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Evening star., 1924-05-04
CENTRAL HIGH RIFLEMEN
TAKE ANNAPOLIS MATCH

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May BY
the ScCrc of 1.S73 to 1.s63, the
rifiemen of Central High School of
Washington won n match from the
Navy plebcs here today. The shoot
ing was at the 2GO and 600 ynrd
ranges. slow fire and the 200 and
3CC rapid fre, nnd each class the
score WIS close. The high gun Of
the match waS Dinwiddfe of the
VISITORS who made the excellent
Score Of 433 out of n possible $50.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

There was a slight change when
Whitman. with his all-round game
became champion, but he retired be-
fore he had made any definite i'm
preston on American tennis. The
succeeding champions, Ward, Wright.
Clothier, Davis, Behr, all adopted
Wrenn's style of play and were
blindly followed by the masses.
Swung to Baseline Game.
Then came Larned with his won
derful baseline game and back swung
the pendulum in the east in favor
of his type Of play. California, how
ever, was TOO far away 10 be affected.
and with the advent OF Mclaughlin
the net attack again became the
fashion, and so it has gone on, each
champion leaving his impress on the
cOuntry's tennis,
With the recognition of Tilden's
supremacy the popularity of the net
game has waned to an appreciable
degree.
At the present time most of our
Evening star., 1924-05-04
PUBLIC LINKS TITLE
LIST CLOSES JUNE 9

NEW YORK, May 3.-F;ntries will
close June 8 for the third amateur
public links golf championship at
Dayton. Onto. from June "a to IS.
rlans for which were announced to-
day by the United States Golf hSso-
cation. Two cups and four prizes
will be offered ~
The Standish trophy will go to the
individual winner of the tournament
and the Harding trophy. presented by
tn late President. to the winner of
the intercity team championship.
Both cups will be held throughout the
year only. The permanent prizes will
be gold medals.
Amateur players who are not mem
hers of private golf club are eligi-
BILE.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

best when the outdoor season begins.
Bowman flashed into the headlin IS
first this year when he beat Murchi-
son and McAllister in the 60-yard
dash at the New York municipal
games in the early part of February
brcezing across the line in 3-5 sec
onds. His greatest performance came
just a few days later, however, when
he won the junior championship for
that distance at Buffalo in the magic
time of G 2-5 seconds. only one-fifth
of a second behind the world indoor
record for the distance, held by Loren
Murchison.
This is The seventh OF q series of
articles on the athletes tCho are erpeCt-
cd TO score POINTS for the United states
at the Olympic games merit July. Neat
SuHddy-Lorer H1CrciiiSon, Sp1'inter.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

StOOp over until
the armS hang
{ w q or { h r e e
inches forward Of
straight down. II
this doesn't seem
TO fit your case
try y Z n N d 1 N q
straighter TO IN
that position until
you find your best
position. Ace and
the condition of
the wnfstline have
4 good deal to do
with this. Young
and supple takes
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Evening star., 1924-05-04
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

HE Indian Coli Club Nd,
this week with spring invitation
which all the golfers local affairs the links will
participate
Indian Spring during its will be haven for long hit
Maryland club
the the will be heightened 600 yards quite the
1onges there ! aboutW Washington
Evening star., 1924-05-04
NATIONAL TRAP H0N0RS
ARE TAKEN BY VOORHEES,

NEW YORK. May S.-Howard W.
Voorhies of the Bergen Beach Gun
Club won the nineteenth annual
amateur championship of America at
clay targets over the traps of the
New York Athletic Club at Travers
Island today.
He led a field of 1870 gunners, with
1913 out of a possible 200 targets.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
NAVY STICKMEN WIN.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, May 3.-Navy' 5
lacrosse team struck its real pace to
day winning from Pennsylvania by
l6 to l. The scoring during the first
sixteen minutes of the game was tn
fastest ever seen here, the Midship-
men averaging goal in each I've
minutes.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Inside
BY Chester Horton

One good rule by which the golfer
can determine how far he should
stoop during his swing is to deter.
NJ inc tkix by the hang of the arms.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
ARMY POL0ISTS AHEAD.

