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BIG LEAGUE LEADERS.
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN IFAG

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting-Ruth. Yankees, .39l.
Runs-Ruth, Yankees, "a.
Hits-Burns, Indians, 104.
Doubles-Burns, Indians, 81.
Triples-Gehrig, Yankees, "a.
Homers-Ruth, Yankees, 90.
Stolen baseS-Meusel, Yankees, IA.
Pitching-Shaute, Indians, won :,
lost /.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-BressIer. Reds. 1913.
Runs-Blades, Cardinals. 60.
Hits-Cuyler. Pirates, and Walker,
Reds, 80.
DOubles-Frisch, Giants: Bottomley.
Cardinals, and Wheat, Robins, 81.
Triples-Wright. Pirates. 12.
HOmers-BottOmIey, Cardinals. IL
Stolen bases-Cuyler, Pirates. Is.
Pitching-Rhem, Cardinals, won II,
lost |.
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LANE WINS TRAP TITLE.

L. L. Lane of Chester, VT, formerly
a member of the Washington Gun
Club, recently won the trapshooting
championship of his State in a tour
nament staged at Montpelier. He
broke 1877 targets in 200
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01

Mount Vernon swamped the Claren-
don Baptist nine yesterday in the Sun.
day School Base Ball League, Is to 8.
Heeke held the Baptist batters to six
hits
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CLUBS MAKING CHANGES;
JOE BUSH NOW is PIRATE
BY the Associated Press.


appearing with the league base ball clubs
down their foes Joe Bush
Pittsburgh hopes for better pitching from him than
got Jimmy Johnston has made his first
hitter. Ne has been Buffalo by the
Braves and this years Holy Cross captain
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TAYLOR GETS AUSPICIOUS
START WITH THE CRIFFS

EW YORK July danny Taylor chunky outhedr recently
Buffalo lnenationals exchange for Pitcher
Alex the big show Although
the club yesterday Manager Harris thrust
the the the reel Danny
n the final 0 with the Red
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BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Washington. 8: Boston. 5.
Philadelphia. B: Now York. =.
Cleveland. II; Chicago. 3.
Detroit. 4: st. Louis, 1.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION

Charlotte 2; Macon l.
Asheville II Spartanburg f.
Greenville. Augusta. z
Columbia. y Knoxville, ).
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.

PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Durham. IL: Salisbury. 2.
Raleifh. 3: Greensboro. 2 10 inningsl.
High Point 10: Winston Salem. 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Missions. 3: Seattle. q.
Los Angeles. 5: Sacramento. 4.
Portland. Q: HOLLYWOOD. 6.
san Francisco. 8; Oakland. 8.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas q: Beaumont 9
San Antonio 4: Fort Worth. 3.
Houston. 8; Shreveport. ..
Waco s. Wichita Falls. 3.
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PLAYERS HEAVILY INSURED.

OAKLAND, Calf. July l P).-
James Reese. second baseman, and
Lynford Larry, shortstop, each have
been insured for 100000 by the Oak
land Pacific Coast League club.
Reese is 20 years old and Larry 10.
They are known as the keystone
kids" and constitute the fastest COM
bination In the history of the Oak
land team. =
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More than 100000 acres Of land in
the nited states are devoted TO golf.
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2 was their sixth straight, and the
second setback for Lee Meadows. The
bespeckled moundman walked two in
the ninth just before Lester Bell I'M
leashed a homer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01

TODAY's GAMES.
Philadelphia at Boston.
New York at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
st. Louis at Pittsburgh.
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Scoring Begins Early.

Scoring began ut the outset of the
aecond inning. when Goslin got hold
of Winefields first pitch of the frame
and parked the ball in the right field
hleachers for q circuit tripper. Tay-
lorss homer over the bleacher barrier
paeK OF right center began the Ma
tinnals third inning.
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THE GERMAN WAR CLAIMS

