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Evening star., 1933-07-25
20 YEARS AGO
z WILLARD HOOVER won the
IL Fairmont Teunis Cub tntra-
m THE STAR

r WILLARD HOOVER won the
~ Fairmont Tennis Cub tntra-
club tourney, Debating N. ]
Mercer in the nnal. Other compet-
itors included J. Z. Holliger, George
T. 0urley. Q. o. Rsif, w. L. Pipes,
J. r. Pipes, W. +. Houston and G. II.
Pierce.
Frank Chance. Manager Of The
New York Americans, Il reported
ready to let out Birdie Cree and Bert
Daniels, veteran outfielderS.
Ed walsh and Doc White, not 20
long ago big shots On the Chicago
White Sox pitching stan, seem to
have had their best days. They have
been left 1T home by the Sox on
their present trip IN the hope the
rest may help them.
Jake Daubert Is the first National
Lacquer this season to get 100 hits.
Hartford Midgets Of Mount Pleas
ant are challenging D. G. mines aver
aging II years. Among Hartford
players are Brooke Boyer. q. Harren,
M. johnson, w. Howell, J. Trimble.
H. Hart, p. Drlny, +. Rafferty, and
+. Watts.
]. c. Parke. England, defeated
Maurice E. Mclaughlin, United
States tennis champion, but r. Nor
ris williams Of the United States
team conquered G. p. Dixon. repre-
senting England, In the opening
matches Of the final round Of play
for the Davis Cup at Wimbledon.
Clyde Milan again is leading the
American League base stealers. He
has swiped 46.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
LOCAL STUDENTS SCORE

Robert W. Hall and Allan G. Schieck,
GEORGETOWN University r. o. T. C.
students ut the training camp at Fort
George q. Meade, had high scores last
week for rife and pistol Workmanship
In 4 field Of 800 students from Is In
stitutions in the Sd Corps Area. Hall
was the only one of the 800 to qualify
As an expert rifleman. His score was
223. Schieck scored o7.10 to lead In
the pistol competition, being one Of five
to qualify as experts.
Edward w. Aud, University Of Mary
land, was third in rife. qualifying Is .
shArpshooter with . score Of 2l7. In
the pistol firing Gordon H. Livingston,
also Of the Old Line school, was second
with 92.20
Evening star., 1933-07-25
Sandlot Ball

~ ORGANIZATION of the Fra
X ternal Order Of Eagles ball team
has been effected and Manager
Bill Blake has announced the signing
OF Art Sheehan, OTIS Lyons, Irish Fftz-
gerald. Dan Derose, Bob Brown and
Bill Crenshaw.
Games and outfielders are wanted.
Call Metropolitan 9033 between am.
end pm, or Atlantic 5000 after pm.
White Star A. c. and Wash B. Will
iams All-Stars face Sunday at 3 o'clock
on the University Of Maryland diamond
IN a second-round game in the series
fer the independent championship Of
Washington and vicinity.
Both won opening games last Sunday.
Indian Head Cardinals and the Mount
Rainier A. c. face in the first round
of the consolation series on the Mount
Rainier field.
Maryland Aces and Mulhall Eagles
meet In q double-header Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock on Monument dia-
mond No. 2.
A meeting of the Ballston Fire De-
partment nine will be held tonight in
the fire house at 8 O'Clock.
Investigation, 6: Printers. 3. Oe-
partmental League.)
Blue Ribbons, 8; Gichner's, /. (In-
dustrial League.)
A. G. O., II; Always, S. Federal
League)
Mount Vernon. IL; Calvary, 6.
IGeorgetown Church Leagueo
Stanton Insects Z; Monte Weavers, 2
These teams want games:
Adelphites, for Saturday and Sunday.
Call Columbia 1861.
Crimson Insects. Potomac 1921.
Indian Head Juniors. for Saturday
and Sunday, on Indian Head field. In
dian Head II, after 4 pm.
Mutual Life Insurance Co., with un-
limited teams. Manager Harry Shur-
man, Lincoln 0814 between $50 and
$50 pm.
Capital Power Plant, for Thursday at
3 E3o'clock with team having field.
National 1920, branch 139, between
H.S0 am. and pm.
Evening star., 1933-07-25

