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Evening star., 1923-03-30
Winter Plans @'C0me-Bachc''
To Ruin Easter Style Parade

the lay reporter. If this something
takes place as per possibility-snow:
II not-no. At any rate Mr.. Mitchell
minced no words in stressing the fact
that there is no hope for warm
weather until some time next week.
and the temperature is going to rise
but slowly then.
Meanwhile the scientists at the
Naval Observatory. hearing OF the
forecast, busted themselves digging
into weather records since 1900 for
comparative purposes.
VIII Break Precedent.
They established the fact that If
the weather bureaus prophecy about
the thermometer falling several de-
grees below freezing is fulfilled. IT
will be the first Easter Sunday in
fourteen years that such has been
the case. viz, since April II. 1909,
when the minimum temperature was
26 degrees-an unusually low
mark for April On two other
occasions since that the Easter Sun
day temperature has just managed
to drop to the freezing point of
80 degrees-on March 90, 1913, and
on April 8, 1917.
The April l records for twenty
~ W SSoi DdSh diSSlOSc IHdI a De-
low-freezing figure was reached on
four occasions; 1906 and 1907. when
% was registered: 1911, when 30
was reached. and 1919. when 2S was
recorded. The maximum freezing
mark OF 50 was registered in 1900
and 1915.
Thirty-Two Below in Manitoba.
Washington is not the only city in
the east to suffer stormy weather on
Easter eve and chill winds on Easter
Sunday. The cold wave will sweep
over most of the states east of the
Mississippi, bringing rain or snow
toward the north tonight and Satur-
day, but generally changing Sunday
to fair skies. with continued cold and
freshening northwest winds. Frost is
predicted as far south as Georgia,
Those who think they are being
treated to an overdose of winter here
may be interested to know that resi-
dents of LIE Pas. Manitoba, are thaw-
ing out their thermometers today fol-
lowing temperature drop to 80 de-
grees below zero, with a barometer
reading of 30.SS inches.
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Lieut.. Maitland Flies 243 Miles
PerHOur and Wins World Record
Boiling Field Auiator Makes 281.4 Miles
An Hour on One Lap, Fastest
Erer Traueled by Human.

AS an official of the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale. Orville
Wright. co-inventor of the airplane. is
expected to certify Maitland's record
today The speed trials were held
over the same field on which the
Wright brothers perfected the first
heavier-than-air machine.
Shortly before Maitland established
his record Lieut. r. J. Vaughan, win
ner of the Pulitzer races last fall. es-
tablished a record better than that Of
Lecointe when he averaged 1865
miles an hour in four laps
a new propeller, designed and built
at McCook Field. is said to be re-
sponsible in part for the record.
Trials Spectacular.
Speed trials. in the opinion Of many
persons interested In aviation. are the
most spectacular of all flying. Speed
planes, due to the smallness OF the
wing spread and elimination of all
possible resistance, are difficult to
control. In making ready for dash
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Washington children who are getting
ready to roll eggs in their Easter fnery
would do well 10 prepare for the posi-
bic alternative Of rolling snowballs in
their fur caps, mittens and overcoats
The gentle hint leaked out today from
no less an authority than the govern
ment's weather forecaster. who, appar-
emily full Of exultation at having some
thing a little different in forecasts to
offer, came out with following shivery
proclamation:
Cloudy and. colder tonight and Sat
urday, with rain possibly changing to
snow. Sunday fair. but continued cold,
with temperature below freezing. Fresh
northwest shifting winds.
Cold Facts Chill Ardor.
With these cold facts in mind. the
probability of the National Capital
being treated to the annual style
parade along Connecticut avenue. +
street and other fashionable thor
oughfares looms fs remote, in so far
as brightly colored hats, enhancing
spring dresses and other bewitching
apparel for setting off feminine
beauty are concerned.
On the contrary, Forecaster
Mitchell commented pertinently that
furs. heavy wraps. Russian boots and
other warm garments would be the
proper Quitting for even the warm
est blooded young women. True, 1t
will turn fair Sunday, but not
warmer.
Also, he added. get that extra ton
OF coal. for this'is to be not merely
u passing furry. 1t looks like
of downright cold weather, served
up with the compliments of Alaska
and the polar regions, he empha-
sized.
Cold to Last Several Days.
The very best consolation that the
forecaster could offer with regard to
his prediction was that it may not
snow at all tomorrow. That depends
on whether the cold winds and the
rain come into the proper juxtaposi-
ton or something, he explained to
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Wilson's Giuen
Serenade by
Princeton Club

