davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1926-02-25
PUBLIC NOT INTERESTED

Put few responses have been received
By the local office Of the u. S. Engineer
in answer to q QUESTIONABLE sent out in
June, 1926, requesting information on
the subject Of the preliminary survey OF
San Jua harbor project. The Washing
ton office may however have received re-
plies on the subject.
K. P. Nurden, engineer in charge, says
replies received by him were from steam
ship companies or others who had some
thing to gain by harbor Improvements
but the public in general has express
but little interest in the matter. IBID.
, 1926-02-25
SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL ENDS

San Juan's most successful Carnival is
over. Lent is here, The city was new
err more decorated and illuminated than
it has been during the past ten days,
and Carnival has never been carried out
on so large and extensive scale.
One Of the most beautiful ceremonies
oe the season was last Friday evening
when the Spanish Casino Queen was
crowned. The Queen was dressed as
Queen Isabella of Spain, and her courtiers
were arrayed in garments of the period.
At Stop 10 they embarked in galIeons
and sailed majesticalIy across the Canda.
do Lagoon TO the pier erected at the
Knights of Columbus Club. Here the
royal tbrong was met by a trOup of ROr-
inquen Indians who greeted them with
great ceremony and escorted them to the
CandadO Vanderbilt Hotel where the
coronation took place.
Sunday saw the Carnival parade.
Confetti, cloretilo, snoWbaIls and stream
ers flew wild and free and traffic Jams
were frequent.
Last night at midnight King Mono.
the King of Joy and Monarch of Laugh
ter sadly bid his subjects goodbye and
Carnival for 1926 ended.-P. r. Progress
, 1926-02-25
THAMES FLOODS RECEDING.
Street Punts Take Men To Work.
Winter Weather Returns.
Ice Cold England.

The greater part Of the British Isles
suffered a severe change on Tuesday
from the ]sprinq-liEe weather Of II
weekend. A strong easterly wind made
conditions out of doors bitterly cold, al
though the sun shone.
The floods which in many parts Of
England caused great inconvenience and
loss and hardship last week began 10
recede on Sunday from fields and roads.
On Friday and Saturday, while all the
way from Oxford to Teddington the
Thames was flooding meadows and $50
lating summer bungalows, at Maiden
head it was invading the town itself.
For a stretch of 800 yards the main
Bath road was flooded to a depth of
from Gin. to 2ft.
Maidenhead Corporation provided rails
ed pIanks along the Bath road for pedes-
trians and sent men in waders and SOU
Westers 10 help the more timOrous along.
walking the plank" was a popular
amusement with some of the younger
folk, but older people who had business
to transact faced it with trepldation.
Practically all the houses on the river
side at Maidenhead were isolated.
Boatmen established a punt service in
, 1926-02-25
MdtrldgR.
ROBINS0N--KING

At Bethel A. N. E. Church. Christian
sted, st. CroiX, Virgin Islands, West
Indies, on Thursday evening at 80
were joined in Holy Matrimony Rev.
ELISHA G. S. ROBINSON. son of Rev. and
Mrs, j. H. Robinson. of AZ Lake Ave
nue., Greenwich, Conn. and Miss EMME-
LINE VIRGINIA KING, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. +. King of Barbados, B. WI.
and sister of the late Rev. A. T. King of
the Moravian Church.
Long before the arrival of the bride,
the street was lined on both sides by
crowds of eager sight seers; while in
the church interested spectators filled
all available space not occupied by the
guests.
The church was very t~astefulIy de-
cOrated by loving hands.
At the entrance and along the aisle
were arches Of palm leaves entWineI
with garlands of coralita flowers.
The altar was decorated with lighted
candles, palm leaves and a profusion of
flowers.
The bridegroom, attired 10 a robe of
black satin, bordered with black velvet,
and accompanied by his bestman Mr..
Alfred Francis, the pastors steward, and
President of the St. Croix Labor Union,
took his place before the altar.
At a quarter to eight, two flower girls,
the little Misses Sibyl Barrow and Merle
Christian dressed in pink crepe de chine
preceded the bride, who was beauti.
fully attired in a gown of brocaded crepe
de chine, artistically beaded, and with a
richly embroidered veil crowned with a
tiara Of orange blossoms.
, 1926-02-25

