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Evening star., 1925-11-14
CHANGING CLIMATE LAID
TO CUTTING OF TIMBER
u. S. Weather Man Admits Differ
ence Has Come With Thinning
of Woods in Oregon.
By the Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash. November "a
Old residents of that part of Washing
TON and Oregon lying between the Cas-
ado Mountains and the Pacific Ocean
long have been declaring that cutting
the dense timber that once covered
the region Is gradually changing the
climate.
at doesn't rain like it used to-" the
old.timers remark, recalling the days
when they referred TO one another as
web -footers" and 'mossba cks."
And now comes J.. &. Cover, Gov.
ernmcnt weather observer here. with
figures that partly corroborate the old
settlers.
His figures show that there has been
steady decline in rainfall here dur
ing five-year periods since 1895. The
average annual rainfall from 1895 to
1900 was 1888 inches. From 1920 to
1925 it had fallen to 1896
A generation ago the average rain
fall in this. district was 40 inches a
year, but the present average. based
on all available figures Of the past.
has dropped to 40.72
Mr.. Cover is unwilling to say that
the old residents are right in attribut-
ing the decline in rainfall to wide
spread defOrestation. but he admits
that the figures seem to verify the be
lief that the climate has changed
somewhat.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
CROP DAMAGE SERIOUS.
Agriculture Department Notes Bad
Weather Results.