FORT HAMILTON. y. Y. May s
The Army polo team swamped Coz
nell, Il to ,. today in the openin@
game of the metropolitan season az.
of the Intercollegiate Championsat-
tournament.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
G. w. U. TEAM DEFEATED
IN MEET WITH IUNIATA

HUNTINGTON. Pa, May 3.-Juniata
College defeated George Washington
University of Washington, d. c., in a
track meet here today. 64Iz to 81 Il.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
HOWARD CALLS GRIDMEN

Howard University will call out IL
foot ball candidates for spring praC-
tice on Monday. May -.
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U. OF NJ. NETMEN BEATEN.

BALTIMORE. Md. May 3.-Johns
Hopkins defeated Maryland on the
singles, and losing the two doubles
matches. s-54. - 50
Evening star., 1924-05-04
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller
TIDES:
High-S:25 am, Sis pam.
Low-2:S SO am, 500 pm.

full OF perch
snagged The perch have been this vicinity
good catches have been reported week the
Evening star., 1924-05-04
AMERICAN OLYMPIC ACES
Close-Ups of Athletes Counted On
as Point Winners for the
United States at Paris.
n X
No. VII.-Chet Bowman.

IHEN Syracuse Pittsburgh ball the
wv last Chick
Mehans- finally leading Pop Warmers the finish
field goal NEarly the hall
Syracuse the field His
head rolled lifted him from the ground
and his body limp and ifeless
There with broken leg oid-time loot bail star
remarked Il know who how he when
they flop like that broken leg the He won't play
or footb bal seaSon and lavb
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champion" said McAdams as he dug
down into his jeans.
Limited Field welcomed.

Leading golfers in the United
States will welcome the recent deci-
sion of)the L. S. Golf Association to
limit the field in the national amateur
championship and hereafter to care
fully Scrutinize the tournament rec
ords of all championship aspirantS
before admitting them to the inner
circles of those with handicaps of
four or better. In the past there
has been too much laxity in the eN-
animation of the status of the eligi-
bic contestants.
The players in the larger districts
like New York and Chicago. where
there is a lot of tournament golf
played. were for the most part prop
eriy Handicapped. But in some of
the remote sections golfers who could
never break 80 had obtained a low
handicap rating merely because they
had made several low scores over an
easy course.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-05-04

haven't shown the game the other
three lads are capable of shooting.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

Other reports from CHESAPEAKE
Beach say that the first real catches
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS UNLIKELY.

Joseph B. Eastman, member of the interstate commerce commission, told a gathering of transportation men in Boston that public owner ship of the railroads is likely in the future.
 T doubt whether there is imme- diate prospect of such change, but I should have said the same thing 10 years ago of prohibition, the commissioner said.
 We do not know why the commits sioner comes to this conclusion. The railroads do not want public owner ship; some of them are willing to become efficient in order to fore stall such a step. There is reason for believing the conservative atti- tude of the public opposes the gov ernment engaging in the transporta- ton industry.
 It is stated that to own the rail- roads will cost the government 40 billions of dollars to acquire them. This sum is approximately twice as much as the national debt, Before the nation spends that much money for the railroads it is going to think about it great deal and a long time.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
MOTOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS NO MEDDLING.

Congressman Samuel F.. Winslow of Worcester, chairman of the house interstate commerce committee, be- lieves congress will have to tackle the question of motor transportation. Here is how he puts it;
 Congress must tackle the ques- ton Of motor transportation, dan gerous one to touch. Political req sons and considerations play too strong part in the attention paid to transportation by congress-"
 Our opinion is that congress had best leave motor transportation alone. Motor transportation can get along without congressional med ding. And if political reasons and considerations play too strong a part" in congressional considerations. as the congressman claims, then that is a pretty good reason out of his own mouth why congress will do best by leaving motor transportation alone.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
THEIR MONEY BELLIES WHAT THEY CLAIM.

