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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20

grand opera prima donna Monday night in the person of Louise Homer, of the Metropolitan Opera company. Madame Homer, who is regarded as one of the great eentraltos of the age, has divided her EPf6gfam into four cycles, endeayoring to provide songs that will appeal to all tastes.
 The first cycle is widely varied con taining Schubert's Sercnade and the aria "He Shall Feed his Flock" from Handles Messiah together with Come and Trip It (Handel The Mermaid's Song (Hadyn) and Darfdes Falken Schwinge (Dvorak).
 The second group is composed of 'arias from the operas Werther, Paul ct Virginie and II Trovatore. The third group is Sydney Homer's group of nursery songs, "Sheep and Lambs, How's My Boy and Mother Goose"
 The concluding cycle opens with the Sloyakian Folksong, Annie, the Miller's Daughter, and is followed by the Old English song, John Dory, Home Song (Liddle) Tally-ho (Leoni) and Love went a-Riding Crank Bridge). Miss Ruth Emerson is the accompanist.
 Tickets for the opening attraction at the auditorium range from 50 cents to $1.50, while season tickets for Madam Homer with the concerts Wednesday and Friday night range from $1 to $4.50.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Oakland 11-6; San Francisco 3-7. Vernon 1-5, LOS Angeles AZ. Seattle 12-1 Portland 4-15. Salt Lake 1% Sacramento 2-7.
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month of any of the last three years. they were approximately 1000 bales larger than these of the previous month. Consumption has now increased for two consecutive months. Septemberss ex- ports were very large, amounted to 737, 900 bales.
 Favorable weather in the cotton belt meanwhile led to some upward revision of crop estimates. As q result, prices sagged off about one cent. Approxi- mately four cents of the five-cent rally that occurred in September have been lost. With the staple selling around 9 cents, the chances for better cloth buying were considered to be improved.
 Grain prices fluctuated widely, but in general held to the. best prices of the year. Wheat exports remained heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
Field NarrOws Down
GERMAN TEAM WINS

PARIS, Oct. 19.-Fifteen thousand spectators applauded the Borussia foot ball team of Berlin when it came on the field this afhenoon to play match against the club Francias. Tue Ger mans again were applauded when they won by to 0. By special request of the Germans, neutral EngliShman ref creed the match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20

{ Age-Herald Want Ads will exchange what you have and don't want for what you want and don't have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
when Dartmouth plays Har-

Harvard when Dartmouth plays liar yard.
 In the big ten "Red" Grange and Illinois piled up. the largest score that has been made against Michigan under Yost's coaching. Grange made five touchdowns for Illinois. Michigan out played the winners during the second quarter when Red was taking a rest.
 Field NarrOws Down
 Further West, in the Missouri valley conference, Saturdays games narrowed the contending field down to Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma. Nebraska s sectional victory over Colgate showed a greater strength than did Missouri's will fight it out next Saturday.
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EFFECTSOF
 TO REICH BANKS STIRS DEBATE
Optimism Preceding Ven. ture Turns To Conject-
 ure Of Result
Ry Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-With the German loan great success in both the American and European markets much interest was displayed in finan- cial and business quarters last week in the talk of additional foreign financing and the effects of European revival on American business.
 Opinions on the effect which tEe European revival will have on American industry were divergent. That our on the storm news and on reduction announced by the government in the "pars" to be used in connection with the crop report of October 25.
 Nevertheless the week ended showing a net decline compared with the week previous of about 90 points.
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Plan to Shorten
Training of Yanks

New York. Jan. 4.-The New York
Yankees will have a shorter train
ing siege than usual at their camp
in New Orleans, Miller Higgins,
manager of the worlds champions,
revealed today in announcing his
training schedule.
Higgins has issued orders to his
young players to report at New Or
leans March > and to the regulars
to report March 10, several days
later than Il year ago. The squad
will remain there until March II.
leaving on that date for a tive-day
tour with the Rochester Club of the
International League, beginning at
Mobile. Ala. and winding up at Sa-
vannah. Ga. on April 4.
The Brooklyn Nationals will join
the Yankees at Atlanta. April ), and
together they will play series of
ten games on the way north. con-
Guiding with games at Ebbetts field.
Brooklyn. and the Yankee Stadium
on April II. IL and IA.
The squad of veterans scheduled
to boil out" at Hot Springs. Ark.
will not be as large as usual. It
Is expected to include Babe Ruth.
Everett Scott, Wally Schang. Herb
Pennock. Joe Bush and Bob shaw
key. They will report there Febru-
airy cath and remain two weeks.
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Chicago Produce Market

