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New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
Four Hurt When Police
 And Robbers Fight Duel

Bristow. Okla. Jan. 2s.--Four persons were slightly wounded here today when policemen and officials of the American National Bank engaged four robbers in a gun fight across busy street intersection. The robbers escaped with about ss.o00 in currency after holding up the bank.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
New Haven Showing Much
 Interest in Phenomenon

New Haven, Jan. 23.--A jubiiant group of college professors, most of them astronomers, were gathered on the Yale observatory grounds, on top of Prospect street hill this morn ing to practice handling the appar- atus set up for securing data con- corning tomorrow's eclipse. No vet eran "vamp" on a town fire pump ever moved with more zeal than did tbe professors who had the handling of the steel framework of the special piece of apparatus which, focused on the sun, will determine the diameter of the moon at the time of totality of the eclipse, and the framework which holds twin cameras with which the eclipse photographs will be made.
 IA Outlook Is Good.
 The professors were happy be- cause the forecasts were for ideal weather for observations tomorrow. Most of them were out of bed early today to note the spectacle of the planets Mercury, Venus. and Jupiter, which was especially fine. They were all on the Yale observatory grounds right after breakfast and shortly after 10 o'clock all those who will have something definite to do tomorrow were called out for practice. The larger part of the apparatus in the observatory grounds belongs to the Sproul expedition from Swarthmore college under charge of Prof. Miller. Most, of 1t had previously been placed in position and there remain- ed today only the task of adjusting 1t minutely in readiness for work to- morrow. Every man in the expedi- tion and every Yale man under Prof. Ernest w. Brown attached to the ob- servatory went through his assigned task about 12 times. The object was to leave nothing to chance, and to see that nothing interfered with a smooth working of the plans.
 Tomorrow, the observatory grounds will be entirely closed to visitors before the eclipse and until half an hour after it is over.
 Thousands On Green.
 In the city much preparation has been made for handling the crowds of observers. It Is expected the Gen. tral Green will hold thousands of persons as observation of the sun will be unobstructed but the rush of the shadow over the Yale college building will not be so marked. The east and west rocks, eminences in the suburbs, will be points of vant- age and to these Is added Mill Rock, privately owned which has been thrown open to the public use.
 Prof. Miller, after his group had had drill, said that all were "very optimistic" on the weather outlook. He said the planetary sight this morning was brilliant and beautiful.
 The Sproul equipment includes seven cameras, the longest 621s feet, three of IS feet and three shorter in focus: a spectroscope and other in- struments. Among the personnel are pr. Curtis of Alleghany, Prof. Wright, Prof. Marriott and Prof. Pitman. Students will assist in handling the apparatus. He said that all went through their drill with precision and snap. Everything ap- peared to be arranged to a nicety.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
PRIsoN FoR BURGLAR

New Haven. Jan. 2s A state prison sentence of five and not more than eight years was imposed by Judge Pessley today upon William T. Curtis 21. who pleaded guilty to robbery h two counts in two store holdupA
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
FEAR END OF WORLD

Waterbury, Jan. 23.-The end of the world Is expected to accompany tonaorrow's total eclipse in a num- ber of this city's foreign quarters. The churches In these districts are receiving the largest number of weekday yisitors they have insS h yearA
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
A. ". TURNER DIES.

WiliimaEtic, Jan. 23,-Archibald ". Turner. 66, well known as an owner and lover of race horses some years ago. died at his home here today. He formerly con ducted livery stable here.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
Chanmnn In Isolation.

Atlanta. Jan. 2s.--Gerald Chap man. bandit extraordinary, today awaited in an isolation cell at the Atlanta federal penitentiary the next move to take him to Connecti- cut to stand trial for the alleged murder of James Skelly. a patrol- man. at New Britain last October
 Chapman will remain in an isola- ton cell several days before being assigned to regular duties at the prison. He has been placed among the third class prisoners and will receive few privileges. A stoIcal resignation was his apparent atti- tude yesterday as he turned his back upon the world to begin anew service Of his 25-year sentence for s2.4oo.0oo mail robbery in New York in 1921.
 As the heavy doors changed be- hind him. Chapman was greeted by q sraA1A.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
Flu Epidemic Reported
 Killing 4,700 in T0kiO

By The Associated Press.
 Tokio, Jan. 2s.--Forty-seven hun dred persons are reported dead as the result of an influenza epidemis in Greater Tokio. which started about 20 days ago.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
GLANCE MEETING HnIrR

