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New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
LEGION ID INITIATE
 OVER 100 CANDIDATES
Ceremony Will Be Held
 in ElkS' Hall Friday Night

Friday evening, more than 100
 cN-serviccmcn in this city will he
 initiated as members of Eddy-Gloyer
 post, American Legion. The size of the class necessitates the use Of the
 Elks hall for the ceremony Of in- duction. II will be Landers' night and the initiation ceremonies will be in charge of the following Legion naires employed by Landcrs, Frary X Clark: Commander, William Jack son; first vice commander, Howard Drummer; second vice commander, Cleon Bell; sergeant-at-arms. Will liam Weinberg; chaplain, Willis Marsh.
 The candidates will report at the Legion home on Washington street at o'clock and after the meeting IS formally opened, they will pro- ceed to the Ellls club where the ceremonies will be carried out. After the meeting, q reception for new members and guests will be held in the legion rooms. Entertainment and refreshments will be served.
 The Eddy-Glover post airpIane membership race to the South Pole finds Pilot William Jackson's plane carrying the green and white of Landers, Frary &5 Clark past the South Pole and nearing Africa. N. c. Avery, piloting the New Britain Machines entry, has been sighted over the southern tip Of the Argcn- tine republic while close behind is the Legion Luncheon club entry with Pilot c. T. Hayden at the tiller fly, ing low over Bolivia.
 Brazil reports a neck and neck race between Jack Caufeld and his Hart x Cooley Fokker, and Henry swanson in the Corbin Screw mono plane hitting into Brazil while Cap tain George Rawlings with the Butt Maker special from the Stanley Works was last seen making hot tracks from Columbia to Brazil.
 Steve Charmut sent a radiogram from the Bahama Islands reporting his position and Frank Dugan end the Corbin Cabinet Lock and F. Clendinning in the R. x F. scudder were last seen skirting the water off Bermuda. The Skinner Chuck en- try with Lieutenant-Co Commander El- liot Burr pulling the controls had cracked cylinder head and was re- turned to it's home field awaiting q new engine. Leslie Golf, judge of the finals has received reports from all entries and expects them all to near the home wire when the drive ends at midnight, Friday.
 The list of prisoners taken in the advance of the bombers and straaf- ing machines which has already net ted about 130 victims, who will be- come members of Eddy-Glover post Friday night, is as follows:
 Marshall DeColvin. George J. Hamiila, George r. Cooke. Raymond Rigelow, David II. MalmfeIdt, George A. Gauden, Howard E. Ben nett. Peter R. Patino. Thomas Smith, Stanley Slowski. Robert O'Leary, Walter II. Tiarnyy Lloyd R. Linton, Livio Campsneln. Leo Bobinski. Ralph F. Ramsey, Frank Logan, Frank McMahon. Louis C, Recknagle, John K. Peterson. Nicola Frank P. Howard, Alfred Levitt, Frank Rintil, Oscar Kalberg, John J. Heery, Carl E. Johnson Charles Kostatin, Walter Togel, John Pulpe.
 William LaPorte Joseph Puchola. Frederick Scharb, Beverly Walker, William H. Hart, Harold S. Covell, 1 Hiding F. Fobcrg, Carl A. Ander- on, Adam Kujawski, David Aron-
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New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
PUBLIC DEMANDS LESS
The Bathing Suit Is One Article That the Least Given the Better They Like IL.

Milwaukee, June 10 JPp-The pub lie demands it and so manufacturers are producing bathing suits Of just enough material 10 "get by" censors. according to D. F. Byrnes. president of the National Knitted Outer Wear association which opened its con- vention here today.
 Each year, he said, bathing suits "hecomo less and less and the question arises, what is the bath ing suit coming to-"
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
Herald Will Announce
 Title Match Tonight

The round by round account of the light heavyweight cham pionship fight between Paul Berlenbach and W. L. (Young) Stribling at the Yankee Stadium in New York tonight, will be annaunced from the Herald The fight is for Is rounds and is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock daylight saving time.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
DOTYS TRIAL IS SET
 10 BE HELD JUNE I6
Hopes to Escape With Prison Sentence-His-
 tory May Come to Aid