Chicago. Jan. 4.
-, Soaring prices OF corn today lifted
the value OF oil grain. The rise in
corn was chiefly due to scarcity of re-
celpts. Wheat closed firm. &c 10 11c
net higher. MAY 1.0Ss69 to 1.OS2. and
July 1.06I. Corn. after reaching now
hish price records for the season, fin
ished ut 1Nc to 202tc gain. with oats
&c 70 2c@ Sc, up. and provisions vary
ing from shade decline TO SC advance.
Before the bulge in the corn market
began. wheat prices had a downward
tendency. the result of sympathy with
weakness OF wheat quotations at I.iv-
crpool. where offerings of Canadian
wheat were said to be cheaper. end II
was reported Argentine shipments had
enlarged. AS soon as enhancement of
ever, there was rather lively demand
Tor wheat. traders who were short
showing anxiety. both on account Of
the accent of corn and as a result of
tho circumstance that wheat receipts
IN every direction were mcagrc.
May delivery bf wheat closed at the
highest price this week. In this CON
nection " was pointed out that ship
mcnts from Chicago in the last few
days have exceeded the receipts. and
that apparently interior millers were
turning to primary markets to obtain
supplies. Talk was current. further
moro. that wheat ms we'll as corn NAV
he on n strict domestic basis before
the erd of the crop year.
Big broad trading in corn was wit
nessed. and Notwithstanding that rural
offerings became somewhct larger az
the market went upward the total re-
manned much below what is usual fer
January. Particular stress was laid
en- tho fact that in the northwest es-
pecially there was n notable falling off
ir the volume of receipts. oats fol-
lowed corn upgrade, with May oats at
nenrly tho seasons top price.
Commission house selling of lard
held down provisions.
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as aspirants for sheriff. the latter
being H. d. Smart. Houlton; John
r. Weed, Monticello: William Bates.
Moro; Ernest Lyons. Presque Isle;
Martin Lawlis. Houlton. and William
]. Thibodeau, Houlton. Others were
met by Governor Baxter during the
afternoon.
Harry NJ. Briggs. attorney for
Charles E. Calvin and the other gov
eminent witnesses who are being
prosecuted upon admissions made in
their testimony in the federal court
, at Bangor. said tonight that If wit
nesses summoned before the U. S.
courts to testify in matters concern
| ing viola ton of federal laws were to
be arrested and tried upon their tes-
timony a dangerous precedent would
/ be established that might lead to
endless controversy between federal
and state authorities. and that 1t
| would be extremely difficult for the
| federal authorities to get much infor-
nation from any one in the future
| IL the giving of such information
| would lay witnesses open to prosecu-
| ton in the state courts.
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G. II. s. Defeats Madison
High School in Fast Game

Especial to Kennebec JournaO
Madison. Me-, Jan. An the first
basketball game Of the season in Mad
ison, Gardiner High school boys team
trimmed Madison High in a clean game
Friday evening in the gymnasium at
the new high school building by 20
to 8 score. Gardiner took the lead
from the beginning, and although the
Madison boys put up a plucky fight the
visitors had the game we'll in hand, the
score for the first half being 1874.
Preceding the boys game Skowhegan
High school girls team defeated Mad
ison High girls by a score of 23-7. The
Madison girls put up good fight but
were outpointed at all times and were
unable to prevent the running up OF
large score.
The games were witnessed by practi-
cally the entire school together with
a large number, of parents. A special
car was run over the Somerset Trac-
ton line to accommodate the Skowhe-
gan team.
GARDINER (20) 90 MADISON
Mcdonald. RI ............ ri, Macklin
Rose, Allen. II. II. Hilton, Delaware
Davidson, Lucas, ...............
..................c. McCray, Chandler
Rogers. Rose, re. rig, Z. Oueliette
Hildreth, Is ............. lg' Johnson
SKOWHEGAN GIRLS (23)
% MADISON GIRLS
Chabot. Devoe. RI. ..........rf WEIGH
Welfare. IL .............. II. weston
Stinchfeld. Kelley. C. &C. Brown. Strang
Bisson. rg .............. re-. Hilton
Coburn. IL .......... lg, Stoutemayer
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Russian Trade Helps
Baltic Shipping

