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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
DEATHS

Ellen Virginia Knorr. so years, 34o5
Fessenden ST. n. w.
Charles Huttenberger. 70 years. U. s.
Soldiers Home Hospital
Thomas Martin Foley. 50 years, 3414
Rodinan st. y. w.
rT william H; :. Baker; 81 years si2
Harry Browne so years. Monument
LAURA $. Mankin. 50 years. 1914 DEM
Henry Verr. IS years. S411 Eighth
william E. wylie. 40 years. st. Eliza
beths Hospital.
william Howard. so years 1924 Cow
ington st. n. w.
I. waiter Turner 81 years. Freedmen's
Hospital.
DR.. Luclus H. Brown - years Freed
men Hospital.
Lena Welch. 70 years. Tuberculosis
Hospital.
Lola Dyson. II years. Ganinser Hos
pital.
Alfred Burrows. years. 1871 clrard
St N. w.
Robert Kemp. II months. 214 F
St. n. E.
Joseph Carter. months. Freed
mems Hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Folmer Meme. o. and Agnes Mae
Robbie, %. The Rev. II. NJ. Hennig.
James n. Braxton, "a, and Hattie Bell
Grfce, %. The Rev g. i. Davis.
Charles Melvin Laupheimer. 81 and
Margaret Ellen Reed, 1s both of Bal
tilnore, Md. The Rev. William c.
White.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
MRS. ADA G. PHILLIPS

Last rites were accorded Mrs.
ada G. Phillips today at the funeral
fsariors OF w. r. Speare Co.. 1923
connecticut Ave. n. W. Mrs. Phil
lips, wife Of Edward C. c. Phillips,
slIccumbed Monday at her home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
BIRTHS

John and Mary Murphy. girl.
Raymond and Emily Oliver. boy.
Hustler and Lillian De Boo. girl.
Thomas and Emma Smith. boy.
Charles s. and Marguerite Bohn, gir;.
Clarence H. and Ratchet Kasch, girl.
James ]. and Margaret A. Cranston.
boy.
Clifton and Harriet Busby. boy.
Harry and Mabel Contos, boy.
William T. and Helen A. Lawrence.
girl.
Joseph. J. and Minnie T. shancross.
Jesse $. and Grace f. Rogers. girl.
Clifford II. and Wanda V. Sparks. girl
( Charles NJ. and Madeline NJ. Kelser
girl
George c. and Mary f. wailing. girl
Hugh S. and Lois /. Torbert,. girl.
Loran p. and Harriet II. Winnings hoy
Walter X. and Leiah NJ, Jones, girl.
Milton d and Loretta Meyerson. boy
Samuel and Elizabeth Sisco. boy.
Raymond c. and Louise Miller. boy.
Josef +. and Barbara Brodsky, boy.
Domenieco and Dominica Perrone. boy
Willie and Elizabeth Anderson, girl
George and Viola Ford. girl
Robert and Henrietta Robinson, girl.
Edie and Enotress Mercer. boy.
Iziah and Roberta Grice. boy.
Samuel and Myrtle Patterson. girl
James and Clementina Lee boy.
John e. and Ossie z. Hardy, boy.
Sedwick and Odelia Pearson, boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
Births, Marriages, Deaths
DEATHS

LUREROFF-EVELYN GOODE LU-
BEROFF. wife of Major George
Iuberoff O. NJ. C., and mother Of
Second Lieut. Beverley Harper In
fantry died at Walter Reed General
Hospital. September 81, 1896.
Services at Elmwood Cemetery.
Greensboro KY saturday. October 2
1925 New Orleans and Lexington. KY.
pa pers lease copy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29

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New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
DEMANDING
 RANSOM MISSING
New Angle Develops in McPher-
 son Trial

