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The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
SHE IS BOUND EAST

CLINTON. Ohio, Sept. 23.-Es-
tele Taylor Dempsey passed through
here this afternoon to join her hus-
band Jack Dempsey in Philadelphia
tomorrow
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
WEIGHT OF MEN

Dempsey weighed l90 pOunds ul
Atlantic City this morning.
Tunaey weighed 1851 pounds
when weighed after his arrival II
Philadelphia today. t..l
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23

Before leaving White Pine Camp,
President Coolidge sat down with
Bruce Barton, personal friend, and
gave his first interview in which
he allowed himself 10 be quoted
The following are some of the sig
nificant portions:
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
LARGE SUN WAgERED

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 = Wall
Street betting firms estimated more
than $1.5OO.O00 have been wagered
on the Dempsey -Tunney fight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
Successful Operation
Performed Upon Wood

MANILA, Sept %. - Gov. Gen.
Wood has been operated upon for
hernia and his condition is reported
favorable.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
Cold Weather and Snow
Ip~Canadian Provinces

KAMLOOPS, B. c., Sept. 23.-This
place and other localities in the Can
adian provinces report IL degrees be-
low freezing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23

DEMPSEY: =; am going to
fight like He'll. I'll knock Tun-
ney out with the first punch l
can because l know he will try
to do the same with me. Ny
rule is always to beat the other
man to it,"
TUNNEY: II am confident I
will win. I do not overlook the
abilities of Dempsey but'I have
unlimited confidence in my own.
The fight will show am justi-
fed in it.. y
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
c CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT WILL Be
STAGED TONIGHT
Fighters Make Predictions on
Outcome-Big Attend
ance Indicated.

BULLETIN-PHILADELPHIA,
Sept. 23.-The sun came out at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
Dempsey is expected to reach
here this evening on a special
train.
At $3.50 o'clock this after
neon the weather prospect was
almost ideal.
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CONTINUED on Page Twc.s
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-23
TUNNEY IN AIRPLANE
NAVX XApn puYT, NM pIII

CONTINUED ON Page ssveh.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
FOUL BLOW HALTS
LATz0-LEVINE SCRAP
WITH LATTER GUILTY

New York, July 9-(P)-Pete Lat
EOS second defense of his worlds
welterweight ring crown came to a
sudden ending in the fourth round of
15-round match at the Polo Grounds
tonight, with the champion victor
over George Levine of New York in
the fourth round by a foul.
The low pillow. apparently uninten-
tionally delivered by the challenger at
short range, came without warning as
the pair milled furiously near Latzo's
corner with the champion forcing the
attack. The rugged boy from the an
thracite region of Scranton, Pa, fell
to his knees, and the timing official
failed to grasp the situation and be-
gan to toll off the count. Latzo,
writing in agony, managed to raise
gloved hand in protest, then he
slumped back again on the canvas
Seconds of the champion leaped into
the ring and carried him to his corner
as Referee Eddie Purdy gave the an
nouncer his official ruling awarding the
verdict to the champion.
chorus of boos from the audience
indicated that many had not seen the
low blow struck, but Latzo appeared
to have been painfully hurt. and his
handlers were compelled to carry him
to his dressing room in the rear of the
stands.
Latzo, seen in his dressing room aft
er the fight. asserted he was hit low
twice by Levine.
- 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
L0rena Axworthy
Wins Classified
TrOt at Cleveland

Cleveland, July 9-(P)-Lorena Ak
worthy won the Classified trot, fea-
ture of mediocre Grand Circuit rae
ing card at North Randall today.
The mare finished enighth in the first
heat and took the next two.
Fred Edman, Memphis, Tenn.
relnsman, won his second race of the
meeting with Robbington. when the
gelding captured the 2:16 trot. He
was forced to go four heats to take
the event however. Symbol. an out
slider, capturing the first heat and
Dean Ettawah the second in both of
which Robbington finished second.
The PA pace went to Bel Lamont.
after she finished ninth in the first
heat.
Summaries:
2;14 PACE CLAIMING; PURSE
$1,000; l is MILE HEATS
Bel Lamont, b, m, by Belwin
cares ,..;.:............. 9 l
Miss Wreath, blk m (Erskine) l 6
Otto Peter, B G CNau) 80. 2 .
Ruth Grattan, br m tRay) :. 2 8
Vic Donahey. CHI g (Valentine) 4 5 S
j. P. Mckinney, The Judge, Chan
ny and Ruth j. Also started.
Time 2:25 rs; 2:23 10; 1925 Is.
2:16 TROT; CLAIMING; PURSE
$1,000; Is MILE HEATS
Robbingen, br g, by Binjolla
Of Edman ..... 3 3 | l
Dean Ettawah. b Der
r9( OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. z
Symbol, br h (McMillen l 2 4 8
Southwark, br m (Palin) , 5 2 no
Czarine Nutwood, CHI m On
Edman) ............... 4 8 no
Mabel Gray, Progressive, Little
Barby and Binzora also started
Time 2:26 %; 2:25 Is: 2:30 As.
CLASSIFIED TROT; PURSE $1,000
MILE HEATS
Lorena Axworthy. b, m, by
Ortolan AXworthy UacD L |
Vivian Allen, b m (Rodman) l 8
Dixie Volo, b m (Blackwell) 2 3 5
Mill Virginia Dillon, br m
(Rickabaugm) .........6 ? 4
Miss McElwyn, b IN (Flem
-AS' 49,. ''.'... =
Peter Lillard. Peter Flash. Betty
Todd and Bessie Shaw also started.
Time 2:09 2-5; 2:0S is; 2:09 As.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
Signers of Declaration
Were Well Educated