{ She carried a bouquet of eucharist
lilies aid maiden hair tern. and Tearing
on the arm OF her sister, Miss c. Alberta
King. the Matron of Honor, followed
by her brides maid, Miss Lou van
BrackIe, passed majesticaIIy 10 the altar
and stood under the arch with the we'd
ding bell.
The uahers were Messrs. Christian and
Messer.
The ceremony was most impressiveIy
performed by Rig. S. c.. Chase of St.
Luke's A. NJ. E. Church.
After The marriage ceremony the Holy
Communion was administered to the
newly welded couple.
The service was choral, with Mrs
Ruth Barrow presiding at the organ.
The Professional Hymn was. The
Voice that breathed DER Eden" The
Hymn OF Resignation after be ceremo-
ny was, Father | know that all my
life.
The Hymn Of Conservation was. God
is Love-" which was sung TO the tune Of
No. 267 iE the AMI Z. Hymnal.
The happy couple left the church amid
the strains Of The Wedding March"
rendered effectively by Miss |. Stevens.
Music Teacher in The Public School.
The reception was given at the resi-
dence of Mrs. NJ c. Cruise, No. 10 West
err Suburbs, where were displayed a
profusion Of flowers and numerous and
costly presents, evidencing the high es-
TEEN in which both parties are held in
the community.
The couple are spending their honey
moon at East Hill.
Reported By 1hos. J. Ash.
, 1926-02-25
LOCAL

The Industrial Brass Band rendered a
fine program on the wharf last night.
The sweet strains of music coupled with
a beautiful moonlight made up a very
pleasant evening.
Ten bags of States mail which arrived
by the S. s Dominica were received and
distributed in this town yesterday after
noon.
The schooner Resolution arrived here
this morning from St. Thomas with local
mail and the following passengers
EstelIa Dunbavin and child, ByrI Adams,
Consuelo George and Evelyn Stanley.
The sIoop Alice, 16 tons, left here yes
terday afternoon for Fajardo, Porto Rico,
with q head of horned cattle consigned
to Mr.. Malta.
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held at 80 this evening
at Estate Castle Burke. See notice on
fourth page.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
NEX|A IN GRIP
/. Of NEW OIL.
!. BOOM
Excitement Runs High as
Thousands Flock
to Scene,

a MEXIA, April 223.-CP-Excite.
ment over the possibility of a new
Mexia-Balconnes fault oil field dis
( c0yery, five miles west Of here, has
, brought a rush of thousands of oil
.4mcn and oil field boom followers 10
Mexia within period OF "A hours
and stimulated wildcatting deals il
Central Texas involving more than
$2J0000.
! The drilling bit of the Transcon-
tinental Oil cOmpany's well. drilling
in on wildcat test paralelling the
MoXia pool and near where the Riotcr
Foster Oil corporation is nearing
Woodbine sand depths. has penetrated
a rich, clean said. In the event the
well comes in. the Pure Oil Pipeline
company is prepared to make con-
nections with its main line within an
hour.
Should the well come in, many
geological theories will be upset. oil
men declare. 1t would be the first
producer struck west of any of the
pools along the Balconies fault.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
INSURANCE OF DISABLED
VETERANS HOLDS GOOD

PORTLAND. Ore. April 23.-R
Federal Judge Iyolverton today rules
that under Section BOG of the Veter-
ans act of 1924, the war risk in
surance policy of an ex-service man
who has had temporary total dis
ability rating during the life of the
policy does not lapse through failure
Of the veteran TO pay premiums.
The ruling was made in denying
the motion of thu government for a
directed verdict in the suit brought
by Mrs. frankie Dictz Walker to col
lect the benefits of war risk insur-
ance policy held BIZ her brother, Fred
erick NJ. Croker.
The ruling was said to be the first
Of its nature in the United States.
and close observers of the case estI-
mated that it woukl automatically put
approximately $1,000. 100000 worth
of war risk insure nee policies back
into effect.
Judge Wolverton then directed the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
Chadbourne Turned
Loose by BoVines

DALLAS, April 23.-CP)-Chet
Chadbourne, veteran Outfielder, has
been Internationally released by the
Dallas baseball club. He exhibited
some good work during the spring
games, but was unable TO break into
the star Steer outficld.
Club officials also said that Swcdc
lind, the recruit sensation recently
sent to Corsicana, had baked at his
disposition. and will be sent to the
Denver Bears instead. He still be,
longs to Dallas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
Judge Will Speak
at Main Graduation

