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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
MANY NEW ISSUES ARE
EXPECTED AT ONCE

NEW YORK. January 2 OP).-New
financing is expected to be unusually
heavy in the first quarter OF the new
year. Several large railroad and in
dustrial stock offerings are In pros
pect. one OF the biggest being that OF
the National Cash Register Co. which
Ia expected early next week. Some OF
the large railroads also are reported to
be contemplating new financing in
stock instead Of in bonds or notes a.
in previous years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
LONDON BANK CLEARINGS-
SET NEW MARK IN 1925

LONDON. January C4).-The an.
uuaJ bankers clearing house state
ment inst issued shows that the
grand total of bills, checks and the
like paid at the bankers clearing
house during 1925 amounted to t40,-
i37. 900 900, or approximately S2Ol 1872,
900, 900 -
These figures constitute a record,
being an increase of 1904 ,0o0,oQo
about 81 $50, 900 ,000) over 1924. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

Bank clearirGs for the week through
out the country, compiled by the ri
nancial and Commercial Chronicle.
show "A decrease of $50 per cent under
the same week n year ago, S9,417.-
$40. S64 against S9939. 177,4l1 New
York City showed II decrease Of 12.1
Der cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
STOCK VALUES HIGHER,
Baltimore Also Reports Good Year
in Other Lines.

Special Dispatch to The star
BALTIMORE, January 2.-The wear
just closed will be recorded as Il pros
porous one IN many lines Of Baltimore
business and finance
The close Of 1925 found a large NUM-
Der OF securities on the Baltimore
Stock Exchange we'll ahead of the
point at which they We're at the close
OF IVA. Investment banking houses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

and brokerage firms. generally speak.
ing, have had an unusually good year,
as have also the commercial banks.
Railroads having headquarters in
Baltimore are in a better position than
at the end Of 1924, as are also many
of the industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS.
NEW YORK, January 2 (SpeciaD.

Thomas Jefferson was presented
with a. 160pound cheese on his first
New Year day in the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
1926 RAIL BUDGETS
ARE VERY HEAVY
Roads to Expend Immense
Sums on New Equipment
and improvements.
Srcc'S Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO, Ill, January 1.-The
consensus of opinion of the presidents
of most of the important railway sys-
TENS of the country, as indicated by
tE9s. -. Railway Age, is that freight
business VIII contin;;a - show an In.
crease in the first one-half of 1925, and,
if crops are good, will be heavy
throughout the year. especially in the
South, where the increase in 1925 was
very large.
Big Year for improvements.
Information furnished by the rail
way executives shows that in order
to keep railway facilities abreast with
the demands of business the manage.
ments are planning to continue to
make large expenditures for improve
mentS and equipment this year. The
capital expenditures made by the class
railways in 1928 were about ST.
600 900 600, in 1924 about 1915 ,000, 900
and in 1925 about SITS 600, 900.
Capital expenditures made in any
year" says Railway Age. depend
largely upon the traffic moving In
that year. This is especially true
of equipment orders, which usually
increase more in proportion than the
increase in traffic and correspondingly
S8O0,00O, 900 Outlay Likely
Railway Age has receivedS informa-
ton from SO representative roads, with
an aggregate mileage of approx
mately 100000 miles, regarding their
probable capital expenditures in 1926.
Thirty-SiX of these roads with ap-
proximately 135, 900 miles. or % per
cent of the mileage of the country.
already have appropriated $3S0,00o,-
900 of new capital for improvements
and equipment in addition to uneX-
pended appropriations carried over
from 1925. Taking into consideration
the amount of work carried over, it
Is estimated that the amount spent
for improvements and equipment by
the class l roads in 1926 Will be at
least as much as ii has averaged
within recent years. or around
$500 900 900.
Larger Budgets for 1926.
Some of the larger railway budgets
for 1926 reported are as follows:
-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. $55,.
100000; Southern Pacific Pacific sys-
tenn, S44, 1928 900; Illinois Central SAL :
$4,000; Union Pacific. s36 900;
Florida East Coast, S22 $50 900: ST.
Louis-San Francisco, $21 900, 900; Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific. S21,-
0.00G; Louisville and Nashville. $40
600, 900 Norfolk and Western, SIS ,500,-
600; Reading. SIS. 900 900; Great North
ern, $1S500,000: Central Of New Jer-
sey, $4,000, 900; Denver and Rio
Grande Western, Sl1 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