Former President Woodrow Wilson
and Mrs. Wilson were serenaded
last night at their home, 2340 s
street, by the Princeton University
Glee Club. Earlier days Of his life
as president Of the university were
recalled, when the undergraduates,
fifty strong, gathered In the street
before his home and sang Princeton
songs, closing with "Old Nassau"
The Princeton Glee Club, off on
the Easter vacation, was en- route
to Hot Springs, Va. for a concert
tonight. There was a stop-oyer of
an hour in Washington from $50 to
1890, and the party took this op-
portunity to motor to the home Of
their former President to pay their
respects and entertain him with the
college songs he knows so we'll
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By the Assoc c'ated Press

BY the Assoc ated Press
DAYTON. Ohio, March 3o.-Lieut.
Lester j. Maitland. United States Army
aviator. winner of second place in the
Pulitzer cup races at Detroit last fall.
today will be declared holder of the
world airplane speed record. accom-
plished yesterday when he piloted 4
Curtiss racing plane over a one-kilo-
meter course four times at an average
speed Of approximately 243 miles an
hour. The official speed will be an
nounced later today.
Maitland's maximum speed for one
trip across the course was 281.4 miles
an hour. the fastest any human being
has ever travelled. according to officials
of the United States Army air service
connected with McCook and Wilbur
Wright fields here. In attaining this
speed he was aided by the wind.
The record made by Maitland beats
the previous record Of 233.0l miles per
hour held by Sadi Lecointe of France.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
Queen Run, Ship
Sinks IL, Storm;
CreW Is Saved
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HIGHLANDS. y. J.. March 60
The queen OF the Highlands rum
running fleet was lost during the
heavy northwest gale Wednesday.
The queen ship. the largest and
fastest putting out from Highlands
to the rum armada off shore. was
lost while making her second trip
10 the maritime liquor mart.
When she started for shore with
100 cases OF liquor. having an es:i-
mated value of $500. she en-
countered a forty-eig hit mile gale,
which forced her to return TO the
lister, a British steamer which once
served as a yacht for Robert Goe-
let, from which she had purchased
her cargo.
The runner managed to come
alongside the lister and her water
soaked crew were taken off. The
boat, valued at 1000, foundered
with her cargo.
The lister took care of the crew
until the gale abated. Then they
were landed by rum runner from
New York.
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FLYER HITS AUTO,
WRECKED; SIX DEAD
Train Running Nearly Seventy
Miles an Hour Goes Into
Ditch at Columbus.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Assoca ted Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. March so Six
persons are known to have been
killed and many injured. some seri-
ously, when a fast Big Four Pullman
cinnati, struck an automobile at q
grade crossing at the north city limits
this morning.
The engine left the tracks and
turned over in the ditch, four Pull
man sleepers piling on top Of it All
OF the cars in the train. with the ex-
ception OF a dining car. left the
track.
The train, due in Columbus. at 7:3C
o'clock, was more than an hour late
and was running at an estimated
speed of sixty-fve or seventy miles
an hour. 1t Is one of the heaviest and
finest trains operated by the Big
Four. The automobile was struck al
the Oakland Park avenue crossing
the wreckage piling up at the north
Broadway crossing.
The known Dead.
The known dead are: Earl W. Wilson,
fireman. OF Columbus; ]. w. Klee. fire.
man. of Cleveland; Mrs. Frank S. Hem
minger of Columbus. wife of an at
torney. who was driving the automo-
bile that was struck: Robert Hem
minger. aged five, her son; infant
Hemminger; Horace Holbrook, War
rem. Ohio. publisher.
Rescue workers said that other
dead may be found in the wreckage.
Every available ambulance and
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INVADERS THROTTLE
/. j. 5. TRADE IN RUHR
Millions in American Orders,
Some Partly Paid For, Held
Up by French.
BLOCKADE DUE TO TAX
Louis Loucheur Believes q. S. In
tervention Will Take Place and
Save Situation.
BY A. II. DECKER.

By Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923.
E-SS EN-. March 30.-American trade
with the occupied Ruhr area is a. a
standstll. Imports are interfered
with because OF the disturbed rail-
road traffic and exports are impos-
sibie. due to the French export tax
license system. If Americans wish
TO do business with the Ruhr Ger
mans they must obtain permission
from the French. Daily Americans
are coming to the Ruhr district in
attempts to obtain goods partly paid
for and ready for delivery. but held,
due TO the French blockade.
Cannot Garry Taxation.
In addition to the 10 per cent ex-
port tax and per cent stamp fee
the German manufacturers must pay
to the German government Z per
cent social welfare charge. They tell
the writer that the industry cannot
carry the 10 per cent export tax de-
manded by the French. and even II
it were possible to pay 1t they would
refuse. as they decline to let the
French Interfere in German bust
ness Besides the reich has forbid
den Germans to ask for French eX-
por. licenses or to accept them un-
der penalty of large fine and one
year in prison.
Germans tell me that the French
do not want reparations, but wish to
control the Rhine and Ruhr in
duStry.
Sees Ruin to Factories.
I'VE can hold out for several
weeks" the owner of a chemical fac
tory said, but eventually the bins
will be full. When 1t is impossible
to produce unemployment will come
with grave danger of labor troubles.
or of forcible French entry into the
plants. II the present situation con-
tinues it means ruin to our factories
but rather than give the French a
controlling interest we will let the
plans die"
Millions of dollars worth of goods
destined for the United States are
held because of the blockade. The
manager of the coaltar products
sales organization stated today that
the creosote business with the United
States runs to $5,000,00o a year.
American Seeks License.
An American agent is here trying
and Belgians to export tar products
under ruling made by the French
permitting the export OF goods
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MUSSOLINI SEEKS PEACE.

MILAN, March 3o.-Premier Musso
lini had a prolonged conference here
yesterday with Foreign Minister Skrzyn
ski of Poland. They discussed the gen
eral political situation and economic
questions affecting both countries. It
is stated that the meeting is expected
to have practical results.
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WEATHER.

Cloudy and colder tonight and to-
morrow. with rain, possibly changing to
snow; Sunday fair and continued cold.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest. So, at
noon .oday; lowest, 36, at 9:45 pm.
yesterday. Full report on page 10.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-16
"EXCELSIOR" CRY
OF LOOKOUTS AS
FIRST GAME NEARS

CHATTANOOGA, April 15.-After
moving up from eighth place in 1921
to sixth place last year, the Chatta-
nooga Southern league club is all set
for further raise in it's standing this
season, with a team much stronger
in every department than the one of
a year ago. The pitching staff con-
tains several seasoned veterans and
a number of highly promising young
sters. The catching staff of Nuna-
maker and Morrow is believed here to
be the equal of any in the league.
The team contains five players who
have been consistent 300 hitters in
c. Anderson. Hanger, Bates. Hindt
and eLonard, and the new manager,
Leslie Nunamaker, veteran of many
American league campaigns. is hit =
ter of considerable prowess himself
/ The starting batting will probably
be as follows: Hindt third base;
Leonard. second base; C. Anderson,
first base; Hanger. right field: Bates,
center field; Nunamaker or Morrow,
catcher; j. Anderson, left field; Bur-
kett, shortstop: Drake, Morris, Wing
field. Cunningham, Roe. Ballou, Roy,
Guess, pitchers. Only two other
players are on the sand hill and
Schultz on the list.
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ATLANTA SCRIBES
SEEING CRACKERS
WITH ROSY LENSES

ATLANTA, April 15.-The Atlanta
baseball club will open the 1928 sea-
son with brighter prospects for a
successful season than for several
years. according to sports writers
who watched the team in training
camp and in preliminary exhibition
games The opening game will be
played next Tuesday at Nashville
against the Volunteers.
With the exception Of Joe Guyon.
fleet-footed Indian outfie1der; Eddie
Moore. shortstop. and Oscar Tuero,
Cuban pitcher. the Crackers will take
the field with an entirely new line
up. comprised largely Of youngsters,
The new faces include Glenn KILN
ger former Penn State football star,
and Herman, first baseman. who led
the Western league last year with Il
batting average of .416.
In u exhibition games this season
the team lated 339 against South
Atlantic association teams.
The lineup for the opening game
fellows:
Ring or Dowd, second base; Guyon,
left field; Killinger, third base; Her
man, first base; Burke, center field ,
Langford, right field; Moore, short
stop; Miller (manager). catcher:
Tuero. pitcher.
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CITY LEAGUERS TO
OPEN 1928 SEASON
AVONDALE PARK
Double Header Opening Day
Feature of Next
Saturday

