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New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
'WHISNERS' JOINS
 RANKS OF FAMOUS
Noted Army Horse Now Has
 Life Of Ease

Wa>Utugtan Feb. l9 OP, - In pleasant pastures near an army post in Hawaii, n Cour.footcd yct- crau or more than thirty years of honorable active service with the rolora is kicking up his heels in th" poac" md comfort due an old soldier.
 His name is "WMskcrs" anI he 'rHv.uI down from his Montana birthplace 10 join rp with the cav airy in Texas three drcadcs ago. lie is now enjoying retirement with it's r'gular ratlonS and assurance that ho will never bc called upon 10 work again.
 'Whisl,ors' is just q troop horse in lnclo Sdnl's cavalry. There is il long list of these faithml mounts for whom troopers themselves have do"ro"l rosful old age in reward for thoir long years Of hard duty. Tn" appropriation for this equine roll of honor comes out of the troopers pockets if necessary. bur 'ho deeds of hero horses of the army have been officially recorded in general orders before now.
 "Comancho" probably heads that IiS', II" was tho only survivor of Inc massacre of the Little Big Horn. when Custer and his gallant detachment went 10 their death. Lr@uI has pictured this big rhara.r found wandering and al- mos' dead after the battle with seven wounds to show the part he play' !, as Custcr's own mount. But 1h" records show otherwise. H. was q troop horse assigned 10 Troop 1, 7th Cavalry, and was ridden in the fight by Captain N. W. koough, who died at his chiefs sidr. A rogimental order of the 7th. dated Fort A. Lincoln. Dakota Territory, April 10, 1679 directed that Comancho be provided with
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
MISSING LINCOLN
 LETTER SOUGHT
Historians Search for MisSiye
 in Illinois

Srringtiol1, 1n.Fch. Search is being made in Illinois Lincoln collections for letter written by Lincoln when he was postmaster at New Salcm, Illinois
 Postmaster General Now asked the Illinois Historical society for the location Of Lincoln collections with n NlrW to recovering the letter taken from the post office archives at Washington
 In l>&G, Lincoln wrote tho post master general and returned % cents which he said was the balance due to the government. Mr. News letter 10 the historical library here told of elderly attaches Of his officr who remembered the existence of 'i" letter in the files many years ago, but that lt had disappeared within tho last twenty years.
 The library here contains only two letters written hy Lincoln while he was d resident of New Salem. The first which was written 10 "Mcssrs Blair and Riycs," publishers of an carly journal while he was post master, reads as follows;
 New Salem, Illinois
 "Noyombcr 3, 1885
 "Mcssrs;-Your subscriber al this place Is dead and no person takes the papers from this office.
 Respectfully
 "A. Lincoln"
 The second. written about tho same time 10 Len Davis, Esq.," said;
 Dear Sir.
 You will confer favor on mo bv examining the record kept by the old state recorders and ascortaining whether a deed for the Northwest quarter in section 23 in town lo. North range, west in the county tract made by William Trent and Michael McDiorman, has ever been
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
Russian Thcatcrs Run at
 LOSS MNAnitc Suhgidy

lm.HwuH F.h 70 D7 NoA tr.a'.H in Russia anu run ar a los, ul a.n aunnow.l lv rlr ro>,ru- ma0a ru.hr el Iftonllmrou
 rhomr N'y provincial town has r# nau up.rg houo and other 'M.at-rs.
 Th. oav ,>c.poou [. .a-aIor hea@ Ho.ch Is wu lga group Of in- d1"uu workers. They ro. only mraGr '.. Mna',r Ouf supply tho H'oo'. D1una th. 1a, fmy work #r fhIr '1nturj,e. N mah, they l.rorm M IL. fnam,n
 Meet u. 'N. phys produced at thsa H#'.r ar- or % voluiouqry unmn 9w'nn lv tu worlors '.."@.E.. Tn raNs usually aro .a@.d ~uhmr scenery. special .'nn@s cr ros'umos nhiol ro- "ir0s of I." rl1y.re added eEiu in t'.ne auI aan,r powers Of ,.ocu- t.au #u1 hrlamalon Tms th,a,or lH F." on.y om in U,unerad or No@oaw 'naf zInlas n pror'.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19

