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New Britain herald., 1927-07-05

who played against him used to say they loved to see his fast one for it would travel high and far when hit just right. Chicken" Bonen- fant connected with 1t one afternoon in Andrews field and put 1t over in Scanlon's yard almost on the fly.
 Clinton. who played with local teams until a few years ago and then took up umpiring. had class" written all over him in his palmy days and even the last season he played, his nifty work attracted the comment of the fans, especially those who used to delight in watch ing him hold Up the big mitt while he squatted on his launches and never bothered to straighten up even when making throw to second. He had a world Of chatter behind the bat. too. and was a hard hitter, un- doubtedly one of the best ball play CTS in his class at that time.
 Jim" Dunn and Mickey" Lynch worked for the Spring streets, the Commercial streets, the Nutmegs and various other teams in their boyhood days. Dunn quit the game sooner than most of the others of his day. his last connection being with the North & Judd team in the Factory League several years ago. He was a nice pitcher, and speedy, considering his size and stature. He had drop ball that was pretty to watch and when going right Lynch never had to worry about base run ners, for Dunn had the knack of keeping them close to the lag.
 In the vicinity of Beaver and Washington streets a quarter of a century ago. some Of the best ball players In the city were produced 'Hocko's lot" where towering ten ement houses are now located, was the stadium, with plenty of bumpy spots in the intield and outfeld and nice. sharp stones for the bases. Some of the players had gloves and some had none, but there were no excuses accepted and few offered. The player who could not catch the ball did not play one minute longer than required to show the gang he did not play well, unless. of course, he happened to own the ball or the bat. It is not recorded that the boys wore sliding pads and ankle braces but they carried a punch with their bat and the Gold en Eagles The Fertile Nine' and other teams of that day cared more about home runs than they did about makeup.
 Bill" Quigley, who was quite active politically a few years ago, was the twirler of "Hocko's' when Harry Wilson. now q councilman, was his battery mate, although the combination of Jimmy" Maher and Jim" Ringrose gave them d hard rub and in the opinion of the Beaver street crowd, they had :he edge on Quigley and Wilson. Wilson later caught for the Commercial streets when they were the class of the state in junior baseball. He was the best kid" catcher in New Brit ain in those days, making up in brains and alacrity what he lacked in weight. Maher. Quigley and Ringrose were top-notch cs. too, and wherever baseball is talked about in New Britain today, the battles up in "Hocko's" are re-fought.
 New Britain High Schools claim to athletic glory among state schools lies chiefly in the achievements of her sons on the football field, and public has overlooked some mighty fine base ball players wno were de- veloped while playing with the school team. "Bill' Walsh, who is now a in New York and was ap-
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05

tective Sergeant George c. Ellinger.
 At the intersection of Winter and Spring streets shortly after noon yesterday. cars driven oy Salvatore Leone of z76 Avenue A, New York. and Samuel Levin of 2S4 North street. this city, collided. OfficersN. 8 Strolls reported no cause for po- lice action. The cars were damaged.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05
LAWYERS AUTO STOLEN.

An automobile owned by Attorney Monroe s. Gordon was stolen Sum- day night at Ocean Beach New London. and had not bseil recovered today. The police about the state are on the lookout for the machine. The markers og car parked next to that of Attorney Gordon were also stolen and it is believed they were used on his car to enable the thief or thieves to make a getaway without being detected.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05

the big fellow was having . good day, Hartnett knew how to bring out the very best that was in him.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
STANDARD SIGNS
AIM OF ENGINEERS
Annual Convention of Council
Opens Here-SchWab to
Speak at Banquet.

