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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SOLONS RETURN FROM
BANKHEAD FUNERAL

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. March g.
Members Of the congressional drifga-
ton which attended the funeral 90 sen
afor ]. H. Bankhead. iu Jasper, Ala.
Friday returned to birmingham. Az
win not 20 Immediately to NashllE l'l'.
Senator Underwood viii remain at
home here until SUNDAY. Senator tiar-
Yison Of Mississipp lift for Jackson
Miss, where the legislature is M SEES
sion. senator MCkehaT uf Tennessee
went 10 Memphis OF the Nlabnna rep
resentatlves. Mr.. HIc1in win rcmatn m
the state several days, Mr.. oANeL went
10 Tuscaloosa MIR. Mcpuffle 10 Mobile
Mr.. Dent to Montgomery and Nr Raj
ney 10 Cadsdeu MIR Blackmun and MIR
.Alnpn returned 20 Washington with the
remainder 81 the congressional delega-
ton Friday via Chattanooga,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
FAINTS AND FALLS
IN RIVER; BROWNS

NEWPORT, Ark, March 8 tSpll-,
Edward Ashley, about % years old
fell from dredge boat Tuesday after.
noon and was drowned The body had
not been recovered Thursday afternoon,
The man was employed on a boat with
Capt. Richie He was talking to the
pilot and complained Of being III. when
he reeled and fen into the river, near
the Newport ferry He was recently
married and Is survived by his wife
and his parents. who live a few miles
north Of this city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
"a BALES COTTON
BRINGS $2,329.4O

CRYSTAL SPRINGS Miss March 5
(SpL IAN unusual sight attracted tht
attention Of the business world here
Tuesday afternoon, when Mrs NJ T.
Foikes, whu owns large plantation
near here, brought III "a bales Of cot
ton, Weighing i3.2h0 pounds, that she
sold to 4 Hazlehurst cotton broker for
IN cents per pound, or total Of 81
se9 i0 Mrs Folkes has been hodlne
the cotton for better price, and did
not turn II loose until she was satisfied
that the price had reached It's peak fur
this season This Is the largest single
sale OF cotton here since the boil weeyt
taught this community that diyersifi.
cation and not cotton h king
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

Cal, phone o. write for
80. i03 AoFth Second 81.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SEEKS RE ELECTION

NEWPORT, Ark, March 8 tspl)--
Prosecuting Attorney Earl &, Casey
made an announcement Thursday Of
his entering the race for reelection 60
that office, which he has held for four
years. SO far he liz unopposed, but
several are expected to make public
announcement for the primaries in
August,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

for candidates 20 file petitions ior hs
Illinois primaries 90 AEa % HAS tN-
prad and the field closed With Mai
Gen Leonard Wood and Gov. Frank @.
I5awdrr the unHE Republican presidential
candidates an the ballot ana Gov Ed-
ward ] Edwards. Of New Jersey. the
lone Democrat
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
BUILDING TRADES
JOIN IN STRIKE

DANvILLE. Va. March 5.--Brick-
layers today Joined union carpenters
plumbers, electricians, bod carriers and
plasttrers In strike TO determine
whether local building operations shall
be on an open or closed shop basis.
Contractors have issued an ultimatum
calling for l0-hour work ng DAY and
the open shop
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

The slogan of this association fs
bringing the South Back 4 EHat
meeting Ia anticipated Of both farmers
and business men.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
COTTON ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN J0NESB0RO

JrNESRuBu. AIRS. March s. tSuIN-
Iar county division OF zoe American
Cotton association wiu hold an iw-
peraut msetiug Boo ths city THURSDAY
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
Ivan Olson.

