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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-08

By the Associated Press,
" u OW would you like to earn
$15S.000 with your fists in
three years and wind up
owing yourself money?
Not so good?
Pete Sarmiento doesn't think so,
either.
Sarmiento. broWn-slinned boxer
from the Philippines, has begun TO
save for the well known rainy day
after tossing off a fortune. He is lock
ing the barn at the age OF "a, after
the horse is stolen.
IN the golden year Of 1926 Pete
earned $62 900 in 81 fights-an aver
age of $1,000 whenever he laced on
the gloves. He fought some Of the
best boys in the country-Charley
cPhiIO Rosenberg, Eddie Anderson,
Pal Moore, Joey Sangor-bantam-
weights and featherweights alike
and he didn't bubble over a few
pounds. although he never weighed
over 121 himself.
Sarmiento's ledger shows this for
tune since he landed in America in
1928:
1924 ................ $5S 900
1928 Observation-Disclosures. b2,OU0
1926 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3S,0O0
lie got flu OF ms money Win feCk-
less abandon and then some. Gam
bling, expensive motor cars and fine
clothes, handouts to destitute coun-
trymen-destitute until they got Pete
into a card game.
When Sarmiento went TO box he
took only the barest necessities, and
at the scene of battle he bought a new
outfit, from hat to silk underwear.
Rather than carry a grip 10 feet he'd
wait and lay out a dollar tip to
porter,
Within three years he has sent
home $4,000, making Rockefellers of
his parents in the Philippines, where
$4,000 American gold is 10000 pesos.
Now Pete is locking the barn door
The thrift bug has stung him so badly
that he Tugs his own grip, walks in
stead Of hailing taxi and even saves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-08
by FATRPI.AY.

n IEW YORK. April S.--"Betsy-
IN town" to the natives and Eliza
NJ beth. n. j.. to the outsdets IS
L gloating over new fighter
who is expected TO gain for
the city the fame already enjoyed pc
cause of the prowess of those TWO
native sons, Mickey Walker anu
George Ward
The newcomer is Ernie Schaaf,
young heavyweight, who Is peihg !,Il '',,.
ed by Phil Schlossberg, former
heavyweight champion of the Navy
and nal of Larry PrenderGast, protiief
of the more Industrious Eddie SheViin.
Schlossberg did not create any
r,,4,,n,,e &c a national figure When ne
was boxing but in Schaaf he may be
come famous as the manager d
leading heavyweight attraction
Schaaf has had five pfoIessionai
bouts, winning his httn ISual
night in Boston, when ne khocheo Uoe
Jack Gagnon Of New Bedford III tne
second round In a recent bout ne
knocked out Ad Stone. Ad is not the
fighter he was once. His eyes have
rome had but Ernie's feat in knocking
ont the big Marine is a real one AS
an amateur Schaaf scored 81 knock
outs in 25 battles and won the inter-
national amateur heavyweight crown.
He won the Navy title, and now as
pro he looks like a real find. Tie IS but
Is years old, tips the scale at 190
and is 6 feet 2 inches tall.
This is fair warning to Gene Tunney.
the big Marine; there is another COB
on your traill
How Ed (Strangler) Lewis, world
champion wrestler for two years con-
cealed successfully from his opponents
and the world in general the fact that
he was almost blind has just been re-
veaIed, now that he has regained his
sight.
For two years Lewis went through
match after match on the mat When
he was able to locate his opponent
only by feeling for him, because his
vision was so impaired that all per-
sons appeared merely as shadows.
During those two years, he met
hundreds of friends and talked with
them and concealed from them the
fact that he was able to call them
nv name only because Billy SandoW,
his manager. had whispered the name
10 the wrestler as they approached
me eve iIOuDtD was NNAAI%n ~ 500
Infection. A mixture of perspiration
and dust gets into wrestlers eyes and
many of them find their sight i'm
paired after they wipe their eyes with
fingers which carry the dust of the
wrestling ring.
Had TO Be Led.
BY practice Lewis learned TO simu
late ability. to see. In wrestling
matches advice by sandow was de-
pended upon to make up for deficiency
in sight.
''In st. Louis one night when Lewis
was to wrestle Jim Londos, | had to
lead Ed to the building and into the
ring said Sandow recently. Game
ness enabled him to go on with the
match and he won when he hardly
could distinguish light from dark
ness"
Since the champions recovery from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-08
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Gloomy Dean Raps "Idle Poor" Class

