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New Britain herald., 1926-08-03
BOWERS DEFEAT ROBINS

The Rover A. C. baseball team defeated the Robins yesterday by 9 to score in fast and interest ing game. Dumin struck out 15 Robins, walked five and allowed only five hits while Gregler starred behind the plate. Lasky pitched a fine game for the losers and Kowalczyk showed nicely in the catcher's box. Dumin hit hard, get ting two out of three, one of them a triple and Kobus was the heavy hitter for the Robins The score:
 Rovers 1n2 020 130--9 Robins 001 0O2 200-5 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS.
 FOR BEST RESULTS
New Britain herald., 1926-08-03
NEW INTERNE AT HOSPITAL

Dr. Lawrence H. Dolittle of New Britain has joine1 the New Britain General hospital as an interne. Dr. Doolittle is the son of H. C.Doolittle of Pennington avenue and was born in this'city. He graduated from the New Britain high school in 1918 and from Wesleyan university in 1922. Last June he graduated from the Boston university school of medicine.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-03

placed in. his private study White
 Pine camp to carry his words over a long distance telephone line to the Colorado capital. to be amplif1ed for the benefit of the crowd and also broadcast by radio
 Three wires and nearly 200 experts in long distance communication were required to facilitate transmits sion. One of the wires was routed through Kansas City. while another ran through Chicago. the duplicate having been provided so as to fore stall interference from weather con- ditions. In order to guard against any possible delay, third wire, touching New Orleans, was also in readiness in the event either of the two others could not be used. Tele- phone engineers were ordered to sta- ions at many points along the lines.
 Women doctors comprise about 12 per cent of the total number of
New Britain herald., 1926-08-03

The Saxon name for March was the Tenet monath," or length month. signifying the lengthening of the days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30

While both vets and drys are hotly
debating deaths from poison liquor in
New York City. Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon came out today with
the statement that the Government
IS earnestly trying to find an adulter
ant for industrial alcohol which will
be entirely nOn-pOisonouS. but obnUX
ious as a beverage
The new formula. which is to go
into effect on January I, Secretary
Mellon said, was step in the right
direction, as it had a vile taste as its
principal barrier to beverage use.
But the Government chemists. Mr..
Mellon insisted, still were on the
search for a formula which would
leave out wood alcohol altogether.
Progress was being made in this. the
Secretary said.
The use of lpison in denaturing al
cohol for industrial purposes could
not he said to be eXcusable. according
to the Secretary. if the Government
We're not taking steps to eliminate the
wood alcohol altogether. In the new
formula, to so into effect Saturday.
4 per cent of wood alcohol is used
TO help carry the new element which
makes the liquor so distasteful
Drinking of illicit liquor, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
CLOSED BANKS HEAD
DIES AT HIS OFFICE
Harry Cohn Was President of
Memphis Institution. Where
Cashier Committed Suicide.

By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, December 30.-Harry
Cohn, president of the American
Savings Bank and Trust Company,
which recently closed it's doors, col
lapsed in the bank today and died
within Il few minutes
The bank was closed two weeks
ago after the suicide of Clarence
Henochsberg, an assistant cashier,
who, before firing a bullet into his
head, told friend his accounts We're
100000 short
Before Henochsberg's death, Rush
Parke, bookkeeper. had disappeared
when examiners found shortages of
$105,000 in Parke's accounts. Parke
surrendered after the suicide of the
assistant cashier and told officers he
had been the tool OF Henochsberg
Two other clerks in the closed bank
We're arrested later on charges of en-
beZZlement and are now on bond
Mr.. Cohn was IS years old. A tele-
phone call for Mr.. Cohn sent an at
tendant in search of him and the
banker was found unconscious on the
floor of the waShroom. An ambulance
carried him to the Baptist Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead.
The widow, who was Miss Sarah
Boshwitz., and six sons and daugh-
ters, all OF Memphis, survive. Bern
ard Cohn. one of the sons, was for
merly publisher of the Memphis
News sScimitar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
VILE BUT HARMLESS FORMULA
SOUCHTBYU. ITO END DRINKING
Mellon Calls Plan to Become Effective
Saturday Step in Right Direction,
But Research Continues.