Our Government acting within its
war rights, and properly. seized
property of German citizens. Many
Of these are said to have been in
nocent of intent to use the property
to the injury of this country. Our
traditional policy has not been to
confiscate such property but to re-
turn it at the close of hostilities to
the original owners. 1t is now be-
ing held as security to insure the
payment of claims against the Ger
man Government. That Govern
ment under the Dawes plan is pre-
vented, II is said, from meeting
these claims at this time in full.
Our Government should hesitate to
cause an embarrassment Of that
kind. What shall 1t do in the
premises?
Chairman Green of the House
Ways and Means Committee has In
troduced a bill looking to a solu-
ton Of the problem. 1t Is in the
nature Of a compromise. 1t would
pay so per cent of the German
claims and return 80 per. cent of the
Gereman property. holding the bal
ance as security. It would seem
that under all the conditions this is
all II not more than should be ex-
pected Of us.
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FOR CLEARER UNDERSTANDING
OF MEXICAN SITUATION

A group of investigators are to
visit Mexico and try to see for them
selves just what actual conditions
may be. 1t is important of course
that they should enter upon this
undertaking in the desire to seek the
truth and nothing less and be made
UP of those, whose conclusions may
carry weight to the public's under
standing.
Conditions are such that the truth
is especially desirable right now.
Many of us recall the damage Eng
lands prestige suffered in the Boer
War when against a smaller people
she stood upon her rights. Our
country may be called upon to do
this but not unless it shall be found
avoidable by honorable means.
There evidently is enough In fact
to cause our provocation on account
Of Mexico but it is extremely essen
tial that we arrive at the clearest
possible understanding Of the Mex
lean situation, the better to act wise
~ in troubles now arising.
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WHAT SHALL THE ARRANGE
MENT BE

Mr.. Hoover's advice against Fed
eral control sounds good, but what
assurance can be given that once
New England control, for instance,
gets going nicely the Federal Gov
eminent might decide to take h
hand In 1t?
Some will say, why bother about a
bridge so far ahead, but the fact re-
mains that wise corporate manage
ment never neglects to chart all
bridge possibilities along the route
it lays out. Now that we are arriv-
ing at the conclusion that possibly
some other arrangement may pro-
tect Names interests as we'll as
does the Fernald law. If not better.
and provide for development which
we now lack, the Importance of as
certaining just what that arrange
ment should be, just what may be
its complications and possibilities,
becomes of pressing Importance.
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Hold Bay State
Man at Bangor
In Shooting Guide

Bangor, Me-, Dec. 1S.-Alvin W.
Puffer of Medford, Mass. soda foun-
tain manufacturer, pleaded not gull
ty in municipal court this morning
to a charge of shooting a human
being while in pursuit of game.
Judge Fleazer held Puffer In $1,000
bail for superior court. Bail was
furnished by his brother, Stanley
Puffer.
Puffer shot and wounded his
guide, Harry Webster of Springfield,
Me-, in Lakeville Plantation, Novem-
Der B. installing him for bear.
Webster has been in the hospital I'M
til week ago.
Puffer said he saw a black object
250 feet ahead which appeared to be
a bear. He fired and found that he
had wounded his guide. He rushed
Webster to the Bangor hospital and
visited him several times since.
Questioned by the judge. he said
view was partially DISTRACTED by
underground.
Harry Webster, the guide, SUBJ
stantiated Puffer's story.
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NO CONNECTION
WITH MRS. STETSON

Editor. kennebec Journal:
A New York news dispatch pub
lished in your paper this morning
states that radio announcer Franklin
Ford. who was stricken from the
jury list for broadcasting religious
prejudices, was attached to a radio
station sponsored by prominent
Christian Scientist Mrs. Augusta E.
Stetson.
Please permit me to state to your
readers that neither Mrs. Augusta E.
Stetson nor her radio station. WHAP,
has any connection with the Chris
tan Science church. Mrs. Stetson
was expelled from the Christian
Science Mother Church. The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos-
ton, in 1909 pursuant to a finding
that her teaching and practice was
contrary to Christian Science.
does not speak detrimentally of other
forms of religion. nor attempt to
prejudice the minds of the people
against them. The discoverer arc
founder of Christian Science and
author of its textbooks, Mary Baker
Eddy. says: students are advised
by, the author to be charitable and
kind, not only towards differing
Worms of religion and medicine. but
to those who hold these differing
opinions" (Science and Health, page
444).
Sincerely yours,
George c. Eames
Committee on Publications
Bangor, December II, 1925.
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Editors Letter Box
Mr.. Creel's Neglect
tor, Kennebec Journal:

