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New Britain herald., 1923-11-26
BOXING BOUTS TONIGHT
stage l. set for Resumption of Pro- rcssionai Game at Jcstcr's Hall This I,tning.


 The stage is set for the resumption of professional boxing in this city when the Hardware City \. q. VIII conduct a show tonight in testers hall. Matchmaker James Bordierc. has arranged what looks like a card that vill produce action. Bobby Reimcr Of this city will make his return to the ring tonight opposing Young Angelo. of Stamford, state lightweight champion. Eeimer looks fine after a long rest. and reports from his training camp. have it that he is set to trim Angelo plenty. The record of the Stamford boy is one that will impress. The result Of some of his bouts are as follow: Sailor sam. won rounds; Kid Carter knockout . rounds; Battling kunz. won rounds. Young Eddy, draw lh rounds; Sailor Murphy. draw 10 rounds; Eddie Kelley. knockout : rounds: Jen Began, knockout rounds: Steve Boyd. knockout rounds: Young Allen. knockout rounds; Young Taylor. won rounds: Eddie segal. knockout 1 rounds; Young Eddy. draw 10 rounds; Sailor Darcey. draw 10 rounds; Mike Me- Gale, draw 10 rounds; Freddie Segal. won 10 rounds: Willie Gibbs knock outs rounds.
 Teddy Faybrick. knockout. { rounds: Joe Dillon. knockout. 1 rounds. Bobby Reimef. lost i0I rounds: Bobby Reimer. won. 10I rounds; Bobby Reimer, won. i5I rounds. Charlies Pilkfneton, won: Gobe Lawrence. won; Chuck Prevey. won: JohDny shugrue. lost; Joe Rus SO. won: Frankie Maxwell. won, and Johnny Winters. won.
 The ssemi-fnsI sill be an s-ronnd affair between Kid Thomas. of Colo rado and setie Setriaio. of Bristol. in which plenty of action Is promised.
 Rocky Gtary. of Hartford. Is matched for six-roUnder with Jim- 1 my Clements of Bristol. The curtain raiser will be between Bobby White 1 Of this city and Bud Dempsey of Hartford. It is billed for four rounds.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-26

Bandits hodup and their friends becoming boder New York They're getting goshbamed bold that Police Commissioner Enght has taken cognzance of crime and cutaed vacation and oday privileges of patrmen and detec ves This photo shows of the bodest and most full attempts of bandits They smashed the big plate glass show window of Hcksons of Fifth avenues most fashionable lars--and escaped.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-26
MOHAWK. RANGER
 GAME ENDS IN TIE
tcontinued From Preceding Page,

kContlnucd from Preceding Page) hawks got the ball. Rice made a brilliant run of 25 yards but on being tackled he dropped the ball and An nastio got it for the Rangers There | were series of penalties here and on the next play. after a tumble, Argosy scooped up the ball and raced 50 yards before he was overhauled from behind by Rice and Brennan. It was an tncompleted forward pass however, and the ball was brought back As the Mohawks neared their op- ponents' goal their. stock rose and when Ranger sub went in and talked before the play the referee slapped a Is yard penalty on them. The re- mainder of the play was in the mid field, and the final bit of play saw Kahms block a Mohawk punt and Nyborg get through for 20 yard spin and again it was Rice who dumped him.
 The game ended with the play near the middle of the field. The sum mary:
 MOHAWKS HANGERS Behnke .........,.... Hennessey
 Left end brehhdH '..'.... ..,,.,r.... Pupei
 Left tackle GrlsWold .-.............. Nevericl
 Left guard Cosgrove ................. Argosy
 Center GpdThs AnnaStla
 Right guard  buiiidih ''.''H'' '.. ''... SONlek Right tackle
 Right end
 Quarterback oISlt lOnTdu
 Right Halfback 1uHlsdh '.''''''''.' SarlSky
 Left halfback Jackson .,..........,.... Scifel
 Full back
New Britain herald., 1923-11-26

