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Evening star., 1932-11-09
LOSES BATTING SWING.

EVANSTON, Ill, November (P).-
Dick Fencl, Northwestern end. once
had ambitions to be q big league base
ball player, but Q foot ball injury
necessitatAd removal Of bone from
bis wrist, which ruined hh BATTING
fwin4e. -----4-.--LS--
Evening star., 1932-11-09
Foot Ball Tips
By JOE GLASS.

THIS Northwestern double reverse
1 must have excellent timing but
that is what Dick Hanley's
teams usually possess, so it may well
do some ground gaining against
Notre Dame next Saturday.
The ball goes direct to 2, who ad-
vances toward his own right end,
but passes to 1. and himself goes
right with to put double block
on the defensive end. No. / runs on
Evening star., 1932-11-09
LIGHT-HEAVIES BATTLE.

SAN FRANCISCO. November 9 LPl.-
Lou Scozza Of Buffalo, N u, and James
j. Braddock, New Jersey lght-heavy-
weight. will trade punches here tonight
in 10-round bout
Evening star., 1932-11-09
In the Squared Circle
by FRANCIS E. STAN

Plummer and Joe Cox and Pat Mckay
and George Mcleod.
Women with paying escorts will be
admitted free.
Evening star., 1932-11-09
HOCKEY SEASON AT HAND

National League to Open With
Nine Teams.
NEW YORK. November GP).-The
National Hockey League opens its
1928 season tomorrow with every
prospect of a close and exciting race.
With the return of the Ottawa Sena-
tors, nine clubs will be in the battle
and every one appears to have a good
chance of winning one OF the six
coveted berths in the play-offs for the
Stanley Cup and the world professional
championship next Spring.
Evening star., 1932-11-09

HR. GOLDELOCKS AHEARN
M of the firm Of Ahearn g.
IVY Schwartz Inc, and exponent
1 / Of one Of the worlds greatest
buttonhole holds, secured his
Evening star., 1932-11-02

The Homestead mine, at Lead, S. Oak,
IS yielded some s200,000,000 worth of
Id
Evening star., 1932-11-02

individual sales not riven In this edition.
| 'I,es " ~" 0'''
Evening star., 1932-11-02
BANK STOCKS GAIN
FOR MONTH SHOWN
Analysis Reveals Moderately
Higher Price Range Was
Established.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

New York bank stocks, in which
there is such keen interest in Washing
ton, although marking time before
election in sympathy with other secur-
ity markets closed moderately higher
at the end of october from the lows
of earlier in the month, according to
an analysis announced today by Holt
Rose g. Troster.
The firms weighted average OF II
representative issues opened October
at CABS, eased off to the months low
of $3.50 October 10. but closed october
81 at STAT. Leaders in the improve
ment over the lows were First National,
Guaranty Trust. Central Hanover ana
New York Trust.
Based upon closing bid prices, the
months range follows:
Evening star., 1932-11-02
STOCK PRICES DROP
IN FINAL TRADING
Break at Close Follows Dull
and Irregular Market
During Day.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, November 2-Stocks
broke sharply in the last hour Of today's
market.
Trading had been dull oil the morn.
ing, with the price level somewhas
higher. For time 1t looked as though
a real rally might be IN progress, but
the list weakened in the afternoon and
then toward the close turned downward.
At the height Of the selling the ticker
fell three minutes behind business on
the floor something unusual nowadays.
The largest losses were In the railway
shares. Atchison was down 4 points,
Lackawanna as much and Union Pa
cific of over points at their respective
lows. American Telephone broke
through par to new low on the cur
rent movement.
Presumably much Of the selling was
for short account, although there was
no way Of being sure on that point. In
any event, stop-loss orders were uncov-
cred and accelerated the decline. In
the last quarter Of an hour support was
encountered and partial recovery en-
sued, although on decreased activity.
The episode bore no relation to busi-
ness developments. II it had any legit-
innate explanation. it was an express
sion Of opinion as to the trend of the
market after election 1t was not that
the professional sellers Of stocks them
selves were concerned about the effect
of the voting on industry, but that they
had argued themselves into a belief
that outsiders would be-
Commodities were mostly steady.
Wheat left off about unchanged. Hides
were up over 80 points at one time.
Silver reacted somewhat. Sugar futures
did better on the news that the Presi-
dent of Cuba had signed the decree
fixing the new crop at 10000 tons.
Sterling exchange was up lis In the
morning. but lost part Of the gain
in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1932-11-02
Grain Market
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, November 2.-Wheat
prices took a late upward swing today
influenced by announcement that new
export business from Canada had
jumped to as high as 100000 bushels.
Most of the Canadian export pur-
chases were for Great Britain. 1t was
generally believed here that refusal by
the British government to permit Ca
madam wheat to receive preferential
tariff treatment when shipped from
United States ports had been factor,
and that Great Britain would take big
quantities of wheat out of Canada be-
tween now and the close of navigation
on the St. Lawrence.
Wheat price advances, however, failed
to hold well. and the market closed
nervous at exactly the same as yester-
days finish to IA cent higher, corn
unchanged to "a lower, oats unchanged
to 1s-L4 of and provisions unchanged
ta coptS i'm
Evening star., 1932-11-02
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, November (P.-Over-
the-counter market:
Evening star., 1932-11-02