proves to be damaging To the human
system, it was pointed out in officia!
quarters today. has by no means been
confined to prohibition days. as cheap
and poor grades of whisky have al
ways been available.
Most officials OF the Treasury. in
commenting on the poison liquor
deaths in New York, seem agreed that
OVriindulGCuC2 was more to blame
than the quality Of the liquor con.
sumed. The tendency TO drink moro
at the holiday season was blamed, and
the bad effects of taking raw alcohol,
ever in preprohihitiOn days, were
pointed to, to show that the evils Of
bad drink We're not confined to the
prohibition period
The available supply of good liquor
for the bOCtlegger and his Illicit
traffic was said at the Treasury to
have been materially reduced by the
Government through tightening up on
tho antiSmugghng campaign along
the coast and at the Canadian and
Mexican borders. Th" amount Of good
liquor in distillerieS and warehouses
was said not only to be shrinking, but
to he brought under constantly in
crt aSing surveillance, so that the boot
lewgerS were rCSoftinG more and more
to the remaining big Supply-indds as
trial alcohol. which has been de-
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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TWO INJURED IN FIRE.
Kaufman Furniture Co. Blaze
Does Small Damage.

Two men were slightly injured.
when fire started in the finishing
room of the Kaufman Furniture Co.
Inc, 1916 II street, this morning
about $50 O'Clock.
Earl A. Richards, 1910 O street,
an employe in the finishing room,
was burned about the hands and face.
Solomon Corbin, colored, River road,
sustained a sprained wrist, cuts and
burns, when forced to jump through
Il rear window on the first floor.
Water and fire did damage to fur
niture and varnisheS TO the extent of
about $500. Spontaneous combustion
in an alcohol container is believed
responsible for the fire. No. Truck
an No. Engine companies extin-
guished the blaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
FLOOD COVERS zoo
NASHVILLE BLOCKS
q, 600 Homeless in Greatest
lnundation in City's His
tory-River Still Rises.


NASHVILLE. Tenn, December 30.
The greatest flood since the white
man came to what is now Nashville
was spread over the city TO-DAY as
the Cumberland River stood at a
stage of 55.6 feet
The river. which was expected to
continue its rise for the next day or
two as the result of unprecedented
rainfall here and in it's upper reaches
in Kentucky, covered approximately
200 city blocks today.
Property damage was estimated at
100000 and the mighty lake that
spread out from the river bed COW
cred u large area of the manufac-
turing and warehouse district and
the homes of at least 1000 persons
who dwelt in the low part of town.
Police, in making this latest esti-
mate, said that some 1900 persons
had been thrown out of work by
the flood.
There has been no rain reported
to the local weather bureau from
over the Cumberland's watershed
since noon Tuesday and fair weather
for the entire State was the forecast
today. Weather bureau officials,
however, would not venture to pre-
dict. when the crest of the flood
would be reached. but they did not
expect any appreciate fall before
next Tuesday
The flood waters have been strong
enough to knock over small build
ings and it is no uncommon sight
to see one topled over by the swirl
ing yellow current from the river.
Bridges connecting the business
part of the city with the eastern
part have been closed, with the eX-
ception of the Woodlawn Street
Bridge, which was kept open today
and protected by hastily constructed
levees of sand bags
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
NICARAGUA INSISTS
REBELS ARE: Being
ARMED BY MEXICO
New Expedition on Way to
West Coast, Minister Cables
Legation Here.
SECRETARY KELLOGG
DECLINES TO SEE VACA
Dispatch From Liberal Agent to
Gales Capital Says Latimer
Holds Sacasa Prisoner.

