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New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
Young Couple Drown
 Among Xmas Presents

ACN Y0TE. Iec. 2l--A young mar- rle1 couple driving home in small Iautomobile laden with Christmas package, Iird in each others arms last night when the steering gear went wrong and the car plunged up- slde down into the ice-strewn waters Of Pelham lay. The victims were John Frigel, a decorator, 50 years old and his wife, Mabel, a year his junior
New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
GETS HEGE BELL

Cologne, Dec, 24.-Cologne Cathe- dral is soon to have the largest bell in the world. It will weight over 26 tons, The bell has been ready for shipment from d factory at Apolda for over a year, but on account of the foreign occupation of the Cologne zone it was deemed im- practicable before this to install it.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
Cornell University to
 Broadcast It's Chimes

Ithaca \. Ya Dec. 24.-Fcr the first time in history a program will be broadcast at midnight from the Cornell University chimes. A series Of Christmas anthems will be broad cast as Milland W. Baldwin. Jr,, uni yersity chime master, plays them, from station WEAT, st the College Of Electrical Engineering in Franklin Hal or wave length Of o54 meters,
 16,hoo alumni of the university were notified 10 listen in.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
BROOKLYN HAS FIRE
sSOOOOO BisEe This Morning Threat. ems Part of the Shopping District of Borough.

New York. Dec, ?i,-Brooklyn's shopping district was memced early today by a four alarm fire which swept through the cellars and ground floor of four story building in Fulton street. causing damage es- timated al s5O0,Oo0.
 The Fred ertck Loeser & Co. de- partment store, separated from the burning building only by an alley, was saved from damage. Numerous other stores in the district, the heart Of the boroughs shopping center were menaced.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-24
Pacific COast-Philippine
 Freight Service Opens

San Fran cisco, Dec. 24-The first private Am erican freight service from Pacific coast points direct 10 the Philippine islands was inaugur- ated today by the Dollar mshir company with the sailing Of ths Stuart Dollar from here to Guam and Cavite.
 The new service will replace the navy transp ort service 10 govern ment stations at Guam and Cavite. The transports handled private as well as government shipping busi- ness,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Tobacco Auctioneers
Ready for Opening of
Markets in Virginia

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. 30.-The
monotonous chant OF the toba eco
auctioncer will echo throughout the
l5rieht Belt of Virginia when the
market places open tomorrow. Auc-
ton houses and receiving stations
open simultaneously to handle a crop
that is estimated not to exceed 80
per cent of last years production.
Eighty million pounds is the esti-
mate.
Ninety-six hours of almost inces-
SAINT rainfall will make first day re-
ceipts small, since automobiles and
trucks which have superseded the
wagon, will find isolated roads i'm.
paSsaEle.
Seven auction houses here, the
largest market m the belt, will be-
gin triple sales tomorrow, automat-
ically increasing the sales to quad
ripple next week. The pool organ
ization, numerically stronger than
ever, will enter on its third season.
Many farmers, however, are expect
ed to sell small lots to 'feer' the
trend of the market.
Buyers for all the large compa MES
will take the market floor, together
with the usual army Of "pinhookers,"
who buy and resell for immediate
profits
The crop in this section is lighter
bodied than last years, according to
surveys made by warehousemen. 1t
has cured with good color, and is
considered suitable TO the cigarette
trade.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
"Sphinx of Wall Street" Has
100000, axes Up
Golf at 70, Playing for
Sport