Serious damage from adverse wea ther
conditions in October 10 unharvested
crops of potatoes, beans and apples in
the Northern States is reported by
the Department of Agriculture.
Reports to the department, an an.
nouncement said, indicated that 80
per cent of the potato crop of Michi-
gan was still in the ground November
/, and that the potato bug since that
time shows damage ranging from
slight to almost total loss" Indica-
tons also We're that the potato har-
vest might be less than the Novem-
Der l estimates and that there would
be heavy waste.
The quantity OF potatoes remain
ing and available for market this sea-
son, the departments announcement
added. seems likely to be less than
usual in proportion to the production
In the late potato States. This is par
tlcularly true in some important
States, such as New York. where
many of the late potatoes harvested
We're showing injury from slight or
nelds frosts by November L."
The department observed that the
average quality of the potato crop is
the lowest since 1921.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
By STUART =. WEST.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
stock market has made history this
| last week. 1t has had two days where
transactions exceeded the 3,000,00
| share mark and one day where all
| records were surpassed. This huge
business has been attended by the
widest price fluctuations which have
been seen in recent years. The near
est comparison is with the markets
of November, 1919, and April, 1920.
when the great postwar initiation
was paying its penalty.
There has, however, been no sug
gestion of the structural weakness
which existed at those times, or
which was present at the elimination
Of the tremendous war markets Of
1915 and 1916. The fundamental diff
ference, of course. lies in the fact
that 50 far there has been no credit
oyer-strain. The banks have been
able to handle the immense money
demands with little recourse to the
Federal Reserve. Instead Of appeal
ing on large scale to the rediscount
privilege, the member banks In the
New York district paid off in the
week ended last Wednesday $3S ,000,-
coo to the Federal Reserve institu-
ton.
The New York reserve ratio ac-
tually rose from 81.2 to S2.4 per cent,
the latter comparing with 77.3 per
! cent a year ago. For the system as
a whole the ratio was 1913, against
us the week before, whereas at the
low point of November, 1919, it had
sunk close to 40.
New York Reserve Rate Unchanged.
Under these circumstances the New
York Federal Reserve Bank saw no
reason to raise the discount rate. The
Boston situation was different, be-
cause on account of heavy lendings
the reserve ratio there had fallen to
81 per cent. The rate was put up
from S1a to per cent as a natural re-
adjustment to what were obviously
local conditions.
caused a bad day last Tuesday in
the stock market. There was an
average decline in prices of $1.40.
But in the latter part of the week
this loss was recovered, leaving the
price average substantially where 1t
stood week ago. 1t was plain
enough that the market. after it's
enormous rise in certain parts of the
list during September and October,
was looking for an excuse to have
an old-fashioned shakeout, and it
found this excuse in what was really
not an important incident. Had 1t
not been the Boston rate increase
II would have been something else.
Speculation had bee noverdone in the
motor shares and in high priced in
dustrials generally and a good sized
break was necessary to restore the
balance.
New Leaders Inspire Confidence.
When the upward swing was re-
sumed in the latter half of the week
it was under better auspices. The pub
lie had not liked the speculation in the
motor shares and was getting afraid
of the market on that account. But
when leadership was changed over to
the rails. the steels and some of the
oils, the position became quite differ
Evening star., 1925-11-14
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. November 4
tSpeCiab-Cnder direction OF Miss
Blanche \. Corwin home demonstra-
ton agent, county home demonstra-
ton achievement day was held yester-
day at the high school at Gathers
burg. There was on exhibition a
large amount Of clothing, millinery,
home furnishings. canned goods. etc.
which showed knowledge gained
through home demonstration clubs.
Addresses We're delivered by DIR. NJ. p.
kng of Washington, Miss Miriam
Birdseye of the United States exten-
sion service, DR.. T. b. Symons of the
University Of Maryland, Prof. Edwin
W. BrOome, county superintendent of
schools; Miss Hermine Badenhoop.
county nurse; Rev. +. Rowland Wag-
ner, pastor Of the Rockville Baptist
Church; Mrs. Archibald Small. presi-
dent of the County Federation of
Women's Clubs: Prof. Thomas w.
TroXall, principal OF the Gaithersburg
High School, and others.
John =. Strother, said to be a we'll
known lumber dealer of Linden, Va.
died suddenly Thursday on the farm
of former Judge Pugh, near Norbeck,
this county, aged 81 years. The body
was sent to Linden, Va, for burial.
Mr. Strother Is survived by his wife
and several children.
A license has been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here for the
marriage of John L. Shatzer, 2I years
Old of Greencastle. Pa, and Miss Lii
lian i. Parker, IS years old, OF Wash
inston.
Ralph II. Duvall. an employe of
the Washington and Rockville Elec-
trio Railway Co., who was indicted
nd session
he % on complaint Of a girl of Ten
leytown. d. c., was yesterday after
noon released on bail in the amount
of 81 600. His case Will be tried at
the term of Criminal Court, which
begins here next Thursday.
The Montgomery County Sunday
School Association has arranged q
series of group meetings to be held
In the five Sunday school districts of
the county. The first meeting will be
held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Damascus next Monday
evening, and the other meetings will
be held next week as follows: Tues
day evening, Poolesville Methodist
Episcopal Church South; Wednesday
evening, Presbyterian Church at
Darnestown; Thursday evening, Chris
tian Church at Rockville, and Satur-
day evening, Methodist Episcopal
Church at Woodside
At each meeting officers will be
chosen and other business transacted,
after which addresses will be deliv-
cred by Rev. W. II. Best of Baltimore
and other Sunday school workers.
The Damascus district includes all
Sunday schools Of Dana ascus, Lay
louisville and Clarksburg election dis
tricts: Poolesville district, schools in
Poolesville and Barnesville election
districts; Gaithersburg district, schools
in GaithersburE and Jamestown cleo
ton districts; Rockville district.
schools in Rockville. Potomac and
Olney election districts, and Bethesda
district, schools in Bethesda, Wheaton
and Colesville election districts.
The funeral of Miss Elizabeth
Hicks, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Guy
Hicks, who died suddenly at her home
in Rockville Thursday, aged 10, will
take place at o'clock Sunday after
noon from the home and will be pri-
vate. Burial will be in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.
BALTIMORE. Nov

BALTIMORE. November IA tSpe-
cian,-NeW potatoes, 100 pounds, 150a
400; beans, bushel, 2.00a4.5O: beets,
100, 2.00a3.00; Brussels sprouts, quart,
1oa20; cabbage. ton, 20.00a38. 90; sweet
potatoes, barrel, 100a2 80; yaIns, bar
rel, 1.0Da2.50; carrots, 100, 400a5 90;
celery, crate. 2.50a4.00; kale, bushel,
35a40; lettuce, basket, 50a75; peppers,
crate, 2.50a3.25; onions, 100 pounds.
2.5Oa3.25; oyster plants. 100, 5.00a6.00;
pumpkins, 100, 5.00a10.O0; tomatoes.
crate, 1.50a2.5O: spinach, bushel, 1.00a
l.l0; Savoy cabbage, bushel, 4Oa50;
turnips. basket. 20a30.
Apples-Barrel, 250a7.0 bushel,
75a2.25; cranberries, box, 650a7.5
grapes, basket, 100a1.25; grapefruit,
box. 3.75a5.00; pears. bushel, 2.75a3.50;
basket, 25a50; oranges, box, 6.50a8. 90.
Chile's shoe industry, started dur
ing the World War, has so developed
that hardly foreign-made shoe is
worn there.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
COTTON IS BARELY
STEADY AT CLOSE
Futures IL to 20 Points
Higher Today-CabIe News
Gives Strength.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
cotton market was higher during to-
days early trading as q result of rela-
lively steady Liverpool cables. unex-
pectedly large figures on domestic con-
sumption for October and prospects
for another cold wave in the South
west.
The steadiness of Liverpool caused
covering by yesterdays sellers on the
talk of short time in Lancashire, while
the census report showing home con-
sumption of 543,679 bales for October,
against 4S3 266 the month before ap-
peared to bring in some fresh buying.
Tho market opened steady at an
advance of 7 TO % points and sold
33 to SO points net higher before the
end of the first hour, January advanc-
ing to 20.f0.
NEW YORk,.-Cotton spot steady;
middling. 21.15; futures closed barely
steady; IL to % net higher; December,
2064a20.67; January, 20OOa2O.O3;
March, 20.l5a20.19; May, 199Oals93;
July, 19.28a19.30.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private W1re Direct to The Star Office
hand and no further improvement

