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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30
MOTOR STOCKS
OPEN STRONG,
BUT LAG
Baking Company Advances
and Rally in Oils Are
Market Features
BY international News Service

NEW YORK; Sept. 30.-After a
strong opening. in which initial
gains of. from one to three points
were scored, the motor stocks lost
ground in the early trading today.
A sharp advance in stocks Of the
baking companies, which are to
form the new merger, and a gen.
eral rally in the oil stocks, under
the leadership of Marland, General
Petroleum and Pacific, We're the
principal features of the market in
this period. General B n g
reached a new high at 222, while
Ward Baking 3D. spurted five
points to TIA, completing a gain
of about fifteen points since merger
rumors first appeared.
The market was somewhat I'M
settled in the first hour, due to the
pressure on certain of the motor
and industrial shares which have
been leading the advance in the last
few weeks. Chrysler, Mack Trucks
and General Motors declined few
points on slight offerings, but the
bears were unable to cause q gen.
eral unsettlement in stock prices.
The 51a per cent opening call loan
rate was a handicap to the bulls,
but was not unexpected on the last
day of the month.
International Paper, Union Bag
and Paper and a number OF the
speciality stocks continued thejr. adj
vance, and stocks of the baking
companies continued to attract at
tention as plans for the. merger OF
Continental, Ward. General, United
and other baking concerns reached
contamination.
The resistance of oil stocks to
unfavorabIe news developments in
the last few weeks was regarded
as an indication of the string posi-
ton of the petroleum shares. and
a good basis for an advance at
the proper time. Today's advance
of about a point in Marland, Gen.
eral Petroleum, Pacific, Texas, In
dependent, Pacific. ETC.. on small
volume of transactions was in the
nature of a test of the market
position.
Steel and industrial stocks were
firm. but inactive, as also were the
bulk of railroad. copper, equipment,
sugar and utility stocks.
Can money, 51a per, cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30

Anacostia section Is found N HIS
statement today that deposits In
| the Anacostia Bank have gained
Sill 900 since January, and now
amount to S1,119, 903. As pointed
out by President Otterback, a. com.
munity which Is increasing its
bank deposits at such q rate and.
at THE same time building new
homes supporting new commercial
enterprises and contributing gener-
ally to civic improvements is build
ing Its own successful future and
need have no fear Of business stag
City Is Growing
"But Anacostia( is not the only
section of the District Of Columbia
that Is making steady progress in
home building and home owner.
ship said Mr.. Otterback. while
we take pardonable pride IN what
this section is accomplis tt is
evident that Washington, the.
greater city. Is growing In other di-
rections.s note that the suburban
districts to the north and west are
being developed at a rapid rate and
that Maryland is nor Tagging in the
number Of new homes within easy
reach Of the city. All OF this por.
tends commercial stability for Wash.
ington because all Of these outlying
sections must do part of their
buying in the city.
while Anacostia boasts some
new and progressive business in-
stfRtions," continued Mr.. Otterback.
'tf1e handome new store OF Ray
mond E. Pyles being the latest adj
dition, Anacostia is, essentially a
part OF washington, and must, in
eVitably, contribute its share to the
business prosperity of the city.
Taken as representative unit of
the greater city, Anacostia busi-
ness conditions today and the out
look for the immediate future Gers,
tainIy Indicate that one who predicts
good business will, in no sense, be
a false prophet.
II have noticed, said Mr.. Otter.
back, that, following repeated
declarations on the part Of experts
that the whole country il heading
into an era OF good times that
there has recently appeared in some
fcnaniial publications 8 warning
| that business must not expect too
much. Possibly the position taken
by the writer's Of these warnings is
a safe and sane one, but, after all,
business in any specific locality fol-
lows the law OF supply and demand.
Business Must Prosper
when there is large demand
for commodities and when those
who create the demand have the.
necessary money with which to sup
ply their needs, business, obviously,
must prosper. This is the condition
in Washington today, and it will
continue to be the condition for
some time to come. An increasing
population of substantial citizens,
employment at good wages plenti-
full, home building and home buy
i ing on the increase are certainly
factors upon which it seems logical
to predicate a sincere belief IN the.
future Of the city,
President Otterback takes great
pride in the handsome new bank
building completed and occupied by
the Anacostia Bank few months
ago, and believes that the rapid de-
veloping community OF which it is
the center is a criterion Of what
may be expected in all sections Of
the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Sept. 30-Grains were
steady to higher at the start today.
Wheat opened unchanged to Ike
higher, corn AQ1c up, and oats
unchanged to nc higher. Wheat,
September. 1854; December, 1884,;
May. 1.42h G1.43. Corn, September.
u y @S2; December, 80A $50; May,
84A @S4. Oats, September, 36%
december, 40A; May. 4412 95s.
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'INDIAN CHIEF" FOUND
GUILTY OF ROBBERY

