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New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
Others in Charge Now

Somerville, N. J., Aug. ? P}-In- quiry into the murder four years ago of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills passed into new hands today, and new evi- dence was forthcoming in partial support of testimony of Mrs. Jane Gibson, the so-called pig woman," that she saw the staying.
 Governor Moore, who appointed State Senator Alexander Simpson special prosecutor to push the case for the state, said yesterday the necessary court approval for the ap- pointment had been granted and that the papers were on the way to the senator's office in Jersey City. Senator Simpson arranged for con- ferences today with Gov. Moore and Prosecutor Bergen to Somerset county.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
Worcester Woman Killed

Rowley, Mass, Aug. 2 P>-Mrs. Fedwa Smart, 65, of 35 Dartmouth street, Worcester, was fatally in- jured when struck by an automo- bile driven by John O'Brien of Portsmouth, N. H., on the Newbury- port turnpike here last night. She died while being taken to the Ip- swich hospital.
 O'Brien was held in $500 bail by Newburyport police on a charge of operating an automobile to endanger lives of others. He told police Mrs. Swart had stepped from the road side in front of his machine.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
12 Year Old Girl
 Youngest BOOtlegger

A 12 year old girl, living in the rear of Main street hotel, is be- lieved by the police to be the young est rum runner in the city, and pos sibly in the state. According to tes- timony by Officer Thomas J. Fee ney in police court this morning, durfing the trial of two men who were convicter for violation of the liquor law in Grove street place, the girl had been used to carry bottles of alleged liquor.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
MUST SERVE 17 YEARS
Seven Filipinos Who Tortured And Cut Of Ears of Political Opponent Sentenced.

Manila, Aug. LP) - The insular supreme court sustained today a lower court decision sentencing David Mutua, Pedro Zuait and five other Filipinos to 17 years each in prison for having cut off the ears of Popio Montenegro, because he ex- pressed himself as opposed to Man uel Quezon, president of the Phil ippine senate.
 The defendants kidnapped Monte. negro, a teacher in a high school in Tayabas province, carried him away in an automobile, tied him to a tree, beat him with straps and finally cut off his ears.
 At the time Quezon declared the accused should be punished and ex- pressed sympathy for the teacher.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
Autoist Killed

Lawrence, Mas, Aug. 2 OP- Philip Wevlin of Shawsheen village, a garage manager, was killed early yesterday when his automobile crashed into a tree on the Lowell road in Andover. Police said the driver lost control of the car when a tire blew out. Devlin's three com panions, two of whom were women. escaped with minor injuries.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
TWO PLIERS CREMATED

Lynchburg, Va, Aug. ? P(-John and Haywood Sprouse, IS and 3S years of age, both of Forest Depot Va. were cremated when the air. plane in which they were passengers crashed in flames near here yester- day.
 Edward Brocknbrought, the pilot, jumped as the plan neared the ground, escaping with minor irjur~ ieA
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
Four Die On Tracks

Wilmington, Del, Aug. PE- Four persons were killed yesterday when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck their automobile at grade crossing near here.
 The dead are: Guerny Smith, 25; Marjorie Smith, 19, his sister; J. K. Hill, 2S; Anna Morris, 19, all of Centerville, Del.
 Police said the car, driven by Guerny Smith, drove directly in front of the passenger tfain after waiting the crossing of freight.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
Earns Her Living

New York, Aug. 2 P)-Necessity of earning a living for herself and 6 widowed mother seven years ago prompted Miss Clarebelle Barrett to become professional swimming in structress and acquire the ability which sent her on a quest to conquer the English channel
 Miss Barret is now 32 years old and holds position as swimming in structress iN the New James Mon- roe high school in the Bronx Out of her earning as teacher she has
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
VIOLENT QUAKE RECORDED

Farenza, Italy, Aug. 2 R-A violent earthquake, lasting three hours, the center estimated to be 5000 kilometres t5,592 miles) away. was recorded on the seismograph at Prof. Raphael Bendandi's observa- tory here today.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
ADMIRAL GILL DIES

Littleton, N. H., Aug. 2 P(-Rear Admiral Thomas Gill, U. S. N, re- tired, S6, of Brookline, Mass, Is dead at his summer home here.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02

