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New Britain herald., 1924-08-04
8 Killed On Crossing

Chicago. Aug. 1. Three persons were killed when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a New York Central train at Porter, Ind, yesterday. The dead: Mir. and Mrs. Carl F. Cederberg and Mrs. Frank Ehring, all of Porter.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

Portland, Maine, Aug. 4.-But three of thes90 guests at the Hillcrest hotel, a summer hostelry on Great Che beague Island which was burned yes- terday, were believed today to be safe. The three who lost their lives were Irwin O'Hara and John L. Cady. both living on Monument avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, and Edward Ran dall, chairman of the board of asses- sors of the city of Medford, Mass
 Loss of s1o0,o0o was caused by the fire which swept the hotel, an annex, a dwelling and boathouse. It start ed apparently from lighted cigarette thrown under the piazza.
 Among the guests at the hotel were Owen l.. Potter of Auburn, N. Y, executive legal assistant to Governor Smith of New York and Mrs. Potter. They escaped injury.
 O'Hara was employed as an auto mobile mechanic in the New York fire department. Cady was an &C., countant in the offices of the Society Of Automobile Engineers in New York city.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04
LOSE ALL POSSESSIONS
 BUT CLOTHES ON BACKS
Two New Britain Young Women Es- cape Injuries At Maine Sum-
 mer Resort Fire

MISE MarlOn HOaF or RoCkWeIl avenue and Miss Fannie Holmes of Hart street, guests at the Hotel Hill- crest at Great Chebeague Island, Maine, which was destroyed by fire yesterday, escaped injury but lost all their belongings except the clothes they were wearing. their families were advised today. They now are en route home.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

tconanusd on Thirteenth Page,
Evening star., 1924-12-08
Sisler of the BroUns-
Hornsby of the Cards.
What Hickey Thinks.

CHAPTER XXXyII.

and caromed off into center field.
Cobb rounded second and kept right
on going for third.
Now. our centerfielder had backed
up the play perfectly and had the ball
before Cobb was halfway to third
base. I figured him a dead cinch for
an out al third, where Jimmy Austin
stood on the line awaiting the center
fielder's throw. The ball beat Cobb
by yards but Austin was overanxious
and momentarily fumbled. Right
here happened something that con-
vinced NE that Cobb has brains in
his feet. Either that or he isn't
human.
Educated Feet.
The ball was lying out there be-
tween Austin and Cobb for just a
fraction Of second Austin was
reaching for the ball, but in that in
stant Cobb did more thinking than
the average ball player does in a sea-
son. Instead of sliding for the base
he was sliding for the ball feet first
and proved that his foot was quicker
than Austins hand, for before the
third baseman could touch the ball
Cobb gave 1t kick that sent it into
the dugout and then logged to the
plate with the winning run.
"It was a clear case of interference,
but | couldn't make the umpires see it
that way. The game was over and
you aren't going to win any argu-
ments from the umpires after the UNI
pires call it a day. AT that, it would
have been a crime to call Cobb out
for interference after making a play
as brilliant as that.
Yes. sir, when you're talking of
the worlds greatest ball player
you're talking about only one man
Mr.. T. Raymond Cobb"
tTOmOrrow; Chapter XXXVIU
Then and Now).
Copyright. 1924 in the United States. Canada
and Great Britain, by North American News
paper Alliance. All rights reserved)
Evening star., 1924-12-08
250-MILE AUTO RACE
ATTRACTS II PILOTS

CULVER CITY, Calf, December
S.-Seventeen automobile board track
racing pilots will start tomorrow
afternoon in the 250-mile Culver City
race, which will close the 1924 racing
season of the American Automob bile
Association and officially dedicate the
new. le-and-one-quarter oval
The name of Jimmy Murphy, who
was killed short time ago in Syra-
cuse, n, Y, is first on the point list
of drivers of the country for the 1924
National championship, with the final
event of the season to be held here
tomorrow. The standings of the first
five pilots announced here today are:
Jimmy Murphy, deceased, 1896 points;
Earl Cooper, 1,240: Tommy Milton,
961; Bennett Hill, ia; Fred Conner,
645 points.
Cooper with a rst-pIace victory
tomorrow, which counts as 500 points,
would win the championship by a
margin of 145 points, being the only
driver who has chance to score
more points than Murphy won.
Whether the title shall go to Murphy
or to the living driver with the
greatest number of points is a ques-
ton that the contest board of he
A. A. A. will decide.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
TRADE MARKET DULL
AS OWNERS GATHER