>mone famous horses Of the war between th" states Robert F.. Lees "TraNc clcr" perhaps is best known, although General Nathaniel F. Banks "Charlio" is credited in d legendary way with having shaped events Of tho war. He was th" only horse known to have thrown General Grant The fall put tho general on crutchcs and h'pt him from tho battlefield at 'hlcEan1uga. Perhaps his ab- sruc" contributed 10 tho Union dla2s.'r in tlat fight.
 "Trayolcr." Lees famous gray, WAS 9 West Virginia horse and was offered 10 tho great Confederate commander Hs gift hy the owner. h"t refused, The owner, Maio" Thomas l.. Broun. then sold him and "Trav"l"r" served as Lees mWn rcliancu in the war days and his constant companion aftcrward. Th" general always stood beside Linn whom h. was shod and the
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
JOHN DRURY HAS . VARIED CAREER
Free Verse Poet Tells Of Various
 Occupations

Chicago. Feb. f9 uP'-srarauuu u Greenwich village. bus hoy at a E'oadwuy cafe, mess hoy on ship, in tho south American lru,lu--thps. .r few chapter headinas m u.n uu. written biography og John nruH I'osr of Chicaro poets 70 url.i1. recognition in tho fr,n yor4o forms
 lnlih" his fellow craftsman l,e Sarroh Vho ls desertlnr Iii. "mu rlrtai civilization of th. uatoun. for thc forests and 'nr ruius, Uue after searching for adyru'ur. and roior in thn ouflanls of fhr Horll. has como back to tho pr.u rr, tna' gave hun hirfh 10 smp ~rh nt- m.ration and ruao 'hr myrioa won- dors of metropolitan Nlr.
 "pUsk in 'nn al.ua,- ia or olI blue garden 0owrrcI bv o'a'la chry7anthomuue of msnv 'rnet-lanlpe" he .tnrs m bis rv~ Look of poems "Ar,H.rt ru.ss Through al rHe 2olum. runs Iis '"Ine for the beauty of tr. ,le s."u through tho uuoo0rtmfue4. o'"s of vivid coIoris'.
 Tn" city is place Of romHr.o uI adventure, oc oolors and os.r- .on"s. of charm and quiet dreaming I different fare than 'nat ot,.r.d by inc earlier 1crsr nhrja's such a. Carl Saulbrrr Vho spoke of rni. cnEo as tnc "hot butcher or th. "orld" and dven on ror gaunt shapes and hor dirt and smo,. Thus prury writes.
 For all your hluI brutality
 | h0y" hecn surprised
 Ky sudden facets oI beauty
 In the soot and dust
 Of your smothrrrI strcr'~."
 A decade ago Sandbore. Edg1r Leo Masters and other rhcoeoans loaped into public attention on ,ho crest of q wave of interest in free verse forms 10 which they gave a rugged mid-wcstcrn interpretation.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19

suitable quarters "ond that he win not he ridden hy any person what ever under any circumstances. nor will ho ho put to any kind of work" as 2 tribute 10 comrades fallen in rllr GghL
 "Comauohr" died at tho caAalwy post at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1891 and that order WAS never vlo- lated. lIo lived two-thirds Of nls life on the retired list,
 Tho yrlIoWcd records Of the rav- alry show many other famous horses, coming clear down 10 pnr- shlne's "kidron' bouaht from the French romoun' service 10 carry inc general in France, and "Jom" Inc big, amiablc charger presented 'o PrrshlnE on his return 10 tn. United states and on which hr hcadod inc victory paralrs of the First division in New York and WushnGton.
 And among Inc old records there Ie non" morr striking than thn' of 'Hlack Tom" the mighty coal black on which Colonel May. The Charles O'MaIlo% Of tho American cavalry in ihc for'jos, srl tongues awaFGing by his mad pruuEs. May was arrested in Baltimore once for l"apinr his black thuuGclbon over cart loaded with Grrwool. Aslm h" spurrod "BIack Tom" n th, front stairs of a Eoltmoro rotrl and down aeajn after jog ahom th" rooms. Tho horse won vns,r with a leap of %2 rr.t Jusf after the MoNlcan war; against q record of 3A feet for the greatest Enrltah stooplochas"r. "BlacE Toms" grnaf- est achi"Nom"0' came in tho war when May jumped him over a Mexican field gun 10 capture the entire battery anI thn McAican general La Naga, ThaD dccd ia momoriIli2cd in thc coat Of arms of tho Second cavalry.
 "Hiaoh Tom" stood moro than seventeen hands, a jet black Kon- lucky 'horouEhhr'd, and lis 1a4n- ing master was more than Hy tuo'cr.
 Another army horse of Mexican war fam" was General Zachary Taylor's "Old Whjtcy" who carried his master throuqhout thc war and was never ridden again. llo was sent to Washington to ho cxhilatad after inc war and was well nigh Of his maAe and tail on the journey hy souvenir hunters.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
Minneapolis Milkmen
 Attain High Standing

