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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01

Reports from Annapolis, PennsyI-
vania, Yale, Harvard. Columbia and
other big Eastern colleges which go
in for aquatic sports indicate that col
lege rowing II headed for an -unpre-
cedented SeescA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01
MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT
BY JOHNNY WEISMULLER,
Famous Boy Swimming Wonder.

MY swimming ability received its
A'A severest test during the recent
Olympic games at Paris, France, and
my greatest thrill in sport came on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01
MINE BOY TO MANAGER
Depicting His Meteorc Rise in Base Ball Leadership
the World Champions.
STANLEY (Buckyl HARRIS--
Chapter zS-A Duel and a Sore Arm.

Washington
|Vt seemed headed wind in
three weeks wondered would be able again
hurl
of
ia That mt l nv anywhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01
Fifty Years of Base Ball
OHe OF Series OF articles by John b. Foster
Anniversary OF the National League Year.
LII-cHANdEs IN THE RULEs-TAkINd RUNNING JUMP.

Changes made the pitching rules Of bail the pitchers
The
10 start and then the continuance the
them
start the back the
looked like the
a forcet The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01
KAPLAN rs TRAINING.

BY the Associated Press
Kid Kaplan. world featherweight
boxing champion, is in active training
at Los Angeles for his 12-round no
decision bout February 10 with Bud
Ridley of Seattle. Kaplan is the
first of d trio of champions who will
fight at Los Angeles next month.
WOmen's hockey has had a tremen-
dous growth in popularity in Eng
land since the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01

Paddle tennis II q new game In
troduced for expert ice skaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-01

Central t39l. Positions. Business ga
Nacdona Id. 49,. Left forward. 1900 Lacfsb
Haie............ Right forw ard .Stcwart
Banta.. Center -....-......-.--. Brts
nezcndorf- Left guard. r urmar
DEAN. Right guard. ............ May
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
The Spirit of '76-With
improvements

A New York East Slider met friend
on Third avenue and told him he had
quit the buttOnhole making trade.
''I'm in the art business now" he
said, proudly-"such a fine business,
too Lots of money in it,"
what do you mean-art business"
demanded his friend.
"Well," explained the East Slider,
Il go by auction sales, and buy pic
lures cheap; then l sell 'em high.
Yesterday 1 bought picture for
TWENTY-FIVE dollars and today / sold
it for fifty"
"What was the subject?'
1T wasn't no subject at ALL" said
the art collector-.'it was a picture"
} "Sure, / know" said the other.
But every picture has got to be a
subject or 1t amt regular picture,
you understand. Was this here pic
ture a marine, or landscape, or a
still life, or a pOrtrait-or what?
What did 1t represent?
How should known said the puz-
zled ex-buttonholer. ITO ne a picture
Is a picture. This here picture now
didn't have no name 1t was a pic
ture of three fellers and one flag.
One Teller had fife and one Teller
had drum and one Teller had head.
achep
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
Reserved for Private Use

In certain parts of the South every
body eats dinner at midday and then
takes a nap. Business is practically
suspended for couple of hours. Espe-
cially is this true of the summer sea-
son.
A Northern travelling man in a small
town not far from where I was born
and reared needed a lead pencil. No
body around the little hotel seemed to
have one to spare. The time was just
after midday and the weather was
sultry. He walked down the deserted
main street until he came to general
store. A gentleman in his shirtsleeves,
evidently the proprietor, was tilted
back in a chair against the front door,
taking nap.
The stranger shook him by the
shoulder, at first gently, then forcibly.
The sleeper broke a snore short off
and opened one heavy eye.
"Well?" he said, drowsily.
81 want to buy lead pencil" said
the travelling man, "a good fve-cent
lead pencil"
"Got no lead pencils" murmured the
proprietor thickly, as his eyes closed
again.
"Why, I can see whole showcase
full of them right behind you," pro-
tested the traveller.
The proprietor started to rise. Then
inspiration came to him.
"Oh, them?" he said Them amt
for sale !" and went right back to sleep.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
PLAN TO SEND SHENANDOAH
Giant Airship Due to Come To Twin
Cities for Centennial.

