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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Everyone in the industry recognized many
months ago that the beautiful Hupmo-
bile Eight had evolved from the strai ght-
eight principle new kind of perform
ance and new and almost incredibly
higher value.
The word spread about very quickly that
probably only one car in the world was
comparable to the Hupmobile Eight.
And that car was the product of the fine
European engineering genius-a hand
built eight-cylinder car costing several
times the Hupmobile Eight price.
What is happening in the automobile in
dustry, however, goes deeper than this
startling of automobile engineers and
manufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

WIMBLEDON. England. June 22oward kinsy OF California
wv today decise defeated B. Gilbert British player
the Wimbledon OIL 6--l6 --4
Suzanne 1englen eliminated Mary H. Browne o. 6-3.
Elizabeth defeated Mrs Collegiate England 60
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
LENCLEN BEATS BROWNE:
OTHER AMERICANS SCORE
By the Associated Press.

WIMBLEDON England June 22-Vincent Richards the
standing American star in the Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament
eliminated today by Henri COchet of France o.
Richards Cochet in the cham
al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

The new development has to do with the
way the American people now think of
fine cars and fine performance.
1t is, in the first place, an uprooting from
the public mind of the old-fashioned idea
that mere price or name must necessarily
mean prestige
Motor car buyers are now sensing the
prestige of super-fne performance, the
prestige of the newest and the best when
that newest and best is the super-ehcient
development of a super-efhcient principle,
as with the Hupmobile Eight
So the Hupmobile Eight is, in a way,
erecting new aristocracy Of motordom,
attracting to its banner the people who
rate highly beauty and performance and
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
''BUDDIES" WILL ATTEND
 ]. D. McKENNA'S FUNERAL
Members Of D. A. V. and V. F. W. of This City Will Act As
 Guard of Honor.

The funeral of James D. McKenna, state commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, will be held Thursday morn ing at S:45 o'clock from the home of his parents at 357 Prospect av- enue. Hartford, and at s:SO o'clock from St. Joseph's cathedral, Farming ton avenue, Hartford. Colt Caldwell Robinson post, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Hartford, will be in charge of the funeral and will accord him full military honors.
 Members of the New Britain post of the Disabled American Veterans and of Private Walter J. Smith post, V. r. w, of this city will meet to- night to make plans to attend the funeral In a body. The local men have been chosen to act as a special guard of honor for the body Those from this city desirous of attending the funeral are asked to be at the V. F. W. club rooms at o'clock tomorrow morning. Transportation will be furnished.
 Burial will be in Nit. St. Benedict cemetery, Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
CHURCH WILL FIGHT GASOLINE INVASION
St. Johns German Lutheran Objects to Neighbours Business
OPPOSE SIMMONS CLAIM
Trustees Meet Tonight to Discuss Action Against New Pumps Being Installed on Ground Building Per init Was Not Issued.

Trustees of St, Johns German Lutheran church are today consider ing injunction proceedings to re- strain the Simmons Storage Battery Co. from maintaining a gasoline filling station on Arch street, on a plot adjoining church properties.
 The latest chapter in the city's gasoline station wrangle is one of many angles extending back into the days prior to enactment of the zon- ing law. The Simmons company was refused aEpermit more than a year ago on the ground that it was To- cated within 100 feet of church property. The property in question was a lot adjoining the one on which the church building stands. This year, for the first time, the lot was taxed and it is now zoned for business purposes. Taxation of the property removes it from the pale of church plots the company claims and being farther than 100 feet from the lot on which the building stands the company made new application for license to conduct a station. The license was issued by the board of public works and the pumps were installed today.
 However, the church trustees have conducted an inquiry and learned no permit was issued by the building department. This is one of the re- quirements that must be filed be- fore a station can be opened, they are informed, and they claim the sale of gas without meeting this re- quirement is violation of the law. They insist the entire Arch street properties are part of their church plot and no station can be main tained within the prohibited distance from any point of the lot
 A meeting of the church trustees will be held tonight to consider what action shall be taken.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Warren, O., City of 4O,OOO Persons, is Broke and is Unable Even to
 Pay For Police and Fire Service
Public May Even Have to Contribute to Buy Tire For One Fire Truck-Sheriff and Deputy to Be
 Sole Guardian of Law After Saturday

Warren, Ohio, July 2S Pl-Finan- cially embarrassed to the point of dire poverty the city of Warren, with its 10000 population by Satur- day night will find itself without police department, reduced to one fire station and faced with a public subscription to buy tires for one of the fire trucks.
 By an emergency ordinance which the city council passed last night the police force of sixteen men will go out of existence Saturday. As it is the policemen and firemen have re- ceived no pay for two months.
 Sheriff John Smith, of Trumbull county and his deputy will patrol the streets and enforce the law in the city. The sheriff accepted the job from the council and promised he would do the best he could.
 Will Solicit Funds
 And in the meantime a committee will solicit the business men of the city for funds to maintain the fire department. The income from whatever fines are assessed in po- lice court and from city licenses will be used to meet the back salaries Of the policemen.
 Financially Warren had gradually been going from bad to worse. Sey-
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Three Investigations Are Being
 Held Into Fatal Hartford Crash
Two Trolleys Collide At Corner of Pearl and Main
 Saskatchewan Swears His Car Split Switch