H. A. stansbury. the university's
director of athletics, said tonight
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation will provide counsel to de-
fend the action.
The director revealed that during
October, 1892, the department paid
$1,700 tax on admissions, but then
learned that Minnesota and Iowa
State had refused to pay, and that
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation had invited the Govern
ment to institute q test suit.
The association named Fielding
H. Yost 81 Michigan as chairman Of
. committee to employ counsel to
defend any such suit, Stansbury de-
clared.
Evening star., 1933-07-25

eral Government yesterday for al
legged non-payment Of taxes on foot
ball admissions, plans to make its
defense q test Of the Governments
right to tax the income Of State in
stitutions.
The Government suit. fled in the
Federal Court at Elkins, w. Va,
seeks payment Of $2.029.56, which 1t
asserts Is due as tax on admissions
to games played in November, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
PREVIOUS CONTEST
WICKED AND EVEN.
Hans Mad Bull Tactics Fail.
Rivals Were Spar Mates
for Sharkey, Carnera.
BY FAIR PLAY.

n YEW YORK, July 25.-Hans
M Birkie and frankie Edgren
/ Y are paired on a 10-round
fight on Thursday at
Fugazy Bowl. Fight-hungry fans
are looking forward to this match
between two promising heavies
and, judging by their first battle,
staged as one of the preliminaries
to the Carnera-Sharkey fight, the
fans will not be disappointed.
Birkie has q 1o-round hght against
Primo Camera to his credit. He acted
as . spar mate for Sharkey, while
Edgren was doing likewise for the
Italian. On form, Birkie looked like an
easy winner over Edgren. Soon after
the scrap started the German got the
surprise Of his life, as his rival, boxing
with his hands hanging loosely at his
sides and reminding the fans so much
of Jimmy Slattery, avoided the bull
like rushes Of Birkie and promptly sent
him back on his heels with dipping
blows.
Blow on Beak Angers Him.
"HE wallops were Of the slap-stick
variety, but they annoyed Birkie
and upset his plan Of scoring q
quick knockout. A sharp left to the
nose started Birkies nose bleeding, and
then the fun started Hans beloved
like q maddened bull and tore after his
adversary with the intention Of ami
hilating him In jig time.
About this time Edgren decided to
tight In earnest. He ripped and tore
back with both hands and Birkie,
unable to cope with this sort of bat
Ting, backed up and permitted the
youngster to take the play from him.
gave him q draw decision.
Birkie is q native Of Germany. Unlike
most foreign fighters, he did not come
over here claiming q title. For this
reason he could not get work and made
the long ride to California, where he
did fairly well. As this city was closer
to his home port, he made the trip
back here and secured . fight with the
intention Of earning enough money to
pay his way to the Fatherland. He
went over better than he did on the
Coast and Hans has decided to stay
here and make more dollars.
Whips Local Favorite.
~ IDGREN is . Wyoming boy. Fight
towns are few and far between
in his State. It 50 happened that
Florida was on the right map and to
Jacksonville Edgren went, and made
good by not only going the distance. but
giving local idol whale of a whip
ping. He made his way northward. but
10 one gave him any credit for being
a good fighter. in spite of the fact that
he dumped over several good boys. The
only reason he was thrown in with
Birkie was to satisfy those in charge
Of the German and what he did to
Btrkie has been told before
Edgren may not beat Birkie In a 10
round tight, but one thing Is certain,
the Wyoming lad will give a good ac-
count of himself and II he is able to
retain command of his boxing sense he
will outshine his sturdier opponent.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
D. c. NETMEN WCTORS
Boiling, Rutley and Barklay Wiz
in Virginia State Tourney.

HOT SPRINGS. Va, July 25.-Dick
Boiling, Joseph Rutley and Henry T.
Barklay. jr., Of Washington survived the
opening days play in the mems singles
in the Virginia State tennis champion
ships here yesterday. Boiling defeated
Stewart Denslow. st. James, Md, 60,
81. 81, and Rutley downed another
Washingtonian, Winston Frost, 60.
Go. in second-round matches. and
Berklay overcame Gordon Stillman,
New York, 81, e6. in the first round
terday when Billy Jacobs, Baltimore,
defeated Harvey Y. Lake, Ocean City,
N. j., sixth seeded PLAYER. Eddie Ja-
cobs. brother of Joe, who is seeking a
third win in the tourney to capture the
bowl on which he already has two legs,
IVES to play his first match today
against Charles Cook. Dallas, Tex.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
HAMAS.PERR0NI BOUT OFF.

