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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
SUPPORTS STORY
OF MISS EDERLE
Elsie YietS BlameS JabeZ Wolfe,
Her Trainer

NJ, Val cant 81 (HO Sta.c
menus ny MISS "erl'uuo Euerte !"
which she declared her trainer ia
bez Wolfe. was responsible for her
leaving the water in her recent at
tempt TO swim the English Channel
were supported by Miss Elsie l..
Victs, a member of the women's
swimming association and official
representative of the association
with Miss Ederle during her stay in
France and England.
Miss Victs made n fat denial of,
Wolffc's declarations bearing on the
condi'& ON of Miss E,dcrle and Ills in
structions TO the Ecvptian swimmer
Ishak Helmy. as quoted in the AS
sociated Press dispatch from Brigh-
ton, England.
II distinctly heard Wolfe cry out
Grab her Helmy!'" said Miss Viets.
This was relative TO a statement by
Wolfe in which he said 81 gave no
instructions for Helmy TO touch
nor"
Miss Vets asserted the American
girl swimmer did not collapse, did
not have stomach trouble and did
not disobey her trainer,
eff Gertrude played the ukulele
she did so in the same manner that
another person would play the piano
or any other musical instrument, 1t
did not affect her training and was
done during her spare moments.
Miss Vets said il was unfortunate
that controversy had arisen, parti-
cularIv ms the motto of the Women's
Swimming association is Good
craftsmanship is better than vic
tory"
Miss Ederle has already stated
that she wos not unconscious or even
in serious difficulty when Wolfe or
dered Hclmy to grab her. She said
she was not irving to give an alibi
and might not have been able TO
COMPLETE the Channel swim but GER
taiulv could have gone much far
liner.
Wolffe's statement that she did
most of her training on ukulele
has been branded as untrue by Miss
Ederle. Miss Ederle Las also de-
clared that Wolfe quarreled with
her chaperon and that he was one
of the poorest coaches in the world
dlscouraging instead of encouraging
her.
In describing the incident when
Miss Ederle was taken from the Wa
ter. Miss Viets said that she, news
papermen, photographers and others
we're on the tug boat about fifty
wards from a small rowboat in which
sat Wolfe. Miss Niets said Miss
Ederle coughed, apparently from
, swallowing salt water, and ther
came the call of Wolfe TO HelmI
who swan to Miss Ederle and touch'
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
Both American and Ma.
tional League Races Al
most Over-Yanks Lose,
Washington Wins in 10
Innings - Phillies Beat
Cincy--Brooklyn Drops
Seventh-Cubs Bow to
Giants.

New York, Sept 81 R,-settle-
ment of the major league pennant
races this week is possible, Tho
Pirates need only four victories out
of their remaining ten games TO cap
ture the flag and the Senators five of
their IL contests.
Irish Meusel had a big day in
helping the Giants top the Cubs to
Q yesterday. He banged four safe
ties, a homer, two singles and dou-
BILE, scoring twice himself and driv-
ing In two other TALES. AS Pitts
burgh was not scheduled, its lead
was cut to seven and one half
games.
Brooklyns losing streak stretched
TO seven straight, the Cardinals TAX
ing the final of series s TO 4. Four
Robins were sent into the box
Carlson limited the Reds to three
hits while the Phillies won their last
game at Cincinnati. to ., Luque
gave nine bingles.
Washington emerged on top in a
1o-inning struggle with the White
Sox. 6 to 5, Sachary relieving Walter
johnson in the eighth with the score
tied at sail. Manager Eddie Collins
of Chicago returned to the lineup as
a pinch hitter after being laid up for
several weeks with a sprained leg,
Johnson twisted leg muscle sliding
into third base, but is expected to be
able to pitch when his turn comes
Bullet Joe Bush ruled master in
the box at New York. holding the
Yankees to four hits while the
Browns collected II off Pcnnock and
shawkey TO win by 5 to 0. The first
Yankee to reach second base was
Tabe Ruth in the seventh on an &C
aidental double.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
TY TYSON