Copenhagen, Dec liza. z. by
MaiD-Baltic ports are showing in
creased shipping activity at fairly
remuneratlve rates, according TO the
scandinavian Shipping Gazette.
British and Scandinavian vessels
predominant in this trade, but Amer
lean. Dutch and French freighters
are not absent. The French parti-
cularly are keen for the business in
which. before the war, they virtually
had no part.
Baltic trade. this paper goes on to
say. is more or less dependent upon
the buying power of Russia. and OBJ
servers are asking if the Soviet Re-
publics VIII be able to continue fin
anclnG their tremendous purchases.
Russian exports are Increasing by
leaps and bounds. it declares. and
provide return freights.
But even if Russia does not main
tain he- increase. there is always the
enormous Swedish and Finnish tim
Der and allied trades, and the sea-
borne traffic of Poland. The more
chaotic conditions become in Ger
many. the greater the increase in
freiShts to and from Poland. Mari
time activity at Dantzig is growing
randy.
The new Baltic states, Esthonia,
Latvia and Lithuania, represent by
no means a negligible factor in for
cgn shipping. These countries seem
gradually TO he recovering. and after
hard struggles they have succeeded
in placing their national currenciees
en- a gold basis. England has made
heavy investments in the Baltic
states. and the rulers of Soviet Rus
sin have testified to their intention
of respecting tAcir independence,
Hence. the scandinavian shipping
Gazette SAYS. in the Haltic the ship
ping situation IS not entirely without
nroIniSN
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Berlin Bankers
BUSY as Bakers

Berlin, Dec. 1G-(A. p. by MaiD-
Banks in Berlin are having as much
difficulty these days as are bakers in
keeping their hungry customers sat
isfied. All day long their telephones
bring ii insistent demands for paper
money. Hamburg must have TWEEN
~ thousand trllions tomorrow is i
typical message.
The money is all distributed from
the Reichsbank, irrespective of where
it may be printed. Small wagons
constructed like iron cages, travel on
rails through the building and carry
the money. the actual distribution OF
which is directed from one room. 1t
is packed ia large bags. carefully
scaled. Two thousand conslSnnentS
leave tie Rcichsbank daily.
While in the bank building the pa :
per is stored in Il heavily arnlored
cellar which IS practically an under
ground town. with scores or avenues
and passages. This cellar Is cluttered
up with money of such small denom1-
nations that it was never issued pc
cause of it's slight value. ThousanuS
gave vay to millions rapidly, ana the
millions gave way 70 hiilionsl con
eenuentIv the race between the
Rcichsbanl presses and the taiiIns
exchange rates has frequently re-
suited in defeat for the money
printers.
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win of Wall Street Man

The following is from the will OF
a Wall Street man, which has just
Teen pToOatcG:
ITO my wife I leave her lover ana
the knowledge that l wasn't the TOOL
she thought l was.
TO my son | leave the pleasure or
earning a living. For 80 wears he
has thought the pleasure was mine.
He was mistaken.
To my daughter leave 100000
She will need it. The only good
piece of business her husband ever
did was to marry her.
To my valet | leave the clothes he
has been stealing from me regularly
for the past ten years. Also my fur
coat that he wore last winter when /
was south.
To my chauffeur l leave my cars.
He almost ruined them and ] want
him to have the satisfaction of finish
ing the job.
To my partner I leave the sugges-
ton that he take some other clever
man in with him at once II he expects
to do any business"
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Colby Hockey
Team Has First
Workout of Season

