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New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
RESCUE PARTY IS
 NOW NEAR VICTIMS
Only Matter Of Hours to Pierce
 Kentucky Mine

Salem, Ky. Aug. Il GP>-An in- tense air prevades the camp of res cuers here today. while chews work teNerlshly to reach their five en- tombed comrades in the Hudson mine, The shaft in hich the miners nave been imprisoned since last
 Thursday when a cave-in closed them in underground is almost clear and 1t is mater of hours until the fate of the victims is known.
 All water was cleared from the shaft by l o'clock last night, only the remaining muck stands between the volunteers and prisoners.
 Since midnight four men crews have been working on fifteen min ute shifts. The men are loading buckets which are attached to a cable and hauled to the top of the l50-foot shaft to be dumped. h. tense heat at the bottom of the shaft prevents men from wo- ing more than quarter of an hour.
 Mud is almost touching the top of the lateral drift at the bottom of the shaft, but since the lateral is an upgrade the rescue workers heliev that once this accumulation is cleared they will have fairly the tunnel
 The toilers are confident that some of the men will be found a. live despite the fact that the rri- soners had been trapped for 124 hours at o'clock this morning.
 This feeling of optimism swept over the workers yesterday as -oon as it was discovered that air W $ passing down all abandoned shaft and reaching the trap. It is more than likely they say that the prison CTS have been abb to obtain some of the water which broke back into the tunnel Thursday night from a reservoir directly over the lateral.
 Patillo, Randolph Cobb and Harry
 At least four of the men, George and L. B. Wilson are thought to have reached ledge about 200 feet on the other Side Of where the reservoir broke through. The fif'h man, Roy James, was walking back from the shaft toward the cave-in, ] few moments before the crash. l
 The new shaft being sunk direct l, y over the lateral and on the far | side of the cave is progressing ra- )idly and workers expect to break trough within 50 hours unless the main entrance to the mine is cleared. Digging in this shaft is To onger necessary as the workers lave tapped the same vein of zinc ,n top which the trapped men were digging on the bottom when hey were imprisoned. The zinc is 'eing shoveled into buckets and lauled to the top.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Ritchies Declines to
 Reprieve WhittemOre

Baltimore, Aug. il. - Governor Albert c. Ritchie, announced late yesterday he would not grant re- prieve to Richard Reese White more unless specifically advised to do so by the attorney general in view of pending court action, Whit temore is scheduled to die on the gallows Friday morning a few min utes after midnight flor the mur- der of a penitentiary guard.
 Hearing on a habeas corpus show cause order is set for today. G. L. Pendleton, negro lawyer, engineer ing the latest attempt to save the gangster's life, has announced that upon deniat of the writ he will at tempt to interest justices of the United States supreme court in the case to obtain a stay of execution.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Philadelphia Couple
 Die in Suicide Pact

Philadelphia, Aug. II R-Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Valencia. the latter incurably i'll, were found dead yesterday in a suicide pact. Their bodies were discovered on gas- filled room at their apartment, the windows and doors of which had been packed with paper, They had been dead several days.
 Two letters, revealing the suicide plan, were addressed to Guy Gun laker. secretary of Kugler's restau- rant, where Valencia was employed, and Elizabeth Di Valencia.
 Please see that our little girl is cared for" said the note 10 Dun daker. "She is with my wife's par ents now"
 The note to Miss Di Velancio. signed by both the man and his wife, apologized for the double sui eide.
 Tt is the only way out said the note, My wife can never get we'll. It Is better that we should go to- gether. We are sorry to trouble you"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
New York Gangster Is
 Murdered in Chicago

ticago, Aug. IS GR = Loufs Big" Smith, New York gangster suspected by the police of com plicity in the assassination of two gangsters here recently was shot and killed last night by a gunman as Smith drove along the street in his automobile.
 smith was hit by three bullets. His assailant escaped in the car in which he had followed Smith. who stopped his car and dropped dead in the street as he attempted to alight.
 The dead gunman was suspected of staying Jules Portugese after Portugese had been released on bond for the attempted robbery of a jew elry salesman. He was also believed 10 be implicated in the death of Isaac Teddy" Stein. gangster. who was lured into passageway and killed
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
REMOVING
 ILLEGAL POSTERS
State Now Enforcing Billboard
 Act Of 1925

