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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

n YEW YORK. December %
~ Having become the foot BAH
NJ of the off season. the shift Is
4 due for another attack today
when the American Foot
Ball Coaches Association holds its
annual meeting at the Hotel Astor.
Indications are that the members of
this body will vote to follow the lesd
of the Western Conference and the
Eastern Officials Association in rec
ommending to the foot ball rules com
mittee that the shift he abolished.
All day yesterday thes steering com.
mittee Of the coaches organization
was in session. getting ready for the
main meeting. Although none of the
officers would comment on what rec
ommendatiOn would he made at to-
days meeting. the news leaked out
that considerable of the time was
spent in discussing the pros and cons
of the shift. 1t was limited also that
the opponents of the shift would out
number its supporters.
DObie and Zuppke Absent.
Owing to the enforced absence Of
Gil Dobie of Cornell and Robert c.
Zuppke of Illinois, both officials of
the coaches association, much of the
preliminary organization work yester-
day was placed on the shoulders of
DR.. John w. Wilce of Ohio State Uni
versity and William H. CowelI of New
Hampshire State, who is slated for
election as president.
Following today's general meeting,
which will be restricted to members
of the association, a dinner will be
held. at which Maj. Frank Cava-
naugh, newly appointed head coach
at Fordham, will be POSTMASTER.
Physical Education Body Meets.
Stadia, field houses and physical
education programs were topics dis
cussed at the thirtieth annual meet
ing of the Society of Physical Edu.
cation in Colleges at the Hotel Aston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

The push shot is shorter, too, and
therefore more accurate.
When you shoot for goal follow
the shot by going high into the air
after the ball rather than waiting for
it to come down as you stand fiat
footed. You get hold of the ball
sooner and can shoot or pass with
out being blocked.
In the push shot the whole body
works nicely in the try for basket and
there Is power as well az accuracy In
the effort to cage the ball. This Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
PRO COURT LEAGUE.

LAST NIGHTS RESULTS.
Cleveland, 80; Baltimore. 10.
Fort Wayne. 40: Chicago. BIB.
GAMES TONIGHT.
Cleveland at New York.
Rochester ut Chicago.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Fort Wayne mt Chicago.
Cleveland 40 Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

Chicago, 80; Lawrence. 10.
DePauw, 81; Georgia Tech, %.
Evansville College, 81; Vanderbilt,
90. ~
Pittsburgh, SO; Adrian College. 50.
Loyola, II; North Dakota State Col
lege, 9.
Butler, %; Illinois Wesleyan, 81.
Carleton, 40; Norman, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

BY tho Associated Press.
~ ASADENA, Calf. December 30.
- --Gridiron prophets had their
inning today as the Cardinals
i of Stanford University and the
Crimson Tide Of Alabama set
tied into the fullest stride of practice
for the clash of the East and West
here New Year day.
The WeSterners are favored in the
betting odds, but the Alabamians are
getting favor because Of the pep and
dash they have exhibited in the pre-
liminaries thus far.
The wise men" point to Coach
Wallace Wade'S belief that his team
Is right; to the weight advantage in
the line and the speed of the Alabama
backfield as reasons why the South
erners should hold Stanford even, if
not beat the Cardinals, in tl,o Rose
Bowl battle.
Those who have seen the two teams
In practice declare Alabama shows
more pep and snap on the field than
Stanford, and this is a condition that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
ENTERS CATALINA SWIM.

MOBILE, Ala, December 20 (R.--
w. G. Bill" Jackson, 26-year old
swimmer of Mobile, who during the
past Summer established O. reputation
water has ieFt for =. Los angeles r ssss to
enter the Catalina Island swim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
BY PETE VAUGHN.

oaehet Dan Codcn at WABASH CoLeke.
The push shot from the chest Is
better than q low underhand shot, be-
cause the latter has such a low start
ing point that a guard could stop
progress of the ball with his hands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

c. e. Cornell Is chairman of the
committee arranging for an athletic
night program to. be held New Year
night at $50 o'clock by the Aloysius
Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