Get nervous if you can. Some day you may be good enough to pass as q sliimmy dancer
New Britain herald., 1923-11-26

Garbisch, the brilliant center of the Army eleven, has been elected cap tain of the 1924 team.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-26

New Britain High will have sig nal practice each day this week to keep on edge for Saturdays game with Hartford at St. Mary's field.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
AYERS SCRIPTS
HELD HER IN
HOT BATH
Son of Detroit Newspaper
Publisher Counters Suit Of
Wife for Divorce. -


DETROIT. Dec. 22.-Charges of
cruelty featured the opening of the
divorce case of Ruth Maude Dewey
Scripps and James Scripps, son of
William E. Scripps, millionaire news
paper publisher, here yesterday.
Scripps is being sued for separate
maintenance by the beautiful wife
with whom he eloped, He Is asking
FOR an absolute divorce in his cross
bill.
Before the honeymoon was ended,
according to the wife's complaint,
the husband had held her in a hot
bath until she was nearly exhausted
and was rescued by Scripps' own
parents.
The cruelty, Mrs. Scripps charged,
followed when she informed her hus-
band she expected to become a
mother.
Scripps claims in his answer that
he was swept off his feet by the
sparkling society deb who had turn
ed the heads of young society men
or Detroit, Chicago and st. Louis.
She (Mrs. Scripps) exhibited a
fondness for the defendant and led
him to believe that unless they were
married without delay she would be
subjected to a powerful and irresis-
tible pressure to get her to agree to
marry another person." says
Scripps' answer. Believing this, he
proposed immediate marriage and It
met with her instant approval"
Scripps was eighteen and his bride
twenty-one when the marriage took
place.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
CLOSED DOOR,
PRESENTEDBY
DUSE
italian Tragedienne Appears
for One Matinee Perform
ance at Polls.
By HAROLD PHILLIPS.

Nine. Duse, the = italian TRACE
dienne, returned to Washington
yesterday in her first visit in a
quarter of a century. Certain
last-minute vicissitudes, principal
" the substitution OF an unknown
play for the more generally
known Ghosts" Of Ibsen, may be
said not to have helped regild the
halo with which the one-time in
comparable mime was crowned
in the long ago.
It may have been regard for
her health, taxed unduly by this
American tour, that. led her to
choose for her Washington ap-
pearance a light tragedy, devoid
Of action and situation. depending
solely on dialogue. Presented as
it was in the Italian tongue, the
tour de force was lost almost
wholly on the majority Of those
present. The play Is light, dia-
logic throughout, leVying the
nghtest tax possible on the emo
tions Of the star, and we will
always believe that Duse, no
longer at the age where she can
take exertion because a program
schedules it, mixed her Wash
ington appearance with an ounce
Of prevention. And thus there is
nothing to split hairs about.
"The Closed Door" Is by Marco
Praga, and the editor Of the trans
lation is commercially candid in
admitting it is not one Of his
best essays. The story is that
Of Blanca Querceta, struggling to
keep from her son the history Of
his parentage, striving vainly to
reconcile her future with his de-
parture for Africa upon his
learning Of his illegitlmate source.
Acts two and three present fin
ished acting. And here. we can
say with positive delight, that the
supporting principals are finely
chosen. The Giulio of Memo
Benassi beclouds all other roles
except that of Duse. He over
comes the handicap of foreign
tongue and gives performance
that is knowingly good.
Duse's best scene is in the seq
Ond act, where she confides to
the boy, in the bedroom of her
former lover and parent Of the
son, how she was disillusioned by
her husband, IppOlito; how the
great love had come to her and
how, when the offspring of this
love, Giulio, had reached the age
of six, her wanton passion had
been smothered and she had de-
voted. her life to his upbringing.
The fine Italian hands of the
noted Mime are expressive ad-
juncts to the book, and the at
tentive observer who has digested
the synopsis can roughly trace
the situation.
lone Morino. an attractive miss,
gave a splendid account as
Mariolina, the niece in love with
Giulio. The support, as a whole,
seemed fully capable.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
SCREEN DADDY
|SREPORTED
RESTING
Theodore Roberts Forced to
Forego Vaudeville Tour
by Illness.
BY international News Service.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 22.-
Theodore Roberts. the Daddy" of
the screen, today was reported
resting comfortably" at the hotel
here where he has been confined
since last Saturday, when illness
forced him to forego appearing in
his act which was heading the bill
at a local vaudeville house.
His doctor has refused to diagnose
his illness but said it had been
brought about by overwork. Yes
terday, the actor planned to leave
but collapsed as he was going to
take the train and was brought
back to the hotel. His doctor to-
day said that while Mr. Roberts
condition is serious, he did not con-
slider 1t dangerous.
''Mr. Roberts is Just run down, "
the doctor said. IAN that is neces-
sary for him to recover completely
is rest. He has been going at a
pace no human could stand. It will
take him some time to recover COM
pletely."
Mr.. Roberts has appeared in many
screen and stage successes. his
latest screen appearance being in
ITO the Ladies'" He Ia n Califor-
nian. Mrs, Roberts Ia with him
here.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
REUNION NISHELD
BY EASTERN
ALUMNI
Bertram G. Foster Is Re-
elected to Head Association
Coming Year.

