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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
NATIONS BUSINESS

United States Steel Corporation in
creases wages.
Interstate Commerce Commission
valuations on Great North
ern and Delaware & Hudson. Both
roads protest value is under-esti-
mated.
Frank a. Vanderlip, returning from
the West recovered in health. said
present prosperity IS real and there
Is sound basis for business expansion
without danger Of imitation.
Strong upward business trend con
tinues in financial markets.
Secretary Mellon again asks for re-
duction OF income surtax TO % per
cent.
Winter grains deteriorated some
what during the latter half of March
according to the semi-monthly crop
notes of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Long continued
drought in some sections with cold
weather the reasons.
Railway earnings n February show
sharp decline from January.
senator Smoot tRepuDIlcan, Utahl
accuses sugar refners OF responsible
ity for high prices; says they seek to
destroy American sugar industry by
lowering tariff.
Secretary Mellon views present
business conditions as nearly normal
throughout the East, he said on his
return from the hrsJ vacation he mas
had since taking the Treasury port
folio.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
FOREIGN

Great Britain willing to enter inter
national conference on Ruhr, but such
meeting is considered unlikely.
Princess Yolanda becomes bride Of
Count Calyi de Berbolo at Rome,
Italy. Gives wedding trousseaus to
sixty-four girls married the same day.
Great Britain to call another I'm
perial Conference of Premiers for Oc-
tober l. Defense to be discussed.
Miss Mathilde Mccormick and Max
Oser, her Swiss fiance, start for Lon
don, presumably to be married.
New canal to take overflow ship
ping from Panama will be necessary
in thirty years, Goethals believes.
Berlin thinks ~Loucheur's visit to
London has prepared way for new
reparation conference.
The Berlin "Kreuz Zeitung" sug-
gests that Germany insist on repara-
tons for the Ruhr occupation before
entering into any negotiations with
the French.
DR.. Dorten, head of the Rhineland
separatist movement, is in Paris, and
holds conferences with important gov
eminent officials and members of the
supreme war council. His presence
has aroused a controversy and revived
discussion of a buffer state on the
Rhine.
British Admiralty experts deny war
ships will exceed treaty limits.
Bonar Law faces hard fight in new
session of British Parliament.
French seize eve more coal mines
and coke ovens; German miners
strike.
Woman wins 52-mile perambulator
race. London to Brighton, in u hours.
20 minutes.
Five French ministers declare eyac.
uation will come only after payment
of reparations.
Great Britain alarmed lest export
tax on rubber to Offset payments on
debt may cost United States market.
President of French senate naval
committee pledges France will scrap
her navy If powers guarantee protec.
ton from attack.
Grave peasant reVolts sweeping
Ukraine. Soviet executes hundreds of
peasants.
Louis Loucheu- and Bonar Law
confer in London and new plan for
Ruhr settlement is reported under
way.
Gwendolyn Field, Chicago heiress.
becomes bride of Charles Edmonstone
in brillian London ceremony.
Capital as she departs for Peru.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
GENERAL

Klans in several states reported
dlsbanding because of Atlanta fight
f0r control Of treasury.
Haryard's traditional policy Of no
racial or religious discrimination in
admissions reatirmed by ~oyerseers.
Bishop Henderson tells Methodists
that Knights OF Columbus seek TO pre-
vent building Of college in Rome.
Prot. c. Il. "haraldsen announces
be mas perfected a machine by which
living human cells can be dissected.
Paresis specific believed to have
been found in malaria microbe.
Eight of crew of steamer John
Dwight drowned of Vineyard Haven.
Friends OF Governor Smith, OF New
York. believe he will fail Of Presiden-
tial nomination, but will accept third
teri. as governor.
Claims Of American citizens against
Germany and Germans totaling
S1.187, 736,S67 will be presented to the
Mixed Claims Commission, Robert c.
Morris. the American agent, has an
nounced.
A new airplane engine, the Wright
E-4," has completed a record breaking
test by running 573 hours without a
stop; equivalent to driving an air
plane $4,000 miles in the period of the
test
Toronto professor says photographs
of eclipse Of U tend to prove Elm.
STEMS theory correct.
friends of President nnoun he
will become gentleman farmer and
writer after leaving White House.
Jury in Foster criminal syndical-
ism trial is discharged after being
deadlocked 81 hours.
Florida senate votes 28 to 3 for a
joint legislative inquiry into peonage
evils.
France aiming to deprive Germany
for all time OF use of Ruhr for mill.
tary activity. International Chamber
of Commerce reports to Washington.
Bunker Fuel Oil Company advanced
prices To- cents to $40 a barrel.
Emperor Simmons, at Atlanta, Ga,
charges two officers OF Ku Klux Khan
with embezzling 500 900.
Gerald Chapman. S~1.O0O.OOO New
York mail robber, again escapes at
Atlanta, Ga.
Attorney General expected to rec
ommend Governor Smith OF New York
call special term of Westchester
court to try Walter S. Ward.
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad or.
dered twenty-seven locomotives from
the American locomotive Company.
Cost is estimated at 81. 500. 900.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Three Pitched Balls
All Came Back Hard