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30
Ietta Grassland, United States
Army deserter, who said he was
hereditary chief of the Creek In.
dian tribe in Oklahoma, was found
guilty in the Queens county court
of larceny, robbery and assault.
Louis Sherman, a taxicab driver,
said the ex-soldier robbed him of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS
ON PAGE 20
Curb Stocks

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
Industrial !lKighl Low Last
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LiverpooI Cotton

LIVERPOOL. Sept. SO.-Increased
demand for spots; prices steady;
sales, 5000 bales.
MiddIingsk fair? 1892; strict good
rniddIings, 1907; strict middlings,
1887: T11iddlings. 12-72; strict low
HniddIings, 1852; low rniddlings. 12.22i
strict good ordinary. 11.82; gooo
ordinary. -11.22.
Futures opened quiet. October.
$121s: December. 1905; January.
u o.: March. IL O8; MAY, N12.1O.
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Exchange Market

NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-Demand
sterling, S4.S37s. Franc cables,
4.7315; checks, Alb. Lire cables,
4.07: checks, 4.06%. Belgian cables,
4.43: checks, 4.421a. Marks
.00000024 per million. Guilder ca
bles, 1921; checks, 4019.N Sweden
kronen cables, 26.S8; checks. 1855.
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Chicago Cotton

CHICAGO, Sept. 80 - Cotton
opened to points, higher today
October opened at 22.90, 8 points
better; December at 22.S3, up 8
points; January at $3.50, points
higher; March and May at 22.75,
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New York Cotton Market

NEW YORK. Sept. .30.-Cotton
prices were steady at the opening
of the market today; first prices
were from unchanged to z points
higher. October opened at 1882 up
points; December, 1886 unchanged
and January, 22.51 up l point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30
N. Y. Coffee Market

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Opening
coffee prices were from points
lower to IL points higher.
December, 1865; January. 1866
March, 16.00@16.O1; May. 1915
June, 14.44M @14.45; August, 1890
July, 14.44.
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Foreign Bonds

french 4s ....................
french Ss .......-....s....-.
premium os
British Victory 4s........4 Al
National War Loan SIS ..-. 90
War Loan IS I....... ........ 49
ltailan notes b9Z5- ........t.,...
ILdHdh oS zee
Belgian Restoration 5s .... s
Premium SIS ....... 3
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Canadian Wheat

WINNIPEG, Sept. 3o-Opening
wheat prices today were as follows:
October 1857 up /; December, 1.24,
up 2; May, 1.271a, up u.
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When Iue Were tJUenty-nine---
1893

TINE United States was shocked
and the Nations of the World stood
aghast, when, in 1898, the U. S. S.
Maine was blown up in Havana har-
Dor. The resulting war with Spain
upset business conditions throughout
the country, depreciating the value of
securities and disturbing the financial
situation.
But at the age of twenty-nine, the
business of the Swartzell, Rheem and
Hensey Company, located at 9l6. 4
Street, n. W., moved along its undis-
turbed course and continued to increase
its first mortgage clientele. For the
first mortgages purchased through us
did not depreciate in value but were
worth one hundred cents on the dollar
as they had been through the panics
of 1873 and 1898.
Such tradition behind our first
mortgage investments makes them es-
pecially attractive today and, besides,
they now yield 61z%.
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Clearing House Statement

NEW YORK, Sept. SO.-Clearing
House statement: Exchanges, $751;
900, 900; balances, 500, 900 900; Fed
eral reserve bank credit balance,
$87, 100000
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Liberty Bonds

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
Liberty gas due 800. OF
Tiberty 2nd AIS. due 1942. 100. 2s
Liberty 3rd 4Ns. due 192s....... 101.1O
Liberty 4th AIS due 1938... 101. 20
u s. Treasury Gifts. due 1862. LOG. 10
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
PAAVo -NURMI WILL TRY
FOR TWo-MILE RECORD

