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, 1924-05-14
Ranch Woman Rescued
by Intelligent Dogs

Our Animals Is authority for one Of
tho most striking Illustrations Of
canine intelligence and devotion Of
which we have ever read, related by
Mrs. Ruby Pettis, n ranch woman at
Sherar Bridge. Ore, says Our Dumb
Animals. 1t is that while driving nj
dusk, from a neighborlng ranch, the
loaded wagon was overturned in
rounding Il curve. and she was pinned
beneath. unable TO o hand or foot.
She was imprisoned for 10 hours. Her
shepherd dogs. Jack and Pup (his
mother) saved her life from several
mace
First. they stopped the horses. saw
Ing their mistress from being crushed
to death by the wagon. Then they bur
rowed frunticully under the wagon. re-
moving from her face the earth that
would have s%ufrocntcd her. They re-
peatedly repealed the insistent adj
vnnces of n herd OF hogs. They licked
from their mistress face the blood
that flowed from nose and mouth, and
prevented her suffocntlon. The crown
ing work of these faithful animals was
to sweep with their paws, from the
hole they had dug. the wnter from n
rain that fell during the night. work
Ing alternately all night and saving
the woman from drowning.
At eleven o'clock the next morning
n ranch hnnd. attracted by the frantic
barking OF the dogs, rescued Mrs. Pet
tbs.
, 1924-05-14
What He Asked For

: Higgins considered himself a very
smart fellow-distinctly witty, in fact
and he never lost an opportunity Of
using what he called his gift"
One day he was stroling down
High street when he saw a notice in a
shop window, which ran: "If you don't
see what you want In the window
come inside"
81 don't see what I want In the win
dow" he said.
"Well then, ask for It," said the
shopkeeper.
"Well." yer on the wit. IT have
found SO many smart men in this town
that ! am In search OF n first-class
IDIOT"
without hesitation the proprietor
turned to his assistant with the order:
-James. bring n large sheet of paper
and some string, and make his gen.
tlemsn up into a neat parcel"
, 1924-05-14
Prehistoric Man in
Asia 100000 Years Ago

The evidence of prehistoric man in
northern Asia SO far obtained by the
Roy Chapman Andrews expedition con
sists Of a collection Of fiints which ID
now on it, way to America.
1T has not been established how old
they are, but from q report I have re-
ceiyed from d paleontologist I am Of
the opinion that they are about half .
million years old. or about the same
age a. the Pithecanthropus Erectus,"
Mr.. Andrews said In q recent visit to
Columbia. O., according to the Ohio
State Journal. They are highly i'm
portant to science. no matter how old
they arr. because they constitute the
irst evidence OF the existence Of pri-
meyal man in that portion Of the
world"
The expedition, conducted under the
auspices Of the American Museum of
Natural History. Asia Magazine and q
group Of New York philanthropists. has
produced more than ten thousand fish.
reptiles and batrachians. some fifty
eases Of fossils and about two thou
sand mammals, including a -fOssilized
skull, Of a baluchitherium, q sort Of
glorined rlhnoceros, the largest man.
NAL that sver roamed the earth.
, 1924-05-14

Madrid has always been a city of
night life. How msny are those writers
who have described nocturnal rambles
through Its cafes and taverns where
all classes mingle!
Now, however. the curfew rings at
three o'clock in the morning and the
police have been instructed to see to
ii that no establishment remains open
after that late-or early-h0ur. This
Is an economic measure. as the cost of
lighting Is too high in a land where
coal Is scarce.
At three o'clock. therefore. nil the
guitars In Madrid must cease their
%strumming and the adrOit wielders Of
the poignard sheathe their
weapons for u few hours.-Le Figaro.
Paris
, 1924-05-14
AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A
TOURIST -CAMPING-GROUND

The Klaxon sounds the kneu Of part
ing day,
Some late arrivals through the dust
clouds creep
And three hours after we have hit
the hay
The noise Gains down so we can get
to sleep. ~
Save where, from yonder pennant-
clad, sedan
The radio set emits its raucous squeal
And underneath q nearby light, q
Pounds until daylight on q busted
wheel.
Beneath those tattered tops, those
patent tents,
Where falls the dust into each sun
burned pore,
Each on his folding bed Of slight ex-
pense
The rude explorers Of the highway
snore.
Let not ambition mock their creaky
cars,
Their khaki clothes, Of vintages OBJ
scure,
Nor grander view, with hauteur like
a cars,
The short and simple fiivvers of the
poor.
The boats of shiny paint, the pomp OF
And all that charms the motoristic
fop,
Awaite alike the inevitable hour
The paths of touring lead but to the
shop.
Can streamline, hoods, or silver-plat-
ed hubs
Back to its mansion call the missing
spark?
Can plush upholstery foil the clumsy
dubs
Who bang into your tenders after
dark?
Full many a boob of purest ray
serene
Succumbs each summer to the tour
ing itch;
Full many a car is doomed to blush
unseen,
And waste its sweetness in a western
ditch.
-Spokesman-Revie
, 1924-05-14
Just Like a Husband