Byrd Hodges, big left-handed pitch
er of the Chicago Nationals, recalls
with q shudder the first three balls he
pitched last spring in an exhibition
game against Denver of the Western
league. -At~the-Gme~-Hodges was a
member Of the Joplin, Mo-. Western
association squad.
81 tossed the ball 70 tie first three
batters and each one hit the first enc
on a line back tc me-" said Hodges.
"And every one Of them hit me, once
on the leg, once on the thigh and
once on my side. I was almost afraid
to throw the fourth ball.
And after that you bet I didn't fool
with those batters any more. l gave
all I had"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT

Pasadena has formed a. swimming
club for women.
Joie Ray'n father 80 years ago boxed
Jake Kilrail 20 rounds.
There are, it is estimated, 10000
bowling alleys in this country.
Rowing at Harvard cost the Cam
bridge institution $4,000 in 1922.
Penn will endeavor to form an in
tereollegiate baseball league for 1924.
The Toronto Grub of the Interna-
tional has sold Infielder Harry Supp
TO the Beaumont club Of the Texas
league.
Map" Rucker, old National league
pitcher, may become coach at Prince
ton.
Yale's rife team scored a perfect
800 in a telegraphic match with Prince
ton.
Shift of Dugan to second and Ward
to third Is said to be contemplated
by the Yankees.
Charlie O'Hearn, of Beookline, Mass,
star forward on Yale's hockey team,
was elected captain of the 1923 squad.
The Bristol club of the Appalachian
league announces the sale of two pitch
ers-Frank Farley to Rochester and
Albert McCabe to Mobile.
Tom Davies. former college star, sent
to Toledo by the New York Nationals,
expects to land a berth in the Mud
Hens outfeld this year.
Ralph de Palma, automobile race
driver, has taken up baseball and many
semi-professional players say he is
fast on the diamond as well as on the
~speedways.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18


Frank A. vanderlip sees small dan
ger of imitation.
Frank A. Vanderlip says insulin dia-
betes serum restored his health.
Steel Corporation IL per
cen wage raise for 1 1000 day la
borers. =.
Two grand juries begin investiga-
ton of Florida convict camp evils
exposed by The World,
Prince Christian of Hesse, nephew
OF kaiserin, arrives in New York with
family to visit wife's country.
Wards block state inquiry into
Peters murder BY writ to keep secret
famous Hap" cablegrams. Political
trail leading into grand jury room
barred.
Shipping interests in United States
prepare to cope with labor problem.
Certain-teed Products Corporation
acquires three new plants in Ss,00O,.
600 consolidation.
United States Chamber of Com
mereee recommends tests looking to
more flexible immigration policy.
disappointment to the Chicago post
mastership OF Arthur c. Lueder, de-
feated Republican nominee for mayor
in the last election. was forecast In
official circles at Washington.
More than 100 convicts have been
whipped in Florida prison camps in
the last three months. These figures
relate to white camps only and are In
the official records of the state depart
ment of agriculture. The lash is ap-
piled for the crimes" of laziness and
playing sick.
Lord Robert Cecil urges League OF
Nations support for business reasons
in speech before New York State
Chamber of Commerce.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Roy Patterson Signed
by Tierney as Umpire

Roy Patterson, who a number of
years ago gained fame as the "boy
wonder of the major leagues because
of his pitching ability, has been signed
by President Tierney of the Western
league as a member of the 1923 staff
of umpires.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Large Membership

The French Association Foot
bail federation includes 1850
clubs of 10000 members. The
rugby body has 1,129 clubs en-
rolled with 100000 members.
The Athletic council includes
$4,000 cross-country runners.
Hockey, swimming and other
activities reflect interest in the
Olympic at Paris next year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Brown U. Freshman Team.