Webster A. G. basketers yesterday
vanQuished Roserly quint, 81 to 2s. at
Hamline gym. Francis and Norman
for the victors and Bradley for Roserly
starred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

with T. W. Dixon at Main 1902 for
games.
Kanawha and Colony passers were
to clash this afternoon at o'clock
in Jewish Community Center Bas-
ket Ball League tilt on the floor at
the Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

Ranking Independent and unlimited
teams In Washington, Maryland and
Virginia are urged to get In touch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

/ VIEW YORK. December %
Y Having become the foot BAH
of the off season. the shift IS
due for another attack today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29
Roper Averse to Practice.

am trying not to be dogmatic, bat
with me hereafter 1t Is a fixed ard
settled rule to>cut out falling on the
ball in practice and In games, and In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-29

Coach Dan Ahearn will send his
Western varsity against the alumni of
the West End school tomorrow in the
Western gym.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-05

Sale starts
Wednesday,
January 9Th.
Closed all day
Tuesday to
prepare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
NEW CANCER THEORY
ADVANCED IN BERLIN
Disease Declared Caused by Suf-
located Cells Secreting an Acid
Like That of Sour Milk.
BY Science Service.

By Science Service.
BERLIN, August 7.-Cancer is
caused. not by any particular germ.
but by the suffocation of cells. cans.
ing them to secrete an acid like that
of sour milk, which stimulates alb.
normal growth. This in brief is the
theory advanced by Prof. o. War
burg Of Berlin. as a result of his
researches into the physiology Of the
disease.
All tissues Of all living organisms
produce acids as a result Of their life
processes, Prof. Warburg explains.
In the healthy body these acids
are combined with oxygen taken in
with the breath. and are burned up
to form carbon dioxid and water. But
if for any reason a mass of cells fails
to get its normal ration of oxygen the
harmful fermentation acids arise and
begin their mischief.
Cancers are not able to get along
entirely without oxygen, Prof. War
burg states. but they can stand suf-
location and the presence of Tactic
acid better than normal tissues can,
which gives them a considerable ad-
vantage in the competition Of growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
NAVAL RESERWSTS
BACK FROM CRUISE
Destroyer Allen Brings D. C.
Contingent After Two
Weeks Maneuvers.

Washington naval reservists. COM
prising the second division of the }o-
cal battalion, yesterday completed a
two-week cruise aboard the destroy
err Allen, their training ship, Wnlch
locked at her berth at the Washing
ton Navy Yard, and all of the officers
and men were placed on the inactive
list for another year.
The reservists left Washington two
weeks ago aboard the Allen and went
to New York City, where they were
given a brief liberty, and then to
Napeague Bay, where the ship joined
suuadrons 9 and ID of the destroyer
scouting fleet. With these squadronS
the local destroyer practiced offensive
and defensive movements, including
a night attack of an imaginary en-
envy. While a Napeague Bay there
was no liberty, so the men were given
practice at handling small boats un-
der oars and confined their recreation
TO swimming from the ships side.
One day was devoted entirely to
the instruction of reserve officers in
handling the ship. An imaginary
dock was laid off in the sea by means
of buoys, and each deck officer was
required to put the vessel alongside
the dock and got her away safely.
At sea the reserve officers stood their
regular watches.
When the vessel was detached from
the fleet to proceed home it was in
heavy fog, and Lieut.. Harry j.
Nichols. executive officer and navi
gator, laid down a course for Winter
Quarter lightship and steamed by
dead reckoning. This point was &C
curately made and the vessel then
headed safely for the Chesapeake
capeS.
The Allen is commanded by Lieut..
Comdr. Alfred S. Wolfe, while Lieut.
C. B. Cunningham acted as instructor
and observer.
The Washington reserve officers on
the vessel were Lieut.. Harry J..
Nichols, executive officer and navi-
gator; Lieut.. Bernard A. Sullivan,
gunnery officer; Lieut., junior grade,
Homer S. Eimers and Lieut., Junior
grade. Wilbert E. Locklin, watch and
division officers, and Ensign Ralph II.
Hudson, engineer officer.
Baltimore naval reserves also were
on the vessel, and their officers were
Lieuts. junior grade, f. II. Cole first
lieutenant; Charles H. Bryant, watch
and division; B. G. Tucker, communi-
cations; Thomas Eichelberger, chief
engineer, and c. I. Lowe, commissary
officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
HOME WILL bEG|FT
I ON GOLDEN BRIDAL
Barber Sons and Daughter to
Honor Parents With Big
Celebration.