Dean Inge of st. Parl's thinks the new idle poor supported on the dole threaten to be a greater men, ace to Great Britain than the idle rich Of the past.
 "A new parasitic class Is being created" writes Dean Inge in The Evening Standard. The dole is the most mischievous and ruinous de- vice for buying off revolution which was ever invented It was resorted to after the Napoleonic wars in the form of outdoor relief out of the rates. And the burdens on the land began to throw up their farms. At that time the receivers of the dole had no vote and the government had the courage to bring the per nicious system to a sudden end. Now. no government would dare to do anything Of the kind"
 In discussing the dole-t takers, Dean 1nge says: They will not emil grate, Cor no country in the world makes th'ncs so comfortable for the 'Won't-Works' as England does. It Is not easy to see how any rem edy for this terrible evil Is to be found. Whole classes are going down under the burden, and making no audible complaint. It Is like the state of things under the Roman Empire. when the middle class met their fate in dumb resigna ton"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
LONDON
English Rose Growers Complain Because Fair Sex Prefer
 Chocolates to Flowers as Gifts From Admirers

London, Oct. 1T. ReCupid is talking too much with chocolate to suit the English Rosegrowers Asso- citation.
 At its annual meeting the mem ters of the association denounced sweets as love offerings and dis cussed the best means of restoring the rose to its old position in love- making.
 Mary, the middle-aged least sylph-like of the cockney se-sell- CTS who sit daily in Piccadily Circus, shares the opinion Of the rose-grow- CTS and is furious about the prefer cnce of the modern flapper for sweets.
 They'll lose their figures and it'll be good enough for them" she declared. They can smell roses without undoing their make up, but the silly things prefer to get their rouged lips stained with chocolate. They look a. mess after they've munched candy at a matinee. What poetry is there in sticky sweets? When l was a girl we all wanted to be wooed with roses. I'd a tilted my boy if he'd sent me a tin of toffee. l think the cinema is responsible. These modern girls can't be happy unless they arc wearing a bunch of artificial flowers that looks like cabbage and working their jaws while they watch Gloria Swanson queenin' around"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Travelling Dairies On Paris Avenues

The recent notice by the bureau Of health in Paris warning against the use of milk from the goats of the city without it's being first boil cd has reminded one that there ar. travelling dairies on many tree-liaed boulevards and smaller streets
 These herds of goats. numbering usually a dozen in each, are no; found in the Place de IOpcra or the Rue de la Paix, but in the populous Vilette quarter on one side and in the quarter near the porte d'Orleans there are several such herds driven each morning and evening to the homes of customers and milked on the front door step.
 Traffic does not scare these ami mals, which are city and not coun- try bred; they skip in front of troll Icy cars and taXis with no show of excitement. Their owners pasture them on the vacont land outside the 'ortific'tions and they sleep in the open so that the revenue from the milk is almost all profit.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
SIXTEEN KILLED
 IN AUTO CRASH
(Continued from First Page)

dead and dying as an effort was made to establish order out of chaos. Husbands and wives and other relatives went frantically among the prostrate dead and injur- ed seeking their loved ones. Members of the drill team as they piled into the truck half an hour before. took their musical in struments with them and it was to the merry tune of an acpordion that the crash came as tragic finale. Police took the driver of the motor truck to headquarters for questioning.
 Tales of Survivors
 Indianapolis, Oct IS R-Surviv- ors told today of the scene of hor- TOT with relatives and friends lying dead or sending out agonized cries for help. that confronted them last night after the tragedy which took the lives of 16 men and womes when an automobile trailer loaded with merrymakers was struck by a speeding interurban car.
 One Of the few survivors of the trailer was C. J. Leppert. who leap ed as the car bore down on the par ty. Trembling from shock. and wringing his hands, he said he could not get the screams Of the mortally injured out of his mind.
 T didn't see the car" MT. Lep- pert said. Y just remember all Of a sudden the lights and the crash. I jumped, and sailed through the air. bruising myself. as alighted in a crumpled heap. After that 1t [ was horrible. could hear moans, shouts and crying-I didn't know where I was"
 Stunned and speeches.. Rowland F. Rhodes stood beside the cloak covered body Of a woman. 1
 "She is my wife" he said. T cannot tell you about the accident"
 His voice broke and he stood | on watch until the body was removed In an ambulance.
 Harry Smith. a city policeman, was one of the party. "The first thing l knew of the accident was when I looked up and saw lights down low which looked like auto mobile lights" he said. When the nterurban got about two light poles lway (200 feeD 1t whistled. It was .oo late to jump. There were ter rible screams, then a crash. I was stunned for minute but started to 10 what I could"
 Witness Tells Story
 Lawrence w. Drapier. monarch Of he Sahara Grotto whose members and their relatives made up the
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15

