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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-15
BANK cLEARINGs DROP HERE
81 Per Cent Decline Reported-3t
Other cities Also Lose

Ncw'York. Nov. 15.-Bank clearings
at fifty leading cities OF the United
States for the. week ending Thursday,
November II, as reported to Brad.
streets. aggregate SO, AS, 800 900, a
gain Of go per cent over last week Ga
holiday week., but a loss Of 1873 per
cent from this week last year. Outside
Of New York the total Is 81, see. COT 900.
an increase Of 20 per cent over last
week, but decrease Of 5.8 per cent
from this weeh last year. New York
shows a drop Of Ill per cent from
last year. Nineteen cities report larger
totals than last year. while thirty one
exhibit losses. Chicago reflects a loss
Of 2.7 per cent, Philadelphia 81 per
cent, Boston 1913 per cent, st. Louis
10 per cent, San Francisco "a per cent,
Cleveland eight -tenths Of per cent,
Detroit nine tenth Of per cent, At
lanta 1913 per cent and New Orleans
1872 per cent. Cincinnati reports q gain
Of four -tenths Of / per cent.
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Annual Meetirss

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK.
HOLDERS OF THE WEST PHILADEI-
PHiA TITLE AND THUsT COMPANY win
caster avenue and 4oth street Monday, Ne
vember Is. 1890. at $3.50 o'clock D. M, ae
directors to serve for three years and ons
director to eerve for an unexplred term of
one year.
RALPH I. LEvERING. Secretary.
MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATIOS
THE ANIMAL MEETING or THE MEN.
bers of this Association will be held On
Tuesday, November 10th. 1870. at IL o'cIoea
NJ, at lle South 4th street. Room 2oa. At
which time an election will be held for FiyS
Managers to serve for Four Years
WILLIAM +. CLINE, Secretar,
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Proposals
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
DIRECTIONS OFFICE
Ro0r. cIb Cfty Hall


Sealed propSsals win hs resolved at. ts,s
sss mqO% s,S SiS isao SS y, He Il anti
'ni auRExU 5fsi2xtHS or FIRE: For the furnishing
Sa,idine and placing in service. Com bi"StioS Ina lon
Chspical and Hose Wagons. No. Extra IL.
Cleaning Fire Headquarters. 1928 Rac.
street for The. tie Y9sr lg2i M -, o,o,,
Contractors TO guarantee the employment
OF none but COMPETENT and nrs,.qIsss work.
no workmen 20 be considered as Competent
and flrst class who are not duly skilled ia
shall be paid such rates OF wages and for
such hours Of work as shall be the sstabiirhsd
hours Of work by employers OF orsu nissd
labor IN the doing of similar work. as pro
yded by 99Scd'n1ssnnSSs 1snS OF Counei!s' approved
No bids win be cona'dered unless accom-
tSs SS sco IN S sSs c,y Win from
din.ns,s of Councils .ppe approved May IS. 1850.
tSs SsT amosnt p exceeds 500. !" all cases where
The ptTtebGT bi rssery,s r the r,Sst to reject
JAMES T. coRTELYoU. pirsc.oa''' '''
OFFICE OF THE REC0RDER or DEEDS
Room No. iot. City Hall. phiia.. Pa. =,
be rece we'd at this Once until the "a ~. AZ
Of NoysmbS. 1890, at Twelve o'clock neos, smy
be opened and the eontraets aSstsss Ss's 70 Nh hli
lowest and best bidders All suppIies gn,,.s
be in accordance with the schedule. nnn
equal in sl,s, SslIs and SSaIity TO the samples
place designated on proposal form. and al
work to be done IN the Recorder OF Deeds
Once, under the supervision of the E,nrNro
intendent of tho Binding Didg from iyS"s. oiS.s
than those engaged or established In bass.
ness for which the proposals are asked viii
not be entertained or considered ""h
AL bids must be Rccompan MED nv Il -.
tincate from the City Solicitor that Es,r,st,.
proWsions OF an Ordinance Of counciIs' aps
All rebinding muAt be done in accora.,..
with the specifcations as may be reo,,issX
and subject 10 inspection and II not az rs,' ~
resented VIII be rejected. The RecorSs.
reserves the risht TO reject ali BIDS a. -
may deem best for tn. interest az IN, dsss
JAMES II. HAZiETsr
Recorder OF Deedx
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GOSSIP OF
e T.. THE STREET