Iouey, the barber, and his brother,
Tony, who take turns ringing the
cash register and calling out Next"
in Loueys small-portion shave and
shingle shop across from the Raleigh
Hotel, will tell you. should you ask
them, that business is ver' niZe
Just how niZe the barbering bust
ness has been for IOuey and Tony
only they themselves know.
But you can make your own guess
from the fact that Louey and Tony,
with their sister, Nicoletta, are going
to pay a certain debt before long to
the persons to whom they say they
owe all that they have or hope to
have-their venerable Italian parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaetano Battaglia, the
former SO and the latter u.
The. transaction involves the gift
of a brand-neW home, completely fur
nished. worth some $4,000, and it is
to be formally conveyed to babbo and
mamma a week from tomorrow, their
golden wedding anniversary.
The house, which is on Spring
place, just off Sixteenth street, is one
of row of attractive brick homes.
The elder Battaglias already have
taken possession of it. but the official
ceremonies" of dedication will wait
until next Monday.
Their Customers Coming.
1t will be a great celebration. All
the BattagliaS will be there and many
of Louey's and Tony's friends and
customers. Why not the customers?
Didn't they help to make the Bat
taglia boys business YER niZe, and
thus contribute toward the fine gift?
Sixteen years ago Gaetano and 10
sephine Battaglia lived in the old city
of Palermo. The call of America lured
two of their older sons, Tony and Joe.
to cross the Atlantic. Later they
brought babbo and mamma and Louey
and Nicoletta over to share the pros
perity of the New World.
Both Became Citizens.
Joe had followed his fathers foot
steps and was a successful tailor.
Now he is a designer and filter of~fur
coats in a large local department
store. Tony and Louey preferred
barber1ng. Louey attended Central
High School, Tony became an Ameri-
can soldier in the World War, and
both became thoroughly America nized.
All three sons now are American citi-
zens and proud of it. Their parents,
though unable to speak English flu
emily are equally proud of their chill
dren.
Four years ago Louey and his in
separable brother Tony opened their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
SEASON TO BURST
ON CITY in FULL GLORY THIS WEEK
Eastern Shore and Bay
Crops: to Head Soon
for Markets.
Delicacy Is Washington
FavOrite-Prices Are
80 Cents to ST..

Watermelons, Washington's favo-
rite Summer. delicacy, which taste
just as luscious on Sixteenth street
and Connecticut avenue as they do
in Moonshine alley, will start arriv-
ing in good quantities during this
week from the Eastern Shore and
Chesapeake Bay districts, in the
opinion of wholesalers last night.
The watermelon line for Washing
ton, which starts from Florida early
in the season and runs up the coast,
already has passed the South Caro-
lima boundary and a boatload from
the North Carolina Virginia line ar
rived during the last week in charge
of Capt. John Willett on board the
G. T. Wright, reputed to be one of
the speediest boats on Chesapeake
Bay.
1000 i'm Single Load.
Capt. Willett brought 1000 melons
to Washington last Thursday. con-
signed to a commission merchant
of the waterfront and during the last
two days Washingtonians drove their
automobiles down to the wharves
and carted off approximately 1900 of
them.
The receipts of melons during the
last week, despite the large cargo
brought in by the G. T. Wright, was
light and the demand was steady. ac-
cording to dealers, which resulted
in prices ranging from 80 cents for
small melons to 81 for large, selected
melons.
Icing Process Costly.
One dealer who two weeks ago
bought more than 1000 melons in a
carload for SITS. paid just $275 for
less than 1000 last week, he stated.
The cost of transporting them to
his place of business and icing them
ran the price to him up to 80 cents
a melon and he said he was forced
to charge 35 cents for the poorest
grade and at least rs cents for the
best grade in order to meet the con-
ditionS.
Despite the light receipts of the
past week, however, dealers believe
that the watermelon market of Wash
ington will have plenty of supplies
during the latter part of this week,
or at least by August Is. BY that
time, the melon line moving up the
coast will have passed the Virginia
Capes and be we'll up into the Kappa
hammock district and the Eastern
Shore, whence have come Washing
tons choicest melons in days past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
Japan and It's Overflow.

