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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

Ing the war, then came back to
Bolivia and was naturalized. When
Saavedra seized power he named Gen.
Kundt minister Of war. but public In,
iignation ran so high that Kundt re-.
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army affairs, taking out his ven.
geance on the opposition.
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der and has occupied almost every
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LIGHT TESTS CONTINUED.
DR.. Michelson to Resume Velocity
Measurements Halted Last Year.

Measurements Halted Last Year.
PASADENA, Calf. July is tl9.--s
DR.. Albert A. Nicholson, world.famed
physicist of the University OF Chicago,
will continue this Summer and Fall
at Mount Wilson Observatory his
studies of the velocity of light, inter.
rupted last year by an accident.
One of the delicate and costly mir
rors which were set up on neighbour.
ing mountain peaks TO volley the light
beams back and forth was shattered
by the terrific speed at which Is was
rotated last Summer. This necessi.
tated disseminating the experiments.
To meet such an emergency in the
renewal of the studies, three addi-
tionai mirrors have been made.
Another well known scientist, DIR:
Arthur l.. Day, accompanied DIR.
Nicholson here. Southern California
was chosen as the field for this work
because of the numerous. minute earth
movements that are OF assistance in
the study Of the larger moyements:
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New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
ELECTIONS RECOMMENDED :
 BY STANLEY CHURCH HEADS
Vote for Special Aid to Washington Church and Plan for $1 ,0OO for
 Community House

The standing committee Of the Stanley Memorial church at a meet ing last evening voted to recon. mend to the congregation Sunday the election to the committee on CO., operation with the First and South churches Rev, Raymond N. Gilman, Mrs. A. ". Ritter and August C. Suess
 On the board Of directing in ad- dition to the cooperating weekday church schools the election of Os- car A. Marsh, superintendent of the Sunday school. Rev. R. N. Gilman. A. w. Ritter, George V. Hamlin and Alexander Smyrk.
 On Sunday morning, Feb. 2l, a special collection will be taken for the benefit Of the new First Congre- gational church at Washington. A fellowship canvass when all mem bers Of the church will be visited, will be undertaken immediately after Easter by the Mems club.
 It was voted to Set a goal of s1,n00 by Jan. 1. 1927, for the com munity house fund. This amount is to be raised by the different church organizations and not by individual subscription.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
WELL DRESSED MAN
 AND HIS CLOTHES
SuspenderS ReturninS--B -BaSgy
 Trousers Going

st. Louis. Jan. 29 H,-Return of the popularity of suspenders and turning away from extreme baggy trousers. are to be the principal changes in meI fashions in 1926. The general sty and character of clothes will not be changed to any extent
 This was the report of the com. mittee on fashions 10 the National Association Of Merchant Tailors at the closing session of its annual con. Vention here yesterday
 Colored shirts with collars 10 match will continue to be in vogue for town and business wear, but colors should harmonize with clothes worn.
 Unfinished worsted will be used to as great m extent as ever Elan nels in shades of greys, blues of bright colors, and the lighter tones of browns in plain also striped and overplaid effects will be popular Capri blue, the new shade for fan. nels and unfinished worsteds, will be much favored. Cheviots and tweeds will be much In demand for the spring. fall and winter seasons. Colortul fabrics for sports and coun- ter use are shown in many new shades and attractive designs. Coats will reflect the appearance of comfort with chests full and well gunded and shoulders broad. The single breasted. no collar waistcoat Is to be the popular style. Two or three button sack coats will be pro- per. but the two button models are
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
BANKRUPTCY COURT

The final hearing in the bank. ruptcy matter of the Carlson Tail. ors will be held at 10 o'clock Mon- day morning in the referees office. At ? o'clock in the afternoon there will be a hearing in the case Of Patsy Lucco for the purpose of ex. amining the bankrupt.
 On Wednesday morning the final hearing for Patsy Tomeo will be held. At the same time the first hearing in the matter Of the Hard ware City market will be held.
 On Thursday morning there will be a hearing in the case of Charles Johnson for examining the bank. rupt and witnesses.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Midwest Suffers

Chicago, Jan, 20 R9 -- Across northern United States, from coast to coast, the forces of winter ran riot today, with respite promised on- ly for the middle section.
 In the face of heavy gales on the Pacific, shipping battled mouutain- ous seas and raced for shelter. Sweeping eastward, the path of the cold wave was marked with deep snows, blocked highways, impoded trains and sub-zero temperatures that caused numerous fires and in- tenso suffering in large cities. In the east, sections reported the cold est weather there of the season.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
TROLLING REVIVAL
 BEGAN IN KITCHEN
Ford Here Got His Idea Of Old
 Dances