Hartford, July 2S P,-Three in- vestigations are being conducted to- day to determine the cause of the trolley crash on Main street here at 6:0S last night when Hyman Falk, la salesman, was killed and Elvin IGoodspeed, a trolley conductor, who was boarding one of. the cars as a passenger, was injured.
 The accident occurred when a south bound trolley suddenly switch ed at .the Pearl street crossing and struck north bound car on the tracks opposite.
 The question has arisen whether this switch had been left open or whether the southbound car split it, one end of the car continuing on the proper rails and the other swerving along the switch rails toward the opposite track. The public utilities commission has begun an investiga- tion under the direction of Joseph P. Wadhams. The Connecticut com pany engineers are also seeking to determine the cause of the accident and the police department is mak- ing an independent inquiry.
 Motorman Patrick Coffey who was operating the southbound trolley to- day signed a statement in which he says that the switch was closed and lin order. He gives 1t as his opin- ion that his car split the switch.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
HOT SPELL HAS COST
 TOBACCO MEN DEARLY
East Hartford Growers Fear Loss of Half
 of Crop

Hartford, July 2S LP - Loss of more than half their tobacco crop. a financial loss of more than S500,- 900 is feared by the growers of East Hartford, due to the excessive heat last week which in some instances burnes holes in growing leaves and dried up the ground generally, caus- ing the plants to top out before they were matured. The crop was already backward because of the late spring. Even with plenty of rain .ylshiu a flew days the growers do not feel that more than half of the crop can be saved.
 In Ellington which is in the bed of a former lake tllere is always some moisture but the loss there is expected to be about one third of the crop. Leaves are reported burn cd to a crisp around the edges in whole fields.
 Tariffvill4 growers find conditions such as in East Hartford and do not expect 10 save more than one third of their crops.
 Suffield and the Granbys had To- cal showers at the time of the un- usual heat which combined to bring the backward tobacco nearly to nor nal for the season.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Services of Air Mail Being Used Here But
 Patronage Is Light

Although some interest has been shown by manufacturers here in air mail service to the vest the situation at present does not justify the establish ment of special direct dispatch to Hartford, Postmaster II. E. Erwin said today.
 'Theamount of air mail sent from this city varies from day to day." he declared. Tt has run as high as three pounds in a day. This, of course, is bad time of the year and 1t is inn possible to judge the future by the present situation. We ex- pect that there will be a pick up in air mail correspondence when business increases in the fall and that its value will be more generally recognized"
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Charges Anonymous

Falk, who was 32, world war veteran, was employed by the Con- necticut Floor Covering company of Al Windsor street. He died at the Hartford hospital from loss of blood from a mangled leg.
 After some delay Falk was re- moved from the wreckage of the open car. George K. Arthur, a .taxicab man. of 4S Claremont street, supplied a piece of rope by which an tourniquet was tied about Talks leg to check the flow of blood. Arthur then took the man to the Hartford hospital. where surgeons worked over him for several hours in vain effort to save his life. A blood transfusion operation was per- formed as a last resort, but he fail- ed to respond.
 An honorable army discharge found in Falk's pockets showed that he had enlisted in the army at Brooklyn, N. Y, in 1917 and been mustered out in 1919. He saw ac- tive service with Company L, S65th Infantry at St. Mihiel in September, 1918. and later in the Meuse-Ar. gonne. Yesterday. he applied to Chief Gordon of the Manchester police for a license to sell linole- ums. The license was granted on presentation of Talks army dis charge, Chief Gordon said,
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28

eral months ago it was necessary to limit the fire department to two sta- tions. Last nights emergency ordi- nance abolished one of these. A truck in the remaining station is .sorely in need of two new tiresy The business men agreed to take up collection to buy the tires.
 Councils stringent measures, so far as it could learn from Attorney General Crabbe yesterday are legal.
 Has Grown Too Fast
 The growth of the city from 10,- 900 in 1910. to 4O,OO0 in 1926, with out corresponding increase in rev. enue is blamed for the present situ- ation.
 Lighting facilities will be main .tained through a proposed tax of six cents per front foot for street lights, the tax to yield a sum estimated at $S5.000 a year. The city at one time considered an occupational tax but discovered that 5000 of its population, all mill workers, lived outside the city.
 One member of the discharged police force, Inspector Harry E. Laukart, has been under suspension for two days charged with accepting a $40 bribe from the proprietor of a speak easy" He was second in command of the force.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
French Debt to America Has But
 Minor Part in Financial Trouble
Dr. Anderson, Banking Economist, Explains That Internal Obligations of Country Are $50 Billion
 Francs While Only 23 Billion Are Owed to U. $.