FROM the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Japan found that her people did not
take kindly TO ManChuria and that this
great region offered little attraction
for the surplus population of the is
Jand empire, The Toxic government,
Is apparently having better luck with
Korea, for a recent census shows an
increase of 1.451,7S7 in the popula
ton of that peninsula last year.
bringing the total to 10 .519. 903 More
over, the survey shows that the den
sity of population in Korea is 1864
n square ri the equivalent of 2.45
English mileSl. as compared with PAPA
in Japan proper. And greater part
of the area of Korea is cultivatable
than is the case in Japan. The total
population of Japan. including For
mosa. Saghalien and Korea, is now
IS, 454,347, Japan proper being credited
with 59,T36.704. The male population
putnumbers the female by 963.373.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
COLOR ON THE ADRIATIC.
Scenes Near Shores Seldom Seen in
Other Harbors.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
BY Trieste the sea is emerald f1ecked
with blue. An amphitheater of hills
protects the port at the back; west,
the coastal fiatlands commerce on
their way toward Venice; south, the
haadlandS recede successfully into soft
haze.
Upon the sea are ships with sails
the like of which are seldom seen by
other harbors. Consider the boats,
SQUAT. snub-nosed. lounging through
the water as If to say the days are
pleasant and speed of small i'm
portance. Calamity painted are they,
/. CHI after the peculiar pleasure of
their owner or captain. Take, for
example. the manner in which three
are decorated; hawseholes with but
ton eyes Of rose, below band of gray,
then a stripe Of rose. followed by the
ships side to the waves reach in
black. hawseholes of red, white band,
blue stripe, green from there down to
the water; and hawseholes again red,
but with blue bulwark, red stripe,
black body.
The ships are lugger-rigged, the
sails four-sided, bent to a yard hang
ing obliquely on the mast. Skillful
Matching provokes the varying tones
in single sails Of one color. such as
dark green and light green. red and
orange. Other sails are holder; red
and white, yellow and white. red
corner. yellow basis with large blue
splash in the center. pale green ana
brick red. or red, ocher and orange.
On the shore tile-roofed houses take
possession of hillocks. and cypress
trees wander among the olive groves.
Where fields appear the grain is a
,bicx carpet that mimics as the
WAGES run over the ripping sur
face of the sea. In this setting these
sailing sal ships supply the color which
narakeets offer to the forests of Brazil,
which flowers bring the Alpine nigh
lands in Spring. and which the put
artiias WELD at Java.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
FARMS DEVELOPING
|. IN SOUTH AMERICA
Duplication of U. S. Develop
ment Predicted in Report
by Dr.. EStabrook.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated freSs.
Much of the agricultural develop
ment in the United States in the las
half-century will be duplicated in thu
temperate regions of South AmeriCa
In the future. in. the opinion Of Leon
NJ. EstabroOk after two-ycarS H.
those regions
In a survey of Argentina and Para
quay made public Yesterday by the De
partment of Agriculture. DIR. ESta
brook. director of the world agricul
tural census at Rome. said land i
abundant and fertile in Argentina and
prices are tb0ut one-third to one halt
those in the United States. The agIT
cultural and economic development Of
Argentina waits ON population and
change of organization from a LAM
of large estates. with absentee land
lords. to smaller holdings by famlie~
that make their living on the lane
and contribute their labor and pur
chasing power to the development nt
the country and to the national WI
fare and prosperity he declared
The cereal region is as fertile AnC
as large as the corn belt" Of Nh.
United States. but only about Is Pc.
cent of II is in cultivation Since the
potential cereal area is now used a.
alfalfa pasture. he said, live stoc.
production will probably decrease
with the expansion of agriculture. ON
the other hand. the quality of liv.
stock may improve and dairy produc
ton may he expected To increas.
greatly. Natural conditions are sale
to be favorable to the development
of a prosperous cotton and tobacco
industry i'm Northeastern Argentina
Production Of high quality apples AMI
pears in the Rio Negro country II
believed should develop into q profit
able industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
HISTORIC FIGURES
TO BE COMPLETED
Contract for Several in Central
Group at Stone Mountain
Awarded at Atlanta.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, August IA con-
tract has been awarded to the Stone
Mountain Granite Corporation for re-
lieving. outlining and pointing the
equestrian figures of Davis, Lee,
Jackson and a color bearer in the
central group of the Stone Noun
tain Memorial, and work will begin
Immediately, it was announced today
by officials.
Hollins Randolph. president of the
Stone Mountain Memorial Associa-
ton, in a statement given out today,
explained that the contract was
awarded after an exhaustive study
Of a number of bids.
Mr.. Randolph said that the Stone
Mountain Association has in cash
and solvent subscriptions an amount
practically sufficient to carry the
first section of the central group to
completion.
Augustus Lukeman, sculptor of
the Stone Mountain Memorial. con :
graduated the ASSOCIATION on the
selection of the Stone Mountain Cor
poration for the contract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
Dog Joins Dead Master.

