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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
UTILITIES feature
! DECLINES ON CURB
Market Closes at Low Point
of Day After Active
Selling.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY.

ASSoSiatSu EIcSS FINANCIAL writer.
NEW YORK, March 2s-Selling in
creased in the curb market today, with
pressure directed particularly against
the utilities and speciality stocks which
had advanced earlier in the week. Net
losses Of to points were numerous
Sentiment had apparently been dis
turbed by the break yesterday and, al
though overnight selling orders were
insufficient to disturb prices, the mar
ket turned heavy after only a momen-
tary pause in the early trading. Clos
Ing prices were the lowest of the active
session.
Power company stocks down a couple
Of points included Bond g. Share, which
sagged under 49, and American Gas &
Electric. American Superpower was
literally offered, declining point. Mid
die West Utilities and st. Regis Paper
lost a similar amount. Associated Gas
A was firm and United Light A was
slightly affected.
Noranda Mines encountered active
profit-taking and yielded points.
Dresser A. Aviation Corporation, Doug
las Aircraft, Mead johnson and Alumni
mum of America were down to 8. Cord
Corporation broke coincident with the
large loss in Auburn Auto. Parker Rust
proof held around the Friday close.
Oils were inactive. Cities Service and
Vacuum sagged fractionally.
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Firms to Consolidate.
NEW WORK. MARCH % (speciall

NEW YORK, March 20 Especially -
A plan to consolidate Oliver United
Filters. Inc, one of the largest indus
trial filter manufacturers in the United
States, with the Dorr Company of New
York which occupies a similar position
in allied manufacturing fields, Is an
nounced by executives Of the Oliver
Company in San Francisco. Combined
assets of the two corporations will be
conveyed to corporation to be formed.
the Dorr-Oliver Corporation. having a
capitalization estimated at between &c.
100000 and $4,000, 900.
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Merger Effort Resumed.

NEW YORK. March % [P).-Wall
Street hears that negotiations looking
to a consolidation Of Allis- Chalmers
Manufacturing Co. and Advance EA;mley
Corporation. have been resumed after
a lapse Of more than a year. Ofhcials
Of the two companies are said to have
been comforting for several days, but
the negotiations have not yet reached
the stage Of discussion Of final terms.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, March % (P.-Butter,
14,494 tubs, steady; creamery, extras
C92 score), 1884; standard coo score car
lots), 20; extra firsts (90-e1 score).
2724-2slz; flrsts 1883 score), ASA
2715; seconds (s6-s7 Score). 25-251z.
Eggs, crates, $3.50, steady; extra frsts,
20I4; fresh graded firsts, l9-1915; or
binary flrsts, 1914; storage packed firsts,
20A; storage packed extras, 21M.
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Windsor Great Park, England's IA
NOUS forest, is to be improved by add
ing hundreds CT young trees. planting
Of which will require several years.
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RIGHTS-EXPTRE

Ford Mot Ltd. 80: Apr
ANNUAL sEx;dydspd fPsrE extra
dend Plu So in stock Plus Sc in stock Plus in
n D year~no regular
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w. p. WATSON. Vice President.
w F. DIEFENBACH, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before ma &hiR
End day of March, 1891.
(SeaLl j. II. KOGIEH,
Notary Public. Queens County. certifcsts
filed in New York County. Queens Co,
Cik.'s No. 1000. N. Y. Co. 4CIk.'s No. "a,
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, March % H9.-Over-
the-counter market Closing bid and
asked prices:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES IS NOT
 IN ANY DANGER
The 9O-Year-OId Supreme Court Justice Had Slight Cold, But Is Re- covering

Beverly Farms, Mass, Aug 25-- (UP)-Oliver Wendell Holmes, 90, dean of the associate justices of tho U. s. supreme court. to-day was reported "considerably better" at his home, where he is recover ing from cold.
 Justice Holmes had n good night and is considerably better" his secretary reported at 10 n. m. T do not see any immediate dan ger" said Dr Peter F. Johnson of Beverly hospital. the attending physician. but MT Holmes will be watched carefully for the next few days. He is tired out and his age must be taken into consideration" "
 Edward J. Holmes. a nephew, was likewise optimistic, declaring that "our only worry Is his age" Before retiring last night Justice Holmes requested his secretary to read to him. This has been a nightly custom with the venerable jurist for years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
JAMES E. O'NEILL, FAMOUS
 MISSING WITNESS IN GREAT
 OIL CASE, DEAD IN FRANCE