New York, July 27. Pl-France's debt to America and other external borrowings haTs played but small part in her kFokent financial trou- bles, in the opinion of Dr. Benjamin M. Anderson, economist of the Chase National bank, who believes that solution lies in fixing the franc at new par.
 The trouble is that the total French debt exceeds the total wealth of the nation if the franc is figured at par. pr. Anderson writes in the Current Chase Economic bull letin.
 U. S. Debt Comparatively Small
 The internal debt is $50 billion francs. The external debts chiefly war loans, are only 2S billion gold francs. Therefore, the reasons the French are wrong in thinking that the franc would be restored if America cancelled its war debt.
 A clause in the financial state ment of Premier Poincare as sub
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28

mitted to the chamber of deputies which blamed the fall of the franc on unbalanced budgets of the past is upheld by Dr. Anderson.
 Spent More Than Received
 In 1924, Anderson says, the gov ernment spent Al, 100000 francs On an income of only 27.0S3, ,000,- 900. In Dr. Anderson's opinion if the francs were stabilized at 1-2 cents the total franc debt would be 79,000, 0,000,000 gold francs or 26 per cent of the French national wealth.
 If the Bank of France tomorro,. would announce redemption in gold of the paper franc at fixed ratio," Anderson says, ''the definite rees- tablishment of the pold standard at new par and would courageous ly pay out gold at this fixed rate to all who present notes for redemp- tion, the exchange quotation of the franc would instantly settle at the par set, aand the exchange crisis would be oyay.~
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
MARRIED MONDAY, SHE
 ASKS AN ANNULMENT
Bridgeport Woman Finds Her New Husband Is
 Crook and Fraud

Bridgeport, July 2S LP)-An an- nulment of her marriage to John H. Miller, 37 which took place Mon day evening, will he sought by Mrs. Susan Snyder MiiieI, 26.
 The bride reached this decision today after discovering that her hus- Eand had apparently deceived her and that he is being held by the police on charges Of defrauding sev- eral local 1adio concerns.
 Witk his arrest yesterday it was revealed to the young woman that she had married g hospital orderly and not the doctor that Miller had claimed to be.
 In court today his case was con- tinued until police can make a fur ther investigat'cG in the case. He is held in bonds of S1,000.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
People on Islands Are
 Fastening to Mainland

Savannah, Ca, July 2S Pl-Wo- men and children from the resort island of Tybee were brought here today on a special train in anticipa- ton of the hurricane which yester- day tore its way up the Florida coast. As the wind velocity increas- ed the exodus from the island went forward hurriedly
 A Many of the refugees made the Fip here by automobile.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
EDSEL FORD THINKS
 COOLIDGE IS STRONG Believes President Stands Better Than Ever
 With Public

Paul Smiths N. Y, July 2S LP)- Belief that President Coolidge is in q stronger position with the people than he ever has been was express cd today by Edsel Ford, son of the automobile manufacturer, who is a guest at White Pine camp.
 Accompanying MT. Coolidge to the executive offices, Mr. Ford re- ceived newspaper men, and, in re- sponse to to questions declared his confidence in the future of com mercial aviation as well as gave his views of political conditions. The position of the president. he said, was due to sound policies, especially in the matter of economy. The country, he aded, is in "a won derful condition" and Mr. Coolidge is to a great extent responsible for it.
 Mr. Ford planned to leave the summer White House this after noon by automobile for Breton Woods. New Hampshire. and then proceed to his summer home at Seal Iarbor, Maine.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
HAD LEGS BROKEN AT
 REQUEST OF HIS WIFE
She Refused to Wed Him if He Was Bow-Legged-Now She
 Seeks Alimony

Newark, N. J., July 2S LP>-Alle- gations that he had both legs broken at his wife's request, to cor rect bow-leggedness, enabled Philip Harris to defeat her chancery court action for temporary alimony, it was announced today.
 Explaining that he earned s15 a week, Hassis' affidavit stated:
 This is occasioned by the fact that before my marriage was bow legged. Before my wife would consent to marry me she insisted that I have my legs broken and strengthened.
 T submitted to an operation, but if am on my feet for any length of time I suffer such terrific agony that I am forced to stop work"
 Mrs. Lottie Harris, disclaimed re- sponsibility for the operation, which she said took place six years after the marriage. They were married twenty years ago.
 Alimony of s5 a week for SUD- port of a minor daughter was al- lowed.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
HOLDUP MEN CAPTURED
Small Boy Directs Police Who Ar rest Providence Ycggs Within 15 Minutes of Robbery.