individual saei not Eiven In this edition
pray az" ''''s cnct ana sales-
Evening star., 1932-11-02
BANK LOANS SHRINK.

BY the Associated Press.
Total loans of reporting member banks
showed a heavy shrink sc d g..
week ended October 26 as comD1I =.
with the previous period on the borsS
Of the Federal Reserve Boards weekly
report In the table that follows to-
loans are given for comparable week
Evening star., 1932-11-02

given in this edition.
as this edition from yesterdays Dap.
Evening star., 1932-11-02

1890 AM.... 100000 1900 Nc
1870 PM 100000 2:l0 P J
Dividend rates as given In the above q
cash payments based on the latest quarterly
rations
Unit of trading less than 100 shares
~ In stock Paid this year-no regular
stock ePayable IN cash or stock fPlus sc
In stock Plus 81 N special preferred stock
m Paid last year-no regular rate. q Plus So
in scrip. Ex- dividend.
Evening star., 1932-11-02
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury receipts for October 81 were
S5.357,977.55; expenditures, $l2,469,-
39476; balance, S754. .730. .499 so; customs
receipts for the month of October
amounted to s24 ,744 02735.
Trade organizations Of England are
demanding the cooperative societies be
taxed like other trading concerns.
Evening star., 1932-11-02

as announced by the board
Week ended October 26, sl0,516,-
10000
Previous week, s1o,632, 100000
Same week last year, S13, ,52l 900 900.
Evening star., 1932-11-02
New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, November 2-Following
yesterdays declines and quickened
demand and higher quotations in Liv-
erpool and Bremen today. cotton prices
on the local exchange opened up to
points.
Opening prices were: December,
sos. up 8; January, 6.10. up 3; March,
GIT up /; May. 62S. up 2; July, 6.37.
up 2; october. 6.53, up 2.
Evening star., 1932-11-02

NoTE-Todays individual sales not rven in this edition
this edition yesterdays
PREY 1877 Stock and
Evening star., 1932-02-08
The Senate's Tribute.

In confirming by virtually unani-
nous vote the nomination Of Andrew
w. Mellon to be Ambassador to Great
Britain the Senate ON Friday paid
deserved tribute to man who has been
serving the country faithfully and ably
for nearly eleven years as Secretary OF
the Treasury and who now goes to the
highest diplomatic post for further
service. The action Of the Senate IN
thus, without discussion and within
two hours Of the receipt OF the nomi-
nation. placing Its approval upon the
Presidents selection was more than a
compliment to q veteran public official.
It was a recognition Of the value Of his
services during q most trying period OF
reconstruction of the Federal finances.
Mr.. Mellon entered the cabinet of
President Harding reluctantly. 1t was
his first public commission. He depre-
Gated his selection, for in his modesty
he did not regard himself as qualified
for the post Of chief financial officer
OF the Government. The country I'M
mediately recognized the fitness of the
President-elect's choice. He quietly
went about the task of restoring the
financial structure OF the Government
and by his wise measures of admins
tration and his sound recommends
tions of fiscal legislation he made rapid
progress toward the balancing of the
budget, which had been set awry by the
war.
It is not to be said that another man
might not have done as much toward
the sound reconstruction Of the finances
Of the country as did Mr.. Mellon. II
is, however, to be said that his finan-
cial ability, his command Of the conf
dence Of the country and his steadfast,
conservative conduct Of the Treasury
effected q remarkable recovery. Condi-
Evening star., 1932-02-08
Favors ''Readjustment"
To Describe Present
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems to the writer that we should
be about finished with this obnoxious
word depression; first, because the
word itself is a ''joykiller," and sec
ondly, because it is an actual misnomer
in describing present-day conditions.
Notwithstanding better Aword-one
that fits the situation-writers con-
tinue to write, and publishers continue
to publish that word depression" in
stead of employing one that Is more
correct and which Is expressive of the
period through which we are passing
-"readjustment."
This old country of ours has sue
cessfully weathered every readjustment
period of the past, Just like we will
weather the present one. Our form of
government Is the proven best ever
conceived under Gods sun, and al
though there is much suffering among
our people today, we as a Nation are
in better condition than ever before in
our almost 156 years history.
NOW that commodities generally can
be secured at lowering prices ard wages
VIII eventually be readjusted to conform
thereto, and when rentals likewise are
readJusted, we will be at the end of
TINS unusual period, and conditions viii
again e normal
AwB with that word depression;
letsfsay "readiustment." until renks
COR down. J. ED SNYDER
Evening star., 1932-02-08
DeplOres ''Racket"
of RecOrd-Breaking