Minneapolis = The Shenandoah,
giant navy airship, will come to the
Twin Cities for the Norse-American
centennial celebration if navy depart
ment officials can arrange the trip,
according to assurances received in
Minneapolis from Washington.
In a conference with Senator Hen
rik Shipstead, Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur said:
81 will send the Shenandoah to the
Twin Cities if can, and l think 1
can"
This statement from the secretary
of the navy was conveyed to officials
of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce
association in telegram from Sena-
tor Shipstead, who has been repre-
senting the association in negotia-
tions with official Washington. The
coming of the Shenandoah is planned
as the feature of an aviation meet
and air circus during the centennial
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
MINNESOTABRIEFS

viralnia-Five hundred workers for
will attend the an
nual conference of the Minnesota
State Americanization Council. May
IA. Is and 16. here.
Fergus Falls. H. Jones, deputy
game warden, has received instruc-
lions from the state game and fish
commission to give away no suckers
this year. At times these fish have
been given away in wagon loads.
Mora-Follewing the example set
by other Minnesota towns, gun
squad to prevent robberies and bank
raids in Kanabec county will be or.
ganized.
Jordan-A new outlet for Minnesota
cream was announced here. Large
quantities of frozen sweet cream are
now being sold to supply an exclusive
Jewish trade in New York City.
Henderson-Frank Deim, Tyrone
township farmer, sold to the Hendel.
son Shipping Association the largest
steer marketed here in several years.
The animal weighed 1,760 pounds and
brought $3.50 per hundredweight at
the South st. Paul yards.
Windom-The city council is con-
sidering bids received for the erec-
ton of municipal power plant and
q new unit for the electric system. The
lowest bid is $13,390 while the new
machinery will cost $4,000.
Fergus Falls - Persons returning
from Otter Tail lake report a flock
of so or more swans there. They are
very large birds and it is the first
time in years that anything of this
kind has been seen in this locality.
Tracy-A clergyman will fill the
mayoralty chair for the ensuing year
here, as the result of city election
which eliminated in the election Of
Rev. H. H. Cover for mayor.
st. cIoud-Plans for second dam,
to be constructed across the Missis-
sippi river at Rice, were announced.
The company is just completing
one costing more than $4,000, 900,
and is sending $4,000 horsepower
northward to the Guyana and Me-
saba iron ranges. The dam at Rice.
according to the announcement will
cost about $2.OOO,o00 and will have
about half the heao
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
USSd5ya5SScSE0SkcSEo sE1sE5sH1.E5skOsS0V
MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
sGcGcecSGGcScecscGc
(Copyright)
Enough for Wilkins


From the lowlands special judge
was sent up to the Kentucky noun.
tains to try lot of murder cases
growing out of a desperate and bloody
feud. He took with him as his official
stenographer a young man from Louis
vile, who dressed smartly and, In
strong contrast to the silent mountain
GERS, did quite a good deal of talking.
For convenience let us call him VIII
kins.
On his first Sunday morRing in the
mountain hamlet Wilkins felt the need
of a shave. He had no razor and there
was no. regular barber in the, town;
but he learned from the hotelkeeper
that there was an old cobbler living
a few doors away who sometimes
shaved transients.
Wilkins went to look for the cobbler.
In tiny shop he found an elderly ma
tive with straggly chin whiskers and
mild blue eye. The old chap got out
an ancient razor from somewhere.
stropped 1t deliberately and was soon
scraping away on the patrons jowls.
Wilkins felt the desire for little con-
versation stealing over him.
'This is mighty lawless country
up here, amt It'll" be began in the way
Of opening up some conversation.
II don't know" said the old chap,
mildly. Things is purity quiet jist at
present"
He paused to put keener edge on
his blade, then went on.
"Well,' said wilkins, you won't
deny. l suppose, that you have lot of
murders in this town.
''We don't gin'rally speak Of 'em az
MURDERS" said the old man in tone
of gentle reproof. up here we jest
calls 'em killin's."
I'D call 'em murders, all right" said
Wilkins briskly. "If shooting man
down in cold blood from ambush isn't
murder, then l don't know murder
when see one. that's all. When was
the last man killed, as you call it, here
in this town."
"Why, last week. said the patriarch.
whereabouts was he killed.? con-
tinued wilkins
Fright out yonder in the street In
front of this here shop" stated the old
man, with the air of one desiring to
turn the conversation. "Razor hurt
you much?"
1.-THE razor's all right" said Wilkins
snappily. "What l want to know are
the facts about the killing of this last
man. Who killed him?"
The cobbler let the edge of the razor
linger right over the Adams apple of
the inquiring stranger for feeting
moment.
81 done So" he said gently.
There was where the conversation
seemed to begin to languish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
E. G. aUAMME RESIGNS POST
Head of Institution for Eight Years
Announces His Withdrawal.

st. Paul-E. G. Quamme, president
of the st. Paul Federal Land bank,
and the affiliated intermediate credit
bank, announced his resignation as
chief executive and director of the
institutions which he has headed
since their organization, to enter pri-
vate business.
His resignation is effective May 1.
Mr. Quamme and other officers of
the banks said they have no intima-
ton as to who will succeed Mr..
Quamme as a director under appoint
ment by the federal farm loan board.
After the directorate of seven is COM
pleted again, president will be Sc
lected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
DAM BURSTS, HUNDREDS FLEE
Boats Used to Rescue Scores In Path
of Torrent From Ford Property.


