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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Send Communication
to Commissioner Lands

Chicago, Bee. 17.-(By A. P)-
The following communication, ad-
dressed to Commissioner Lands,
was presented to the joint major
league meeting by Colonel Jacob
Rupert, of the New York American
League club.
I'VE recognize that conditions
have arisen that are graVely harm
full TO baseball and that must be in
tolerable to yol and that these con-
ditions have been created by the
activities of the President Of the
American League.
while YOU are dealing promptl,
and efficiently with a most deplor-
able stain upon basebalrs most
honorable record. our president
sought to discredit your action and
cast suspicion upon the 1924 worlds
series.
One ye"r rgo YOU made known
to us i'll his presence various of his
activities and IT. was our expectation
and hope that the unanimous actioa
then taken certainly would operate
az a corrective but in this eNpec:a.
ton and hope we have been dis
appointed
we 10 not eXtenuate this thing
or question their harmful effect upon
! baseball. However. he has been
president o. or league since it's in
ception and We ask YOU to a.aiE
overlook hi; conduct and accept
from us these guarantees:
!, First. that his misconduct w;
cease or his Immediate removal
from Office will follow.
Second, that legislation will be
adopted that viii limit his activities
to the internal affairs OF the Ameri-
can League.
Third. that any and all measures
which you max deem advisable to
SECURE the above will be adopted.
AS expressing our attitude TO-
ward YOUR administration of thl
commissioners Office We tender nov
herewith q cop: OF the resolution,
unanimously adopted by Tie Ameri-
tan League, at its al nual meeting III
New York. DecemEer 10. 1921:
(SiSned)
THOMAS s. SHIEE. Philadelphia
CLARK G. GRIFFITH, Washington
ROBERT QUINN. Boston
"CIIARLES A. CO-JISEEY. Chica &C
. "E. S. BARNARD. Cleveland
/ JACOB RUPERT. New York
FRANK J. NAV1N. Detroit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18

kinds of value to sell at SEQ upward
and suitable for shipping account fully
soc higher; spots more: these in IN
stances 81 or more higher than recent
low time; low grade steers compare
lively slow, uneven: generally strong
to CSC higher; numerous loads weighty
buliocks 10000 1885: some 141o.pound
averages 1856; between-grade year
lings scarce; short load 1850: fat she
stock slow; spots strong; better grade
cows more active: other killing Glasses
about steady; most Gamers 2.6092.6o;
bologna bulls 3.5063.90: few weishty
kind 400 and above; bulk desirable
veal calves to packers 9.00Gs.o0:
lighter weights downward TO $50: out
siders hand picking at 1850 and above:
country demand stockers and feeders
showing more breadth.
HOGS-Receipts 10000; opened slow.
10 to 15c higher: closed active: spots
UP csc; shipping orders moderate; top
weighty butchers 1000: BULK 20
pounds and up s.eoQ 1000; lgnt
weights uneven; bulk 14o.to 13o-pouhd
average $50 a 800: sorted 20o-pound
average mostly e.25D9.s5; packing
sows mostly 910a9.35: pigs around
steady: bulk strong weights 6.So4 7.15;
estimated hofdover $4,000.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000: fat lambs
unevenly steady to csc lower; maxi
mum decline on lower grades: bulk
15.756i6.0o: top 1G.9.; fed clipped
1926: choice yearlings 1925: choice
Colorado lambs 1900: fat sheep weak
10 csc lower; bulk ewes 5.15,G I.1a: top
500: feeding lambs steady; bulk 1a.oe
EI15.5U; top 1855.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Chicago Produce Market
Chicago, Dec.