To the Editor of The Star: n
There should be something done
about the racket in vogue at the present
time known as record-breaking To be
sure, they do no physical harm to any
one save themselves; nevertheless, a
self-respecting public should withhold
its support from such degrading prac-
ticeS.
Every record breaker is a potential
neck-breaker, who invariably Is willing
to stake his very life to gain his prize
even the dancing "dervishes" who
lately danced themselves to uncon-
sciouSnesS.
This humble member Of John Public
recently saw a motion picture news
reel wherein group of record-breaking
sled-riders were, ratapulted to their
deaths, or, at best, serious injury. AS
he saw this spectacle the thought came:
Now you experience the thrill the,
Roman public got while viewing the
gladiatorial fights. Ne, Mr.. Editor, the
depression is not the --werst thing the.
matter with present-6ay civilization.
j. SWEENEY.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
A Killer at Large.

The possibility that a madnan Is at
large in the District, equipped with
o motor car and armed, shooting indis-
criminately at victims. creates a feel
ing Of horror that has never before
been felt in this community Several
persons have been wounded and one
has been slain, presumably by the same
person. In none of the cases has there
been any evidence Of motive other than
the wanton inf1iction Of suffering and
even of death The objects Of the at
tacks have not been robbed or other
wise molested than by the firing OF
shots.
Suspicion that the fiend Is former
inmate of st. Elizabeth Hospital, man
with criminal record, Is now enter
tanned. His appearance is known. II
he Is the one who Is running amok
through the District his capture L
likely eventually to be effected. The
occasion calls for the utmost vigilance
md s6tivity on the part OF the police
Evening star., 1932-02-08

adventures as dream them. Carrolls
narrative is no more deliberately logical
or illogical than the course OF dream.
Events occur and perSonages appear
and disappear haphazard. A vacation
in the haphaZard, says Chesterton, IS
the ideal reSt-cure for the Anglo-Saxon
who for centuries has wearied himself
by reasoning things out"
= X
Seldom has the history Of literature
produced a dual personality as curiously
brilliant as that of Charles Lutwidge
DodgSon," thinks the Keokuk Daily
Gate City, referring to the writer as
eminent mathematician and author OF
a series of incompatible essays in in
tellectual nonsense" The Lowell Eve
ming Leader remarks that for him
there was evidently something ironical
in the development that he became IA
nous the world over, not for his re-
searches in the field of pure mathe-
MATES, but for this most captivating bit
of pure nonsense.
Observing that "a world more be-
wildering and paradoXical than either
that of Wonderland or the Looking
Glass has been celebrating the ami
versary," the Chicago Daily News con-
cludes that today nonsense is no less
abundant, but vastly more dangerous"
The Daily News finds an application to
the Oriental situation with the state
ment: "One's mind, following the
train of thought suggested by Japans
present behavior, revertS to an incident
in which Alice and the Red Queen were
again the actors. A conversation occurs
concerning the resemblance or nom
resemblance of hills and valleys. Para-
phrase by substituting war and peace,
and how apt it is in application TO cur
rent happenings in the real world: l
though I'd try and find my way TO the
scene of that war; said Alice When
YOU say war the Queen interrupted,
Il could show you wars in comparison
with which you'd call that peace
No I shouldn't said Alice; a war
can't be peace, you know. That would
be nonsense-.' The Red Queen de-
INJURED. You may call it nonsense II
YOU like she said but I've heard nom
sense compared with which that would
be as sensible as a dictionary BY
which remark it may be judged the RED
Queen had been educated in School
of the samurai, not far from Toxic. A
rerearding Of the adventures OF Alice IN
the light of things as they are may
result in placing Lewis Carroll, cele-
brated as a writer of nonsense, among
the prophets whom an undiscernlng
world refused to heed.
Evening star., 1932-02-08