Damascus, Syria, June 10 P>-- Bonnet Doty's father, Lemuel Doty Of Baloxi, Miss, should have no fear that his son will be summarily exc cutcd for his desertion from the French Foreign Legion, high rank ing officers told q staff of cores poudonts for the Associated Press today The officers, connected with he French general staff, said they were surprised at the publicity given the ease abroad.
 Dotys trial has been definitely fycd for June 1G, and the charge against him remains "abandoning his post before armed rebels"
 The American. who is held In confinement here. hopes to escape with light punishment-perhaps sev- eral months imprisonment-and re- turn to another company of the le- sion, complete his term of service and leave the French army with an honorable discharge.
 Doty says he has been in the le- zion more than year and has never before had a bad report chalked against him. He was awarded the CroiX De Guerre only last month for bravery shown in fighting the Druse tribesmen.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
YALE LIONS PAINTED

New Haven, June 10 LP, - The Yale tradition of decorating at least once annually the inoffensive lions of Berkeley Oval by members of the freshman class, was not for gotten this year. ani the animals were given 2 coat of blue and whito paint early this morning. The nu- morals 1929 were painted on as the final coat.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
HAYES WILL NOT APPEAL
 DISMISSAL FROM FORGE
EX-Policeman's Lawyer Says Case Will Not Be Carried to
 Superior Court.

Attorney Thomas r. McDonough, who represented Joseph F. Hayes former supernumerary policeman, # the hearing before the police commissioners Monday evening. said today no appeal will be taken from inc finding of the board. At torney McDonough said after the commissioners dismissed AIr. Hayes from the force. that an appeal might be taken to superior court. but after considering the matter he has decided to allow it to drop.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

Freehold. N. J., June 10 tP> - William Richardson aged 25. Of North Carolina, wanted as a deserter from Fort Monmouth was brought 10 the jail today for investigation in connection with the shooting of a Newark taxi driver and assault on q Jersey City driver and on a lieu tenant of the marines stationed at the fort.
 He was captured on the railway tracks.
 The Newark taxi driver, Joseph Mazza was shot in the right side and is in a critical condition in a Long Branch hospital. He identified fRichardsou as the man who aired him in Newark last night to drive 10 the fort and who shot him near the reservation.
 The officer assaulted was Lieuten- ant J. J. Francs. of the marines. He was on post early today when a man sprang upon him, stripped him and threw him into a well. Francis crawled out after several hours. He was not seriously hurt.
 Frank Miller, a Jersey City taxi driver, was assaulted early Tuesday morning under circumstances simi- lar to the attack on Maya.
 Police say Richardson escaped about month ago from the post hospital where he was held as de- serter.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
NInQrmLAN srccEEps G6wpY

Milwaukee, June 10 LPl-George h''!nlIlar former major league pitcher today was appointed man. ag'r of n" Columbus club of the America" Association succeeding Hank Gowdy.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

Biloxi, Miss. June 10 lPt-A friendly turn for a French subject by the grcat-grandfather Of Bennett Doty may aid that young soldier of fortune in his appearance before a court on a charge of desert- ing the French Foreign Legion.
 Lemucl H. Doty, father of Bennett, has learned that Miss Anna Ellie, Morrillton, Arkansas. found from family records that William Mitchell Murphy, great-grandfathe of the accused youth. more than 75 years ago defended french cabinet maker charged with murder at Selma, Ala bama, and was cited for special serv- ice by Louis Philippe, then King of Trance, for his free and voluntary service for the kings subject.
 The story Of the friendly service of the Alabama attorney will be brought to the attention of the French government.
 Mir. Doty has cabed funds to the American consul at Damascus for the legal defense of his son.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

Worcester Mass. June 10 Pl- Fire destroyed the ice house of the Commonwealth Ice Company, and virtually destroyed its contents of l1,000 tons of ice, placed the homes of many residents in the vincinity of Jordan Pond road and Ringeland road in danger and forced two fam flies to flee from there homes in Shrewsbury early today.
 The fire, of unknown origin. was the second the company has suffered In less than IS months. John C. McGrath, owner of the company, placed his loss at $75,00o and said that he carried little insurance.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
HEADS KTwANIANs

Montreal Que, June 10 F- Ralph H. Zimmerman of Scranton. Pa, was elected president of the international kiwanis, in convention here today
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

