81; condition. Is. Dalecarlia reservoir
"a; condition at north
connection, %; condition at south con-
nection, Z. Georgetown distributing
eservoir-Temperatur %; condition
at inf1uent gatehouse, I; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, 8.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste pm, 3S:
8 pm. 33: Il midnight, 81: today, i
m. 80; am. 81. Maximum. 43, at
] 1870 pm. yesterday; minimum, 81. at
8 am.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. so; minimum, 26.
arometer-Ye esterday. pm, 1888
s pm, 1898; II midnight, 1904; today.
4 am, 1910. s am, 3017.
Weather in Various Cities
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Margin Watching Is Racking.

The manner in which room managers
watch the margin accounts these days
is also racking to the nerves of traders
and leads to further elimination OF the
margin trader. while the cash-1n-hand
investor Is not numerous enough to
buy all the stocks offered. The reaction
has been inconsderable when compared
with the smashing declines.
some bears covered their shorts early
in the session and will not be back
until after Christmas. but the great
rank and file of this fraternity was not
especially disturbed about conditions
and did not, although the short inter-
est outstanding is inconsequential as
compared with the record Thursday
have been too tempt
ing.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by y. B. Hibbs & C.
members New York Stock Exchange.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Spotty in Final Trading.

While there were many recoveries in
the final trading, the market was spot
ty, and there We're many stocks that
still showed losses of a point to frac-
tionally more than this: also there
were securities in the same line that
made full recoveries and some frac-
tional advances.
American Locomotive actually gained
IS, and Baldwin Locomotive lost ~
points; Crucible Steel and Industrial
Alcohol nearly regained all loss: Mer-
camille Marine preferred was off l Y +;
the motors, weak early, fully recov-
cred for a slight rise; Bethlehem Steel
lost IL points net: Lackawana gained
11a; United States Steel common
opened at 1913, sold to 1913, off to
1855, back to 1861 to 1859. and back
to 1868, a net loss of q of point.
Sensational Advance of the Day.
Beet sugar was IL points off: Cen
trail Leather lost IL; Ohio Cities lost
liz and closed 11a higher.
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies fur
nished the sensational advance of the
day when it rose from 108ato III.
Corn Products, Distillers, Car Foun-
dry, Foundry Products. General Elec-
trio and Texas Oil were all strong out
slow spots.
The rails moved sluggishly for very
slight changes net. No one seemed
to care to make investments over the
holidays in the group and there was
no speculative trading.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
GOVERNMENT BONDS

Capital Traction is .............. 1O8 /
Anacostia and Potomac guar. Js--. s91a q.
Anacostia and Potomac 5s........ $50 /.
City and Suburban 5s ..-.-....... 1O2A
Metropolitan IS ....---.......... 10ih
Washington Rwy and Elec IS klL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
Umpiires

horse wins races and he loses money
thereby
The way The runner up" owners are
continuing 20 SINCE others has created
the question The practice of beaten
owners bidding up the winners still
continues around the New York tracks
and Woeireigns among the clique that
persists in entering a class boss in a
/ trucker race.
John Sanford entered BAG in a cheap
selling race the other day. at for
sale price of $500. Bac won the race
and about $3.50 of the purse for San
ford. But John lost through the vic
tory, simply because his horse was bid
up to $500 and retained by the owner
who had to cough up" the $4,000 diff
ference. which was split among the
owners OF the beaten nags-
Later in the same day. St Isidor. an
other of Sanford's horses. entered TO be
sold for $500, COPIED an event. The
victory netted about $3.50 for Sanford.
but right away St. IsidOr was bid up to
$4,000 and retained by Sanford. who had
10 part with $4,000 which also was di-
vided among the beaten owners in the
st. Isidor race.
The story of Charlie Mullen is one
of a fellow who waited patiently for
more than three years to show that
he was a ball player, got the chance n
last and then made good with a hur
rah-
Bullen. a product OF a small league
in the west. landed with the Yankees
during the Frank Chance regime Dur
ing that time he didn't get many op-
pOrtunities to display his wares. It
was the same in 1915.
When the 1915 season began. Mullen
still was on the bench. Occasionally
he was summoned for pinch swatting
duty-and nearly always did he deliver
But along in mid spring when the
Yankee owners decided TO prune the ex-
pense list. they asked for waivers on
Mullen None Of the big league clubs
seemed anxious to snare him Mullen.
you see. never having been accorded a
real chance 10 show what he could do
was sort of unknown quantity-the
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