By the Associated Press
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, December
30.-Further charges that Mexico has
aided the Liberals in Nicaragua BY
supplying them with arms are con
tanned in a statement cabled by the
Conservative foreign minister. DIR.
Carlos Pasos, to the Washington le-
cation of Gen. Diazs government.
The statement is in reply to one
issued by the Mexican Minister in
Washington, in which he denied that
Mexico has given such aid to the
Liberals DR.. Pasos' message, in part,
reads:
The steamer Tropical in August
came to the Pacific Coast. While the
vessel Foam was chartered by Mex
leans in the United States, as after
ward stated by the captain. Mexican
prisoners captured by the OOiaZ) gov
ernment from the Tropical expedition
were supplied with money in Managua
by the Mexican consul.
Mexican Shield Claimed.
THE arms have borne the shield
of the Mexican government and have
been seen by the American charge
d'affaires Lawrence Dennis, on the
Pacific side and by Admiral Latimer
on the Atlantic side. Such arms could
have been secured only from the Mex
iCan government
Nicaragua Liberals have openly
admitted Mexican aid to the American
charge during the peace conference at
Corinto. 1t is known that the latest
expedition, on the steamer SuDetior,
was outitted in Mexico, and that an
nf pvnn1itinn the
TO the west coast.
These revolutionary expeditions
from Mexico have undoubtedly cost
millions. and could not have been
financed by the Nicaraguan Liberals,
whose resources are known.
''The Mexican policy is a challenge
TO the United States Government.
which has recognized the Diaz gov
ernment. and is a deliberate attempt
TO set up Mexican radicalism in Mica
ragua.
''The Nicaraguan Diaz) government
feels amply strong Ito put dawn any
Nicaraguan revolution, bat obviously
It cannot Withstand the Mexican gov
ernment.s repeated armed expedi-
tions.''
L. $. Censors Established.
The Tropical Radio Co. is advised
that American censors have been es-
tablished at Puerto Cabezas. Rio
Graflde and Ell Gallo.
(American naval forces We're recent
ly landed at Puerto Cabezas. seat of
the Liberal government established
by DIR. Juan Sacasa. 1t was stated
that the landing of the forces was to
protect American interests there.
The radio is the sole means of tele-
graphic communication with that
port)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
FALL WORSE; EARLY
CALL SENT DOCTOR
Former Interior Secretary Suffer
ing From Pneumonia-Has
Restless Night.


Ell PASO, Tex, December 3d.
Albert r.. Fall, former Secretary of
the Interior who is i'll at his home
here with pneumonia, suddenly took
a turn for the worse during the night,
necessitating the calling in of DIR. H.
Il. Stafford at an earlier hour than
usual this morning. Fall was re-
ported yesterday as being practically
out of danger.
Mr.. Fall spent a very restless night
and was coughing a great deal. He
slept little. DIR. Stafford was called in
before s am. and was to make a later
call during the morning. Members
of the family said that Mr.. Falls
temperature had increased a little.
DR. Stafford, who previously had re-
fused to discuss the i'll mans condi-
ton and has referred Inquiries to III.
G.. Clunn, Mr.. Falls secretary, could
not be located after his examination
of Mr.. Fail. Mr.. Clunn said he had
received no report of Mr.. Falls con-
dition this morning, but that he eX-
pected DR.. Stafford would call at the
home and make his report shortly,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
STATE DROPS CASE
Of MRS. MCPHERSON
Dismissal of Charges Against
Evangelist for Lack of Evil
dence Expected Soon.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, December 30-The
States conspiracy case against Mrs.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson has col
lapsed with the announcements from
the office of District Attorney Asa
Keyes that conviction of the noted
woman evangelist is almost impossi-
ble" because Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-
Sielaff, her principal accuser, is a
'turncoat" and 'perjurer."
Dismissal of the charge against
Mrs. Mcpherson and others involved
in the case is declared tos be imminent.
Co-incident with the announcement
from the district attorneys Office came
cable to the Times from Sydney,
Australia, quoting Mrs. Ruth Peters
Ormiston, estranged wife of Kenneth
G. Ormiston, former radio operator
for Mrs Mcpherson, as saying she
had received a most impertieut'' let
Letter Mailed Last May.
The dispatch said the letter had
been mailed to Mrs Ormiston Max IS
last, the date of Mrs. Mcpherson \
strange disappearance while bathing
at Ocean Park, near here. Mrs. Nc
Pherson WAS absent for Sc days, a
part Of which, the State charges, she
spent in cottage at Carmel, Calf.
with Ormiston. The conspiracy case
is based on a story which she told
the grand jury here after her re-
appearance that she had been kid
naped and taken into the Mexican
desert, escaping later
While refusing to disclose the con.
tents of the letter, Mrs. Ormiston is
said to have announced her intention
Of using it when she returns to Los
Angeles in the early part of next year
TO institute divorce proceedings
against the former Angelus Temple
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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King Ben" Held for Trial.

BENTON HARBBOR, Mich, De-
cember 80 R.-Benjamin Purnell,
leader of the House of David colony,
was bound over today for trial in Cir
cult Court here on charges of criminal
assault made by Mrs. Bessie Wood
worth of Benton Harbor, a former
member OF the colony,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
NO ADMINISTRATION
FARM BILL LIKELY
Representative Strong Says Such a
Measure This Session Might
Appear Interfering.

