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Captain Koppisch or the speedy F get away to score. Penn played s football, carried off the day 10 to 7

Harvard and Holy Cross mude through a ragged contest. In the period, Miller, Crimson half, was ta so eagerly that the ball flew from arm. Crowley of Holy Cross Scoo it up and scored. In the last per Miller kept the ball by him, raced yards, brought in the touchdown r won for Harvard-12 to 6.

Syracuse's big team, discovering power hitherto concealed, downed B ton College 10 to 0, on a touchdown a field goal scored by Fullback McBrid The Orange team was superior in eve department of the game except kicking

Westward, the sun shone on a redhaired, eel-hipped runagate. Grange b name. He, all-American halfback of last season, running and dodging with fabulous agility, scored five of the six touchdowns that Illinois piled up against Michigan for its 39 to 14 victory. He ran through a broken field like a thoroughbred through a bog, sup ported always by superb interference. (The week previous Grange played against Butler College for 16 minutes, scored 12 points.)

Nebraska welcomed Colgate with such a display of feints, line-bucks. cross-bucks and hidden ball plays that after the first quarter the game was not a game. Concentrating on Tryon, Colgate star whom they had been told to fear, the Cornhuskers battered him into helplessness, let their visitors off gently at 33 to 7.

On Stagg Field, Chicago, there was carnage. All unwitting, a team from Indiana strayed in and fell prey to the fierce Chicago backfield, the potent Chicago line. When all was over, folk said Chicago is fiercer this year than any conference eleven-except Illinois. The score, which could have been worse: Chicago 23, Indiana 0.

On the same afternoon that General Charles G. Dawes repaired to Evanston, Ill., eleven explosive young gentlemen from Purdue turned up there also. Great was Notherwestern's dis- i comfort. One field goal for the Purple, far from dampening the ardor of these young gentlemen, inflamed them to such an extent that they touched off numerous forward passes, one of which fulminated behind the Northwestern goal | line. Score: Purdue 7, Northwestern 3.

Badgers from Wisconsin and Gophers from Minnesota spent a fruitless afternoon gnawing at one another. At the outset, with tackle Schwarze, biggest Badger, ripping open large holes in the Gopher colony, it looked as though he and his fellows must win. But the biting of other Badgers fell (Continued on Page 27)

rrent Situation

he very successful flotation of the man loan has indicated that subseit foreign loans may fare well in 5. financial centres, and the economic very of Europe be thereby hastened. here now remains the final hurdle the presidential election, before the ress of U. S. business can be smooth readily forecast. Most merchants, ufacturers and business men generare engaged just now in "watchwaiting." The election of a conserive ticket seems assured-almost. so, there is a growing realization that ngress will be a strange collection of rtisan organizations and blocs, even

Mr. Coolidge rides alone to the -pitol steps next March. The short ssion of Congress this winter will obably not get anywhere particularly,

accomplish anything much—almost rtainly not taxation, which is the issue

greatest general interest to U. S. asiness men. Consequently, the polital outlook is still uncertain as far as affects business, and business leaders e obviously aware of the fact.

crambling the Roads

The modern railroad masters of the East spent a busy week in Washington, iscussing mergers and consolidations with the Interstate Commerce Commison.

Their deliberations have naturally peen in secret, and few echoes have passed the closed doors to the eager Financial reporters outside. Accordingly, antastic rumors of all sorts have gained space and credence. Every financial Editor has had his own pet notion of now the merging of the Eastern roads ought to be done.

The problem essentially involves merging the older Eastern lines, particularly between Chicago and the North Atlantic seaboard, into a few systems. Last spring, the Van Sweringens took time by the forelock, and by adding to their original Nickel Plate holdings the Hocking Valley, Erie, C. & O. and Pere Marquette, created the new Nickel Plate system (TIME, July 7, et seq.).

This coup was sprung while the N. Y. Central, the B. & O. and the Pennsylvania were deadlocked over the future ownership of the Central New Jersey and the Reading. But the energetic Van Sweringen brothers kept right on acquiring roads; their system lacked entry into Pittsburgh, and rumors became active in Wall Street that the Pittsburgh & W. Virginia, the Lackawanna and other roads might soon be added to the new Nickel Plate.

Finally, to bring order out of chaos, there has been a gathering of chieftains in Washington; the leading figures are Daniel Willard, President of the B. & O.; Samuel Rea, President of the Pennsylvania; Patrick E. Crowley, new President (TIME, Apr. 14) of the New York Central; and last but not least, C. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen. The

principal reason for this gathering was to agree as to who should get what.