Let me give another example OF
how the bill amends the national
banking laws. 1t is in connection
with first mortgage loans. For long
time there has been a worthy tradi-
ton against tying up the commercial
deposits of a bank in long time loans
upon the security of real estate. The
Federal Government has. with great
strictness, enforced this principle upon
the national banks. The demand de
posits in a commercial bank should
not be invested in such slow assets
even though the security Is recognized
as ample and safe. But alongside Of
the commercial business of banks in
general there has grown up another
line of banking business. that of re-
ceiving savings deposits. In any
well rounded banking service today
you will find a savings department in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

In bird sanctuary within eight
miles Of the Marble Arch, London.
nearly 80 varieties OF birds have nest
ed. while 40 other species have been
recorded as passing through.
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Is Boys Honored
For Saving Lives

New York, Oct 15--P)-Thirteen
bow heroes living in all parts Of the
country have been accorded off1cial
honor as life savers by the Boy
Scouts of America.
Heading the list, made public at
national Boy Scout headquarters to-
day, is the name of John j. Henley,
IA years old of Evanston, Ohio, who
was awarded the gold honor medal,
the highest honor boy scout can
win, for his rescue of another boy
from drowning near Evanston, IN
August. 1925. Although carried down
bv the other youth, who weighed Is
pounds more than he did, Henley
desperately chung to him and finally
got him to shore.
Certificates Of heroism were
awarded Il other boy scouts. Leon
ard Murphy, Is, OF Oakland, Md, was
honored for pulling two boys from
the path Of a rapidly moving freight
train last April. Hugh Chalmers
Wyland, IA, of Worcester, Mass,
won a certificate of heroism for
dragging a 4-year-old boy from the
path of a fast moving motor truck
last April The other juvenile heroes,
all under Is years of age, were:
James n. Hill. his brother, John F.,
and Donald WaSnDurn, all OIL beIhe-
ley, Cal, who rescued boy from
deep pool in the bottom OF an
abandoned quarry: John Grant of
Westerly, r. l., who rescued another
youth from deep pool; Thomas r.
". Gardner of New London. Ct, who
drove his boat out through the white
caps and rescued another boy whose
boat was overturned in the breakers
Of Long Island sound; Clifford o:
Briantr Of Canada. Tex, who rescued
a boy who sank while swimming;
Ward Roberts of Key West, Fla, who
saved another boy from drowning In
deem water; George Piedot of Keno
sha, Wis, who rescued a boy from
drowning: Diether Booth of San Luis
Obispo, Cal, who rescued a girl from
drowning. and Harold Q. Melendy OF
Port jefferson, n. Y, who saved
boy swimmer from death.
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Queens Suite Ready
Tn Hotel Ambassador

New York, Oct. 17-P - Queen
Marie's suite in the Hotel Ambassa-
dor was completed tonight, ready for
the queen on her arrival tomorrow.
The suite consists of foyer. salon,
dining room. two bedrooms and bou
doir. The entrance hall Is hung
with a tapestry woven in Flanders in
the seventeenth century, the COM
panion piece of which hangs In the
foyer. In the foyer also Is an Italian
bench of the seventeenth century.
covered with old gold velvet of the
period.
The furniture in the salon is en-
tirely of the Louis XIV and Louis XVI
periods, with a suite of Louis XVI
royal Aubusoh tapestry and a tap
estry portrait of Louis XIV, woven at
the Gobelin ateliers and considered
the most beautiful tapestry in this
country. The candelabra are of or
molu and bronze. There is a grand
piano and a radio set.
Another royal Aubusson tapestry
graces the dining room which is
fianked by carved console tables with
satinwood tops.
The bed in the queens room Is of
tulip and rosewood with a cover of
old lace. In the boudoir is a screen
of seventeenth century Flemish tap
estry.
A Chinese statuette of the eleventh
century stands at tn eentrance to the
suite. The rooms are filled with
palms, orchids and lilies of the
valley.
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To Use Marines
To Guard i. S. Mails