party in the trailer. was in his au- tomobile and witnessed the accident. Bodi and fragments Of the trailer were tossed high into the air, he said. Seizing a flash light he hur- rted to the mass of mangled forms. It vas through his assistance that early identification of most of the victims was esta ablished.
 That's Lee Merriman," he cried as he hovered over one body. And, my God. there's Won Glascock. Von- nie! Vonnie, He was playing the accordion. All my boys, every one Of them. Just out for a good time, and now look"
 Jack Watson, business manager Of the bricklayers, masons and tile setters union was among those killed.
 It was announced that the Grotto would cancel all social functions for the remainder of the year.
 Harry Stewart, driver of the truck to which the trailer was attached said he was looking straight ahead' at the time of the accident. He added that he did not see or hear the traction car and only knew something had happened when the load seemed lighter" He was rid ing In an enclosed cabin compart- ment.
 Records indicate that In no other automobile accidents in Indiana has
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Buckingham Palace On "Rubber-NeCk" List

The London public is now seeing more of Buckingham palace and its grounds than ever before While Piccadilly Is ebing repaved busses are routed past King Georges town residence, and from the top of bus one can see over the hedges and high fences which shut off the view for persons passing in ordinary vehicles, Consequently ordinary buss- es are converted into rubber-neck wagons by Americans and other tourists who want to get glimpse of the lovely gardens where Queen Mary passes much of her time.
 Buckingham Palace is far less his torlc than most of the other royal residences. It hasn't celebrated ghosts, like St. James Palace. But there is one little spook, a rather recent one, which troubled aged ladies-in-waiting a few years ago and Is still suspected of haunting certain rooms. That was a little ragamuffin called Boy Jones, who had way of turning Up unexpected ly in various rooms of palace to con- sternation of dignified footmen. It was never possible to discover how boy entered the palace. but he en- tered repeatedly and was discovered in all sorts of out-of-the- places. Dienified ladies-in- waiting were al- ways afraid he was under their beds and the tales of escapades still persist in the palace.
 Lloyd George Quits
 Noted Chelsea Home
 Mir, and Mrs Lloyd George have
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Prominent Agitators
 Married In Germany

Captain Ehrhardt, of the late Inn perial German navy and one of the leaders of the notorious "Kapp Putsch," was married to the wealthy Princess Margarete gu Hohenlohe- Oehringen at the latter's estate of Damn near Friesack. Captain Ehr- hardt was recently divorced by his first wife.
 Both bride and bridegroom have for years been prominent political agitators. as which both have also been arraigned in court. Recently the German Government decreed that Ehrhardt, with his two other confederate kapp leaders, General von Luettwitz and Major Bischoff, was to be held responsible for all damages inflicted on German prop erty by that raid, which were asses sed at total of 6,300.000 marks. As a starter. the Government will attach 80 marks every month of Capt. Ehrhardts pension.
 Last year, Princess Marearete was tried before the German su- preme court at Leipzig for perjury committed in Ehrhardts behalf and sentenced 10 jail, while Ehrhardt himself succeeded in escaping. Four years ago the Princess became the legal heiress to the vast possessions of her brother, the late Prince Max Hugo zu Hohenlohe- Oehringen, but it was not until a few months ago that the executors could be induced to turn her legacy over to her, as her family, for religious rather than political reasons. strongly objected to the prospective marriage of the Princess, who had been brought up as strict Catholic, with the protes- tant Capt. Ehrhardt, who, moreover, was about to be divorced.
 The marriage finally became pos sible through compromise, the princess waiving the right to part of her legacy.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
BERLIN
hung Tn City Of Cologne is That Pedestrian is Monarch
 ot Streets and Autos Must Look Out For Him.