NEW YORK; December S.-Peace
reigned over the advance cohorts Of
American base ball as they entered the
city today for the annual meetings of
the American and National Leagues.
SO far as could be learned those who
have been at the hotels here since
Friday, after attending the minor
league convention at Hartford, neither
consummated nor even discussed any
deals officially.
The National League meets Tues
day. the American Wednesday, and
there will be joint meeting Thurs
day.
The usual interests in the player
market appears to have given way
as President Ban Johnson of the
American League approaches the
coast pursued by a. storm which now
Is indicated as of tremendous pro-
portions. Johnson has declared that
he will lay before the meeting his
charges and his proofs in connection
with gambling in the Pacific Coast
League.
Moreover, the man who was called
the czar of base ball before former
Judge Landis was appointed to the
commissionership may be called on
to make plain his reported charges
against the Giants, for he was first
to demand that the world series De
called off when Lands settled the
OConnell-D bribery case. Base
ball men profess to see a war to the
DEATH which either will end the
regime of Landis or that of Johnson.
Tomorrow the hotel lobbies un-
doubtedly will seeth with the discus
sions of magnates and managers, and
from these little knots of owners and
mana gers may come transactions
which will startle the public. But
so far only the Browns, Yankees.
Giants, Reds and Cubs are mentioned
in deals, although Detroit is reported
to be rushing into the market with
"Lu" Blue, it's first baseman, as bait.
Before todays' lull much had been
said about sending Urban Shocker to
the Yankees for an unmentioned con-
sideration, Bill Terry of the Giants
to Cincinnati for Eddie Roush or
Adolfo Luque, and Bob OFarrell Of
the Cubs to the Giants for Irish"
Meusel or, mayhap, George Kelly.
These matters have been discussed
more or less officially, but nothing
definite has been done. according to
latest report.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

In Chicago last year Judge Lands
directed a personal attack against
Johnson The enemies. of the Amer
lean League president are hoping
another will follow this year. How
ever, the efforts of the American
League president to establish the
honesty of base ball cannot be ques-
toned, because Judge Lands hin-
self. testifying in the Milwaukee case
to obtain redress for punished black
sheep. asserted that Johnson had
been foremost in turning up the
Chicago scandal in the American
League.
The personal issue between the
commissioner and the American
League president seems to be the
Iatter's unwillingness to be relegat-
ed to the status of office boy Tor MS
own league and nothing more.
Judge Lands was criticized at tne
time Of the O'Connell-Dolan episode
for not taking the public more into
his confidence. Johnson Is SAID TO
have criticized him, too. Now the
others who criticized the commits
sioner for what they said he did not
do are criticizing Johnson for crlti-
Ching the commissioner, which prob
ably is the height of base ball bouffe
in recent years
Other Business Listed.
Other important matters which may
come before the joint session relate
to. the five-year option on players
extended from two years. the con-
troll of so players by the majors, in
stead of 40, and such other matters
as bind a greater number Of players
to the major leagues Against this
stands the resolution adopted by the
minor leagues at Hartford to limit
the number of optional players to
eight for each major league club.
In the first criticism of Johnson it
seems to have heen overlooked that
the wishes of the National Associa-
ton are likely to be disregarded If
they show a spirit of fight against
either Of the major organizations.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-12-08
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Different Kind. of Foreign Bonds