Washington, Oct. 1s -(E1- United
States marines are to be used TO
guard the mails pending organization
of a new and larger armed force by
the postoffice department.
AS a result of recent mail robber-
les, including that at Elizabeth, n.
j., marines will be assigned at oncs
to railway terminals, postal cars and
mail trucks transporting valuable
registered mail.
AS soon as congress conVeneS IN
December. Postnaa ster General New
will ask for a special appropriation
to meet the needs for a more ef-
fective guard than can be furnished
under present budget assignments.
The postmaster general also has
ordered that new specifications for
railway mail cars be prepared at
once The cars will be built by the
government and leased TO the rail-
roads and will be designed with
view to effective protection of the
mail and postal employees from ban
dit attacks.
In addition. a large number OF
armored trucks are to be built for
the postoffice department at once.
The decision to use marines in the
present emergency was reached at a
conference between the postmaster
general and Major General Lejeune,
commander of the marine corps.
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Denies Has Been
Increase in Crime
During Past 10 Years

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 17-(F)-The
general volume of crime Is on the
downward trend in the United States,
in the opinion of Sanford Bates. COM
missioner of correction of Massa-
chusetts. Bates, president of the
American Prison Association. which
is holding its annual convention
here. also believes that the crime
dealing machinery of the present
day should be reorganized to meet
the changed conditions of modern
life.
THE So called crime wave has not
increased in the last ten years" he
said There are certain spectacu-
lar crimes, such as bank holdups, but
the general volume is decreasing.
There has been a diminution of va
grancy and drunkenness.
1.-The problem confronting us today
is to adapt the crime dealing ma
chinery of the Goth century to meet
the changing conditions. During the
last Is years the number of automo-
biles has increased many times, and
the revolver has been widely cirCu-
lated. This is no reason for the
American public to become terror
lied. There axe a great number of
law abiding citizens"
Comparing the criminal OF the
past and present. Bates said there
were bold criminals in the United
States today, but none come up
with Jesse James. The characters
are different and methods today are
dissimilar to those employed by old
notorious criminals
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French Radicals Vote
To Ratify Debt Pact
With Reservations

Bordeaux, France, Oct. 17.-(P,-
Ratification of the Washington debt
agreement with reservations respect
ing safeguard and transfer clauses,
and support for the Poincare cabi-
net on questions Immediately affect
ing sterilization of the franc and
improvement of Frances economic
and financial situation We're two i'm
portant decisions reached by the
radical party in the course of a
four day conference which ended to-
day.
NJ. Caillaux, former finance min
lister, in an impassioned plea for
ratification. carried his point against
those who had come to Bordeaux
prepared to vote rejection pure and
simple.
The resolution voted by the con-
gress relative to the debt agree
ment was as follows:
THE congress deems that In the
ratification of the Washington
stipulated insuring either that
France does not pay in any case to
the United States or Great Britain
more than she receives from her
European debtors, or in the event
that dissensions arise between the
governments the matter must be re-
ferred to arbitration, limiting trans
fers during a given period in such
a manner as not to jeopardize the
monetary stability of the franc.
"These reservations must be en-
pressed in such a mannerSthat there
can be no misunderstanding of their
meaning at Washington or In Am
erican public opinion"
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Maine Gridders
Appear Strongest
In n. E. Conference

Storrs, Conn, Oct. II - up = BY
virtue of it's decisive 21-to-O victory
over Connecticut Aggies yesterday
the University of Maine eleven
shapes up as the strongest team in
the New England conference, made
up of all the New England state coll
leges with the exception of Vermont.
Another game which brought two
conference elevens together was be-
tween Rhode Island and New Hamp-
shire at Kingston, r. L., New Hamp-
shire winning by a 7-to-6 score. At
the same time Massachusetts Aggies
were defeated, 20 to 0. by Williams
at Williamstown, Mass.
Names win yesterday brought. It's
string of victories up to four
straight. To date. Maine has turned
back Fort Williams, Rhode Island.
M1ddlebury and Connecticut.
New Hampshire's record includes
victories over Colby and Rhode Is
land and defeat administered bv
BoWdoin.
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Will Set Up Dry
Oasis Off Florida

Washington, Oct. 16-Hl-A pro-
hibition oasis just off the southern
coast of the United States is to be
created with the sanction of prohi-
bition officials.
1t will consist of an island known
as the Grand Bahama, so miles off
the Florida coast British and AM
erican interests have obtained a
lease for $50 years on the island from
Great Britain.
Those interested in the grant have
pledged themselves not to violate the
laws of any country.
A sort of restricted colony will be
set in the island and those living
there will be expected to adhere rigid
ly to the rules laid down by the pro-
moters. No smuggling into the Unit
ed States will be tolerated. and as
long as the residents stick to their
pledges to "buy and keep stimulants
on the island they have the unofficial
promises of the American dry forces
to let them alone.
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Steamer Carries
Eleven to Death