Detroit, Mich-Scores of families
in the valley of the Huron river be-
tween Flat Rock and Lake Erie were
driven from their homes when the
dam at the power plant of the Ford
Motor Company, at Flat Rock burst
and released millions of gallons of
water into the valley.
More than 5000 acres is reported
under water which is reported to be
II feet deep in some places.
The valleys inhabitants were warn.
ed Of the food by troopers Of the
Michigan state police, who started
along the river to rouse persons liv-
ing nearby as soon as guards at the
da mtelephones of the break.
So rapidly did the water rise, Off
GERS were soon forced to take to
boats, going from house to house with
their warning, ferrying scores of fam
lilies to places Of safety and sending
the men ahead in commandment
boats to aid in the rescue work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
PIONEER AUTO BUILDER DEAD
Elwood Haynes Built First "HorseIess
Carriage" 81 Years Ago.

Kokoma, Ind.-Elwood Haynes, 6S
years old, the man who built the first
''horseless carriage" in the United
States, 81 years ago, is dead at his
home here.
A Dispatches, carrying the news of
Mr.. Haynes death, told how in 1894,
Mr.. Haynes. young engineer acting
as superintendent for gas company
at Kokomo, brought out queer buggy
without tongue or shafts and drove
out into the country and back to town
at the remarkable speed of eight
miles an hour, under power generated
by gasoline engine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
Wales of on New Leg of Journey.

Accra, Gold Coast, West Africa
The cruiser Repulse, which is being
used by the Prince of Wales for his
trip to Africa, will sail from here.
The prince has abandoned his visit
to Lagos on account of an outbreak
of plague and will land in at the port
of Harcourt instead. Notwithstand-
ing the great heat, the prince again
put in full day Easter. He attend
ed services, reviewed former service
men and spent an hour in the Gold
Coast hospital. Later he motored
eight miles to Achimoter College.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
The Situation

whats the matter with your bust.
ness?"
"Our officials have too many sporty
relatives holding down important po-
sitions. What we need is more young
blood and fewer young bloods."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17

Paris = Former Premier BRAND,
definitely decided to abandon the at.
tempt to form cabinet in succession
to the Herriot ministry.
NJ. BRAND announced his determin.
alton not to form a ministry to the
socialist republican group, to which
he, belongs, basing 1t on the refusal
of the socialists to collaborate and
the conditions they wished to exact
in return for support. He considered
the conditions incompatible with his
conception of the role of premier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
Not Holding Out

Father-Wcrk never killed anyone,
ye lazy young lout! Take your grand
father fer example!
Son-Ayel But it's beginning to
tell on hiDll
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
BRAND FAILS TO
FORM CABINET
Socialists Reject Former Premier
Rene Renault May
Accept Task.

Paris-France is In the throes
Of one of the worst crises In the
history of the third republic. Po-
IiticalIy, economically. financial
Iy, there Is widely divergent cur
rent of opinion between the cham
Der and senate. 1t now has be-
come an open conflict, and this I'M
derIies all the present difficulties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
Prures NouD Dehydrated

California sunshine, famous though
1t be. has been covered by shade" in
the prune industry. Experts from the
University of California announce tha-
dehydration. or artificial drying, is SUI
perior to having the sun dry the
prunes. They predict that eventually
all prunes will be Observation-Disclosures
tific American.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
ARE ORGANIZING KENT
YOUNG PEOPLES ASSOCIATION
Programme For Ensuing Year Is
Being Worked Out At Present