The number of dwellings is esti- mated in accordance with the popu- lation increase in each city since the 1920 census.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02

Hartford, Aug. 2.-License tag No. S0,531 was issued here for dog belonging to E. F. Linke of 234 Collins street, who is now in Maine.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
May Start Action

Gov. Moore said that in addition to prosecution of the murder charge against Mrs. Hall, widow of one of the victims, Senator Simpson might take action on his own account in connection with reports that a previous investigation had been un- duly hindered.
 Mrs. S. Howard Harding tele- graphed from Milwaukee Saturday to County Detective Joseph Hanlon that on the night of the crime she was accosted by four men near the scene, and that one of the men warned her "Ill get you if you tell what you saw here" It has been learned that Mrs. Harding also said she could furnish additional testi- mony, and that she would leave Mill waukee at once to give it.
 Mrs, Harding's statement bears out testimony of Mrs. Gibson, al- though Mrs. Gibson said Mrs. Hall charged with the murder of her hus- band and his young woman com- panion, was present at the staying, while Mrs. Harding did not mem tion seeing a woman.
 Her Story Differs
 Mrs, Harding said she was em- ployed at thet time in social service for the Johns-Manville company, at Manville, N. J., but George Halliday, general manager, said she was
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

And the clouds which rolled
like dreams above the far hori-
zon's rim, wither like mist be-
meath the ugly sun.
It is not good, that sick Sar-
gasso Sea. It is not good for
water or for men to pass that
way. And yet all water sooner
or later comes to that drab
place, and fingers for a while
before It's freed.
And men come to It. too.
Sooner or later the bright
current of our lives come to
a sudden darkening and halt.
Then the clear waters Of our hap
piness grown thick and foul with
WEAKNESS and fear.
We are no longer eager or alert.
The salt goes from our thoughts
and our desires.
And all the tall, bright dreams
toward which we steered our lives,
are blotted out by our indifference.
Sometimes we know what hurt
has brought us to this place
what loss or treachery or sickening
not see how It has come to pass.
We only know our life has fallen
limp, and we who once were filled
with fury and delight. are now
entangled in a driving scum or
hopeleSsness.
It comes that way Soften to.
good wives whom all the world
deem lucky and content. Or to
those men Of middle age. Who. seem
most settled and most prosperous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
EGG-HUNTS IN
BORNEO

ETyO those Of US who fve In
Il great cities with several stores
ON each block. perhaps. or at least
many within easy distance, the
search for food does not seem
very important matter. We know
that If we have the money with
which to make purchases. our
troubles in that direction are over.
It is a simple matter for a mod
ern housewife to send a servant
or a child to the corner store
when she suddenly finds that she
has run out of eggs.
But when native Borneo
woman finds that she needs eggs,
she faces a more difficult prob.
lem. She must send her hus-
band a-hunting for them and the
process may take a good deal OF
time. He start out with g. boat
and a rod, but no definite deSti-
nation.
Up the river he rows and final
ly secures his boat and climbs up
the sloping bank of the river.
Then his real work begins.
For you must understand that
the eggs he Is seeking are not
chickens eggs, such as we use.
but turtles eggs. A turtle usually
lays about 100 eggs at time and
sometimes she even lays 100. But
she Is wiser than the chicken in
that she buries her eggs beneath
the sand. The hole she digs for
them is about three feet deep.
Therefore you can see how diff
ficult would be the task of the
food. hunter If the sands have
blown over and obliterated all
traces of the turtle. But if
there is not trace. he must walk
along slowly, prodding the sands
with his rod until he strikes them.
You see the she'll of the turtle
egg is not very heavy nor thick
and the inside, though tough, is
soft. Therefore, he cannot prod
too roughly. yet he must send
his rod sufficiently far into the
ground to determine the pres
ence Of the treasure. And so the.
work is tedious and slow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
AIR IN A TIRE
By Garrett P. Serviss