Bertram G.. Foster was reelected
president of the Eastern High
School Alumni Association last
night when the association held its
annual reunion in the new Eastern
High building. Other officers elected
were: Virginia Farnsworth, vice
president; Mary e. Murphy,
secretary; Leonidas MacDougle,
treasurer; executive committee, D,
G. Croissant, w. Cameron Burton,
Rosemary Arnold, E. G. Jonscher,
Charles M. Boteler, and Mildred L.
Boynton.
A team Of girls, composed OF
members of the alumni, defeated
the girls team of the school in
an exciting game by the score OF
25 to 18. "The Trysting Place," a
playlet by Booth Harrington, was
presented, and the alumni mem
bers were escorted throug h
Eastern's new edifice. Many OF the
girl students expressed a wish to
enter the automobile course that
will be given.
A burlesque on a baseball game,
staged by girls in gym suits, fea-
tured the evenings entertainment.
Miss Mildred Boynton and Teddy
Tenley sang several selections.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
GERMANY FACES
HER DARKEST
CHRISTMAS
With Food Loans Held Innpos-
sible, Undemourishment
Runs Death Mark Up.
BY International News Service.

Germany faces her darkest Christ.
mas. practically dependent upon the
worlds bounty for her existence
according to administration officials,
who base their opinions on reports
cabled by government observers
abroad.
Higher living costs, decreased
value Of the mark, increased emigra.
ton and higher death rate from
undernourishment, marked the lat
est developments in Germany, a.
cording to these reports.
On the other hand a statement
forwarded by Consul General
George f. Anderson, from Holland,
refers to current rumors'' that
more than $4O0,0O0.00O in German
capital has been deposited in Dutch
banks.
Purchases Securities.
1T is known that a large portion
Of the issue Of stocks and bonds
placed on the Dutch market during
the past year have been purchased
by Germans, such investments in
Guiding a considerable portion Of
American bonds and shares SO
placed" Anderson informed the De.
partment of Commerce.
Internal prices in Germany are
rising faster than the mark falls
and have destroyed the temporary
advantage of the inflated curranCy
in foreign commerce, Margaret l..
Goldsmith assistant trade commits
sioner at Berlin, cabled the depart
ment.
Undernourishment has been felt
particularly by children. The milk
shortage was reported as acute,
causing increasing deaths of chill
dren from intestinal diseases. In
the first eight months Of 1928, the
latest accurate figures, 4,428 chill
dren died, compared to $500 In the
entire year Of 1922. During the
last quarter of the year the death
rate is believed to have been even
greater, 1t was stated.
Emigration Totals 4O,372.
Germany between January and
ly to United States, Canada, Mexico,
Argentine and Brazil. In the same
period of 1921 the emigration was
1862.
Roth Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon and Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover are watching the German
situation closely. Both believe that
Germany must look to charity to
get her out Of~'the present chaos
unless there is radical change In
the French attitude toward priority
of food loans over reparations.
Food Loans Impossible.
Germany must be put on a sound
basis economically and politically
before actual rehabilitation can
start, goVernmtnt economic and
financial experts said.
Government authorities fear that
commercial food loans are now out
of the question, German property
being worthless as collateral, they
think, in view of the apparent re-
fusal Of France to give food loans
priority over rsparationG.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
By FAY KING.