! tions were not uniformly favorable
throughout his period of service. The
country was suffering from q severe
reaction during the first few years Of
his term. The boom" days that fol-
lowed were helpful, but at no time did
Mr.. Mellon permit himself to be be-
guiled into reliance upon those extraor-
dinary conditions
Repeated reductions Of tax rates were
accompanied by a remarkably speedy
reduction of the debt. Had different
policy been pursued the debt would
have remained at a tremendous height
while the Treasury was being gorged
with funds in temptation to even larger
programs of public works and improve
ments and developments than were
adopted by Congress. Mr.. Mellon ad-
vocated an equalization policy, and,
with few exceptions, his recommended
tions were followed, greatly to the
country's benefit.
During this period the Secretary Of
the Treasury was repeatedly attacked
by partisans and personal enemies. I'm
perturbably he faced these criticisms
without argument or direct rejoinder
save when called upon for testimony
to his own integrity, which was given
fully and freely and was at all times
supported completely by corroboration.
His critics made him a mark of their
venom for purely political reasons or
for the sake of gaining publicity for
themselves. Even in the last weeks
of his service In the Treasury this
practice was renewed, with a clamor
that caused only disgust for the self
exploitation of his accuser. Had his
selection for ambassadorial service been
delayed for just little while, the House
of Representatives would undoubtedly
have met this onset with a crushing
vote, voicing the confidence of the peo-
pies representatives in their chief fiscal
officer.
The action of the Senate in thus
promptly and. but for single vote.
unanimously approving the nomination
of Mr.. Mellon stands as an eloquent
and emphatic expression of the graft
tude Of the country for his services, be-
yond valuation, rendered during more
than a decade of difficult years.
Evening star., 1932-02-08

And there In the morning mail is q
kind invitation to come and take a
real hike" over the top Of the Blue
Ridge Mountains!
Well, that must be respectfully. but
firmly, declined. The first thing you
know. some hardy person will want
you to go bobsledding.
The tips of the Blue Ridge are about
the last places in the world you would
select for a walk. Your hat Is of to
any one who will do 1t.
Their will power must be something
tremendous. Think of the huge
amount it must take to push human
being to the foot of a Blue Ridge
world except to walk up over 1t and
down againi
If a bear were after you, or some
thing, there would be a good reason
for getting to the top of the mountain
1t is true that the mountains Of the
Blue Ridge chain are not such giants
as such things go. but when one stands
at the foot, and looks UP, they look
big enough.
To walk over one afoot with no bear
after you) is feat any one can take
pride in. One may imagine those
purpoSeful mixers, who know where
they want to walk and walk it.
We bet that they talk about each
walk for months afterward. And why
not, one may ask? 1t is something tC
hike over a mountain, and fall down
and skin your knees. and get poison
ivy and all out of breath.
X X x
The Blue Ridge Mountains somehow
leave bad taste in your mouth.
Ever since you were a child.
Can't think of Blue Ridge Mountains
without grimace of diStaSte.
There is, of course. no outward reason
why anybody should take such a dis
like to one of the great natural con-
structions of the United States.
One must know antecedents to get al
the root of the trouble. You we're 6
finicky child, or what was called such
AS you look back upon that period. yor
see plainly that what was called
"fnicky" was merely honesty.
If you did not like smell, you sale
so. If cabbage, in the process of cook
ing did not smell as a vegetable should
according to your juvenile notions, you
said so.
For child to have notions about the
VI III bIllllS WA
thought to be mysterious in those days
Children should be seen, not heard
If they had opinions they had better
keep them to themselves under the
penalty of being branded "fnicky."
If the hotel at which the family
stayed at the Summer resort had musty
sheets and you dared say they were
musty, somehow the blame got trans.
ferred to you. The musty sheets got
off scot free.
If the milk had garlic in it the cows
were not to blame, but you were Il
blame. You were finicky and that set
tied it.
Well, one bright Summer day in the
long ago, when one never stopped tt
realize that heating houses took money
or that flower seed must be planted Il
have flowers, the family decided on g
trial visit to a place up in the noun
tains.
Yes, in the same vicinity the hike
over the Blue Ridge is to be.
x
Here you are. jogging along in the
train, ever the battle grounds, on tC
the mountains. You see the COWS in
the meadows, the waving fields OF
grain. 1t is hot and is getting hotter
Lunch time occurs simultaneously
with the arrival of the caravan at the
country station, but the horse and car
Evening star., 1932-02-08
Mexico Spares No Cost
To Finish Road Project
From the San Antonio EVENING News.