The delegates representing Kent
County at Camp Royal, the training
camp for the leaders of the Young
Peoples Division of the Maryland
Delaware Sunday School Associa-
ton, have returned to their respec-
tive homes with a new store of
knowledge and inspiration and are
prepared to take up the task of or
ganizing the Kent County Young
Peoples Association.
AT the County Conference held in
Harrington last April under the di-
rection of Colonel Joseph Cudlipp,
the superintendent Of the Md.-Del.,
Young Peoples Association, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Linden Shapley, Smyrna; vice
president, Miss Ruth Burris, Clay
ton; secretary. Miss Bessie Muir,
Dover; treasurer, Smith Chism,
County Counselor, Miss
Anna Ford, Clayton; Miss Ford's
advisory committee consists Of Rev.
G. A. Burslem, Dover; Miss Martha
L. Dennison, Dover; L. M. Price,
Smyrna; H. G. Jones, Clayton; and
Cruel, FELTON,.
The program for 1925-1926 will
begin with a young peoples confer
Continued on page lve)
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
THOSE WHO GUN OR FISH
MUST OBEY The STATE Law
Game Wardens Are After Gunners,
Fishermen and Dog Owners

Those who take chances will have
to pay fines and costs for breaking
the laws of Delaware. The State
Game Wardens are determined to
break up the practice of non-resi-
dent gunners going from one county
to the other without taking out the
required license, State Game War
dens Fred G. Wiley and J. A. Boyd
swooped down upon five from Kent
county cunning at Fowler's Beach
last Thursday and placed them I'M
der arrest. The men were Ralph L.
Hummell, John M. Short, George E.
Short, of Harrington, and Joseph
Hinkey and Marshall Fowler, resid-
ing on the Kent county side of the
town of Milford. Upon being ar
raigned before Justice Of the Peace
Edward V. HENDERSON, of Milford,
they were each fined $40.
The game wardens are now en-
gagged in patrolling Sussex county
especially along the Delaware Bay
shores and the numerous rivers and
streams. Bass fishing is very popu-
lar in Sussex county at this time and
the wardens are kept busy watching
the different sections for non-resi-
dents to see if they have complied
with the laws.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
DELAWARE BUILDS "a MILES
FEDERAL AID ROADS THIS YEAR
Figures Compiled Show This Mileage
Complete In Last IL Months

Delaware farmers and tourists
now enjoy "a miles more of Federal
aid highways than they did a year
ago, according to the Sears Roebuck
Agricultural Foundation. This mile
age, completed in the year ending
June 80, cost a total of S1,224,727, of
which the federal government fur
nished $488,475. Highway construc-
ton under this plan now under way
in the state totals IL miles, while
the total mileage completed previ-
GUS to last year was 70 miles.
This additional mileage, while a
convenience to the tourist in the
state, is a godsend to the farmer, ac-
cording to the Foundation. It is es-
timated that each and every farmer
in this section of the country aver
ages 10 tons of farm products hauled
to market and 8 tons of feed, fuel,
fertilizer, machinery, supplies, etc.,
from town. When good roads make
trucks feasible this is not very bur-
densome, but it represents a good
many hours labor where horses and
poor roads must be used. And so
while the tourist finds inter-city
roads mighty comfortable, to the
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Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
MILK TESTS FOR AUGUST
SHOW IMPROVEMENT OVER JULY
Local Milk Supply Cleaner Than For
Preceding Month Report Shows

An official report received by the
Chronicle this week from the State
Board of Health gives information
concerning the milk supply for the
month of August. Tests were made
of the milk supplied by twelve dairy
men delivering milk in Milford. The
result shows that the number having
been greatly lowered. This indicates
that the dairymen are cooperating
with the State Board of Health in
their effort to better the milk supply
in this town. The result of the
August tests follows:
w. X. Brown, butterfat 3.6 per
cent, bacteria, $4,000, fairly clean.
N. Pierce, butterfat,4 "A per cent, bac-
terra, $4,000, fairly clean. H. W.
Sharp IA per cent, bacteria, 100000,
fairly clean. Glen Nutter 4.8 per
cent. bacteria, 255,O0O, fairly clean.
A. R. Robbins bacteria, As per cent.
bacteria $4,000, fairly clean. H. M.
Deputy, butter fat 4.8 per cent, bac-
terra 100000, fairly clean. Clarence
Dawson, butter fat, As per cent, bac-
terra 100000, fairly clean. Marshall
butter fat 6.2 per cent, bac-
terra 1,140,OOO, fairly clean. Clar-
ence Calhoun, butter fat As per cent.
bacteria 100000, slightly dirty.
J. A. Nailor, butter fat "a per cent,
bacteria 100000, fairly clean. G.
H. Hudson, butter fat 80 per cent,
bacteria 2,65O,000, slightly dirty.
Earl Maloney, butter fat 3.9 per cent.
bacteria 4.500,O0, dirty.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
GRAPE YIELD GROWS LARGER
EACH YEAR SAYS REPORT
U. S. Government Statistician. Crop
Is Increasing in Size Rapidly.