BY the Associated Press
After a discussion Of farm legisla.
ticn with President Coolidge TODAY.
Representative. Strong, Republican
Kansas, expressed the opinion that no
administration agricultural bill would
be offered at this session Of Congress
because it might give the impression
that attempts were being made TO
head off legislation already pending.
The kansan said he was convinced
the administration would look with
favor upon any farm bill which was
reasonable. practical and gave prom
fse of success in its operation.
Higher tariffs on beef. hides and
some. other farm products were IA
Vored by Representative Strong, who
blamed agricultural difficulties on the
Underwood tariff law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
QUAKE ROCKS BUILDINGS
IN STATE OF WASHINGTON
Wenatchee Experiences Most Pro-
nounced Shock in II Years, But
No Damage Reported.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash, December 30
An earth shock violent enough to be
felt without seismograph and To-
Gated within 500 miles of this city was
recorded at the Ganzaga University
Observatory htere, the director re-
ported today The tremor started at
957 am. and continued for two min
utes, lie said.
WENATCHEE. Wash. December
80 (P).-A pronounced earthquake was
felt at 1905 am. here today. Build
ings shook and many occupants ran
into the streets. One old citizen who
has felt them before said ii was the
most pronounced in the II years he
has resided here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
u. S, PAN-AMERICAN
FLYERS OFF AGAIN
Planes Leave Tampico for Vera
Cruz, as Big Crowd Views
Departure.

BT
TAMPICO. Mexico, December 30
The United States Pan-American
flyers. delayed here several days be-
cause Of engine difficulties. today re-
sumed their 20,000-mile goodwill jour
new. hopping off for their next stop,
Vera Cruz, at II O'Clock.
The motors Of the four planes
hunmed perfectly as the flyers, headed
bv Mai. Herbert A. Dargue, flight
commander, sped over the city, where
great crowds craned their necks to
catch a glimpse of the Argosy of the
air.
There was every indication that the
ayiators would be successful in their
I36-nlile hop to Vera Cruz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
REFUSE TO SEE VACA.
Officials Advise Sacasa Agent Kellogg
Cannet Receive Him.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
State Department officials notified
DIR. r. S. Vaca. agent of the Sacasa
Liberal faction Of Nicaragua, today
that Secretary Kellogg could not re-
ceive him inasmuch as he was not a
representative of government recog-
nized by the United States.
DIR. Vaca called al the department,
he said. because of published reports
that the department had not received
any protest from him charging that
censorship had been established
against Sacasa at Puerto CabeZas by
Rear Admiral Latimer, commander Of
the American naval forces in Central
American waters.
He informed department officials
that he had delivered such a protest
yesterday to a messenger at Secretary
Kellogg's door. Later Il developed
that the document had been sent by
the messenger 10 the index room of
the department and finally reached
the desks OF officials today
During his visit at the department
DR. Vaca gave to newspaper men
copies of documents which he said
proved his charges that a naval cen
sorship had been established by
Admiral Latimcr.
Letter Tells of Censorship.
Included in the documents Naca
distributed was u letter over the sigma
ture of the Washington superintend-
ent of the Postal Telegraph Co. dated
December %, and stating that the
company had been notified by the
Tropical Radio 90. that it could not
accept messages in code for delivery
in Nicaragua Via the Bragman's Bluff
radio station.
Messages in plain Spanish language
may be accepted, bat subject to cen.
sor's decision" the telegraph com
pany's message said. Your (Dr.
Naca s. two dispatches reached the
radio station i'm Nicaragua. but de.
livery of the messages is being with.
held"
Naca also gave out message from
his colleague in San Jose, Costa Ric:
asserting that censorS at Rio Grande
and Puerto Cabasas. the two points in
Nicaragua where Admiral I.atimer
has landed men, had stopped all nes
sages in Spanish or English addressed
10 any member of the Liberal gov
crnment."
Before Vaca's can tat the State De
partment il was reiterated that the
Washington Government had no
knowledge Of the establishment by
Admiral Latimer of any censorship.
While the Sacasa Liberals con.
tinue to forge ahead into the inte-
rior of Nicaragua. threatening the
vital positions of the Conservative
forces of President Dlaz. American
officials. in the face of a battering ram
Of far-iiung protests and widely di.
Vergent opinions, are standing pat on
their announced policy Of protection
for American lives and property
While conferences continued today
between high officials in ashington
late dispatches from the war zone ir
Nicaragua told Of the retreat to f.
Bluff from Las Perlas of the Djaz
Continued on Page 5. Column %
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Inventor Turns
City Garbage Into
CuncOttOn or Silk