Different Kinds of Foreign Bonds.
The foreign investment with which
American buyers are most familiar Is
the obligation Of a government or a
city payable in dollars. The great
majority Of the foreign loans listed on
the New York Stock Exchange are of
this class. They are comparatively easy
to analyze inasmuch as II is only the
credit OF the borrowing government
which has to be considered. There are,
however, other kinds OF foreign securi =
ties that have been sold to American
investors in recent years and doubt
less there will be more of this sort in
the future.
A foreign bond may be payable not
in United States dollars but in the cur
rency of the issuing government-pounds
sterling, francs, guilders, etc. When a
security is offered on this basis a new
element enters into the situation. The
investor has to bear in mind not only
the probability of payment of interest
and principal on the appointed dates
but the value of the currency in which
payment is made. Now, since the World
War, the American dollar has been
practically the only stable monetary
unit. The United States stands almost
alone in maintaining a free market for
gold Every one knows what happened
to the German mark, and most people
are aware of the enormous depreciation
in the franc Even sterling is still
below gold parity with the dollar, al
though there has been great improve
ment in recent months.
The factors which govern the move
ments of the foreign exchanges are too
complicated to be discussed here. For
our purpose it is sufficient to recognize
that when a foreign bond is payable in
a foreign currency its purchase involves
a speculation. even though ii be mild
speculation, in foreign exchange. There
are a few instances of bonds issued in
foreign currencies which are payable, in
terest and principal, at fixed rate OF
exchange to the dollar. but these are
the exception. | am not referring to
those fixed rate bonds.
This matter of the monetary unit In
which a bond is payable has nothing
whatever to do with its safety. You
will get interest and principal as prom
ised, but you will receive 1t in cur
rency which nowadays has f1uctuating
value This sort of speculation may
sometimes be advisable and sometimes
profitable, but it should not be entered
upon without a realization OF its nature.
copyright, 1924. by Consolidated Press)
Evening star., 1924-12-08
COTTON YIELD PUT
| AT 13,153,0)O BALES
Last Years Crop 10,139,67O
Bales-Census Includes
Ginning Report.

Cotton production this year was
placed at 13,153,000 equivalent 500
pound bales by the Department of
Agriculture in it's preliminary esti-
mate of facts available as to the
date of December /. A forecast of
12,992,000 bales was made a fort
night ago. Last years crop totaled
1919, $40 bales.
There had been 12.225,025 running
bales, counting round as half bales,
ginned prior to December l, the Cen
sus Bureau announced at the same
time. To that date last year 9.243,-
$50 bales had been ginned.
The average weight per running
bale this year is estimated by the
Department of Agriculture at 4s9.S
pounds compared with 1875 last
year. 501.7 in 1922. 49s.5 in 1921 and
5o4.5. the average of the preceding
five years.
Total ginnings include 285, ,a37
round bales. compared with 9,215
for 1923, and 3,099 bales OF American
Egyptian compared with 1882 for
1928
The revised total of cotton ginned
this season, prior to November IA,
is 11.163,401 bales. There were 49,
1s1 ginneries operated prior to No
vember IA.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
BAUM AND BASHARA
WILL FIGHT TONIGHT

Charley Baum, Baltimore scrapper,
VIII have a job on his hands when
ne faces Joe Bashara of Norfolk, Va,
tonight in the 12-round feature bout
OF the boxing show to be held to-
night a. Fort Myer.
Bashara is reported to pack a
punch In either firt and should offer
the Oriole City boxer an interesting
evening. Should Baum topple his
opponent tonight. he probably will
be matched against Jack Turner.
Al Ward and Jack Mulvaney will
exchange swats in the semi-final
The latter won by K.O. when they
last met. In the other bouts sched-
uled, Bill Forum of Fort Myer will
face Joe Rivers of the Washington
barracks, Eddie De Simon of Fort
Myer Will meet Willie Morrison Of
the same post and Bill Cody of Fort
Myer Will oppose Kid Groves Of the
Mohawk Athletic Club.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
TUNNEY RULES FAV0RITE
OVER JEFF SMITH, 8-5

NEW ORLEANS. La, December 8.
Gene Tunney, holder of the Amer
lean light heavyweight title, and jeff
Smith. Bayonne, N. j., boxer, will
meet tonight at the Coliseum arena
here in a scheduled 15-round node
cision bout.
Tunney will weigh In around Its
and Smith 100. The champion today
ruled an 8-to-5 favorite in the bet
ting.
frankie Edwards, promoter of the
bout said he had received a tele-
gram stating Young Stribling of
Macon. Ga, and his father manager
Pa" Stribling, would be at the, ring
side and issue challenge to the
winner.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
GIBBONS NORFOLK GO
AROUSING INTEREST

