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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
FATAL SPECTRE. PURSUED FAMILY. AND ITS FRIENDS
Trouble Shadowed Mrs. Harding's Earlier Life
 In Ohio
FORESAW TRAGEDY
 AT WHITE HOUSE
Had PremonitiOn Of Evil Prior To Husbands
 Election
Ky RAYMOND CHAPTER (Ry Leased Wire to Age-Herald)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.- With the death of Mrs. Flor ence King Harding, the tragic story of the Harding circle comes to an end. Death, or misfortune, has come to al most every member of the group of intimates which went to Washington with Harding after his election just four years ago.
 Mrs. Harding had a premonltion. of what was to come, for about the time of the 1920 convention, when her hus- band seemed certain of being the next president. she said to friend:
 "Why anyone should want to be
 president during the next four
 years I cannot see. I can see but
 one word written over the head 0i
 my husband if he is elected, ana
 that word is tragedy.
 Mrs. Harding herself came near De- ing the first victim when she Decmae critically ill the fall of 1922 and was practically given up by her doctors. But she fought through the attack, as she had fought through previous oah- gerous illnesses and by the following June she was strong enough 10 start out on the Alaskan trip. She brought her husband back to be buried anu many of her close friends then thought that this blow would be too much TOT her strength. But she survived. Then came the senate investigations Wnlch while they spared the late Prseldent' drew heavy cloud over some ot those closest to the Harding personal clrcie'
 General Sawyer Dies
 Finally. few weeks ago, her phy- sician. Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, died suddenly at his White Oaks farm in Marion where Mrs. Harding was resting. The Sawyers and the Hard- ings had been lifelong friends.
 This series of tragedies slowly de- pressed Mrs. Harding, though she fought them off with her courage and pluck. But her spirit as well as her frail body began 10 give under the strain and she weakened gradually for the last few weeks. Finally, in recur- renee of her kidney trouble, with other complications, she died.
 Trouble Mars Life
 Her early life, as well as her later life was shadowed by personal trouble Her father, Amos Kling, the. riches and most powerful man in Marion coun ty. wanted a son to carry on his af fairs. Instead he had daughter. H. trained her in business affairs ant she in later years was circulation man ager on the Marion Star. As sht neared her twenties, she married Henry de Wolfe. a dashing, captivating youth But the marriage was an unhappy ont and Mrs Harding obtained divorce soon after the birth of her only child NJ rshall de Wolfe. He grew to man hood and died of tuberculosis a few years ago, leaving two children.
 Soon after Mrs. Harding's divorce she met Warren Harding, then a strug
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
Manhattan Days And Nights
By Herbert Corey

MTEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-Tex O'Reily is in town Iexas ranger explorer soldier of fortune He's been parota with every Mexican general who has backed cienhica or .h If tbe common veal up against mud wall in the last Villas best friend then Orozco and Zapata and oL Deals i; nyars six a penny and revolutions. Sats- . t ouaranteed but Tex will deliver plenty of shootn what they call other met talk their Now
 
 He added glumy .u r;obt offices s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
AUTO BON FIRE REALIZES S225 FOR CHEST FUND
DJRMINGHAM'S at

DIRMINGHAM'S automobile h market is minus score of old
 cars, the Community Chest $225 richer and the Dixie Motor show got some valuable publicity as a result of the bonfire of Friday when an ac- emulation of hand-me-down cars fed the flames near the A. c. s. railroad crossing in West End.
 Smith & Co.,, junk dealers, were the successful bidders for the re- mains of those cars of ancient vint- age which were victims of the fire.
 It was a merry party and was witnessed by big crowd, mostly of motor car owners, many of whom had not the nerve to add their busscs to the burning mass, even as an economic proposition.
 There were no formalities, and the ceremony was short and to the point. The sprinkling was with Woco-Pep. Some one struck a match, and the crowd scurried off to safe dist ance. Solicitors for the chest fund garnered in quite few stray pieces of pocket change from among the crowd, the only admission charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
M THE AIR TODAY
(Courtesy Of Radio Digest) (By Associated Press.)
Program For November 2s.