Detroit, Jan. is P-Ihe rsnais- sance in dance music which Henry Ford is sponsiring through the re- vival Of old-time tunes and with the aid ot many old-time fddlers, had It's Inception in tho kitchen Of 6 modest home outside of Big Rapids, Mich.
 It was here that Henry Ford. on q vacation trip north with Thomas Edison Harvey g. Firestone and a few other intimate friends, first saw "Jep' Bisbee, maker Of violins and fiddler at old-time country dances.
 "Jep"--or Josper Bisbee. or Paris, Mich. as Unregistered at Detroit's leading hotel as the guest of MT. Ford-is S3 years old.
 He is the father Of the move ment back to the old-tashioned dances, ," Mir. Ford said. Tt was lis- tening to him and his old-fashion- ed tunes that helped to crystalze my belief that the time had come for a revival Of the old dances A very fine old mn Is Jasper and he knows his business"
 Ford first heard him in 1929. and shortly after "Jep" came to Detroit to make the first contribution to Mir. Ford's Americana Of dance music. Later, Mir, Ford sent him east to Mir Edlson's laboratory where some of the aged flddlers choicest selec- tions were perpetuated in the phono- graph reproduction rooms
 "Jep' played drum for the SOL diers in Detroit in 1861. Later he conducted drug store and sold tea
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Bridgeport Shiycrs

Bridgeport, Jan. 2s P,-Bridge- port shivered today in the grip of icy blasts which brought the cold est day of the year At six o'clock this morning the mercury stood at three above zero 10 which 1t had dropped from 3B above yesterday morning, Anxiety felt for two ves- sels which were due here last night was eased today The steamer John w, Worth Of the Thames line failed to arrive last night as per schedule Reports from New York today indi- cated that it had put into a dock at 1S5th street last night instead Of at tempting to force It's way through the heavy gale on the Sound. The steamer John F, Collins Of the Bridgeport-New York line came into harbor several hours late having been delayed when if was brushed by a ferryboat as 1t left its New York pier.
 Despite the intense cold no un- usual suffering from the lack of coal was reported in the city,
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
tG Below In Maine

Boston, Jan. 29 Pl-- 4 cold wave which rode into New England dur ing the night In the wake of terrific gales brought the lowest temper atures of the winter while the ac- .companying wind al times attaining hurricane force, wrought widespread damage. Reports Of roads blocked by fallen trcos. buildings unroofed, windows shattered and electrical circuits interrupted by broken wires were received today from many sections Of New England.
 The lowest temperature given In reports to the weather bureau here at 8 o'clock this morning was In Greenville. Me, which shivered with the mercury marking 16 de- grees below zero. Northfeld. Vt, occupied second place with fl be low. Concord, N. H., registered six below, Passport, Me, below, and Portland, Me, zero The official minimum In Boston was 4 degrees above zero The forecast was con-
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Blind Men in London
 Feel Loss During FOgs

London, Jan. 20 Rl-Blind men who act as guides to pedestrians when dense fogs settle over London have hoen complaining because of lack of "business" due to this w!n- tet's weather which has been ex- ceptionally clear and cold.
 Thousands of persons frequently become lost in the fogs. even within a block or so of their homes or of- fees, II is on such occasions that tho blind men, who find their way by feel" and instinct. take up their stands at prominent corners and of- fer their services as guides.
 It has been estimated that q real fog here entails a loss of approxi- mately 350,0Q0 pounds 10 business in less than 24 hours.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Congress Votes Authority.
 For Arms ParticipatiOn

Washington. Jan. go R-Con. gressional sanction necessary for American participation In the pre- liminary arms conference discus sions at Geneva was completed to- day when the senate approved A house resolution to appropriate s50,- ooo to defray the expenses of Ameri- can delegates.
 Chairman Borah Of the foreign relations committee called up the resolution reporting that the com mittee unanimously favored its adoption and without any discussion 1t was adopted.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

more generally favored. Both peak ed and notehed collar styles will be worn. The double breasted sack is regarded as now coming Into perms. nent popularity,
 The committee report says there Is growing demand for silk top hats for full evening dress and morning clothes and that the derby is now very popular with well dress ed men for town wear Soft hats, says the report, are mostly worn for travel and indictment weather.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
SOME FRENCH SHOP KEEPERS
 STILL RAISE THE SHUTTERS <