Reasons advanced for the fall In the
value Of the franc and the rise in that
Of the dollar and the pound sterling,
the most important subject now being
discussed in the financial world. have
been assembled by the Paris edition OF
the London Daily Mail, which has been
inyestiga dng the question and has OBJ
tained the opinions Of various persons
active in French finance. Five reasons
are argued by Lloyd's National and
Provincial Bank. These are:
First. The optimistic declarations
by M. Francois Marsel. the minister OF
finance, whose promhe that a better
rate Of exchange In the near future led
people who desired pounds for covering
purposes to walt. The reverse OF what
was. expected happened however. and
Second: President. elect Harding's
League of Nations,
Third. Great Britain and France are
entirely In the hands Of America. and
elements in America hostile to the Allies
are doing their utmost to ,depreciate the
pound and the franc.
Fourth. The dearness of money In
American and England Is prompting the
people of these countries to recall the
frames they have in"France. .
Fifth. The. heavy debt Of France
and Great Britain to America"
M. Challis, Of the London County and
Westminster Bank, gave this opinion
France Is buying dollars through Lon
don. This is one cause Of the fall In
the franc. Spectators In the inner cir
Gle find ont what contracts are COM
ing of and they sell or buy to their ad.
vantage. This Is proved by the rise and
fall OF the franc within a few days.
Oyerproduction in America causes
American business men to close out their
holdings In francs and realize in dol
lars" ....'
The manager of the exchange depart.
ment Of Cox & Co, Ltd. Is quoted
thus: The exchange rate Is not made
in Paris. We are absolutely dependent
here on New York
NJ. Bertal, financial editor of La
Liberte, said: state debts and pri-
vate debts have to be paid, and Ameri-
cans are certainly at present, on the
whole, withdrawing rneir money from
francs and turning 1t into dollars. Be-
sides, we now have to pay ready money
for large shipments or American coal. y
The exchange manager Of the Banque
Anglo Sud Americaine said: "Tht
situation Is very serious. Speculation,
! am sure. plays quite q small part in
the depreciation Of the franc. One req =
son is heavy recent purchases Of Ameri :
can coal. Another cause Is lack Of
faith abroad in French credit. Our
remedy IL to produce more coal. That
is the chief bill we have to pay abroad.
We must also cut down expenses
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LLNerpool Cotton

slow Of sale today with prices easier on
the basis Of q decline OF Il, points for
middling at lti5d. The sales were 1000
bales. There were no receipts Futures
pricee were: American middlinR, fair
10.tod; good Inddiing. 1850; fully
middlins, 1a,eSd; middling, lS.i5d: low
middline. 10000 good ordinary, 7.65d,
and ordinary. a.65d
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WEST END rkUsr COMI'ANA

holders Of the West End Trust Compsny
will be held st the onice Of the Company.
SoTem6er Ts 18th. iSso. al IL o'eioci noon Snoas'
CHARIES y. %oLRERT. Secretary.
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months and their Interpretation Of the
situation n that there has been the
very best kind OF distribution. or other
wise there necessarily would have been
a sharp break in bond prices when the
general decline In the securities mar
kets developed during the week.
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Railroad Situation Encouraging

The railroad situation had many en-
couraging aspects. A new record for
freight movement was established In Oc-
tober. each week revealing a substantial
increase in car loadings. On October
%, car loadings stood at I 1,010, ,981 cars.
against 975,9 cars on October 2. and
OFT .O51 in the corresponding week of
1910. Car shortage figures pointed to
the same end. On October 2, the short
age was S0.141 cars, while on October
q 1t was 5,065 cars.
Commissioner Aitchison, of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. was au-
thority for the statement that the back
bone Of the cur shortage situation had
been broken, and that there was now n
possibility Of a surplus Of equipment.
This Is to say, that crisis has been
averted II all the menace has not been
removed.
1.-The general public will never
know" he said, "how close the rail
and water transportation systems Of
the United States came to a comp'ete
cessation of functioning in the heart of
the Industrial heart OF the country as
the result Of strikes beginning in April,
and which continued in diminishing
force until mid summer.
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Extra Dividend BY Solar Refining

Lima, o.. Nov. lB.-Solar Refining
declared an extra dividend Of SsS a
share and the regular semi annual divi-
dend OF Is q share, both payable De
eember % to stock Of record Novem-
ber 90.
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Conner Demand Widening