hand and no further improvement
occurred.
The oils held the center of the stage,
as they had on the day previous.
Their action in the last few days has
been matter of great satisfaction
for the great army of holders of this
class Of stock, who have been stand
ing patiently by watching this class
of stocks do comparatively little,
while other quarters of the market
were sharing in the great bull move
ment in progress now for more than
two months.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
SPEEDOMETER'S NET UP.

NEW YORK, November II R.-
The consolidated statement Of
Stewart Warner Speedometer as Of
September 80 showed total assets of
39,799,927, against s27,o69.9S1 a year
ago. Profit and loss surplus in
creased to S15,792,076 from s13,361, $50.
Net profit for the first nine months
this year was s5.373.336, equal to
$S.95 a share against s2,662,526, or
1851 q share year ago.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
RAIL DEAL ALLOWED.
Frisco System Gets Alabama and
Florida Line.

The st. Louis-San Francisco Rail
road was given permission by the In
terstate Commerce Commission today
to take over the Muscle Shoals. Bir
mingham and Pensacola Railroad.
which operates In Alabama and Flor
ida, with its principal terminal at Pen
sacola.
The Muscle Shoals company was
also authorized to issue 1906, 900 in
common stock in connection with the
financing incident to the transaction.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
BALDWIN GETS ORDERS.

NEW YORK. November IA LP).-
Equipment orders reported by Rail-
way Age include 10 Santa Fe type
locomotives for the Missouri Pacific
and 3 mogal type for the Hokkaiga
Railway of Japan. awarded to Bald
win LOCOMOTIVE Works, and 100 tank
cars for the Sun Oil Co. to the Stand
ard Tank Car Co.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Denies Husbands Charges.

Mrs. TIilda Voigt has filed an an
Swer In the District Supreme Court
denying the charges of her husband,
Edward Noight, jr., that she had told
their children kidnapping stories and
made them afraid of him. She sub
united the affidavits Of two witnesses
declaring that the mother took the
children TO the door and tried to per
euade them to go out with the father,
but they ran screaming from him.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
SUN OIL VOTES MELON.

NEW YORK, November II LFl. :
Sun Oil Co. has declared IA stock Dis
dend Of per cent and the regula
quarterly cash dividend Of % cents
share, payable December fJ to hold
OF record November 2J.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
upward movement predominated on
the Curb Exchange today despite the
fact that the usual week end realiz-
ing sales came upon the market In
rather large volume. These were
well absorbed throughout the first
hour in another wave of buying that
gave promise of establishing a rec
ord for any like period III an
abbreviated session. But as the day
progressed sales for the purpose OF
taking profits began to get the upper
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Query the Promoter.

Determine how much of his own
money the promoter is putting into
his scheme before you decide to risk
yours. Don't take his word for it
make him prove II.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

| LONDON, November IA @.-Bar
silver 32hd per ounce.
Money, 2x per cent.
! Discount rateS-Short bills. 37s per
| cent: three months bills, 1916 per
! cent
Evening star., 1925-11-14
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, November 14.-Follow-
ing is a list of today's highest, lowest
and closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Bond Strength Significant.

one OF the most significant incidents
mas peeh the strengthening of the bond
market, especially for high.erade rail.
way issues, which for months past
nave oeen hanging fire. 1t can scarcely
be questioned that this is equivalent
to an expression of opinion in the best
informed investment circles that easy
money Is going to continue.
Inc crop-moving period with it's sea
sonar demands is almost over. Com
merclal requirements, on the other
nano, are on the increase. But what
the investment market has in view is
that 1t is not so far off now from the
turn OF the year. when the agricul-
tural regions Will be sending back to
the reserve centers the funds which
nave oeen used for financing the
harvests.
tIOpE TIoht 1921
Evening star., 1925-11-14

NEW YORK, November 14.-Fol-
lowing is an official list Of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New 1ork
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1925-11-14

The electric eel, the most powerful
,of electric fishes, is not an eel but
q close relative Of the sucker or carp.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Foreign Exchange Stronger.