Several attractive smaller roads, and several not so attractive, are the lure: these include the Norfolk & Western, Central New Jersey, Reading, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Wabash and others. The railroad leaders wish to merge until only four main systems finally remain in this northeastern territory. Naturally, each big road wants to acquire the attractive small roads, and leave the poor small roads for some one else. No one apparently wants the New Haven, so that New England will be mostly left out of the effects of the merger movement. On the other hand, some of the little roads do not apparently want to be swallowed upthey are quite contented with things as they are. Other little roads feel that they must be absorbed by their stronger competitors, and are mainly concerned with picking a winning swallower and getting guarantees against being bitten in the process.

The I. C. C. originally planned for mergers which would develop nine separate systems. The leading railroad men want only four systems. Apparently, agreement is slowly being reached as to the proper way of working out such a merger. Yet the situation is still as complex and interdependent as a chess problem; and for its final solution, years rather than weeks will be required.

A Popular Loan

Undoubtedly the financial "event" of the past week has been the long-awaited German external loan, $110,000,000 of which, bearing a 7% coupon, was offered for subscription at 92 by a huge syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan & Co.

There had been considerable doubt as to just how the public would take a loan from a recent enemy nation. This was, however, entirely dissipated by the trend of events. The German loan "went across big." So thoroughly had the syndicate done its work, and so attractive did the offering appear to U. S. investors generally, that the issue was very heavily oversubscribed; and more bonds were demanded than were available to deliver.

The German loan was at once listed on the New York Stock Exchange "when issued"; that is, contracts could be made there which will be settled when the actual bonds, or temporary certificates for them, are printed and ready for distribution to buyers. Dealers who had already sold the bonds to customers, but found that owing to its oversubscription their allotments had been reduced so that they would not have enough to deliver to their customers, were compelled to buy those which they needed on the Exchange. On the other hand, a few speculators bought bonds, not intending to keep them, but to sell out at a profit as soon as possible. As a result of the dealers' demand, prices for bonds on the Exchange at once went to a premium over the subscription price of 92; indeed, at one time they sold over 95. Such a premium on bonds just

floated is rare, and indicates better anything else the popularity of the with U. S. investors.

Portland Cement

The manufacturers of Porta Cement are celebrating the 100th an versary of their industry.

It was in Leeds, England, 100 yu ago, that Joseph Aspdin discovered: a new building material could be r duced by mixing pulverized lime an clay in correct proportions and drives out the carbonic acid gas with Aspdin was not a chemist or scients: and his momentous discovery was 3 by accidental experimentation. Up til 1872, there was not a Portland ceme plant in this country. Today the U. S industry represents a capital investm of over $300,000,000, employs from 25-4 000 to 40,000 men, produces annuall 25 000,000 tons of cement.

The great day of Portland cement di not set in until cheap structural ste became a commonplace. The reinforced concrete building then came in, as welf as concrete roads, concrete canal lock ( and railroad abutments and many other ( forms of substitution for solid storework. Without concrete no less the fabricated steel, the modern skyscraper could never have been built.

Aspdin named his material "Portland cement" because of its resemblance to a type of building stone then commonly quarried on the Isle of Portland. A ¦ though the inventor's process has subsequently been improved upon in many ways, the name he gave the product has remained unchanged.

A. T. & T.

During recent months, the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. issued $151.157,000 par of additional common stock. Nevertheless, the Company's report for the first nine months this year ending Sept. 30 shows that on the average amount of stock outstanding during that period, earnings were $8.56 per share. For the last or third quarter this year they were $2.84 per share. Though the stock is paying a 9% dividend, these figures, nevertheless, indicate that the Company is comfortably earning it. In other words, as fast as new capital is poured into the Company, the latter is able to earn a very good return upon it

"Tel. & Tel." now has what is probably the largest stockholders' list in the world, with over 300,000 names upon it. When the Company wants additional capital, the existing shareholders are given first chance at the new stock.

According to President H. B. Thayer, the Company's last stock issue was the largest transaction of its kind in history. To the 316,046 stockholders as of June 30, 1924, was given the "right to subscribe" at par for one new share on the basis of every five shares already held. There were slightly more than 193,000 of such subscriptions, averaging 77 shares each. Nearly 175,000 of the subscriptions were made by former stockholders, and over 18,000 by investors

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of their barking; the Gophers ked over a touchdown on the last I; the score stood 7 to 7.