WEEI Boston (303) 6:30 musical.
 WGR Buffalo (319) 6:15 Central Pres " WIS Chicago (345) 6:sO-7 organ; 7-s XIV Chicago (5Ss) Chicago Sunday VOL Chicago (44S) 8 orchestra plan WIW Cincinnati (42S) 7;45 sermon; voc Davenport (4SD 8 services; s;aO musical. -. WBAP Fort Worth Star Telegram 4WyHAA Iowa City (4S4) 9 hymns.
 WHB Kansas City GID S-9:16 re- WEAF New York (4s2) 6:2o Roxy and his Gang: S:15 organ.
 WIN New York (a6O) 9:1o violinist; w WIZ New York N55) s-7 orchestra 9-11 tenor
 WOAW Omaha (526) Bible hour; 9 musical chapel service. WHIP Philadelphia (5O9) S:30 concert. WEI Philadelphia (395) G:30 services. KFSF Shenandoah (266) 6;3o song CKY Winnipeg (45ol 6 church service. WCBD Zion (S45) vocal, reader, in- SfrnD1ental
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
Of Hardino Circle Ends With Death Of Presidents Wido

his first name, but the same Garibaldi who challenged Mussolini of Italy to fight a duel the other day-was one of them. Half dozen sailed south on the same boat one day. Four shook hands and stayed abroad for the war in Honduras. Garibaldi and O'Reilly went ashore in Venezuela, where fight ing was promised.
 'sHe had sentimental feeling for Venezuela" said O'Reilly, because his father once fought there. Me, l don't care"
 Garibaldi may not like this story so we'll, but its too good to keep. In one of the various Mexican revolutions he had been given command of regiment but because he was foreigner the men were rebellious. Garibaldi and OReilly rode down the, street of the little Mexi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
GAS KILLS FOUR
Man, His Wife, Brother And Cous1|
 Found Dead In Room

NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Four pei sons were found dead in gas-fille. house in Astoria; Queensborough. th afternoon. The dead: Domato Grass 26; his wife, Josephine, IS; his br ,rhel Antonio. 35, and a cousin, Venti Lt renzo. 31.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22

faction not guaranteed, put iea
 .sThere's plenty of what they. call soldiers of fortune in town, sald he' He added glumly: 1T ...
 "We,ye got the soldering all right. But some one else gets the fortune: Somehow, it's dam seldom a soldier or fortune gets paid" -l-.
 A man who had been six times a general slept in Bryant Park all sum mer long. Playrights and reporters looking for color, and pickpockets ana lost women and honest boys in from the country sleep there in the warm months Yet a six-times bestarred general seems out of place on a park bench. He has disappeared now Mavbe another revolution brewing in tbe coffee countries. Most soldiers of fortune are tight-lipped and suspicious. Tex O'Reilly is almost the only one who has A sense of the dramatic.
 eve laughed at Tommy Rivington- name disguised for obvious reasons when he first came" said he. He painted a portrait of the Missouri rreenhorn in half a dozen strokes. Looked like dressed up grocery sales man. About as dangerous as an egg. But he's rattlesnake. .,
 Most of us fight for the cause, sad Tex. "Or for the money, Tommy fights for fighting. He's the killing est man I ever knew.
 In the old days soldiers of fortune were recruited in the ship chandleries on the water front. Dark places, filled with marine gear and the odor of tar and rope and fusty clothes. Saturnine men in heavy coats sitting about smok- ing short pipes and cynically watching strangers with no visible reason for being there. Boxes labelled machine guns. They were put aboard on dark nights. The aventurers knew each other, if only by name. The gossip of tropical fighting flowed in and out of these cool, breezy, fragrant warehouses. They were neutral ground, where those who had been fighting against each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
WOMAN IS KILLED
 BY CAN EXPLOSION

READING. Pa, Nov. 21.-Mrs Sarah A. Boyer, heating a can of alcohol and camphor to apply to her husbands injured back, was burned to death today when the potion exploded saturing her clothes and rendering her body flaming torch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
GETS 20 YEARS

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Harry Behan, convicted of having robbed Mrs. Howard Johnson of $6,000 worth of gems in the Hotel Alamac last May, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Sing Sing prison by Judge Collins today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
DEATHS