Comes the dope from the Dodgers
camp that Ivan Olson, yeteraa in
fielder, will be seen cavorling at sec
ond base in the 1920 campaign in-
stead Of at his usual berth around
short. The reason given is that Ole's
legs are giving out q bit and his arm
lacks the strength If old. However
true this may be, Ole looked last sea-
son as though he can put up a high
class. article of ball at SECOND, at
least, for several seasons to come.
The fiery SWede has had an Inter
esting carcer.
He was born October H.. 1885, in
Kansas City and a few days later
was throwing q rattle with such UNI
erring accuracy from any position
that the whole family agreed he was
booked to play an infield position, in
the big leagues as oon as he got big
enough to fiji a uniform. He, started
his diamond career with Muskogee in
the Three-I league in 1906. but went
to Webb City in the Western ,asso-
citation before the season was over,
! He played third and then short. He
! stuck at the shortfield job with
Hutchinson in 1908 and Portland III
1s09-10. /.
Hill work In 26s games in 1909 and
210 in 1910 caused the Cleveland
Grub, which then had a. working
agreement with Portland. to claim
him, He was the Cleveland clubs
regular shortstop in 1911, playing
40 games. Had not Ray Chapman
bobbed up Ole might still be q mem
her OF the INDIAN infield. Ray came
in 1912 and while Owner Sbmers wa
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
! SPORTlETs

George Sister, the versatile menu.
Der OF the st. louis Browns, and
Baby Doll" Jacobson, Vutlelder of
the same team. accompanied the first
squad Of Giants part way to q An
tonic. The st. Louis pair dropped off
at Taylor. Tex, where the Browns
are eliminating the kinks from their
muscles THIS spring.
aisler, who is quite a star himself,
gossiped about another star, Babe
Ruth, formerly of the Red Sox, but
now a member of the Yankees.
He's b great slugger," said Sisler,
and to my knowledge he mas no
weakness when 1t comes to batting.
His acquisition makes the Yanks u
potential pennant contender. In fact,
in my opinion, the two best American
league teams on paper this Year arc
the Yankees and the Cleveland In
dams.
with the right field wall at the
Pglo groGnds as a bullseye It would
not surprise me ii Ruth makes fifty
home runs this season Int further
more. I expect to read some day
about him putting the ball into tho
center field bleachers at the Polo
grounds Last season Ruth slammed
one of Shocker's teasers into the
right field bleachers at the st. Louis
ball park.
Ruth is1 easily outguessed, and if
you cross him he VIII ,miss quite
often But If he meets the ball, he
thinks you are going to pitch, good
night! The majority of pitchers In
the American league keep the ball
on the Outside wien pitching to Ruth
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
ST. LOUIS SCOUT
BECOMES MANAGER

st Louis, Me-. Mapch 17.-Chafley
SITS, last season "a scout for thesssth.
Louis Cardinals and who has been in
the m~inor-leasues for several years,
has accepted the management of the
Mineral Wells. Tex, club Of the West
Texas league.
Sits experience as a manager ex-
tends over a period Of several years.
His first job as pilot was at Peoria.
in 1911 when he won the Three Eye
league pennant. The next~year. his
club finished sixth. While with
Peoria he sent up such stars AZ Flask
Of the Chicago Nationals, Holke OF
the Boston Braves, Veach and Yel!e
Of the Detroit Tigers.
In 1918 he played with the. vt.
Louis Federals and the rte1t seastt1rl
n1Anaged the Regina club of the
western Canadian leagues while in
charge OF the Aberdeen. wash. club
hS was responsible for the sending to
'thA majors Jack Smith OF, the Card
iIials and Ward OF the Brooklyn
EDOdgerS.@ ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
COLLEGES
HAVE UNITED in
NEW CONFERENCE
Us Enlargement Of Old Con
feretlce;~D Does Not Affect
/ North Dakota.