Twenty three of the SIS signers of
the Declaration of independence
were college-bred men. nearly all of
them graduates, according to School
Life. publication of the Depart
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Edu-
cation. Harvard was represented by
8; William and Mary by 8: Yale, 8
Cambridge (England), 3: Princeton,
2; Philadelphia" q Edinburgh. l.
Jesuit College at Rheims, l. Six
teen others received excellent or
Westminster School, London. Two
obtained all their formal instruction
from tutors; and Is, including
Franklin, Wythe. Roger Sherman,
and Robert Morris, had but little
schooling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
DESPERATE MOVES
TO keep lewiston
IN N, ENGLAND LEAGUE

Lewiston. Me, July 9-(P)-The
Lewiston City Council tonight passed
an order appropriating $4,000 from the
contigent fund for advertising upr-
poses" it being understood that the
money was to so toward financing
the Lewiston team of the New Eng
land Baseball League. Mayor Wise
man declined to sign the order until
he could get a written opinion from
the corporation counsel as to the
legality of the action. This he eX-
poets to obtain tomorrow.
Players on the Lewiston team are
now three weeks behind in salaries
and unless enough money is raised
within "a hours to take care of the
deficit, it is expected that the team
will disband. Individual pledges late
tonight had reached $3.50.
Claude B. Davidson, president, of
the New England League was here
tonight in conference with the local
officials, in an effort to keep Lewiston
in the league.
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MEHLHORN Still.
OUT IN FRONT IN
GOLF TITLE PLAY

Columbus, July 9. - (P) - Bill
Mehlhorn of Chicago had no trouble
in maintaining his lead in the ma
tional open golf championship at
Scioto Club today despite a falling
off of seven strokes from his record
rund of 68 yesterday. His 143 for SO
holes still left him two strokes in
the van, and Bobby Jones. who had
trailed him by that margin in the
first round, dropped back several
places by virtue of the worst round
he had ever played in the eight
open championships he has contest
ed. He scored 39-40-79.
Jones spill from an excellent 20
to poor 70 was the most startling
event of the second round and fur
nished great display of errors to
the large gallery that followed him.
The best score of the day was a 70
by Jack Forester Of New York,
who thereby gained a tie with Jones
at 149.
Much as Jones slumped he still
topped such stars as Walter Hagen
and Chick Evans by a stroke, as
Hagen was almost as inexact as
Jones, while Evans again failed to
SOANS tAiS oOCOtld iLlIlC dllGI pay u
the first well. John JUNIOR, Port
land, Ore, fell off from 70 to so for
$50. The defending champion. Will
lie MacFarlane, was one stroke
back. with ISL, having taken 10
today with Jones.
There was some excuse for these
'delinquencies, for a hot wind swept
the links, rising as the day wore on.
The greens were very fast and any
ball that sifted sideways in the
breeze was tumbled by the sloping
fairways into terrific roughs.
The man who supplanted Jones in
shadowing Hehlhorn was Jay Turn
osa of New York, who got a god IA
for total Of las. Just one stroke
behind him was another Latin golf
er, Dan Williams, also of New York
who added "a to his par ". Five
strokes behind. the leader were Leo
Diegel and George Mclean of New
York, while tied with Hagen and
Evans at $50 We're AL Espinsa of
Chicago and Willie Klein of New
York.
Just what caused Jones to slip
even he could not say, except that
he was surfeited with competitive
golf and had gone stale.
After Jones and Evans, the best
amateur score was made by Dens-
more Shute of Huntington, w. Va,
who got IS to total 1853, tying with
Al Watrous of Grand Rapids, run
ner-up to Jones in the British open,
who got a good "a to stay. Harri-
son Johnson of st. Paul was next
amateur with rs for 155 total. Keefe
Carter of Oklahoma City, western
amateur title holder, had 15S, owing
to a poor So today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
Bobby Burns Not
Alcoholic Addict