Minneapolis, Feb. 19 (P(-Tho in- dispensablG milkman. often heard but seldom seen, has been elevated 10 q high musical standing in Min- noapolis through the activities ot inc male chorus Of the Franklin fo-oporative Creamery.
 This concern, protegc Of local trade unions. has cultivated the voices necessarily stillcd during the quiet milk delivery hours, until the chorus of 3% members has more of- fcrs for local engagements than 1t can fill.
 Drilled by Olaf Haltcn base vio- lin player with the Minneapolis symphony Orchestra, inc singing milkmen attained unprecedented heights by appearing in concert at the same music hall retained by the symphony.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
ENGLISH SPNRROWS TSETTI

St Paul. Feb, 19 R)--Whcn Eng Hslr sparroWs bring 10 their nest 50o destructive caterpjllars in one day as one pa,r did they arc entitled 10 consideration as a most useful bird, declares Professor A. G. RugEIrs, Minnesota agricultural college en- .tomologs',
 A second pair brought 500 in- socts of various kinds 10 their young in ono hour Besides, Professor HugFles estimates, many insects were eaten hy tho adult birds, Th" birds frequently consume insect cEgs equivalent 10 onc-half of their own weight.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19

R. w, Stewart, of Moultrie, discloses remedies for inc bad sitYation' which arc strikingly similar to those proposed today.
 Among other things politicians ot that day were solemnly warned agalnsr "ccntrali2ing too much go5. crnmcnt authority in the city of Washington" One communicu, on on the editorial page of the Vest orn Carolnian said; "I believe the voters of this sovereign state will show Jackson md Van Buren that wc don't need their advice as to whom We elect 10 office"
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19

Today a new generation of poet Is carrying on thu tradition they os- tahlishrl-neW voices expressing themselves in u free verse structure That hrralhps tHa spirit ot their pre- drressnrs and }f carries new notes tn distinguish .ho noyomrnt as one m it's own right Ow ol 'ho voices Is IUN'g
 "IHrry mon mH" have a way or .>rrssNmr htns.tf" lr sliI. "md my aH} I~ tnrou-h fr"n verse;"
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
Radio Stimulates Usc of
 Corn in Iowa Diets

Ios Nojnoe, h, Feb, 19 lP) - Radio Is credited m Iowa with .UanaIn- lm Hmau diet
 Station WHO revealed that after .J f,N weeks campaign by radio m behalf u' tuo uso of corn sugar and other roru products som" 10000 1'W.s's for recipes for preparing 'nod with 'hoso products were re- u.iycd
 The station obtained a skilled die |uian who corpi}"I a pamphlet on "orn product recipes The campaign Uas in the interest of increased consumption Of corn as an aid in relieving thc surplus
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19
Remedies to Combat Crime
 Tn 1855 Familiar Today

Moulirio, Gl, Feb. 10 Pi-Back in 1885, when Andrew Jackson was president, there were those who "Fiewcd with alarm' tho increase of crime throurhout the country and rouIaly criticised newspapers for printing sordid details of scanda- Ions haprcnings.
 \ copy of the Western Carolinian, published that year and owned by
New Britain herald., 1926-02-19

recorded in that office and if SO whether inc record shows that the lands has been transferred ny Me- piorman and 1T it has, who is the present owner under him, Also please 10 give mo all the informa- tton in your office in regard to sales of said land for taxes and who is the present owner of the tax title.
 Ivory respectfully,
 Your ohcdiont servant
 "A, Lincoln"
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
MULD0WNEY QUITS
 BILLIARD TOURNEY
Poor Showing Causes Cueist to Have GreSor Supplant Him

Humphrey Muldowney who has in the Connecticut pocket billiard championship tournament, has with drawn and Gregor has been sub stituted in his place. Muldowney could not get his form on the green baize and rather than have the Rogers parlors last in the standing without any games won, by his own request, another has been named to play. Gregor will start tonight with a home match against Billy Swingle of Bristol. Grcgor is not a new player in state competition fav- ing been representative of Smokes Parlors in former years and fourth in the standing in that tournament.
 Class A players got into action last night with four staging their first games. Wolfe defeated Xucchi 100 to S3 and Wallace defeated Kas- prow 100 to 70. Kasprow then turn cd about and defeated Colokey 100 to 61.
 Friday night, Wallace will take on Wolfe; kasprow will meet Xucchi; Cojokey will tackle Wolfe and Rom deau will play Wallace. There are six entries in the tournament. Games will be played on Monday and Friday nights except next Fri day when state league match will be played. Purses are offered for the winners of first, second and third places.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16