Northfie1d, MINI, March 17.--Sey-
en- MINNESOTA colleges, Hamlinc, ct.
Thomas, Carleton. st. Olaf, st. John.
Gustavus Adolphus. and Manchester,
at their meeting Monday at Carleton
college. formed the Minnesota Inter.
collegiate Athletic conferences, which
for sonic time has been Under con-
sidetation.
The Following officers were elected:
Professor Funk of Manchester prebi-
dent: G. G.. Michel OF st. Johns vice
president. ana Coach anderson, st.
Olaf secretary and treasurer.
Prof. f. fe5ine OF Isuthax college,
DEBORAH, Iowa, and Prof. A. M. Sat
tire of C0ncordia college, Moorhead,
also, were at the meeting.
The constitution, which was sub
nnitted to the colleges more than q
month ago, was 9ccepted by q imam
irnous vote after a few minor chang
es had been made. Plans were dis
tiyes for Saturday June S. Colleges
of the, conference will send represen-
tativeS to This meet instead of to the
: tri-state meet which to be held
at Aberdeen in the spring.
When interviewed today Coach Da-
Wis said that North Dakota will not
4Oe nannpereu IN ner aLlleClCSN IN any
way by the forming of the new con-
ference. In explanation he called at
tention to the fast that a Minnesota
conference has existed between a Few
OF the Minnesota colleges for several
years and that the new conference is
simply an enlargement of the old one
Games previously scheduled by North
Dakota with Minnesota schools have
been with the members of the old
Minnesota conference and these
games will be scheduled as>formerly
North Dakota is not anxious to par
ticipate in a tri-state track meet al
Aberdeen as sire already has tenta'
tive plans for three first class meets
without leaving the state. ! baseball
she is planning now to make u Min.
nesota trip this spring.
North Dakota will lose the chance
to compete for the Minnesota Dakota
conference, title but the large number
Of schools in the conference and Their
wide separation from each other hat
always made it difficult to make 8
sure determination as ,tg the best
team in the conference.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
BOWERS OF CITY. u.
81. ELECT OFFICERS

At a meeting OF the members Of TIE
City Bowling league held at the
Wilde bowling alleys officers for the
year. 1s20-21 were elected and plans
laid for the coming year in the club.
Fred She'll was-elected president; ].
d. Wilde. vice president and D. F.
MCGOWAN, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Some twenty teams from various
business houses have entered teams
for n~extlyear and a host of new n
old bowlers viii be-on the alleys. next
season.
Northwest Bowlcrs in Session.
After the meeting Of the city bowl
ers. the Northwest Bowling associa-
ton met to plan for the tOurnanleht
to be. held in Grand Forks next win
ter. President Wilde Of the 4ssocia-
~tion appointed a1cof1fnettee on enter
tainment for next years tournament
BY means of dances, baseball games
and other entertainments it is
planned to raise $1,000 for the enter
8 tainment OF the visiting gbowlers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
VAN HOOKQUINT
BEATS PARSHALE

Van Hook, IN. D., March 17.-GThe
Van Hook basketball qpint by . dis
play OF speed and good team work,
won their game from Parshall
played here. Though Parshall had it
on the Van Hook boys for weight
and height, they could not break the
phys OF the home teaIh.s
BirdsbiIl and Stockford starred for
Van Hook. wRfi4 9ifsx. the imported
guard for Parshaii. did nice work for
his team. !
The summary aik:
Van Hook. FarshAll:s
Bifdsbill. . u. HAWKINS
mckay. ........t IAaF .-...
aseckford Wsa4ss
Saiisbury. ...!L. q. Crow
Field Goals-BiFdsbill "a, Stockfprd
81 salisbury ], sWaIds 4 Hankths :.
Foul Goals-Birdsblll /, Mckay 1.
SVfAudSt I.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17