Quebec, Que, Oct. 16-(P)-In the
dark of last night II persons perish
ed in the waters of the lower st.
Lawrence River when the steamer
Guide foundered eight miles from
Godbout. some 200 miles from here.
The cause of the disaster to the
150-ton boat, a steel passenger and
cargo carrier, is not known, and the
only theory advanced is that her
cargo shifted in the heavy seas,
which were running high, causing
her to capsize.
The vessel was returning along her
route from north shore st. Lawrence
points and had passed Point Des
Monts, 10 miles from where she
sank, without giving any distress
signs.
Further. it is thought the disaster
must have been sudden or the ship
would have been brought nearer
shore in an attempt at Bleaching had
there been appreciate warning. No
wireless was carried. News of the
loss did not reach here until noon
today.
Four or FIVE passengers, including
one woman, Miss Anna MarcouX,
were lost and six or seven of the
crew. including Capt. M. Caron.
Among the others lost were First
Mate Henri Forth, J. K. LaFlamme,
former Mayor of the City of Lewis,
Que, Joseph Belanger of Natash-
ouan. Que, and Joseph Collar of
Romaine, Que.
Five of the crew were saved and
are being sheltered at farmhouses
near the scene of the wreck.
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BOWDOIN TO DRILL
ON PLAYS TO USE
inside Is YARD LINE

Brunswick, Oct. 1.-THE Bowdoin
college football team came through
the contest with Tufts yesterday in
excellent shape. Today Paul Hill,
the guard, who was taken out Of the
game with a twisted ankle was the
only member of the squad to report
to trainer Ben Houser for treatment
and he will unquestionably be in con-
dltion to practice early in the week.
TIL coaches this week plan a series
of stiff scrimmages starting tomor-
row afternoon and especial attention
will be given to offensive work, es-.
pecially with a view of developing
plays to be used within the rs yard
line. In the game yesterday coaches
feel that several errors Of judgements
which affected the final outcome of
the game were made within the
shadow of the enemy goal posts and
it is to correct these errors that the
team will be drilled this week.
1t is hoped that Otis Kendall will be
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Says Farmer Dollar"
Figures Furnished
BY Secretary Jardine

Washington, Oct. 17.--(R)-Figures
on the purchasing power of the far
mer's dollar In the Democratic cam
paign Book of Facts" assailed by
Secretary Jardine as "a statistical
absurdity," were obtained, Chairman
Oldfield of the Democratic commit
tee, declared tonight, through the Of
flee of Secretary Jardine and his pre-
decessor, Secretary Wallace.
The figures for each year from
1890 to 1922, inclusive" said Mr. Old
field, ARE contained in an enclosure
in a letter from Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry {. Wallace, Mr.. Jar
dimes predecessor, to Representative
Edwin L. Davis, Democrat of Ten
nessee.
The table giving the purchasing
power of the farmers dollar, 1890
1922, accompanying Secretary Wal
Iace's letter. bore the following
heading: The purchasing power of
the farmers dollar since $780,
Representative Kincheloe, Demo-
crat, of Kentucky, in a speech in the
house on January 20, 1925. inserted
in the Congressional Record, the let
ter from Secretary Wallace and its
accompanying table. and then said;
Last week l wrote to present
SCCl CldIy VI dSl lSulluIG NAll- JdI =
dine) requesting the purchasing
power of the farmers dollar for 1928,
1924, and 1925, is possible, which he
promptly furnished me-"
"He, Representative Hincheloe,)
then gave the figures for those three
years as published in the Democratic
Book of Facts. The figures which
Secretary Jardine now calls absurd,
incorrect and misleading were fur
nished by himself
Secretary Jardine's statement re-
lating to the figures was made in a
letter to Representative Tilson OF
Connecticut, and was made public
last night at New York.
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Vision God Too Far
Away, Bishop London
Tells Boston Audience

Boston. Oct 17-(P1-An audience
made up largely of students filed the
Cathedral Church of st. Paul mere
tonight to listen to sermon on
THE Nearness of God" given by the
Right Rev. Arthur W. 1ngham, LORD
Bishop of London.
"Why is it, that in spite OF a large
congregation like this Bishop ing
ham asked. "there is so much apathy
about religion in the old country ana
here? Why do so many of our peo-
pie lack the enthusiasm they ought
to have in their religion
Answering the question, Bisnop
Ingham said Because we have lost
the faith In the nearness of God
SO many OF our hymns seem to rep
resent God as far away and even SO
far off that we are not sure whether
our prayers reach Him or not
This morning Bishop Ingham ad =
dressed the Harvard student body III
Appleton Chapel and in the after
noon spoke at a service in his honor
at Wellesley College. Tomorrow he
will speak at Harvard and leave
later in the day for Providence, r. l.,
where he is to confer with the stu
dents at Brown University.
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FOOTBALL RESULTS