Sir James Crichton Browne. a
medical man, has published a post
morten diagnosis on Robert Burns
the Scotch poet, which aims to
break down the sad and sodden
figure of tradition and substitute
one of an Ayrshire plowboy who was
''on the whole a temperate fellow for
his time" though cursed with a poor
constitution, the New York Times
asserts.
Sir James submits that heart dis
ease arising out of rheumatism ac-
CURED in youth, and not drink and
debauchery, as generally held, caus-
ed the poets unconscious suicide
He goes over the records and shows
that not a single contemporary of
Burns noted in him symptoms which
might indicate the effect, direct or
Indirect, of chronic alcoholism.
The accepted legend springs APP
parently from the Currie biography.
Now Currie, Sir James points out,
figured in his day as a temperance
zealot. He gathered and preserved
in his Life of Burns" much informa-
ton that might otherwise have pass
ed forgotten, but the reformer won
out. He seized the opportunity to
point a moral, and in so doing de-
formed his tale
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Amateur Golf Title
CONTINUED from PAGE One)

Winslow then hit his gait and was
even on the 10th but had to take a
six on the 18th. Wilson won the hole,
but bad putting cost him the 18th.
Winslow got birdie, three on the 18th,
but both went into the rough on the
14th and halved.
Winslow showed steady golf on the
18th with a fine approach and sank a
long putt for one up. The 18th was
halved in tours and Winslow was one
up on the 18th. Wilson made a long
drive for the final pole but went into
a trap, and Wtnslow also got into the
rough but had better luck in getting
out and won the hole and the first IS
stood at four up for the Waterville
man. DR.. Wipslow held his lead on
the getaway this afternoon for the
first seven holes. but his young OPP
ponent playing some golf halyed the
Sth.
DR.. Winslow came back by winning
the 9th hole. Wilson retaliated by
taking the 10th. The 18th was halved,
as was the 18th. In an exciting battle
there Wilson won the 18th. Being
then two down, Wilson went strong
on the 18th and won it, lowering his
opponents lead to one. The 18th
went bad for DR.. Winslow as he got
into the rough beyond the green. Will
son won 1t and all was even. The 18th
was won by DR.. Winslow and he again
took lead. The'17th was a thriller,
Wilson winning out and all was even
again. On the 18th Wilson led off with
a drive over gullies and knobs of some
255 yards. DR.. Winslow landed in a
gully in the rough. Referee Hiram
Kicker, Jr., allowed Winslow to drop
his ball in the middle of the fairway
not nearer the hole but Is yards to
the right on a ruling that the ground
was under repair where Winslows
ball landed. Winslow made fine ap-
proach to a point in front of the green
in two and Wilson landed In two at
the left hand lower corner in front. 1t
was then a question of short approach
and putt. Both went by the cup on
approach, Winslow four yards uphill
and Wilson three yards to the right
Winslow missed by inches. Wilson
topped his ball hard and it looked like
a run by, but the ball took little hop
into the cup and the championship was
won. On the play-off of runners up
for medals and prizes, Chas. D. Bart
lett, P. V. c. c., beat r. V. Snow,
Portland, and .; DR.. Leddy of North
east .Harbor beat G. C. West, Water
Vile, s and Z; John Young, Water
vile, beat Paul Harmon, Portland,
up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
Expect $4,000 to
See Great Fight of
Rerlenbach-Delaney

New York, July 9-P)-Promoters
of the Paul Berlenbach- Jack Delaney
light heavyweight championship con-
test in Brooklyn, July Is, expect to
entertain 10000 persons. The battle
will take place in Ebbetts Field, the
Brooklyn teams baseball park, and
there are seats for only about half
that number at a baseball game. But
contractors have promised to erect
temporary stands with slope from
the ring So that all may see every
thing that occurs. These seats will
be removable and will be used for
future boving programs at the park,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10

at AxenfeIs is even surpassed by r.
S. Hardie's SO at Bruntsfield, but
this extraordinary score was made
on an alIshort- hole course. Hardie
had a I, thirteen 2's and twenty two
3'si For nine holes, the record
seems tc be q, made by w. n.
Horne, at lsipingo Links. South Afri-
ca, in 1917. and r. n. Corbett, who
got nine successive 3's in tie semi
final of the Tangye Cup at MiIInn in
1916.
breaking 1907 for twenty seven
consecutive holes in a tournament is
quite trick, too. and has been ae-
compished by only a few golfers.
Most of US are glad to "break 1907
for eighteen holes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10