Star outfielder and sensational hit
ter of the Louisville club, American
Association. who has been purchased
by the Giants for cash and play
ers." He's 4 considered one OF the
most promising prospects turned out
in the Double A in many seasons.
Many rate him on the same level as
Earl Combs, Yankees ace, who also
came up from Louisville. Tyson will
not report until next season.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
DEFENDS FOOTBALL
"Big Ten" Commissioner of Athletics
Says That the Game Is Here and
Will Stay

Chicago, Sept. 81 P-Advancing
a wholesale defense Of western con-
ference football against the criti-
cisms of its detractors. Major John
l.. Griffin, big Ten" commissioner
of athletics predicted that football
will endure so long as there are
young Americans who like a fight"
More people-a million and a half
of them-will see the fifty-siX big
Ten" games this year than ever be-
fore damned into the stadiums.
THE season of 1925 should wit
ness footballs greatest triumph" he
said.
1.-THE western conference will dis
play brand Of football at least the
equal of that of any other group of
colleges in America"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
Falcons Play Their
First Game Sunday

Tho local Falcons will open their
football season next Sunday in Mcr-
i6en, clashing with the Falcons OF
that city.
Tomorrow night the team will pra-
ticc at st. Mary.s field at o'clock.
The Falcon club has made ar
engagements 10 equip the football
team with outfits.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
ELEMENTS TAKE ONE

The Pirates got rather tough
break in their Abbreviated tilt with
Brooklyn the other day. For after
taking a So lead the fracas was
halted by rain. II kept the McKech-
ME crowd from keeping pace With
the Giants, who turned in a victory
over Cincinnati the same afternoon.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
YELLOW JACKETS
Whip new BRITAIN
Push Across Tally in Final
Periodicals. Play Well

SUNDAY game between lHe lei
low Jackets Of frankfort, Penn,
and the All New Britain eleven
might properly be termed a dress
rehearsal being the first public APP
pearance for both teams. 1t was d
yellow Jacket victory by six point
margin, but the score was second
airy consideration for all purposes
other than the official records
Four thousand persons jammed
their way into the wired enclosure
at Willow Brook park eager 10
watch the Pennsylvania stars in ac-
ton and to size up the team gather
cd together by Manager Edward j.
Daley and his cohorts.
it was a pleasing revelation to the
New Britain rooters when the heav-
Ter, high salaricd yellow jacketed
team was unable to score until close
to the end of the game, and while
the visitors had by far the greater
number of first downs, the ball was
more often in play in Jacket terri
tory than in the domain assigned to
Capt. Joe Rogers ct al to protect.
The game. viewed as football
contest, was Just what one might
expect with two teams playing IN
their first lame of the season. There
was some fumbling; there were
plays in which men on both teams
plunged into big gaps created for
lust that purpose and there was
missing on the tackles. But, all in
ALL it was splendid opportunity
for the red -jerseyed young men who
are to represent New Britain TO
show the largest crowd ever TO at.
tend a professional football game in
this city just what can be expected
of them. And the beauty of the
situation was the way that oppor-
tunity was seized
Radziewicz and Perry Bean. the
former at quarterback and the lat
ter at end, were easily the outstand-
ing stars of the contest, For the
visitors. Captain Chamberlain and
Hamcr stood out by reason of their
ground gaining abilities. pllinS up
yardagc consistently, while Sullivan
furnished the real thrills with brok-
en- field running,
The yellow Jackets presented a
well balanced team. From end TO
end, the visiting club appeared to
outN cigh the locals, yet there WASH
a single SLOW moving lineman on the
field. In the backticld there were
plungcrs. end runners and broken
Incld runners available, and when il
came TO puntinE-that was the
Jackets own game.
The New Britain management Of
| frrcd the customers an array Of new
faces 10 study and new men to
watch with lineup differing great
ly from that of last year. Donjin
and HUMPHREYS made a big hit on
the line. Broadly was in for a
short time. but did we'll. Mike Ian
Il, RS had his turn in tine lineup and
MAYED his usual good game. Tom
mic Duly also showed and showed
wc0 As usual Tommie was or
hand whom the breaks came an1
consistently broke through throwing
the opposition for losses. Rad
,ioWicz and koNaCs, both former
Torrington players We're in tho back
field, tho latter tor one quarter an(
.,ho former for the entire game
.r,,,oir v,-orI. Yesterday earned then
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
PENNANT RACE LIKELY TO
BE SETTLED THIS WEEK