Geneva, June 10 LPl-Spain is un- able to accept classification in the composition of the league Of nations council which places her in the sec ondary rank of powers, Senor Quer- bout, declared before the council this afternoon. The attitude of his government. he stated, had not un- 1 dergone any change
 The Spanish spokesman declared that ''as the reason which has pre- vented Spain from ratifying the amendment 10 the covenant has dis appeared, the Spanish government now has decided to proceed witb ratification of the amendment to Article IV."
 The amendment authorizes the as- scmbly 10 fix the regulations con- corning the election of non-perma- nent members of the council. SpaiT was the only member of the council which had not ratified 1t. Her action of today means that any steps taken hy the council reorganization com mission will be unquestionably con. stitution1l.
 Sir Austen Chamberlain expressed happiness that Spain was 10 ratify the amendment. He was however like others, apparently hay over the purport of the Spanish declaration which league officials insist indi- cates that she will withdraw her &C., tive cooperation with the league un- til she is promoted to a permanent cornell seat.
 The amendment implies a system of rotating the non permanent mem- hershin in the council. and by it Spain ran the chance of losing her temporary seat.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
WHITTENORE GETS
 DEATH SENTENCE
Execution Is Automatically De-
 ferred by Filing Of Appeal
GOVERNOR WILL SET DATE
Judge ODunnc Sentences Maryland Bandit -Gangstcr For Murder of Guard in Escaping From Prison in February. 1925.

Baltimore, June 10 CP-Richard Reese Whittemorc. "million dollar crime trust" leader. and slayer of a Maryland penitentiary guard, today was sentenced to die on the gallows. He killed Robert M Hoffman in es- caping from the penitenttary in February, 1925.
 Sentence was pronounced by Judge Eugene ODunuc behind locked court room doors. Under the Maryland Jury's unqualified first de- gree murder verdict there were only two possible sentences the judge could impose--death or life impris- onment. Date Of execution will be set by Governor Albert C. Ritchle. but will automatically be deferred by an appeal which Whittemore and his counsel, Edgar Allan Poe, have announced will be taken.
 Wife Paints Away
 Whittemore apparently was not a1 all surprised by the death sentence and received it calmly. His wife apsed into unConsciousneSs twice. She had started to enter the court room prior to the imposition Of sen tonce, but her courage deserted her and she fled to an office on the floor below. There she heard that the bandit was 10 hang after the locked courtroom doors were again open.
 She was taken from the building later by John Rawlings Whittemore. the slayer's father, who had sat throughout the court proceedings with bowed head.
 killed Prison Guard
 Whittemore killed Robert IT. Hoffman, 60 year old guard. in es- caping from the penitentiary Feb ruary 20. 1925. He claimed self de, tense, but on May 21 a jury found him guilty Of first degree murder. The supreme bench of Baltimore denied him a new trial.
 The debonair underworld dandy. credited with the leadership Of one of the most amazing criminal or ganizations of recent years, essayed his first clash with the law while still a lad in short trousers. and reacled the end Of hts career while yet young. His 27th birthday is still three months away. His uotoricty as a criminal was earned during what may be the last months Of his life. Little more than q year inter- yened between his staying Of Holt man and his capture in New York last March during a crime round up.
 Until 1918, when he enlisted in the United States coast guard. his record was chiefly notable for cs- capes fro a juvenile institution Of correction. Between March 20, 1916. and March IS, 1918. he es- caped seven times from the Mary land school for boys.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
MAN BADLY BURNED IN
 BLAZE IN BRIDGEPORT
Park City Has Three Fires S75,0OO Loss as Worces-
 ter Ice House Burns

Bridgeport, June 10 Pt-One man was severely burned and over 350,- 900 damage was caused here las, night by three fires, two of which were of serious proportions. Ed ward Clerk. 52, was seriously burn ed in fire at the plar- Of the Berk- shire Fertilizer company and was re- ported in very poor condition at St. Nincents hospital today.
 Damages estimated at $25,000 was done to the plant.
 In another fire the interior of the tugboat John Glen of the Bridgeport Towing line was badly damaged by a blaze which started when no one was aboard the craft. The third fire was in the Salts Textile Plant on kossuth street where a quantity of upholstery vas destroyed.
 It vas impossible to estimate closely the amount of damage done in these last two fires hut it is be- lieved that it will total al least S25,000.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