"My husband Is the most stubborn
man In the world"
"He can't be any more stubborn
than mine"
"Oh, yes. I'm sure he must be. Yes
terday / had m engagement to meet
him ut three O'clock"
ayes"
well. 1t was nearly 1880 when I got
there. and he won't admit yet that
the rest he got while he was waiting
did him any good"
, 1924-05-14
Englishman Tells Houu
to Break Monte Carlo

Hon. Seton Robert Beresford, broth
err of Lord Decies, is the author of
a book Of GO pages. only One-third of
an inch thick. The price is p shill-
ings, which is at the rate of SO shill-
ings an inch, remarks the London Tit
Bits.
Its title is, "The Future at Monte
Carlo: A Method Explained Whereby
the Bank Must FAIL"
THE Intention" he writes, 'is not
to put forward a new system In op-
position to the bank. but to invert all
that has gone before insofar as to
compel the bank to take the place OF
the system monger."
He shows how q number Of players,
working In concert, may force the
bank to play one Of the famous sys-
tens. such as that devised BY Labor
chere.
may be played by people with as little
as ESQ or go apiece. for with 30 small
a reserve many would lose their all ;
q few. however, would probably win
hearaly. F. One solitary winner
could easily win an amount n excess
OF the losses of all the others" He
claims that II every one followed the
Beresford method. Monte Carlo would
be out Of business In six months.
Hon. .. r.. Beresford IL manager Of
two shipping associations and a ia
nous swimmer and trap shooter. He
lives In New York and London and
has played cricket for Middlesex.
, 1924-05-14
MORMON CRICkETS
APPEAR THIS YEAR

Thermopolis, May 13th.-Mormon
crickets are again Matching by the
millions in Hot Springs County. The
farming territory along the Big Horn
river at the mouth Of Kirby Greek
is literally swarming with them.
Other bands Of crickets are being re-
ported daily from outlying districts.
The invasion this year. bids fair to
, 1924-05-14
Electricity in Homes

In percentage of electrically lighted
homes Illinois Is the leader. Having
61 per cen OF the nations popular
ton, she has W. 10 per cent OF all
the homes in the United States with
electric service-or about sJ0.OOO. Sec
ond among the states Is California ;
third Il New York.
, 1924-05-14
SOMETHING ABOUT
EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY

A speed of 105 miles an hour has
been attained by an electric locomo-
tive in tests before 200 steam and
electrical railroad men from all parts
of the country at Erie, Pa. An cleo
trio locomotive and a big Mikado
steam locomotive engaged in a tug of
war. The electric proved superior in
pulling after giving the steam engine
a start of five miles an hour.
An enterprising American is plan
ming to put a fleet of 500 yellow taxi
cabs on the streets of London, Eng
land. All of the ears will be of the
four cylinder type and comfortable.
A rare apple tree, valued at $4,000,
stands on a mountain side in West
Virginia. 1t is protected by a burg
lar alarm cage and is guarded against
harmful insects and foraging animals.
The petrifed body of n miner was
found in a salt mine near Bucharest.
A mine lamp found on the body was
Of so old a type that even the oldest
living miners have never seen one.
Bodies of more than 100 German
soldiers, postured in lifeike attitudes,
have been found in a tunnel between
Bethincourt and Dead Mans Hill.
They were bottling mineral water
when stricken in a gas attack during
the battle Of verdun.
What is believed to be Americas
Arst apartment house was built in
New Orleans by the Baroness Pontal-
ba, daughter of the Spanish govern
or Of Louisiana. Sixteen OF these
apartment houses were erected in
1854, a row Of them on either side Of
the City Plaza
Artificial silk is being made from
spruce wood.
A fash Of lightning struck the
earth at the foot Of q tree in Madison
County, Illinois, in 1907. setting il
afro. The Monks Of La Trappe dug
below the fire and found a vein OF
coal, the first in the Northwest Ter.
xitory.
Wild horses in the vicinity Of Bend
Oregon, have increased so rapidly
that they are becoming a nuisance
Extremely low prices for horses re
suited in the ranchers turning them
out into the mountains to shift for
themselves.
The Imaja palm, growing in South
America, has leaves reaching a length
of fifty feet and r often ten feet
wide. Another palm, n native of Cey-
Ion, has leaves twenty feet long and
eighteen feet broad, from which the
natives make tents and shelters.
The Wayside Inns neighborhood
has been marked by the Census Blu
reau as the center of population for
Massachusetts. The exact point is
e~ight-tenths of n mile south-south-
west Of the Sudbury post office.
"If the worlds chemists and the
worlds engineers would hold annual
meetings in a friendly spirit, for the
salvation of mankind! If they could
agree together that to exercise their
ingenuity on the perfecting of de-
structive agents for the use of gov
ernments was n crime; to take money
for it a betrayal of their species! II
we could have such exchange of in
t%ernational thought as that, then in
deed we might hear the rustic of sal
vation's wings. And, after all, why
not?"-John Galswirthy.
, 1924-05-14
His Alarm Clock