Because of a change in arrange ments. 1t has been necessary to change the hour of the New Britain woman's club meeting scheduled for 3 o'clock on January 97th to 8 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
Rumford Devastated

Rumford, Me-, Jan. 23.--With q 40-mile gale blowing and a tenn perature many degrees below zero, 33 persons were driven from their homes early today when two fires in opposite sections of the town de- stroyed seven buildings. The loss was placed at s75.oO0 in early esti- mates.
 The residence of Dr. J. Abbott Miles in one part of the town and six buildings at Smithville, just out side the town limits, were burned to the ground. The fires started sim ultaneously from undetermined causes. The smithvilIe section is half g mile from a hydrant and without a fire department. A few volunteers furnished the sole pro- lection for more than score of homes, and they fought the flames with snow. The thermometer reg istered from l9 to 24 degrees below zero in the six hours 1t required for the fires, to burn themselves out.
 Saved By Sister
 Mary Rerelitti, II 1tyears old, was saved from burning by her sister Janet, four years older, when she was carried from burning bed in the house in which the Smithville fire started. She was slightly burn cd. The occupants of the houses. mostly small dwellings, escaped half clad, some of them barefooted. Many of them were compelled by the bit- ter cold to drop household goods they had attempted to save. A change of wind at 3:30 o'clock saved the entire Smithville section from destruction. Those rendered home- less included 23 children.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
COOPER NOMINATED.

Washington. Jan. 23.-Robert A. Cooper, former governor of South Carolina, was nominated by Presi- dent Coolidge today for reappoint- ment to the federal farm loan board.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
MUSCLE sHoALs pLAN.

Washington. Jan. 1s.--rhe house rule committee today agreed 10 re- fer to conference the Underwood blll providing private ieas;sss ef the Muscle Shoals propertlsA
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23
J ~ | iII VI THRILLS GALORE
 AS FLAMES RAGE. $500,0O0 Fire at Yroy--$75,000
 Loss at RumlOrd, Maine :. MANY DARING RESCUEs
More Than Score Saved At Troy, While in Maine Town Several Are Rescued And ss others Arc Driv- en From Homes.

Troy, N. F., Jan. 23.--Fire which started early today in the heart of the Troy business section was brought under control after a i've hour battle by firemen.
 More than score of persons were carried down ladders to safety and one woman was overcome in her bed by smoke but was carried to safety by policemen who broke into her rooms.
 It was estimated that the loss would exceed s500,Q00. At dawn the fire was still burning, although un- der control. Stores on Fourth street and on Broadway were the chief losers. N
New Britain herald., 1925-01-23

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Evening star., 1925-11-05
MARKET CLOSES STEADY.
Copper Shares Forced Upward in
Last Hour Trading.