The 1928 season of the City league
will be opened Saturday at Avondale
park. when the Standard Oil team
meets Inglenook and the B. A. c.
plays Avondale in a double bill start
Ing at o'clock. These two games
will mark the start of what is con-
ftdently predicted as the best season
that amateur ball has ever had
around the Magic City. That much
interest is being shown in amateur
baseball in this section can readily
be seen by the number of fans who
turn out to the meetings of the
league officials, which would appear
to be uninteresting to the ordinary
fan.
The IS teams in the City league
loop have been divided into three
sections and championship tourna-
ment will be played at the end of
the regular playing season. The
complete roster of teams follows:
Central Division-Wood Iron
Company, Acipco, Southern Bell,
Standard Oil, Inglenook and Alabama
Power Company.
Eastern Division-Avondale, Bir-
n1ingham Athletic Club, East Lake,
ALL American Shoe Company, Cudahy
Packing Company, Sloss By-Products
Company.
Western Division-Thomas, Knights
of Columbus. Modern Woodmen
pratt City chapter), Avondale Mills.
Drive It-Yourself Company, Sayre-
ton.
The next meeting of the officials
will be held at the city hall on the
Tuesday following the opening Sat
urday. At this meeting matters will
be discussed that have arisen since
the meeting last Tuesday night
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FRESH WAR PAINT
ON TOTEM POLE OF
CHICKASAW TEAM

MEMPHIS. April 15.-New faces
will predominant when John Dobbs
veteran Southern association man.
ager. but new in Memphis uniform
musters his Chickasaw braves for the
opening game of the 1928 Southern
association season Tuesday with a
record of one pennant and runner up
honors in two seasons to uphold
Dobbs is we'll pleased with his pros
poets.
Jimmy Burke and Howard Camp
outfielders. Tommy Mcmillan and
Cliff Yoekey. infielders, and Paul
Zahniser. pitcher, are the only play
ers in the roster who went through
the 1929 season as members of the
Chickasaws.
The team is expected to line up for
the opening game in this order;
Burke. centerfield; Mcmillan, short
stop; Camp. right field; Wick, left
field; Beck. first base: Prothro. third
base; Gleason or Yockey. second base
Lynn. Tate or Kohlbecker, catcher.
The pitching selection has not been
announced. Nine pitchers still are on
the Chickasaw list-Zahniser. Clar-
ence Nemitz, Monroe Mitchell, Walter
Treon, Homer Bird, Hugh Boyd, Joe
Daley, Otto Merz and Ben Kelly.
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Crossed Wires Cause
Fire That Burns MANY
Thoroughbred Racers

BURLINGTON, N. j., April 15-
Crossed electric wires were believed
today to have caused the fire in one
of the stables of the Rancocas Stock
Farm last night, when many valuabl
horses, including the stations Inch
cape and Cirrus, were killed. Henry
W. fresh, manager of the farm. de-
clared he could find no evidence of
incendiarism. Harry f. Sinclair, Jr..
owner of the farm, refused to max e
an estimate of his loss.
Suweep and Edict valuable s.
year old fllies. and sc mares. includ-
ing 10 former racers, were killed The
mares were: Miss Crittenden. Passing
Showers. White Silk, Autumn Second,
Royal Ensign, Lequett. Wedding
Cake, Fanfare. Onely. Dode, Broom,
Pace, Restraint. Rudona, Topeola,
Mazeppa, Hiurbel, Nightmare, Flo
renZa and Hivale.
Twelve foals, six 2 and 3-year- old
horses and Cherryola, famous mare
and mother of Purchase. the stallion
saved, We're also killed.
Among the colts destroyed were
three by Inchcape, two by Superman,
three by Purchase and one each by
Lucullite and Sir John Johnson.
Mr.. Sinclair declared that as far as
the Rancocas stables were concerned,
his breeding work had been set back
at least five years by the fire.
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but as time shoves them into into
the background, all the schaps of
Little Pete Herman seem to become
more distinct He was twice a cham
pion. which perhaps has something
to do with the permanence of these
impressions, this night. There was a
pathetic, trusting eagerness written
on his little round pan as he Judged
a few steps out of his corner as
though to hear the verdict a wee mite
sooner, wistfully intent on the an
nouncers face. He was ready to
eiggle or break down and cry.
Not many people knew at that
time that Little Pete Herman had
for years. like Theodore Roosevelt,
fought good fights with only one
eye. He hal gamely managed TO
keep it quiet, although there is in
to plead bruised knuekle. a sick
step-cousn, family troubles or any
other preposterous excuse for be-
ing whipped.
Six months later Little Pete lost
tie championship again, for always,
TO Tiny Johnny Buff. wzened and
toothless and not in the class of the
fought once more in New York,
meeting Midget Smith. who popped
him on the good eye within the
first five rounds, and then battered
him from rope to rope. smashing,
slamming, ripping with furious
hope to send, him down, and out for
the, good of his own reputation.
o O o
Behind Veil.
Pete was fighting behind a viel.
He could dimly discern the blurred
white figure of the yellow haired
Midget through the narrow slit OF
his swollen eye. But he just barely
did last, and when it was over he
had to be led down the aisle for the
last time to his dressing room back
under the gallery.
That was the last New York saw
of him. He returned TO New Or
leans where he had begun as a
bootblack. and there the baseball peo-
pie ran across him this spring. a
little blind man, feeling his way
about cane. He lives in steadily
deepening gloam, but not in gloom.
He has money and a blind mans
wants are simple. In the reverend
ing twilight, Pete will have some
glories to light his mind. He was a
world champion twice.
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PELS MUST REDUCE
TO TIP BEAM AT
PROPER WEIGHT

