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FLORENCE STRUGC[ES
To MAKE COMEBACK
By "JACK" MARTIN

Florence SHADING stage comeback :" This question viii
Saturday night when the South Atlantic A. u swim
min in pool
Saturday night and she is against
real competition it. Realizing the need for "come
back Florence has been swimming dieting exercising and training
under rules for the last months and her time shows to be
the swimmer she three
But in order to win the 1907 - --V.e17
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Zhvszko Is Sixty

Stanislaus Zbyszko, who contin'
ues in the front rank Of the heavy
weight wrestlers, is now in his
sixtieth year, according to reliable
records.
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AS Hit Apple

Judging from the way the Phila-
delphia Athletics hit the ball on
their transforming tour through
the South, "Whipsnapper'' Kid
Gleason's method of handling the
men Is better than Connie Mack's.
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snickered, more laughed right out
loud. Myer himself mOdeStIy dis.
claimed such a boost. This writer,
on his own responsibility. after
watching the yOungster all spring,
Is willing to agree with Engel,
that Myer is ready right now to
play shirfstOp with the champions
and hold his own.
Peck has not been rushed by his
shrewd little manager. He has yet
to go the distance. leaving the line
up whenever fatigue appears to be
coming to him.
The wise old-timer is planning
for the major league season, not
for exhibitions. He wants to be
ready for the real stuff and, once
under way, travel just as fast and
as far as possible before succumb-
ing to that old gink with the
carving knife who cuts us all down
sooner or later.
Peck will undoubtedly start in
his old position. But Buddy Myer
is on his heels, half a step in the
rear, ready to take up the work
of halting the enemy and bringing
third pennant in succession tC
the Capital. Just how long Pecl
will last IL mystery unknown
even to himself. That is in thC
| lap of the gods.
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"Myer is ready right now" Joe
Engle said last summer. Some
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Sg9E TlMES endsaUoss =
aiOe its readers more
soOyss pictures than an,
ether nslOspapss.
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OUTS A. BOUCHER.
L. sports Uriter Of The
Times, Is recognized as a
baseball authority.
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VIII NAHU wv
event she must
Whaler G. A.
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Myer, for q y0ungster without
big league experience, is showing
himself to be what is called q
smart hitter. He works well with
runners ahead of him. He can
bunts drag the ball, or hit it out,
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Myer played at least parts Of
al those first five games. In
the plate twice and collected five
hits, four singles, and q two
bagger. This gives him an aver
age Of .384. There is no lodging
o performance like that. It simply
must be considered.
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GUNhER'S MATE SLAIN.

HAVANA, February UP).-Comdr.
Toxler of thr United States naval
base at Guantanamo announced that
Cuuner'S Mate Alexander Wire
houSky Of PuughkeepSie y. Y. was
The American sailor who was killed
Tuesday GIru" Il braWl between peo-
pte of The village of Boqueron. near
the naval base, and American sailors.
Stones and bottles were used as
missiles during the fight and Wire
housky suffered a compound fracture
of the skull he dead man. was at
tached To tht destroyer base His
mother resiuT- 81 Poughkeepsie and
= brother il : member Of the crew
of he deStrpN~r shaUkeN.
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Jacquard a Weaving Genius.

Until the close of the eighteenth CEN
fury all fabrics carrying colored de-
signs were woven entirely by hand.
About 1901 Joseph Marie jacquard
invented an attachment which is
placed at the top of loom and auto
matically selects strands of yarn re-
quired to form patterns and draws
them up 70 make the surface of the
cloth and at the same time leaves the
other strand to form the back of the
fabric. The attachment has ever since
been called the jacquard. The inven-
ton was first put into commercial use
in 1909 in France.
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BUILDING OPERATIONS
DECREASE $5OO,OOO
Drop Noted in January From Fig
ures for Same Month of
Last Year.