DeNitt Glenn Dewitt Glenn three anu one-half year old son of MT. and Mrs Nester Glenn died at the home of hi' parents SIP Thirty eighth street, Vivian Friday afternoon. The remains will bt shipped to ArBo Saturday where fun eral services will be held with Bell Fairfield, in charge.
 George B. CObb--The hody of George r Cobb, 49, who died Friday morning the residence. 433S Avenue D.. will h sent to Duntvart. Ala, at o'clock SaL urday morning by Vice for burial. IT. is survived by his widow, Mrs, Eth@ Cobb.
 Joseph K. Harper--Joseph R. Harper, 59 died Friday morning at the residence his daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Wlther. 72Of Underwood avenue. He Is survived b, his widow; two daughters Mrs Wither and Miss Katherine Harper of Birming ham; four brothers, R. H. Harper Mexico; c. L. Harper of Mobile; C. r Harper of Gulfport. Miss, and w. Nj Harper of BirminGham. iu a. rargements will be announced .aeer, b Vice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22

General Garibaldi-I've forgotten
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
PATROLMAN SHELLY DIES
 A HEROIC DEATH

New Britain's police department today is in mourning. So is the city. Patrolman James Skelly went over the top doing his duty, heroically maintaining the traditions and honor of the profession he so valiantly rep resented. and three hours later died from the effects of a bullet driven to its goal by one of the gun men, believed to be Gerald Chap man, escaped prisoner from Atlanta, whose nefarious undertaking he frustrated.
 A little hesitanCy, a little holding back, caution in the interest of safe- ty. might have saved Skelly's life. But no good officer of the law thinks of his own life or of his loved ones when confronted with sudden danger and the need for instant action. And Patrolman Skelly was good officer.
 Patrolman Spelly advanced toward Chapman after the latter had utter ed warning he would fire. The police men of course were not aware that they were dealing with such mo- torious criminal as Chapman; on the other hand. they realized they were dealing with a robber and discretion to hop behind something and then fire steadily and surely probably would have ended Chapman's career, end it would have been the crooks carcass instead of the limp form of a police officer taken from the store.
 Patrolman Skelly not only did not attempt to shield himself, but he appears to have been a shining mark for the bandit. He fell mortally wounded. and in the ensuing cOm- motion among the hIuecoatE follow ing this casualty, Chapman slipped away to freedom.
 But his accomplice, one Walter E. shean, scion of rich Springfield family is in custody His capture was performed with dispatch and skill, and though it would have been better to have killed or ca,tured Chapman, it is only 8 question of time before this super crook will be caught.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
PASSING PARKED CARS RE
 CURES CAUTION.

Many automobile accidents could be avoided if drivers exercised care when passing parked automobiles. The sudden dart Of a person from behind the tonneau of a parked ma chine into the highway and in front of an onrushing machine is a con- stant danger to thes tranquility of motorists. and in the estimation of many careful drivers it Is the part of wisdom to have ones car under complete control for a quick stop when passing a parked machine.
 It was only the other day that motorist related to the Herald that he was en route from Hartford 10 New Britain when he saw parked car alongside the road just ahead of him. Instead of passing the car at the customary speed allowable bHuCl lDdu CUuultiOuS at lnt bHOL, he concluded that should someone step from behind the machine it would mean a series accident if not death. He did the wise thing by slowing down and just ashe was-c lose to the car man darted from behind it into the roadway. Fortunately the car was under control and there was no accident.
 Had I not figured the way did l might have killed somebody" the motOrist declared T wouldn't have been to blame, but it pays to be careful"
 To pass a parked automobile at high speed is a species of reckless driving that does not yet appear to be recognized by the law, but it is time that it was.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS HAIL
 FROM SMALL TOWNS.