The popularity of the grape has
expanded greatly in recent years,
and today it is one of the most gem
orally liked fruits in the United
States. This fact is brought to the
fore by John S. Dennee, Federal ag-
ricultural statistician for Maryland,
who lately has been studying the
statistical phases of the case.
Although Mr.. Dennee did not say
so, there is a general understanding
that the national prohibition law
has had something to do with the
increased consumption of grapes.
According to the statistician, the
carload movement of grapes in 1924
was almost six times what it was in
1916-69,938 carloads, against 49,
800 carloads in the latter year. In
1920 there were 41,039 carloads
in 1922 there were 1914
carloads, and in 1928 there were &c.
$50 carloads.
California, the greatest vineyard
of them all, moved into consuming
57,7OO carloads of the fruit
last year, against a paltry BAIT in
1916. This year that State has 602,-
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
INSURANCE AGENTS HEAR HOW
TO RENDER BETTER SERVICE
At Newark Meeting Last Week Men
Hear Interesting Paper

'HOw to Better Render Service to
the Public" was the general subject
discussed by members of the Field
Service Club of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society at the monthly
meeting of the club at the Deer
Park Hotel in Newark last Monday
afternoon. Representatives from
throughout the Wilmington agency
district attended the meeting and
took part in the discussions.
j. M. Barnes, Equitable repre-
sentative in Newark, arranged for
the meeting. Following a business
session a chicken and waffle dinner
was served at the hotel. Those pres
ent at the meeting and dinner were:
John P. Byatt, L. Rosenblatt, w.
H. Lewis, G. E. Plummer, C.. Nogle,
]. B. Whaley and L. A. Nell, of Will
mington; c. J. Holzmueller and C.
d. HOlzmueller, of Milford; B. F.
Johnson, J. L. Scotch and w. B.
Thornburg, of Dover; R. J. WalIen,
Jr., of Smyrna; E. A. Simon, of Sea-
ford; J. NJ. Barnes, of Newark; w.
H. Jump, Wyoming; c. T. Nelson,
Lewes; R. R. Purnell, Salisbury.
Md; o. D. Collins, Jr., Princess
Anne, Md; F. Robbins, Cambridge,
Md; J. J. Scott. Salisbury, Md; W.
B. Parker, Denton, Md; J. C. Stew
enson, Pocomoke City, Md; L. J.
Wilson, Cris1eld, Md; J. M. ZoIler,
Jr., Easton, Md; L. G. Bailey, Caep
Charles, Va; c. M. Bull, Harborton,
Va; c. L. Purnell, Parklsey, Va;
w. H. Goodman, Chester, Pa. and
DR.. Burton Pearson, medical exam
iner, Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
MILFORD BOY LOSES LIFE
ON CANADIAN CAMPING TRIP
John w. Gray Drowned While Swim
ming From Overturned Canoe

John Wellington Gray, son of DR.
and Mrs. Arthur w. Gray, of South
Walnut street, Milford, was drowned
last Friday in the Ottawa River, in
Ontario, Canada, while attempting to
swim to shore from an overturned
canoe. At the same time his COM
rade, George Chase lost his life. A
telegram advising DR.. Gray of the
death of his son was received last
Monday afternoon; but no details of
the sad accident were given. On
Wednesday DR.. Gray received let
ter from the head of the camp, inclOs
ing a report from the leader of the
boys on their trip through the Cana
dian wilds.
The story contained in the report
in brief was as follows: The boys
their leaders and guides had been
canoeing down the Ottawa River,
which in places is a series of rapids.
They had carried their canoes
around the rapids further upstream,
but the last rapids the leaders felt
safe enough to be negotiated by the
canoes. The boats were lined up in
regular order with two in each ca
noe. Binding instructions were
given that none of the canoes were
to leave shore until the leaders boat
had passed safely through. Hardly
had the first boat started, however,
when the canoe in which Gray and
another boy named George Chase,
started to follow. Others Immediate
ly followed suit.
When in the centre of the rapids
the canoes were swamped, but none
of them capsized except that in
which Gray and Chase were pad
ding. All the others managed to
reach shore a short distance away.
Gray and Chase crawled out on their
overturned canoe and their leader
called to them to sit still until an
other boat could be brought I'D to
get them. In the meantime the ca
noe had drifted into still water and
the boys were apparently safe. For
some reason, Gray, who was not a
very strong swimmer, ignored the
to await aid and jumped
into the water in an effort to swim
to shore. He had scarcely hit the
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