Improvement in the copper market
continues. and before long there will
be feeling in the trade that the turn
has come. In fact some authorities
have already stated that all the indica-
tions point to q better demand than
had been seen in a long time, as con-
sumers are In the market with inquiries
for fair lots. Announcement that the
sale of the metal in October amounted
to approximately 1S0, 900 900 pounds
came as a surprise to many, especially
because this total Is nearly as large as
the sales of July, August and Septem-
Der combined. OF course. some large
contracts were made in October, but
the total sales show that reports Of
enormous contracts for that month were
exaggerated. As a matter of fact, the
stories that 125 900 900 to 100, 900, COO
pounds of copper were sold In one block
by leading selling agent never re-
ceived much credence in the trade, .al-
though it was admitted that a com
paratively large order had been placed.
However, 1t was difficult for a time to
get any details on this business.
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CONSOLIDATED c0lllERIes
COMPANY. INCORPORATED -

Duc GUY Ivo1
terms Of the Mortgage dated July ist., 1907.
ceivs sealed proposals. up to 800 D. M. on
the sth day Of December. 1870, for the sale
to use the sum OF s4s.5i8T7. The under
signed reserves the right to reject any or all
tenders.
THE NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY.
Trustee. BY y. q. CURTIS. Secretary
New York. October 8l. 1920
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Anew YORK, Feb. 21--How much
~ longer will John Patrick kllDane
he able to cling to the title OF
featherweight champion?
AS champions go the Cleveland lad
has been a title holder much longer
than the average fighter who reaches
the pinnacle In his division It has
been nearly eight years since kilbane
took the crown away from Abe Atten
in 20 rounds
Only one featherweight champion
reigned longer than kilbane has
reiEned in the featherweight division
BE was the Incompatible George
Dixon. LII Chocolate" who held the
title for nine years
Almost from the day he won
AtfeIIss crown KiIbane has stood
head and shoulders above the next
best boys in the worlds crop Of
feathers He has had no rivals
worthy Of HIS metal in all that
time. Several OF the boys who
contested for HIS crown after he
became champion have long since
OutEroVFu the class or quit the
ring. One Of them Is Johnny
Dundee. who is now a sturdy
IfEhfEFeight, and, though n vet
eran, is still going strong.
It was because or a dearth OF op-
ponents in his division that Kiibane
stepped out Of his class to meet
Benny Leonard IN Philadelphia and
that step proved a sad one for the
Clevelander, as Leonard disposed Of
him in three rounds. Since that time
kilbane has not been the same He IS
far from as good as he was about
three years ago, yet he Is still firmly
enthroned as king Of the feathers.
VIII Meet Vnlger.
On the 25th Of this month Johnny
viii crawl through the ropes at New
ark to defend his title in an eight
round bout against Benny Falger.
Valger is generally figured as the
foremost Of Kilbane's present day
rivals At least. the promoters figure
him that way, and while Valger like
Kilbanes has not proven himself TO be
q Furnishing fighter, he has cleverness
and. above all, youth IN his side
While speaking Of Valger It might
be untimely to mention the fact that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
KiLbane Is Veteran Of All
Champions; Hos Held Title
Eight Years; To Meet VaIger

he is a New York product He was
born on the East Side, Of Hebrew
parents This followers call him the
French flash" but East Side New
Workers viii tell you that there isn't
a drop Of French blood IN his system
NnlEer viii have to step some
TO defeat kiibane in eight rounds
He is said to be n very confident
little Hcruppers and no doubt he
will nut everything ne has into
his bout with the champion But
Eflbane has probably forgotten
more than kaiEeE has ever
learned about fighting, 50 Benny's
task viii be fur from an easy one
because science and ringeraft 20
a long way in n short bout
The fact that Kilbane has held to
his title so long marks him as an
extraordinary boxer. Despite the
fact that he has held rank Tar above
the best prospects the featherweight
garden has produced in eight years
he deserves a lot OF credit Dixon
was a boxer like him In many ways.
but the negro had something that
Kilbane has always lacked deadly
punch
Dixon Defeated An.
Dixon knocked 'em cold So did
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett
And though the fight fan Of the
veteran class admires kilbane there
is a popular demand for a feather
weight champion who can sock"
The class Of fighter represented by
Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard Of
today is the class that viii always
be most popular. The sporting pub
lie loves the man with the punch. be
he a fighter or q ball player.
While Kilbane and Dixon held the
featherWeight title for years the his
tory Of the division shows that we
had one champion who held the title
Ter only IS days. he was Dave Sulli-
van. Sullivan took the title from
SoIly Smith at Coney Island, Septsm-
Der %, ISIS, when Smith broke his
hand in the fifth round. he imme-
diately accepted a challenge from
George Dixon, who defeated him in
10 rounds on November IL Sullivan
fought the best OF them He feared
no man There is an interesting story
connected with Sullivans battle
against NcGovern at Louisville in
lsvA.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
English PoIoiStS
Are Getting Ready