Brown university Will present a
freshman football eleven next fall
for the first time In the Province insti-
tution's history. 1t will result because
the new freshman ruie goes into eff
feet at that time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Train Is No Hazard

Moving trains and such are
not n thing N Glennd Collett's
young life. Hazards fade before
her powerful driver.
The fairway at Belleair
Heights, Fla, at n spot is
crossed by a railroad track.
Miss Collett was at the tee just
as a freight train numbered
along.
Wait" said one of the play
ers. There's a train"
Miss Collett replied by slam
ming her shot far and high over
the box cars and onto the fair
way beyond.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Rutuers Football

Rutgers is n college that did not
profit greatly from the football season
last fall. The profits were only $69.16,
and Rutgers does not pay George San
ford its football coach, any salary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18
Blames Weak Pitching.

Weak pitching is responsible for poor
hitting among college players, accord
ing to Jack Slattery, former Harvard
coach, who holds that with better
pitching there would be better hitting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-18

Because he introduced baseball at
Ohio Wesleyan 81 years ago, Rev. DR..
F. G. Mitchell, seventy-sever, a retired
Ohio, has just been awarded a varsity
athletic 'W'' and sweater by athletic
officials at the university. Rev.
Mitchell graduated from Ohio Wes-
leyan in 1867.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
FEDERATE
DAUGHTERS
CONVENE
Twelve Hundred Delegates
Gather in Willard Hotel
5 for Annual Session.

The thirtieth annual convention
Of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will open tonight with
a banquet in the New Willard Hotel
in honor of the State presidents
and the president general. The
convention lasts until Friday.
Most of the 1900 delegates ex-
pected for the convention arrived
yesterday. They were accompanied
by seventy-five young women pages,
in whose honor the closing ball will
be given in the Willard Hotel
Friday night.
Delegates tomorrow go to Annap-
oils to present a portrait of Ad'
miral Matthew Fontaine Maury,
G. s. NJ, to the Naval Academy.
Tomorrow night a reception will be
given in the Willard. Business
sessions open Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, president
OF the District of Columbia division,
who is credited with bringing the
convention to this city, with her
committees have arranged for elabo'
rate entertainment of the visiting
delegates.
This is the first time in eleven
years the daughters have held their
convention in Washington.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
JUDGE Mccoy TO SPEAK
BEFORE ART SOCIETY

Chief Justice Mccoy. of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, who has pre-
sided for a number of years in
naturalization cases, will speak
Thursday night at the meeting Of
the Washington Salon and United
Arts Society at the Playhouse. 1914
N street northwest on "New Amer
leans and Their Duties" Invita-
tons have been extended to the
other judges Of the various Dis
trict courts as we'll as to public
officials.
Commander Frederick c. Billiard
OF the u. S. Coast Guard, will give
talk on 1.-THE History and Activi
ties OF the Coast Guard" At a
recent meeting Of the National
Press Club. Commander Billiard
VINO gave an account of the Coast
Guard was voted to be one OF
the best speakers ever heard at the
newspaDermen's club. Rudolphe
re Zapp. the president Of the so.
ciety. will be in charge Of the
program which will include" musical
ana other entertainment numbers
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
SENATE CLOSES
DEFENSE Of
FORBES
Evidence Is Stopped Over Pro-
test Of Accused Direc-
tors Counsel.
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asked permission at least to submit
a memorandum of what charges he
hoped to refute by the witnesses. The
committee granted that permission.
"I regret exceedingly that the COM
rnittee has found it necessary to so
limit my time for the presentation
of testimony in defense Of Colonel
Forbes as to make it utterly impos-
sible for me to make a complete and
adequate defense" said Colonel
Easby-Smith. "I realize that this
action was due to the limitation of
time within which the committee
must conclude it's labor. wish also
permission from the committee to
submit brief memorandum contain,
ing a summary of what l hope to
prove through the calling Of addi
tional witnesses"
Colonel Easby-Smith also paid a
compliment to the "unfailing cour.
tesy and assistance" rendered him
by Maj. Gen. John F. Organ, Gov.
eminent counsel, and his staff.
After making his statement to the
committee, Colonel Easby-Smith re,
tired from the hearing room.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
US. May Offer Chance
To Buy Little Fort
Slightly Used