NEW ORLEANS. April 15.-The
New Orleans club of the Southern
association, as result of its show
ing in exhibition games, is expected
to have no trouble in staying up
among the leaders when the summer
campaign gets under way. The PeIi-
cans defeated the New York Ameri-
cans in three of their seven-game
series, downed the Beaumont Texas
league club and the Laurel and Hat
tiesburg clubs of the Cotton States
league, topped the record off by talk
Ing two of three games from the St.
Louis Americans and gave the Cleve-
land Indians a to l beating Thurs
day. The Indians, however, won a
to 4 verdict over the Pelicans to-
day.
Under the rules the Southern asso-
citation clubs must be within the
1S-player limit by Monday. The Pei
leans have not pared down to the re-
quired figure. 1t meant that several
rockies would be released between
now and tomorrow night. Larry
Gilbert, the Pelican pilot, already
has picked his lineup for the first
game. 1t follows: BogarA left field,
knapp, second base; Gilbert, right
field Schickk, center field Ewoldt,
third base; Clanton, first base; Foss,
shortstop; Dowie, catcher, and Walk
er or Whitaker, pitcher.
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DESPITE 20 YEARS
IN GAME, GEORGE
WILL PITCH FIRST

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April IA
Especial. ALI that is certain about
Jimmy Hamilton's Vols at this juno
ture is that the veteran, George Nc
Quillan, 20 years in baseball will
pitch the opening game against Otto
Millers Crackers. The Vol pilot is
still Matching deals to add more
punch to his 1928 edition. The new
Vol leader is an ardent advocate of
the old swat system. The numerous
shifts in the lineup consequently
have tended to befog all estimates
of the Vols as flag contenders.
Wretched weather has made the
box staff equally uncertain. Only
Clearwater, as yet, has Travelled nine
innings. But Hamilton believes that,
with warmer style of weather,
Faeth. obtained from Vernon, Daka
Davis, recruit from Sioux City, who
won 10 of his last Is games, and Gill
lenwater, star on Harry Heilmann's
winter league club in 1921, Will show
Southern league caliber. Pinto, OBJ
tanned from the Pills; Harris, last
year at Grand Rapids, and Wright, a
Pirate east-off are the left-handers
in the camp. None have looked i'm
pressive. In fact, such has been the
case with all Vol boxmen, none of
tnelr arms DelnB near shape by Ted-
son of rainy and cold weather.
McQuillan is in the best shape Of
any, for the 20-year vet appears to
have a rubber arm.
The catching staff of Pat Haley
and Turk Eiffert looks to be salts
factory. Both can hit, and the for
mer is smart catcher, and sterling
mechanical receiver.
o O O
Change On Infield.
On the infield, a late change has
been made. Murphy being benched
and Murray sent to second, while
Michales. a likely looking prospect,
left here by Pittsburg, replaced Muir
ray. He appears to be a find. Cor
gan, at third, in poor shape, has
never been able to get going.
There should be considerable drive
in the outfield, for Lebourveau, Sc
cured from the pills, can hit. So
can Cuyler, another former Pirate,
and Lance Richbourle has been sting
ing the ball. Those three are prac-
tically certain to be the opening day
outposts.
If the pitchers come around and
the expected hitting develops. the
Vols should at least move out of the
cellar, their home for so many years