Sew York, Feb! 21.-Elaborate
plans are being prepared by the Eng
lish birmingham Polo committee.
under the Craftsmanship Of earl Haig.
for the defence OF the American. polo
cup which was won at AIeadowbrook.
n 2, IN 1914.
It has been decided to create a body
which viii be entrusted with the duty
OF organizing resources so that the
polo team to represent England in the
next contest may comprise the best
players and arrange test matches
look after training and draw up a
list OF ponies The other COMMITTEES
VIII have under its care the provision
OF grounds, stands. stabling, accom-
provide funds to meet necessary ex-
penses-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
Southeastern Golfers VIII
Meet At Tucson In March

who viii enter competition viii be
notified within the next few DAYS.
Membership in the association in
cludes all Of the prominent golf clubs
Of Arizona and New Mexico and also
the Ell Paso Country club. One new
club has been added since the last
tournament in FL Paso in 1919 from
Prescott, Ariz.. II being the Has
sayamDa Country club
FL Paso golfers are getting their
sticks in trim for the tournament as
quite a large delegation will 90 from
this city to take part against other
leading club wielders at the south
west
DR.. Kimball Bannister. vice presi-
dent Of the Southwestern association
won the championship last year in FL
Paso- He viii be entered as a mem
Der Of the Phoenix Counsgy club dele
cation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
Everett MCGOWAN
Wins Racing Title

Lake Placid, n. 2. Feb. z1.-Victorv
in the three mile senior final Friday
aLternoon won for Everett MCGOWAN.
Of St Paul. the international ana
teur Ice championship. The western
youth finished with a total OF I20
points In the three mile race Joe
Moore OF Lake Placid followed Nc
SoWan across the line. Charles Jew
third
Miss Rose Johnson. Chicago. won
the Ilrst Women's International sgat-
ing title She scored 10 points.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

BaltimoTa AID, Feb. 2l.-Pal Moore,
OF Memphis and Earl Puryears for
city, furnished the seasons fastest
bantam Whirl here Friday night when
they fought II rounds 70 a draw. A
close tzbulation Of the rounds found
that Puryear took the third. fourth,
fifth. sixth and tenth. while Moore
was best In the first, seventh. eighth,
ninth and eleventh rounds The sec
ond and l2th roundl were even.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

FOLLOWING the information that
Tucson could best receive golfers
OF the Southwestern Golf associ-
alton there in March, president
Charles Leavell, OF FL Paso, Satur-
day morning announced that the tour
ney would be held on the Country
club links there on March 26, p
and %.
VIII send Out Notice.
Official notice of the date Of the
tournament has not yet been sent out
by nrasident Laavell. but those clubs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
Galveston Pirates VIII Be
Mich Stronger This Season

GALVESTON. Tex. Feb. 2l-Danny
II Clark, Pirate second sacker,
reached this city yesterday with
the signed contract OF pitcher 5. P
Greenwood. a right handler Of Mobile
in his coat pocket The signing OF
Greenwood brings the Pirate hurting
CORPS Up TO an even half dozen men
Two OF the six are southpaws and
the remaining four earn their living
with their right flippers- Clark
turned over the contract to president
Phil Sanders
Is College Man
Greenwood is q collegiate product
and was formerly a star moundsman
for the Spring Hill college nine. Last
year. toward the close Of the season
he was given a triyout by the Mobile
Southern league club. according 70
manager Bob TarletOn Of the Pirates
Several Southern league clubs were
after him to come TO Galveston
Tarleton said
Clark fa the first Of the Pirates
to reach Galveston this year. He
Is in tin top shape physically
During the winter he has been
living ut Meridian, Miss, where
hs. worked As a railroad brake
man. Plenty Of exercise has KEPT
the home run king Of Pirate Ieiu
in excellent condition and ne
SAYS IL viii take only "A Jew
workouts to put him into mid
season form. Danny VIII remain
here during the Mnrdt Grns 1es-
ffvftfeE. Wednesday he viii leave
for san Antonio to visit MS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