Hartford, Aug. II R-Hundreds
 of illegal signs have been torn from their places by Connecticut state po- licemen. securing the state highways in an intensive campaign against unlicensed and otherwise illegal out door advertising, under the 1925 billboard act"
 In addition. careful watch of the highways is being maintained by the troopers, who are primed to arrest anyone caught erecting signs in rio- lation of the state law. Those ar rested will be vigorously prosecuted. the department of state police has promised.
 Officers have also been detailed to serve written notices on adver- tisers and landowners, acquainting them with the law and offering them three options. According to these. options, parties interested may take out an advertising license, they may take down the offending signs or they may have the legality Of the signs passed on by local courts.
 Candy and tobacco signs placed about the state without regard to property rights, the state police say, are the worst offenders, and small commercial signs placed with in the limits of the public high ways also constitute considerable Of a nuisance. These, of late, have been ripped off at random.
 The state police department de- clare that most of the advertisers do not object to the license system. -ealizing that it tends to eliminate h. cheaper forms of advertising, md in the long run, places adver- .ising on a higher plane.
 Thousands of signs in the state Ire licensed, each one bearing q number. Revenue last year from ! his source was S6S,000.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Land of the Sky Blue Waters; By the Hunting Lodge; Waters of Per kiomen". They may be secured from any music dealer.
 Q. What is the difference be- tween Hawaiian and a Spanish guitar?
 A. A Hawaiian guitar may be converted into a Spanish guitar by simply removing the high nut at the top of the fret board. With the nut 1t is a Hawaiian guitar; with out 1t, Spanish guitar.
 Q. Can egg shells. crushed very fine, be used for grit to feed chick ems?
 A. Yes.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
WOMEN WoRKMEN's CLUBS

London, Aug. II R-Conseryativc workingmen's clubs throughout Eng land are to be thrown open to wo- men. This action has been forced upon the direction of the conserva- tive party by the absolute equality which socialist clubs granted to men and women. ..
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

ket 6,sS5,S0o,oo0 apples That would give each inhabitant of the state close to 500 apples each.
 Philadelphia - That not all oriental dancers come from further east than the Susquehanna river was intimated in a suit to determine the status of rival concessioners at the sesquicentennial exposition. An as- sertion that they were obtained by advertising in local papers went un- denied:
 Orange, N. J. - The 18th birth day of the photograph invented by Thomas A. Edison was celebrated today, the newest creation rolling out music melodius and loud enough to drown the scratching and half tones of the first machine.
 Schenectady. x. Y. Comet dust does not create static to the det:f- ment of radio reception, 1t was learned tonight by the General Elec- tric company, but there was a mo- ticeable early fading of receiving s2ts, although signals were louder.
 New Haven-Petition prepared by Harry A. Bradley, prisoner at Wethersfeld, gets him writ of habeas corpus.
 Bridgeport-"New Haven" rail- road applies for dissolution Of temporary injunction granted Green wich Water company, stopping work on railroads dam at mouth of Mianus river.
 Ridgefleld - Senator Bingham criticizes farm aid and legislation and plans to centralize Americas school system in speech at farmers gathering.
 Republican state con- vention to be held in Hartford September 13 and 14.
 Hartford-State police team down | hundreds of illegal signs along state l highways.
 Hartford-Governor Trumull an- nounces he will take stump in Maine ! in behalf of Governor Brewster | seeking reelection in that state.
 Norwalk--R Relatives of Antonio wanted for the fatal shoot ing of Genera Clement, say he will to police.
 Simsbury-Richard Fuller, seven months old, found dead under over turned carriage on lawn of Fuller nome believe baby tipped carriage over when he awakened from nap.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Frontier Is Gone

turning to congress to help. But We Connecticut Yankees couldn't see it that way"
 Frontier Is Gone
 He described the restleesness of the western farmer and accounted for it by citing their ancestry. The frontier is gone" he declared, "and that is one of the reasons why the West wants the farm aid system such as outlined by the McNary- Haugen bill" He said the farmers of the West can no longer obtain homestead sites. improve them, sell out and move on again. He said the western farmer is anxious to make money and make 1t fast.
 Tt cannot be done. Money can not be made on the farm as it can in the cities. Farming cannot be put on a money making basis with business, he declared.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

London = American acting is so popular with King George and Queen Mary that they went two nights in a row to see stars from across the Atlantic. The titles were Lady Be Good" and Easy Virtue" play.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Raised on Farm