CLEVELAND. July as R.-A boxing
show scheduled for tonight in which
Patsy Perroni, young Cleveland heavy
weight, and Steve Hamas Of Passaic,
N. j., were to have met in . 10-round
feature bout, has been indefinitely post
poned due to Perroni injuring his hand
in training.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
Mat Matches

~ the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. - Joe Savoldi, 202,
Three Oaks, Mich, defeated Roland
xirchmeyer, as, Cushman, Okla,
straight falls.
: CAMDEN, N. J-Ray Steele, Cali
lornia, defeated Dick Raines, Texas
ftwo falN split Raines unable to con-
1anNe.J
Evening star., 1933-07-25

4 STRANGE story is told by Bill
n Fithian, local angler, who said
while fishing last Saturday after
noon of Hooper's Light, located across
the bay from the mouth Of the Patuxent
River, one of his fishing companions
lost a big hardhead. The fish broke
the line and went his merry way. Five
minutes later Fithian hooked q big
hardhead, the same fish that Just few
minutes before had broken the line
of one of his companions. When he
started to reel in he felt an additional
Evening star., 1933-07-25
w. Va. i. Contests i. S. Suit
Will Test Governments Right to Tax Income of
State Institutions.

N ORGANToWN, w. Va, July
M IS R.-The Athletic de-
VI partment Of West Virginia
IIr,iuerxifv s1led hv the ED.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27

Moderate declines were noted in nearly all the leading issues. Steel corftmon dipped below AZ, but ral- lied on moderate short covering near the close. Other steels were barely steady.
 Losses of a point or more were made by American Can, American Tobacco B, Auburn Automobile, Eastman Kodak, Union Pacific, Case, and New York Central.
 Postal Telegraph preferred fea- tured the communications group and made another new 1898 top. Other isues to make new highs Tor the year included Mack Trucks, National Distillers, Iowa Central. North American Aviation and Lorillard.
 Baldwin issues were bid up near the close, notably the preferred stock which rose more than q point In the face of an adverse earnings report.
 Consolidated Gas closed at 46 3-4 up IA point for the day. The issue was unaffected by the action of directors in reducing the divi- dend from $1 quarterly to 80 cents. A cut had been anticipated.
 Silver issues ruled firm.
 Late in the day International Silver Company announced an in- crease in the price of Sterling silverware.
 Business news was light but favorable. Further gains were re- ported in various sections of the, steel industry. Automobile manu- facturers reported increased sales in several instances.
 The aggregate value of 10 fead- ing stocks totaled $5,706.553,439 against $5.712,360,671 yesterday, a. fidecline of $5,807,232.
 Sales totaled 1,880,000 shares against 2,910,000 yesterday. Curb sales were 2S1,000, against 363,- 900.
 Dow-Jones preliminary averages: Industrial, 71.71 off 0.93; Railroad 30.44. off 0.73; Utility, 23.58. off 0.19.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
HYSTERlCAL WITNESS HOLDS UP TRIAL
The Anglo-French Monetary Alliance
 Satisfies Britain

i diate convocation of the finance commission of the chamber to-day to obtain an explanation from Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of the condition of the treasury.
 Denais' demand represented a growing storm against the pro- posed Franco British monetary all. lance thereby the French treasury would obtain large loans of francs from the Bank of England.
 Denais in a letter to Louis- Jean Malvy, president of the com. mission, demanded that he call the commission.
 "I cannot admit that a govern ment which must secure legislation for emission of treasury bonds should contract a loan abroad in this manner" he said, "especially with all its possible consequences not only of a financial nature, but economical and political ones as we'll"
 It was understood the govern ment was negotiating the alliance with Britain to keep France on the gold standard and to reinforce the treasury with much needed rev. enue. The cabinet, faced with a large budget deficit and declining revenues, would find foreign loan almost provldentiaI, 1t was said in authoritative quarters.
 If Malvy summons the finance commission, 1t was believed the occasion would be seized for q complete review of the French monetary and financial situation, especially as 1t relates to the con- dition of the dollar and America s abandonment of gold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
FOUR CONNECTS ESCAPED FROM
 PITTSBURGH
Three of T h e m Are Notorious Criminals One of Four is Wanted in New Haven