Berlin. Oct. l4. R)-American travellers coming to Berlin from Paris in their touring cars declare that the most difficult city in Ger many for chauffeur is Cologne.
 The pedestrian. they say. is ab- solute monarch of the streets. It is impossible for an automobile to drive through the streets of the in- ner city even at moderate speed, be- cause pedestrians will listen to no siren or horn. but calmly proceed in the middle of the street until it suits their convenience to turn aside. Tt is enough to drive any chauffeur crazy tourists declare.
 In this respect Cologne is the very opposite Of Berlin. where acci- dents are the order of the day be- cause autos drive recklessly through the streets, not even stopping when a street car halts.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15

given up their famous house in Cheyne Walk. Chelsea, and have taken Derwent Lodge in Addison Road. near Kensington.
 The mansion stands in ground. of two acres and was the home of Addison. the great essayist. and his wife, the Countess of Warwick. Derwent Lodge is near the resi- dences of past masters of art and literature. Lord Leighton. Watts. Marcus Stone, Holman Hunt and Sir Tyke Fildes.
 Newspapers announce that the popular feature Of the new resi- dence will be the chicken run where hundreds of fowls can be kept.
 The Welsh politician Is not like ly to devote much time 10 poultry farming. however. for when not actively engaged in preparing his political "come-back" he is busy writing art and literary criticisms.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Pershing's Photograph Marshal F'Och Eayorjte

In the summer home of Mar shal Foch, at the tongue-tw twisting town called Traonfeunteuniou, q photograph of General Pershng holds the place Of honor above the fireplace in the great French sol dier's study.
 Above the autograph Of Pershing are these words: ''To M. le Marechal Foch, with the respect, admiration and affection of his comrade in arms"
 The only other war photoeraph in the room is a highly colored poster-made in England. In the center Is a large likeness of Lloyd George. flanked on either side by small photographs, one of Haig, the other, Foch. And over the three is this legend:
 ''The men who led us to victory"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
List of Patents Issued
 To Connecticut People

| (List compiled weekly from the Official Gazette by the office of Harold G. Manning, Walk Over Shoe Store, 211 Main street. New Britain.)
 Alfred B. Anderson. New Haven. Fentilator and the like.
 Howard NJ. Barber, stonington, assignor to C. b. Cottrell & Sons Co.,, N. Y., N. Y. Holding sheets in register on tape carriers.
 Howard M Barber, stonington, assignor to c. B. Cottrell & Sons Co.,. Westerly. R. I. Signature-de- livery mechanism for printing presses.
 William T. Barker. Jr.. Hartford, asslgnor 10 Hartford Empire Co. Method and apparatus for feeding molten glass.
 Charles E. Beardsley. Waterbury, assignor 10 The Risdon Mfg. Co.,, Naugatuck. SEl lokers' Stand.
 Alfred V. Bodine. Bridgeport. as- signor to Dictaphone Corp. Sound nodifier.
 George E. Clauss. Ansonia, as- signor to The Ansonia o. & C. Co. c patents) Elastic webbing.
 Warren P. Doolittle, Hamden. Door stop and holder.
 Paul E. Fenton, Thomaston, as- signor to Scovill Mfg Co.,, Water bury. Sinsle-pin socket.
 Paul E. Fenton. Thomaston, and P. F. Warner. Waterbury. assign CTS to Scovill Mfg. Co.,, Waterbury. Double pin socket.
 Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Torrington, assjgnor to The Fitzgerald Mfg. Co. Arm3ture.
 Alfred c. Gilbert, New Haven.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
ILLINOIS MlLITIAMEN
 ON TRAIL OF BANDITS
Troops Aiding Sheriffs and Posse In Hunt For Three Men Who
 Robbed Bank

Mill Creek. III, Oct. Is P,-Illi- nois militiamen and three county sheriffs today led a posse of more than two hundred in q man hunt for three bank robbers who sought refuge in a heavy thicket near here after robbing the First National bank of Grand Tower.
 Hidden by the darkness and dense foliage. the robbers spent the night in the wood while about its edges a .cordon of 150 men kept vigil, halting all traffic and searching mo- torists who passed.
 The three men were seen one and one-half miles south Of here by Sheriff George W. Lyerly of Union county. They abandoned their auto mobile, fired at the sheriff's party and ran into the woods under the
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15