NEW YORK, December S.-Tom Glib
hons. st. Paul light heavyweight, and
Kid Norfolk. Baltimore negro boxer,
are reported primed for crucial
l5-round bout in Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night. On Friday
night the semi-finals of the State
athletic commissions featherweight
tournament to develop a successor
to Johnny Dundee's vacated title, will
be staged in the same arena.
Gibbons, with another match
against the champion, Jack Dempsey,
in the ofting, has stated that he ex-
poets to erase the negro from the
list of title contenders early in the
bout. The st. Paul man Is noted
for boxing skill. which succeeded in
evading the Knockout punch of
Dempsey at Shelby, Mont Norfolk.
somewhat less schooled, wields ter
rife blow, which has knocked out
capable fighters.
He is quoted as having expressed
confidence in his ability to stop Glib
bons.
Exceptional interest is attached to
the encounter. as Tex Rickard, pro-
moter, and Eddie Kane, manager OF
Gibbons, have signed agreements
whereby Gibbons viii engage in a
match with the champion if such
an offer presents itself.
Johnny Wilson, former middle
weight champion, will meet Tiger
Flowers in the semi-final. which is
expected to furnish some of the most
interesting fisticuffs OF the evening
On Friday Louis (Kid) Kaplan of
Meriden. Conn. and Jose Lombardo
Of Panama will clash for the chance
to meet Danny Kramer of Philadel-
phia for the featherweight title, hav-
ing already conquered Bobby Garcia,
the fighting soldier from Maryland,
and Lou Paluso of Salt Lake City
in the preliminaries. Kramer drew
a bye in the semi-finals.
Two of the men defeated in the
preliminaries will box a semi-final to
this bout, Garcia meeting Mike Dun
dee of Rock Island, III.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

The American League meeting
gives promise of more excitement.
Reelection of the board of directors
and the vice president is the prln-
cipal item on the formal program,
President Ban johnson having some
years yet to serve. The excitement,
If it breaks, viii come when John-
son begins to spread before the or
ganization such evidence as he may
have about gambling on the Pacific
Coast He has been cited to render
this information before an authority
constituted TO hear il, and probably
feels that il is his first duty to re-
late to his own league any informa-
tion that he may possess. III Such
information does go before the
American League, it may follow into
the joint session of the major
leagues, which is the third of the
series.
Minors Arrnigned Johnson.
The Endorsement of the administra-
tion of Commissioner Lands by the
National Association indirectly in
cIuded a severe arraignment Of some
one who was not mentioned by name,
hut who. Of course. was Johnson.
This has provoked animosity and bitter
words.
The passing of a resolution calling
upon Johnson to give evidence in
regard to gambling on the Pacific
Coast was so wordcd that Judge
I.andis may take it up and ask john
son at the joint meeting to give any
such information as he may possess.
That will touch of the fireworks. 1t
has been asserted that the commits
sioner had men on the coast invest-
eating the gambling charges. Moth
ing has come from his office on the
subject-but something interesting
and unexpected may be said at the
meeting.
If johnson. after he has put his
evidence before the American League.
should decline to go further with 1t.
there might follow jam in base
ball which would he in line with
previous eruptions in the sport.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
TEXTILE INDUSTRY LEADS
GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE
England Gives Place to Neither
lands as Best Customer for
These Goods.

Despite the loss of it's Alsatian
branch. the textile industry holds
first place in German foreign trade,
according to report from Consul
Steger. Dresden, analyzing this i'm
portant business.
OF Germany's total textile exports.
II per cent goes to adjacent countries,
per cent to other European states.
s per cent to the United States. and
the remainder TO other countries.
Large quantities of raw materials
destined for Czechoslovakia- Austria
Russia and Poland are shipped via
Germany, and they appear In the Ger
man official statistics as exports.
whereas these are actually only trans
shipments.
Before the war Great Britain was
the principal export market for Ger
man textiles. but the Netherlands is
by far Germany's best customer now.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
INCREASE IN MILL
OPERATIONS LIMITED

BY the Associated Press.
FALL RIVER. Mass. December s.
Some increase in operations was
noted in the textile industry in this
city today, although not on the scale
as expected Saturday. when an
nouncement was made that all mills
would resume a full-time basis. Some
corporations increased the amount of
machinery in operation, but as to n
general resumption of operations,
this program was not carried out
on the scale anticipated.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
NURMI MAY MAKE TOUR.

BY the AssOciated Press.
NEW YORK, December S.-Amer-
lean track and field followers prob
ably will see the greatest running
machine of all time n action during
the 1924-25 indoor season when Paavo
Nurmi, Finnish marvel, who is due
here this week, meets the pick of
Yankee runners in a series of meets
in the East. His plans also con-
template a possible invasion of tracks
in the Middle West and Canada.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
DIVIDEND DECLARED.

BALTIMORE. December (Spe-
ciaD.-At a special meeting Satur-
day of the board of directors of the
American Wholesale Corporation. op-
Grating the Baltimore Bargain
House, the largest jobbing house In
the East, the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 134 per cent on the prefer
red stock was declared. 1t is pay
able January 1, 1925. to stockholders
of record December 20.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
DAYS NEW OFFERINGS.
Seaboard Air Line Puts Out Gold
Certificates.