IulCd6os pGNs
Export business on a large scale
helped to life wheat and rye today 10
the highest prices yet this season, but
heavy selling to realize profits gave the
market setback later. Wheat closed
! unsettled at 2ac lower 70 &c ADVANCE
l.4Ti to 1.47s. Corn finished u to &c
down. oats 8 to &c oft and provisions
varying from SC decline to soc gain.
According to some estimates; new
export business today in wheat a oao
flour was equal to more than 100000
bushels Of wheat. With domestic mill
ing demand for wheat said also to be
active. the wheat market quickly be-
gan to climb. Meanwhile, reports
which were current that Russia was
through Finland tended further to EN-.
plastic talk of world shortage Of
breadstuffs. After all deliveries of
wheat and rye, however, had outdone
the seasons previous top quotations
sellers were in a majority.
Oficial denial was issued today by
the federal government grain futures
administration supervisor that one OF
the prominent traders here was holding
che biggest line of wheat. rye and oats
that probably one individual ever car
ried in the history of the Chiea GO
Board of Trade-40. 100000 bushels OF
wheat. l5,e00.000 bushels of rye and
80, 0e0.0 900 bushels of oats. The super.
visor said that such statements. whlSn
have been Published here, are entirely
large extent from a house that has
been conspicuous on the bull side OF
the market did a good deal to depress
corn values. and oats and other grains
as we'll The unloading of corn ap-
peared to be Of rrofit-taking charac-
ter. Argentine corn crop advices were
less peSsimistic.-
Chances Of future shortage Of hogs
were. more or less responsible for new
high records on provisions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Blue Blood Has
Empires Ruling

London, Nov. % CA. p by maiN -
Self-made men have ceased TO have
any say in the British cabinet. The
! old order has been brought back by
, Stanley Baldwin. the new premier,
and brought back strong. All bat
two of the 10 men in his cabinet are
/. college bred. and these two attended
I public schools, which are peculiarly
, private institutions in this country.
frequented largely by the sons of
people OF means or culture or both.
The new Conservative cabinet is
rich in names long associated with
positions of prominence in British
, life.
The tide of opportunity for those
, born in the lower classes to rise TO
political power and fame that seem
ed to run strong when. only ten
months ago. Ramsay Macdonald rs
premier surrounded himself with col
leagues who were examiners, cX-
engine drivers, eX-ofIice boys and
mill workers and clerks. has dropped
! TO the ebb Of the days of old. No
| one in Mr.. Baldwin's new cabinet
ever polished up the handle of the
big front-door.
Ten of the 10 names Mr.. Baldwin
, presented to tic king !; J. s ministers
are oxford products. -Four can look
back to happy days in the halls of
Cambridge. or the remaining five.
all had the advantages of public
school training. Mr.. Churchill. upon
leaving the ancient hill where H..r-
row turns out young gentlemen. be-
took himself to Sand!lurst, the West
Point of England. Neville Chamber
lain. like his brother Austen, wen, 10
Rugby. but unlike Austen did not 20
on 10 Cambridge. He finished up at
Mason College. Sir Douglas Hogg,
| the attorney general, Is an Elton pro-
duct, and Sir W. Joynson- Hicks,
I home secretary, was educated at lhe
Merchant Taylors School, Of which
carlyle was distinguished son. sir
l.. Worthington- Evans, war secre-
tary. attended Eastbourne College.
The Cambridge men in the cabinet.
besides the premier are Austen
Chamberlain, w. G. Bridgeman AMI
Sir John Gilmore. Five of the ten
oxford men In the cabinet are noble
lords OF the realm, CurZon, Salisbury.
Cave. Birkenhead and Eustacs Percy.
The Others are Sir A. Steel Maitland,
Edward Wood, Sir Philip Lloyd
Greame. Sir Samuel Hoare and L, S.
Amery.
The public schools of historic fame.
Elton. Harrow, Rugby. Merchant
Taylors. Winchester. ALI played parts.
in the education Of the new Tor
cabinet. Mr.. Baldwin and three OF
his cabinet colleagues prefaced their
university days with a few years at
Harrow. Five other members of his
cabtnet played as youths upon the
cricket fields of Eton. Rugby knew
three q the new ministers In their
youth. And so 1t goes. ~
The examiners and x-engine driy-
ers have gone back TO their labors ut
the head Of trade unions and other
organizations outside OF whitehall.
II they sit in Parliament, then occu-
Ply the opposition benches. The front
bench Is filled again with the type of
men who for centuries have govern
ed Great Britain, men. whose birth.
the gods smiled upon, whose ciin1I,
IN life was made less arduous by the
environment Of ease and wealth.
pomp and circumstance. that Eng
land gives in such generous portion
TO her privileged few.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
No Uncertainty IN Attitude Owners Toward johnson
Belgium's Billiard
Champ Wants DouhI
Referee System