IL perhaps has not gone unnoticed that d majority of the star baseball players on the big league hines hail from small towns, Many of them obtained their early baseball train ing upon the impromptu baseball diamonds adjoining farms.
 Few baseball stars appear to be developed in the large cities. A lit- tie thought will indicate why.
 Baseball requires room. Small town and farm boys are raised where there Is plenty of it. Unlike big city lads, they do not need to run off miles to a public park in order to engage in the national pastime. They can play ball" at few minutes notice alongside the house on spa cious lawns, Constant practice pro- duces a high degree Of skill in these lads at an early age; continued cul- tivation of the art and science of the diamond increases their skill. and by the time they are IS years they are high grade players, So that many Of them find their way into the leagues.
 The country or small town boy de- bends upon baseball for much Of his outdoor sport; the rest of the time he does outdoor chores and goes 10 school. The big city lad has other diversions besides athletics he has "city advantages, scarcely any of which produce the well de- veloped arms that pitchers must have, nor the keen eye for a flung l'all that good batters must have.
 The home towns of the players of every team representing a big league usually are small country places in the wide spaces. There is a small sprinkling of big city players who have achieved distinction in this sport despite their early environ ment, but their number is small. All the members of some big league teams have come from the country districts.
 And usually, after the season in the big leagues ends. they return to their first loves, where there IS enough room to move around in.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
DR. FRANK CRANES DAILY, EDITORIAL
Mothercraft
By DR. FRANK CRANE

People crafts why supposed that anyone able understand mohercraft?
 requires ability and cevern as anything else There the demand for motherhood greater artist matter hs wied the brush Nor does any oo! engineer without training
 Motherhood profession Murie Wrnch says Tt IS nece" naturally endowed with ol shou fl a craft"
 educated intellectually O cours capacity devotion and sefacrhce but the emphasis will charge ot fed in the right The mother is moi the most important teacher
 Children require longer and snoe varying amount or exercise Ih the principles of physiology
 principles of psychology and know th' characteristics understand the ceaseless activity
 child quickly while solenny counting out beans mythology countries fairies dwarfs She ought teach the child his see thu. wonders about him,
 character and be able to teach will know how to live
 philosophy practical experience will be her.
 The takes motherhood seriously ought take her did would have happier chldren IL duty instincts and to enforce them y intelligence
 Copyright is24 by The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
7. " C. 4. NOTES

The schedule for the week begins with the birthday supper tonight at 6 o'clock when the local organiza- ton celebrates It's fourteenth birth day. The other events of the week are:
 Monday, ' to s-Dressmaking, Miss Jane Gill, class still open to new pupils: 7:15 to 9 o'clock. eve ming high school class, Mir. Birdsall: 7:3O to g. beginners and advanced basketry, Mrs. Chester Hale. first lesson.
 Tuesday, 7;30 to 9--Arts and crafts. first lesson, in charge of Miss Lillian swan-open for registra- tions; 7:3O o'clock. first meeting of the Current Events course, in charge Of Mrs. c. F. Bennett.
 Wednesday. 7:l5 to e-Evening high school class, Miss Proctor.
 Friday - Evening high school class, MT. Birdsall.
 Gymnasium and swimming pool:
 Tuesday and Thursday. health class examinations from 10 9:30. Clogging and folk dancing starts Thursday at 7:30. Children's dancing classes or Saturday morn ing at 9:S0.
 Junior swimming on Tuesday from to and on Saturday morning from to 12.
 General swimming for seniors, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2:30 to s; Tuesday evening from to and Thursday evening from to g.
 Swimming classes, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at and Wednes- day and Friday evenings from [ to g. New term. all classes open for registrations.
 Miss Lords Bible class will meet for the first time on Tuesday eve- ming. Supper will be served by the cafeteria at o'clock to all inter ested in such class and Miss Lord will begin about 6:45. so that those who go home for supper may arrive at that time. This class precedes the Current Events and both are open to members and non-members of the association. There is no ! charge.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
FOOTBALL PROFICIENCY AND SMALL COLLEGES