The War Department wishes
to inform the world in general
that it has "a few slightly used
but otherwise Al forts and
stockades for sale at greatly
reduced prices. That is, they
will be for sale as soon as
Secretary of War Weeks can
gain Congressional permission
to sell them.
Most Of them were erected
when the army was engaged in
the pursuit of making the west,
via the eradication of the In
dian, safe for the pioneers of
'69. Others were built during
the war of 1872.
Successive War Department
secretaries have attempted to
secure permission to sell them,
but it seems the majority Of
Congressman have a penchant
for maintaining military
strongholds in their home
States. They are excellent
Notifications against spears,
arrows, tommyhawks and posi-
bly, bullets from flintlock rifles,
but they probably wouldn't
Withstand anything stronger.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
PRIMARIES ARE
JOHNSON s
HOPE
California Senator Says Rank
and File Of Party Are
Entitled to Rule.
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believe, and no other man who is a
candidate should hesitate to have
those whose support he asks ex-
press themselves upon his candidacy.
'aThe members of the party
rather than a few self-constituted
bosses are entitled to select the Re
publican nominee.
my plans are in process Of form
alton. They viii be definite within
a very short period, and until then
/ do not care to discuss them in
detail.''
Avoids Discussion.
Senator johnson declined to dis
cuss the Mellon tax proposal, the
bonus issue. or any current ques-
tons. stating that his position with
regard to most current problems
will be made clear in the speech
which he plans to deliver in Chi
cago on Nov. 27, which can be re-
.garded as statement of the john
sonian platform.
He will be engaged here for tho
next few days in acknowled dying
several thousand kilograms and let
tiers which were waiting his return
TO his office today after an abb
sence of several months.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
WOMAN IN HOSPITAL
Z IS KIN OF NAPOLEON

I. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-In an OBJ
gcure ward at Bellevue Hospital,
an elderly patient undergoing treat
9 ment for a fractured leg has been
revealed to be Josephine Frabasilis,
the countess of Castelvecchio,
!. grand-niece of the Emperor Napo-
leon and granddaughter OF Louis
Napoleon. through a morangatic
marriage.
- With her husband, Prof. Anthony
FRA basilis, the sen Of an italian
marquis, and a court interpreter,
she now makes her home in two
small rooms at the edge OF Green.
witch Village.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
COOLIDGE HANDS
BEST 'PLU|NS'
To WEST
President Anxious to Rid
"open Spaces" of Fear Of
New England Rule.
BY GEORGE e. DURNO.
international News Service.

Plum seekers at the base of the
Federal job tree will be seriously
Handicapped unless 1t happens the
States OF their nativity lie at least
several degrees west of the Allan
tic seaboard.
This is the dictum that has gone
forth from the White House. Bear
ing in mind the sagacious advice
of Horace Greeley, President Cool
idgc has decided to Ego West" in
his search for job timber.
With the converting Of Congress
and the formal opening of the 1924
campaign just over the horizon, the
President is planning a careful dis
tribution of patronage throughout
tho West and mid West.
Career Men" Favored.
Confirmation of the Presidents
intention to allot all possible jobs
to Western men was given today
by a White House official. This
official further declared that 4wher-
ever feasible career men" would
be appointed to the coveted posi-
TONS
The last two Coolidge appoint
ments bear out this decision. For
mer Senator FRANK B. Kellogg of
Minnesota received the call over
many aspiring Fasteners for the
Enthusiastically to Great Britain,
while previous TO consideration of
his name, Frank o. Lowden, Of
Illinois, declined 1t.
The appointment of Robert J..
Grant, of Denver. as director Of
the, mint, is considered even more
significant. Previously, the mint
IA hnc a
soft social plum to be doled ont
to any deserving partisan. Three
candidates had been in the field,
each strongly backed by Senators.
Congressman and other politicians.
Ignoring all petitions. however, the
President appointed Grant, who has
been superintendent or the Denver
mint since 1921, has been actively
engaged in mining all his life, ana
may be considered primarily as IA
career man.
Would Appcase West.
President Coolidge's reasons for
turning to the West with his pa
tronage are based on elemental
politics. The war-cry, "NeE Eng
lard domination" IS most disturb
ing to the President and his friends
with the elections so nearby. Cen
trail and Western states do not
take kindly to the thought of a
New England domination, it is
said, any wide distribution of jobs
over the Eastern States might be
expected to enhance this dislike.
Several outstanding positions are
waiting to be filled, among them
three amhassadorships-I Mex,
leo. and Turkey. 1t is understood
Western men will be favored wheT
ever possible.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
:DEFIC|AL SHO I
ON HIGHWAY
BETTER
Midnight Fight on Marlboro
Pike Follows Request to,
Let Auto Pass.