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it is to see the courage go out orse, the fire die in him that made swift, so that though he runs st equals in a valiant race and flag is lifted for his triumph, his fails him in the hazard of his he falters and cannot win. It was thing that happened, last week, at el, Md. There Epinard was run

the race, the Laurel Stakes; the ace, one mile; the prize, $10,000. was a favorite among favorites,

said the lean men who ride es, the fat men who bet on them, is due to win."

the parade before the race, the ich four-year-old seemed lacke; there was a negligence under sleek grace; and he needed a touch the whip to bring him up to the ier-a touch that made him sulky. key Kummer, instead of Jockey nes, had the leg up and rode an quate race except for that one rash ch. Away they went-a flash of

, a huddle of bobbing heads at the n, one, two, pulling away, animated s all; then the stretch, the crowd ris, a tatoo of hoofs-F. A. Burton's ise Counsellor first; second, Big aze; third, Sun Flag; fourth, Initiate; th, Epinard, limping, staggering. A arter crack in his hoof, though bound at morning, had broken wide open; e pain had killed his spirit, made him se for the fourth time. Lamed, he ill race no more in the United States, Lid Trainer Leigh speaking for Owner Wertheimer.

AERONAUTICS

Flight's End

5,000 Miles. The ZR-3 reached Lakeurst, N. J., without a mishap, after a light of 5,060 miles from Friedrichshafen in South Germany. She broke every record of distance and speed for airships of any type, from any country. For the first time, mail and freight from Berlin reached Manhattan in less than five days: messages of good-will, a tabloid edition of the Vössische Zeitung, a sack of 1,000 toys for Wanamaker's famed department store, walking doll for Major Frank M. Kennedy's little daughter.

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Dr. Hugo Eckener might have been businesslike, might have sailed his 'craft without a pause to Lakehurst. Instead with plenty of reserve fuelhe chose to dawdle genially over New York City. The great ship was first sighted about 7:50 in the morning; commuters on the ferry-boats cheered

*In September, Epinard finished second to Wise Counsellor in a six-furlong (4 mi.) race at Belmont Park (TIME, Sept. 8); this month, he ran second to Ladkin over a mile course at the Aqueduct (L. I.) race course (TIME, Oct. 6) and second to Sarazen in a 14-mile race at Latonia, Ky. (TIME, Oct. 20).

loudly; and, as the ZR-3 sailed over Manhattan to the Bronx and back, hundreds of thousands of busy New Yorkers forgot office and factory and stared skyward until their necks ached. By a curious trick of vision, explainable by the ship's tremendous length, the ZR-3 at one time seemed to graze the very top of the Woolworth Building, though in reality it hung never less than 3,000 feet above the city.

Progress. The world moves fast. One has almost forgotten that the Atlantic has already been conquered by the airship. Yet it was as early as July 2, 1919, that the British R-34 crossed the ocean to land at Mineola, L. I. The R-34 started from East Fortune Airdrome, Edinburgh, Scotland, covered the shortest route over the North Atlantic, took 108 hours to sail 3,200 miles. At times, she scarcely made 25 m.p.h.; 500 miles from shore her gas was almost gone; the motors had to be nursed; the famous call "Rush Help" startled and alarmed the world. Engine and other troubles marked the journey.

Five years product of 25 years of German experience made a journey nearly twice as long, at an average speed of 60 m.p.h. Far from having no gas left on arrival, she could have gone another 3,000 miles. Bringing only 32 men, she could have just as easily carried 54 and 15 tons of freight. Except for a rent in a gas cell (and that rapidly repaired), she arrived in perfect condition.

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Frantic measures to assure safety were necessary with the R-34. the last cable had been tied at the huge Roosevelt Field, anxiety was in every man's mind. The ZR-3's arrival at Lakehurst was calm, almost commonplace.

Monotony, Comfort. What did the U. S. observers on board think of their trip? They were Major Kennedy for the Army, Captain Steele, Commander Klein and Commander Kraus for the Navy. "Monotonous and comfortable!" said they. They were not seasick. There was no dirt or dust. They played cards. They listened to concerts by radio. They slept soundly. They ate mock-turtle soup and Hungarian goulash with fresh vegetables. They were without very lonesome a cigarette. They missed a little water for washing and they-upon arrival-did not like their wives and friends to see their unsightly three days' growth of beard. The German Airmen. Certainly the Germans selected their personnel The President of the with equal care. Zeppelin Co., Dr. Hugo Eckener, was himself in charge. One of the late Count Zeppelin's* earliest co-workers,

*Count Ferdinand Zeppelin retired from the German Army with the rank of General after the Franco-Prussian War, devoted him. self to the construction of rigid dirigibles. His first one consisted of an aluminum framework with 16 bags and attained a speed of 18 m. p. h. It was tested in 1900 and flew Disaster 31⁄2 miles before it was wrecked.

and fire destroyed his second and third attempts, but his experiments culminated in the Zeppelin airship of 1909 for which-at the age of 71-he received the Order of the Black Eagle. He died in 1917.

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