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, December 30.-Guncot-
ton or artificial silk may be manu-
factured from the garbage Of great
cities. it is claimed under a method
evolved by Kurt GersOn, "A Berlin
engineer. 1t is done, he says. by
sitting and subjecting all the eel
lulose ingredients to a special
treatment.
BY distilling the remaining
refuse, such as potato Feelings and
pieces Of wood. he claims to pro-
duce tar. charcoal and acetic acid.
a large plant is being construct.
ed here under his specifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
QUAKE LEVELS TOWNS
NEAR COLOMBIAN LINE

GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. December
30.-Reports from the Colombian
frontier say the towns of Gaachucal
and Aldana have been destroyed by
an earthquake. The shock is believed
to have been connected with the erup-
ton of the volcano Cumbal.
A dispatch from Tulcan, Ecuador,
says the trees in the Yagorral Val
ley We're leveled by the earthquake.
The town of Naranjito on the rail
way to Quito has been almost COM
pletely destroyed by fire. II is esti-
mated the damage will reach 5000, 900
sucres (nominally 81 100000. Aid has
been sent to the Inhabitants, almost
all of whom are homeless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
CITY Of FABULOUS
WEALTH IS SOUGHT
Palestine Riches Hidden by
Magic Stone Believed Great
er Than Any Yet Found.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
BY Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. COpyright 1926.

News. Copyright, 1926.
! LONDON, December 30.-Petra,
"a rose red city, half as old as time"
full Of exquisite golden ornaments
and engraved precious stones, is
making Tut-ankh-Amen' splendors
! look like a 10-cent store objects dart
according to information which has
come into the hands of eminent
archeologists connected with the Brit
ish museum show.
According to the Westminster
/ Gazette. d wandering Bedouin tripped
on the open sesame" to a labyrinth
Of underground passages that led TO
q treasure house full of riches un-
dreamed of even by the author of
. The Arabian, Nights.
Petra, deserted for centuries, is
perhaps the most astonishing city
created by man. 1t is situated In
Palestine on the edge of the Trans
Jordan Desert between the Dead Sea
and the Gulf of Akaba, in a once
populous valley shut in by precipitous
cliffs of sandstone. Tombs, temples
and houses chiseled out of red rock
stand today almost as perfect as
when they were occupied thousands
OL SdlC
Capital of Nabeateans.
The city was lost to European
knowledge because the Arabs in pre-
war days would not allow any one
to go near the ruins. The German
archeologist, Burckhard, rediscovered
the ruins in 1912. but since then, in
spite of their efforts. scientists had
never been allowed to pass through
the gorge jealously guarded by the
BedOuins.
Petra was thousands of years ago
the capital of the Nabeateans, an eX-
! tinct Arab tribe which conquered the
/ Edom Of the Bible some hundred
years before Christ. They formed
powerful kingdom, extending north as
| far as Damascus, west as far as GAIA
! and east as tar as Central Arabia. The
| tribe controlled caravan routes and
was reputed TO produce famous sailors
and pirates. who We're used by King
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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"FrOm Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
WEATHER.

~. 6. Weather Bureau Foreeastl
Partly cloudy tonight; minimum
temperature. q degrees. Tomorrow
fair and warmer.
Temperature-High Al. at 2:30
pm. Yesterday: lowest, 26. at am.
today. Full report on page 9.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-01

point where the situation must De
made clear for all time. Inc houf
is approaching for the final flshC
and we shall see whether, IN feailtg'
the revolution has overcome the
powers Of reaction or whether the
triumph of the revolution has been
merely ephemeral.
"As l have said before, my gov
ernment is profoundly occupied Wltl
the solution of national problems OF
grave Importance. Among these is
the economic situation and the BAT
ancing of the budget. The clerlcai
movement has been overlooked in
the heat of work at the moment
when my administration is facing It's
most difficult time; when questions
are arising of international characte'
which were to define whether Mex
leo be sovereign country or not.
'The clergy, in bad faith, mas
treacherously cast us down, stating
they did not recognize the general
constitution.
In face of this attitude the gov
ernment had to take time to fight
in accordance with the law and the
fight will be carried on to the end
II am absolutely sure that the