Pittsburg, April 27--UP) Pour prisoners including three notorious allegedly county criminals and an escaped Ohio convict, escaped over the roofs of Western penitentiary at dawn today.
 The escaped men were led by John Maug. 30, leader of the "Maug gang" who was serving a life term as an habitual criminal, as well as from 60 to 100 years on a charge of staying Constable Vernon Moses of Ross township last year.
 Maug took with him Edward Turpack, 2G, serving similar terms on similar charges, and Theodore Geisler, 23, both members of his gang, and Freddie Prince, Al, The pox- marked bandit" who was cap tured here as holdup man after scaping from Ohio state prison.
 The prisoners hid their escape for several hours with dummies in their cots. Two guards checked the prisoners after midnight, and counted the dummies as the es- caped men, Warden Ashe said. The warden said the men were known to be in the prison at midnight, and were not missed until after the , q. m. count.
 The men escaped by scaling the yardside of their cell block and go- ing over the walls with woolen rope made in the prison weaving factory. The warden was confident there was no outside aid, but said he would make the customary thorough investigation among the guards and inmates. Prince was wanted in New Haven. Conn. ac- cording to Warden Stanley Ashe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
FLYING BOATS
 BEING BUILT TO
 CROSS ATLANTIC
Were Designed By Colonel Lindbergh = Three of T h e m Will Be Con- struCted at Bridgeport

New York. April 27-UP)- Six huge flying boats, larger than the "Clipper Ships" of the Pan- American Airways and capable of crossing the ocean at cruising speed of more than 150 miles per hour, have been ordered by Pan American, Juan T. Trippe, presi- dent. revealed.
 Three of the Planes will be built by the Glenn l.. Martin Company of Baltimore, Md, and three by the SikOrsky Aviation Company of Bridgeport, Conn. The contracts call for $1,750,000, and an addi- tional $1,10O,000 worth of equip ment will be bought later for Pan American lines, Trippe said. The boats will be of all-mental con- structions on specifications draft cd by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The first ship will be heady in c year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
Market More Quiet To-day And Volume
 Of Business Small
Prices Based Off Fractions to More Than Point = a Few Issues Moved Up Against the Trend = Most Operators Kept Out of It
BY ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial EditDf)

New York, April 27.-(UP)- Volume on the New York stock ex- change fell below the 2,000, ,00O- share mark to-day for the first time Tn more than q week. Prices eased off fractions to more than a point In the main list.
 The decline was orderly. A few issues moved up against the trend. Most operators withdrew from trading pending definite tendencies in the imitation situation.
 Commodities, except silver de- cllned. The latter advanced on the senate's vote on a silver pro- posal. The American dollar ad- Vanced in terms of foreign ex- change, q factor in the casing Of commodity prices.
 Allied Chemical was n weak fea- ture. Investors unloaded in fear 1t might be removed from the list. The governing committee of the exchange is seeking broader in- formation for stockholders of the company's balance sheet items and If 1t is not forthcoming when the committee reviews the case May 8. removal may be the penalty im- posed.
 Allied Chemical was forced down 5k points to 8J. Only a small amount was recovered bkforc the close.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
ONE TEACHER OF CHICAGO TAKES
 HIS OWN LIFE

Chicago, April 27-UP)-Paul Schneider. A, manual training teacher in the Chicago public schools who had been without pay since last July, to-day shot himself to death In his home on the west side. The story of the tragedy was revealed by his wife and three young daughters in the home on which taxes are long past due.
 My husband had been worried sick for months," said Mrs Schnei- der. He taught manual training at Washburn school which Is fin one of the city's poorest districts. He had had no pay since last July and it was getting harder and harder to make both ends meet. He was actually III with worry. This morning he rose early and went to the basement. A short time later we heard q shot. I ran to the basement and found he had shot himself with a .3S calibre re- volvcr"
 Schneider had three daughters, Evelyn, l5, and Gertrude and Do- lores, seven year old twins. Fear that he would be unable to pro- vide for the children was believed by Mrs Schneider to have been the chief cause of the suicide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
BOOK WAS OPEN AT THE CHAPTER
 FACING DEATH
Tragedy on Board Yacht Brought A s hore By Youth - One Dead and Captain Dying