TO Adams to Grimm. Left on base
New York 10. Chicago s. Base on balls
off Bush . Fit2simmons /. struck out
by Bush s, Fltsmmons /, Hits--otf
Bush II In tnone out IN 7th) off Jones
in g. Losing pitcher--Bush Umrres
--PfIrman. Sweeney and O'Day Time
lii.
CARDS s. ROBINS 4.
II u u
Brooklyn .,.,.. 900 0.0 600 5 3
st. Lotus ....,,,.2l0 $40 0lx-8 - 0
PILLS 3, REDS 0,
II II
Philadelphia 200 900 ooi-3 0
Cincinnati ..,,.000 600 0OO-O
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
japanese Swimmer Makes
New World Record in Tank

Tokyo. Sept. 81 Rl-What is de-
clared new worlds swimming rec
ord was made here when Taksishi.
Olympic games swimmer. made 200
meters free style in a fifty meter
pool in two minutes seventeen and
four fifths seconds.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
RECRUIT STARRING FOR CUBS

Art jain outfield recruit with the
Chicago Cubs, continues 10 play a
strong all-around game. AS cleanup
hitter he's been clouting the pellet
hard and often, In the field the
tot has been a vcritable hawk"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-09-21
KRON TENNIS king
IN STRAIGHT SETS
Defeats DRESSED for Singles
Championship Of New Britain

Carlisle Kron. eX-city champion
and former Middlebury star, return
cd to the spot light Saturday after
noon by defeating Henry Dressed in
the finals of the mems city cham
pionship singles tournament on the
now courts of the New Britain Ten
mis- club. Kron, playing with all his
old time skill, conquered the hardy
and capable Dressed by the score of
so, CO and G-3, virtually chop
ping" DRESSED to death.
Try as Dressed would it did not
So en- possible TO keep the ball out
Of Kron's reach. Kron kept the ball
in play from almost every position
in the court, alternating in his range
of the court from base line to the
net position. Kron started oft IN
beautiful style and ran away with
the opening set without the loss OF
single game. He held perfect com
mand of his chop strokes, putting
the ball Just about where he wanted
If. and that meant either on or ad-
iacent to the lines. Dressed had dlt-
! fIcultv in mastering the low bound
and the spin on the ball as it came
from Kron's racquet, and was con-
tinually over driving the base me
or netting, even though he was not
stroking the bal with great severn
Itv Krons game was as near per-
feet as possible.
| The second set was repetition OF
the first. Dressed made the mistake
in this set of not throwing caution
aside and going out for his shots
with more confidence.
In the third set Dressels chances
began to look brighter, His strokes
began TO nick the lines, but kror
was playing his returns with sucf
extreme accuracy and angling hi
shots so aCutely that Dressed wa
compelled 10 do a lot OF running ant
reaching for the ball, and this forcet
him into errors.
Dressed could not rise to tn
s1lendid heights that marked HI
plsvinx week ago, To many 0
The snectstors present he looked OF
form Saturday, but even so 1t
douhtful If he would have wen Sc
from Kror, The former Middle
hurry star has not looked like this i
= single match during the past thre
years,
Kron's Service Deadly
Kron's service, while lacking !
race. was very steady and We
placed. and his backhand strokes
either across deep court or straigh
, down the side lines, were very ettec
, tive. He was also shooting over nj
voncys with deadly precision and
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The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15

ings and savings of a lifetime. Many of them had been listening to his promises and responding to them with their money for fifteen or twenty years. Nearly all of them had come to Atascadero with high hopes based upon his rosy-red pc dictions of quick profits from the orchards. Now they all knew that these predictions had been ridicu lously, almost criminal optimistic. Thep had seen Lewis admit he was bankrupt, that he owed at least ten million dollars he could not pay, that he had lost the money, their money, in reckless mining and oil ventures, yet they bristled at the strangers first word derogatory to the cause of their misery. They came to the defense of Lewis with pitiful eagerness, as though to assure themselves that they had been right in trusting him.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15
THE ALASKA LEG|SLATU LIRE OF NINETEEN AND TWENTY
 FINE

