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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Wall Street Briefs


BY the Associated Press.
Thomas H. McInnerney, president of
National Dairy Products Co., informs
the stockholders that the stock dividend
of 4 per cent will be continued on the
new shares and that cash dividend,
at a rate not yet determined, will also
be paid. The first quarter showed
satisfactory improvement over last
years.
Railroad equipment orders include 16
locomotives for Southern Pacific, to be
built by Baldwin, and 10 lounge and
for the same road.
Experts in copper are inclined to be-
lieve that the bottom of the recent price
decline has been reached. Buying of
domestic is moderate at 10 cents a
pound delivered.
Francis e. Powell, chairman of the
Anglo Petroleum Oil Co., said before re-
servation agreement reached by pro-
ducers here was big step toward con-
servation and the proper regulation of
oil by the leading petroleum companies
of the world. Mr.. Powell, who came to
New York for the producers confer
ence, believes the step taken Twill ulti-
mately prove of untold benefit to the
petroleum industry and that it Ger
tainly will have a vast effect upon sta
bilization of crude petroleum and will
considerably aid the industry in re-
establishing itself on sound and prof.
table basis"
The Cherry Valley blast furnace
Y.1ant IF the Hanna Furnace To Too.
tonia, Ohio, and the Claire furnace of
Alliance Coke & Iron Co., at Sharps-
vile, Pa, have been leased by Dawson
Coke & Iron Co., which will operate
them in conjunction with It's Neville
Island plant. The leases place the
Dawson Co. in control of the merchant
pigiron situation in the Pittsburgh dis
trict.
In a recent month $4,000 dog furs
were shipped from Shanghai, China, to
this country.
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CONSTRUCTION
WORK SHOWS INCREASE
By the Assoclated Press.


NEW YORK, April 19.-The Nc
Graw-IIill Construction Daily reports
that projected work in the field of
heavy construction increased sharply in
the past week, due chiefly to marked
activity in large apartment house and
hotel operations. The value of new
buildings announced was $167, 200, 100,
compared with $72 900 in the same
week last year.
Proposed construction for the week
throughout the country was divided as
follows: Apartment houses and hotels,
$50 SOC, 900; commercial buildings. S28,-
100000; public works, including roads,
$40 ,000, 600; theaters, $780, 900; educa-
tional buildings, $6,000,000: industrial
projects, $3,500,000; airport develop
ments, $3,400,0O0; railroad i'm
provements, $3,0oo,000; unclassifed,
$14, 100000.
Fox Theaters, Inc, of New York, is
planning a 100000 theater building
for Tulsa, Okla. The Cleveland Union
Terminal Co. is having sketches made
for 81, 000, 900 bank and Office building
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search in New York is to erect a $1,000,-
900 medical research laboratory here.
A 21s mile subway in Market street,
San Francisco, to cost more than $20,-
100000, is also projected. The Pennsyl-
varia Railroad is to spend $4,000, 900
on improvements in Illinois.
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Ford Motor Co. has awarded contracts
for 1000 tons Of iron ore for the cur
rent yeaxa So. $500.
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S54,287, 900 IN GOLD
RELEASED FROM EARMARK
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April ia total of
s54, 287 900 in earmarked gold held at
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
for foreign account has been released
in the last three. weeks. The latest
S13, 461 900 and Wall Street believes
they represent further deals by which
Germany sends gold to Paris, while the
Bank of France turns over to German
account part of its earmarked gold
here.
The transactions, equivalent to ship
ping gold from Germany to New York,
result from the depression in the mark
and its relation to the dollar.
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BOND ISSUE PLANNED.

The Virginia Central Railway has APP
piled to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for authority to issue and sell
5000, 900 first nortage 3 per cent, 4 pei
to J. L. Williams 81 Sons, Richmond
Va, at 20.
Authority also was asked to issue
1850 shares OF 500 par common stock
to the same firm.
Securities. viii reimburse the williams
Co. and the Southern Investment Co.
OF Richmond for advances made In con-
nection with rebuilding and equipping
the Virginia system.
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MITCHELL FOR REPEAL
OF CAPITAL GAINS TAX

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Charles
Edwin Mitchell, fiery head Of National
City Bank and director of the New
York Federal Reserve Bank, has as
sured himself free, riagside seat fox
and Wall Street, He Is for immediate
congressional action TO remove the In
come tax on capital gains from the
sale of securities.
This tax law constitutes one Of the
prime causes of the present money
difficulties, he AYERS, In expressing fears
for the prosperity Of the United States.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 10 Cp).-Copper
quiet: electrolytic, spot and future, Is.
Iron steady: unchanged. Tin easy; spot
and future, ALSO. Lead steady; spot,
New York, 700; East st. Louis, 6.85.
Zinc dull; East st. Louis, spot and flu
ture, 6.50a6.75. Anthony, 9.37a9.50.
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Barnard, girls college Of Columbia
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