The decline in French francs naE;
been checked, but such recovery as
mas occurred has been too slight to be
ascribed to any abatement of uneasi-
ness over French finances and the out
come OF the budget crisis. Italian lire
nave risen moderately as the result of
the settlement Of the terms of the
American debt funding. But the Ital-
ian political situation is too involved
LOT a rally1ng movement in Italian pa
per currency TO carry far
Evening star., 1925-11-14
New Orleans Quotations.

NEW ORLEANS. November 14-Gotton
futures closed barely steady at net advance
of % 10 % pOlnts.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
STOCKS OVERSHADOW OTHER
MARKETS IN WEEKS TRADING
Rails and Oils Help Confdence-French Francs I'M
prove-Strength in Bond Market Held Sig
nificant-The Outlook.

ent These axe the three groups. along
| with the coppers. in which popular IN
terest is normally the largest, ana
their prominence assured an lncreaS-
ing outside participation in the pro
Ceedings.
The extraordinary happenings on
the stock exchange have oVerShadoW-
ed everything else In the business and
financial situation. Nevertheless, there
have been other very interesting oc-
Currences. First, there was the break
in cotton, which carried prices down
close to the lowest for the year on
further raising of crop estimates by
the Government bureau. This time
there was no reaction from political
quarters. where fortnight before the
intimation had been made that the
crop totals had been fixed altogether
too high. to the detriment of the
Southern planters. The bureau, by
way of explanation for what seemed
to be previous miSCalCulationS, simply
gave out the statement that the cotton
plant had stood up much better than
expected against the heat and drought
of the Summer.
Spectators Push Wheat Up.
With the bulk of the 1925 wheat har-
vest disposed of. prices have risen as
they ordinarily do at this time of the
year. The farmers are getting no ad-
j vantage. 1t is simply Il case of specu-
lators playing with a market where
the available supply is small. The
sugar situation, which is watched with
much concern by n large number of
people, appears to have taken a def
mite turn for the better.
This is not due SO much to any re-
vision of new crop predictions, which
are still very high. as ii is to the bet
ter appreciation Of the fact that most
| of the Producing companies are strong
financially and able to take their time
In selling their sugar. 1t is another
instance proving the old economic
| law that no commodity can continue
for long to sell below the cost of pro
duction.
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Baptist Church

The following services will be held at the Plainyillo Baptist church to- morrow: 1o;35 a. mo Equal in Gods Sight" will be the topic; Sun day school following the morning service; ?. m., Proof Demanded" will be the theme Of the pastor.
 Thursday, 7:45 ?. m., prayer meet ing
New Britain herald., 1925-11-14

Samuel |. Fiske will tell his jm- presslons of the national conference in Washingto on, which he attended recently. Sunday school will mel at 12 o'clock noon, and tho Mons clssc VIII meet at the same hour in the community house. The Junior En- deavor society will mcot at o'clock Ill the afternoon.
 St. PauFs Church
 Masses will be celebrated at & and Io o'clock tomorrow morning at St, PauFs. church, Kensington. Sunday school will be held at the usual hour
 sacred Heart Church
 Mass will bc celebrated at [ 0 clock tomorrow morning at the Sa- cred Heart church, East Berlin. Sun day school will be held at the usual hour. Rev John C. Brennan of kensington will conduct mass.
 kcnsinSton Congregational The Young Mems class will meet tat oo'clock tomorrow morning at tho kensnEton Congregational church. The regular morning scry- ice will be held at 1o:45 o'clock. Key. Vernon l.. Phillips. pastor, will b" in charge and he will also preach the sermon which will be based on Romans x. The regular session Of the Sunday school will be held at l@:l0 ?. m. and inc Christian En- doaVor society will meet at G:l5 o'clock. Roy, Mr. Phillips will con duct the evening service at o'clock and the subject of his sermon will be ''The HrXat"uch."
 kcnSinGton Methodist
 The regular morning service will he held at l0:46 o'clock tomorrow at the Kcnsington Methodist church. Rev. May B. Lord will be in charge and the subject Of her sermon will bo, "A Balanced Christianity" taken from St. John lo:9. The Epworth league will meet at o'clock and Wilfrcd Hanford will act as leader. The subject for discussion will be. Lessons From tho Life of St. Paul" A stcrcoptican lecture will he given
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New Britain herald., 1925-11-14
Dollar for Dollar