NEW YORK, Oct. Mime a. M
each day-with the exception of va,
cation periods-there climbs spryly
up the steps Of the First National
bank building at No. 2 Wall street
a ruddy faced man Of IS.
Wrinkles have so formed beneath
his eyes as to give the impression
of steady twinkle.
He generally wears loosely tied
bow tie of dark blue or black ma.
terial which appears to have been
tied hurriedly or by one who never
had mastered the art of the bow
knot.
He swings a cane but uses it only
infrequently as an aid in walking.
His greetings are for the most part
smilingly curt.
Going to his office be personally
looks over the mail set aside by his
secretary. He has no idea of re,
firing.
He is George Fisher Baker, the
Sphinx Of Wall street." one OF
Americas five richest men, and yet
practically unknown to the public
at large. His fortune is placed at
about $300,000,000.
Less is known about him than
probably any other money king OF
America. Not even in the heart OF
Americas financial center is his
early life story known.
Extremely abrupt Of speech. his
public utterances have been merely
automatic references to integrity in
business life.
"Whatever distinction I may have
is due to my business experience, >
is his modest way of answering ques
tons about his success.
But some idea of how he did II
may be gained from the following
chart of his habits:
For half a century or more he
arrived at the office at S:45 in the
morning, unless enjoying holiday
For 60 years he celebrated his
birthday by working.
Until he reached the age of 7C
he took little or no time for outdoor
games.
1t was after his 10th birthday that
he began to "dissipate" and took W
a golf stick and began to use to
bacco. Now he is an ardent golf
fan but plays not for health sc
much as for competitive sport
He plays a 12-hole game without
particular effort, thus going Johr
d. Rockefeller several better. He is
lavish with public gifts, having dis
tributed some $12, 100000 in six years
He has given $2,O00,00O for the
foundation of graduate school o.
foundation of q graduate school OF
His own business ethics he sums
up with usual brevity: 1T has beer
my ambition in life to conduct il
so that. l might gain the esteem Of
my fellows"
And he has said no more publicly
on the subject.
The Wall Street Sphinx started
life as a 50 a week grocery boy al
Troy. n. Y. He later became a night
Waterman in a Troy bank at IS anc
then became a bank examiner.
Suddenly he appeared in New York
as one of the organizers of the first
bank under the National Bank act
in 1868.
Today he is director OF many rail
roads, and official in numerous
banks and security houses.
But about him always is a veil o.
inneDetra BILE silence
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Stock Of Shareholders
In Southern Utilities
Sought for Exchange

NEW YORK. Oct. MINORITY
stockholders of the Southern Utili-
ties Company of Florida, serving
about, twenty cities and towns in
that state, have been asked to ax-
change their shares for preferred
stock of the American Power and
Light company, associated with the
Electric Bond and Share company,
on a share-for-shar basis.
The Southern Utilities company
was controlled by the ~. G. White
Management corporation, which al
ready has disposed of its holdings to
the American Power and Light com
pany. whose shares are traded in on
the New York curb market
UNION OFFICIAL RESIGNS
CENTRAL CITY, Ky. Oct. l.
Lonnie Jackson, for four years pres
ident of the United Mine Workers.
District No. %. resigned from that
office today. effective October ].
No reason for his action was given
in the resignation Several thousand
miners in District - have been on
strike since last April. when opera
tors announced A wage cut which
the miners declined to accept
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Denied FIogging Privilege,
Teachers Threaten to Quit

ELMSFORD, n Y. Oct. l.
superintendent of Schools Howard
L. Holden, fifteen of twenty-five
teachers, and three members of the
board of education here, threatened
today to resign because of a resolu-
ton passed by the board of trustees
recently forbidding the use Of rub,
Der hose for inflicting corporal pun
ishment in the schools
There are 500 pupils in the schools
IF I.'lrn,cfn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Furniture Mems Meeting
S Won for AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA, Ga, Oct. Either.
F Martin. assistant manager of the
Bon Air-Vanderbilt hotel here. has
written Spencer Hart. secretary OF
the Augusta Board Of Commerce.
that he has closed with an associa-
ton of furniture men At Chicago 20
4 six-day convention at.the Bon Air
Vanderbilt about January l.. NJ
Martin writes that there will l.
--om go TO 500 people in attendance
having arranged for two specia
trains over the c. & f. I. and the
Georgia railroad.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
new LAMP BU rms
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Beats Electric or Gas

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you Can set the agency. and with
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to $500 per month.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Horde Of Wahibis
Besiege Holy City;
Moslems Will Act

CAIRO, Sept. 9O-An army Of 25,-
900 Wahibis, bent on capturing Nee
ca, were at the gates of the Holy
City today.
Mecca's fall was expected hourly.
Moslem leaders are endeavoring to
summon 2 world conference OF Islam
leaders to decide what should be
done
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02

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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Mrs. Elsie Sweeten
Hopeful of Freedom;
Promises Disclosures