Oh e e d common
shareholders Of rec
ord April 80 the
right to subscribe
for 100000 addi-
tional com m @ n
shares at 500 a
share in the ratio
of one new for
each four shares
now held.
This issue, which
has been approved
by the Interstate
Commerce Co m
mission for effect
ing what is left of
the old Nickel Plate
merger, will pro-
vide 10000, 900
with which to DUR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

General level of wholesale prices
showed a slight increase In March, Bu-
Teau of Labor Statistics reports. The
bureaus weighted index number stands
at CTS for March, against 96.7 for Feb
Euary. Compared with March. 1928, an
ancrease Of more than l " per cent y
shown. Based on these figures the pur-
chasing power of the dollar In March
was 1925 compared with 1000 In 1925.
Farm products as group were up
al - per cent over the preceding month.
THE food group as q whole showed no
schange.
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c. & 0. CUTS melon
+. IN STOCK RIGHTS
81 100000 Valuation to
I Holders Is Placed Upon New
Capitalization Plan.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Directors of the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railway yesterday cut melon" in
rights worth about $3.50, 900 when they
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

sure stand a little polishin' UP. 1t
sure could"
The writer's looked their amaze.
nent.
''Yessir," Tex repeated, II reckon
I'll jest play a little and enjoy
life."
And he meant 1t.
The long years in the public eye,
the years of ballyhoo and excite
ment had begun to take their toll.
Probably Tex himself didn't realize
1t. But he wanted q change, new
vistas, new friends, new outlook.
He wanted to play. Yet fate al
ready was writing finis to his
career, even as he made the state
ment. The man who had made a
score of dreams come true, was
to be denied the final and happiest
dream Of all. That probably was
the most pathetic thing in his en-
tire career. For even as he was
making his plans to .play" the
germs Of disease were tearing at
the constitution which had served
him so well through so many
years.
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The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Most Valuable Player
Is Mackian HOId-Out

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 25.-Al.
though neither the Athletic manage
ment or Cochrane himself will off.
cially admit 1t, Mickey Cochrane.
star backstop Of the Philadelphia
athletics, and the most valuable
player of the 1928 American League
campaign, is hold-out.
Mickey has returned his contract
to the Athletic officers unsigned and
expects to have a conference within
the next few days. He says that If
he does not get his salary demands
he win consider retiring from the
game.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

There was but one answer when
Tex put 1t that way, and made
it when said:
"Okay, Tex. But I'm making
the promise only conditionally. II
the contenders can't draw you
million.dollar gate, and IL nobody
else can do it, I'll do q comeback
this year for you, provided that I
can prove in e.. little preliminary
training that I'm still good enough
to have Q chance to beat anybody,
from Tunney down the lire"
Thanks, Jack" said Tex simply.
He extended his hand. And so the
pact was made. was to fight
anybody that Tex Rickard might
name In September, 1929, provided
no one had been able to draw 4
81, 1,000,O00 gate up to that time
and provided could get into fair
fighting shape once more.
1t was to have been absolutely
the last fight Of my career. If the
gate had hit 81 ,O00, 900, ] am sure
1t would have been Tex Rickard's s
last promotion. Even il the bout
had failed to draw a million. / am
sure Tex, conceding then that mil.
lion-dollar gate days are done,
would have quit the racket.
He was wearying Of 1t: wanted q
rest, wanted home life and the
companionship Of the wife and
child that he idoIized. Both Of
us-Tex and I were to pass out
Of the game together with that
last fight.
Tex has gone--forever-from
earthly things. The past that was
ours was broken by his death. My
promise, made to help out a pal,
automatically becomes void. And
80, now, am swinging back to
that old resolve Of mine, made
that September night in Chicago
"I'm through as a ringrnan."
(Copyright, 1898, BY King Features
syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
WASH. PREPS LlSIlMG

The Washington Props are anxious
to arrange basketball games with
teams In the 145.pound class. Call
Manager Freddie Potts, Lincoln
3776 between s and Z O'Clock. The
Props plan to enter the South At.
lantic amateur championship basket
bah tourney.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

terialize. The interest which he had
tried to stir into a whirlwind Of
dollars had developed into only a
zephyr instead.
And on top of all that the cham.
pion had announced his retirement
from the ring. He was through
with fighting forever, he declared.
The heavyweight championship title
was on the loose. And there loomed
no contenders worthy of the name.
Under such circumstances many
people figured Richard would be
discouraged. He had q right to be.
But he wasn't.
1t was shortly after the fight that
boxing writer's, one afternoon, found
Rickard sitting alone in his office,
the inevitable cigar in his mouth
his feet cooked on the desk that
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