New York. Dec. 17.-Es.
Horemans. Belgium's 49, hsns
billiard champion, is anon, !
leaders in an effort to have n. !.
BILE referee system. now used \, =
rope, established In this ee,,,.
Several billiard officials hers -
given their approval.
The question will be taken (.
the next meeting of oticial, =.
decision In expected before N.
International tournament, tspts,,,.'
scheduled for Chicago the lasf ~
in February.
Under the European plan
fetal stands at each end or ~. u
BILE and reports the score frn.. III u
side, eliminating the constant ~.
ference with spectators which s.ss
from the necessity of one mar -
ing on the move about the 49,.
In case Of an argument at on ~.
of the table, the referee al ths ~, sae
extremity becomes the arbitra,ns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
DEMPSEY SAYS NOT
1 SINGLE SCRAP
ON THE HORIZON

Los Angeles, Dec. I.-Jack
Dempsey. heavyweight champion OF
the world, again has announced his
willingness 70 remain away from the
prize ring permanently and marry
and settle down"
The scene of his announcement
was the apartment of Estelle Tay-
Tor. motion picture actress, whom
persistent rumor has It he will wed.
I'm tired of this inactivity" the
Los Angeles Times quotes the cham-
pion as saying, land I've gone into
business I've already signed q con-
tract with Miss Taylor and from now
on ! will handle all her film engage
nients."
Referring to further published re-
ports that he will again appear In
the prize ring to. defend HIS title,
Dempsey said:
There have been a lot Of rumors
about me fighting Gibbons, Wills and
others. but 1t is nothing but gossip
So far as he can see, the cham
pion added, there Is not a single
fight on the horizon for him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18

rh;fl ge was weak. dropping about
ten points to arouU.d 1897 cents.
Czcchoslovakian exchange developed
pronounced strength, establishing a
new high record for the year at 1903
3-S cents.
Foreign financing monopolized In
terest in the investment market to-
day. Preparations We're completed
for The public Offering tomorrow of d
$4,000. 900 belgian loan, in the form
OF 80 year six per cent bonds priced
at S. IL to yield about Z per cent.
Twenty fold oversubscription Of
rho Greek government loan. repeat
In. the success OF an earlier Offering
in London. was followed by the rise
~ Inc bonds Ia premium OF ] 3-4
points. although they subsequently
Tell back to around the offering price
Of S. Allotments of the issue. it
was announced would average about
per cent of subscriptions.
l:epcrts were current in the imam
cial district that bankers weIe about
to complete negotiations for s15,-
100000 loan teo the krupp works of
Germany, to be followed by Il public
offering of securities. The Tnterna-
tionai Match Corporation, controlled
by Swedish interests, viii holders Of
its $4,000. 900 convertible 6 II Der
cent debentures the right to ex-
change them into = new issue Of
participating preference shares.
Hond prices In atocll exchange
trading held firm, but showed little
change. Acceptance of the Nickel
Plate" lease terms by the Pere Mar
oHette Railway aided the bonds of
the so-called Van Swcringen roa,ls.
the Erie general As gaining a point.
Magma Copper IS moving up 1 as
lo,i an advance In copper company
liens. based on the rising price trend
OF the red metal and gains of a point
or so We're scored by a variety of
other industrial liens. .
Sales were $14.1S0.000.
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/ ShOcker to Tanks !
For Bullet Joe Bush
And Two Rockies