The alarm for the Berkshire Fertilizer company was rung in at o'clock this morning, few mo- ments after an explosion had oc- cured in one of the corrugated iron sheds in which castor oil is manufactured. In the plant were stored tons of fertilizer, one Of the by-products from the manufacture of the castor oil, as we'll as the oil itself and this leaped into a mass of flames which quickly converted the entire plant into a veritable furnace.
 The explosion occurred in a build ing adjoining the one which was all most completely destroyed by the fire. Clark with two other workers were working among the dryers and it is believed that friction in one of the dryers caused q spark which ignited the benzoyl.
 A brick wall between the two buildings was demolished by the ex- plosion-
 Bremen had just returned from the tugboat John Glen when sum- moned to the fertilizer plant The tugboat fire proved a stubborn one to fight, dense clouds of smoke and the fear that the vessels boiler might explode adding to the diffi- The breaking of a steam pipe with the escaping steam from the boiler finally relieved. anxiety.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

London, June 10 P|-An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Geneva says Dr. Mello Franco told the league Of nations council this after noon that Brazil was resigning from the council but that did not mean she was relinquishing her member. ship in the league.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

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New Britain herald., 1926-06-10
BRAZIL REPORTED AS
 ASSIGNING POSITION
Quits League Council, Ha- vas Dispatch Says
 Spain Sounds Threat

Paris, June 10 iPl-A Havas des- patch from Geneva says Dr. Mello Franco today presented Brazils res ignation as member of the council of the league of nations.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-10

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The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
MRS. CARR MARRIES

Word of the marriage of Mrs. Carr and Harold Smith of Ketchi- kan has just been receivtd. They were married at Ketchikan, Sunday last and left on the Dorothy Alex ander for Sitka.
 Mrs. Smith was a member of the teaching force in the Petersburg schools before entering service in the Bureau of Education. She has had charge of the Bureau school at s'itka for the past two years. Mir. Smith is a forest Ranger with the U. s. Forest Service and has been in that department for several years.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
HERRING
 PACK FAILURE

The year 1926 has been a sad year for the herring packers in The herring fishermen in the Prince William Sound district report fishery operations in that district to be a complete failure. The packers in the Chatham dis trict report better packs but the fishermen declare that they did not get enough to make more than wages. Continued destruction and wanton waste of thousands of bar rels of herring as has been reported this summer will remove the pack CTS from this field. There is a limit to the seed supply of herring just as there is to salmon.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
SHIPPING
 ELkS NORTH

The first shipment of elk to Alas ka. under the Territorial stocking program will be made on the Queen duo to sail tomorrow. according to word received at the local office of the Alaska Game Confusion. The shipment is being made by s. Fl. Eathbun, Washington State Super visor of game and game fish, who is endeavoring to secure the animals to be placed On islands in south eastern and southwestern Alaska.
 Owing to difficulties encountered in capturing the live elk, only two will be shipped north on the Queen. Each is two year old. They will be taken from Sitka and placed on Kruzoff Isand.
 Arrangements have been complet- ed for the capture of a considerable number of elk next spring to be shipped to the Territory. Juneau Empire.
 The Empire might have been fair enough to add that the first re- cuest for this program now being carried out was made by bunch of 'illiterates" in convention at Rake three Or four. years ago.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
AN INCREASE
 IN MINERAL

Mines in Alaska produced SIS, 220,692 worth of mainerals in 1925 as against $17,457,333 worth in 1924, according to announcement made by the Department of the In- .lerior recently through the Geologi- cal Survey. The total value of the mineral output of the Territory since 1880 is $553.3O4,96
 Tn spite of the gradual exhaustion of the rich gold-placer deposits, the gold output in 1925 was greater than in 1924, just as the output in 1924 was greater than that of 1923, according to the figures of the Geo. logical survey. Placer mines pro- duced less gold in 1925 than in 1924, but this decrease was more than made up by the inreased pro- duction of the gold lodes, which now yield almost as much as the placers.
 The production of placer gold from the vicinity of Fairbanks and from Seward Pennsula was reduced to some extent as a result of nego- tlations and preparation for more active future work by some of the principal operators. Extensive pre- paration for future mining is being made at Fairbanks and will not be completed for at least two years.
 Increase in the value of the min eral output of Alaska in 1925, as in 1924, resulted largely from the n- crease in the value of copper and took place in spite of the fact that less copper was produced in 1925 than in 1924.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27