Judge o. NJ. Fitzhugh will make
the annual graduation address TO the
Main Avenue High School senior class
during the commencement exercises
in May, it has been announced. Judge
Fitzhugh has been serving as special
judge in the Thirty-seventh District
Court during the prolonged illness nf
Judge William s, Anderson.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23

jury to return n verdict in favor Of
Mrs. Walker. Under the verdict she
will receive a lump award of $500
and further premiums in regular in,
stallments.
The Veterans bureau contended
that a veteran dated as temporarily
totally disabled could keep his policy
in effect without payment of premiums
only when written application to
this effect had been deposited with
the bureau. The court held that this
was not necessary.
Croker died in September, 1920
of injuries received in France.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
Grew Saves Ship
When Hold Blazes
. Above Dynamite

EVERETT, Wash, April 23.-CP)
Bringing the story of 14-hour bat
tle at sea with fire ignited by II
17OO-pound drum Of sulfuric. acid to
prevent it from spreading TO a cargo
of dynamite, the steam schooner Vik-
ing made port here today.
The sulfuric acid was stored in Il
cargo hold directly above a shipment
of Al tons of dynamite and during a
gale the drum slipped its flashing and
started leaking, Immediately ignitiD$
the hold
Several sailors were overcome be.
fore a line was placed around the
drum and it was hoisted on deck
and dropped overheard. q. @.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
500 Troops Guard
Attack SUSPECTS

MADISONVILLE, KY, April %.
R)-With 500 troops of the Ken
lucky National Guard on duty here
patrOlling the vicinity of the Jail
where three negroes are being held
on charges of attacking a 16-year-
old white girl, and the courthouse,
the Hopkins county grand jury was
today to investigate the case and make
its renort.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
Germicide Measure
Passed by Senate

WASHINGTON. April 23.-P)-
Poisons used rs gcrmiCides or inScc
tides will be mailable in containers
approved by the postmaster general
under n bill just passed by the Senate
and sent TO the House. Senator Fra.
zicr. Republican Of North Dakota, its
author. explained that it would assist
farmers in sparscly settled regions OF
The West.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
Woman Disturbing
Peace Arrested

4 woman in the city Jail Friday
evidently didn't realize this Thursday
night.
After one Of two men she claimed
were robbing her lunch stand was ar
rested. the woman engaged the second
in verbal tilt.
Then she and the man were booked
for disturbing the peace.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-23
l0O-gallon Still
Found by Agents

The most complete distllling ap-
paratus ever found in San Antonio
was unparthcd by federal prohibition
agents in raid on LOmbranO street.
The still was of hundred gallon
capacity and capable of producing
high proof whiskcy at the first run.
Twcnty-six gallons of whiSkey and
5000 gallons Of mash were c<2tured.
4 man and two women were taken
into custody.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23

'Rules of the road" are revolution
izing the truck Industry and truck
traffic. Trucks now must keep up
with the procession. This has become
obligatory because Of the demand for
speedy transportation Of goods and
as measure OF safety affecting mo-
torists Of all kinds. AS a result there
has come. a greater demand for lighter
trucks, with more engine f1exibility
and greater ease in handling in heavy
traffic.
Roads are becoming more and more
congested, both with freight and pas
senger travel State, county and mu-
nicipal authorities are speeding up the
pace. It is as much an error of driv-
ing today to run slower than the traf-
fic stream as to run at reckless speed.
The motorcycle officer who draws up
alongside car on well-traveled road
is as likely to shout .'step on IT. or
keep moving as to hand out a sum
mons for exceeding the speed limit.
Cause OF Accidents.
Trucks have not been keeping the
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23

road pace. AS a result, long lines of
cars have been blocked. Traffic au-
thorities have. found that nine out of
ten accidents of the road occurred as
result Of cars attempting to pass
sl0wmoving vehicles in the face Of
stream Of traffic in the opposite direc-
tIon.
Maintenance OF Pace.
Many truck manufacturers, there's
fore, believe the heavy four and FIVE
ton trucks are passing, both for in
terurban and urban traffic. Trans
porters Of freight by motor are sub
shutting lighter vehicles of more
speed and fiexibility which can keep
the pace" It is significant that the
cost Of operation does not seem to
count in comparison with speed.
Companies operating lines Of freight
trucks between cities say they would
rather be able to offer speedy delivery
than cheap delivery. It is this tend
ency which has brought about devel-
opment Of the six-cylinder bus now go
ing into quantity production.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
100 Ton Whale Rides
Worship BolU for Day