each man can do. They are 20 weigh
/ in for this contest. however, at 1876 ar
/ 900 o'clock on the morning of the bout
| They are both within easy striking dis
lance of the stipulated poundage.
Hard to Choose Between Them.
\ week before the date of the contest
; it is hard for even an expert on
form to choose between them. Nate
Lewis. Whites manager. and the ad-
mirers of the Chicago boy. seem TO be
PARTICULARLY sweet on his chances He
is walloping his sparring partners
around with a vim that is certainly i'm
pressive. and the altitude does not seem
10 affect him in the least Welsh. on
the other hand. is as fast as streak of
creased lightning and never looked in
better form Ifthey were thrown into
the ring today they could probably box
at top speed
Seats Selling Fast.
Seats for the contest are being sold
almost as fast as contractor Farms
worth can build them. The prices.
ranging from Sc admission up to SIS
for ringside box seats, has struck the
popular fancy The arean is designed
to seat 10000 and from present indica-
ticns there is not going to be a vacant
spot by the time the two lightWeights
climb through the ropes. II this should
happen there will be but a couple of
houses in the history of boxing which
viii show larger gate receipts
At least $4,000 must be taken in be
fore the club can begin to see a profit
ihe advance sale. however. now indi-
Gates an $50, 900 gate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
Old Time Promoter Is Very Ill
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Former Stake Horse Pulls Milk Wagon
Ine
BY BERT E COLLYER-
CAN rights reserved by COIIyersS News BureauO

IHICAGO. Ill, Aug. 2s.-FoIlowers Of
the Queensberry game all over the
land will regret TO hear of the ser
i0us illness of Paddy Carroll. old time
promoter and manager Of Tommy Mo-
watt. when that lightweight under the
fistic monicker of the Fighting Con-
ductor" was trading wallops with the
best of them
Carroll has been bed-ridden now in
the Peoples hospital here for five
months with a poisoned foot which re-
fuses to yield to treatment and attend
ing physicians are extremely skeptical
whether Paddy will ever leave his bed
again In the good old days Carroll
staged shows at the Star and Lyceum
theaters and Douglas hall. as well as
for a time conducting shows at Mem
p1is. Tenn 1t was a the old Lyceum.
row but a memory. that he staged the
famous battle between Jack Root. who
has becomes a money baron, and Mar
win Hart The apex of CarrolFs career
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
FINEST TENNIS
MEN COMPETE
Leaders So Evenly Matched
That No Favorite for
Championship Apparent

J New York. Aug. 2s.-The 3sth annual
| championship tournament of the United
| States National Lawn Tennis associa-
] ton, when IS -b7eire-- played -oH the
courts OF the West Side Tennis club at
Forest HILL l. T.. brings together the
/ leading racquet wielders of the coun-
try The famous experts of the Pacific
| coast, the south and the middle west
match speed and skill against the best
Of the eastern stars and the leaders ap-
pear to be so evenly matched that there
is no outstanding favorite for the
singles championship now held by VIII
liam NJ Johnston Of san Francisco.
Chief interest centers in the efforts
OF Maurice E. Mclaughlin, the greatest
tennis player ever developed in this
country, to capture outright the NAM
moth silver bowl. emblamaIic Of the
singles championship. This trophy. the
eighth offered since the formation of
the Tennis assertion in 1881. has been
in competition since 1911. and must be
won three times. but not necessarily in
succession. in order to become the per-
scnal property of the victor The
present standing of the players who
have won legs on the bowl is as fol-
lows: Maurice E Mclaughlin. san
liams. second Philadelphia. one VII
lin F. Johnston. san Francisco. one;
" A Larned. New York. one
Hard Course For Mclaughlin.
Larned. who has retired from the
tournament play. won the title and
bowl in 1911 Mclaughlin captured the
trophy in 1912 and 1913 He was de-
feated in the final round by Williams I
at Newport in 1914. and by Johnston at
Forest Hills last August In order TO J
fight his way into the finals the Cali
fornia comet must defeat a number of /
very high class players. for his name !
was drawn in the lower half which (
a majority of the leading stars /
Of the country in addition TO Kumagae
the best of the japanese now playing in ,
the United States. In the lower half
Of the draw with Mclaughlin are John
ston, the present champion. Karl Behr,
+ r Pell, Watson NJ Washburn. y W
Niles. George NJ Church. Ichiya Kuma-
gaze. Roland Roberts. Willis Davis. r
Lindley Murray. Harold Throckmorton.
F. B. Alexander. c. 8. Doyle Dan
Mathey and other expert players
While, OF course, McLouglin will not /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
Tener Will Back Up His Umpires
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Says Fans and Players Are Wrong
Rx FRANK G. MENkE.