Il decrease of approximately $500
200 in building operations last month
1nder January. 1925. was shown yes
terday IN figures prepared by the Dis
trict building inspectors office.
According TO the figures. 362 per
mits were issued for operations cost
ing S3,7oS.9S0. The record for Janu-
ary, 1925, showed that PA permits
were issued for operations valued at
et269,615.
1 he northwest section of the Dis
trict appears to be the center of
building activity, as . large ma jority
IF the permits We're issued for con
StrUction in that section. The north
west operations totaled $2,357. 700.
In the northeast operations were val
ued at S1iS 100, and those in the south
east ar 1854 500. No permits were is
sued for buildings in the southwest.
one hundred and siXty-tWo Of the
permits issued were for brick dwell
lDgS, l03 for brick apartments and IS
TOR frame dwellings,. The permits
also inCluded 10 for metal and 20 for
frame garages.
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Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, March sToo many
hogs arrived I'd lit market condi.
tons and prices declined rs to S6c
with the light weights showing the
most break. Packers bought spar
.ingly at the start but there was q
good demand from shippers. The
best light hogs topped the marker
at $13.66 and the best heavy sold
at S12.25.
atrong with demand broader than
usual. Cows and heifers sold steady
M atronr. The bull trade was ac-
tive. and firm. Calves sold z5c
lower on account Of poorer quality.
Stockers and feeders were quoted
LAMBS were mostly steady with
the bulk Of the supply direct to
packers.
tBy d. 81. Eureau u Markets1
Hows-Receipts 5000; market z6@.
s5c lower Bulk. s11.50 QlS.2b; TOP
1885; heayywesst I've , ad,tS is
sia.Is@1s.50. Light lights, s12,2s Q is.sS:
heavy packing sows, smooth 1o,I0@
1i.Ie; packing soys. rough. slO.so0
1O; e piss sis9is'ss. i. 400: market
:. ssdv f-aIves. 500: $50 lower. Beef
steers. choice and prime. 5000 g l1.z5
,,,sdilIrn ana good, $50 10; good ana
choice. s10@1i.2S; common and medium " q
80, ~ y s.,a- es760e bulls. $50 @ l.s0.
cannere and cutters, cows and neiiers,
q E0S5 $50. Gamer steers. 1850 g Y
sseaf calves, light and handyMenlklnal..
1920 ateees. $3.50 n $50; stocker COWS
ana heifers, 3s.5O06; stocker calves.
SE60@S.40. - -A...s1
go fat eIaTsm14.50; lambs culls
80 Common S1l@12 yearIings. $lO.6e 9
80 vsarIing wethers sS.bOQl 70: e 49,
98n9: ewes, culls ana common,
{. 80: feeder lambs SlS.so q II. ~.
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STOCKS AGAIN
AXE DROP
~ International News Service

NEW YORK, March s.--A good
volume Of selling orders awaited the
opening Of the stock market today
and prices of the market leaders In
the early trading continued to move
downward. The reactionary trend
extended to the railroad stocks, the
oils, industriaIs and specialties
which led the rally in the market
on Thursday and Friday, some Of
the specialties dropping from to
s points.
Some Of the. wall Street authori-
ties looked for a. resumption OF
bearish selling as an offset to the
rapid advances in high priced indus
trial stocks and railroad shares In
the closing sessions Of last week.
The inactivity Of the market az
compared with last week showed
that bearish selling was IN COM
paratively small amount, while the
sharp rebound in industrial Stocks
also indicated good support for the
outstanding issues. Profit king
continued in stocks which scored
the largest gains since Wednesday,
but professional activity was the
most important factor in the move
ment Of prices. s
Representative railroad and In.
dustria1 companies submitted
number OF favorable earnings state
nents before the market opened
These included United States Tub
Ter. which earned nearly SIS =
share last year; New York Central
Railroad, which earned $12.69 \
share, and Phillips Petroleum Com.
many. whose net In 1926 was SID.
Glass railroads for January earned
AZ per cent on their property in
veatment.
Secretary Melons offering Of
United States Government long
term bonds with 3M per cent cou.
pons at a fractional premium was
taken as an indication that an
easier money market was expected
for the next few months. Cali
money rates were unchanged at AZ
mar cent
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]. s. ANNOUNCES
BIG BOND ISSUE