assignor to The A. c. Gilbert Co. Toy construction element. ! George E. Howard, Butler, Pa. assignor to Hartford-Empire Co.,. Hartford. C patents) Method of and apparatus for forming sheet glass.
 Augustus H. Jones, Meriden as- signor to The A. H. Jones Co. Com binaton candlestick.
 Aldon NJ. Kinney. Norwood, Ohio, assignor to The Bryant Electric Co.,. Bridgeport Electric switch.
 Emerich J. Markel. New Haven. Reflector attachment for vehicle headlights.
 Paul Mathewson. Durham. Desk tray.
 Patrick D. McKeon. Shelton, as- signor to International Silver Co.,, Meriden. Cigarette case or similar article.
 Arvid H. Nero, New Britain, as- signor to The Arrow Electric Co.. Hartford. Electric switch.
 Karl E. Peiler. West Hartford, assignor to Hartford Empire Co.,, Hartford. Feeding molten glass.
 Julius Ross and E. A. Schuelke. Meriden, assignors to The Napier Co. Vanity Box
 John H. Shaw, New Haven, as- signor to Sargent S. Go. Lock.
 John J. Thacher. Wethersfield. as- signor to Pratt S Whitney Co.,, N. Y, N. Y. Bushing. turning attach ment for automatic lathes
 Merwin S. Vile. New Britain. as- sgnor to The Fafnir Bearing Co. Hanger box.
 Herman II. Wolter. Mcriden, as- signor to The Miller Co. C patents) Lantern and Combined lighting fix ture ring and support.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
pecies and not for other living be-

species and not for other living be- ings.
 Professor Norbert thinks a cer- tain organ that has been located on the legs of crickets and on the stomach of locusts may very well serve the same purpose as the ear In the human being. This organ consists of a concavity over which a membrane is tautly stretched which is caused to vibrate by any distinct tone and thereby stimulates the underlying nerve.
 The writer describes the experi- ment of playing a high tone as closely as possible to such an insect. Crickets, he says, will be seen in stantly to stretch out their feelers in the direction of the tone while To- custs will manifest by similar signs that they hear the tone. Butterflies and dragon flies. on the other hand, can never be induced to respond in the least to any kind Of tone, not even to bugle blown with full lung power in the closest proximity.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
Flying Golfers Form Queer British Club

One Of the queerest of queer Brit tsh societies is that of the Flying Golfers" Five members who divide their attention between golfing and flying. comprise its personnel The first meeting of the club is to be held at Brancaster, Norfolk. The five members will fly in light air plahes 100 miles to the course, play a round. and fly back.
 Capt. W. Gordon Aston has out lined an ambitious program for the club for the immediate future. The members will hold a 36 match, nine holes to be played in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15

presented in a proper light, Mon- sleur Tardleu told the journalist that when he played golf his soli- tary medi1ations concerned vast pro- lects for repairing the roads, build- ing up the navy and improving the ration's fisheries. In consequence, of which, he explained, his golf game gets worse all the time.
 The only other French cabinet officer ever observed playing golf Is Aristide Briand, and the fall of one of his cabinets was popularly ascrihed 10 the publication of pho tographs showing him on a Riviera course with Lloyd-George, when French politicians thought he should have been fin conference" with the British statesman. Since then, M. Briand has confined his sport 10 fishing.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-15
PARIS
Fish Must Push Up Their Birth Rate if They Are to Hold
 Their Own Off Coast of Brittany

Paris, Oct IA P>-Fish will have to push up their birth rate If they are 10 hold their own off the coast of BrittHny.
 Lo-ient. on the south coast of Morblaan. has won the title of Fish Capital of France" and lays claim to oe.nr the biggest fishing port in the world because cf new and ro'lrrn eauirn ent It's only matter Ot minutes fol the fish to go from sea to pan. when things are working right.
 A whole new port with docks, sheds, conveyors, cranes, ice plants, coal chutes and trains all ready to go. await the 20.o00 fisherfolk who sail into port, tide or no tide, to unload their catches.
 The government started spending 20o,000,000 francs some years ago on French ports to promote the fishing industry. Most of this was spent on Lorient because conditions Were right cn land and the fish hSd chosen to establish headquarters off there.
 The boats sail up to the docks now, unload their catch, move along 10 where an overheard chute drops C. ''led ice into the fish bins in the hC :, go a little further to take on cf l or fuel oil in the same way and in an hour or two a fishing smack can go back for another catch. In the old days boats had to wait on tides. wasted much time in loading and unloading and had greater expense for labor ashc c.
 The colorful blue and orange sails Of the small boats still are plentiful but steam and the oil or gasoline engine are increasing rap idly. The sail-boat seems about to vanish.