Standardization of street, sign and
signal markings was the chief prob
lem before the early sessions of the
American Engineering Council, which
opened it's annual convention at the
Mayfower Hotel today. The conven-
ton will continue through tomorrow
and Friday. and will close with a ban
quet at the Willard Hotel Friday
night, at which Charles NJ. Schwab of
New York will speak. The council,
which represents 20 national and
State societies. is composed of so of
the country's leading engineers, all Of
whom are attending the sessions.
Regular sessions will begin tomor-
row. The committee on street and
highway safety, meeting today. at
tackled the problem of drafting a sys-
tenn of markings. which the council
will seek to introduce throughout the
country. The work is in line with
recommendations of Secretary
Hoover's safety conference and Is ex-
pected to be an important step in the
campaign to reduce the dangers Of
highway travel. The council tomor-
row will take up the committees re-
port and decide on a system of uni
form markings. The system adopted
then will be submitted to local organi.
cations throughout the country, and
these organizations will in turn report
back to the council. After that the
work Of having the approved system
adopted on all streets and highways
will begin.
The council hopes to devise a sys-
tenn that make all street and highway
markings Ineligible at a glance to
motorists from all parts of the coun.
try, and to eliminate many of the un-
necessary markings now found on the
roads
Sessions of the council will he held
twice daily, beginning tomorrow To.
morrow night a special meeting to
consider safety and production" will
be held. Two hundred members and
guests are expected to attend the ban.
quet. Prof. Dexter S, kimball, dean
of engineering at Cornell University.
is president of the council, and l.. w.
Wallace, with offices at 90 jackson
place, this city, is executive secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED,
Civil Service Commission to Hold
Competitive Examinations.

The Civil Service Commission to-
day announced open competitive ex-
aminations to FIJI the vacancies in the
following positions:
Junior engineer, various branches
of the Government service through
out the United States. at 1880
year.
Assistant architectural engineer
and assistant structural engineers
office of the supervising architect
Treasury Department. at S2,400
year.
Junior marketing specialist, Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, Depart
ment of Agriculture. for duty in
Washington. d. c., or in the field, at
81 $50 a year.
Services. at $3.50 year
Junior horticulturist, Junior nema-
tologist. Junior pomologist, junior
seed botanist, junior pathologist (cot-
ton dfseases). Junior pathologist
(fruit diseases), Junior pathologist
ornamental plant diseases), Junior
pathologist vegetable diseases), De-
psrtment of Agriculture, for duty in
Washington. d. c.. or in the field, at
$3.50 year.
Junior pharmacist, Public Health
CCi VIE phHAI0dL Tic 1IillEd
at $4,000 a year.
Graduate nurse, graduate nurse
Visiting duty. departmental service,
Washington, d. c.. Veterans Bureau
and Indian and Public Health Serv-
ices.
Occupational therapy aide (arts and
crafts). occupational therapy aide
Grades and industriaD, occupational
therapy aide (agriculture), at $3.50
year; occupational therapy pupil
aide CARTS and crafts), at $1,i40 a
year, Veterans Bureau throughout
the United States.
Junior veterinarian, Bureau of
Animal Industry. Department of
Agriculture, for duty in the field. at
ISL $50 d year,
Apprentice fsh-culturist, Bureau of
Fisheries, Department of Commerce,
at 5000 a year for duty in the CONT
mental United States, and at $1,140 a
year for duty in Alaska.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the Of
flee of the United States Civil Service
Commission, 1924 r street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
SOLVING PROBLEMS
OF MATERNITY LAW
Conference Representing Various
States Holds Secondary Session
at Children's Bureau.

Policies and methods of admnistra-
ton of the infancy and maternity act
are being worked out in the annual
conference of State directors of ma
ternity and infancy, which held its
second session today at the Children s
Bureau. The conference is open only
to State Representatives and pembers
of the bureau staff and Is a policy
and method" conference. Children s
Bureau officials said today it has moth
ing to do with the pending extern
sion of the maternity and infancy act.
legislation for which is now before
Congress, but is the annual confer
ence of State directors held every
year.
Addresses were made to the con-
ference delegates today by DR.. John
A. Terrell of the Rockefeller Founda-
ton, Dr. Mary f. Brydon of Virginia,
DIR. Cora Allen of Wisconsin. DR.. John
E. Monger of Ohio, Mrs. Jean T. Dill.
lon of West Virginia, Miss Elena NJ.
CROUCH and DIR. Elizabeth A. Ingra-
ham of Connecticut.
The conference will continue
through tomorrow, and Friday the
delegates will go to Baltimore to visit
Johns Hopkins University and several
clinics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