The Treasury II today announcing
its March financing, which takes
the form Of an offering OF 3 ~ per
cent Treasury Bonds Of 1g46-S6
The bonds will Be dated and bear
interest from March Is, 1926, matur-
Ing March rs, 1855, and redeemable
at the option of the United States
on and after March 15 1916, on
four months notice OF redemption.
The offering Ii $500 900 900 or there
abouts and the bonds are offered
at .I005
Treasury notes Of series A-i926
maturing March is, 1926, will be
accepted in part payment, but viii
not receive preferred allotment
Some $615, 900 900 Of Treasury notes
become payable on March Is, 1926,
which together with the cOnten
plated purchase OF Third Liberty
Loan Bonds announced BY the
treasury to be made this month for
the sinking fund, will mean q with
drawal from the market tn Govern
ment securities OF $700, 000,00O to.
$3.50 900 900 outstanding securities
AGAINST which the Treasury IS
issuing about $500 900, 900 Of new
securities.
The present offering Il intend
Cd, with balances already on hand
and the March tax receipts. IT,
cover the .Treasury's further cash
requirements until June, when.
further financing viii be necessary.
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GERNANsTOCKS
CONE To LIFE
By RICHARD HATTON

How a violent stock market boom
started in Germany on January
and resulted In many issues rising
higher in four weeks than stocks
rose in four years In the Wall Street
bull movement is described in the
current issue of the American Bank
ars Association Journal.
After a year of hopelessness,
Germany's Wall Street is in rhe
throes of a securities BOOM" the
article says. Stocks have risen SO,
even 100 per cent in a month. Not
only Germans but Americans,
Englishmen, Hollanders are buying.
Quite respectable South Sea
Bubble is blowing itself out.
"The boom began like flash.
without any visible reason, stocks
shot up all around. The recovery
was due only to technical and
psychological factors, but, once it
had been given the impulse, ma.
tefial reasons for 1t were found or
invented. A real factor was that
interest rates continued to decline.
Uncertainty lies in the fact that
Tor most German stocks there is no
standard to judge whether a quota
ton is intrinsically high or low.
Value cannot be judged from divi
dend yield because. with certain ex-
ceptions. no dividends have been
paid since the currency stabiliza.
tion.''
Col Robert N. Harper. president
of the District National Bank. who
has been confined to his home for
several days by a slight illness, was
back at his desk today.
While the annual convention Of
the District of Columbia Bankers
Association is stiff some months dis.
tant the thoughts Of those who will
have charge of plans for the outing
and the program are already turn
ing to the matter OF preliminary ar
rangemenfs.
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New York Textiles

NEW YORK, March s.-Trading
was quiet in most lines of the cot
ton goods market today. Purchases
were made to cover only immediate
Of nearby requirements. Prices Of
print clothes and other unfinished
cotton were easier. Wide print
clothes were quoted at 81 to S3s
cents for spot and nearby deliveries.
Sheeting moved in moderate volume
at 61k to 6L cents.
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Chicago Grain Market

CHI CA q @. March S.Grains
opened irregular today.
Wheat started sc lower to 1c
higher with new crop months dis
playing the advance. The general
market showed strength after the
start, with buying by Eastern
houses.
Corn was nc lower to nc higher
on mixed trading.
Oats were unchanged to &c lover.
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LIVERPOOL Cotton

LIVERPOOL, March s. Spots
quiet: prices steady; sales, 5000
bales.
Middlings fair was s11.45; strictly
good middIings, $10.95; good mid.
dlings. $40.65: strictly middlings
5000; middlings. 1885; strictly low
middlings, 1925: low middlings
$40; strictly good ordinary. $7.35
Futures opened uuiet. March
opened at 1913; May, 1913; July
1929: October. 500.
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Canadian Wheat

WINNIPEG, March S.-Opening
wheat prices were: May, Las, up
July. 1.43z. UP y; October,
1901, up u.
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In Chinese time the day Is d.
vided into IL twO.hour parts.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK, March s.-The cot
ton market opened unsteady today,
with prices 10 to IL points lower.
March opened at 1917, down 10;
May, 1850, down, IL; July, 1900,
down, II.
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Foreign Exchange
Fog covers New York