Far be il from nae to broad
cast bad news and hang crepe on
your Christmas wreath, but just
the same I'm starting to worry
already about the list of dead
from holiday hOOch!
1t seems a crime to think that
the market will be flooded with
loco liquor, and many a bootleg
ger who sells the stuff knows
darn well that death from wood
alcohol goes with his bogus labels.
I'm a drug store cowgirl myself.
and chocolate is my choice, but
just the same I'm in favor of a
liquor liking party having a swig
of good stuff. / hate to think
that many q guy waO is looking
forward to q jolly celebration dur
ing the coming week will drink
to the New Year in eHnbalnning
fluid!
In the old days when you saw
a drunk staggering along, at least
you knew that he would sleep it
off somewhere, but when you see
a fellow feeling his way along
the curb now you don't know
whether you are looking at .
dying man or one that has got
the real blind st9ggers!
A SAD, FUNERAL TALE.
1t amt only the poor bird that
buys a poisonous pint that gets
the worst Of it!
Many a rich guy has found
himself with a case of casll-in
stuff. Not long ago friend Of
mine was telling me how friend
of his fell into some dough and
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
Another Sidewalk Driver.


Il was crossing John Marshall
place at Pennsylvania, Your
Honor, and happened to glance
north and saw a Ford coupe back
ing up onto the sidewalk. Then
1t started toward me at a pretty
good clip and ran up onto the
opposite sidewalk. While I was
running up there it headed toward
c street and was backing away
from tree on the south sidewalk
when got there.
Il asked the driver for his per-
NIT and he showed me a cigarette
coupon and started to drive away.
I told him to get out and walk
down the block few yards to see
If he staggered.
All Year Sport.
He balanced himself for a mo-
ment by hanging onto the front
fender and lurched at the tree.
He missed it, but hit an iron gate
post on the other side Of the
walk. The man who was with
him helped me to carry him to
the box. He was the drunkest
man I've seen since last summer
when they used to come off the
excursion steamers down on
Seventh street"
II He Has the 500.
Il guess it's all just as the
oIflcer says, Your Honor. I don't
rememher anything that happened
after left southwest about 8
O'Clock last night. I've been driv-
Ing six years and this is the first
time I've been in trouble"
one hundred dollars and seven
days straight Jail sentence. ThatIl
let you out in time to make some
New Year resolutions"
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
OHIO PASTOR
P|LLOR|ES
GOSS|PS
Poison Tongue More Deadly
Than War Vapors, He
Asserts.
BY international News Service.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 22.-As'
eerting that more people have been
slain by the poisonous gas breathed
from poison tipped tongues than
from gas released at war fronts" the
Rev. c. Jeffares McCombe, pastor
Of Broad Street Methodist Episcopal
Church here, preached before a
: local congregation on "The Sins of
The Tongue"
Rev. DR.. McCombe. declared that
the slanderous scandal monger
makes enemies out of friends,
drives husbands and wives to the
divorce court, partnerships to dis.
solution. business into bankruptcy
and poisons the we'll of friendship.
81 am afraid of the black tongue,
Tor do not possess much except
my character and my reputation -
continued Rev. DIR. McCombe. HE
who robs me Of my good name, robs
me Of that which does not enrich
him and leaves me poor indeed
The scientific slanderer, with
orooped lip, arched eyebrow,
shrugged shoulder, significant look
and adder's poison under his lips
can release a poisonous virus which
no legal analysis can produce in
court as basis for a libel, yet will
do its deadly work in undermining
stable characters.
The slanderer whose speciality is
the sin of the tongue should be SUBJ
1ected to the cleansing power of the
life and death of Jesus Christ. If
he fails to respond to this treatment
ne should be consigned to an isola-
tlon camp, where he may companion
with the stinging serpents and
poison himself with his own sting"
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
PACKERS ARE GIVEN
MORE TIME TO SELL