The advantage of farm life" he said after pointing to the fact that he was raised on small farm. Ties in the fact that real. ideal happi- ness is found in the country"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

New York Assumption that motherhood of six children gave her nudity the chasteness of Lady God iva went awry at Coney Island when Mrs. Tillie Goodman changed from Mother Hubbard to patching suit in a circle of her offsprings. The dis robing act brought arrest by po- licewoman, who refused to listen to pleas of release so that the matron- ly Naiad might go home to care for her babies and cook for her hus- band. After night in jail, a magis trate suspended sentence.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Stockholm - Government by air plane is now the vogue in Sweden. Four members of the cabinet flew to a session of the government coun- cil on the island of Oeland in the Baltic where King Gustav was at the bedside of Queen Victoria. They cut a day trip to one of few hours.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
FLASHES OF LIFE: HOLSTERS, THE
 SEA VARIETY, FOUND TO MAKE LOVE

London - Lobsters have their love trysts as well as furnishing a dish over which human sweethearts null their words of adoration. so Prof. Julian Huxley finds. All pri- mordials make love, he has ascer- tained, thus supporting the theories of Darwin, long in dispute.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

New French postmarks urge hy- giene.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

New Haven-Petition prepared by Harry A. Bradley, prisoner at Wethersfeld, gets him writ of habeas corpus.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

New York - The male may be stronger and the female may be more strategic, but a police magis- trate is shrewdest when it comes 10 getting possession of a lost dollar. 4 man and a woman dived for one in subway station. The man got the greenback. The woman got a copper. The magistrate got the dol lar. He fined the man the dollar and freed the woman.
 Albany. N. Y. - Apple pies should be thick and juicy this winter in the Empire state for official reports indicate a crop of S9,929,0o0 bushels or at an increase of 200 to the bas-
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Bridgeport-"NeW Haven" rail- road applies for dissolution of temporary injunction granted Green wich Water company, stopping work on railroads dam at mouth of Mianus river.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

New York - Don't make mocking remarks over the craftsmanship of New York policeman unless you desire a ride h the patrol wagon. A woman asked bluecoat whether he was using a toy pistol, and after she had been extricated from the morbid crowd, she was taken by the irate guardian of the law to a po- lice station. but finally released when fellow officers interceded.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Schenectady. x. Y. Comet dust does not create static to the det:f- ment of radio reception, 1t was learned tonight by the General Elec- tric company, but there was a mo- ticeable early fading of receiving s2ts, although signals were louder.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Orange, N. J. - The 18th birth day of the photograph invented by Thomas A. Edison was celebrated today the newest creation rolling out music melodius and loud enough to drown the scratching and half tones of the first machine.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

ket 6, 6,sS5,SOo,ooO apples. That would give each inhabitant of the state close to 500 apples each.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Ridgefeld - Senator Bingham criticizes farm aid and legislation and plans to centralize Americas school system in speech at farmers gathering.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Hartford-Republican state con- vention to be held in Hartford September 13 and 14.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

Hartford-State police team down hundreds of illegal signs along state highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
DEMPSEY REELS OFF
FEW MILES ON ROAD

b. the Assoc lated Press
SARATOGA SPRINGS. y. Y. An
gust IA few miles Of road work in
the morning and . shopping trip with
his wife in the afternoon constituted
the major portion Of Jack Dempsey
day.
Starting out early in the day. the
heavyweight champion logged over
five or six miles of road and returned
to his camp at White Sulphur Springs
a bath, lunch and a shave filed
out the remaining time to lunch
The meal over. Mrs Dempsey led
him forth for q shopping tour Of the
stores. an expedition which covered
the major part Of the afternoon AMI
which may have been responsible 70"
his absence at the race track today.
With his entire staff at hand,
Dempsey planned to start intensive
training tomorrow AFTERNOON when. at
" O'Clock he goes into the ring for
his first sparrins match. His first
two days at the training camp were
spent III resting up and becoming &C
Climated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
DOUBLE BILLS FEATURE
OFFERINGS ON SANDLOTS