; OF twenty or 30 mills per second
strikes into the atmosphere from
outside, it is burned up as a re-
suit of this resistance.
When you draw in your breath
you weigh more, in proportion
to the capacity Of your lungs:
when you breathe it out your
weight diminishes. In a room
20 feet long, 18 broad and 10
high, there are $500 cubic feet
of air, weighing at ordinary tenn
peratures about 281 pounds-as
much as a man and his wife:
But at a height Of about 3Is
miles In the air weight is halved.
Weight Of Air
But the weight Of air, measured
by the force with which gravity
pulls down upon given quantity
Of It, such as a cubic foot, must
be distinguished from the pres
sure Of the air, usually called at
mospheric pressure. We have al
ready recalled the fact that this
pressure amounts to about 14.7
pounds per square inch. It Is
due to the total weight of the
superintendent air contained in
a column one square inch in Sec
u. ton and reaching from the sur
face Of the earth to the top Of
the atmosphere many miles above
our heads. The pressure at the
bottom of a similar column one
square foot in section is 144 times
as much. At the bottom Of
column one square mile In Sec
ton the atmospheric pressure Is
about S0,000,00O tons. But that.
remember, is spread over a whole
square mile of ground.
In consequence of atmospheric
pressure balloons are able to rise.
Everything, in fact, is bolloon
to the air. and it strives to lift
everything. but succeeds only In
slightly decreasing the weight Of
all bodies except those whose spe-
cific gravity is less than it's own.
Those it lifts bodily upward.
1t has been calculated that a
large man loses about a quarter
of a pound of his weigh because
of the buoyant effect upon him
of the atmospheric pressure,
which tends to lift him against
gravity. Thus we are all unsuc-
cessfuI balloons, too heavy In
proportion to our bulk to be lifted
by the atmosphere. But on
planet with an atmosphere as
dense as water we could swim
like cherubs among the clouds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

m
W that no novel can successfully be adapted Tor flm
Az production.
This statement Elinor Glyn denies
Mr. Gasworthys contention is that large part q a
authors merit lies in his his STYLE which cannot De
brought on to the screen while the idea of Miss dnn
that an authors real children the pictures that ne
images. i,
She says that authors would take the pains 70 m
technique of motion pictures that they couu W
adaptation continuity themselves they would soon isa
that their works can be pcturzed with absolute ndeny
il all matter of vehicle authors wrote directly LOT sne
creen and took that of expressing their lOeas
there ID no why they could not speak through the
pictures as well through words.
We may miss Of the beauty OF homer q = my
Psalms Of David by their translation and yet tnere an
inherent nobility Of ideas this poetry something tnat
LARGER and deeper than expression Ii - the TEST q
rat poery that it can translated into another Language
and still be poetry it should be the test Of great stories bnat
4 Gan he translated words into pictures and st De
great .r
Miss lyn transferred her books, His Hour ana inree
wees to the screen herself she personally attended
~ the matter of adaptation She realizes that there y vast
audience that can be reached through pictures that cannot
be reached through literature There thousands Of
minds will enjoy picture that are not
enjoy good style -, !. ~. -.
od 4 e not all ideas that can spared their clothing OF
verbiage.
OF course the telling Of story by picture peculiar arr
and one which requires certain type OF imaginative genius
but there why who tell story 10 words
cannot tell also In pictures he would give nmsen 70
the business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
By ELSIE ROBINSON

is also true: The life that comes
to such dreary pause will in It's
time go free again.
AS surely as the salt waves halt
their pace. and thicken for while
in stagnant calm, then quicken to
some hidden, briny urge and join
the cleansing current in which
once they flowed
So surely do our soul streams
halt their course-lie stagnant Tor
a time without an aim-then
slowly quicken to some secret call
and presently are on their way
again, stronger and fresheR, TO
their place within the sea-
I've written this for YOU. today
my friend For YOU entangled
in your Sargasso Sea.
/ do not know what makes that
tangliIlg Scunl-Whether it's sin,
or pain, or bitter. loneliness, or
self distrust or hatred Of a foe, or
the great loss of someone you
have loved
But this I Know for I have
been there too
KNOW that some day you
will be set free
That some day you will quicken
to strong, free urge
And feel your life swing back
into the sea-and hear the hungry
clamor of the gulls again-and
see the dream clouds gather, white
and tall-and leap to throw your
self upon the wind!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
Shoot BOOtleggers?