giving night. The following Sat- urday. the Bristol team will meet the Guards at the state armory in this city. The rivalry that exists between the two clubs is too well known to need any further mention here, but with the two teams almost exactly as they were last year, the two contests next week. should be productive of some of the best bas- ketball in years.
 The fact that Manager Lanpher has booked the Endees for the sec ond and third games of the year, bears out his statement that he in- tends to bring the toughest opposi- tion possible to this city this com- ing season to meet his team. The schedule of games is being made up and when completed, will show the best in this section of the country signed up.
 Manager Lanpher will also an- nounce his starting lineup the lat ter part of this week. He has any number of combinations that should work to perfection. There is the incomparabe duo of Reynolds and Taylor with Jos Jasper to work with either one, at forwards; Solmansky for forward or center and Giero- chowski for center, and Kilduf. Sheehan and "Butsy" Sturm in the back court. The Burritts will play the preliminary games at the armory this year.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16

Still smarting under the humiia- ting defeat 1t received at the hands of the Hartford High school football team last year and anxious to even the score and again set itself right in the eyes of its many followers, a gang of eleven warriors of the New Britain High school is anxiously awaiting the whistle that will send 1t into battle with its ancient arch rival, Hartford Public High school.
 The annual classic which is sched- uled to be played at Clarkin field in Hartford Saturday afternoon will be staged before a large crowd. The student cheering section from this city will number 1,500. The Phil harmonic band. the flare of colors, the cheer leaders, all will be inter- esting sidelights to the battle of 22 warriors from the rival schools.
 First news from the camps of the two rival teams was made known last night when Coach John k. Newall told member of the Herald" sporting staff that three of his regulars would be out of the H. P. H. s. lineup in the annual classic They are Billy Taylor, star of last years battle. who has been out with injuries all year; Gallivan, forward pass tosser and second only to Harry Deegan as a backfield man on the team. and Marvin Butler, the brilliant forward pass snatcher and left end.
 Gallivan has had internal trouble and yesterday was forced to sub init to medical treatment. Butler who is the son of Otis Butler former resident of this city, will miss the opportunity he has sought 50 long, to play against his old home town team. He suffered a fractured forearm in the game with New Haven Hillhouse High school and had to be taken out of the lineup.
 Another man in the Hartford
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
TORPEDO STATION
 TEAM IS COMING
Newport Sailors Conquered Sub
 Base 26 to 13 Last Sunday

The All-New Britain Football team will play the Newport Torpe- do station eleven at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park Sunday aft ernoon. This will be a critical game for the local team as the visitors will come here bringing one of the strongest teams to oppose the locals this season.
 There are two teams of sailors in Newport, one the Torpedo Station team and the other the Naval Training station team. The Torpedo eleven is the better of the two though many fans have them mix ed with the Training Station club.
 The Torpedo gridders last Sun day, trimmed the Sub-Base of New London to the tune of 26 to 13 in a fiercely fought game at New Lon don and earlier in the season, play ed the Holy Cross college team and lost by the score of to 0. The team has played some of the best service teams in the country and have yet to taste a defeat other than that suffered at the hands of the powerful Holy Cross eleven.
 Manager Ed Daley will have his heavy artillery in action again on Sunday. After the hectic time ex- perienced last Sunday, his players will be in no mood to trifle with any team that opposes them this weekend.
 He has been SWamped since Sun day with offers of games this com ing Sunday. No less than five teams want 10 meet New Britain. The Pere Marquette team of Boston, leaders in Massachusetts professional ranks. have asked for game this week end. Manager Brennan of All-Nor- walk wants 10 bring his aggregation here this Sunday
 The Fitton <. C. eleven of Boston Is seeking an engagement here as is the team known as the Cleveland Panthers which withdrew from the American Football league because Of financial difficulties but which was leading the league at the time Of the withdrawal. Atlantic City wants the locals there this Sun day. But the best offer that the To- cal manager received was that from the Salem Professional club of Salem, Mass. In a telegram re- ceived this morning the Massachu- sets manager stated that his club had defeated the Fitton A. c. and hat the Pere Marquettes had refus-
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
PLAYS PRANK ON COBB
Appointment of George Moriarity to Succeed Georgia Peach" n Trick of Fate.