The Armour and Swift packing
concerns were granted an exten
sion of time to January IL, 1925
to dispose of stockyard and rail
road terminal interests, by Justice
Bailey, in District Supreme Court
yesterday.
The property affected, the pack
ers claimed, had been advertised
for sale, but efforts at disposition
were unsuccessful. -
A court agreement was made by
the packers in this city in 1920
whereby they were to relinquish in
terests in all Industrial enterprises
not directly related to meat pack
ing.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record
Of Cases Tried in Judge
Schrldt's Tribunal.
Read 'Es'a And Worry
By DONALD McDOUGAL.
y DONALD McDOUGAL.
A Permit Mill Product.

st was going to the movies
with my husband last night, your
honor, and was waiting for him
at about s o'clock, on the corner
of Fourteenth and Kenyon streets.
1 heard a scream and saw q lady
doing q handspring across the
sidewalk and the defendants car
hit me, but fortunately he knocked
me down"
The court: fortunately"
Unhealthy Sidewalks.
Yes, sir. The car ran across
the corner from Fourteenth street
and hit a car parked on Kenyon
street just back Of the Fourteenth
street building line. If I hadn't
fallen down, probably would
have been cut in halves between
the two cars"
"And you were standing on the
sidewalk?"
Yes, sir. I was about five
feet from either curb when I was
struck"
Stay of Execution.
Second lady: ''I had just crossed
Fourteenth at Kenyon street and
was about in the center of the
Fourteenth street sidewalk when
a large Maxwell touring car
backed over the curb from Ken
yon street. I jumped back but
my foot caught on an uneven
place in the sidewalk and l fell
down. The tire of the front
wheel was pressing against my
neck when the car stopped. 1t
was an hour and a half before I
got home, and the hot-water
heater was going all that time"
Boob: II was going over to
No. 10 precinct, where my brother
was locked up for speeding. /
was taking collateral to. him.
Just before reaching Kenyon
street I discovered my lights were
out, and stopped my car to get
out and see what the trouble was.
fixed the lights and then
cranked UP"
Had your engine stopped?"
The Dance of Death.
Yes, sir l always stop the
engine whenever l step out of my
car. The gears must have shipped,
because when the engine caught
the car jumped forward and then
struck in toward the curb. I was
sorry to see that because there
WIS a lot of people on the corner.
and the car was going pretty fast,
and it's quite a heavy one"
Victim of EXaggeratiOn.
''All the people seemed to be
young and light on their feet.
and no one was hurt very much.
My car hit another one parked
on Kenyon street and that stopped
it. 1 examined the mechanism of
my car and it seemed to be all
right, so 1 cranked up again. The
gears must have slipped into re-
verse this time, because the car
ran backward over the sidewalk,
but / stopped it before it went
very far. Someone said that four
women were knocked down. But
l only saw two. These things are
usually exaggerated"
You're fortunate not to be
charged with reckless driving, in
stead of colliding. The court
fines you the maximum under this
charge, or $40"
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
Better to Be a Drug Store Cowboy
Than to Hail the New Year With
Your Own Embalming Fluid.