Providence, R. I., July 2S RA Within IS minutes after the holdup of a suburban store in this city this morning, stick up" crew from police headquarters invading North Providence arrested the two alleged robbers in the village of Lymans- |ville.
 Lewis B. Lincoln, storekeeper at 15G Glenbridge avenue, was held up ! at the point of an automatic, then |clubbod over the head with the gun | butt by one robber while a second stole s3S from his cash register.
 Lincoln, after the capture. identi- | fled William J. Arcand, 20, of this Icity who the police say. has recent ly completed a two year sentence
 for robbery. as the man who held the gun and clubbed him. Arnold Sharp, 20, also of Providence. identi- |hed as the man who robbed the cash register.
 A nine year old boy who told the police which way the men fled and
 described them in detail. contributed
 vaIuably to their apprehension, 4ac-
 eording to the police.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
SIX MORE ARRESTS IN
 POISON LIQUOR CASES
Voelker, Alleged Buffalo Distributor, Reported
 Naming Higher Ups

Buffalo, July 27.-Federal agents and police early today made six more arrests in the Niagara frontier poison liquor case, the death list of which stands at 37. The action fol- lowed the statements of authorities that James c. Voelker, leader of the distribution gang. stood ready to make a full confession, naming those higher up in the wood alcohol traf- fic.
 { Those aarreste5 include Carl Vocl- ker, father of the man held to an swer a charge 0 { first degree murder. The elder yoell3 3rr is held on a man. slaughter cha9'e. Of the other prisoners, four are Buffalo moon shine makers and handlers. and the fifth drinkery owner who is ac- cused of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act.
 Hamilton, Ont, reported two ar rests as result of the arrival in that city of some of the poison concealed m carload of coal. With the death of Robert Little of East Ham, ilton, the list of victims in the Canadian city has risen to six.
 Roy Oakley, 2S, was taken from an apartment house in Lockport at midnight suffering from alcohol poisoning.
 Voel6er, the so- called Buffalo king of the alcohol rin4. was in dicted by a federal grand jury in Canandagua in 1922 on charge of conspiring to violate the prohibition law, in connection with the theft from freight cars of alcohol and whiskey valued at more than S25O,- GOO. His indictment was nolle pressed in June, 1926.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
LEVIATHAN PROBE
 IS STARTED TODAY
All Charges of Liquor Law ViO-
 lati0nS Are Anonymous !,
HARTLEY ISSUES DENIAL
Commander Declares Crew Knows Well They'll Be "Thrown Into the Brig" If They Violate the Liquor Regulations.

New York, July 2S LP-Investiga- tion of charges that liquor had been sold aboard the Leviathan was be- gun today, shortly after the giant liner arrived from Boston, where she had been in drydock.
 Charges Anonymous
 Thomas H. Rossbottom, general manager of the United States lines. who went aboard, said the charges were anonymous and not specific. Neither the names of those alleged to have purchased liquor nor those who sold it were given. Other in- vostigations of simiar charges have been fruitless, he said
 The investigation was ordered by the shipping board at Washington, following assertions by Dr. H. S. Stayton, head of the association against the prohibition amendment, last week that passengers had told him they bought liquor from stew ards while on the liner.
 Captain Herbert H. Hartley, the commander, said that he had for bidden the sale of liquor on the ves- sel and that this rule was strictly enforced.
 Crew Knows Rules
 "The members of the crew are well aware" he said, that they will be thrown into the brig if they are found selling liquor, and that they will be discharged as soon as the ship touched port. This goes for officers. too, regardless of the amount of braid they wear. We found two cases of liquor in stew ards rooms once, and both these men were fined"
 Captain Hartley added that he believed the anonymous letters were written by disgruntled seamen who had been discharged.
 Other officers of the Leviathan said that many passengers brought liquor aboard and some of them tipped the stewards with bottles of champagne or whiskey instead of money,
 Once, they said, when passengers left the ship at New York they left behind them in their state- rooms more than 500 bottles of liquor. They were left. the officers said, because the owners feared seizure by customs officials.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
Blamed Boys, But Finds Own Horse Let Down Bars

Sturbridge, Mass, July 2S Pt- After being convinced that small boys or neighbors were letting down the pasture bars so his horse might roam at will, Michael Bojoko made known today that he was all wrong in his surmises. He found that his own horse was letting down the bars by sticking his head under each bar and pushing 1t from the bar post.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
BOY FALLS OUT OF TREE,
 MAY BE INTERNALLY HURT
Laurel Street Lad Taken to Hospital And Kept There Under
 Observation.

Joseph Karbonic, an eight year old boy, fell out of cherry tree near his home at Is Laurel street today, sustaining severe cuts and bruises and he may have internal injuries pr. David P. Waskowitz who answer ed an emergency call took the boy to the New Britain General hospital where his case is now under obser- vation.