Fate played a peculiar prank in the appointment of George Moriarity as manager Of Detroit 10 succeed Ty Cobb, since it was Cobb who caused Moriarity 10 sever his connection with that club.
 At one time during their playing days Cobb and Moriarity Were pals. Later they became bitter enemies It is said that Cobb finally brought the issu" 10 q head by delivering the ultimatum 10 Frank Navin. owner of the Detroit club, that Morarity must go, He did,
 Now after more than dozen years, Moriarity, who didn't fit in on the same club as Cobb, is to sue ceed the greatest player Of all time as manager of the Tigers.
 It is one of the most unusual coin- cidences in baseball.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16

New York, Nov. 16 R)-The drama of the annual Harvard and Yale bat tie, robbed of much of it's impor- tance by early season defeats, and Princeton domination of the final Big Three series, still provides the col- orful feature of Saturdays conflicts as the eastern football season hears a close.
 Although Tad Jones Is happy at Yale over the stirring stand of the Ellis against the Tiger foe last Sat urday and plans little change in the front that will face Harvard, the Crimson machine is due for a com plete overhauling. Coach Arnold Horween shattered tradition and an- nounced to his squad at Cambridge that sweeping reorganization of the eleven would take place this week. Only two men, due to the Crimson's disappointing showing against Brown. are certain of places in the starting lineup. Pratt will be at guard and Sayles at fullback. Captain Coady, injured in the Prince ton struggle, will fill tackle berth If his condition permits.
 While Navy. Brown and Army, the three leading candidates for the eastern laurel wreath, take breath CTS" this week in Loyola, New
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16

lineup, Root, lives in Maple Hill, but has been q Hartford High school student since his grammar school days. He is clever ball carrier, but is weak on interference and de- fense.
 The chances of q victory for the New Britain team are greater than
 ever as the result of the injuries suffered by the Blue and White men. However. there are many who will not believe the men are out of the lineup until the first kickoff finds substitutes in their places.
 According to the unofficial lineup, Gallivan will be at fullback, but Taylor and Butler will be out. Jack Ring, brother of Joe, captain Of last years championship team. and also brother of Billy, prominent semiprofessional football player in the sand lots of Hartford, is sched- uled 10 take Buffers place at end. If Gallivan is out, Titney, 165 pounder who reaches foot II inches, is scheduled to fill in.
 The two teams will be more evenly matched in weight than any of their predecessors according to figures just released by Manager Lantz of Hartford and Manager Levitt of the New Britain teams. The average of the two teams diff fers by only three quarters of a pound, the closest the teams have ever been in weight. Hartford has this slight advantage with an aver age of 15S IA, while New Britain has 15I 1-2.
 The Hartford boys average r years of age while the New Britain ties average IS. Both average two years in experience. With the ex- ception of Captain Claire none of the New Britain players have had more than two years experience. Two of Hartford's regulars average three years, Captain "Gunnie" An derson and Gallivan.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
UNFORTUNATE EXTREMES
President Max Mason of University of Chicago Plays Result of Con- petitiye Athletics.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-tR-Competi- tive athletics have developed child ish antagonisms in American col leges that go to unfortunate ex- tremes. believes President Max Mason, of the University of Chicago.
 Enthusiasm and pride engendered by Intercollegiate competition go to such extremes that students of one institution have come to feel that other universities are inferior not only in athletics but in scholarship and otherwise. he told the Chicago Congregational club.
 This childish antagonism is un- fortunate,' President Mason held, "because 1t defeats the purpose of higher education-cooperation."
 President Mason. however, plead ed for encouragement of college athletics, but for the sake and good sportsmanship and not to further petty antagonisms.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-16

l Hampshire University, and Ursinus, respectively, as final preps for last major battles, Lafayette and New York University, two other undefeat- ed and untired elevens, bring their successful seasons to a close. Lafay- cite has little to fear from the Le- high squad, battered outfit that has suffered many defeats, but New York must tackle the husky Corn Planters of Nebraska in Lincoln.
 The mighty Georgetown outfit that outpayed Navy for three periods and only succumbed to the middle drive in the final quarter. brings a massive squad to New York for the annual Fordham engagement, and West Virginia has tartar in Carne- gie Tech in the only other outstand- ing meetings of the day.
 "Whippet" Carr f1ashy Syracuse back, still high up among the indi- vidual point scorers with 59, despite the fact that he donned moleskins yesterday for the first time since October 16, when he was badly hurt In the Army game, is working lightly in the hope of seeing action against Niagara Saturday. Holy Cross has a. tilt with the much defeated Boston University eleven and Boston Col lege takes a final workout against Providence college.