NEW YORK, December S.-New
financing today exceeded $1S,000,00o,
the largest offering being a new is
sue of $4,000. 900 Illinois Power and
Light Corporation first and refund
ing mortgage 5k per cent 30-year
gold bonds at 81 and interest yield
ing more than $40 per cent. Other
offerings included 1890, 900 Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company equip
ment trust per cent gold certif-
icates due serially 1925 to 1910, priced
to yield to SIS per cent.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
B. & O. TRAFFIC AHEAD
OF SAME 1923 PERIOD
peciaI Dispatch TO Tne Star

Special Dispatch to Tine Star
BALTIMORE, December S-Traffic c
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
for the first three weeks in November
shows an increase compared with the
corresponding period last year. Total
revenue freight loaded and received
from connections during the period
ended November 81 amounted to 199,-
55l cars, compared with 1858 for
the similar period in 1928.
Coal loadings were only 1,044 less
than for the similar three weeks in
1929, totaling 40,002 against 41,O46.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
STERLING EXCHANGE
AGAIN GOES HIGHER
Gets Nearer Parity by Touching
4.7O 3-S-Greek Loan
Oversubscribed.
BY the Associated Press.

Ithh
LONDON, December S.-St erling
exchange took another step toward
parity during the forenoon when 1t
touched 4.70%. The mornings activity
was induced partly by news of fur
ther gold shipment from America to
Europe in connection with various
loan transactions and by a feeling
of confidence regarding the interna-
tional financial outlook generally.
Another instance of confidence
among bankers and investors was
the heavy oversubscription for the
f7.500,000 Greek government per
cent refugee loan. The lists remained
open only one hour during which
time the applications totaled around
f161 100000.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
DIFFEY VA. GRID CAPTAIN,

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, Decem-
Der s-Carter Diffey of Cotton Plant,
Ark. will captain the University of
Virginia foot ball team next season.
Diffey has played at quarterback on
the Cavaliers squad for the past two
seasons and has won his letter in
base ball and boxing. He captained
the Culver Military Academy team
before coming here.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
MOMENTOUS WEEK AHEAD
FOR BASE BALL MACNATES
Meetings of National and American Leagues in New
York. Followed by Joint Session, May
Affect Administration of the Sport
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK 8Three base ball meetings in New YORK
their possibilities of oratrca effect wepulg
and the players OF the game
of the the field but with
refer to their control
that the National League on
Tuesday be placid affair resulting in the
onofIo A.
all who connected with base ball he
who plays for the right regardless OF cone
really
National
Evening star., 1924-12-08
WALES BEATEN AT SQUASH

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December S.-The Prince
Of Wales, who was among the 55 en-
trants for the squash racQuets anna
teur championships begun at the Bath
Club today, was eliminated in the
first round by T. Bevan, a we'll known
guardsman tennis player, by the scores
Of 15-7, 12-15. 15-8.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
PARIS BOURsE UNSTEADY.

PARIS. December S.-Prices moved
irregularly on the bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, so francs 10
centimes. Exchange on London. Sc
franc so centimes. Five per cent
loan, 81 francs 80 centimes. The
dollar was quoted at IS francs 43
centimes.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
BANK CLEARINGS GAIN.

ST. LOUIS, December Especial
Bank clearings here are runnin,.
nearly $4,000, 900 a day above thosr
for the corresponding period of last
year. For the entire year so far
they total, s6,544.3O0,000 as compared
with s6,612, 800, 900 in 1929
Evening star., 1924-12-08
BREAKS SWIMMING MARX.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 8.
-Arne Borg. the Swedish crack
swimmer, covered 500 meters yes
terdaS in the world record time of
minutes 10 S-5 seconds. This beats
the former record of 6.24 is made by
Johnny Weissmuller, United States
in 1922. Borg's previous record was
$50.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

More than a million and a half tons
of coal were shipped from this coun-
try in a single month recently, while
Great Britain exported 100000 tons
in that period of time.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

JONESBORO, Ark, December g.
B. L. Stanley, former Notre Dame
foot ball star, has resigned as head
coach of the Jonesboro State Agri-
cultural School.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December s.
Edward L. Farrell, for the past year
and a half acting mentor of the Har-
ward varsity track team. was ap-
pointed head coach.