dry agent unconcOuy suggests solution of the
population problem Shoot all bootleggers says he, lin
arrestng them That would boom ammunition
tories and you also shot all the officials BRIBED by
bootegger the that ENRICH bootlegges
you would have very thin population.
The public would be amazed it could be shown how many
millions year 60 booeggers from them to enforcement
officers, and up. However is waking
mp. The people tired of a compulsory bootleg diet
Light beer and wine with comfort and eas crime,
nay be with soon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

Do You Dramatic Yourself?
GSDRETENDING" is not all
child's play. Most Of US
go through life dramatizing our
selves.
We don't pretend that we are
Indians or pirates, but we love to
think of ourselves as vamps or
sheiks or cynics or unappreciated
saints.
And, it takes so little to start
US!
Even the most virtuous woman
feels dangerous" in Spanish
shawl-and even the most guile
less man feels delightfully."- devil
ish" in an atmosphere of pink
lights, French perfume and ukelele
music.
Even the most exemplary woman
feels wicked in a French negligee
and even the most wicked man
feels virtuous and spiritually up
lifted in a new suit on Easter
Sunday morning.
Even the most devoted wife
feels guilty when she finds herself
lunching with an old sweetheart
and even the most reprehensible
husband feels good and noble when
the headache has worn off and he
has had a shave, a cold shower
and his wife's forgiveness.
Even the most blameless woman
feels like q reckless Monte Carlo
gambler when she runs up her
charge account for a lot OF I'M
ported lingerie--and even the most
INSCRIPTIONS man feels like
philanthropist when he drops a
dollar in the beggars' box or sub
scribes to the orphans charity.
Even the most scrupulous wO-
man feels like Delilah when she
flatters the butcher out Of a spe'
ciaI Cut-and even the most i'm
peccable man feels like Don Juan
when he jolIies his pretty sten0g'
rapher.
Even the most Virtuous woman
feels like Sapphire when she tells
her husband a little lavender lie
and even the most wicked man
feels like George Washington when
he manages to "get by" without
telling more than a mild purple
one.
Even the most incOrruptible wo.
man feels like a potential tempt
ress when she has been thrilled
all the way through "sexy' mo-
ton picture--and even the most
stainless man feels like a bold.
bad Lothario when he discovers
that the lady on. his left was once
a chorus girl.
Even the plainest woman feels
dashingly seductive in red bath
ing suit, and even the widest man
feels intellectual and self.respcCt.
ing in hOrn-rimmed speCtaCles.
Dramai izinG ourselves is the
only relief most OF us ever get
0Eom nfslS AsAb oOmmonplaceA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
ASPAR AGUS
ETIQUETTE

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ A and b had an argument
on the proper way to eat aspara-
gus. A says 1t should be eaten
with a knife and fork, whereas
b says 1t should be eaten with
the fingers. A READER.
Neither Is correct, in the argu-
ment as to how to eat asparagus.
Asparagus should not be eaten
with knife and fork. nor should
it be eaten with the fingers. 1t
should be eaten with a fork. But
chicken should be eaten with a
knife and fork. That IL. II Is
not correct to take il in the
fingers And one soon has the
skill TO remove all CoT at least
most AIN Of the meat with the
kmAk4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
ONCE-OVERS
WHEN NECESSITY MAKES A MAN PUT FORTH HIS
BEST EFFORTS

You still trying think up plans to increase your
income.
But you work them in a practical way because
feel you have time to study the best way to
carry them out
yourself with the mental plea that who
schemes of that sort usually engaged in
steady employment.
If you might just quit work and give all your time and
attention to hazy plan which tantalizes day
dreams of future wealth you feel you could make
better living than you do at present.
But ism t true that spare moments when might
think these matters your mind fits from one thing to
another and gets down to actual brass tacksF
IF YOU had time all your would probably waste il
You can't your thoughts now to advantage
If YOU all the time to do as you pleased you might
farther and from consecutive thinking and gur
ing. ~,
Men : best efforts made when they pushed for
time or money or both, - -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