Hughes-IIow do you know when
II ~ time to get up7
Proud ~ Father-when I have got
the baby I slsep.-London Answers.
, 1924-05-14

Sweden expects to electrify all of
its railway lines within ten years.
, 1924-05-14

More than 49, COX, 900 have beer
spent by American railroads this yeal
for materials. fuel, supplies and main
tenance Of equipment.
, 1924-05-14

"A hearse is a poor vehicle to go to
church in-Why waltz" This sign on
the bulletin board Of the Saint An
drews United Brethren Church Of
Des' Monies started the congregations
talking-and going to church.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
FOUR TENNIS TEAMS LOOM FORMIDABLY
Spain, France, New Zealand and
 \ Italy Are Strong
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Paris, May 13--With the first round of the Davis cup play in tine Euro pean zone now on. France, Spain. New Zealand and Italy are regarded by tennis experts as being most likely to reach the semi-finals and fight it out for the honor of journcying to the United States to meet the survivor of the play in the American zone.
 Seventeen nations are entered in the European zone. The best teams ap- pear to have been gathered in the up- per half of the draw where Ireland meets France, Holland India, South Africa Argentina. and England takes on Belgium. The winner of the last named tie, which is now being con- tested at Torquay, will meet Spain in the second round.
 Have Good Teams
 On 1923 tennis form it seems that France. Holland, Spain and England can send teams on the courts that should prove superior to any of the countries drawn in the lower half. Here Denmark meets Hungary, Italy Rumania, Austrie Switzerland, and New Zealand plays czecho- -slovakia. France, with Henri Cochet, Jean Borotra, Rene Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon, appears to have a fcrmid- able team, especially as Cochet is back to his ] 922 form. Borotra is apparent ly at the height of his game and Young Lacoste is improving daily. D. ~lx l,, An,ltne France be hard to beat. Cochet and Brugnon, LaCoste and Borotra were the combinations chosen as far back as the first of the year. Their games have become homogeneous by con stsnt practice together and by hard matches. one pair against the other. Spain Looks Good
 Spain, with Manuel and Jose Alon- so back in the fold and Eduardo l'laauer as third man, seems to be the most dangerous team that France has to fear although the Spaniards will be without the services of Count dt Gomar, who was the mainstay of their team last year and who, by winning every one of his singles matches brought his country into the final where he suocumbed before LaCoste
 Manuel Alonso's stay in America i' reported to have improved his game fully twenty per cent and he may win both of his singles matches although he and Cochet have broken even in their meetings thus far. Cochet, Bor' otra and LaCoste, however, are deem ed certain winners against the Span ish second string man and 1t does mol seem that even the Alenso brothers can defeat either Of the French pair, in the doubles.
 In the lower half, Italy. with Col ombo, Baron de Morpurgo. Count Balbi, Sabadini and Serventi to draw from, will probably reach the fnal although both the Hungarian and Austrian teams are unknown factors There have been no matches hetweef these nations and any of the former allied countries since the war.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
Pacific Observer Reports
 But Few Thunder Storms

San Francisco, Mag 13.-A strip or the Pacific coast between British Columbia and Lower California. talk ing in the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland. San Francisco. Los Angeles and San Diego, has fewer thunder storms than any other section of the United States. according to officials of the weather bureau.
 F. A. Beals. United States meteor ologist here, pointed out that the rea- son for this. roughly speaking. is that the rains along the coast came mostly in winter. when atmospheric condi- lions are less favorable off the genera ton of electricity. The thunder storms of the interior states and along the Atlantic coast happen largely in spring and summer, he explained. when there are warm rains.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
Farmer Lodge Kayoed in
 Seventh by Negro Boxer