Los Angeles. Oct. il H9 - Theft of letter from police department files which demanded S500,00O for the safe return of Aimee Semple McPhcrson today sent state detec- tives into a new phase of the in vestigation of the cyangelists kid mapping story.
 The letter was sent from San Francisco May 24 to Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of the Angelus temple pastor. It was supposed to have been written by kidnapperS who. Mrs. McPherson declares, forced her into an automobile at Ocean Park beach on May IS and held her captive for five weeks, part of the time in a desert shack in Mexico near the Arizona border.
 The loss of the letter is the sec ond case of the disappearance of documentary evidence during three investigations of the case. In the second inquiry, grocery lists were lost which the state contended were in the evangelist's handwrit- ing and showed that she had spent the first ten days of her mysteri- ous absence at Carmel-by-t y-the-S Sea, an ocean resort, with Kenneth G. Ormiston, former temple radio operator.
 The state expects to trace the movements of the evangelist from
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
\ HINT OF WAR

The London Daily Express need not be credited with a remarkable imagination in depicting the pos sibility of a joint Italian -Grecian attack upon Turkey.
 That points in Asia Minor were the objectives of the two Mediter- ranean nations has been more than a rumor for some time.
 But 1t takes more than a mere willingness to start such an enter prise to bring it about. Tn the first place, neither nation is situated f. nancially to shoulder serious con- hict; their currencies are not 100 per cent perfect; the bankers are not financing warfare; England is opposed, and that is considerable.
 The secret pact of London, dated 1915, apparently is no longer being taken seriously by the Brit ish.
 Such a move would yield little in ultimate profit That it will eyentuate is doubtful.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
Observation On The Weather

Washington, Oct. 11.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday not much change in temperature; fresh north winds diminishing.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, Not much change in temperature: moderate north and northwest winds.
 . Conditions: The disturbance that produced rain over this section yes torday is passing out to sea by way of the St. Lawrence valley. It is raining this morning in portions of the middle Atlantic states, the southern states and the lower and upper sections of the Mississippi valley. The center of the area of low pressure thateXtcnds from Minne- sota 10 Texas is located over Western Minnesota . Areas of high pressure prevail over the lake region. the south Atlantic coast and the western Rocky mountain dis tricts.
 Temperatures are rising in the in terior valleys.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather with slightly higher temperatures.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
ON POLICE BIOTTER

Stanley Walanski of S9 Harvard street reported 10 the police the theft of $10 from his home.
 William J. Kelly of Park Terrace reported the theft of a motormeter from his automobile which was parked on High street, near Lake street.
 John Ohlson of 55 Pearl street re- ported the theft of his automobile at o'clock this morning.
 Several chickens in Mrs. New mans coop at S6 Austin street were killed by dogs Saturday night.
 Joseph Franz of 69 Hurlburt street, Meriden, who is employed in a battery station at ITO East Main street, reported that his automobile killed a dog in front of 131 Oak street
 James O'Hearn S25 Main street complained that an automobilc driv- ing towards Hartford struck the fender of his car about in front Of the Paragon on Hartford road, and did not stop. He failed to catch the number of the car.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
hey could not open was saved.

they could not open was saved.
 In a game featured by fumbles and poor playing. New Britain high school, minus Captain Hartman, lost to Boardman training school in New Haven this morning, by F to 0. Both scores were in the second half, one through tackle and the other on a double pass around end. The New Britain lineup included Morgan, Brady, Nolan, Cryne, Cur tin, Devlin, Chamberlain, Coholan, Wainwright, Brown, and Lapthorne. Arens of New Britain umpired, and when he attempted to separate Cryne and a New Haven player a detective came on the field and hit him. Arens promptly put the off cer's eye out of business and went on with his officiating.
 M. O. Ryder has been elected secretary-treasurcr of the Plainyille town school committee.
 Although the election changed the political complexion of the board of selectmen it will in no way make any changes in the working forces of the town. The first selectman has certain duties and the board has others, and no clash between the two is expected. Mir. Stoclwell is the new member, and he has had sufficient experience as 0 public official in the common council to make his advice of value on matters pertaining to the town.
 Business is unusually good in New Britain at present, and no com- plaints are heard regarding wages.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
MORRIS ASKS QUESTIONS