To be able 10 raise half a million dollars in five days, causing the total Of the Republican campaign fund to reach s2,2OO,OOO, is no mean achieve ment. It means that men Of money appear to be vitally interested in the continuation of the Republican party in power and appear to be- lleye that a liberal expenditure of money will turn the trick.
 One is inclined to ask a pertinent question: If the election indications are as the partisan Republican press and political pulpit claim they are. what is the use of wasting so much money? Haven't We heard all along, and hear even louder now that the election Is only two weeks away, that there is nothing to 1t" but Coolidge; that he will carry New York, nearly all of the east, the mid dle west, even West Virginia, most of the northwest, and all of the Pa clfc Coast? Hasn't the Literary Di- gest poll showed us that there is nothing to he feared from the other candidates?
 These large gifts to the various Republican financial caravansaries would indicate that the voluble fore casters don't believe their forecasts. They lot their money talk as if the election is in doubt.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24

Chicago on the New York Central and the .Pennsylvpnia respectively. now make the run in 20 hours, whereas they formerly did 1t in IS hours. The object of taking more time, tho change being made by agreement between the two railroads, being in the interest of safety.
 The Empire state express was in- auguratcd SS years ago when rail- road companies had no idea the public would pay extra for the priv ilege of riding faster or in finer style. Consequently no "eXtra fare" was charged. as is the case with most of the crack trains inaugurated since that time. Business experts think this was & terrible blunder; but the facts are the Empire State express produced an enormous amount of favorable publicity for the railroad: Its speed was on every tongue and pictures of the train appeared in all the magazines and newspapers.
 Locomotive "999" nowadays is only used for exhibition purposes. In size it is only half that of the mod ern passenger Locomotives; but don't anyone imagine its driving wheels couldn't revolve fast!
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
SHOES AND TEXTILES FACE
 RADICAL CHANGES.

The country has made 39,000,OOO less pairs of shoes this year than last, according to a Haverhill shoe manufacturer. He planes it partly on automobiles which he says are curtailing the wearing out of shoes.
 Some women's shoes, made to sell at s7 wholesale, are selling for a fraction of that because the styles have changed Somebody has to pay the difference.
 The shoe business like the textile industry. has suffered hardships be- cause of Changed conditions. New England shoe factories have been operating on part time as a result, but lately have been picking up' according to reports from the shoe centers.
 Conditions in the textile industry are indicated by the fact that the Amoskeag Manufacturing company the other day failed 10 nay a regu- lar dividend for the first time in S4 years. The company operates the largest cotton manufacturing plants in Now F,npIand and was founded in 1881.
 The Amoskeag company cut its dividend in half a year and half ago. In 1920 it had yielded a 100 per cent. stock dividend. thus doub- ling the capitalization, and shortly thereafter began to lose money. Div idends have been paid out of surplus for four years. the last two years en- tirely out of surplus, financial ex- perts declare. During the last four years more than half billion yards of goods have been produced and sold labor has been kept busy, and the company has in that time vir- tually lost more than s2,O0o,Oo9.
 Something appears to be wrong somewhere. This industry may be taken as an index to the peculiar mixup Of the times.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
SHENANDOAH'S RETURN ROMANCE OF AIR.

Peaks and mountains seemed to tower around it on all sides except the single pass through which it had entered the pocket in the rockies, !" read the Associated Press report de- scribing the return trip of the Shen- andoah over the mountains of Ari- zona, thereby throwing thrill into the nation which is hreathlessly watching the great transcontinental trip of the dirigibIe.
 Crossing the Rocky mountains at night is about as hazardous an un- dertaking as an airship can face. Yet the Shenandoah did it. It was shortly after midnight when it flew over Bisbee, Ariz., encircIed by crag- gy peaks and the bulky shoulders of lofty excrescenees. The air rushed through the mountain passes like water through mill race. The dir igible 'groaned" and careened like a rowboat being tossed about unon the crests of giant waves.
 A more romantic story than the account of the shensndoah's noun tain passage rarely has come over inc wires Bisbee was identihed pS Tombstone canyon and Bre"'ry ruleA. two names tha. suggest the
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24