Paris, Jan. 29 GP French shop keepers still talk Of putting up the shutters" at closing time, but actual ly they pull them down.
 The quaint, many paned shop windows familiar in the old illus trations to the Songs" of Beranger and the Cruickshank and Priz drawings for Dickens works, have disappeared 10 make way for great, solid iron Curtains" which are hauled down with a lever. The old windows, charming. cob-wehbed and gaslit, remain in a few out-of- the way parts Of Paris.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

tinued cold today with rising tenn peratures tomorrow.
 The wind last night reached .
 eiocity Of 7t miles an hour at Blue HI observatory. South Boston. Tn Boston the official miximum was &s miles. Today the wind shifted be- tween northwest and southwest and had greatly diminished in force.
 In spite of the severe cold emer- gency fuel commissioners in New England said there was little, if any suffering attributable to the shut down in the anthracite fields.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Try To Aid Sailors

Lake Michigan saw the most de- termined effort of the day to defeat the elements. Army airplanes were enlisted in the efforts to rescue five of eight men stranded for three days on two Ice bound fishing tugs off Muskegon, Mich, after three of the crews escaped over the ice foes to shore with the direful story of their comrades plight
 Coast Guards who helpessly watched from shore said last night the steamer Alabama, which went to the rescue of the imprisoned tugs had approached near enough to give the men food and fuel. Two army pilots, from Selfridge field were ready to drop cans of food and 40- pound cartons of coal on the craft today.
 Fires In Chicago
 Suffering in Chicago was increas- ed by numerous fires, which drove forty families to the streets. A water main burst and flooded street with thousands of gallons of water. freezing automobiles to the pavement, turning basements into skating rinks and putting out fur mace fires for blocks. Bremen responded to nearly 150 calls in 12 hours up 10 dawn today.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

and coffee. At other moments he played reels, schottisches. polkas ouadrilles and called dances at coun- try gatherings. At S3. "Jep" still 1, able to dance . jig.
 You know" he said. "they thought was going to die. but I'm fooling 'em. run 70 rods every day Of my life and I'm sS. Yes. that's a lot Of years"
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
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New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
90 Below Zero

Sable island, off Nova scotis coast, reported a gale of Gi miles m hour, with low temperatures,
 Tho coldest weather reported for North America today was recorded at poucet, about goo miles north west of Montreal, where tenn perature of SC below zero was reached.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

Bremen in New York city had their helmets frozen to their should CTS, The metropolis had the cold est weather of the season, with the mercury at above zero and an Si-mile gale blowing, but no snow.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
IERO BLASTS, WIND
 AND FIRE BRING
 GREAT SUFFERING
(Continued From First Page)
st storm, lasting 24 hours,

st storm. lasting 2i hours,
 seven were injured In Boston where a westerly gale and some snow crippled transports and power service. High winds and snow blocked roads in western Pennsylvania where temperatures lowered between zero at Pitts hurgh and ten below al Bradford, Eastern Pennsylvania had no snow, but the mercury was low, Thila- d"iphia reporting IA above,
 Wermcr in Midwest
 Weather forccastcrs promised rising temperatures today to the central regions, which felt zero and suh-2cro weather yesterday. A fresh Southcrly wind, from sections where the cold did not touch, was ,&pcCted 10 bring relief
 Snow and a rising mercury were iilr outlook for the northwest. which yesterday was the coldest part of tho country. Duluth, Minn,, reported so below and st. Pauls minimum was IS. Points in Wis consin reported as low as 25 be- low, Chicago's official lowest was ' below. but unofficial thermometers \. A.r"ad as low as IT,
 storms on West Coast
 No relief from rain, snow and krind was promised the Pacific past. storm warnings were posted ong an S5o-mile stretch from oint Reyes to Cape Flattery. Rain
 snow fell over Nevada. Idaho
 storm Oregon, and Washington nd northern California, and above unesmuir Calf, the snowfall vNoasured five inches. The heavy soas delayed the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of India, due today from the Far East at Vancouver.
 Some Relief Promised
 Washington, Jan. 29 Gp) -- Some relief within the next 24 hours from the intense cold weather now general over the United States is toreseen blythe weather bureau.
 Tn northern New England ana the South Atlantic states the tenn porature is expected to rise tomor- row, while an upward movement of themorcury is forecast for to- night and tomorrow in the states in the eastern part of the country
 The weather map this morning showed zero temperatures covering all of eastern Canada, northern and central New England. New York Pennsylvania, western Maryland and West Virginia, and thence westward 10 Chicago.
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ilessee Of today,s demonstration. which
took place at the Armstrong country
estate In Delaware. Here his guests
viewed model landing field ana ii
model steamship riding IN q deep pool,
representing the ocean. The sea-
dronie was anchored and the ship was
turned loose. Then an apparatus of
revolving plan1ys made waves, CORE.
spending IN scale To those 81 midoceais.
The vessel. also made to scale. sur.
Vfved at first. but when the storm"
was Increased the liner listed and ulti-
rnafely appeared ready to sink
Attention turned to the seadrorAe as
the waves rose higher Instead Of
dashing against II, they split and
passed through steel pilings. which
formed the lower portion Of the sea.
flrofiae.
he engineer said his next step
would be the construction az II large;
aeadrome, not as large rs he proposes
finally. but s,ifIicient to prove or dis
prove the essential contentious. This
would cost several hundred thousand
dollars and might ultimately be util-
lied M an anchored ocean park. The
real seadrOnne. he said, would cost APP
proxinately $t.6OO.OO0.
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SAYS $40, 900 RUM
BRIDE WAS OFFERED
Coast Guard Oflcer Testiiles st Nor
folk II Capture d Barge
Margaret Egan.