Tonight the Rosarians VIII en-
counter the Avenue Valet Stars and
Second Team in return matches.
Last week the Rosary Stars fell
before the Valet Stars despite a
heroic effort OF Johnny Micro who
rolled a 354 set. But the Holy
Rosary wildcats clawed the Avenue
Valet No. 2 to pieces. Two weeks
previous the Holy Rosary Wildcats
had lost a close struggle to the
Valet Stars. Angelo Gamma will be
in the lineup for the Pew.warmers
as win Joe Delisi who was errOn.
eously placed on the ineligibility
list last week
Regina LaVezzO Is leading the
way for all Holy Rosary gicI
bOwIers. She has challked up
high average, 93.1, high game,
ia, and high set, 292. AIya
LaVezzo taking second in every
thing with an average Of 83.s,
high game Of 1O2 and high set
262. Regina LayezZO has also
second high game, 1903, and sec.
0nd high set, 267.
So far this year the Rosarlan
Stars have dropped 3 and won /.
The Wildcats have lost i and won
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Rosa1ans and Valet Stars
In Feature Pin Match

Johnny Micro is holding the spotlight in the Holy Rosary
Independent bowling scuffles He has 1913 for
games besides cleaning up high set with S54 and second
Leo Baducc has second high set S46 and Gno sm second
raer crossed all dope by cleaning up third high game 1856
and fourth high 338 Mareeno has third high set 344
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

and the BIueDevils have won two
straight matches. The squirms have
had no games.
individual averages Of the independ.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Tex Richards
9TH to Fame
pdL1 and Fortune
q 1y Ibrd C. Hickg
CHAPTER Is

In his pugistic pannings in his maneuvers which cum
mated in the Chicago fight Richard worked always with
Dempsey in mind and the spoken hope that his pal Jack
would again climb heights from which he had been so
summarly tumbled
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

Even as he dealt with Tunney
his heart was with Dempsey; az
he ballyhooed the Fighting Ma.
rine" there fingered in the back Of
his mind the vision of the Dempsey
who was-the Dempsey who reached
the climax OF his career that Sep.
tember night at the Polo Grounds
when he stood triumphant over the
unconscious form Of the Wild Bull
Of the Pampas.
Next to his love for Jack Demp.
sey was Richards affection for the
New Garden-the elimination OF q
dream Of years. That new garden.
rising on the ruins Of the old car
barns, was the one thing in the
world which would take Tex's mind
from fighting and ballyhoo. During
the days that the first steel girders
were swinging into place and the
first gaunt frame work OF the
monument-to-be began to take form
Rickard hoyered about the place
like q mother hen with her chicks.
He watched every piece of steel
as 1t went into place, watched
every load OF concrete as it was
poured and took form. Those prob
ably were the happiest days in Tex
Richards whole life. Hour after
hour he rambled through the build
ing, pottering here and puttering
there. He would bring his friends
IN endless stream, escorting them
through the building, explaining
every detail of construction with
an enthusiasm that never waned.
The trick floor with its sew
eraI construction layers which
would permit of boxing, hockey,
six-day races, circus, rodeO; the
VentiIating system which he
boasted would make the Garden
the best ventilated shOwhOuse IN
in tOwn-these he followed
avidly MS they sprang into being.
Into that $4,000, 900 project was
builded the personality, the very
soul of the man who was George
Rickard. To him every single nail
told story, every picture that was
hung on the completed walls brought
a memory. There in brick and
mortar he wrote his own life story
without a single detail overlooked
or a single incident omitted.
There he saw hockey blossom into
being. Tex had always been skep-
tical of hockey. Even when ar
rangements were made for refriger.
alton and ice production he was still
skeptical. And it took the combined
arguments of Colonel Hammond and
Tom Duggan to overcome his oppO-
sition. Later he confessed his mis-
take. Hockey was paying busi-
ness; source Of profit which his
usually keen mind had failed to
grasp
Rickard never cared for hockey
as q sport, however. Occasionally
he would drop into the rink and
watch for a few minutes, but he
much preferred to linger about the
lobby, drinking in the details Of the
building he loved, watching the
best people" as they sauntered in
and out of the vast structure which
was the elimination Of his life
work.
The Tunney- Heeney fight had been
staged. For the first time Rickard
luck seemed to have deserted the
promoter. For the first time in his
hectic career he had promoted a
flop"
The crowds that he had visualized
in his optimism had failed to ma
It,
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
TEX SOUGHT ONE MORE
M|LLION-DOLLAR GATE
BEFORE He QUIT
BY Jack Dempsey