Los Angeles, Calif-The story about
the 1OO-ton whale that rode for day
on the bow of the superdreadnaught
New Mexico, while it was returning to
Los Angeles harbor from the Puget
Sound navy yard. has just been made
known.
The whale. before discovery, had the
skipper, chief engineer and navigator
Of the battleship badly worried.
The navigator, taking bearings from
radio compass stations as the New
Mexico steamed southwark, found ii
was making only nine knots an hour.
The captain, knowing that he had a
ship which had not faltered since II
was commissioned in 1916, is said to
have spoken rather sharply about the
respective abilities Of the navigator
and chief engineer.
1t was at this crucial moment that
the levlathan was discovered parked
across the knifelike bow and removed.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Installation of Lower
Covers Is Winter Hint

Here is cold weather tip from an
authority on automobile service, r. A.
Armstrong, director Of service for a
big motor car company
Installation of lower covers on the
inside of engine hoods In cold weather
is advised by Mr. Armstrong, even on
cars equipped with devices for con-
trolling radiator and engine tempera-
lures. Both gasoline mileage and en-
CINE performance are improved by
lower covers, he declared.
Satisfactory covers can be cut from
ordinary card board and should be at
tached so as to close the lower open
ings by cord or wire tied around the
fins of the lowers. Cold air thus Is
prevented from entering the engine
compartment.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Cold Engines. Cause Trouble

One of the most important con-
illusions drawn from a recent inves-
tigation made by prominent auto
motive authorities was that 80 to rs
per cent of all automobile engine trou-
bles are caused by cold engines. En-
gines that are hot to the touch, it was
found, are not always hot enough to
properly burn all of the gasoline sup
piled to the cylinder head.
The gasoline that is not exploded
runs down the cylinder walls and
washes the oil film of protection that
should prevent scoring the cylinders.
1t also dilutes the oil in the crank
case and further reduces the effective
ness Of the oil for protecting the NOV
ing parts of the engine.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23

tenebrous wharves and shadowy slips.
The lights of cities have glimmered
In the. distance. Her stunned little
mind has given them no fairy nature,
but merely the quality of unexplained
being, beautiful things to be taken
for granted.
For Judge Frederick Rueckert in
juvenile court, where Cola and Min
ME Marshall, who hail from Greens.
boro, N. c., were committed to jail. in
default of $1,000 bail after pleading
not guilty to charges of cruelty, little
Mary held up her hands and pitiful
face for inspection. Sergeant Elem
ming and Agent Proctor had little
difficulty in impressing the court with
the seriousness of the case.
Plight Is Discovered.
The child's plight came to light
when police investigated a report that
a little girl was being mistreated at
16 Cope street. There they found the
Marshalls in a lodging house. where
they had temporarily taken quarters
while the father was employed as a
stevedore at the state pier. He re-
turned TO a floating home later.
Sergeant Flemming notified Mr..
Proctor, who, with more police, went
subsequently to the barge upon which
the Marshalls had taken up their
abode. The tot exhibited a board
two feet long with which she said her
parents had struck her. The parents
denied this. her father maintaining he
had Whitfield another board down to
an eighth of az inch thickness to pun
lsh her when he thought she needed
it. Mary is, it is said, apparently
bright, and with kindness and atten-
ton may be rendered as happy and
playful as tots of her age normally
should be.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
CAR INSPECTION
is WINTER NEED
Overhaul Battery, Brakes,
Tires and Radiator.