Editor, kennebec Journal:
Referring to the recent colloquy
between Mrs. Robinson and MIR.
Creel. in the latters desperate efforts
to draw comparisons between the
late President Wilson and Abraham
Lincoln, the presidential election of
1915 was the principal thing which
Mr.. Creel neglected to name in the
list of reasons that he gave as to
why the President did not recommend
to Congress 8 declaration of war
while Russia was fighting with the
allies. The President, no doubt, had
visions of that war, and he also had
visions of that election. Before it,
he was going to keep the country
out of the war, but had less to say
on the subject afterwards. No, as
Mr.. Creel says, New York and the
Atlantic seaboard are not all Amer
lea" That was known before, but
it is error to say. as Mr.. Creel as
serts, that "anti-war and pro German
sentiment We're too strong" to permit
of an earlier entry of the United
States into the war. Most of the
people knew that the war would
come upon us. and Congress was
ready to do its duty at any time.
Weeks Mills, Maine.
Dec. Is, 1926.
E. w. Philbrick.
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Editorial Comment
Senate's Jurisdiction
portland ExpreSS)

The case of Senator Arthur 70
Gould of this State, which will be
taken up in the United States SEN
ate on January 4, may become a
cause celebre. The statement by
Attorney Frederick w. Hinckley of
this city, counsel for Mr.. Gould, that
he will raise the question of the
Senate's jurisdiction in this case, Is
indicative of the vast possibilities Of
this action.
The Senate has long claimed auto
cratic power in determining its
membership. 1t has been said that
the Senate could refuse to admit a
member for any cause whatever, or
for no cause at all. This means that
it could refuse to admit a member
because he was red headed, or wore
a wig. Senator Walsh of Montana
expressed the idea when In his in
terviews he said that while Mr.
Gould might be acceptable to the
people of = Maine. the people of
Montana might take another view
of his suitability.
If necessary, Mr.. Hinckley will
raise the question of whether the
Senate does possess this power to
determine who the other States Of
the Union shall elect to that body.
What he will ask is whether the
Senate is a legislative body COM
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into play and many were out with
improvised skates to join in the fun.
The man said he could plainly recall
the late Ben Kennison, who was con-
sidered one of the champion skaters
of that time. He had on skates
which must have been nearly a foot
and a half long. with wooden run
ners and the long curled blades.
He said he could also recall that
the same winter there was a snow
storm which left the snow piled up
to the top of some of the fences.
This was followed by a warm rain
that packed the snow solidly, and
froze a crust over which 1t was pos
sible to drive an OK team. He said
he remembered going out with his
father with a team of oxen after
load of hay and driving over the
crust; also that his father cut away
quite an area of the crust near their
home on Sullivan street and was able
to save it for ice, the crust having
formed several inches in thickness.
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~ ~ David Cory

