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Show GERMAN HOP GROWER VISITS UNITED STATES p . t. r i NEW YORK. Baron Louis Voa Horat ef Coburg, Germany, who has beea called the "hop king of the wett," because of hia extensive bop interests ia California, ha arrived her. H announced that he -had been elected chairman of th . board of directors of the London and - Continental Bteenv a ship company, a avorcar iemi. . .newly organised 'vest mmn. . . eoneera which will operat a line of steamships between London nnd Ost-nd. ' ' "American tourist traffic to England and the continent ha become ao heavy," Baron Voa Horat aaid. "that a need for such eervics haa developed. Our company soon will let eontrsete for the construction of four fast steamship, each having berth accommodations for 500 travelers. Baron Von Horat said that ha expects to receive patenta this month in Washington Wash-ington on a process for conserving the aroma of hope which will result in a saving to brewer from 42,000,000 to 13,000,000 a year. |