HREE Northern
headline un-
! limited sandlot card
a Hume e
Balon (ayn
bargain Lyon Village These matches all oock,
while the only
hour OF !
Arlington and Maryland Athletic
doub'e-headers Mount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

time to time through the club columns.
The names follow
Martin Matoian. 1928 Eleventh street
David Sitnick 200 2 street
Joseph Gott!ien. 7ol Delaware avenue
southwest
CALVIN Acheson o9os sixteenth street
Lewis Gpshinsky, 62e p street.
Vincent Austin 1882 Good Hope road
ko ,. Denny. l42ll, Z street;
southwest.
b [ Re Reddi9Etont4 la:4 street
James Francis, 900 + street.
Ane Shapiro. $40 Randolph street,
20 Altman: III TTslfih stree, southeast.
Albert and Alfred AIesandreiii SOS G
MeyeT Ehrlich, BOG G street nor,hess,
Charles Bell. 1903 b street southeast
Billy Dronenburs. :36 Sixth street north
b bm fseBS iT i G d"f"
John John, stspper, LIP 81 street; ,..s.a.,
Billy and Jack Curtain. 215 Seventh street
Nv lack i McMahon. a22 Seventh street north
Jimmy Crutchfiald. .3a31 Morrison street
Sol Okun. GOO FUUr-dnc IA half street
south west.
charles Corcoran 900 PENNSYLVANIA ave
me southeast.
EFfd ShaIan u 1@$5 il, street no3sheas'
Gennaro and Donlin!" RicIc,i. 1854 Tenth
street
Harry SilyernlaD. 80 " street southwest.
- William GottiIeo. 10l Delaware avenue
South west.
AmiIr Zucihe 800 Four-and a na.f street
So :: vest
charlie, De Gail an 3D. G. street northeast
irving Lean. 1916 sc eUth street
GWard NCkcnna. so Twelfth street
northeast.
Robert Schooles 622 Fuur-and-a-na {
street -OIlhweSt
fobort McKenna go Twelfth street
mont beast
Leonard sugrre 1919 Frfth street -outh
e. :.
Can. R.trsIv -" Sivth street southeast.
Charles QEiglty. l"n5 Tenth strpa'
N0"ton. Gentle 337 Srring road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
BLUNDON Is WINNER
OF PRIZE AT SHOOT

High scratch spoon in the Washing
ton Gun Clubs weekly Sho0! Nester-
dav al Renr;ng went to Blundon. " no
scored Il breaks in possible 50. Par
sons was second with 4G hits
SIX possible: were scored IN me
.,dded-target event. Burrows winning
out in the shoe off although closely
messed by Ne;neral.
Burrows and Morgan were tied IN
the contest for the FRS leg on the
yearly distance trophy. Morgan won
he toss up ard then captured The sec
oDd leS with a . straight.
Morgan won me leg on the doubles
,ruphy with 20 hits in p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

The Foreman, Ahern clash will be
SCI back for two weeks, and take
place on the night of Tuesday,
August 81. Matchmaker Miller thinks
this VIII be sufficient time for Fore
mans hand to mend
The remainder OF the card. which
has been hidden in the shadow of
the F0rema n hearn clamor, now
stands out like sore thumb Three
eight FOUNDERS. featuring the best of
Baltimore and Washington talent,
Will go on.
Tom Stovail meets Bud Nolan in
the semi final hoU' Nolan gained
quite " reputation on the Yves;
Coast. throwing the gloves III main
bouts. and expects 70 use StoVaii as
q Stepping stone to main event.
Anybody who gets BY The hard hitting
Tex really deserves Il main bout.
Jack Turner in Come back.
Jack Turner will return to the ring
after layoff of year. His op.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

TO drop into the Biltlnore bar one day
| was talking to John McGraw, the
base hall MANAGE. when [ looked
around and saw Tex Richard. stand
ing right at our elbow. McGraw spoke
| to Tex and said to me: You know
Tex Richard, kearns, don't YOU"
Yes. | know him. | haven't seen
him since he stole Les Darcy away
from me. Yes, | know him" ! said
with all the scorn I could produce
Tex had Just returned from South
America and didn't know the lay Of the
land as yet. McGraw finally patched
it I'D and Richard and ] began to talk
shop. l told him that I had Il great
fighter. Deeds Of Dempsey filled the
air and Tex finally admitted to me
that he thought Dempsey too small
for a champion. had not given him
jack real weight. which wasn't very
impressive.
You ought TO promote his match
between Willard and Dempsey, Tex.
II would draw Il lot Of money. I've
hallyhooed this fellow into the spot
You ought 10 put it on" | told Tex.
We'll III be frank with YOU Jack.
I'm broke, l haven't got z dime
How am ! going to promote this"
You get Willard and I'll show YOU
how. Send him a wire III do the
rest. Willard is at Lawrence. kans.
Wen shoot him a wire" SO the two
Of us wrote out the message, and
sent 1t. "colleCt.' IT was an offer
from Richard for the big bout.
1o0G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
NOTED CRICKET TEAM
TO PLAY HERE TODAY