'Dear me. believe it's beginning
to rain" sighed Uncle John Hare as
he FASTENED home to his little bunga-
low in Turnip Town. Pretty soon
he found it very difficult to drag
along the little red sled which he
had bought in the last story, you
remember. to give to Little Jack
for Christmas. Maybe I'd bet
ter not try to go ANY further.
Wonder if / cam find some nice
place in which to spend the night"
BY and by he spied hollow space
under a big, overhanging rock. "Ah,
ha!" cried the old gentleman Hare,
'the very spot" and dragging in the
little red sled, on which was fasten-
ed the box of provisions which he
had also purchased at the Three in
One Cent Store, he opened the
package of macaroons. "Well. l
won't have to go to bed hungry" he
laughed. peering out to- see If by any
chance it had stopped raining. But
it hasn't. A fine drizZle was COM
ing down, wetting the trees and the
deep snow-drifts. By and by the
old gentleman Hare went off to
sleep and when he awoke in the
/ morning there was a great change
in the weather. Although Mr.. Mer-
ry Sun was shining from the Big
Blue Sky. it was mighty cold. An
icy crust had formed on the top of
the snow, which glittered and
| diamonds. We'll, well, WELL" ex-
| claimed Uncle John Hare, as he
picked up the sled rope. wish I
had pair of skates. My, but it's
mighty slippery" he added the next
moment as he stepped outside
slippery as an cell" Then off he
went, 1umperty jump. pulling his
, small nephew's Christmas present
behind him. All of a sudden who
should call out but Jimmy Jay, the
little blue coated tease.
MY goodness me. what a silly old
Hare
| To be dragging a little red sled.
The first thing YOU know you will
stub your big toe
And fall on the top of your head"
mot the least danger" answered
nice Uncle John. my big feet don't
Slip
"Ha, hal" shouted Jimmy jay, as
the little red sled bumped into the
contented old gentleman Hare
humping into his hind legs so hard
that down sat startled Uncle John
right on top of the box of provisions,
for it was just at the top of Straw
berry Hill that the little sled had
suddenly started to speed ahead.
Then down the hill went Uncle John
AS fast as he could go,
Slipperty, slipperty, slipperty slip
Over the frozen snow.
"Come on" shouted back the fun
ny old gentleman Hare. Don't you
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posed of representatives Of the
sovereign States. or Is q club. with
the majority OF, the members pos
sessing the power to blackball.
The question Is a constitutional
one and one that cam only be
answered by the Supreme Court OF
the nation. 1t is one that has never
been passed upon by that tribunal
and any answer that 1t may give
will be OF. far reaching effect. touch
ing the very structure Of the Gov
eminent.
The Senate has assumed that It's
power Of passing upon it's member
ship is unlimited. but as we UNDER
stand 1t, 1t is purely assumption.
The case of senator Is different
from that of member of the House
of Representatives. When the Con-
stitution was written. the States
were very jealous of their sovereign
powers and surrounded the same
with all reasonable safeguards. Had
they not done SO that instrument
could not have been ratified. The
Senate constituted one of these
safeguards. The House of Rep
resentatives was to be representa-
tive of the people. The Senate. it
was determind, was to be the rep
resentative of the States, as SOW
ereign bodies, and the senators were
to be the ambassadors In Washing
ton of these States. II the members
of that body can say. to these States
that they shall select as their am
bassadors only such citizens as are
acceptable to them, then the States
can only propose it's ambassadors
and must wait on the Senate to de-
termine their acceptability.
1t makes comparatively little diff
ference to the people Of Maine
whether Arthur R. Gould, the in
dividual, shall serve them in the
Senate. But 1t Is a question of vital
and far reaching importance to
know whether they choose the Sem
ators or merely propose them.
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THE RESCUED uNGRATEFUL

One may wonder whether the
hundredth sheep that was finally
brought back to the ninety and nine
sheltered within the fold ran bleat-
ing and butting among its fellows
as much as to say; I'm some
sheep and shall insist on q clover
diet or I will go and get lost again"
Such an attitude characterizes
Senator Frazier of North Dakota.
who supported LaFollette and did
what he could to prevent the Re-
publican party winning at the
polls. True, the Republicans were
extremely DESTROYS of securing his
vote for the organization of the new
Senate: also true that Frazier Is in
clined to insist on good price.
Such insistence on his part nowise
seems affected by any political con-
victions he may entertain.
So it comes about that he is dis
satisfied because he has not been
given committee assignments over
others who remained in the fold.
If one has tears for such sorrow
one best prepare to shed them.
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Alien Property
Measure Passed
By the Lower House

Washington, Dec. 1s.-[P) - The
alien property bill, by which the ad-
ministration hopes to settle claims of
American and German nationals
against the two governments grow
ing out of the world war. was passed
today by the House and sent to the
Senate.
Offered as a compromise agreeable
to both the claimants and to all
members of the ways and means
committee which drafted it, the bill
was approved by a vote of 279 to 66.
Opposition came largely from Dem
ocrats who contended the act
amounted to confiscation of German
property now held by the alien prop
erty custodian, and who criticised its
failure to provide for reimbursement
of American holders of German Sc
curities which lot their value with
the fall of the mark.
The Republican majority prevented
any material changes in the bill.
warding off last minute attempt of
Representative Fish, Republican,
New York, to force immediate return
of all property held by the custodian,
instead of only 80 per cent. Under
the bill, the remaining 20 percent
VIII be held as security until All
American claims against Germany
are satisfied.
AS described in the committee re-
port accompanying the bill, it would
provide for the immediate payment
in full of the claims of American ma
tionals against Germany not in ex-
cess of 100000, and for the payment
in full, but in installments, of such
claims; for the payment in the i'm
mediate future of SO per cent. of the
claims of German nationals for ships,
patents and radio stations, and for
the payment of the remainder of such
claims in installments, but the. total
amount is not to exceed 500, 600, 600,
less administrative expenses; for the
immediate return of 80 per cent. of
German property held by the alien
property custodian, and for the
eventual return of the remainder"
1t would provide also for creation
OF special deposit account" from
which the payments are to be made.
with exception of the 80 per cent. of
German property, which will be made
from funds held by the custodian
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DAYLIGHT SAVING AND HENS