New York, Dec. 17.--(By A. P.)--
The deal by which Urban Shocker.
veteran ST. Louis spit-ball pitcher,
was traded today to the New York
Yankees In exchange for Bullet
Joe" Bush and two rookie twirlsrs.
not only ranks among the outstand-
ing player transactions of the winter
season but involves the transfer of
two of the American Leagues most
prominent boxmen. Along with
Bush, the Yankees sent Milton Gas
ton, former semi-pro star, and JOS
eph Girard, obtained from Toledo.
to the Browns. No cash was involv-
cd. according to announcement oy
the Yankee management.
The deal was consunmated to-
day q, Chicago. by Colonel Jacob
RUPERT. owner OF the Yankees, and
Miller Higgins, manager with
George sisler. manager Of the ct.
Louis club. The Yankee bid was ac-
eepted by Sister after proposals
from Washington, Chicago and Bos-
ton had been considered.
II brings back 10 the Yankee fold
pitcher. whose effectiveness, es-
pecialiy against the Yankees, mas
been an important factor in keeping
the ST. Louis club i'm the running
during tire laxt five years. Shocker
was "A member Of the New York
club IN 1916 and 1917, going To the
Browns at tic close OF the lDl1 sea-
son IN the deal which brought Der
rill Pratt and Eddie Plank to the
Yankees. The latter. however. quit
bascl,ali without reporting to the
Yan!:9.
ErslI, - fo1.ar member OF Con-
ME .iach's Philadelphia worlds
champions. saw service In Boston
after his years with the Athletics,
coming ~ the Yankees In ly22. He
departed rom Philadelphia when
Mack broke up his team IN the deal
which sent ScIiang and Strnl with
him 10 l.oston cor Thomas, kopp
aud Gregg and reported price OF
$GO.bU.
Buoh came to tie Yankees IN 3D.
with sam Jones ana Everett Scott
in eycfanre fn1 Roger Pcc'sinpaugh
Eili Piercy, Jack quinn and Rip
Collins.
According to the official averages,
Bush was slightly more effective last
season than Shocker. bush won -
and lost 10 oa'1es ard allowed o.31
earned runs per game az compared
To Shockers mark OF 40 runs per
gan,c. although he won 10 and lost
l.. @amea. Bush has played in five
worlds championships two with the
Philadelphia and New York ma one
with Poston.
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Barring of Ribbed,
Golf Clubs Makes
No Difference