NEW YORK, March 12.-Paavo
Nurrmi. with his ten-day barnstorm-
ing trip at an end--a trip that has
produced one American champion
ship record. one Canadian champion
ship record and two new world
records-is due back In this city TO-
day for a special two.mile open
handicap run in the Greek American
A. c. games at the Seventy-firSt
Regiment Armory.
Willie Goodwin. Metropolitan two
mile champion, and Andy Craw.
winneS OF the Manhattan College
two-mile handicap run, are listed
among Paavo's opponents and the
track world will be on hand to Oh.
serve what. il any, have been the
effects Of the long trip Of the Finn
and to estimate Paavo's chances Of
continuing his triumphs In the
Casey" games next week.
Willie Ritola, who is listed for
5,0O0-meter duel with Nurmi in the
Casey" meet, and who is to taks
part in the Casey" mile as well,
also Is booked for a special handi.
cap In the Greek American games,
and indications of his ability to down
his fellow-countryman In next
weeks race will be watched for.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
SHANKS TAKES
NJ NALLY'S OLD
BERTH
Towards Rare Versatility
Makes Him Useful to
Yankees

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
12.-Howard Shanks. former Wash
Ington and Red Sox player. is
welcome addition to the Yankee
family. Shanks is high class ball
player, one of the finest in the
league.
Though Howard is slated to sue
coed Mike McNally as Yankee in
field utility man he admits that he
never played an infield position until
five years ago.
II guess 1 Just naturally drifted
into infield work." said Howard.
"As a kid I always was a catcher.
and ! used to catch on our Kid
team back home. / live in the cut
skirts Of, Pittsburgh. We had a
semipro team out there, and they
offered me a job at SO a game. AS
they had a catcher, they put me
in the outfield.
II started in organized baseball
as an outfielder with East Liver
pool, and Griffith got me from
Youngstown in 1912. After played
five years in the outfield for Wash
Ington, Griffith asked me one day
whether 1 could play the infield.
II told him l never had played
an infield position, but that / was
willing to try. He said-'An right,
see what you can do around third
base
AFTER that I never knew what
position I would be asked to play.
Before every game, 1 would ask
Griffith where he wanted me to
play, as l played third, shortstop,
second, first and all three outficld
positions before l left Washington"
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
Hawkes. SEEKS
HOLKE' s JOB
At FIRST
PhiIlies Give Former Yankee
a Thorough Spring
Trial

BRADENTON, Fla. March r.
Nelson L. Hawkes.. who naturally
had affixed to him the nickname
Chicken" is on trial today and his
period Of trial" will last for a
couple Of weeks. Hawkes. comes to
the Phillies as a first baseman. 1t
is up to him to prove he is big
league first baseman.
II know what Walter HoIke can
do" said Manager Fletcher this
morning as he watched Chicken
Hawkes. going through his pre-
liminary workout II will give the
newcomer every chance to show me
he is a better man that Holke."
This was taken to mean Hawkes.
will Immediately become the No.
bag guardian for the Phil varsity
nine. Chicken will plae the posi-.
ton in the exhibition games, and II
he comes through he will be the
first-sacker for the Phils when they
open their league season. 1t Is
not going too far to say that
makes the grade.
Hawkes. is not exactly a
chicken" in years, as the term is
generally defined. He is twenty
seven years old and was up" once
before-as an outfielder with the
Yankees.
The candidate for first base is
5 feet liz inches tall, weighs Ito
pounds and is built like an athlete.
He throws and bats left-handed.
Last year with Nashville, Of the
Southern Association, he had bat
ting average Of 1897.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