Accounts of the antics of the good citizens and citizencsses of Washing ton, D. C.. following the winning of the world series by its favorite base ball team referred to the fact that they acted just like the partisans of the victors in college football team but only about ten times worse.
 Which was one way of reminding us that the college football season has arrived; already the squads have rounded themselves into something approaching shape" the coaches have been hard at work turning raw hands into the finished product of the gridiron and making speeches and giving interviews on the side, and the curtain is set for the annual fall doings,
 Yale's team this year-but one moment, we'll have 10 forget about Yale for awhile!
 Time was when the leading elevens, or the best elevens, were dis tinctIy eastern products. Yale, Princeton and Harvard for years had virtual monopoly of the football business so far as superlatiYe skill was concerned.
 But lstterly this has changed. Small colleges, once the laughing stock Of the football world, have produced valiant contenders and thereby have added to the wide spread interest In the game.
 One cannot foretell in advance low an intcrsectional conflict will turn out, which is just as good for the big universities as 1t is for the smaller schools of learning, How it is possible for some of the small institutions to pick supcrlative foot ball players from their limited roster of students has not yet been explain ed except on the basis that there Is high average of brawn, weight and brain to choose from-an average quite as high as frequently is the case in large university.
 The football season is compara- lively short and extra strenuous. Tn interested public grows in numbers yearly, and it not only includes citi- zens who take an interest in their alma mater, sportively speaking, but that large public which has no alma mater but likes good clean sport wherever it is to be found.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Oct. 13.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight and Tuesday; possibly light frost in interior tonight; slightly warmer Tuesday; moderate to fresh north and northeast winds,
 Conditions; A secondary dis turbancc central over Minnesota is causing unsettled, showery weather in the upper Mississippi valley and western portion of the Lake region. Pleasant weather prevails in other sections cast of the Rocky moun- tains. Frosts occurred last night in the eastern portion of the Lake region and New England. Tenn perature is rising in the central dis tracts.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and continued cool to- night followed by rising tempera- ture on Tuesday.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
Big Crown on Hand to
 See Prince in Chicago

By The Associated Press.
 Chicago, Oct. 13.-The Prince of Wales,was greeted by throng when he reached the environs of Chicago today and descended from his train at Lake Forest to be the guest of Louis F. Swift He arrived in the suburb shortly after 8 a. m. The prince and his party were whisked away by motor to the Swift estate for breakfast. The royal visitor was expected to remain at Lake Forest until about 10 a. m., when he was to be brought by motorcar to Chi- cago for a round of visits to points of interest, the first being the stock yards
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
WIFE CONFESSES
 PART IN MURDER
Hummer Also Admits Killing X Of RSteen

Middleburg, Pa.. Oct. 13.- Charged with being an accessory te the murder of her husband. Mrs. Annie S. Willow, @3s years of age. was placed on trial today in the Snyder county court where her 1S- year-old lover. Ralph H. Shadel, last week was found guilty of second de- gree murder for killing Harvey C.. Willow, the husband, and Shaders farmer-employer.
 Tn the presence of her seven- year-old daughter and 11-year-old son, Mrs. Willow pleaded not guilty and the court proceeded with the task of drawing a jury. Her att torneys. after a conference with the defendant, decided not to ask for a change of venue because of the feel ing they said existed in the county against the prisoner.
 Willow was shot while on hunt ing trip last December. The mys- tery surrounding his death was not solved until this summer when Shadel. who is IS years old, was ar rested and confessed that he killed his employer at the behest of Mrs. Willow. Shadel last Saturday was sentenced from 10 to 20 years in the penitentiary. He is being held here as a possible witness against Mrs. Willow.
 Mrs. Willow came into court tc day holding the hand of hes littl blue-eyed daughter. who appeare' bewildered as she witnessed th' court scene and the grief of her mother. Later the prisoner was joined by her son, her two brothers and her father. Luther D. Kratzer.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
A Family Affair

Her good mother thought the young man would prove desirable acquisition as a son-in-law. but her stubborn daughter didn't favor him at all
 "He doesn't fiatter me-" said the daughter. Hes no photographer ' said the mother.
 Hes so dull" said the daughter. He doesn't believe in sharp prac- tice." said the mother.
 He never treats me-" said the daughter. Hes no physician" said the mother.
 "He doesn't carry himself we'll" said the daughter. He's no weight lifter." said the mother.
 Hes out-of-date," said the daughter. But you won't make one with him." said the mother.
 He isn't religious" said the daughter. You are his divinity said the mother"
 Let's call t a draw, mother" said the daughter. All right, my dear, said the mother, draw him in the next times he comes around"
 Susan Hartman