furnished up q swell fiat and in
vited his mob up to the house
warming.
House warning it should have
been.
He told the gang he had cOu-
pie cases of real stuff for the
celebration and the Ticker lap
pers were looking forward to the
gallon occasion.
But the poor bird couldn't wait
for the big night before busting
into his booze, and the first four
bottles were great. The fifth
flOOred him! They went to see
his funeral instead of his furni-
ture!
The whole bunch mighta been
bumped off with that booze!
PLAY SAFE-DRINK SODA.
It's q Cinch this amt a CHEEKY
subject, and WOt / wish every
body for Christmas and the New
Year that must have their Ticker
is that it's good stuff, but it's q
darn sight safer these days to
hoist a soft soda and be sure OF
yourself than to clink glasses
with the real stuff" and check
out!
So, il you get anything in mind
you want to accomplish next
year, or you owe your living to
somebody else that is depending
upon you, swear off now, and
stay home SO you won't get into
any jam with one of those fighty
good fellows that wants to take
a shot at you if you don't take
a shot at him!
Seems to me q lot better to
miss a little Ticker than the rest
of your life!
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
IN SCHUYLKILI VALLEY

POTTsV1LLn, Pa. Dec. "a
PottsVllle to Reading farmers are
plowlng fields, and spring-like scenes
were presented, Butterflies are In
evidence birds are singing, and II
the mild weather continues, farmers
say, chlckehs will DeRin laying "A
month earlier than usual
Coal operators have hAao in.
formed that people are seyino tb..ir
coal piles, and ars using the money
usually spent for cosI at t6is TINA
OF year to buy Christmas nresents.
In consequences an acoumuia tim ri
coal Is reported at many points.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
At AMUSEMENT PARK,
WOMAN AWARDED S4OO

Agnes M. Gleason was yesterday
awarded a verdict for s400 damages
against the Capital City Construc-
ton Company by a jury In Circuit
Court No. for INJURIES she ra-
ceiVed In an amusement devise ri
Glen Echo September 10, 1922.
Attorneys Lambert and Baker
appeared for the plaintiff,
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow
Today

Christmas Bible Drama-'The WORD
and the Way" Central High school, eve
ming.
Lovcjoy Community Center Girls
Dressmaking club. II a. m. Slides on
ola Testament. 1880; Boy Scouts. go
Radio club, Buffalo Athletic club. Girls
Athletic club. Bestyette club, once q
Week club, $3.50 y. nj.
Southeast-Adult Dramatic club. $3.50
dramatics for children, 1880; girl ath-
letes, Z; f. n. S. athletic group, p. m
Johnson -Powell-Perry Athletic club
Argyle Athletic club, Johnson-Powell
alumni dance.
Exercises-In honor OF Blessed Teresa
The Little Flower, Carmelite Shrine. zoe
I street northeast, 5:15 and 1880 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Christmas pageant-Frst Congrega-
tional church, Tenth and G streets north.
west p. m
Pageant = Luther Place Memorial
church, p. m.
Pageant-First Presbyterian church.
afternoon.
Christmas carols-American Associa-
tion of University Women. 4:30 .. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ChautauQua Society
Washington Hebrew Temple. s p. IN.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
WOMAN, 1O4, DOING WELL
IN HER FIRST ILLNESS

Nanny" Carrie Thomas, 104
years old, is doing as we'll as can
be expected at Emergency Hospi-
tai. where she Is being treated for
debility induced by old age. It is
her first illness in many forgotten
years.
But old age is not all that
brought on the breakdown. her
neighbors say. For she has lost an
integral part Of her Hfe-her sew.
enty-eight-year-old big bad boy"
Millage. over whom she watched
until he passed away last wednes.
day.
Nanny" Thomas was found un.
conscious yesterday seated in the
rocker in which sat her departed
baby" at the time OF his death.