All or which Is explanatory OF
why Willie Hoppe. the once invir-
chile, no longer is invincible. He
may regain the great prowess that
was his. In fact, he probably will.
It is said that Hoppe never in
his life has offered an abb for
defeat. He seldom has had occa-
sion to offer one. And seldom has
anybody presented one for him.
~
But Sylvester Livingston, Hoppe
friend since boyhood 'and now his
manager, offers at least one plausi-
BILE reason why Hoppe lately has
not played the superb billiards OF
which he is capable. Livingston
in Washington to arrange a meet.
ing between Hoppe and his con
Querer, Jake Schaefer, at the Gran0
Central, thinks that Hoppe injured
his stroke by playing three-cushion
billiards.
The long. sweeping stroke re-
quired in three-cushion play con-
trasts with the minute, delicate
thrusts OF the 1872 balkline game.
For a time Hoppe concentrated on
the three-cushion game in prepare
ton for his match with Bob Came
fax, the three-cushion king. Hoppe
defeated him.
But the victory cost him some Of
his wizardy in the 1872 style Of
billiards The continued practice
Of the long stroke threw Hoppe off
his stride in the short, nursing
style. So, in the recent tournament
at Chicago in which he lost the
world championship and Jake
Schaefer won it, the great Hoppe
really was not his old self. All
according to Livingston.
"But Hoppe will come back"
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
OFFERS
P|PP CAUSE
To WORRY
WaIIy Slowing Down, While
Recruit Displays Lots
of Class

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March
12.-Wally Pipp has every reason to
be much worried man today. For
several years Walter has been the
first baseman or the Hugmen.
Players came and players went,
but Wally, the tall Michigan lad,
was always in there when the sea.
son started. But time has started
to exact it's toll from the Wolverine.
He is not as fast as he once was.
Experience is holding Wally in
there when his youth is beginning
to fade.
Pipp was slow in reporting. He
had a sty and was under a doctors
care at his home in Grand Rapids.
Lou Gehrig, the former Columbia
College boy, was covering first in
brilliant fashion, while Babe Ruth.
for the regulars, was having a hard
time keeping up with him.
Higgins is building for the fu-
ture. He needs to be growing
first baseman, and the first base
man is Gehrig, who promises to
supplant Pipp. Gehrig has just
fought himself into the good graces
OF Higgins. Gehrig is a much
sought player today in the Ameri-
can League. The Yankees could
sell him for $50 900 to. several clubs.
Gehrig's work in the two prac-
tice games that the Yankee regu-
lars and yannigans have played
here has been nothing short of
sensational. In last Saturdays
game he starred in the field and
his stick work has brought praise
from the Yankee scouts and
Manager Higgins.
Some of the scouts and Yankee
players think Gehrig will be a
hard man to keep off the club this
season. They think that Lou will
outplay the Grand Rapids veteran
in the exhibition games going North
and when the season starts he will
have supplanted Pipp on the initial
sack.
He loves to play ball and is am
bilious and a tirelesa worker. This
type Of player is always hard to
beat and Pipp has task confront
ing him this season.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
HIGGINS HARD.
PUT To Use
KNIFE
Many Able Youngsters Are
Among Yankees Excess
Players
BY FORD C. FRICK.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
12.--"For Sale-One lot rookie ball
players. including several outfielders
of unusual ability and ordinary ap-
petites."
That's the sign that win be hang
ing out at the Yankee stadium
about the time the Rupperts jaunt
back to the chilly North after their
spring sojourn among the palmet-
toes.
Here's our Mr.. Higgins with
forty odd ball players on his Hands,
and facing the necessity of cutting
down to twenty-five before the sea-
son is a month old. It's a tough
problem all the way round, but
more particularly as concerns these
young gentlemen who fall under the
category Of outfielders.
OF last years squad Higgins has
Witt, Meusel, Ruth. Combs and
Paschal. Then there's Nick Cullop,
who can't possibly be eliminated
not to mention John Levi, the
ArapaEoe Indian; Ben Bedford, Har-
old Anderson. Thomas Mullen and
Albert Raymond. All OF them are
very good looking rockies, too, and
worthy OF their board and keep on
any mans baseball club.
Truly our Mr.. Higgins problem
IL one requiring no little thought
and attention. In fact, the little
manager turns pale every time he
thinks of 1t.
Today the boys mix up with the
Boston Braves in the first OF a
series OF exhibition games to deter
mine the championship of st.
Petersburg. Higgins is bit I'M
decided whether to send his regu-
lars to the post or trust the first
game into the hands Of the rockies.
He has announced, however, that
Walter Beall and young Henry
johnson will do the twirling. That
much seems definite.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
Griffs Are Favorites
to Annex Second
Banner In Row