While many persons put money into the company as a civic duty never expecting to get a return of one hundred cents on the dollar,
New Britain herald., 1925-11-14
MOTHERHOOD CLUB
 ID SEEK MEMBERS Efforts to Swell Its Roster Mill
 Be Made This Season PROGRAM TO BE ISSUED
Red Cross Roll Call Getting Under Way In Berlin--Suits Brought As Result of Automobile Accident -- IGhn GriSwoid injured.

Nh effort 70 increase materially 'ro membership Of the Berlin iutherhood club is planned for the ming season, according to word |. ccived today. The club is com nsad of about IS women and has cen successful for several years, hut q desire for q greater member ship has been manifested. It is pointed out that there are many w0men in Berlin. who would be in ,nrosted in the organization if they Lad the opportunity 10 hear of lis activities and 10 attend its meetings.
 Just when this campaign for members will start or what form it TIll take is not known. Ut is not expected, however. that 9 definite program 10 swell the roster of the society will be carried out. Instead, the members will bring 10 the meet ;ugs as many women as possible in order that they may learn some hing of what the society is doing,
 The next meeting of the organiza- ton will be held on Wednesday aft crnoon. November Is. with Mrs. Emil c. Shjcrdcn of Warrington aidge. The Woman's Missionary society of the Berlin Congregational church will join with the Mother hood club al this meeting and the SN"&kcr of inc afternoon will he Mrs. Arthur l.. Woodruff. who has been attendance at national mis- sionury conference in Brooklyn, N. Y., as delegate from the Berlin society. Mrs. Woodruff will present q report Of the sessions, which should be highly interesting.
 The years program for the club will probably be ready for announce mont some time next week, This program, which will contain the schedule of activities for the entire season. has not as yet been entirely completed, but it is expected that it will be, after the meeting of We'd F. sdaN ncEi.
 BTi!tr Will start Game
 \ Rrriin hoy. Howard Bruce, son Of Mir. and Mrs. Alexander Bruce of Berlin street. will be in the lineup of the New Britain High school foot ball team, when that aggregation marches onto Memorial field this afternoon to do battle with the elcycn from the Hartford High school. Bruce is considered one Of th" most reliable men On the New britain varsity teanl, in spite of the fact that this year was his first at the game.
 He went out for football this fall and it was soon founl that his place was with the first team. He was put in at guard and has played in every game this season. One Of his feats was the making of q touchdown early in the season, something un- usual for q guard to accomplish. Big things are expected this afternoon of the l75 pound Berlin youth.
 Called To Massachusetts
 Mrs. Lona H. Phelps of Worthing. ion Ridge has been called to Massa- chusetts. where she Is caring for a man who is i'll with pneumonia. Mrs. Phelps has been living al the home Of pr. T. C. Hodgson.
 Institutes SIPS Suit
 Charles Brown of Berlin has in- stituted a suit for S125 against Michael Copelli of Hartford as the
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Methodist Church

The services in the Plainville M r.. church tomorrow are as follows: Morning worship at 1O:45 sermon by the Rev. Arthur A. Ball; Sun day school with adult Bible class i'm mcdiately after the morning service at noon. Epworth league at 6 D. m,, Harold Anderson will be the leader, his topic will be "Why Am a Christian"' Evening service al 7 o'clock. 4 most cordial invitation is extended 10 all who would care to worship with us,
New Britain herald., 1925-11-14
started With S50.000
Capital Increased to St0O.000

Then in 1916 came the demand for more houses and the capital Of i inc company was increased 10 | Sloo.000 subscribed without great
 effort The old basehall diamond
 where state league games had been played, was purchased with additional surrounding property upon which go houses were erected
 providing homes for i1S families. Today if represents very fine ,roSilnntinl snction of lhe citN.
New Britain herald., 1925-11-14

Fire broke out in the home of Stella Bobinski of Dwight street at about 5;30 yesterday afternoon. The fire started in the kitchen basement and damaged the parti- tions 10 the extent of about $500. Engine Company No and Squad A attended the fire which was extin- guished entirely through the use of chemicals