MAN
THE ID ARMS OF
THE SERVICE
The Recruiting Sergeant can give
you the information that viii help
you decide which branch fits you
bost. In all Of them you viii get
the fine training as a soldier that
the United States offers all its men
in many branches you can get
highly specialized training.
nnANIRY-Thsm sn who have snads d name
q ~"deughboys Ssafsd and rsapeetsd throughout
Tie world welcome yca to the comradssaip. Fin
fsllows-good fun and good trimming in any school
at ~ post you 60 to.
CAVAI1f-WhsA tiss hossss Ars clampinx At
IT rena ssss wlsEs" neent ead-ehs
troop ridss fosth,t there 10 q thrill that no old CIV.
aisyuaan en- svsr forgot A horDs d your ovn-
Z coed ous6oes lfs and uaining fc1 future success.
FIELD ARTILLERY Ffont' comes
the eoeamand--ehsn w1ech tte boys with the red
III cord aap Into n. A hppy ousat-whA he
assA a anuantod s<rvice added 10 infarsstinE work
that eal1s for head and hand. Motors i yea wish.
coKPsofENGrNWRS-Arny sneinsainxis
kacun the void over for IL sxeefleucs and an en-
iissmsnt In the engineers can be tho start Of q
>ycung msn's training il the varicus branchssa q
snginss1inx md In ths mechanical and buiidang
tadss. Y
COAST ART1LLmY-I6sing on theses COASTS,
guarding ~ eaiss With sig gems, getting stzns for
etsdy and vide and good technical taiting, de-
CAS-. man i preparing for 4 useful life and good
pay sud il having . good time while he's Isarning,
ThSc.A. c. also mans he mobiIs big gun rsIf-
nsnb tafvugtcus tbs cosaay. 8
AIR sERv1CECncludins BALLOON CORPS
The nan who sets ths early edge IN sxpesenes
win AsYoplanss and ha1oons has q chance q eash
In bdg on III .afny training. For flying = only In
III infancy auh fts gutng - b. 4 proAtssss buanss
for men with IL night experience.
ORDNANCEDET-Ths osdnssresssPppsaHnx
70 the s.udious young American. 40 vids eppcx.;
tnnades ~ ssuty, II adda Z bu1hsss - wsll y
technical training. - -
SIGNAL coRPs-w6stnk rs laying = ~irs
49, = AA>a~x.% - - SasSVn-gak sun4n{&Sw ~saA1nAa
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
WESTERN BOWIERS
x GET INTO ACTION

Peoria, III, March tt.-afhe hrst Of
tine W9et0rhs bowletki were to compete
In the American Bowling congress to-
day. bringing teams from Lincoln,
.Neh.. into action.
Chicago, st. Louis Buffalo, South
Ana Goshen. Ind, shooters we're also
rolling todAy.
The leaders today are: NJ,
Five Men.
nrn,ss Lunch NIX. chicago Iii, sn,' .g.si J, Lar, Ia:
sens sShose, Chicago. 1859.
2; whitshesd md p; arubh. Ct.
nssis a;sss; e: : w sssslt1 l,ss e7o f. i:
ANu9k1ey and 6. Deck. St. Paul, 1921.
Individuals.
r. Meyer, st. Louis. SIS; A. Bronder,
Chicago. ST.; c.. Nath.esor, Chicago,
sS75;$gH. Schaefer, st. Louis, STA.
All Events.
IN !. Meyer, st. Louis, 1885; r. Wolf.
qs'sses &. i ftsisat J, s 5o hss;s. G 1.s :
Winnipeg, Mah.-rhe Manitoba
Football association has passeT reso-
buttons aAs&iling the Dominion Foot
bail association for It's handling, IT tho
dispute with the British Columbia
and Alberta Associations The Mani
toba association notified the national
organization that efforts should be
made to reconcile the far west assoc
Citations which has not approved the
National ~asspciation's plans for bring
ing british soccer teams to the
dominion this year.
vancouver; h. c.-rrank Rapp,
lport-side twirler who started with the
Peoria club Of the Three-I league last
lyear, has been signed by the Van
cottvef club Of the Pacific Coast IN
lternational. President Bob Brown
bought Rapp's release. Rapp wanted
went to Peoria from Portland last
sAaAon and pitched Is games. The
average humber Of earned runs
charged against him was 2.45 pet
RafY1A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
TO LEAVE
NORTHWESTERN "U''

Chicago, March 17.-The r4sienA-
Actor Of the Northwestern university,
was lii the hands Of university Of
ficia1s today. The resignation VIM
take effeAt 1t the end Of the sch0ol
year in June.
Failure to obtain the support Of nj
the elements Of the university, Lee
said. was the reason for his action.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
AMERICAN HOCKEY
TEAM TO BE SENT
TO OLYMPIC GAMES

Pittsburgh. Pa, March 17.-Plans
were completed hero today to raise
money with which to send an Ameri-
can hockey team to the olympic
games al Antwerp in April 1t was
vice chairman Of the International
Skating and Hockey union, and treas
urer Of the Olympic hockey funds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17