IEW YORK. Aug. 29.-John X
M Tener doesn't think the umpir-
= ing in the National league is aw-
full. He admits the arbitrators might
foozle once in a while, but he points
out that 20 err is human" The prexy
of the elder major league declares that
the umpiring this year is above the
average. despite general yowls from
players and rams all over the circuit
The fans frequently take issue with
the umpires on decisions when they are
not in any real position TO judge
play" says Tener. An umpire, within
a foot or two of a play. is more compe-
tent 10 render just rulings than the
fans sitting from so to 300 feet from
the scenes of action But the fans. in
some towns. thing otherwise
PLAYERS have been making COM
plants concerning the umpires- | have
investigated every one of them with a
fair and impartial mind. On practi-
callv every occasion I have found. after
listening to both sides of the story. that
the umpire was right Players. you
know. are likely to get excited on the
ball field and their anger will warp
their better judgment They think
they are getting the worst of il at such
times. yet, IN their calm moments,
daresay. they would agree with the UNI
pire perfectly
Some players aren't too refined in
their conduct toward umpires- They
think they can call an umpire any name
they wish-but they can't. People in
the stands can't hear all the names that
are applied to umpires by the players.
Ii they did they would have some DIFF
ferent views; they would wonder how
the umpires manage 10 control their
tsmpers as well as they do.
The umpiring in the National
league. as far as I have been able TO
determine by several trips to the diff
ierent cities. is very good, and 1 mean
10 back up my umpires 10 the limit"
Some race horse owners are begin
llng to ask themselves;
What does it avail a man if his |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

as q fistic impresario was then he had
Mowatt under his wing, his charge
meeting such scrappers as Attell. Terry
McGovern. Kid" Broad and the other
stars Of the division.
= r
One OF the tragedies Of the turf is
confined in the news that Bernays the
horse that ran third to The Picket and
Claude in the American Derby of 1903.
is eking out an existence pulling a
cream wagon at the farm Of n B. Davis
at Milan. Ind. Nineteen horses went to
the post in that years renewal of the
three-year old classic John A Drake
furnishing the favorite in his entry
Savable and High Chancellor while
Bernays with The Picket and Judge
Hines were equal closing second
choices The Picket won the race BY
six lengths with Claude a short head in
front Of Bernays. who left the post
last and practically left. His great
race moved Rome Respess, in whose
colors the colt ran. to say that with
an even break Bernays would have won
and there are many who saw the race
that agreed with him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
Their measurements.

The 1s3 pounds indicates the weight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

IEW YORK. Aug. 29.-John X
~ Tener doesn't think the umpir-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

Y Of baseball And so it looked like
the minors for him
But just then Fate plunged into the
affairs Of Mullen and saved his major
league job. A half dozen Yankees were
injured in rapid succession. making it
necessary for Donovan 10 retain all his
extra men
Mullen. in substitute roles. performed
il way that surprised the natives.
He hit fiercely and fielded well But
when the infields returned 10 the dia-
nond Mullen was shooed back 10 the
bench.
his ultimate chance-and finally il
came Geo. Gedeon. the Yank second
sacker. played so poorly that Bill Dono-
van decided week or so ago to bench
him
GO in and show US what you can
do" said Donovan TO Mullen.
Does that mean II ! show up well
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

I'll have the regular job"
1t does If you show US something
great" answered Bill
Well. the box scores since then tell
the rest of the Mullen story. They
show that Mullen has been hitting at a
flendlsh clip. boosting his clOutins
mark 10 something like $50 The
scores show faultless fielding BY this
once time dub and the Yankee fans will
tell you Of his hair-raising. sensational
plays made day after day.
advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
WILDE rs WILLING
TO FIGHT IN u S.

Chicago. Ill. Aug. 2e.-Charley
Mitchell. the English heavyweight
pugilisr, who fought John L. Sullivan
more than a quarter of a century ago,
arrived here from London Monday. lie
said he was prepared TO bring the
British champion flyweight, Jimmy
Wilde. to this country for a match
with any American bantamweight up
112 pounds.
II Johnny Ertle of St Paul, will
make ia pounds ringside, ne said.
Wilde will meet him for 20 rounds
or more anywhere a referees decision
is permitted.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29

White, Unaffected By Altitude Seems to Be Wanpping
His Sparring Partners; Welsh Is Very Fast and
Two Men Are Now in F orm to Box at Top Speei;
$4,000 Gate Receipts Predicted.

COLORADO, SPRINGS. Colo, Aug.
29-Freddie Welsh and Charley
~ White champion and challenger, in
the big worlds lightweight champion
ship battle which is to be decided at
Colorado Springs under the auspices of
The Hundred Million Dollar club on the
afternoon of Labor day, Sept l. have
been put under the tape by the official
physician of the club. Dr. LennOx. with
the following result
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

With little cry Mrs. Beutinger
slumPed forward in he- seat. She was
led from the room by two court at
tendants, Florence Bell and Mary
Nelly, and as she went up the stairs
that lead TO the barred droom above.
her sobs and cries, increasingly loud
or, came back to the strained ears in
the courtroom. Three hours later. In
the Essex County Jail, she was still
hysterical.
Il want to 60 home to my children. /"
she said, over and over again. 81 told
them / would be at home to-day. |
promised them. don't care so much
what they do to ne later, if only thew
VIII let me go back to my children
now"
Inc verdict was one that astoaished
everyone who had listened TO the story
OF Christof Beutinger's brutality and
TO Margaret Beutinger's plea of self
defence. Sympathy with the frail
twenty-eight-year-old woman, who had
LAID bare the horrors of her ten wears
OF married life, was intense.
The courtroom was crowded all the