CHICAGO, Sept. 3O.-Mrs. Elsie
Sweeten. charged with Lawrence NJ.
Hight, former Ina, H., preacher
with murders as a result of the
deaths by poisoning of their spouses
and their confessions, has told rela-
tives of disclosures which he ex-
poets will free her, it was learned
today.
when this comes to light" Mrs.
Sweeten told relatives, 1T will clear
me-"
She would not reveal what she re-
ferred to, adding she had told no
one
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02

ers would probably be protected from
loss The constitution prevents tbs
confiscation of private property, and
government ownership can be acs
complished only by paying fair
price for the properties taken over.
at would be hard to keep politics
from influencing promotion on gov
eminent railroads and it would bd
hard to- have expenditures directed
without thought of political expedi,
ency. With competition abolished,
the incentive to render satisfactory
service would very largely be gNfe.
What would happen to t. e morale OF
the employees and to tie. confidence
of the people in the railroads Is not
hard to imagine.
''The experience of others should
teach us that ventures into govern
ment ownership of railroads do moi
pay. The intelligence of the Amer.
lean people certainly can be trusted
to profit by the lessons thus held VII
before it. We can not afford to ex.
pertinent with our railroads. They
are among our most valuable possess
sions. Many other nations envy us.
Treated fairly and encouragingly
they will pay us returns many fold.
in the service they will render this
constantly increasing prosperity oil
our nation in the years to come"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02

banks. Under working agreements
which were effected last year,
members of several cooperative as
sociations in Texas have been draw
ing funds for the last SIX weeks
Preliminary estimates of the amount
required by the Texas growers this
year ranged between $4,000, 900 and
S12, 100000. Southern bankers were
expected to supply several million
dollars additional
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
HALF A MILLION BALES
AWAIT SHIPS DIAL SAYS

WASHINGTON. Sept. Solve
hundred thousand bales of cotton
are on the wharves at South Attain
tic and gulf ports for shipment to
South America with no ships avail
able for transportation. Senator Dali.
Democrat South Carolina, said Mon
day. He asserted he had brought
the case to the attention of The
Shipping board and that Chairman
O'Conuor had promised to seek au-
thoriZatiop from President Coolidge
to have nos less thar thirty ships
allocated to this service.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Wife Asks Injunction
To Prevent Husband
From Killing Her

CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Bessie Fin
kelstein petitioned for an injunction
in circuit court today restraining
her estranged husband, LYMAN.
from killing her She had received
several death threats during the last
three months, the petition recited
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
CROP ESTIMATES
ARE ATTACKED AS
EVER INACCURATE

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 30.-An
appeal to the cotton producers over
the south to follow more orderly
Processes in marketing their staple
in order to stop declines in prices
was issued here after a meeting of
commissioners of agriculture from
i've cotton growing states.
The commissioners said in theil
apreal that the present price is not
only so low as to make cotton pro-
duction Improbable but is lower
than the statistical information on
supply and consumption warrants.
TN our opinion the government
forecasts of cotton production have
been consistently far in excess of
the actual crop and the various
agencies inimical to the cotton farm
er have seized upon these forecasts
to hammer the price below the cos,
Of production" said the statement.
From the present crop outlook
and the small carry-over from last
years crop, the available SUPPLY
Will barely meet the needs of the
world for the coming year"
The statement concluded: "rhis
action is approved bv the commits
siorers of other states who could
not personally tend"
The commissioners who attended
the meeting were J. H Moore, of
Alabama: w. y. Graham, Jr, Of
North Carolina; P. P. Garner, OF
mississippi; e. Harris, of South
Carolina. and Harry D. Wilson, CT
T,ouiSiana
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA
RISING. ET GOD PREDICTED

PITTSBURG. Pa, Sept. 30.-The
third day of continuous rain found
the Monnogahela and Allegheny riv-
ers rising here today with a pre-
dicted flood stage of % feet due late
tonight The precipitation since
Sunday afternoon has been 3.O2
inches and today there was no in
dication of a rift in the sodden
skies
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
WASHINGTON AND
NEW YORK MEET
IN WORLD s SERIES

The New York Giants, champions
of the National league baseball race,
and the Senators, who won the pen
nant in the American league. meet
Saturday in the first game of the
worlds series.
The American league race closed
Tuesday afternoon, Washington los
ing the final game of the season to
Boston. The standing of the cfubs
WAS &C follows. ff''f
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
HEAVY DAMAGE is CAUSED
BY FLOOD In RAITIMORE

BALTIMORE, Sept. 30.-Floods
causing damage which may run into
six figures accompanied the storm
which drenched Baltimore and neigh
boring communities today and yes
terday.
The Severn, Patapsco and other
streams overlooked their banks,
inundating homes along the river
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Means Granted Stay
To Appeal Conviction
In Guiise Of Pauper