Tex Rickard had lived the chances that would have
climbed through the ropes again September for the last
fight of my with that battle marking Tex
Richards farewell as fistic promoter
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

had once belonged to President
Harding. Rickard smiled as they
came in.
'Pve jest been thinIin'," he
remarked softly. "ThinIkin' Of
the old days down In Texas
when me and Willie Stack was
ridln' herd for Ma Curtis. Them
was pretty good days. alright.
And easy, too. A felleF never
knows when he's well off. l.
guess"
The boys were hot on the trail
OF news concerning Tunney.
What about this Tupney stuff.
Has he really quit?" they asked.
"Are you going to bring him. back
again?"
"Nope," he remarked quietly.
Nope, I guess that feller means
what he says. II q feller wants
to quit that's his own business. !
reckon. / amt making any plans
to bring him back"
wen, What are you gong 10
do now?'
Richards voice was almost a
drawl as he answered.
"Well, Sir, you know I've been
thinking that maybe I'd Jest quit
working and play q little. Yessir,
I'd like to play. You know" and
his voice was whimsic now. Il
never had much chance to play
when / was a kid. Seems ns
though every time I'd get ready to
enjoy myself a little something
would happen, and then I'd have
to put 1t off. Nossir, I'm thinking
I'll take Mrs. Rickard and the
baby and 20 down South some
where this winter and just lay
around and lap up the sunshine.
And maybe play some golf I'm
pretty good now-with my driver
but that mashie iron of mine could
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

The trick floor with its sew
eraI construction layers which
would permit of boxing, hockey,
six-day races, circus, r0deO; the
ventilating system which he
bOasted would make the Garden
the best ventilated showhOuse In
in tOwn-these he followed
avidly as they sprang into being.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

Tex Rickard was actually
pleading to meas q pal--tO
help him put over one more
gigantic pugiIistic success so
that his prestige would be re-
gained, his ambition realized
and the way made clear so that
he could fade out Of the hectic
pr0mOtOrial picture and 20 into
the glad, happy life in the CON-
paniOnship of his wife and
baby.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

Immediately after / lost the
second decision to Tunney, Tex
asked what my plans were. /
tod him / was going to retire:
that every ringman had to quit
sooner or later and, realizing
that my best years were behind
me, / was going to quit.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

family. Can't do it while I'm In the
game. So I'm planning to get out
but tell you won't get out until
I'VE put over another million-dollar
show. I've got to do that or III
never be happy"
Tex kept banging away on that
subiect-and tried to get me to prom
ise I'd fight for him again in Sep
tember, 1929. l kept saying NO.
But Tex was insistent. So ! finally
compromised with:
Let me think it over and I'll let
you know later"
During the fall of 1928 when much
of my time was spent in and around
New York, Tex brought up the SUD
ject repeatedly. He wanted a flat
promise from me. I explained again
and again how / felt about trying
comeback. But Tex always tried
to talk me down.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

I'd tell him that perhaps the
final bout among the 1929 con-
tenders for Tunney's vacated
crown would coax out a $1,000
900 gate. Tex would shake his
head. Then I'd hazard the guess
that Tunney might change his
mind and fight some more. But
Tex would shake his head to
that.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

He offered me terms that were
in the neighborhood of S6O0,OOO II
I'd sign up. / told him mo-" Then
he said that IL I didn't think he
was liberal enough / could practic-
ally write my own contract. He
was willing to go to any sane,
business-like extreme to get the
promise from me in the hope that
by fighting again might help
him to stage that zone more mil
lion dollar gate"
But I stood pat against it. The
money end was attractive-tremend.
ously so. But I'd rather pass up
SIC, ,OOO, 900 than to 90 into a tight
merely to get a losers end.
wasn't sure then-nor am I now
that could make the grade for q
winning battle against the best man
in active harness today.
When I was leaving for Los An
geles late in the fall to spend the
holidays in my home town, drop
ped around to say good-by to Tex.
Again he brought up the subject.
But this time in a different, far
more different way.
I'm not talking to you now as
Tex Rickard to Jack Dempsey" he
said. I'm talking as one pal in a
tough spot to the only other feller
in the world who can help him out.
want you ia. promise to fight for
me again-to fight next September
1929. VIII you do that, Jack, and
help me out so I can put on one
big show as my wind-up and then
quit the game and take 1t easy and
just loaf and play around the rest
of my life?''
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

sfWIat do you mean that
stuff about you're going to
uuit?" / asked, my curiosity
being aroused by that rather
surprising statement.