Amid all the Juror over daylight
saving and Notwithstanding the
righteous indignation of the farm
er thereat, which he assumes will
spread unrest in the breasts of all
who labor in the fields, we nowhere
have heard him utter protest
against the daylight extension thai
here and there has been applied to
the activities of the hen that lays
golden eggs. or to be more exact
those which are auriferous in price.
An instance of such high handed
oppression of the gallinaceous in
dustrialist Is cited on excellent au-
thority, the purport of which is that
by the artificial lighting Of one
henhouse at small expense there was
obtained over a period eggs to the
number Of 4,530 as compared with
sos eggs over a like period when
the hens were not worked overtime
by means Of the artificial light.
Although the hen may get tough
Vi uiiuCl tildl lGS lCN Cd tlICiNoS ~
is permissible to opine that the
humane society better investigate.
Were the hen organized and cap
able of enforcing union rules, re-
ceiving double pay for overtime,
possibly the matter might properly
be left to the hens to decide for
themselves. But hens, like white
collar workers including editors
without collars, are incapable of
forming labor unions. The white
collar workers should come to the
aid Of the hens, but as they may
wish, out of their limited stipends,
to obtain an occasional egg for
breakfast or the wherewithal to try
out one of those Government rec
ipes for making cake with a single
egg they may shrink from the
obligation. Thus 1t appears the hen
will be left to the mercies of the
farmer and he seems to be thinking
only Of what daylight saving may
do to him.
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Monday, December 20, 1925.
Let's dance and sing and make
good cheer, for Christmas comes but
once a year."
TO FIX PRICES

Because cotton planters the past
year raised good deal more cotton
than was needed they are in a mood
to march on Washington along
with wheat and corn raisers and
demand a subsidy. They add ap-
probably to the number now back
Of the measure first called price
fixing, later "stabilizing" and now a
Farm Equality Bill'. And we
know. OF course. that rose under
any other name would be as sweet.
What Is termed "a revolving
fund" Of a quarter billion of dollars
is to be provided for the purpose of
controlling the market for wheat,
corn, cotton, hogs and rice. The
farmer who cultivates land, which
nature designed for mulleins, or on
ucts, will derive no benefit there
from, but stands to lose. as in order
to live he probably will have to buy
pork and -four and pay more there
for.
McNary, who has fixed over the
old McNary- Haugen bill, calls this
Surplus Control. That means
nothing more nor less than attempt
to have the Government fix a price
on those commodities. The prac-
teal method for fixing prices is to
limit production; any other method
is open to question. Neither may it
be expected that If this measure
passes 1t will pass on it's merits.
On the contrary politics of the
Presidential sort is very notice.
able ingredient.
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CREW PICKED M.
Were Best a Cap. Nav =.
mandant says 80

Cape May, N. J.. M. :.
The coast guard schoo,..ss "a
reported destroyed by a. la
coast of North Carolina =, ~. q
Q, seven men aboard, II, e ssa !
Boatswain A. Erlingson's O n
ward F. Addison. comms ~
Cape May station said tas.
Informed Of the vessers 'a a 4
by the Associated Press ass''s
The schooner was eouin,., {
DIESEL OIL engine, ana pss
small oil stoves aboard Ma ssa 1
said. Ous me esy|
BE! Besides ts. Erlingson. tn. ere,
Olaf Laveson, boatswa,,,,
Olaf Hansen, washinatas, n, I
chief motor machinisrs r.s. .
Adolph Quiroga, Trentas s
ships cook, second class
uoroon j. Schultz. chica,. 81
machinist's mate, second ~.
William H. Aston. Jr., Ass....
j., coxswain. ap's
Howard J. Carter. pasad.,. !.
land, seaman, second class
William e. Hunnicutt. e.
o., motor machini1f,e
class.
Aston was the son or a.
William H. Aston, ST.. st,,,o..5
base No. 8. here.
The Lincoln had a ua,,,...)
f1ne crew." the commands,
They were all picked men -
best at the base"