Winter Is the most exacting time OF
year on automobile performance. 1t is
during this period that the little things
about the car which ordinarily would
go unnoticed during the spring, sum-
mer and fall months develop into seri-
Gus trouble. Motors get cold and hard
to start, with the consequent drain on
the battery, valves do not always f1nc-
ton properly, oil congeals In the
transmission and differential and
makes gears hard to shift as well as
cars hard to get under way; the clutch
shifts harder, and down through the
thousand and one things that, co-ordi-
mating, make for the satisfactory op.
GRAFTON of an automobile
Profits by Experience.
The experienced potorist remem-
bers troubles Of other years and sets
about to profit by It, He takes his
ear into the service station and has 1t
checked over and whatever work nee
essary done Next he visits his bat
terry man, If the service station does
not operate battery department, and
sees that his battery is in good con-
dition. A good battery is more essen
tial during the winter months than
any other time Of the year.
Cars are harder to start and lights
are burned more hours a day, with
the consequent greater drain on it.
To offset this there are not the long
trips over week-ends or even the drive
at nights to help charge the battery,
as in the summer months. 1t is esti-
mated that in ordinary service the
battery is called on to do so per cent
more work than during the summer.
In the matter of Oil care should be
used A lighter oil is recommended
for winter. Likewise it should be
changed more often because the fire.
quent use of the choke in starting a
cold motor means that there is going
to be more or less crankcase dilution,
which destroys the lubricating quail
ties of the oil.
Use Antifreeze Mixture.
Every motorist puts one of the nu
merous antifreeze mixtures in his ra-
diator. Before doing so he should
flush it out, thereby removing any ac-
humiliation of sediment or rust that
may have gathered, thus insuring a
freer circulation of water. 1t is well
at this time to examine the hose con-
nections, and if the car has had con-
siderable service it might not be bad
idea to replace them. because the rub
Der has tendency to disintegrate,
thus impeding the circulation.
Brakes should be adjusted, for dur
ing bad weather more dependence
must be put in them than at any other
season.
Tires, If worn, ought to be replaced,
for the water, snow and ice will work
into the tread cuts and perhaps cause
trouble at a most inopportune time.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
CHILD TORTURED
BY PARENTS IN
HOME ON BARGE
Girl Doubled Up Like Jack
Knife and CrGnmed In
to Kitchen DrauOer.

Providence, r. I-Scarred and
bruised by stern, self-righteous North
Carolina parents, a child of the dark.
grimy barges, four-year-old Mary Mar
shall, pondered on a tenderness she
had never known to exist in the world
before firm, kindly men, CARRIED in
blue and brass, took her father and
mother away
Mary was safe from punishment in
the Doyle avenue refuge of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. With her were David and
Lila May, her. fourteen year-old broth
er and seven-year-old sister. Cola and
Minnie Marshall, the parents, were in
Providence county Jail.
The tale. told of Mary MarshalIs
young life is one of pathos and suffer
ing, of primitive torture, almost Of
horror.
Doubled up like jack-knife, she
has been crammed in kitchen draw
err. sTied by the wrists and ankles, she
has been slung between two beds like
hammock. Her hands have been
strung to bedpost above her head,
so that only the tips of her toes sup
ported her. Her flesh bears the .we1ts
of a thick, heavy board. And all, her
parents piously assert, because she
told stories and was "a little liar"
Knew No Kindness.
A daughter of the water front,
Mary has known but the noisome
smells of tidewater, the ghostIy still
hulks of night anchored craft, the
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Justice Rules All
Must Use Judgment


Justice Howard Keener Of
Patagonia, Ariz.. has made a rul-
ing that criminal careIessness
and manslaughter may not be
charged, following traffic acct
dent deaths, when the party suf-
fering has been in fault in OBJ
serving the rules of the road.
Alfred Hudgin had been
charged with responsibility for
the death of the daughter of
Robert Reed of Fairbank.
It is found that while Hudgin
had been driving in reckless
manner the driver Of the other
car "could have avoided the ac-
cident had he used ordinary eau
ton" and had not tried to pass
Hudgin's car, even though the
latter had been driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Declaration was made by the
court that the driver Of a car,
aware Of danger, should use ev-
cry effort to safeguard the lives
Of his passengers.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Speed Limit Is Raised
on Massachusetts Avenue

Photograph shows Miss Alice Perry,
a visitor to Washington, D. @. from
Detroit, who was so overjoyed at the
fact that the speed limit on upper
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Children's Wear

liz Bath Robes in rose and
hlue colors with checked col
lars and cuffs and fancy cord
girdle. Regularly $2O8
$4.9S. Special, each
-25 Children's Coats in double
breasted style and sizes to 4
years. Colors blue, brown and
buff. s7'9s values $4.08
IL Navy blue Serge Regula-
ton Dresses with collars trim
med with white silk braid.
Belted models. Sizes 2 to
years. Regularly $2.08
s4.9s. Special, each
-Children's Lumberjacks in
plaids of green and black and
red and black. Two-pocket
style. Regularly @C O3
1896. Special, each
-Children's Corduroy Hats
with ear taps. Tan only; trimmed
with plush. Regularly 2Qc
31.00. Special. each. OS
Infants Handmade Japanese
Silk Quilts. Blue only. Regu-
larly $2.ss. Special, CT QQ
each ..........:....
-25 Sweater Suits-coat.
sweater, mittens, leggings and
cap. Regularly $500. @2 40
Special, each.
-Children's Velvet Hats in all
colors. Sizes 2 to 6 years, and
$500 to $500 values. at 09
for
Kann's-Second Floor.