We will try to give faithful account of the bills that were introduced into the House of Rep. resentatives during the last session together with sidelights that are not generally known to the public but which might be of interest
 HOUSE BILLS
 Number 1 was introduced by William D. Grant, of the First Division, and one of the so-called "illterate'' representative The bill was for "An act to require certain educational qualifications for voters," and read a1 follows: "That no one shall be permitted to vote at any general, special, primary, municipal or school cleo tion in the Territory of Alaska unless he or she is able to read his or her ballot and sign his or her own name upon the election register by his or her cvn hand. Provided, however, that this shall not apply to persons who are blind or for kindred physical afflictions are unable to read or v,rite."
 When the bill was intr duced. it wcs instantly opposed by the Jun ecu Empire because it did not "have teeth in it," and by Strot- ler's Weekly because "i; smelled fshy." But Ben A. Grier, of Anchorage told Mir. Grant that tho hill "snited him fine" erd wa>
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15

Three or four hundred families, most of them elderly people, live in attractive homes on the rolling hills covered with live oaks and fruit trees. When they bought they were told that in few years after planting the orchards would produce an income of $AOO an acre. Though many of the orchards are eight and nine years old, the owners have had no in come; very, very few were able to pay the expense of ploughing pruning, spraying and cultivatlng out of the crop receipts last year; most of the owners, resident and absentee, had to pay out cash to save the trees Hundreds of acres had been practically abandoned by those unable to keep on paying upkeep expenses. The big building houseing what is left of the print ing plant, loudly echoed the visi- tors footsteps; only a few men were employed to get out a weekly paper whose principal function is to inform the creditors of their fate. The huge cannery and drying plant was padlocked. A handful of guests, mostly creditors, patroni- zed the hotel whose bell "boy' spoke with a marked Boston accent concerning the beauty of the spring funa, whose white-haired hostess read Vachel Lindsay'5 poems and the New Republic to the guests of an evening. A few gloomy customers came cautiously almost on tiptoe into the central department store. The four story administration building in the heart of the civic center, a bCild- ing in the best exposition style and so designed that it requires a map or compass to find the stair way leading to the upper floors, was the Mecca of men and women walking slowly and with dropping shoulders to see the attorney for the creditors. In the attractive Community Church building with it's outdoor swimming pool, gymn asicm and clubrooms, dusty, black oilcloth covered most of the pool tables and the tips were missing from the billiard cues. Despite the promise of white blossoms against greer hills, desrite the jubalent song of nesting birds, Atascadero had the forlorn, wistful air of mining camp whose ore veins are pinching out.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15

ed was talr test.
 Later on such "literary test" advocates as J. R. Hickman told MT. Grant that they made mis- take in not supporting the above bill for the "Grier bill certainly was no good and the situation was just as bad as before"
 "Yes," said MT. Grant, "that is the way with you fellows. My bill was fair bill and provided that man must read and write. That is all that should be re- quired But the Empire said "it had no teeth and the Stroller said it smelled fishy,' and now you take what you got. Serves you right"
 HOUSE BILL NO. 2
 This bill was introduced by William L. Paul, First Division, and provided for the repeal of Chapter 75 of the laws of 1917, which was the first law passed providing for a fish commission. The trouble with the law of 1917 was that it was not signed till four days after the Legislature had adjourned and therefore was never a valid law. For this reason the above bill,, Number 2, was re- commended favorably for passage and supported by Joe Murray and Speaker Wilcox. It passed the House on April 24th. by unani- nous vote. After it got to the Senate, Speaker Wilcox sent a note to Senator Tony Dimond say ing "Kill House Bill Mo- g." And so it was killed.
 HOUSE BILL no.
 For an act to abolish the Terri torial Fish Commission and Hatch cries. This act was introduced by William l.. Paul of Ketchikan on March 6, 1925.
 He asked support for his bill as follows:
 1st.- That i'll the six years just passed, the Territory had spent almost s3OO,O0O, and yet no per- son could, should or even claimed that a single fish hat@hed by the Territorial hatcheries had return ed.
 2nd.- That in every stream in Alaska that had hatchery there on, such a stream had been seri ously depleted. He cited the great Na-ah creek at Loring which had hatchery for over 20 years and now no commercial fishing is con
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04