IAN automobile tire mounted
on the rim was filled with so
pounds Of air and weighed &c
hounds. On being Debated 1t
weighed As pounds. Why?-C.
r. A., Newark"
BECAUSE air has weight and
ID its weight increases with its
intensity. When you say s:he
tire was filled with so pounds Of
air you mean. of course, that
the pressure Of the air in the
tire was increased from the nor
NAL 14.7 pounds per square inch
to so pounds per square inch,
Now air at ordinary pressure
weighs about one ounce and a
quarter per cubic foot. But it's
weight depends upon it's density,
and when 1t is compressed its
density increases in proportion
to the increase of pressure. Or
binary, or normal. air pressure,
as already said, is about 14.7
pounds per square inch. and at
that pressure one-cubic foot Of
air weighs one ounce and guar
ter. But when the pressure is
inch by forcing it into the tire
in order to keep it strongly in
flated the density OF the air Is in
creased about "a times as much
as before.
Multiply 1875 OF. by "a and we
find that the air in the tire, I'M
der the compression Of so pounds.
weighed 4.25 ounces per cubic
fnn< fVCtnaI re
quarter. Since there are Is
ounces in a pound. this would
be more than a quarter of
pound.
Half Pound Less
Now. when you Debated the
tire you found its weight half a
pound less than when it was in
fIated at so pounds pressure.
from which it would appear that
the capacity Of the inflated tire
was nearly two cubic feet.
Many persons seem to be great
ly surprised when told that the
air has weight; not that there
is any difficulty in understand
ing why it must have weight, but
only because they have never
thought about it. The number
Of interesting things that we
have never thought about is am
azing.
The air has weight because 1t
is material substance, com
posed of atoms of hydrogen, nj
trogen, etc. Its weight is small
because its substance is very
slightly condensed. Sweep your
han1 with open palm rapidly
through the air and you will feel
its resistance; it could not resist
IL it had no mass. i. e.. no weight.
When meteor flying at n speed
II Is the most cxhilarating indoor
and outdoor sport Of the well
known human race. IT is just
our little way OF letting off steam
through our imaginations, so that
we can go placidly along en- the
hHmdgun CID tTackk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
LISTEN WORLD!

It comes 70
youngsters. too,
In those lux
years which lie
between Is and
Is, when every
thing il taken
on the quick.
and hot dreams
alternate with
weakness ana
despair. Young
life Iags often
in the duh Sar-
RaSSO OSd.
And Age is
caught within
its bla ok e 3 t,
thicl1est depths
where float the
rotting hulls OF
dead dreams and
desires.
All this is
certain nor can
man stay the
course. But this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

VoU have
III heard Of
that sick space
OF waters which
en- call the
Sargasso Sea-
There all the
waves fall limp.
like b ea t . n
thin 8. Til .
sparkle and the
jade green glory
dull and fade.
And that which
yesterday W a 8
uick, leaping
salt b g CO m . 8
stagnant, scum
my fluid. thick
with weeds
The very winds
are stricken in
t h cir flig h t.
They faint with
in the brooding
air. Their heart
is rok en- / n
Il -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
WISE SAYINGS

Glory drags all men along. low
as well as high, bound captive at
the wheels Of her gltttering car.
Horace.
There is nothing so Disagree
able that n patient mind cannot
find some solaCe for It.
Seneca.
Fate ordainR thar dearest
kLsRds must naFA Young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Writnn for the Films
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

m wR. JOHN GALsWORTHY is credited with say.ns
MI that no novel can successfully be adapted for film
AvA production.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

1t Is the most cxhilarating indoor
and outdoor sport Of the well
known human race. II is just
our little way OF letting off steam
through our imaginations so that
we can go placidly along On the
humdBum cid tEackA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
Catholic Probation Chief
Agrees With Mr.. Hearst
On Crime Evil Solution

The aeconapauuno letter 1oas receved By William Ran
dotph Hearst from Eda0 J. Cooley chief Of the Catholic
Charities Probation Bureau. Mr.. Cooley 1OhO also IS IN
charge of Cardinal Hayes probation demonstration IN the
Court of General Sessions and is professor OF crinoogy
at FordhGm University SCrote:
April g. 1926.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Do You DRAMATIC Yourself?
6<nRETENDING is not all
l. child's play. Most OF US
go through life dramatizing our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16

Even the most devoted wife
feels guilty when she finds herself
lunching with an old sweetheart
and even the most reprehensible
husband feels good and noble when
the headache has worn off and he
has had a shave, a cold shower
and his Wife's forgiveness.