10 pfsvsnt tkS bif SSIISW NON iii.
tin6 into rtehts A6Ad. Ma lSW6g1 9p%
po1tnG Ruth IsWoNlaa kSop th6 hAllsln
Olos4 and highl. He'd ~ mQfesArtst ~
foul the hAIlHthen Z : ~ takssfaw idS
ssier also aAded that TIE batting
during the coming Ssasoif would 20
more lively than ever before. becAuse
.of the e~liIfiaation~ Of freak: pttehin0s
The nfDt 4beue1Ilsn Declared that u ID
almost Impossible 70 hit ffle 'shinee,
ball andsthat II Il. danSefopS IL the
batter at the Plate.
Hardy q zane went W without
one sinner Whi1zing by your head
last season" rssaartsd eisler.
spaldins.s 6mc,al basebAll record
for the season II out with rs annual
messages Of information for at0denta
Of baseball statistirs. It y sdltSd by
John b. Poster. Records were corn.
piled BY Charles b. white. rs
The book answers almost any stA-
tisticAI question that may be asked
about baseball. It has the story Of
the ''year in basebaIL" presents II
new Hail OF Fame, teils OF the world
series, aid has 4 new and REMARK
able feature, a summary Of the best
major league performances for the
E fA -HHREar E - EUa LtE WE-n rEELEa a. MeNH-L ~ -AF ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17

Herzog, who intifnated that his baAe-
bali career Is likely to come to IN end
suddenly. 1t may be finished before
this season >ends, and it may close
with the termination Of the 1870 sea-
son. All depends on his physical
condition.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-17
~" Athletic Contest,
Resumed Last Night

with the recovery from sickness Of
Physical Director link Of the 7. NJ.
C. "A. the athletic contssts we're r..
sumed last night and will be,rheld
every Tuesday and Thur1day until
completed. Nine Of the eixteen
events remain to be completed. Men
scoring 1000 points viii receive 9
goid medal, thAbe making 7e9 pointe
points a. bronze medal.
standings for the high men are
now Al follows: X
The New York herald., 1920-12-25
COTTON.

Cotton futures yesterday were little
ehanged except in the first hour Of
trading. when enough pre-holiday cover
ing developed 10 cause modest gain
OF about 20 TO 30 points, which was al
most Immediately The signal for pro-
fesslonal realizing. prices soon slipping
off TO a level Of only a few points UP
from Thursdays finals. Most OF the
day's activity was confined 10 the uist
two hours. I'm the afternoon the rlhH
was all but deserted AT times. Inc
carly buying robablN was promoted III
nsr, by reports Of increased activity in
the Fall River cotton eoo's market, us
sales being estimated AZ $4,000 pieces
the highest i'm nearly three montts. Dry
goods trade advices from Chicago were
also little more optimistic ana m
dicated that the atmosphere was c'ear-
ing and that buyers were see ng Dasls
for new operations.
Another report which probably at
tracted some demand. was 10 the e'le
that Great Britain and soviet RUSSIA
were on the verge of contracting trace
agreement. although it was denied prl-
yateiy later in the day. causing dlsap-
pojntment among the early buyers. FIRST
sales we're irregular, 10 points hlgher
to IL lower The market improved I'M
nnediatelv. however. and By the end OF
the first hour displayed generally
firm undertone Coupled with short
covering WAS near month support from
snot houses Mott pressure came from
the South or local longs
Liverpool interests did little bot
ways at times The English no"rbet
was closed and will not be opened uatl
TUESDAY. Weekly statistics s. some
thought. were bearish, but they at
tracted no noticeable volume OF lresh
selling. All in all it was market OF
evening up operations. Little IN the
wav Of decided change is expected by
the trade before the new year. and mean
while outside conditions are being care
fully noted. During most of the after
noon prices ruled at about to 10 points
gain and generally were steady IN tone
The close was quiet at to 10 points
advance on active options. The local
spot market was % points higher at
1926 cents.
The New York herald., 1920-12-25
GOODYEAR'S TO ISSUE
$4,000, 900 IN BONDS
Will Be in Form of Mortgage
on Physical Assets.