Philadelphia, May IS. -- George Godfrey. Philadelphia negro heavy weight, last night knocked out Far mer Lodge. of st. Paul, in the third round of their scheduled ten-round bout.
 Lodge was no match for the negro, who led from the start and landed telling blows almost at will.
 In the third round Godfrey sent the sesterner 10 the floor four times. The last time he knocked him through the ropes with a series Of savage left and right iabs and Lodge was hanging helplessly 10 the ropes. unable to rise. whom the referee com- pleted inc count Of ten.
 Godfrey weighed 22s pounds and Lodge 227.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
GIBBONS OFFICIATES
Tommy to Referee F1ynn-Joubert Bout Tonigbt--Carpcntier is Due to Arrive Today.

Chicago, May is.--Tommy Gibbons, st. raul light heavyweight in training a. Grand Beach. Mich, for his bout May s1 with Georges Carpenter at Michigan City, Ind, will leave his cimp tomorrow 10 officiate as referee in the Olympic games elimination bouts aboard the U. s. s. Commodore here.
 The principal bout on the esri will be six rounds between Jim Flynn. middleweight champion of Chanute aviation field. Rantoul, Illinois, and Kid" Joubert. the Great Lakes naval training station. Winners will be eligible for competition next week In Boston where the American boxers to compete in France will be named.
 Georges Carpentier. due to arrive in New York todsy. Is scheduled 10 ar- rive here ss soon as train schedules permit. He will spend several days In preliminary training here before beginiins intensive work at his Michi- san City camp.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
Spe kin g of Sports s

There were no games in the Amer ican league yesterday and Mugsy Me- Graw must wish there had been none in the National for today he is in second place looking up to the top at the grinning Reds,
 Those Cincinnati boys must be given credit. As team, they rank fifth in batting, despite the fact that three regulars are in the 300 class, but they have managed to win 12 out of the last 16 games.
 This fellow Weyland Dean, the Giant pitching hope, failed again yes- terday. In his flashy early starts he was compared with Christy Mathew- son, but unless he improves lot the only way he'll resemble Blk Six will be in the fact that he is all through.
 New York University plays Wesley an at Middletown today.
 The Wills Madden bout will be held on Friday night, having been post poned from last night due to weather conditions and a question about per init.
 The Tanks have released orban to Columbus. thereby cutting their squad down to 23 players.
 The Hugmen now have eight double headers looming up as result of postponed games.
 Young Kahanamoku, a brother of the famous duke" may represent the Hawaiians as his brothers successor in the Olympics.
 Battling Siki's auto collided with an oil truck yesterday. As usual, siki got the worst of it and a fractured rib has caused him to call off his match scheduled for tomorrow night.
 Jimmy Cooney the Holyoke battler, is threatened with blindness and is undergoing treatment at the Harlem Eye and Ear hospital.
 Lou Bogash and Frank Moody, the latter an English middleweight. will box In Bridgeport next Monday night.
 No wonder Dundee is so willing 10 meet Vicintini. He's to get q good guarantee and no title is at stake.
 Championship matches are begin ming to loom on the horizon in several classes. Mickey Walker has signed 10 defend his welterweight crown against Lew Tender. Benny Leonard despite his sio0.0oo movie contract has stated that he will enter into a title match during the summer with Mickey Walker for the welter honors; Pancho Villa will defend his worlds flyweight against Frankie Ash. British champion; Jack Dempsey will battle against Harry Wills as an opponent for the heavy honors; Rancho Villa will meet Frankie Genaro, Gene Tun- ney Is due to set busy in the light heavy ranks and Johnny Dundee will probably meet Eugene Criaui again for the featherweight championship.
 The Falcon A. C. baseball team plays at st. Mary's field Sunday aft srnoon, bringing the Meriden Mo- hawks here as the piece dc resistance. The Falcons will practice tonight
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
PICK BILL MALLORY
Yale senlors Select Football Cap tain as the Res. All Around Athlete.