Charles Wilson, thirty-five years
Old, Of Upper Marlboro, Md, who
was shot late Saturday night on
Che Marlboro pike, will recover,
physicians at Providence Hospital
sssaid today. A bullet which lodged
In his head near his chin will be
removed today.
- In the meantime, Sheriff James
T.. Sweeney is searching the
county for two men wanted for
the shooting.
Shooting at Midnight.
Wilson, who is deputy treasurer of
Prince Georges county, in company
with George Harrison, Albert
Michael, and John Wick. all of
Marlboro, were driving along the
Marlboro pike about midnight Sat.
urday night. They saw two men in
the road ahead of them.
Get out of the way" one Of the
four men called.
The men did not answer, but as
the car sped by them volley OF
Ehots were fired. One bullet struck
Wilson.
Given First Aid.
= He was rushed to the office of DR.
. j.. A. Griffith, in Upper Marlboro
And given first aid treatment. He
was then removed to Providence
Hospital.
A posse was Immediately organ
ICED and a. search began. No trace
Of the men has yet been found
Sheriff Sweeney said today thai
he believed the Tnen were Of thu
type that follows the race tracks
He said he had no accurate de
ecription of the men.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
SHIP IS sinking
300 MILES
At SEA
British Fruit Steamer Reported
to Have Five Feet of
Water in Hold.

NORFOLK, Va, Nov 19.-No
further information has been re-
ceived at the naval operating
base here concerning the British
fruit steamer Miraflores, reported
sinking 800 miles off the south
ern coat of Georgia.
Radio Efforts Fail.
Static conditions have been SO bad
since last night, base officials state,
that all efforts to get into radio COM
munication with the coast guard
ship Coulee and the American
steamer Lancaster, which have
rushed to the aid Of the Miraflores,
were unavailing.
Conditions Desperate.
An interrupted radio message from
the Miraaores received here stated
that she had five feet of water in
her hold, and that her situation was
desperate.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19
MINGRITY
TOFIGHT
BOTH
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NOQJl0uSQ IEOIn F1TSC EdSS0
the British government
. viii make payment of $92, OOO,OOO'
Party Lines Dropped.
Party lines probably will go by
the boards when Congress gets down
ITO the bonus-taxation fight. The
Democrats are in the same position
: as the Republicans. Democratic
Congressman campaigned for re-
election by acapitalizing the failure
of the Republican Congress to give
the veterans adjusted compensation
! last session, and they are generally
committed to it. Sinarily, they as
> sailed Republican extravaganza
aRnd blamed this for the existing high
taxes. Consequently, they cannot
s escape the issue any more than can
the party in power.
y A small but vigorous minority will
conduct a savage fight on the bonus
IN both houses, however, and in this
minority are some of the most skill.
e6ul parliamentarians in both parties
e-men like Senator William e. Borah
R) of Idaho, and Senator Oscar w.
: Underwood 3D. of Alabama.
- Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Re
publican. of Massachusetts,. the ma
.jority leader, held long conference
with President Coolidge at the
white House Sunday afternoon. at
which the whole situation was
sfhreshed out. What decision, If
any, was arrived at was not made
F.slkHown. President Coolidge, how
sever, win deal somewhat extern
sively with the question in his
message to Congress two weeks
Hence.
The Washington times., 1923-11-19

Plant 10000 Oysters
And Hope Crop VIII
Yield 100000
BY WILLIAM RANDORF,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

COLD SPRINGS HARBOR,
L. l., Nov. 19.-The process of
making a million oysters grow
where only one grew before
was being carried out today.
The first planting of 10000
synthetic" oysters had been
completed by the State Con-
servation Commission. The arti-
ficial manner of preparing the
oysters was claimed to be many
millions OF, times as efficient
as natures own way of rearing
oysters. It will take four or
five years to produce mature
oysters.
The oyster is regarded as
one of the most prolific of ma
lures creatures. A female
oyster lays from 100000 to
100, 600, 900 eggs a season. But
only perhaps one egg in a mill
lion of these becomes fertil-
lied, and only about one in
hundred million grows up into
an oyster. The artificial
process is said to fertilize al
most 90 per cent of the eggs.
How many will grow to ma
turity the present experiment
will demonstrate.