By the Associated Press. 4
NORFOLK, July ii. Ten thousand
dollars IN cash. payable In Norfolk,
was offered him if he would permit
the alleged rum running barge, Mar
garet EgAn, to proceed on It's way,
Chief Boafswaiil r. *. Middleton,
commanding the Coast Guard patrol
boat CG-e9. testified yesterday ct
the hearings Of the four members OF
the barge Crew, held before Commits
sioner Malone.
All four. still maintaining IN uii-
broken silence by advice OF their
counsel, Ralph III. Daughton. were
held for Federal Court. Their bonds
were set at $4,000.
They gave their names as James
Gordon, alleged to be the master Of
the barge, John O,Reiliy, John Brit.
ton and james Ryan.
Chief .B0suns Middleton was the
only witness put on the stand by the
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Government He declared that his
vessel stopped the barge MONDAY
night near the York Spit light on
Its way from Elizabeth City, N. c.. to
Baltimore with e. cargo Of lumber
superficial cargo Ok. approximately
10000 feet Of lumber, while Piled
high In an unusually deep hold was
= vast quantity Of Scotch whisky,
estimated to be between 5000 ana
5000 cases.
The ..'bosun further testified that
Gordon offered him first $1,000, and
then $10, 900, Il he would permit the
barge. which was In tow OF the tug
sparrow III. to proceed without fur,s
Their molostatiOn. The money would
be paid him IN Norfolk, the .'bosunt
testified he was told.
The barge Ii now being unloaded
1T tho naval base under the super
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15
ROYALTY oN VACATION.
King Ferdinand and Queen Mari.
First visit Daughter.

! BUCHAREST. Rumania, July IS
LA9.--King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie leave today for visit to their
daughter. Queen Marie OF Jugoslavia,
and her husband, King Alexander
After three days Ferdinand win.
proceed to Paris and thence to Bar.
noles de fOrne. the health resort in
Normandy, where he viii take thN
cure.
Queen Marie will Join him later.
and they will spend week or two,
incognito in Paris, returning TO Blu
cbarest by way Of Switzerland and.
Venice. Their vacation WIN last so
DAYS. - =
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PLANE BASE IN SEA
AIRED EVOLVED
Du Point Engineer Claims His
Anchored Platform Is Sue
cess After Test.
By the Asss,ciateti Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July i5.--A mini.
ature seadrome, or landing held
for airplanes In nidoceafi. was put
through d series OF tests in q make.
believe ocean yesterday by Edward n,
Armstrong, chief research engineer
for the r. I. du Point de Nemoure Co.
/. The demonstration convinced him.
he said, that his theory Of placing q
Ing fields across the Atlantic Ocean on
which. transatlantic planes may alight
was sound and within the realm of
probability.
Army. Navy, shipluiiders. naval
architects and financial men were wit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15
POTOMAC Project
FOR POWER AIS
Cleveland Company Aban-
dons Plan to Harness
Waters in w. Va.

" the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 15.--
Abandonment OF plans Of the Potomac
Power Co. OF Cleveland to harness
the power of the Potomac ana Shen-
andoah Rivers was announced last
night by Robert >. Buckley, president
Of the company. I
The project. which started with
installation of equipment in the
Martinsburg, w. Va. district. was
designed to furnish water power to
Baltimore and other Eastern cities.
This equipment Is being disnantled
and the company's engineers and
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surveyors are withdrawn. Bullley
said.
Complications which resulted from
the power company,s efforts TO ac-s
quire property Of the Harpers Fer.
ry. wv. Va, Paper Co. caused the.
abandonment Of the project. ii was
said.
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