against the pyramiding cost Of these
things to the taxpayers of the coun-
try that / protest, not against the
expansion Of the Federal Government
required by the growing needs of an
eVery'growing people.
States Growing Needs.
THE expanding activities of the
State government of MARYLAND are
required to meet the growing needs
or our ever-growing people. and lib
eral and progressive as they are and
as they ought to be. the people can
Justly take satisfaction in the fact
that while their State government
during the past two adminiStrat tons
has been rendering, I believe, an in
creasingly effective and efficient serv-
ice this has been accomplished with
a decrease in the State tax rate from
36 31.72 cents in 1920 to 25 cents rec
commended in the budget for 1928. a
reduction of more than 30 per cent,
the greatest in any year or period of
years in the history of our State since
the Civil War.
Important as these things are. far
dearer are those more fundamental
things for which Maryland has al
ways SlOOu anu WHICH nave maze us
people loving the free and whole.
some air of ordered liberty. These
are the things which not in their
political aspects alone, but in their
cultural, spiritual and social aspects
as we'll give our collective hfe it's
real value. 1t has always seemed to
me that Maryland has what might
almost be called a distinctive civiliza
ton of her own, as reflected in her
customs and traditions and political
spirit If I am right in that. then I
suppose we inherited it from our an
cestors and | would like to see it
cherished and preserved and spread
TO the far corners of the Nation as
the Maryland gospel of free govern
ment
we have drifted too far down the
stream of Federal Capitalization
Government should not be a master
but servant. II the people are to
be interested in government, they
must govern by being close to those
who ministrate for them. There is
no political education like exercising
the rights and duties of self-govern-
ment, and there is no surer way Of
destroying political vitality than to
yield these rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
DIES FROM EXPOSURE.
Virginian and Friend Stricken by
Cold While Hunting.

NORFOLK, Va. January IL LP).-
Ohio w. Ayres. aged 81, agent for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Mears, Ac.
comac County, on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia, died yesterday afternoon
as the result Of exposure to cold while
on a duck hunting trip. according to
word received here last night. Ayres
and relative. William Williams Of
Wilmington. Del, left Monday for
Bayside, near Boloxoms. to shoot
ducks. When they failed to return
Monday night a search was instituted
and the two men were found late
yesterday on Jobes Island. Their boat
had been carried from the ducking
blind by the northeast gale that
swept the Virginia coast Monday
night and brought with 1t tempera-
lures far below freezing. Williams
is expected to recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
FARM RELIEF BILL
HALTED IN HOUSE
WrangIe Over Pending Item
Prevents Action on Nc
Nary-Haugen Measure.

BY the Associated Press.
The House agricultural committee
got into another fight over the equal.
zation fee today and adjourned with
out acting on the McNary Haugen
farm relief bill.
Adjournment was taken just after a
vote was ordered on a point of order
by Representative Tincher, Republi-
can, Kansas. that the committee could
under specific permission from the
House.
The fight was drawn out for two
hours by efforts of some members to
substitute the Aswel and Curtis-Crisp
bills, which do not include the equali-
zation fee to control crop SURPRISES,
for the McNary Haugen bill.
Jones Bill Rejected.
Representative Jones, Democrat.
Texas. also offered as substitute
the Adkins debenture bill. sponsored
by the National Grange. and this also
was defeated.
Many members believe the McNary-
Haugen bill will be approved tomor-
row. but some of them think the
margin will be narrow
Four farm organizations laid before
the House agriculture committee last
night blanket Endorsement of the
new McNary- Haucen bill.
Signers of Endorsement.
The Endorsement was signed by the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
the Cotton Growers Exchange, the
Corn Belt Federation and the execu,
tive committee of % and was con
veyed to the House committee, after
the McNary-Haugen. Aswell and Cur
tis.Crisp bills had been considered.
In view Of this organized action
Chairman Haugen said his committee
might not wish to consider further
either the Aswell or Curtis Crisp bills.
particularly since the equalization
fee, which has been the center of
farm relief controversy. was approved
by 10 to 6 vote at morning SEES.
sion.
The four farm organizations arrived
at the conclusion that both the Cur.
tis-Crisp and Aswell bills would put
the Government into the business of
buying and selling farm commodities,
while the McNary. Haugen bill would
not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
S|BLEY BABY GUILD
BACKED BY WOMEN
Membership Is Limited to
Those Born in That Hos
pitaI-PIan Grows.