Especial to The kennebec JournaD
Waterville, Jan. 1.-The first
workout of the winter was held by
the hockey team at Colby college
this afternoon. when nearly 20 men
reported to Captain Granville Vale
on the new college rink on the low
er campus. The new hockey space
has been flooded and. while the Ice
is still rough and bad in several
places. 1t was fit for use this after
noon and the candidates were sent
through 4 stiff afternoons practice.
Professor Euclid Helie of the col
lege staff and an authority on ice
hockey. acted in the capacity of crit
ic on the work of the several men
and will continue to point on the
fine points in the game for The bene-
fit OF the players.
Among the varsity men left from
last years team who reported this
afternoon were Captain Gren Vale.
Millett. Pike. MCGOWAN and McBay.
with Muir. Fagerstrom and Wilson
of the seconds last season. This
season the Blue and Gray ice birds
will be without the services of some
OF the best men and those who were
practically responsible for the sue
cess of the informal teams of the
last two seasons: Young, HUM, Rat
clffe and Berry. HUM was one of
the best defense men that covered
the ice last season in the state and
while Young played but little. he
was IL flrst-class goal tender. Rat
cliffe played we'll all last season on
the defense with Berry. the retired
captain. guarding the goal for the
Waterville colleg.ans.
Among the new men who looked
promising today were Bob Hunt.
Peacock. Muir. Fagerstrom, Wilson
and Tarpey. The candidates to fill
the place left vacant by the failure
of Young to return to college this
fall and Berry to report, owing ia
relay duties. are ut present Eager
strom, Wilson and freshman, Mer-
rill, formerly of Exeter. and rated
as clever IN stopping fast ones.
Captain Vale will be able to play
this season and will Ill the hole In
the wing with MCGOWAN. undoubt-
eddy. thus forming a fast combina-
ton on the offense.
College officials planned to have
the rink flooded again tonight. as
colder weather has been, promised
and 1t Is the hopes of the hockey
men that the surface will be glazed
over so as to present fine surface
on which to play the game.
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SHAW'S STAND
CONTINUED from Pace One).

eral Court at Bangor of conspiracy
to defeat the prohibition laws. Be
ginning In the early forenoon the
governor received callers until the
evening. the first person to confer
with him being Charles f. Calvin OF
Houlton. tie chief witness against
Sheriff Grant. STce the trial CAL
vim. who testified that he paid the
sheriff large sums for protection as
liquor dealer. has been arrested by
County authorities charged with
bribery of an official
The governor announced tonight
that he was glad he had made the
trip as many things had been clear
ed up" Many OF those who met him
today are candidate for the office OF
Sheriff in the coming primaries. Gov
ernor Baxter has let II be known that
he wishes TO nominate as successor
to Sheriff Grant a man who Is not
candidate for the Office. In order to
be considered at the next meeting OF
the governors council. the nominal
ton must be posted by Tuesday
night.
The governor denied a report that
he intended to ask the removal OF
Attorney General r. W. Shaw and OF
County Attorney Hershchel Shaw, the
attorneys generals son.
Somebody has had dream" he
said, The governor will return to
Augusta tomorrow morning.
In a statement tonight Attorney
General Shaw. who testified TO Lew
ms character at the latter's trial In
federal court, said: TT does not seem
to me that any explanation Of my
conduct is necessary. There is no
reason for getting excited. / attend
ed the trial of Sheriff Grant and At
torney Levin at Bangor and testified
to the character of Mr.. levin. my for
mer law partner. I have been CRITIC
ed for doing so and no explanation
from me can change the facts.
"1 did not refuse to testify when
called as a witness. I might have
lodged it. but I did not choose TO do
so. I will take all the blame myselh
My official record speaks for itself.
will try to do my duty as Il public
officer and as friend and will not
quarrel with my critics"
! Governor Baxter saw a number of
prominent citizens during the fore
noon. including several men who are
supposed to be under consideration
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of this afternoon and tomorrow the
candidates for the relay team will
start work in earnest and continue
their intensive workouts through
the next three weeks. With the new
track on which to work daily and
which is easy to keep clear OF snow
and water, the Colby track mentor
should have an easier time with
his candidates in the heavy winter
weather of Maine.
This year Colby will compete in q
very ambitious schedule, taking in
meets at the Milrose games in New
York, the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton the end Of the month and prob
ably other relay meets. The Milrose
games are to come off in the course
Of q very short time and Coach Ryar
IL anxious to select his team fol
these ~two races, II the Athletic
Council approve Of the team COM
peting in both.
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FURNISHED to the Kennebec Jour-
raj through the courtesy of j. A.
Carnage & Co. of Augusta and
Waterville.)
Washington. Jan. 3.-Approximate-
ly four hundred and four million dol
lars worth of American merchandise
was exported in November, the U. >
Commerce department announced Of
ficially. Imports in the same month
totaled two hundred and ninety-two
million leaving trade balance OF
one hundred and twelve millions in
favor of this country.
In comparison with October Amer
lean foreign trade shows a gain on
the export side of the ledger and 4
loss on the side of imports.
Many observers deplore this con-
tinual increase in the so-calied
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Ohaervations Ey The Way