Harry M, Blackmer. Denver oil man fled abroad when subpoenaed to testify before the senate pub lie lands committee. which was in- vestigating the lease obtained by Harry r. Sinclair for the Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve.
 O'Neilrs testimony was wanted particularly fin connection with de- tails of organization and operation of the Continental Trading com pany. alleged by the government 10 have been dummy orEaniza- tion. Profits of this company. converted into Liberty Bonds. fig urcd in the transactions which the government contcnded were in- cluded in fraudulent lease ex- tended to Sinclair by Albert E. Fall. then secretary of interior.
 Fall now is serving scntcnc: Of year and a day in New Mexico state prison. He was oi'- v.cted on a charge of accepting a brlbc from Edward l.. Doheny who oh aimed Icnge to the Elk Hills, Cal. naval oil reserve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
NEW HAVEN ROAD DIVIDEND RATE
 TO BE HASHED
Wall Street Hears That Common Stock Will Draw S4 Instead of S6 in Dividends

New York, Aug 25-1UP)-Re- ports were current in Wall Street to-day that the annual SC dividend rate on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad common stock will be cut to $4 at the directors meeting tomorrow.
 Recent pressure on the stock. which yesterday brought the issue down to a new low for the year at 52 1-2, and the drastic decline in revenues resulting from the gen cral business depression were cited as factors that will induce direc- tors to reduce the dividend.
 The directors meeting, original ly scheduled for to-day, was post poned until tomorrow to await ar- rival from Europe of John W. Pel- Icy. president of the road,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
Both Camps In
 Battle Array
 AndConfident
Personnel of Hayes Ticket Stands Solid as Rock, While Kennedy Camp Is Faced With Some With- draWaIS = Orators of Both Sides Will Be Heard Again Tonight
HAYES CIRCULARS
 SOUND SLOGAN

With the announcement to-day of the personnels of the Hayes and Kennedy tickets to be voted upon Thursday night at the demo- cratic primaries, activity in the or ganization and anti Reorganization camps was very noticeable to-day. The Hayes organization backing the present chief executive for the mayoralty nomination was engaged in perfecting It's plans for getting out the vote on Thursday while the Kennedy forces were confronted with three withdrawolJ lJ from the ticket as set up by t.o anti-organization.
 Last night Edward A. HoriGan of Elmwood avenue. named on the Kennedy ticket as teller in the third ward. announced that he did not give permission for tho use of his name in connection with the anti i-organiZatoin's aims.
 This morning Mary Mccarthy Of Pearl street and Hugh B. Riley of Brooklyn. also on the Kcnendy ticket, declared that they were no parties to the Kennedy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
HENRY FORD HAS TO PAY $l0,0OO
 TO NEICHB0R
He Built Dams on Hop Brook on His Wayside Inn Property and the NeighbOr Sued

Cambridge, Mass, Aug 24-tuP) Henry Ford invaded the rights Of a neighbor when he built dams on Hop Brook on his Wayside Inn property in South Sudbury, Supe- rior Judge Stanley E. Qua has ruled.
 As result Ford must pay $1O,00O damages to Joseph L., Sturtevant, whose estate. 'BookledGc, ad- Joins Wayside Inn.
 Hop Brook courses through both the Ford and Sturtevant properties, pnd Sturtevant claimed the nat ural beauty of "Brookledge" was spoiled when Ford damned the stream SO that It's flow was reduced by half.
 The court enJoined Ford from so operating the dams as to keep from Sturtevant a practically continu- ous flow of water. equal to four cubic feet per second.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
LAWYER UNDER
 FRAUD CHARGES
 AT PROVIDENCE
Henry D. Bellin Pleaded Not Guilty To-day Was Accused of Appr0- priating $2O,0O0

Providence. R. l.. Aug 26-(UP) Henry D. Bellin, 48. an attorney. was arrested to-day on charge of conspiring to defraud the Rhode Island Mortgage & Security Corpo- ration of $20,000 Arraigned in dis trict court. he pleaded not guilty and was released under $15,000 bail pending preliminary hearing Sep tember II. Allegedly involved in the conspiracy with Bellin was William F. Peacock. Pawtucket re- altor now serving a state prison sentence for embexzlement. "s8'.'
 Two prominent politicians were under scrutiny to-day in connec- ton with muddled finances of the Rhode Island Mortgage & Security Corporation and the Consolidated Mortgage & Investment Corpora tion, with which 1t was merged. The companies now are under re- ceivership.
 Clifton I. Munroe, legal adviser to the Providence public safety board. who instituted investigation into the alleged fraud. has estim- ated losses to the companies and the public will total $500,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
 ON BOARD DO-X
 COMING NORTH
Mayor of Miami and United Press Writer Are Two of Them - Some Will Leave at Charles