Charles G. Morris, Democratic nominee for governor. has im- proved his political tcchnic since his first fling at the governorship. He Is making "moro and better statements" as they might be termed, sa} is accepting the warm end Of tt2 poker any time Gov ernor Trumbull hands it to him and can hold 1t until 1t cools off.
 Candidate Morris, among other things, has asked the state admin istration to explain the "self-evi- dent waste" In the state highway department, which he says any mo- torist can notice. This Is getting down to the proverbal rock bot tom, and a good many citizens will be inclined to agree with the New Haven man.
 MT. Morris also wants to know why department heads are allowed to overrun their appropriations almost as matter of course" Succeeding legislatures are forced to pass deficiency bills to cover such expenditures: which Mir. Nor ris naturally claims Ia an lOecO- nomical method.
 And lastly, the Democratic can didate points out that the state has doubled it's expenses and taxes during the last seven years. If this is economy, make the most of it.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
"GREATFR HARTFORDn

Hartford - or some of the citi- zens thereof - are ambitious. They want the city to be the largest in Connecticut at the earliest possible moment. To this end, as the Cha<n- ber of Commerce in that city has well reflected, they would annex West Hartford Windsor, East Hartford, Wethersfeld and Bloom- field.
 If the residents of these towns are willing the remainder of the state will not say nay, and the Legislature no doubt would be willing to act. If the residents of these towns are not willing to merge their identities with the state capital, however, it should not be incumbent upon the Legis- lature to act merely because the Chamber of Commerce wants Hartford 10 forge ahead in the nose counting statistics.
 Boundary extension plans should be mutual in scope.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
AIDING COTTON PRODUCERS

President Coolidge, in naming a board to give aid to the cotton pro- ducers during the present price slump. has done a wise thing, yet it is problematical as to how much aid can be given i'll such situation. If the board can engineer financing to enable the growers to hold their cotton until the price advances, the aid would be practical. But no one can tell when the price will ad- vance.
 In practice the thing being done for the cstensible benefit of the cotton producers does not differ in kind with what was attempted without success in connection with the western grain growers.
 From q political standpoint the cotton slump will no doubt stir the southern Democrats to closer alignment with the western insur- sent Republicans in the next Con- gress. Such Q result. naturally, will yield more difficulties for the Cool idge administration, as heretofore the southern and western repre- scntatiyes have lacked complete harmony.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11

Carmel 10 Blythe, Calif., through the testimony of Arthur Watts, ferryman at Blythe. Watts had identified Mrs. McPherson as a woman who crossed the Colorado river into Arizona during the early part of last June.
 E. S. Agnes, Yuma contractor. is expected to testify that he saw the evangelist in that city June 13. He was brought here last week and said he recognized Mrs. McPherson in the court room as the woman he had seen at Yuma.
 William Blevins, telegraph opera tor, and Frank Daly, freight agent at Gila Bend, also have been sub- poenaed as witnesses. Blevins de- clared he saw Mrs. McPherson on June Is when she sent a telegram from his station.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
AN ECONOMY MOVE

The suggestion made at the last meeting of the Board of Education to the effect that ashes from the schools be given to the city for the repair of streets seems a good one. If the city can utilize ashes in this way there should be no difficulty i'll coming to an agreement for their transportation from the school yards 10 the streets on which they could be used as fill-in..
 It certainly is unnecessary for the city to purchase school ashes from a. third party.
 Citizens like to see such little evidences of economical adminis- tration.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
COMMUNICATED
Damages

Every evening one can glance through a newspaper, and invariably read of either an automobile being stolen or some one hitting a stand ing automobile, and drive off leav- ing the unfortunate to pay the dam- ages on his own car or life, while the guilty one escapes.
 In a certain vicinity within req sonable distance from the center of the city, two cars were damaged within three nights, between the hours of II and ? o'clock, and im- mcdiately after each accident the police were notified and search was made, but the guilty ones were safely out of reach. and nothing has been heard about them.
 Will the city and state allow this 10 continue? Something should and ought to be done. How are the in- nocent victims going to be protected from guilty drivers. who evade the responsibility of damages, and even life sometimes? There should be some solution 10 this problem.
 A VICTIM.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11