Other golfers besides Duncan have
broken CO." Colin AyIrer, the
English internationalst, shot a Sc in
match play on the RaneIagh course,
while the veteran James Braid went
around Hedderwick in 81. tohn
Black, the hero of the 1922 United
States open at Ekokie. has the Amer
lean record with So on the full
length course of the Claremont Club
in California. H. Hartman, the pro
at the Wirral Golf Club in England
has done that course in SO, while one
Wisen has record of SO at Oban,
and Eugene Lafitte the same score
at Biarritz.
That gives us seven men who have
done rounds in better than go, though
not many of them were made in
tournaments. The best single round
ever done in an open tournament of
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PIRATES RUSH TO
WIN over pills, Sc

Pittsburgh, July 9.--(P1-Pitts-
burgh came from behind to defeat
Philadelphia today, 9 to 6. Songer
was driven from the mound in the
second after the Pills had scored
four runs. Meadows finished and held
the Quakers the rest OF the way. The
Pirates knocked Mitchell out of the
box in the sixth, scoring six runs.
Grantham led the attack with a
homer, triple and single. Score;
Phfla. ....1 0 0 Ii Il
Pittsburgh 0 0 % 6 2 0 N-9-l2-l
Mitchell, Willoughby Bentley ana
Henline, WILSON,; Songer, Meadows
and Spencer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
BARNES BUMPED
AND CUBS WIN, 7-3

Chicago, July 9-(P)-Chicago con-
centrated its attack in the second and
third innings today, driving Jess
Barnes off the hill and defeating
Brooklyn 7 to in the first game of
ME series. Root pitched a steady
game having only two bad innings
when the visitors punched hits.
The score:
Brooklyn 1000 90 o 2 0-3 IL 0
Chicago :. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 OF IL .
Barnes, McGraw and O'Neil; Root
and Gonzales.
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TIGERS BREAK
LOSING STREAK, 80

Boston. July 9-(P)-After losing
six straight. Detroit stepped back in
TO winning stride today. Collins
shutting out the Red Sox to 0. The
Tiger hurler held Boston to six scat
tered hits, no two of which were in
the same inning. O'Rourke and Fo-
therglll led at the bat for Detroit.
The score:
Detroit 0 8 0 2 0-915o
Boston -. 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 6 /
CoIllns and Manion; Heimach,
Russell, Wingfield and CASTOR.
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SPORT TABLOIDS

Detroit. July 9--(R)-Rain prevent
ed decision of any championships
matches in the national clay courts
tennis tournament here TODAY. At
tempts to play third round matches
IN the doubles in the afternoon were
matted by the fourth shower of the
DAY. When play was abandoned
Lott kunkel were leading Holman
ogden rs, 6-3. and the latter team
had won two games in the third set
Whlie Chaplin Norton had one set.
6-3' from Reid-Parron, and each
team mad three games on the sec.
ond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
Tax Feet


After fixed date all Chinese wo-
men under thirty whose feet are
still bound will be taxed a sum equal
to three dollars a month. This is an
effort on the part of two Chinese
militarists, not only to add to the
country's revenue but to abolish a
vicious custom which has persisted
from time immemorial in China, in
spite of many comparatively modern
attempts to create feeling against it,
and so in time do away with it.
Legend has it that the custom
started in early times to prevent wo-
men from running away to seek ad-
ventures. 1t has recently been esti-
mated that there are still 70,000,00O
pairs of deformed feet in China. and
that in the coming generation there
will probably be more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10
FOUR BASE BLOW
WINS FOR MACKMEN

Philadelphia, July g. up Jim
PooIes home run over the right field
fence with two out and the bases
bare in the 10th inning, gave the
Philadelphia Athletics a to 8 deci-
sion over Chicago here today in the
second game of the series. Poole's
homer was his third hit of the day.
tour baggers played important roles
IN the game. Pinch hitter Barrett's
homer in the sixth with two on base
save the White Sox a 8 to l lead. The
Athlet1cs tied it up in the eighth and
Poole won the game for them in the
10th.
The score:
Chicago 0 0 0 o 0 500 o-s71
Phila'phia 0 o 2 1-411l
Lyons. Thomas and Schalk; Pate,
Rommell and Cochrane,
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BALLOU BEATS HIS
old TEAMMATES, 4-3