Miami, Aug 25.-UP) There were 12 passengers aboard the Ger man flying boat DO-X. at 1t skim med out of Biscayne Bay and pointed up the coast. The DO-X had been a weekend guest of Miami. arriving here Saturday from Antilla, Cuba, after leisurely flight up the South American coast.
 The passenger list:
 Mayor R. H. Gautier, Miami; R.. V. Waters, president of the Greater Miami Airport associations; E. E.. Frecland, chairman of the Miami aviation board: Francis M. Miller, National Aeronautic association: John F. Norman and F. Lantcr, United Department of Commerce; Lieutenant J. E. Lynch, comman- der, Miami Naval Air Base, all of whom will discmbark at Charles ton.
 Miss Vonville Brewton. sister of Harvey Brewton, Curtiss motor expert aboard; Mrs Clarence Schil- dauer, wife of the American CO.,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25

Washington, Aug UPo-A final protcstation of innocense by James F. O'Neill was made public here by his attorney after the ex- patrintcd oil mans death In France. The government for years sought his testimony in the Tea pot Dome cases. In an affida- vit signed two years ago with the understanding 1t would not he pub lished until after hts death. o. Ncill said he nt no time had any information that made him an important witness in the Teapot Dome oil lease cases. He said he had committed no offenSe against the government or any citizen. The affidavit further de- nied that O'Neill tried to conceal himself or evadc giving testimony. If the government really had wanted him as a witness. O'Nciu said, he could have been sub pocnacd at any time.
 O.Seili was president of the Prairie O.l and Gas company. of Independence. Kan. He and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
American Cities To
 Plan Their Own Way
 To Help Unemployed

Washington, Aug 25-tUP)- American municipalities are plan ming to spend money at a rate of approximately $3.60 per capita this winter to care for their un- employed.
 Ten representative cities, &C., cording to figures compiled by the United Press. have projects under way to raise q total of $57.047,OO0 for relief work. It represents money enough to give about 114,- 900 men five months work at $25 a week, double that number i've months work at $12.50 Q week. and it's just about equal to the cost of one battleship.
 The cities engaged in such cam paigns represent a combined pop ulation of approximately 15.000,- 900 or about one seventh the pop ulation of continental United States. Scores of other cities have relief problems under considera- tiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
SPONSORS OF THE DRY NEWSPAPER
 TO START SOON
McAdO0 and Kresge Are Two of Them-SenatOr WalcOtt and E. Kent Hubbard From Conn

New York. Aug 25.-UP)-- Sponsors of proposed national dry daily newspaper were reveal ed to-day by the lctterhead of an appeal from Stanley High, chief organizer, to members of the Wo- mems Christian Temperance Union asking their financial support. from i've cents up. "The committee for the esta ablishment of a national daily newspaper" as listed on the letterhead included William c. Me Adoo, Sebastian Kresge, chain store operator. William Alien White, Admiral William $. Sims, Professor Irving Fisher. Senator Frederick C. Walcott of Connecti- cut and Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt.
 High has said the newspaper would appear late this year or early in 1882. Other members of the committe eas listed on the let terhead include: Connecticut-E. Kent Hubbard. Maine-Colonel r. H. Callahan. Massa chusetts-Wil- lis J. Abbott, J. Malcolm Forbes. Eugene N. Floss. Alton Miller, Wil- liam T. Rich, Miss Mary E. Wool law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
2l AIRPLANES
 BADLY DAMAGED
 BY FIRE TO-DAY
Storage Warehouse at Municipal Airport n Cincinnati Was Swept By Flames

Cincinnati, O.. Aug 25-UP)-- Flames which fared up suddenly in a storage warehouse at the mu- nicipaly airport here to-day swept over 21 airplanes. damaging them seriously.
 The fire consumed wing cover ings of eight planes and destroyed the thin fabrics cncasing 13 other crafts under construction. It had burned itself out when firemen ar rived. The planes were property of the Aeronautical Corporation of America. airplanc manufacturers. Bremen did not determine cause of the blaze. Damage was esti- mated at $12,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
NIGHT CLERK HAS NERVE TESTED BY
 PAIR OF BANDITS
Held Up His Station and Stood Him Alongside Safe With Nitroglycer. inc Charge Ready

Ashland, Pa, Aug 25.--(UP)- Two unmasked bandits thoroughly tested the nerves of Vincent O'Hearn. 90. night clerk at the Reading company station to-day. o'Hearn told police in reporting a $350 robbery.
 He said that the men struck him and threatened him with death un- less he told them the combination of the safe.
 Finally they set a nitroglycerine charge and made O'Hearn stand by the safe as the fuse caught fire and burned toward the charge. he saiA.
 Just before the explosion. they peHaitted him to join them in . small sideroom to which they had retired. They obtained about $3y0 from the wrecked safe and ned In an automobile,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
STANDARD OIL
 COMP PANIES MAY
 BECOME MERGED
Plans Now Under Way to Combine New Jersey ,nd California = $2,. O0,OOO,000 Corp.