NEW YORK, November CP).-The
closing was steady. The market closed
in the midst of another rally which
succeeded spaSmodic selling of the
rail shares, based on uneasiness over
demands of the railroad union for
wartime wages. Late features were
the bidding up of the copper shares
to new high levels for the year. re-
newed rise in General Motors to a
top price above l45 and a 6-point
jump in Schultz Cigar Stores. Total
sales approXimated $500, 900 shares.
Motors We're the hardest hit earlier
in the day, Chrysler breaking points,
Hudson 6l2, and Nash 5. Selling
pressure soon extended to other sec
lions of the list, with a large number
OF issues falling l to 5 points below
yesterdays final quotations. Louis
Vile & Nashville and Atlantic Coast
Line, which recently have enjoyed
sharp advances, each broke about }
points. a strong undercurrent of buy
ing soon made itself felt, and the mar
ket was headed upward, although not
all of the earlier losses had been re-
covered.
Federal Mining and Smelling COM
mon scared 912 points and the pre-
ferred I, while Schultz Stores, General
Electric, Ward Baking G, America n
Iinseed, American Smelling and AL
lied Chemical sold 3 to nearly 51a
points above yesterdays final quota
ton.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, November United
States Department of Agricultural
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head: ) to 25
higher; ma jority of killers inactive;
bulk desirable $50 to 800 pound butch
ers, 11.60a1l.75; majority better 40 to
100 pound average, 11.75a12.0 ex-
treme top, 1900; packing sows. largely
1020a10.60; bulk desirable slaughter
pigs. 12.00a12.50; heavy weight hogs,
11.25a11 so; medium. 11.50a11.S0; light,
11.15a11.S5; light lights, 11.50a12 90;
packing sows, 9.90a10.75; slaughter
pigs, 11.75a12.50.
Cattle = Receipts, 10000 head;
medium and lightweight steers fairly
active; strong to 25 higher; weighty
kind fully steady; stockers and feed
ers, weak to 15 lower; early top on
1,3SS-pound bullocks, 1875; she stock
strong; bologna bulls, steady to strong;
vealers around steady, largely HOO
a11.50 to packers.
Sheep-Receipts-1 1000 head few
early sales fat lambs steady to weak:
desirable natives, 14.75a15.00; best
kind held higher; Gull natives steady
at 11.50a12.00; few sales fat native
ewes. 700a7.5O; steady; several loads
feeding lambs, 15.00al535; steady.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
WALL STREET LIST
IS UNDER PRESSURE
Heavy Selling Fails to Halt
Advance in Many Issues
During Day.
BY STUART T.. WEST.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch To The Star.
NEW YORK, November 5.-The
sequal to Wednesdays sensational
advance in United States Steel COM
mon and excited buying all through
the Stock Exchange list was an IN
creased inclination to take profits
today.
Steel common itself fell back sharp
ly, some of the Independent steels
were similarly affected. substantial
declines occurred in motor stocks,
and lower prices We're seen in various
other parts of the market. The
change was entirely technical. for
there was nothing in outside news to
bring it about. Heavy profit-taking
carried prices in many cases down a
point TO 3 points.
Heavy Selling in Motors.
The selling in the motors was most
emphatic in stocks like Chrysier and
Hudson, which in the recent trading
had the most spectacular advances.
There was quite a battle on in Gen
eral Motors. The contention here IS
that the good news is not out the way
il is in some of the other motors
Hupp made a new high, but realizing
sales were felt in WHY'S Overland
and Dodge Brothers "A" IN White
Motor and in Paige Detroit.
American Smelling broke into new
high ground and Anaconda and the
Dther copper shares held up better
than most other groups. Federal
Mining and Smelling common went
up points and the preferred S. The
copper and smelling issues We're
favOrably affected by the establish
ment of the market for the copper
metal on a basis of i4+s. American
Brass raised the price of its product,
and zinc reached new top for the
year.
There were new highs in Crucible,
which was the feature in that section
of the list. in the Wheeling Lake
Erie stocks. Philadelphia Co. Loew,
International Agricultural Chemical.
American Ice on the announcement of
the purchase of a new plant, Electric
Storage Battery. Fox Films, Bruins
wick Terminal. United Cigar Stores,
Schultz. American Linseed, Gulf
States Steel Dupont. National Dairy
Products. Eaton Axle and United
States Rubber. The rubber stocks
were much in demand in the after
noon.
Allied Chemical had a sharp run up
and so did Eastman Kodak. Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine preferred was
actively bought for a time. The turn
for the better in the sugar situation
was reflected in higher prices In
American Sugar with considerable ac-
tiVity.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
WHEAT IS LOWER
IN TRADING TODAY
Develops Downward Trend After
Wavering Start-Provisions
Firmer.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, November 5.-Wheat
prices developed a downward trend
today after a wavering start. The
fact that Liverpool quotations show
ed a little more firmness than had
been looked for led to some buying
here at the outset, but persistent
commission-house selling quickly set
in. accompanied by reports of good
weather both in Canada and Arsen-
tina as well. Dearth Of export bust
ness acted also as a bearish factor.
The opening, as off to g up. new
style, December. 1.49% to 1.50, and
May Las to 1.451a, was followed by
a further upturn in some cases and
then by a material decline all around.
December touching 1.49 and May 1.45.
Corn and oats were easy, influ-
enced by sympathy with wheat.
After opening at IS decline to an
equal advance, December 75A to 76,
corn hardened a trifle, but soon under
went a moderate general setback.
Oats started unchanged to Is to L
higher, December 3S, and later saGSed
to below Yesterdays finish.
vision market was f1rmer.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK-Stocks steady; General
Motors crosses 145 to new high
Bonds irregular; convertible issues ac-
tive. Foreign exchanges mixed:
French francs break below cents
Cotton higher; bullish private crop re
ports. Sugar easy; European and
Cuban selling. Coffee lower; easier
Brazilian market.
CHICAGO-Wheat higher; strength
Winnipeg. Corn lower; predictions
better weather Cattle strong. Hogs
firm and higher
Evening star., 1925-11-05
WOOLWORTH SALES JUMP