Gloucester, Mass, April 2G - UP)-A book found on the cabin floor, it's pages opened to chap. ter dealing with facing death, " cast q macabre atmosphere about the Yacht La Reine, abroad which two men were fatally poisoned by impure food.
 The word of the tragendy was brought to shore bw Carlisle ". Watson, 12, son of Lowell shoe manufacturer, who hoWed nearly q mile from the yacht to the coast guard station here yesterday. One told authorities that Captain Will liam Mason, 50, of Gloucester, and Paul Morrison, 20, of Lowell, were abroad the boat and would not wake up.
 Coast guards found Morrison's s body on bunk in the forecastle. Captain Mason died a few hours later at a Gloucester hospital.
 Finding of the book on death and suicide caused authorities to investigate the possibility of foul play. Medical Examiner Ira E. Hull, however, pronounced the deaths due to ptomaine poisoning from canned food. The food was to be analysed. Young Watson nl- so was stricken, but physicians said his condition was not criti- cal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
NEW HAMPSHIRE
 STILL CLINICS TO
 OLD FAST DAY
Only State to Keep Up the Legal Holiday That Was Begun Back in l679

Concord, N. H., April 27-(UP) = New Hampshire observed Fast Day today just as It has since it became a legal holiday February 26. 1769.
 It is the only state left which still makes a point of observing the day, although several of the early colonists prescribed general fasting when beset by drought, witchcraft, earthquakes and Indian raids, according to Major Otis c.. Hammond. New Hampshire His forical Society director, who has just completed special legislative research into the origin of Fast Day.
 New England's first Fast Day, July 16, 1923, was to obtain rain for sun -scorched Plymouth, Mass. corn fields and, sure enough. after "cight to nine hours of prayer and dovout exercises" the sky grew cloudy and next morning distilled such soft, sweet, and moderate showers as made 1t hard to say if withered corn on dropping affec- tions were most quickened and re- yyived."
 Protest by dissenting religious groups forced Massa chusetts to abandon the day in 1849 and Pa friot's Day. April 19. was sub stituted.
 only New Hampshire has chng to the tradition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
JUSTICE OF THE KINGS BENCH
 WAS SUICIDE

London, April 27.-UP)-Sir Henry Alfred McCardle, justice of the kings bench division of the high court and Britain's most cele- brated jurist, was recorded as q suicide to-day. A servant found Sir Henry dead in his sitting room yesterday. He had held shot gun betwene his kneesa put the end of the barrel into his mouth. and pulled the trigger by pulling a string attached to his foot.
 Sir Henry had just recovered from an attack of influenza.
 He was celebrated as q judge of unusual liberality, especially in lnatetrs of social nature. He was q staunch advocate of the rights of women and his most cclebrated ,decision--that a woman was citi- zen, not serf and had q right to leave her husband If she wished stirred controversy throughout England.
 Justice McCardie was known as inc bachelor judge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
SAVED FROM
 CHAIR THAT WAS
 AWAITING HIM
Governor Ely Gives His Reasons For COmmut= ing Sentence on Slayer of a Policeman

Boston. April 27-(UP - Saved by executive clemency less than a week before he was to have died in the electric chair, Roland C.. Bousquet. 27, slayer of an Attic boro policeman, today began the routine of a life prisoner at state prison. The former Norton gro- cery clerk had been transferred from the death house, where he spent week, to cell In the Cherry hill section, where the late Jesse Pomeroy, nationally-known 1ifer, was confined for q half cen tury. Warden James L. Hogsett said the youth probably would be assigned to one of the prison work shops later today. In committing the sentence, Governor Ely was in- fiuenced by the fact that Bous- quet's mental age was estimated at only 10 1-2 to 15 years.
 1T appreciate 1t very much. The governor is q very thoughtful man. My folks will be pleased" Bous- quet said, quietly, when the war den informed him his life had been spared.
 Bousquet shot Police Inspector Edward l.. Gobin at Attleboro January 20, 1892, after being picked up as "peeper" suspect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
WOOL MARKET

Boston. April 27-(UP) The local daily wool market report is- sued today by the Boston U. $. agriculture department bureau fol- lows:
 "The finer grades of western grown wools have advanced stead fly in the past two days. Bulk French combing G4s and finer ter ritory wools in original bags have sold freely at 47-50 cents. secured basis, and now few lots are avail able under 50 cents. Better than 51 cents has been reported on good staple lines. Choice new Arizona wool has sold at 5i-52 cents. secured basis. for offerings of good French combifig and average strict ly com ping staple in original bags Average twelve months Texas wool has realized 50 cents. secured basis. with good wools held higher. Grad ed strictly combing 5Ss. cos terri tory wool has sold at 90 cents. secured basis"