NEW YORK. March s.A pail Of
fog enveloped New York all day
sunday, causing several traffic acct
dents, delaying trains, and prevent
ing several ocean liners from
making their wharyes.
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Short Term Securities

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
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New York Coffee Market

NEW YORK, March s.-The cot.
fee market opened points higher
today. May, 1880, up 5: July, 1885.
up 3; September, 1910, up 8.
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HoU Motherhood Aids Teacher
] 81 % the unInarried

sitions should so to the unmarried
women.
Al for home duties interfering
with the married teachers work,
this lis. to be said--and Il speak
from experience the obligations
OF the mother do not interfere
with her school work as much as
beaux and pastimes did when she
was q girl. The earnestness that
prompts her to undertake teach
ing, along with her other burdens
usually keeps her sticking stead.
lastly to her job.
And as for giving the positions
to the women who need them
the public schools are designed for
the benefit OF CHILDREN; they
are not for benevolent purposes.
The lessons children learn from
textbooks Is not even half OF what
they should learn at school The
building Of character, the physical
well-being, the spiritual influence,
the chance to be happy is worth
more than all the cold facts in all
the books.
Stern teachers, soured. on-the
world persons, ;spitefuI, irritable
instructors have no business
among children. What they need
is a firm, kindly guiding hand to
mold their minds and hearts Alright.
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out waiting to listen to his
guests stammered explanations
Of gratitude. unlocked the back
door, peered out ana hesitafed.
sWaitl's said he. YOu'l1 never
get OFF the place tonight on your
own hook. Every road IL guard
ed. And Il you're caught IN
those duds It win mean trouble
for me- I'll have to see you
clear. Go across the yard there
and open the shed. You'll see
an old Ford car and some rugs.
Get into the back. pack yourself
small on the floor. and cover
yourself with the rugs, expect
that's what any intelligent con-
Wet would do. don't know any
thing about you at all: I'm Lit
tie Boy Blue. =
Pete vanished like q shadow.
John Chator donned his motoring
overcnat, thrust some packets of
chocolates and flask into the
pockets. made for the shed, and
drove the car out through the.
yard.
with darkened lamps he slid
down through a dirt road ana
turned at right angles over the 1T.
tie stone bridge across q brook.
The car climbed the step ascent
opposite. and came out on the main
highway Here Chator turned
south, switched on his lights. and
. gave the car three,quarter throttle.
He chuckIed joyously from time
to time as he turned the steering
wheel. Inc old Ford ratified on at
her best speed. Chator laid the
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HE WAIVED. LIS BLOOD ON FIRE.

v1ntIv ar.avv TIA curtains hefort
ss--s.s
kne tront MiLAa0'ss
Pete, still Crouching. waited
his hIood IN fire. His hand on Ma
I,v,,s.
49,.
~ ahaiaa ehahAAsu 80 AAsss4
Frank The light from the gas
~ eI,one an 1ror her ana fhS
, watcher cros1cbine Il the rIoonl.
saw that in her eyes which n ps....
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got out Of the car. 81 wonder" he
added rather griInIy, whether
you'd have done It if you knew
what 1T IS / want to do now sup
posin ever get the chance before
they cor rneI,
Thirsts for Revenge
II don 4 know, and don I care. 4
replied Chator; every mans free.
dom is his own concern. II were
in your place / think I'd try to set
berth on q small coaster. prefer
ably bound for Havana. But 4
won't advise you, in case advise
YOU wrong Good -nighti
He swung the car and was
away. Pete stared after him for
few moments. still beWildered
and far from any real cOmpre-
hension OF Mr.. John CnatOr. He
had never met anybody quite like
him.
Taking advantage of the dark.
Pete worked his way into the
city and without incident found
himself In the old familiar neigh
borhood. He hid himself until It
was dark again.
In pawnshop his eye was at
tracted by q knife: he hesitated.
blinked. and then walked straight
into the shop. He bought one
on belt for dollar. He
strapped the belt round his Iips.
under his Jacket. The ahopman's
sole anxiety was to sell him some
thing more. Tor Pete had accepted
the price without haggling. But
he walked out OF the shop.
As the needle turns to the
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Wow 90 OF VIII tlse StOrH.