equivalent to marks but it is no longer coined.
 Q. How should pocket compass be held?
 A. Turn it so the needle points along the black line to N. which is the magnetic North. All other di- rections will then be indicated on the dial
 Q. What is the nationality of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney? Where do they live?
 A. Dempsey is Irish-Sootch- American and Tunney is Irish American. Dempseys home is in Los Angeles, California and Tunney lives in New York City.
 Q. Who is "Ghandi?"
 A. M h an q as Karamchand Ghandi is a Hindu political leader who advocated passive resistance" against British rule, British trade and everything British within the Indian Empire.
 Q. Where are the largest de- posits of anthracite coal in the world?
 A. The largest mines in the United States are in Pennsylvania. The largest deposits in the world are said to be in the Chinese province of Shan-si.
 Q. When and where was Musso lini, the Italian dictator, born?
 A. At Predappio, near Forli, in Romagna, July 29, 1883.
 Q. What arc the roaring for ties?"
 A. The term is applied 10 a mo- tabIy rough part of the Northern At lantic Ocean between the 10th and 5Oth parallels north latitude, and also to the region in the South At lantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans be- tween the 10th and 50th parallels South latitude.
 O. What is "muskeg?"
 A. A bog, or soft messy or peaty spot.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
SMITH AND MILLS

The political campaign in New York state is getting desperate. Even more desperate than the senatorial campaign in Massachu- setts.
 Governor Smith, attacked from two or three sides at once by Rep resentative Mills, is hitting back. Neither as yet Is indulging in per sonalities, but if il continues at the present gait much longer this may be expected.
 The grand old party is desperate ly attempting to defeat the gov ernor for reelection on the score that a defeat now would eliminate him as a presidential candidate in 1928. It is e battle in which all the resources of the G. o. P. are be- ing thrown.
 The victory of Smith, therefore, should be all the greater.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
TIE SERIES AT AN END

The final game of the world sc- ries struck a responsive chord in it's result in New Britain as well as elsewhere, excepting in the i'm mediate vicinity of New York, judging by the expressions that have been voiced hereabouts. The ubiquitous youngsters in front of the Herald Playograph yesterday seemed to have little preference in teams but were simply ready 10 yell upon any and all occasions. Their own particular hero, Babe Ruth. got @ howl we could not call it round of applause" every time the scorer slid the marker symbolizing "at bat" against his name. And Alexander, called in with the bases full and two down, was roundly cheered when he famed the batsman. And the final hullabaloo, after the last man up was out, was great in volume.
 But, back in the crowd. away from Yourg America in the front row, could be seen the faces of many a fan and most of these oX- pressed quiet satisfaction when the tide Of the battle swung toward the Cards. Occasionally features would light Up at q Yankee ad- vantage. but then, that is what makes sport, varying desires and opinions. Without them there would be no edge to a contest. l. was an interesting study in human nature to watch the expressions of the individuals that made up the crowds of thousands who wit messed the representation of the game on the Herald scoreboard, even more interesting than the game itself.
 There has been the thrill, for the general public at least. in no other worlds series of recent time. St, Louis, the favorite, seemed out chased after five games. It seemed like flying into the face of ProN- deucc 10 hope for two victories in succession and the ownership of the world championship pennant, But the first victory was easy, was won hy a big score. One Grover Alexander. &a, a veteran in the eyes of the sporting world, was re- sponsiblr for the win. And then the deciding game, with the series standing three all. Grover again was called to the pitchers mound in the seventh, when Haines had two down, two strikes on the last man and blew up, or gave signs of blowing up. passing the batter and filling the bases. Under Alexander the next man struck out. It was a hard fought game, close in result. and filled with many tense situa- tions.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
SPELLING NAMES OF CITIES

For several years the '. s. postal department has been attempting to have the public spell "Pittsburg" with an "h" attached, which, 1t Is said, was the original way to do il. So far as we know. the Pitts burgers, or rittsburghcrs, thom- selves prefer the redundant "h;" or at least, that is the preference of the Chamber of Commerce and the other business men of the town including. no doubt, the printers, who in handling a job with enough extra "hs" in it will take that much longer to set it and will charge ac- cordingly.
 Few people realize the influence of the L. s. postal department in the naming of cities and towns. II has been fully generation ago that the department forcefully inserted hyphen into "Wilkes-B Barre" Pa. and there are innumcrable other cities in which the department has given the official spelling, some times contrary to the wishes of the inhabitants of the town or city in- Nolvcd.
 As Senator Bingham says. the fed eral bureaus are entirely too for ward in running local matters. What has the senator to say about the post office department in being the repository of geographical nomcn- clature?
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
THE SESOII