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Gaston b
Means, who recently told a federal
court jury that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars had passed through
his lands in nationwide bootlegging
operations, asked Federal Judge Eos
ter today to grant him a three
months stay in which to file an ap.
peal from his recent conviction for
bootlegging, pleading that he was
too broke to produce the $500,
necessary for a copy of the stenogra.
phic record of the testimony at the
trial.
His plea was denied, but Judge
Foster gave Means until Friday to
appeal to the circuit court Of APP.
peals for an order in forma pauper.
is, which would permit him to aps
peal in the guise of a pauper.
Means and his one-time secretary
Elmer w. Jernecke, were convicted
of conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law. The former depart.
ment of justice agent was sentenced
to serve a two-year term in the fed.
eral penitentiary at Atlanta and pay
a $4,000 fine. Jarnecke's sentences
was to a year term in the same peni.
tertiary and a $4,000 fine.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
LOCOMOTIVE DIVES
INTO GEORGIA RIVER:
NOBODY IS HURT
Continued From Page ~

ty-foot stage Wednesday. The high
est ever reported before for the
Neuse was IA feet.
Thorndyke Saville, state hydraulic
engineer, today telegraphed the
United States geological survey sta.
ton at AshevilIe, asking that engi"
neers be sent to aid in gauging and
watching the rivers. He indicated
that all rivers in the Piedmont sec.
tion wero on 2 ran1Oa oa
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
ABANDONMENT FIGURES
ARE DEMANDED AT ONCE,

TUPELO, Miss, Sept. 30.-In a
telegram Monday to Secretary Wal
lace, of the department of agricul.
;. ture, Representative John E. Ran.
kin, chairman of the congressional
committee on the readiustment of
crop estimates and ginners' reports,
urged that figures collected by the
. department showing cotton acreage
abandonment for the year be made
public simultaneously with the con
dition report to be issued early in
October, instead of Withholding the
figures until publication of the De
. cember estimates.
Mr.. Rankin declared the acreage
abandonment this year was record
breaking, owing to excessive rains
throughout the cotton belt and ex-
pressed the opinion that 1t would
"be a grave injustice to both the
producers and consumers of cotton
to hold this vital information from
the public until December"
The text of Mr.. Rankin's telegram
fellows:
- ST understand the department of
agriculture has collected statistics
showing the amount of cotton
: acreage that has been abandoned but
that it proposes to withhold this
information from the public until
it's December report. AS member
>. of congress and as chairman of the
committee on the reimbursement OF
crop estimates and ginners' reports,
/ want to insist that the figures
= showing the number of acres aban-
: Ccned according to the statistics
= gathered be made public along with
the next, crop condition report early
in October.
1.-THE acreage abandonment of cot
ton this year was record-breaking,
owing to the excessive rains
throughout the cotton belt during
the late spring and early summer.
In my opinion, it would be a grave
injustice to both the producers and
the consumers of cotton in America
to hold this vital information from
the public until December. BY that
time the producers will have dis
posed of this years crop and the
: foreign spinners will, IN all proba'
: bility, have purchased their supplies
: OF raw Stton, judging from last
years experience.
eff the acreage abandonment is as
. great as it is generally admitted to
be by the best-informed men on the
subject throughout the cotton belt,
giving this information out in De-
cember would simply mean an adj
vance in the price of cotton after 1t
had all left the farmers hands.
Therefore, such a belated report
. would not help either the producers
i. or consumers in this country.
every well-informed man knows
that practically every acre of cotton
that will be abandoned this year has
already been abandoned, and there is
no earthly reason this year Tor WITH
holding this information, when do
ing so is likely to rebound to the
great detriment of the cotton indus
try in America.
''Please give this matter your I'M
mediate attention.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
EXCHANGE WARNS SOUTH
OF MAIL SWlNDLE GAME

NEW YORK, Sert. 3O.-The New
York Cotton exchange last night u.s.
sued statement warning investors
in the south of the danger of losing
millions of dollars in the next rev
months due to the operations OF
irresponsible firms who are flooding
the mails with literature describing
large profits to be made by trading
in cotton DIT this time. Last year,
the exchange estimated, so-calied
cotton brokers of this type fleeced
the south OF more than $5,C0O,OOO.
In an effort to prevent repet'
:. ton of such losses, the cotton eX'
change, in cooperation with local
authorities, is warning traders in
the south to make certain of the
standing and responsibility o. cotton
brokerage firms before entrustinS
money to them.
CREDITS TO MOVE COTTON
EXTENDED BY \. y. BANKS
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Banking
credits for moving the cotton crop
again are being made available to
growers by a number of New York