Lake Tahoe, Calf. Aug 25-tUP) An "understanding" was report ed to-day on the proposal to merge the Standard oil Companies Of New Jersey and California into a 32,S0O, 900, 1000 corporation.
 Officials continued conferences conferences in the seclusion of a private estate. It was reported that attorneys were working out details of the combine. President K. R.. kingsbury of California Standard md President W. K. Teagle of New Jersey standard, however, indicated lhey had no announcement to make. bnD report was that the merger. f completed, would be q share for Share basis, with Teagle as chair han of the combined company and kingsbury as president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
LEGAL BEER WITH
 FEDERAL TAX OF
 $l2PER BARREL
That Is the Latest Move of the Prosperity Be CT League Make No At- tack on Dry Forces

Washington, Aug. 25.-(UP).-- Legal beer bearing a federal tax of SIP barrel is proposed by the Prosperity Beer League. for which incorporation papers were filed here to-day.
 The beer tax would give the government additional revenue of at least a billion dollars a year, the leagues press department claimed. It would also eliminate unemploy- ment and unhappiness. the state ment said. The league proposes, not to attack prohigitionists, but "to create such demand for restora- ton of beer that the congress dare not disregard it,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25

New York, Aug 5.-Up- Baby killing gangsters. gunmen and rackcteers were rounded up to-day in a police drive that got under way last night as frenzied thousn nds. inspired by two women on a Madison Square Garden plat form with mass meeting speak CTS, clamored for action.
 The two women were Mrs John Lopez, mother of Gloria. four four year old girl killed in the wanton outbreak last Friday; and Mrs John Veneghallo, mother of Michael, five year old hoy killed by gangsters in Little Italy two weeks ago.
 The police drive, most extensive in the history of the worlds sec- ond largest city. was ordered by Police Commissioner Edward r. Mulrooney, who sat on that plat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
SILVER DOLLAR MAY ONCE MORE
 APPROXIMATE
American Legion Posts of
 Denver Are Going to Try to Make It Popular

Denver, Colo, Aug 25.-(UP)--A campaign to popularize the silver dollar has been undertaken by the Denver American Legion posts.
 Thousands of the "iron men" will be taken to Detroit in the luggage of western delegates to the national legion convention.
 Other legion posts in Colorado. Nevada. Utah. California. Idaho. New Mexico. Montana, oregon. and Arizona will be asked to offer the plan.
 The Denver legion hopes, by pop ularizing the silver dollar in the east, to stimulate the silver mining induatrV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25

Vatican City, Aug. 25.--CUP)-- The controversy between the Cath ollie church and the fascist gov ernment was believed ended to-day.
 An accord between the Holy See and the government of Premier Benito Mussolini had been prac- ticaIly reached, 1t was ascertained.
 Settlement of the dispute. which has kept the Vatican and Italy es- tranged for months and threatened a definite break in their relations. began the middle of last week.
 At that time, the Pope agreed to opening of negotiations with Mus soIini for anal settlement after con- ferences with the Rev. Tacchi Ven- turi, Jesuit priest. who prepared the original Itaio- Vatican concilia- ton eliminating in the Lateran treaty. The Pope delegated Ven-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
Mass Meeting Held Last Night To Plan
 Against Gangsters

form and heard his department and his supetors charged with re- sponsibility for the insurrection of criminals against the law.
 Speakers, who included a for mer United States secretary of state, Bainbridge Colby; U. s. Sen- ator Robert '. Wagner. General Smcdlcy Butler. Mulrooney him. self, variously char3ed the crime outbreak to prohibition, political influence and the voters them selves.
 The 0.OO0 voters masscd in the Garden, after the speaking adopt ed q resolution calling upon Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt to remove from office Mayor James J. Walk CT or any New York mayor who was lax in his obligation to en- force the laws.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
MacDonaldHas Not Yet Picked
 That Cabinet
But He Was ClOseted With King George Late This Afternoon and May Be Turning In the Names Great Britain Battles Hard to Avert Crisis
LABOR MEMBERS
 ARE NOT HAPPY
By WEBB MILLER limited Press Staff COrrCGDOndentl