From the San Antonio Evening News
Though facing a reduced budget for
1882, Mexico's department of commu-
nications announces that it will spare
no expense to finish No. l project as
early as possible. That enterprise is
the Nuevo Laredo-City of Mexico road
part Of the Pan-American Highway
The pavement has been carried south
to Montemorelos and northward from
the capital as far as Ixmiquilpan.
However, the unimproved gap crosses
rough mountain country and is now
impossible for the ordinary motorist;
so the traveller is advised to detour at
Monterey
AS weather conditions are now favor
able to pushing road construction in
Mexico, the authorities hope to COM
plete the project in 1882. BY center
ing their resources in the pan-Ameri-
can route. the Mexican road builders
show appreciation of its value for in
ternatiopal communication. as wen -
IN developing the country.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| riage is waiting. and somehow 1t would
be merely flnicky to stop for lunch
| when the horses and carriage are
waiting TO take you up the mountain
| side.
1t Is a two-hour drive Today. no
doubt, a model T does it in almost no
time at all. but in those days it took
full two hours.
The last thing you remember is a
| big girl in a white dress and a huge
| straw hat. She had glorious pink
cheeks and hair which nowadays
would be called platinum but was called
''towhead" then.
| Memory, queer thing!
Not once in all those years had you
| ever thought of that girl until this
very minute, when you put yourself in
! memory back at the little mountain
railroad station.
| And then somehow she put herself
back at the side of the road, in her
white dress, her big straw hat, with
her pink cheeks and her almost white
| hair
| You try hard to recall-was it the
driver she was waving at? 1t wasn't
| you certainly. You were 9. and she
was l9, and teSides you were finicky.
! Well, up the mountains and up the
mountains you went. And up the
mountains and up the mountains. Just
when you thought dinner would surely
be at hand, you discovered that an
other hours drive was before you ALL
So up the mountain and up the
mountain you went. You went mount
ing and mounting. Would youI never
get there? Evidently not. You wanted
! know VI af Ia
famous mountain breeLe. You evil
IDENTIFY were some kind of sap for want
ing to know that When you got to
the top of the mountain you could sit
on the hotel piazza (the world was very
Italian in those days. and feel the
breeze to your hearts content. But on
the side of the mountain there was no
breeze. The breeze hadn't come UP
yet. It had no horses and driver. and
it wasn't bit finicky. 1t was there at
the top, and to the top you were going.
You didn't say anything. but now
and then thought Of the big girl with
the towhead. You didn't say any
thing, for somehow girls seemed to be
not exactly the topic for conversation
Somehow-well, everything seemed to
tain.
Two hours, all told two hours of
humping up to the top Of the noun
| tain.
And this, then, was the top?
We'll, what of it?" your childish
mind asked, but not out loud.
Where is the breeze" you asked
quite loud. Everybody heard you. Even
the driver heard you.
| She amt come up yit," said the
driver He was an Authority on Noun
tain BreeZes.
She wasn't up yet. Evidently hadn't
hitched up her horses. or something.
1t was the hottest place you had ever
been in all your nine years, but you
didn't say SO, because then you would
have been finicky, and the breeze,
somehow, forgiven for not coming up
the mountain.
You went to lock at the bears den
the great triumph of the place. And il
was only an old hole You had a bet
ter bears den back home, in the great
| cliffs across from Henderson Castle
(there is park there now. So this
was the best the mountains could do?
A bears demand no bears!
And that is why, politely but firmly
you refuse to come and take a real
! hike" over the top of the Blue Ridge
| Mountains. Thanks, awfully!
Evening star., 1932-02-08

1t is quite possible that in a round
up Of possible suspects some innocent
persons win be taken into custody.
Better that. however, than the con-
tinuance Of this career of crime that.
If the hypothesis Of murderous
maniac is correct, may at any hour
cause the death of peaceahle persons
who have the misfortune to-faN within
the orbit of the slayer.