The attendance at the Scsquiccn- tennial exposition to date has been in the neighborhood of 2,500.O00 people, whereas an attendance of between 15,o00,000 and 20.O0O, 900 people had been anticipated by the middle of September, Yet artistic ally the exposition is described at the biggest 50 cents worth on earth. No one can go through the buildings without having memories that will finger a very long time, it is said. The daily attendance has been a mcager 2o,Ooo, and it is certain the city of Philadelphia will suffer financial reyerses of a serious sort.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
FRlMPI, OF THE DARkTOWN FOOTBALL
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 "Signalifcations, Eyeballs at half bulge. Murder formation! Eight, six, fibe, soben come elcben! Big boy back! Open dem gates, St. Pctah-six hundred and forty seb- en an a quartah-onc long an shorts.
 "signalifications off! Lips at half mast-tce'f stripped foh ac- ton! Assault an batt'ry formation. Full back shift-empty back right. Backficld shift-cornficld remain. One, two, tree, fo', fibe, six scben -mah mothah done tof me to count to hundred when Ans angry, an Ans sure peeved now! Time out, Mir. Rougheree! Our left end has done swallowed a knee pad,
 "SignaIifcations. Backfleld shift to where yo' would have shifted ef'n yo' had shifted right in de fust place. Signalilications-Snake Eyes, Pea-Wec, Little Joe, Phoebe from de South, Sixty Days in dc Guard house, Eightah from Dccatah, Big Dick, Box Cah'rs, an craps. MAS TICATE 'EM"
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
FATE, THE DRAMATIST

T, Fate began planning a million years ago. 1t could not have con- ceived a more dramatic situation than was disclosed in the ninth in- ming of the game between St. Louis and New York yesterday.
 Imagine the picture. St. Louis ha. a lead of one run. Two New York players have been put out Now 10 the bat strides the Goliath Of the game, Babe Ruth, home run king, whose bludgeon has once be- fore in the same game driven the ball into the stands and allowed him to make circuit of the bases. But opposing him, surveying him from shoestrings to cap, stands Grover Cleveland Alexander, grizzled veteran, tanner of the New York team earlier in the series.
 will Alexander pass Ruth to first base? This is the question which huns through the brains of the thousands of eye witnesses and millions of ear witnesses who are following the progress of the game by radio. Not so. Alexander has been too fine player for too many years to turn coward at this crisis in his career. With dauntless cour- age. he tries to strike Ruth out. He does not finch as the mightiest hitter of the age crouches and swings his bat in anticipation of the course the ball will take.
 over the plate whistles the ball and the umpire calls 1t a strike. Again the sphere sails into the catcher's hands. The umpire de- cides it is a ball. The third ball pitched to Ruth looks good to him and he swings heavily. It is foul, meaning the second strike. Ohe more strike will end the game. But Alexander is wary and in trying to fool the great slugger, he passes : him to first.
 Long before man learned to put down his thoughts on tablets of clay, Fate may have planned this specific situation. The human plot smith would have made Ruth strike out or hit a home run. But not so with Fate, which loves to tangle it's fingers in our heart strings, then let go and laugh at Us.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-11
25 Fears Ago Today

Al the school board meeting today q special Conimittec reported in flaw or of dropping the vertical system of writing and teaching the "modi- fled slant method. One member of the board said he did not think there was much difference but that speed and legibility should be taught instead of trying to instruct the pu- pils in handwriting as an art.
 Members of the First Baptist church are busy with their prepara- lions for the Baptist conferences which will be held here this week. Seven different Baptist church so- cieties, all with branches in every town in the state, will hold their conventions here simultaneously.
 The Southington Savings bank was footed by burglars last night, about S200 being taken from the vault but s2,oOO in 9 safe which