WiiminstOn's crack cricket team
from the Sons OF 1T. George Club
come here today for a match with
the Washington Cricket Club at /
O'Clock on the field at Potomac
Park.
II vii! he the Wilmington teams
first appearance here and the first
game for the locals in several
weeks
The visitors earned an enyiable
record last season, winning II out
of Is matches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

ponent will he the hard hitting and
aggressive Willie CurrE Of Phila :
delphia.
Turner watched Marriott polish off
Bashara at keniiWorth last week, and
is confident that he can beat Mar
riott. The latter beat Turner in Il
great scrap At the old Fort Myer
riding hall. Turner and Curry step
eight sessions.
Phil Raymond. latest lightweight
title nope of Baltimore. will go for
e.ght rounds With the willing George
Leslie George IS confident that he
can take Phil in tho easy style he
always took the l,ard-hittinG Tony
torteZ about local rings before Tony
hit the skids
TIE opening fourroUnder Will show
Pep, o Barry, star sandlot ball PLAYER
against Paul Healey. The latter also
is somewhat OF diamond star with
the Linworth A. C..
The Two midgets, Battling Toby and
Mixer Mitchell, will step three rounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

More than 50 names. accumulated
III the past few days. We're added 20
The roll yesterday. These new mem
hers along with those already on the
roster. are entitled TO attend the SWIM
ming classes conducted on Wednes-
days and Fridays at the Jewish Com
munity Center pool as We'll as other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
ARMY GOLFERS SELECT
PHILADELPHIA COURSE

WASHINGTON. August IA (P)--
The annual Army golf tournament
Will he held at the Huntington Valley
Country Club. Philadelphia, October
Ills,
Two players from each Of the nine
corps areas and the District of
Washington Will be granted detached
service status for the tournament and
three additional entrants may be ac-
cented from each area if they obtain
leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
DEMPSEY INJUNCTION
CASE is CONTINUED

By 'he Associated Press
INDIANAPpLTS. Ind. August =. F.
Judge Clinton Ii Given. vino kept
attorneys In the Jack DempSey-C hic3-
20 Coliseum Club injunction case
waiting his arrival in Superior Court
all day Yesterday. finally arrived in
ihn courtroom toda> and granted a
continuance of the case until August
20
on that date he viii hear arguments
on the jurisdiction Of the court. If
the attorneys fail to question his
right To Try the su:t a hearing on the
petition for an injunction viii be held
September
The Chicago Coliseum Club. which
claims 10 hold Dempsey : contract to
fight Harry Wills. negro challenger.
seeks to restrain Dempsey from meet
ing any other boxer in advance of an
engagement with Wills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
AMERICAN SECURITY
DEFEATS RIGGS NINE

American Security and Trust Co
pulled the big surprise OF the Bank
ers' Base Ball League series yester-
day by handing the Riggs Bank nine
its first defeat of the season. to 3,
III the crucial game of the second
series.
The victory gives American Secur-
ity six straight wins for the second
half, while the Riggs FASTENERS have
record of six wins against one loss.
which still would give them a chance
TO get back into the running if Mount
Vernon should turn on American
Security IN a postponed match that
probably VIII be Staged or ne coming
Saturday.
Should Yesterdays winners 5vouncA
Moinll Vernon. they VIII ger the sec
"Hd ha!f tile. add mus; ,nee- RIGGS
IN a three game pla i off fo}' he season
cham DiGnShiD
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lone Whaer and Da1neU Lead 3D. CuIAHetes Down.
EASILY BEAT OLD RIVALS
IN ODD FELLOWS GAMES
Police Team From Monumental City Takes HOn0rs
in Mems Eveni>-Flynn Iiur> Six Hitless
Innings as Host Nine Blanks Nirginians.

field athletes OF the Nhleuc Club OF
- Baltimore Police Department and the Washington odd Eel
| base ball team the
held day staged American League Park by the GRAND Lodge
O oil .
Capitol e. girls gathered points to handy yaniush BTn Nav
they beaten last year by the Baltimore girls the No cH
n Baltimore police -
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