Chicago. Dec. 17-Barring of ribbed
golf clubs by the United States Golf
Association in compliance with the
rule in Great Britain against such
implements may make no difference
in the game, according to statistics
gathered and made public today by
Jack Daray professional at Olympic
Fields Country Club.
Scoring was better than ever. II
anything. among the experts, who
alone were affected by the order.
Ordinary golfers continue to use
the ribbed clubs which are banned
only In championship contests.
The only golfer whose scoring this
year might lead to belief that his
game was adversely affected by the
rule was Jock Hutchinson Of Chicago
whose victory in the British open
three years ago brought about the
ban. But Jocks slump was due en-
tireIy to hs putting, which was bad
all season. his approaches being as
uncannily accurate as usual.
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cows sold up to $50, with a few reg
istered COWS higher. The bulk Of
the sales on good cows closed at SIS
RIO Poor or blemished cows sold
down to $50.
Sales. A. Clark sold = fancy
steers. 1900 lbs, at s LIE. coarse
oxen, 21OO lbs. at &c; l heifer, $50
lbs, at &c: ID cows. 12,7SO lbs, at 4c:
cows. 266O lbs. at = lie; l COW,
o4O lbs. at lie; 1 COW, GAO lbs.
at &c; ! bull, 1870 lbs, at 4 lie: >
bulls. l4SO lbs, at LIE. = bulls, BOO
lbs, at &c; bull. 1920 lbs. at ) l-2c:
~ calves at &c: hogs. 1900 lbs. at
~ l-4c: hogs, 121O lbs. at &c; ]
boar, $40 lbs. at &c. J. w. Brooks
sold "a cows at $50 91OO. A. NJ.
Baggs sold l load OF cows at :. l-4c
and carload at 1.S0c: anu 70 cows
at $4OW11o. Il. ID. Pickett sold 20
calves at &c and 20 cows at S75 q 12J..
V. A. & Il. w. Hanson sold 50 calves
at lOc and Is cows at $jOG 100. +.
NJ. Dana sold l COW at ) LAC. ! bull
at . I-.c,. : cows at y 1-2c. :: cows
at 1-4c, ii calves at Sc-10c. and
- calves at 0@7c: and 3 cows at
Ho- q ~; sheep at &c. G. S. Lowell
SOLD y Gamer COWS, av $50 lbs, at
l.SOc; 70 calves av $50 lbs at 10 &c,
and 80 calves av 30 lbs at S l-oc,
~ hogs aV $50 lbs at Zoe, 20 sheen
az lOO lbs at &c and ~ lambs av 81
lbs at DC. 20 mixers at S5O@l2O. r
ID. Keenan, sold ~ Gamers and slim.
perry cows at , 1-4c. 81 cows at !. 1-5c
! bull at ) lie. As mich cows at
SioO g 1"o. John Fuller sold IA cows
at sou q 100. A. G. Warner. & Son.
sold . COWS at S40Q35. J. Cohen
SOLD : fancy COWS for $500 for t.lc
pair Robert Cbnnors sold so cows
at 500 @1jJ. Otis Fl. t'orbusb sold
II COW at 3 1-4c. 4 COW at :. &c !.
COWS at : IL cand So on. - cows al
l,4c and 81, and COWS at , l.4c
pigs at 10 PC, and q hogs al
loG1 &c. A. T. Putnam sold 4 cows
at l-4e, 200 calves in TWO lots al
&c and lOc; 4 lambs at 13c. sbee:,
at &C. hogs at 0 LIE, 81 miicl,
cows at S5Om11O.
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Boston College with
First Class SeXtet
Nav Have to Disband

Boston, Dec. 11.-Boston College,
with its greatest hockey team poten-
tialities since the sport was organ
lied here. probably will have to dis
band because of lack of games. 1t
was indicated today. The manage
ment was able to book only two
contests, the annual fixture with
West Point at West Point on Feb
ruary %. and a game with st. Thorn
as College of St. Paul here on
Christmas night. The latter engage
ment has been cancelled because
the faculty would not sanction a
game on Christmas, and the West
Point date may have to be, aban-
doned unless the team can get col
lege games meantime. Games with
club teams are available but the fac
ulty will not approve an exclusive
club schedule. The team has been
practicing three weeks but has yet
to play a game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-18
Wednesday Brighton Market

Stock Yards. Dec. 1.-THE stormy
morning kept buyers away and the
movement in beef cattle was slow.
Prices held at the Tuesday level A
few head Of fancy cattle. well fin
ished. sodl up to s q s 1-2c, but in
Lcow beef few animals were offered
that were Of quality sufficiently high
to bring above &c. with the bulk Of
the sales in cows closing at 3 % &c.
Gamers sold steady with the aver
age price received &c. The calf mar
ket vas without feature, both re-
ceiptS prices and demand being
about the same as in the two previ-
Gus weeks. There was no break here
in the price of hogs, which sold firm
at the regent range of 10 @ 10 lie
for good ID fancy hogs and pigs. The
sheep and lamb market Is higher.
Fancy lambs sold At '13c. with an
occasional animal a fraction high.
Sheep sold at 59Sc. The barn was
filled with mich cows, with 4 bet
ter grade of cows offered. Fancy
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win Try to Bring
Back to u. S. Gold
Challenge Cup