growing; it is growing not from big.
ger taxes, but from other income, from
our factories, our mills, our railways
our banks, our trade. From the bud
get you can see just what grows fast
and what slowly
In 1928 we had in our budget one
billion, 800 million rubles; in 1924 it
was half again as large; and this year
it is nearly twice as big as two years
ago; it is two and a half billion rub
les" If any American, trained
by the tax reduction speeches of Cool
idge, thinks this very naive exultation
let him go on to the next sentence.
But in 1923, of every hundred rubles.
II came from the farm tax; now only
IL comes from the farm tax.
Last year much money from the
budget went into the equipment Of in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04

dustry, factories, mills, mines. The
cars war and the civil war ruined the
factories and the government had to
put them on their feet with its own
money. But now most of our factor
les are giving profit into the govern
ment treasury. So this year industry
needs much less help, and more help
can be given to the farms.
ALREADY the help to farms is higher
than to industry. To equip industry
we are giving this year ITO million,
and to help farms las million. OF this
60 million is help to peasants suffer
ing from the bad harvest; this does
not count the help from social organ
izations. Then rs million goes to
farm credits and to various ways of
building up farming; this will keep on
increasing in the future; every extra
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04

"on May Z, 1925, the congress dc.
cided to reduce the Farm tax iron,
40 million rubles to 2SOl million l %,
1925-26. AT the same time they wiz
put 100 million of this Into local taxes
for schools, roads, hospitals"
There will be more about this unaeI
the primer on the farm tax. But TINS
finance primer passes quickly to tne
question of government budget which
reminds me that only recently nave
we had such thing in the United
States. Every kopeck that is spent
must be written down in the budget
which is the account of the income
and expenses of the government
by the budget you can see all
needs Of the land; and also If the
land is strengthened or weakening IN
economic power. And our budget Is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04

the covers. They sell for two and a
half cents each, and they tell the peo-
pie Of Russia, and especially the peas
ants, all about the recent decisions Of
the Soviet Congress.
They are found all over the book
store counters, for the information of
the Soviet people bought five book
lets, one on finance, one on industry,
one on the agricultural tax, one on vii.
lage cooperation, and one on hand in
dustries. They are so simply and
neatly told that I am passing on the
information.
'Tn the month Of May" begins the
booklet on finance, 1--WE had the third
Congress of the Soviet Union, to set
tie all important government ques-
lions. The congress also took impor-
tant decisions on the questions of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04

finance.
Shall we strengthen or weaken the
Soviet treasury and what shall we do
to strengthen It? This question is i'm
portant to every worker and peasant.
1t is obvious that the strongers the
treasury is, the more help it can give
to improving all the farming and in
dustry of the land" How naive
ly different from Coolidge's comments
on tax-reductionl
The Farm Tax.
But in spite of the needs Of more
money, the farm tax must be reduced.
For Comrade Lenin always said that
as our conditions improved, taxes
should grow lighter They are still
too heavy. And yet if we consider
what the peasants paid under the
car, they are paying now much less.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-04
PARTm
Special Industries and Institutions
Visit to Baku oiIfieIds

Visit to Baku OIfieIds
The Delegation while In Baku paid visit to the olfeds
and the Refneries.
Inc main Bau ofelds consist of two areas larger
older fields are at Baachan situated twelve miles
the town: the smaller and fields
Eybat the outskirts of the Formerly when
under private ownership these fields into plots
20 or 30 acres most of which worked small units the
used being usually steam engines
Now, by means of naturalization great projects
the elecrihcaton Of the whole oed concentration
the industry which have been 10 Years
are practically completed. 800,
The large electric station formerly provided
lighting the for driving machn-
cry the properties Of those who found
to pay tariff charged than power now
been extended and its output increased BY this means cleo