 London. Aug 25.-(UP)-Great Britain resumed her struggle to- ward economic and financial stabil- ity to-day through a government of cooperation" headed by J. Ram say Macdonald. laborite.
 It was anticipated that parlia- ment would be summoned Septem- Der 8 for passage of legislation urgently needed to balance the budget, with a deficit of $600.000.- 900, and restore faith in British credit and the pound sterling.
 Prime Minister Macdonald. his labor government wrecked by the dole" and the budget deficit. stood alone in the ruins of his adminis- tration and sought to carry out the commission of his king to form a national government to tide the country over its crisis. The prime minister held series of continuous
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
HOLY PONTIFF AND PREMIER
 MJJSSOLINI REACH AMICABEE
 SETTLEMENT OF CONTROVERSY

turf as his liasion officer to nego- 'tiate with Mussolini.
 Difficulties were rapidly smooth ed out in the ensuing week of con ferences, which were enterd into by Count Csare De Vecchi. Italian ann bassador to tn Vatican. and Card nal Pacelli. papal secretary of state.
 The settlement involved certain concessions by the government to the activities. purely in the religious field, of Azione Cattolica. the Cath ollie laymen's organization which was at the root Of the trouble. The dispute began when the government disbanded Azione organizations throughout the country, charging them with engaging in political ac- tivity, in violation of the Lateran accord.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
Inventors Get Patents
 On Articles So Foreign
 To Their Own Vacations

Some other Contrary" articles to be exhibited are:
 A baseball game perfected by n bedridden woman In her sixties.
 A reversible hat for women, in- vented by a retired cattleman.
 A gymnastic appliance invented by a seamstrcss.
 A bookrack and telephone stand invented by a chef.
 A safety cowcatcher for loco- motives, invented by an actor.
 A helicopter invented by . Pull man porter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
PEARLS ARF. SAFE

Chicago August 25 - tUP) - Hugh Dlllman's pearls, including the $S50.000 necklace once owned by the Russian Czars. are safe. It was only book that divers were fishing after in the Chicago river near the Dillman yacht.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25

In some cities these funds are being raised by public appeals In some the community chest Is being drawn upon. In others. city coun- cils are appropriating funds. In few the money is being raised sep arateiy by Jewish. Protestant and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
 ARE SAVED
Mrs Irene Piercey, Pr0ba- ton Officer in the City Court, Tried to Have the Boys Banished - But Judge McNiff Upheld Them

Mrs Irene Piercey. probation off, ficer attached to the city court, took an appeal to-day to the court of common pleas on the question of newspaper men being admitted to chamber sessions. Judge Niles r. McNiff who pre- sided in court denied her motion" Judges John F. McGrath and T. ". Meyer have ruled on previous oc- casions that representatives of the press may attend the sessions to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25

Chicago, Aug 25. (UP)-A powder puff invented by a general and q bank-lock patented by a convict are among the Contrary to vocation" articles to he exhibit ed next month at the second inter- national patent exposition.
 Its peculiar how inventors turn their minds to things so for eign to their fields" explained Harry G. Green. sponsor of the ex- position. Perhaps 1t proves that human nature is contrary"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
Late Bulletins
PUBLISHER AND SON GUILTY

Asheville, N C., Aug. 25-(UP)-Coonel Luke Lea Tennessee newspaper publisher, his son, Luke Lea Jr and Wallace B. Davis, president of the closed Central Bank and Trust company, convicted to-day on charges of conspiring to defraud the bank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
BOYS PREFERRED THE WELCHER

Stamford, Conn.,, Aug 25-(UP)-Walter Sturgess, negro wagered 50 cents with four small boys that he could shoot tin at 50 paces He lost and weched The boys turned their 22 calbre rifles Sturgess auto mobile and peppered it until police arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
MAYOR CURLEY CAN CARRY GUN

Boston, Aug. 25-(UP).-Police Commissoner Eugene c. Huffman has ruled that Mayor James M Cur ley is "a highly reputable citizen and has granted him permit to carry revolver flor the protection of per son and property"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-25
GERMAN ATHLETES MAY LOSE

Munich Aug. 25.-(UP).-Plans for sending Ger man team to the 1882 Olympic games at Los Angeles were endangered to-day because of the failure of the Ruederer Lang bank in which it reported that the German Athletic association had deposited $38,O8O