New Haven. May Memphis Bill Mallory. captain Of Yale's football team las. year and catcher on the nasenail team. has been voted inc hest all around athlete at Yale. The bsl- ,o.iag was held by the senior class ard the majority in Mallory's favor rss overwhelming. He also was cred red with doing more for his uniHsr. sily than any other man and this was duly recognized when the votes were cast which were to determine the ,sadinE athlete. Mallory played a ma f5r role on the football team. hailed ss ths best the Blue has had in many seasons and ranked by many ss among the greatest of all time.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

Total .........,%5 19 II = 9 l St. Louis -. Q ? c q ! q O. 5 New York ..13 3 0 n 201 x-l9
 Two-base hits-Mcrkle, konetchy. Three base Snodgras. Fletcher ., Konetchy. Home run--Merklc. Sacrifice fy-Hartlcy. Stolen bases H~-Acy, Mcrl>i", Bridwell, Crandal
 Becker ?. Left on bascs--New York
 j, St. Louis 10. Double pla,s-Doyle,
 MerElc; Fletcher, Doyle, Merkle. Bases on bals-Of Marquard 5. Sal
 lee i, Harmon .. Loudcrmilk S.
 Struck out--By Mathewson 1. Mar quard 14. Loudermilk 6. Hts-Om Sallee ., Harmon ,, Loudermilk ., Mathewson 1, Marquard 12. Empires Brennan and O'Day. Time-2:2l.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
BRIDGEPORT GETS SOLOMON

Toledo, O., May 13. - The Toledo American association club yesterday announced the unconditional release of Catcher Rowdy Elliott and First Baseman Charles McMillan. Pitcher Robert shanklin was released to Mon- treal on option. It also was announced that Moses Solomon. recently released to the Pittsfeld Eastern league club. had been sent to Bridgeport in-the same league.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
ooo. 900 MEMoRI,L

Los Angeles. May 13.--A war mem .srial building will be erected here by ;he county supervisors and the Amer ican Legion. al cost of sf.60o,00o it is announced by Buron fitts, Tor mer state commander of the Legion. The supervisors recently increased the original appropriation 90 that such q sum would be available.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
spEED.Boys DEFEATED.
Are Turned Back by Crack Atlas Jrs
 at Indoor Baseball.

The speed-Boys met a snare in the Atlas Jr. last evening and met their first defeat of the season. The game was featured by the fast and sure fielding of the Atlas team.
 Bromberg pitched A steady game for the winners allowing only five hits while his teammates before send ing Sahadi to the showers batted him to ell parts Of the lot. The final score was 1s to 6. Summary:
 r. II. Q. Atlas ...... 020 f22 033--13 Is 2 Speed Boys 900 210 2l0--- $ 5 10 Batteries: Bromberg and May; sa- hadi, Casey and Natasky.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
E}) ( 711l1llQ ci ': lhis (lalo May 13. 1911
1n L.iIns in 1hr First Inning

John McttraW's Giants lit into Sal ice, Harmon and Loudermilk of the Cardinals for l3 runs in the first in ming on May Is, 1911. DeNore, Sl,'d- gra3s, Murray and McrkIe scored two runs each in the on"uing round. Mar nnarh fAnncl II. The score:
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
The Standing

Games Today Worcester at Pittsfield. New Haven at Albany. Waterbury at Bridgeport. Springfield at Hartford,
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

Games Today Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia,
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
The Standing

Games Today Boston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St, Louis. Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

Tomcrrow's score: A third base mans failure to handle two double play chances gives the PhilIies II runs.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

Games To-day Newark at Buffalo. Reading at Toronto. Baltimore at Rochester. Jersey City at Syracuse.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

Shark hides are used in making toy boots for use in mountains and along trout streams.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
NATIONAL IEAGLE.

Yesterdays Results Cincinnati 4. Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn :, Chicago 3. St. Louis 5. New York 3. Boston Pittsburgh, rain.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
U. OF P. CREW WINS
 CRIMSON REGATTA
tcontmued from Preceding Page)

sylyania machine was more finished Penn finished four lengths ahead in [ minutes b3 4-5 seconds. Harvard nosing out Technology for second place by half a length, finished in s minutes, 2 seconds. Technology's time was S.02 1-5.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
Baseball Review
EASTERN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results (All games postponed; rain)
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results (Ali games postponed; rain).
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
NEW HIGH SCHOOL RECORD

Toledo. Ohio, May 13.--Harry ref fries Of Northwestern high school, De-
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results (All games postponed; rain).
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13

The Falcon A. C. baseball team plays at st. Msry's field Sunday aft srnoon, bringing the Meriden Mo- hawks here as the piece de resistance. The Falcons will practice tonight.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
ROGERS ALLEYS s
SPECIAL MITCH Gnuti. l-R,i Iiri.
4S6 456 45e-1Se,
J. Scharf'S tftS.
YESTERDAYS HOMLHS.
Home Run Leaders.

High. Dodgers .................. Eottomley. Cards .................