NEW YORK, November @.-
October sales of F. w Woolworth Co.
jumped to s22.9Ss,166 from $50. 400 ,S6OA,
in October last year, bringing the
total for the 10 months of 1925 to
s179,024,ss4, a gain of s17.921. 700 over
the corresponding period of 1924.
S. S. Kresge sales in October were
s9,992,234, against s7,s72,517 in Oc-
tober, 1924,
Evening star., 1925-11-05
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Quotations furnished by W B. Hibbs COY
Nominal OH

NEW YORK, November Op).-For-
eign exchanges irregular. Quotations
Tin cents)-Great Britain, demand,
4s41a; cables, 4S4 1916: 60-day bills on
banks, 481.. France, demand, 395;
cables, 1861. Italy, demand, 3.93k;
cables, 3.94. Demand: Belgium, 453
Germany. 1880; Holland, 1920: Nor
way. 20.34; Sweden, 26.74; Denmark,
24.90; Switzerland, 19.271a; Spain,
1928; Greece. 1856; Poland, 1870;
Czechoslovakia, 2.96; Jugoslavia
1.77R; Austria. IA; Rumania, AK :;
Argentina, 41.1S; Brazil 1906; Toxic,
421s; Shanghai, IT'S; Montreal,
100 1872.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
FURTHER RECOVERY
IN COTTON MARKET
Slight Gains Made Today on
Cable News and Bad
Weather in Belt.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 5.-Cotton
futures opened steady; December,
20.10;. January. 19.45; March, 1858;
May, 1888; July, 1894. The market
opened at an advance of 8 to 20
points on continued covering, which
started last Monday and which has
since been promoted by unfavorable
weather in the South, relatively firm
Liverpool cables and growing uncer-
tainty as to whether next Mondays
Government report will confirm re-
Gently increased estimates of the crop.
The further advance to 1916 for
January contracts met a good deal
of realizing and some Southern hedge
selling, and prices eased off 3 or 6
points from the best, although suffi-
cient buying gave the market a
steady undertone.
Another private report estimated
the crop at 1891 900 bales and the
ginnings to November l at 11,214,000.
Cotton Values at Noon.
NEW YORK, November CP-
11:45 am. bids steady. December,
1887; January, 1926; March, 9.46;
May, 10 So; July, 1906.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS. November up.
The cotton market opened steady.
First trades showed gains of 4 to u
points. Liverpool was a shade better
than due and the weather map show
ed more rain in the belt and freezing
In the Texas panhandle and in Okla
homa. Prices gained a few points
additional right after the call, Decem
Der trading at 1920. January at 1885
and March at 1890. This early i'm.
provement induced more or less real
izing and prices soon eased off 8
points from the early highs, but at
the end of the first half hour of
trading prices showed a disposition
to rally again.
NEW ORLEANS, November CT)
Noon bids steady. December, 1917
January, 1921; March, 1916; May,
1917; July, 1907.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO. Nocember 5 LP.-Po-
tatoes-Trading somewhat improved: ::
market trife stronger, especially on
Northern stock: total United States
shipments, 997 cars; Wisconsin, Min
nesota sacked round white. 3.50a3.75;
frozen, $50 up. depending on condi-
ton; Wisconsin. Michigan, bulk round
whites. 3.25a3.50; Idaho sacked rus
sets. 4.25.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
PRICES HOLD FIRM
IN BOND MARKET
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
DISPATCH TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November with
few exceptions the bond market dis
played a better tone today. Among
the exceptions were French bonds In
the foreign group, which were ad-
versely affected by the weakness in
franc exchange and one or two OF
the domestic speculative fractions
and industrials.
United States Government bonds
were little changed at their recent low
levels Bonds of the grade of Kan.
sas City Southern 5s, B. & o. 5s and
G.. e O. 5s were nearly all Arm
Evening star., 1925-11-05
LIVE POULTRY PRICES.