Practically all the Pacific Coast salmon pack is marketed thru Seat tie and Puget Sound ports, and the average pack for the last 10 years has been S.OOO,OOO cases of 36 cans each. Seattle also handles and ships more fresh fish than any coast city, and is today shipping halibut and otfer fish by the car load into fish markets like Boston. The fishing industry brings $4O,0OO,OOO a year to Seattle, where fleets ar outfitted, supplies purchased and fish market ed.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
:. HERMIT HELD SOLUTION

The melting of icebergs by use of thermit, which the Photographic office of the navy considers may be of great importance in protecting lanes, has been successfully accom- Ilished off new Foundland by Can adian authorities.
 This information is contained in a letter to the Photographic Office from Prof. H. T. Barnes. professor of physics at McGill University, Montreal, and explains that thermit is a mixture of aluminium metal and iron oxide which generates a heat of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit. This intense heat acted upon the ice berg as sudden and intense heat acts upon glass, cauisng the berg to crack into many pieces.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
SECURES APPOINT
 MENT TO WEST POINT

John J. Gilmore, son of MT. and Mrs. P. F. Gilmore of Ketchikan re- ceived notice of his appointment as cadet of the U. s. Military Acad- emy, New York He accepted the appointment and will take mental and physical examination at Chil- koot Barracks in March. Passing that examination successfully he is to report to the superintendent at West Point in July, 1927 at which time his warrant of appointment will be given him. Gilmore was horn in Ketchikan and is graduate of the schools of that town
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
PROTESTS TAX IN
 TIE FOX RANCHES

ped his island by expense and very hard work, to the time when he can sell some of his own property, tfoxes which he paid in full for) i, he must give to the government fif- ty cents for every skin he ships out of the Territory.
 Some ranches are incorporated and pay the regular Territorial and Federal tax. This last tax is rather a neglected one. After the year is up the profits of the average fur farmer is a minus quantity, hence no income tax.
 As an example, the writer knows of one ranch that paid out in build ing material, labor and provisions, nearly $10,O00 last year. That much cash was spent by one ranch Ill the Territory. Paid in several taxes nearly $55O. The owners of this ranch have not received one cent from this ranch in four years. Yet this ranch is not an isolated case It represents ninety percent of the island rancherS
 Other fur farms are in similar circumstance. Martin are not rais- ed successfully in captivity. Yet there are a few pioneers experi- menting in martin and paying the taxes for the privilege. The Bio- logical Survey has no useful in- formation about martin.
 The mink rancher can get no in formation whatsoever from the Bio- logical Survey, yet he pays the tax es for his own experimenting.
 Such are the reasons why the taxes are unjust. Fur Farmers are not asking subsidies. But they do ask a chance to prove or disprove the value of fur farming to the Ter ritory without being taxed to death in the experiment.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
LAID.

The cornerstone of the new Presbyterian Church at Juneau was laid with Walter F. Meier, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Washington Masons officiating at the service.
 R. B. Robertson made the state ment of the purpose for which the building is to be used and extended formal invitation to the Grandmas- ter to lay the cornerstone. Mem bers of the Mt. Juneau and Gastin- eau Lodges, F. and A. M. assisting. Grand Orator O. A. Stillman, pastor of the church made an address after tho laying of the stone and the service was closed with the singing of America" and the pronounce
The Alaskan., 1926-08-27
ALASKANS GENEROUS

''The response of Alaskans to the United Jewish appeal drive has been gratifying to me" says S. B. Asia, member of the Seattle execu- tive committee in charg of the drive for funds in Washington and Alaska, who has been in Anchor age in the interest of the campaign
 The quota for Alaska excepting Nome, is $1O,OOO. This amount has been oversubscribed, and MT. Asia still has Seward to visit as he is do- mating his time to the cause and paying expenses out of his own pocket.
 Funds from this campaign will be used for reconstruction work in Europe and Palestine, for Jewish people left destitute by the world war, the Russian revolution and the Polish revolution.