old west before rliyyers took the place of ponies.
 The ranfod air expanded the heli- um In the gus Bags and they "ap- peared ready to burst" The navi- gators strained their eyes into the darkness" as they guided their ship over the "unchartered course of the air" And while this drama was go- ing on between the staSs and the sleeping towns below, those on board were keeping up a ceaseless conver- sation over tho radio with others hundreds Of miles away and even with amateur wireless operators in the towns.
 In Inc old days growing lads re- garled being a locomotive engineer as inc pinnacle of cXctcmcnt; the more the growing youths of today learn Of air navigation the more their fancies will turn 10 plying the tracklcsS air on inc more modern locomotives of the skies.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
25 Years Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date

The semi-annual meeting of Con- necticut Congregational churches was held today in the First church chapel. There were so delegates and 150 guests present,
 Charles s. Andrews of Stanley Quarter intends to sue the city for s1O damages, his young bull having been injured by dogs last Saturday,
 MT. and Mrs. A. E. Weiapt left today for Woodbury, N. r., where they will attend the wedding of MT. Weiants cousin, Mir. Armstrong.
 Contractor O'Connor told a Her aid reporter that a vandal clipped a piece out of stone to be used for the soldiers monument, rendering it useless for building purposes.
 A rccord-breaking crowd is ex- pccted at Hills Casino this evening when She local polo team opens the season with Providence.
 There are more than 150 people engaged in Sporting Life, which will play at the Russwin Lyceum this evening. There are 16 distinct scenes.
 One Of the largest realty deals in some time was recorded yesterday, when the entire property Of Leonard Wilhelmy at the corner of Main and East Main streets, consisting of a brick block, frame dwelling, and two extra lots, was sold to Charles Oquist and John Larson.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
DR. FRANK CRANES DAILY EDITORIAL
Clubs
By DR. FRANK CRANE

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New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
BIG CAMPAIGNING GUNS ARE
 TURNED ON EAST.

As was to have been expected no sooner had John W. Davis decided 10 invade New York state and spend the closing days of the campaign making speeches therein, than the Coolidge and LaFollette forces an nouncod they would do the same.
 LaFouette himself will be on the stump in that state to keep Davis company. The president, not being inclined to crate on the stump, will be represented by the party's strong est spc}lbinders in the Empire state.
 The third party appears to be sat isfed that it's maximum strength has been attained in the west, which dur ing most of the campaign was con- ceded to be the main battle-ground. No unlocked for shift in the western viewpoint is anticipated between now and election.
 But conditions are different in New York state, where the redoubtable Al Smith has given new hope to the Democrats, which Davis himself will endeavor to clinch with his presence, and where LaFollette will endcayor to wiring a maximum vote for the third ticket. The Republi- cans have been claiming they will carry New York, but the Democrats and Progrcssiycs think otherwise.
 All three parties profess to be sat- isAcd with political conditions in the middle west which between now and the election will be left to the mercics of the secondary speIlbind- CTS of the parties. Two of the chief candidates and the best speIlbinding talent of the other will concentrate in New York from now on. LaFol- Istte will also visit Boston, it is stat cd, and we shall see what we~shall see the day after election;
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
Observations On He Weather

Washington. Oct. 24.-Forccast for Southern New England; Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. moderate northwest winds.
 Forecast for New York and New Jersey: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature; moderate northwest winds.
 Conditions: The western area of high pressure is moving slowly east ward and is now central over H. linois. It is producing pleasant weather in nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. The tenn perature is~lower in the central and southern states for the season Of the year. It was colder in Montgomery, Ala% and in, Macon, Ga, this morn ing than it was in New Haven. Frosts were reported as far south as Nicksburg, Miss. .
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
THE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS
 AND OLD NO. 999.