CHICAGO, November 5 CP.-Poul-
try-Alive. steady; receipts, IA cars;
fowls, 14a201s; Springs, 1917; tur-
keys, 20; roosters, Is; ducks, 21;
geese, 17a18.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, November (Spe-
ciaD.-NeW potatoes, 100 pounds, 2.00a
500; beans. bushel, 300a5.00; beets.
hundred. 2.00a2.50: Brussels sprouts,
quart, 20a2212; cabbage, ton, 35.00a
$500; sweet potatoes. barrel, 1.50at so: ::
vans, barrel, 150a35O; carrots, hun
dred. 3.00a5.00; celery, crate, 2.25a3.25;
caulifiower, crate. 2.25a3.75: kale.
bushel. 30a40; lettuce, bushel. 1.00a
$50; onions. 100 pounds, 2.00a3.00
oyster plants, hundred. 500a6.00;
pumpkins. hundred, 5.00a10.00; to-
matoes, crate. 2.5Oa2.75; spinach,
bushel. 1,25a1.50 savoy cabbage.
bushel. 40a50; turnips. basket. 20a30.
Apples, barrel, 2.50a7.00; bushel. 75a
2.25. Cranberries, box, 5.00aS.0o;
grapes, basket, LOCALS: grapefruit,
$50; basket, 35a5o; oranges. box. 7.00a
S.25.
Selling Prices at Noon
Wheat-No. . red Winter. spot, do
mestic, 1.62l2; No. 2 red Winter, gar
licky, 1854.
Sales-None.
Sorn-Cob, new spot, 3.65a3.70 per
barrel. as to delivery; domestic, yell
low, No. 2, old, 9S per bushel.
Sales-None.
oats-No. ? red. as; No. 3. new, Al.
Rye-Nearby. new, S5a95; No. rye,
spot, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts, so tons. On top
grades timothy and choice light clover
mixed hay the local market is firm,
and the daily receipts of choice hay
are light Demand is fair for No. l
and No. timothy and No. l choice
light mixed. Low grade hay is hard
to move even at discount.
Quotations. per ton. today: No.
timothy. 24.50a25.0O; No. 8, timothy
% 2.0oa23 90; No. l light clover mixed
23.50a24. 90. No. l clover mixed, 22.50a
$500.
Straw-No. l wheat, 11.00a12 90
No. / oat, 12.00a12.50.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

Dividend rates as given in the above table
are the annual cash payments based on the
Unless otherwise noted. extra or special divi.
dends are not included
Paid this year. no regular rate. b or
optional in stock. sPartly stock. fPsrtly
extra. sPayable in preferred stock. tPius
"a in stock payable % quarterly. GPlua
81 In stock payable ! Y % quarterly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
|ND|SCRET IONS
BLAMED ON
PASTOR
Elders Demand Resignation,
But Toledo Preacher !
Fights Charges
BY International News Service

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 9.-Elders OF
the fashionable Central Church
here today demanded the immedi-
ate resignation of the Reverend
Grant Speer, their pastor and well
known throughout the Middle West
They charge him with indiscretion::
AS a result of the sensational
charges made against the popular
pastor, the wealthy church faction
has split. The board of control
stands 26 to 20 in favor of the
Reverend Speer. -
Last night Speer's friends held
q mass meeting and counter
charges filled the air. Tonight a
secret ballot by the congregation
will be ta.bulated by the elders on
Speer's resignation.
The elders are armed with writ
ten charges that on Saturday,
August Is last, Elders L. A. Cur
tbs. F. H. Spooner, Deacon Richard
Culp and Mrs. Curtis, followed the
pastors auto, and saw him pick
up a woman two blocks from her
home. She had been waiting In
the shadow of a tree. The pastor
sped off with her and shook the
elders off the trail In a traffic
jam.
These are the second series of
charges brought against the Rev
erend Speer. Seven years ago the
pastor routed his enemies, and had
them thrown out of the church
when they began a fight against
him on similar charges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
BALLOU FAVORS
USE OF Gyms
FOR DRILLS
National Guard Has Out
grown Quarters-NeW
AFmory Needed

Use of high school gymnasiums
as drill halls for the National
Guard in the near future is prob
able, as the plan meets with the
approval of superintendent OF
Schools Frank w. Ballou.
The guard has outgrown its pres
ent quarters, and the need for
suitable drill halls is acute, Doctor
BaIlou was told yesterday by Daniel
z. Garges, secretary to the board
of District Commissioners.
The school head suggested that
Major General Anton Stephan, COM
mander Of the National Guard,
should appoint a committee to in
spect the gynnasiums at Central,
Eastern and Mckinley high schools,
and confer with the principals as
to the use of the various gyms. 4"
A new armory for the guard is
needed, in the opinion of those who
have kept in touch with the situa.
ton. The lease on the present old
structure. at 472 L street northwest,
expires on July /, 1926.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
Real Estate
Transfers

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Edgar D. Weiser OF ux., Minnie, $40.
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North Of Kennedy ST. and west Of
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Zimmerman to Lee 4. Montgomery.
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to Norton J. Burt ct ux., Veronica.
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st. ne, square 3687, lot 66-Thomas
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