At ,Pottsville, Pa: Pottsville II;
Brooklyn Lions 0.
At Cleyeland. Cleveland %; Rock
Island 7.
At New York: Boston Bulldogs II;
Brooklyn Horsemen 0.
At Newark: Newark 0; Wilson's
Wild Cats I.
At Chicago: Chicago Bears 16; Chi
cago Cardinals 0.
At Hartford: Hartford Providence
postponed, rain.
At New York: Frankfort yellow
Jackets 6: New York Giants 0.
At Detroit: Detroit Al: Louisville 0.
At Chicago: Chicago Bulls IA; New
York Yankees o.
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NINE

through a fence and dropped % feet
into a cement basin Of the JefeT-
son Manufacturing Company at Jsi-
ferson. Employees of the COMPANY
rescued them with ladders. Iney
were taken to the Holden hospital.
Mrs. Underwood was learning 70
drive and lost control Of the car.
Concord, N. H., Oct. 1s-Joseph A.
Clark was instantly killed and Frank
Merrill was seriously injured Just be,
fore noon today, when a steam shower
which they were operating at the
local freight depot overturned ano
crushed the two men beneath the
boiler. The shovel was in use Tor
unloading coal cars and the accident
apparently was caused by the giving
away of supports. Clark HAD been
in the employ of the Boston & Maine
Railroad for some years. He lived at
Pembroke and is survived by wife
and Ave children.
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YALE BEATS BIG
GREEN IN RUGGED
SCRAP, YALE BOWL

New Haven, Oct 16-Its ranks
riddled by Dartmouth's solid rush
line shot, and with the Big Green
football team from the hills of Han
over driving through tie opened
breaches for a march of nearly IS
yards for a we'll earned score in the
second period, Yale's battered forces
turned today when backed against
the wall.
The Blue came back with ripping,
tearing, passing football to tie Dart
mouths touchdown points of the
second period, and in the second half
romped riotously to outplay New
Hampshires sturdy sons and to beat
them, IA to Z, in a Whirlwind finish.
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Auto Injuries Fatal
To Montpelier Man

st. Johnsbury, VT, Oct. 17.-(P)-
Leroy Slayton, "a, of Montpelier,
died at the Brightlook Hospital to-
dav from injuries received when his
automobile was struck by the Mon
treal-New York express at the Port
lalt street. crossing here. Harold
Connolly and Ralph Parker, also of
Montpelier, who were riding with
him, escaped with minor injuries.
The automobile was demolished
Slayton is survived by a widow and
infant daughter.
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COLLEGE RESULTS

Harvard y, William and Mary I.
Yale IA. Dartmouth Z.
Middlebury Z, Boston University 6
Tufts 10, Bowdoin 7.
Amherst II, Hamilton q.
Williams 20. Mass. Aggies 0.
Brown q, Bates IA.
Maine 81, Conn. Aggies 0.
Norwich 81, Fort Ethan Allen 0.
Providence 81, Vermont 0.
New Hampshire Z, Rhode Island
State s.
Delaware 3, Springfield o.
Trinity 26, New York Asgies q.
Colby S, Lowell Tech 5.
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American Slain
In Mexican State

Mexico City, Oct. 17.-(P)-Word
reached the United States embassy
today from the American consul at
Mazatlan, that an American, j. z.
Spriggs, manager Of the Milanese
Fruit Company, had been murdered
at Culiacan, capital of the state of
Sinaloa. The motive is presumed to
have been robbery. The address in
the United States Of Mr.. Spriggs is
not known and no details of the muir.
der have been received
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NAVY GRInDERS
TOO POWERFUL
FOR TIGER ELEVEN

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 16-Navy's
powerful football team was too much
for Princeton at Palmer stadium this
afternoon, and before the final
whistle had blown, were on the upper
half of a "a to IS score.
A crowd of 10000 watched the two
crippled teams in the contest this
afternoon. Two perfect drop kicks
by Hamilton and three Navy touch
downs won the game for the Middies