Philadelphia, Dec. ia concert
ed effort is to be made next year
ITO bring back to america the fnli'
adelphia gold challenge cup, en-
blematic Of the worlds singles row.
ing championship, now held by jack
Beresford, Jr.. England.
Under a tentative plan worked out
by the challenge cup committee and
ANNOUNCED today by Russell II. Jopn-
son, the chairman, a series or Amer
lean elimination trials to determine
the best man to send abroad for the
task OF bringing the trophy back.
will be rowed on the Schuylkill riv-
er. The first of the trials will be
held on May 20. Any American sin
gle oarsman will be eligible to com
pete. A final tryout will be held
on May 23, in which the winners OF
the elimination heats will compete
and the victor in the final will chal-
lenge Beresford for the cup.
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Wesleyan College
And Boston Meet
On Grid Nov. ID

Boston. Dec. 17.-West Virginia
Wesleyan college, conquerors OF
Syracuse and of the Navy on the
gridiron during the season just
closed, will meet Boston college on
Braves field on November IA next,
it was announced today. They will
come here a week after West Ftr-
ginia University, which has been
signed up for November Z.
The date given West Virginia Wes-
leyan was held this fall by Centen-
AIRY College of Shreveport, La, and
was held for that college again, but
"Bo" McMillins severance OF rela-
lions as coach of the Southern Gen.
tiemen" caused the Boston manage
ment to abandon negotiations with
that team.
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Third AS, 101.10.
Fourth 43s, 101!2.
L. $. Treasury As. 10o.lS.
Treasury AS, 1861.
New York Produce Market
New York. Dec. Il.

New York, Dec. L..
TLOCR-Firm; spring. patents $50
q 800: soft winter straights 500 sou;
hard winter straights S.50I9.00.
WHEAT-Spot irregular: No. ! dark
northern spring i New York lake
and rail 2.Vl.; No. , hard winter f b
lake and rail 1.S1i; No. mixed durrm
do. l.Sla; No. / Manitoba do. in bond
1.97a.
CORN-spot weak; No. . yellow
f track New York all rail 1.413; No.
> mixed do 1.40l.
OATS-spot' easy; No. > white 50
Qt9t.
Other articles We're unchanged:
BUTTER--firm: receipts 1855;
creamery higher than extras 42a q 90;
creamery extras. 8. score. As: do.
firsts. IS to 81 score. 3S944 ,o,o.
nearby aud Leaiby western hennerE
. whites frsts to avera sc extras GAG ~;
, refrigerator flrsts 40@41. cL.s
POTATOEs--Dull; New, York per
1870 pounds 1.S0@2.@5;. Long Island per
CABBAGES-Dull: New York white
s.. 90.
The spot raw sugar market declined
sc today TO AT duty paid, but Janu-
airy shipment was unchanged az me
Same UTNe. vi -N|uSoaA
10, 900 bags late December loadings
and $4,000 bags first half January
shipment at All.
Aside from considerable irregularity
i'm the December position which soiu
early al 3S5 or Is points net higher
and later reacted to 3.55, raw sugar
futures were generally higher on ae-
tive Cuban support and covering cred
tied to European account. hTe demand
was readily supplied. however. and n
l. hnG CT
general market closing Is points lower
on December and unchanged to one
point higher on the later deliveries.
december 3.55. March 2,S3, May 2SS,
July 3.03.
Refined sugar futures were nominal e
Refined sugar continued quiet at un-
changed prices which ranged from 1.l3
to 7.G0 for fine graduated.
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AMERICAN CLUB
OWNERS REBUkE
GEAR JOHNSON

Chicago. Dec 17--tBy A. P.l-Ciub
owners OF the. American League,
meeting IN joint session with the Ma
tionai. League owners. today present.
ed . letter to Baseball Commissioner
Lands piedging that If Ban johnson.
American League president. inter-
feres with the conduct Of the COM
missioner's office, he would be re-
moved as president.
The letter was q scathing rebuke
OF President johnson for his criticism
of Commissioner Lands. because the
commissioner did not call OFF the 1924
world series after the scandal in New
York. President johnson did not ut
tend the joint session. The letter was
signed by all the American League
club owners except st. Louis.
The aior league agreement was
amended and American League club
owners removed President johnson
as member OF the baseball advisory
council. electing Frank J. Navin,
president Of the Detroit club, IS
JohnsonS successor.