Washington, July 9.-[P)-winn
Ballou, Who once wore a Washington
uniform, was effective in the pinches
and st. Louis defeated the Senators
to 3 in the series opener today. The
rookie pitcher issued six passes bur
STAYED off the locals until the eighth
When he was withdrawn. Eleven
Washington men were left on base.
Score:
st. Louis 002 002 100 o-4-1n-3
Wash ..01O O1O01 % III
Ballou Wingard and Dixon. Reu-
Their, AIorrell. Marberry. Ogden
Palmero and Ruel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10

IN August, 1918, in the "open cham
pionship of the Lucerne Lakes"
Thirty-six holes were played at Axen-
feis and thirty six at Lucerne, and
Ouncan's total score was 263, with
rounds of 62, So, n, and "a. In his
record-brea kine second round, the
high strung En9lishman's card read:
Out, q, q. 8, 8, 8, 2, 3, 2-28, and In
5, 8, q, 8, 3, 8, 3, 2. 4-56. How
does it look to you buffers who only
shoot in the low 7O's?
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Boxer Dies After
Ring Engagement

Whittier, Cal, July 9-(P)-Clar.
ence Johnson, 10 years old, welter-
weight boxer of this city, known to
the ring as Rosey Johnson, died here
last night following a prize fight in
winch he was knocked out in the
fourth round. His opponent was Pat
Patrick.
1t was stated that death apparently
was caused by a cerebral hemorrage.
An investigation has been started by
the sheriffs office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10

the first class was made by Aubrey
Boomer in the French open at La
Bouie in 1922. On 6,646-yard
course Boomer went out in 81 and
came hdne in "a for sensational
s.. Bobby Jones's qualifying rounds
of IS and SO in the recent British
open are without equal, and are only
approached by Jock Hutchison's 81
and 68 to qualify for the 1922 United
States Open at Skokie.
For thirty-six holes, Duncan's 11e
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Aided by RosenwaId Fund

SpeclaI dedIcatlon EXERCISES marked
the completion recently at Riverside,
Walker County, Tex, of the three
thousandth Rosenwald building. The
Rosenwald Fund, established in 1917
to promote Negro education by aid
ing in the erection of school build
ings and teachers homes, is now in
operation in IA Southern States.
During this time 1859 school build
ings and III teachers homes have
thus been built. In the number of
teachers homes. Mississippi stands
first, with "a. North Carolina. with
500, leads in schoolhouses. and also
in the total number of Rosenwald
buildings erected, 514.
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Ingratitudei

On an Irish golf course there was
a shortage of caddies. A farm
laborer who had never seen golf
played was therefore pressed into
service.
After two rounds the player for
whom he had caddied presented him
with payment far beyond a laborer,s
daily wage.
The improvised caddie was natur-
ally anxious for further engage
ment. So, as he handed over the
clubs. ne asked, politely, Might your
honor be diggin' sere again about the
same time Observation-Disclosures
Sunday Herald.
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Low Blow a Flashy and Effective Work Champion
GIANTS RAP four HURLERS FOR
DOUBLE WIN over LEADERS

Cincinnati, Ohio, July e.-(P-New
york took both ends of the double
header today from Cincinnati 7 to 4
and to l. In the first contest Dono-
hue was hit hard and had to be taken
out in the seventh inning. THE
Giants piled up II hits in each game.
Rixey started in the second but was
z taken out after six innings when
New York had Melted four runs. Nc
Quillan was most effective on the
mound in the second game. allowing
only four hits. Scores:
First Game:
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What is the best
golf score on rec
ord? The United
States open cham
pionship now being
played makes this
question a timely
one, and a little
delving in the rec
ord books gives us
the answer. The
best golf score on
record for eighteen
holes in a tourna-
ment is Sc, made
bv Ceorue Duncan
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Steam Used in Egypt Years 8. C.

NNSoi" SSSA ii G9yPt FEARS Q. ~.
No great invention ever was the
work of one mind, they will tell you
at the patent office. Everybody sup
poses that Watts invented the steam
engine in 1882, but history records
the first steam engine was operated
in Egypt 224 years before Christ,
and that the inventor was a Mr..
Hero of Alexandria and not Mr..
Watts. Hero wrote knowingly of
the expansive forces of steam, de-
scribed the cylinder, piston, and side
valves; built his own stationary en-
CINE and used 1t for raising water.
There are records of improvements
on Hero's design, or of other steam
engines, in 1901 and 1929 in Italy,
and in 1856, 1880 and 1712 in England
and France. 1t is. just like the dis
coyery of America. Columbus gets
the credit but the Norsemen- and
others beat him to it.-capper's
Weekly.