NEW YORK, March H.
Among betting men here the
Yankees are being literally
backed to win the American
league pennant, but they are
not the favorites generally. The
Washington world champions
win open the campaign favored
to annex their second banner in
succession, though the wise
acres believe the pennant fight
will be hotter than ever before.
st. Louis, Philadelphia and
Detroit are all expected to
cause trouble for the Griffs and
Yankees this season, though
betting men do not favor any
of them to finish on top.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

Although Noes dope
horse didn't win yester-
day, his bet did. He
strung q straight and
show bet on CUP O. TEA
and the beverage hound
finished second, beaten q
length. His show price
was 500, which made
Moe cop $275 on the in
vestment. It is mighty
seldom the plungers pick
IS out of the money. He
is taking a goofy today
which will also carry
LONG JIM" MAUPIN,
the Gas Man, Of Tulsa
fame. Sugar in kick,
$40, 380.54.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
JAIL BARS KEEP
TOSSERS IN
Tolls
Trio of Stanton Basketball
Players Fail to Arrive in
Time for Game
By ROSS L. CONKLIN.

These Maryland jails are the
nuisance. They clap one into a cell
and keep one there until one fur
nIshes ample moneys for ones re-
lease. And one seldom yearns for
the iron cots, stiff-backed chairs.
or uh-Southern hospitality that one
encounters there.
The Laurel Jail, in particular, is
a pesthouse. Three Stanton basket
ball players say it is, and when
they say that they have spoken
mildly, according to their united
views.
Saturday night the three Stan
tons were in an automobile en-
route to Baltimore to take part in
the South Atlantic basketball
tournament. The team was sched-
uled to play the Baltimore A. c. at
9 o'clock.
Shortly after o'clock a vigilant
fiat foot. mounted on his trusty
motorcycle, overhauled the car and
proclaimed loudly that swinging
tags and no lights were heinouS
violations OF the Maryland laws.
He hauled the trio, Joe GOoch,
Sally Hanback,, and Homer Trip
to his pet Jail, and stuck them in
e. cell. They stayed there for four
hours, while the mother of one OF
the boys hurried out from Wash
ington with collateral.
The boys claim they had to pay
a fine of $3.50 before they were
told to go ahead. The sad part Of
the affair is the fact that they ar.
rived in Baltimore hours after the
game, and their presence would
probably have changed the result.
The Baltimore A. G. won, 1S TO
IL, and with Gooch, Hanback,, and
Trip to draw on, the Stantons
would have had a much-need@d re-
serve. 1t was a tough break for
the Northeast Irish. But If they
ever catch that cop going with a
northeast girl his name is mud.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

'Schaefer played unbeatable bill
lizards at Chicago, and it is doubt
full that Hoppe at his best would
have defeated him." said Livingston.
But Willie, I think, would have
done much better had his stroke
not been a trif1e upset by having
played three cushions"
Schaefer and Hoppe will meet at
the Grand Central on March %
and "a, playing 1900 points in
blocks of 800. Practically the whole
billiard section of the Grand Cen
trail will be given over to the match,
with as many seats for spectators
as can possibly be placed.
Schaefer and Hoppe are the great
est attractions in the billiard world,
and even this far in advance pack
ed house is foreseen.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
lFAMOU.S
BOX SCORES
RUDE W0ddeN Wins His
Pitching Duel From
Jack Cronin.

BALTIMORE AT PHILADEL-
PHIA,. July /, 1902.-This was a
great pitchers battle in which Wad-
dell made a phenomenal record. He
shut Baltimore out with but two
hits-One a scratch. Only twenty
seven men faced him, the side
going out in order each inning, Sey-
mour being caught mapping at first
and Robinson being thrown out at
second. Not a man got to second
base. Thirteen Orioles struck out
and three times Waddell struck out
the side, once with only nine balls
pitched. Cronin, Baltimore pitcher,
allowed but three hits. The score:
ATHLETIC alb
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
SCHAEFER 100 POINTS
BEHIND HIS CHALLENGER

BOSTON, March flake Schae.
fer, of Chicago. worlds champion
balk-line billiardist, was within 100
points Of Willie Hoppe, the chal-
lenger. with 1000 more points to
play -todey. The match stands:
Hoppe. 2,261; Schaefer, 2,152.
Schaefer won the sixth block, 400
to 2S4. after Hoppe had prevailed,
400 to 334. in the previous block.
Neither player exhibited the control
they had exercised in previous
blocks.