AKRON, Dec. 24.-Stockholders Of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
this morning voted 10 authorize di-
rectors to Issue $4,000, 900 in bonds and
then adjourned until December 20 when
directors will report on their efforts 10
sell the issue. IL was understood that q
group of New York bankers has UNDER
taken TO underwrite the issue.
F. A. Seiberling. president. said fifty
millions would be needed in the re-
financing. and that bonds for that
amount would be offered a this time.
The bonds will be In the form of a
mortgage against physical assets of the
company
Frank S. Monnett. former Attorney
General of Ohio, who recently failed in
suit filed in Columbus TO obtain an
accounting of the affairs of the Good
year company, led a small group of
stockholders in opposing the bond ac-
ton. Goodyear officials, however.
The New York herald., 1920-12-25
SCHEDULES IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following schedules In bankruptcy we're
filsd yesterday In tho United States District
Court.
Schedules ~ Aaron. william and samuel
Reichbart, trading as a. Reiohbart & Sons.
furr and fur coats, POS Seventh avenue. show
liabilities Of f2G2. los. of which Slis,sl1 are
unsecured claims, ss5 .664 secured claims and
f57,5a7 notes and bills. and assets of Sj7 .5ss,
~ which t30.3M rcpreaents unliquldRted
claims, siG.30i debts due on open accounts,
5000 real estate and si.n20 deposits of
money IN banks Reuben Grccnbaum II at
torney for the bankrupt.
The schedules Of Behor Iinzcn fnnnufac-
turer of skirts, 50 Allen street show liabii-
iiies OF S0,1D3 ~ which 80 U2s are unsecurcd
claims. and assets OF 81 900, ~ which 81 500
stock IN trade 81 900 dobts are due on
open account and $500 deposits of money In
bank. LouisSol II attorney for the bank
rupt.
Tive schedules Of Hays, Schulz & Goodman.
inc, f4f West Twcntv-third street show
liabilities OF SOS, ila. OF which s5s .2Gi are
unsecured claims, 81 .3sT secured claims and
Ss,b5l notes and bills. and assets OF $40, ,03g,
Of which $4,000 are stock In Grade. $40 .s23
debts due on open accounts and 500 ma
chinary, tools, &c. Leonard Bronner and 9.
Marshall Klonheimer are attorneys for the
bankrupt.
The schedules OF Louis Levine, against
whom = petition was filed August 81, 1920.
show liabilities Of 81 $50, all secured claims.
and assets Of s0s3. of which 1870 are given
as houssnci3 goods and s2s8 policies OF in
The New York herald., 1920-12-25
THREE XMAS PARDONS
GRANTED BY WILSON
Two Sentenced to Life Terms
Among Those Freed.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-Three par
dons as President wilson's Christmas
gift to men serving sentences in Fed
eral prisons we're announced to-day by
the Department of Justice. They were !:
Clarence Brown. serving a life term
for murder at Atlanta; Rufus Castle
bury. serving a life term at Leaven-
worth. and Edward G. Rivers, serving
two years at the United States peniten-
tiary at Mcneil Island. Washington, for
violation of the narcotic laws.
Communication of sentence and extern
sion of clemency have been granted In
some fifty other Federal cases during
the last two weeks to men with good
conduct records whose sentences had
nearly expired, the department an
nounced.
The New York herald., 1920-12-25

through use of proxies and their own
holdings in preferred. cast votes for over
$4,000 shares of preferred The Mon
nett group mustered less than 1000
shares against the proposed action.
The audit made by the Price-Water>
house Company was read at to-day's
meeting. II showed book value of
Goodyear preferred to be 800 and or
common S74 a share.
The New York herald., 1920-12-25
HALTS MICHIGAN FARE BOOST.
Circuit Court Issues Temporary
order TO stop Increase.

LANSING, Mich. Dec. 24.--Steam rail-
roads operating in Michigan were re-
strained from increasing passenger fares
above present rates in a temporary or
der issued to-day by Judge Charles Il.
Colllngwood in Circuit Court here.
The order was issued on application
OF Attorney-General Groesbcck. An or
der to show cause was issued, returnable
January II next.