Old Dog Joe, after a long life of
friendship and devotion to a master
he outlived, was found dead recent
morning in the barn of the Mertz
farm in ST. Louis County, Mo-, says
the Capper's magazine. His former
master, a wallpaper dealer. had left
5000 in trust for Old Joe, his care
takers to inherit it ultimately. So, as
BETTING a wealthy dog, Old Joe's last
days were spent in ease and comfort.
His death was not unexpected. He
had been failing several weeks and
died while asleep. The wishes of Old
Joe's former master were carried out
to the letter. In the orchard a grave
exactly 5 feet deep, 3 feet long and
IS inches wide was dug and Old Joe
was laid in it. His death Cancelled an
11-page doe Joe" agreement, which
omitted no detail concerning Old Joe's
care and burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
87F|NED |NL0NG
CONSPIRACY FIGHT
MalIeabIe Castings Associa-
ton Case Closed After
Two and Half Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND Ohio, August T.
A Federal court fight of almost two
and a half years duration against 48
members of the American Malleable
Castings Association and AZ large
malleable iron castings companies was
terminated yesterday when 81 defend
ants appeared before Federal Judge
Westenhaver, enterd pleas of nolo
contndere and were each fined. 81 500.
The indictment upon which the de-
PENDANTS were brought to trial was
returned by Federal grand jury at
Cleveland in March, 1924, and fol-
lowed a long Federal investigation.
The defenda hts bitterly fought the
Government efforts to bring them to
trial. Practically every legal action
for resistance was brought into use,
but the Government finally won in
each case.
Many Refused to Appear.
The most important and most pro-
tracted phase Of the resistance grew
out of the refusal of defendants liv-
ing outside of the Cleveland Federal
Court district to appear here for trial
More than two score trials and court
proceedings, involving habeas corpus
actions and appeals to Circuit Courts
and the United States Supreme Court,
were required to secure eXtradltlon
for the defendants.
Finally. however, by virtue of a SUI
preme Court ruling, the defendants
were ordered to appear here for trial.
Date was set for September 13, 1926.
The decision to enter the ''nolo con-
tendere" pleas. which are virtually
pleas of guilty as the expression
means that the indictment is not con-
tested, came at a meeting eight days
ago in Washington between ATTORNEY
General Sargent. his assistant, Russell
Hardy, and representatives of the
American Malleable Castings AssOcia-
ton.
Conspiracy Was Alleged.
The indictment returned against the
defendants charged them with manu-
featuring Is per cent Of the annual
production of malleable castings in
the United States; with having con-
spired since January, 1917, to assign
and allot the buyers of malleable iron.
castings among themselves and to
fix prices. These alleged arrange.
ments, the indictment alleged, would
serve to eliminate competition.
The indictment further charged
that the American Malleable Castings
Association was used in carrying out
the alleged conspiracy. The indict-
ment was returned under the provi-
sions of the Sherman antitrust act.
Maximum fines for corporations for
this charge Is $4,000 and for indi-
viduals Is $1,000 and a years i'm
prisonment. The $4,000 fine was
agreed upon at the conference last
week.
The fines melted out today totaled
$217,50O. Several weeks ago five of
the original 95 defendants entered
pleas and were fined an aggregate of
S14,5OO. This brought the total of the
fines to 1892 900.