There was a time when if girl
looked pale a doctor gave her a tonic
hut now she'll ask the druggist tG
recommend some good brand OF
rouge.
Cuspidors should be thrown at peo-
pie who always are splitting out what
they think.
The nonstop dancing craze has
checked out, but we guess the non
stop rag chewing contest will keep
going until the last trumpet blows.
Father wouldn't mind daughter
wearing less clothes. if she only
would reduce the price for them in
proportion.
We don't suppose any secret
society has more members outside
the organization than the Odd Eel
lcws.
Overalls that are built to look like
they were meant for work never will
be popular with the girls, but ii they
start making EN- of crepe de chine
and trimming 'em with old lace or
something every fiapper in the coun-
try will he wearing overal!s to work.
A wonian's idea of keeping secret
told her in the strictest confidence is
to tell it in the strictest confidence
to somebody else. And we are hon
est to admit that's also a mans.
A woman can fix most anything
with a hairpin except hubby, and
she fixes him with a rolling pin.
Science has discovered a lot of
things. but a satisfactory way of
scratching chigser bites out in public
isn't one of Acknowledgement En-
Quirer.
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conscience Q, Phone Wire

y New York lawyer. gazing idly
cut OF his window. saw the pretty
stenogra pher across the street sitting
in her employers lap. The lawyer
noticed the lettered name on the win
dow and then searched in the tele-
phone book Still keeping his eye
upon the scene across the street he
called the gentleman up. says Judge.
In few moments he saw him start
violently and take down the receiver.
"Yes," said the lawyer through the
phone. Il should think you would
start"
The victim moved his arm from It's
former position and began to stam
mer something.
Yes continued the lawyer severe
ly. II think you'd better take that
arm away. And while you're about
it. as long as there seems to be
plenty OF chairs in the room"
The victim brushed the lady from
his lap, rather roughly.
''Who-who the devil Is this, any
wav?" he managed to splutter.
II" answered. the lawyer. in deep
impressive tones. Am your con-
science" and then he hung up.
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Eoudoin Hears Grad Lecturer

Especial to Kennebec Journal(
Brunswick, Nc. Jan. 4-Dr. Will
liam Witherle Lawrence OF New
York. Professor Of English literature
at Columbia University lcctured at
Bowdoin today to President Siils
class in comparative literature. Pro
fessor Lawrence took as his subject
THE CHARACTERISTICS of the Middle
Ages" He is graduate of Bowdoin
in the class of 1898 and is mem
Der of the board OF trustees.
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I;radstreet's Report

New York. Jan. 4.-BradStrfels TO-
morrow will say. a,,o,.
"EScept for the advent Of colder
weather in the northern half OF NE
country helping retailers in SeasoIa:, ore :,
goods and the coal trade. and y rathti
cheerful trend Of rcrc rts from me stsei
trade due to scm2 good buying by do
nestle automobile manufacturers and
some foreign railways. the genera
trend OF reports Indicate quiet condl-
lions attending the turn of the ycaf,
road ard the wholesale and Jobbing
business is at the low ebb. What re,
ports are oDtainahlc as to year-GnSd
stock-tak.ng are in the main cheerful:
although frequent mention Is made or
invent Dry values being rather slhaAef
than year ago