s. Nd so. Peter Angelo. I find
~ cant bring myself to hand
you over to the prison crowd. They
must do their own work. It's
their duty. But I'm not paid for
kicking a man when he's down.
There's room at the top of the
stairs you'll find candle there
and wardrobe fun of mixed
duds. all rather shabby.
D'you mean it?'' gasped Pete.
81 gosh, mister. you're a white
It's much more probable I'm
q fool. And that You are another.
believe it would pay You best
IN the long run to go quietly
back 20 the prison ard give your.
self up.
Pete disappeared up the stairs.
Chator knocked out his pipe and,
refilling It. gazed before him and
smoked thpughtfully, his lips
twisting ii whimsical smile.
He was intensely interested. It
was the most sporting event that
had ever come his way IN life
OF wide experience. John Chator
was a man who seldom refused
90 lift lame dog, provided that
he liked the look of the dog.
Nor was he ever averse to TAX
ing risks.
UllafOf Clothes PETE
He sometimes complained that
since the end Of the war there
were not enough of them to re-
Heye the dullness of life. Incl
dentally he was thankful that
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his host, Farmer Whiddon, was
away and would probably come
home late and In q thoroughly
tanked condition.
The coast was clear, which was
just as well, for Farmer Wild
don did not like convicts. Ghator
did not care for them partic-
ularly. either. But here was e
convict with q life history and a
romance attaching to him which
Chator could not resist.
Pete chose from among the
mixed clothes upstairs an old
serge yachting suit stained with.
salt, a pair Of rubber knee boots,
and a naval officers cap with
the band and badge torn off.
There was q muffIer round his
neck instead Of collar.
Well, you've done yourself
proud, said Chator. inspecting
him officially You look some
thing between a United States
Navy lieutenant and Long
Island yachtsman. I gather from
this marine habit that, like my
self. you have done sea.time ~
once worked my way across
from Liverpool on q cattle-boat.
''SEift for YourseIf!''
That's not much. but ii
points the way you'd best 90
right to the coast as straight as
you can steer. You,lI find these
useful
He jerked twenty dollars II
notes onto the table Pete grab
bed at them, and Chator. with
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miles behind him. The road seemed
As empty Of human beings as 4
desert. AS he raced over the long
stretch Orators spirits rose high.
suddenly a light flashed out In the
middle III the road a hundred yards
ahead
+ 'sEIalt!'' roared d voice.
Chator declutched and stopped.
Armed men barred the road. and d
bull s-eye was flashed on his face.
sOh, it's you, Mr.. Chator2 said
3 guard, and turned the light on
the empty seats. Where bound2
The Bronx All right, sir pass
on. You've heard about the Is.
cape?n
Eyes. Not got EN- YETI,
No. sil
Good luck to you, " said Chator
cheerfuiIy and drove on.
The Ford pulled UP In d narrow
lane on. the side Ofea wooded hill.
Through the trees was a gleaal Of
broad. dark water: q smell If raw
seaweed drifted on the breeze.
Sing Stpg,s many miles astern, "
said C.lator, turning in. his seat.
That's one Of the little iuIets Of
the Hudson down there. It would
be useless taking you to the North
Riyer piers. they'll all be watched
And n3w you must get out and
shift for yourself. I've done all !
they cop met
You We done more Tor me, said
Pete. than any man or woman
alive has ever done, an some time
I just hope I'll be able to do YOU q
turn only half as good as this. !" He
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8. GEOGRAPHY. Havre, the
great French seaport, Is situated
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4. BUSINESS. The gross value
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year, was about $9,615, 900, 900.
S. MANKIND The German
standing army consists of 100000
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coal or coke.
8. Law. A person may be adj
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