tt is hard to believe that the Elm pire State express, running between New York and Buffalo on the New York Central, has been in operation 33 years, as the railroad takes pleas ure in announcing.
 The Empire State express was the pioneer fast train in America, hauled by No 992," the famous To- comotive which though smaller than the monster locomotives of today, has speed records to her credit which have not been surpassed to this day.
 To the old-timcrs who remember when "the Empire State" was put in- 10 service it does not appear like 33 years ago. The fact will remind them that they are growing old" They will discant with pleasure upon how marvellous the runs Of this train appeared to the unsOphisiicated pub lie which before that time was unac- customed to such speedy traveling- eight hours between the two cities.
 Indeed. the original time Of the Empire State express was an hour castar than it is today, for the sched- qle nowadays, with heavier locomo- tives drawing heavier steel coaches, and more of them. is nine hours. It may be a slight shook to worshippers of modernism to learn that the train Is slower today than it used to be. although nine hours between the two cities remains a snappy run.
 Other fast trains, established since that time, also run slower today than they formerly did. Both the Twcn- jieth Century Limited and inc Broadway Limited the two premier speed tgains between New y-ss and
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
EUROPEAN STEEL TRI ST AN AGENT OF PEACE.

When preservation of the peace between nations also means preser- walton of the purse and preservation of intcrIockcd business. there is eyory reason to assume that peace will be preserved.
 It is stated on reliable authority that a gigantic steel trust is being formed in Europe. German, French, Belgian and Luxembourg steel mo- guls are said to have agreed upon the plan, and British magnates in the industry are expected to join, The trust will be a blow to the U. s. Steel Corporations business in Eu- rope and in the world markets, but it is destined to be blow to war, ac- cording to the views held in the capitals of Europe.
 Before the World War, Germany was self-contained nation as to steel production which was an i'm portant factor in sustaining her strength throughout the conflict. But after the war she had to give up Lorraine to France and most of her iron ore came from that prov ince.
 Now that France has Lorraine, she still lacks something that is of vital importance in the steel industry - coke. Vast coke deposits are found in the Ruhr. The French went into the Ruhr, but it proved more profit able to the nation as whole to re- trace its steps from the Ruhr,, so that Germany retains the coke.
 :. As a result, so the story runs, the German and French steel magnates, the leading men in the industry on the continent, have begun to coalesce their holdings and will cooperate. Other magnates in Belgium and Lux embourg fell in with the plan, and the British likewise are expected to approve.
 This interesting development was
  first detailed iq the New York World where it is learned that the Euro pcan industrialists, by thus cooper ating, deal a solar plexus blow to politico-statesmen force the conser- i vauon of peace and good will be- tween the nations affected, and in- oidentaIy expect to control both prices and production of steel prod ucts throughout Europe. American steel interests are not in the combine. and it is declared the European trust is larger than the so-cailed American steel trust,
 The development appears to be based upon logic, None of the steel magnates in any single European country are self-contained. They must cooperate to put their industry upon a profitable and efficient basis A future war would disrupt their profits and their efficiency. As foe of future warfare this combine will serve peace from an industrial standpoint. just as the League of , Nations serves peace through a weld ing of national ideaism and through , the governments.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
VOLGA RIVER NOT WHATIT ONCE WAS
Fisheries Have Been Abandoned
 Because of Heavy Taxes

Astrakhan, Russia, Oct. 24.--Life on the far-famed Volga / river is slowly ebbing out. The great 2,300-mile yellow sti cam, orlcS Rus sia's greatest maritime highway, no longer courses its winding way to the sound of fshermen's songs, the churning of the wheels of great ex- cursion steamers, or the echoing sirens of heavily laden cargo boats. The hundreds of villages which drew their life from the river are melan- choly, spiritless places, for the people not only are faced with a wheat famine this year. but their fishing business, which is their chief support, is all but dead.
 Where in pre-war days the Volga produced two billion pounds of fish and caviar annually, it now yields only one-tenth that quantity. This is no fault of the river, but of the government to exploit it properly. The government at first nationalized the fisheries andj finding that a failure, 1t restored the fishery enter prises to their original owners, But the owners have found the govern ment taxes too onerous and many of them have abandoned their business altogether. Only 70 of the 800 fisheries which formerly operated. at Astrakhan, the great ceviar depot, have resumed their activities.
 But it is in the striking decrease in the number of excursion and car go steamers that one notices the most significant change in the Volga. Where previously the river was cov-