ALIanLa- "a Zen ZL--LIe Ten
round bout here Friday night between
Jack LaWler. Omaha featherWeight,
and Johnny Dundee, New York light
weight, was called a draw by the
referee. but an three sport writer's
at the ringside stated LaWler had the
better Of seven rounda- The fight was
a fast one with Lawler, in the opinion
Of sport writer's, doing most OF the
leading.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
BOXING


MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Feb. 21.-Art
W Magirl. OF Oklahoma. was given
the newspaper decision over
Jock Malone, Of Milwaukee, in a ten
round no decision contest here Fri
day night Malone claimed he broke
his arm IN the fifth round Thereafter
ne used hlH right exclusively. Magirl
forced the boxing In the first half
OF the bOGt but appeared 10 favor his
opponent after the injury. They each
weighed Isl pounds. Malone suffered
q fracture OF the same arm several
months ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Kansas City, No. Feb. 21.-Harvey
Thorpe, a local lightweight. knocked
out Walter McDevitt, OF California
in the fourth round OF a ten round
bout Friday night.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Paris France. Feb. 21.-K- OLaugh-
lin, an American, Friday night de-
feated Paul Brevieres in the fourth
seconds threw up the sponge IN order
to save their man from further pun
ishment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

brother. He will return here
early In March to begin training.
II pitcher Greenwood lives up to the
reputation Clark has given him here.
the Pirates are well fixed in the box
Three other right-handers, Gudger,
Couchman and Cerniglia. Will report
for training and two southpaws. Lee
and Jolle viii complete the start
President Sanders is still on the look
out for a first class outfielder to bask
in the gardens with Bittle and Gala
han.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Willie Mitchell. 'Wheezer" Dell,
Art Eromme and Byron Houck, for
mer well known big league tWirlers,
are on the pitching staff II the YER
non team Of the Pacific coast ssgue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
Lieut.. Rother17und
Goes To Georgia

Lieut. Theodore K Ted Rother-
mund. formerly athletic officer OF the
Seventh cavalry left Saturday after
noon for Camp Benning Ca, where
he win take a course IN physical
training and bayonet instruction
After the completion Of the course
Lieut. Rothermund will return TO FL
PasO- During his term OF service as
athletic officer OF the Seventh regi-
ment, Lieut.. R0thermund was respon-
sible for the staging OF many big
field meets and boxing contests and
thusiastlc athletic boosters OF the
district
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
DeS MOineS Gets
4 New BackStoD

St Louis. DO, Feb. 21.-Ths Des
Moines team, to which catcher Eddie
Stumpf was sent by the White Sox,
IS managed by Jack Coffey. Eddie
Stumpf. his new catcher. went with
the White Sox TO the training camp
last spring and displayed enough
skill TO warrant his retention. He
never caught in a championship game
for the ChicagOs. but no doubt i'm
proved his knowledge Of the game
by playing in the American associa-
ton last season.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Manager Mitchell OF the Cybiearo
Cubs after giving George Tyler Ire
once over said he believed the star
pitcher would be O. K next season
Tyler did little work for the Cubs
last year on account OF III health.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

Richie Mitchell, the Milwaukee
boxer, ana Franklin Mason. the In
diana nyWeight, have sprung a new
advertising stunt The two boxers
one called The Mitchell Monthly. and
now issue their own publicity sheets.
the other bearing the title OF The
Mason Jar.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
OIL LEAGUE IS
Of SIX TEAMS

Fort Worth. Tex. Feb. 21.-Repre-
sentztives OF Ranger Mineral Wells.
Abilene. Cisco and Eastland voted at
a nesting at the Metropolitan hotel
Sunday to organize the West Texas
league which together with these
towns and a sixth as members to be
admitted later will put over series
Of 40 games Of class D baseball to
be played this summer. Officials of
the league as elected today were as
follows: J. Walter Morris. president
secretary and treasurer W r. Keeble.
q Abilene. first vice president, and
Frank D. Ray Of Eastland. as second
vice president The board Of directors
VII be composed Of the presidents
e the six league clubs The sixth
Sub viii be admitted at a meeting to
be held in Mineral Wells next week.
Have Sinking ind.
Tentative plans cali for the opening
OF the season about a week OF ten days
following the Texas league getaway.
April 16- The $50 guarantee also met
with favor, as did the proposal to set.
aside 10 percent Of the receipts as a
league sinking fund.