The Womans Guild of Sibley Me-
mortal Hospital has started q new
Washington organization, one likely
to become both popular and populous
and, in time, 10 rival in tradition the
Association OF Oldest Inhabitants. 1t
Is named the Sibley Baby Guild; its
membership is limited strictly TO
babies born in Sibley Hospital, no
fewer than 900 such having come into
the world within the hospital walls of
that institution since June Is last.
The first 500 of these who are
entered by their proud parents at the
nominal dues Of 81 a year will be des-
ignated as charter members. Their
$500 will be used in the maternity
department to name the high tenn
perature' room where delicate in
fants receive special care. A per-
manent record of the young members
will he made and preserved in the
hospital.
900 Letters Sent.
When the new citizen Ia enrolled
handsome certificate. with date of
birth, showing a picture of the hos
pital. will be sent. The baby will be
remembered on each birthday with
an appropriate card until he or she
is 10 years old. which age brings
eligibility to the Junior Guild
Nearly 900 explanatory invitation
letters have been sent out recently to
mothers who have been patients in
the new maternity hospital since 1t
opened last June. A pink envelope
has been enclosed for each boy baby
and a blue one for each girl. More
over, there have been q. number sent
containing two blues or two pinks,
or a pink and a blue for twins.
If mothers of babies born at Sibley
before the opening of the new mater
nifty building wish to enroll the latter,
they also are cordially invited to do
so, sending with the necessary dollar
the proper data as to name, date of
birth, address, etc. The nucleus of
the guild however. is expected to
come largely from those born recently.
Walter Jollnson's Daughter.
Names of members will be listed in
the order in which they arrive. Mum.
her one has already been registered.
She is A. Elizabeth Mason Steuart.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard p.
Steuart, and will be known as the
- imas Temple Baby Number two
johnson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Perry Johnson, whose male
parent has some slight claim to fame
In connection with breezing base balls
past a batter.
The Woman's Guild Of Sibley Hos.
pital, sponsoring organization for the
new guild was organized in 1909: has
/ 500 members and performs a variety
of useful work in connection with the
and maintenance of Sibley
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
DINNER PRECEDES
R|TCH|E INAUGURAL
Maryland Governor, Begin
ming Third Term, Host to
Party Men.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. January r.
On the eve of his inauguration as
chief executive of Maryland for a
third consecutive term, Gov. Albert
c. Richie was host at victory din
ner" at the executive mansion last
night to a score of nationally prom
tnent Democrats. Except as celebra-
ton of the Democratic victory in
Maryland last fall, Gov. Richie said
the dinner was of no political signih-
canoe.
Among the guests were Senators
Harrison of Mississippi. Edwards of
New Jersey. Walsh Of Massachu-
sets. Bayard of Delaware, Broussard
OF Louisiana. Pittman of Nevada. Rob
inson of Arkansas, King of Utah,
HaweS of Missouri. George OF Geor'
gia. Bruce of Maryland and Senator
elect Willard f. Tydings of Maryland.
Representatives present included Gar
rett Of Tennessee, Oldfield of Arkan-
sas. Garner, Rayburn and Hudspeth
of Texas.
Rear Admiral Cary 7. Grayson of
Washington; Ross c. Hull. president
and b. Emmett Hartnett, secretary of
the lroquois Club of Chicago ami
Robert Grain of Washington were
other guests.
Completion of the four-year term
upon which Gov. Richie enters today
would set record for continuous ser
vice as chief executive of any State
In the Union. He already has served
seven years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

Recent experiments have shown
that gems such as the ruby. sapphire
and topaz can be greatly improved by
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
ACQUlT PRINCETON CLUB.

PRINCETON, N. j., January IL Up).
After two months of quiet investi.
cation, a committee appointed by
John Grier Hibben, president of
Princeton University, to delve into
ALLEGATIONS that the Philadelphia So
ciety, undergraduate religious organi'
cation, had attempted to introduce
..Buchmanism," an old-time religion.
to students. decided that the society
was not guilty.
Composed of three trustees. three
professors and three undergraduates.
under the Craftsmanship OF Edward
D. Duffield. president or the Pruden..
f;al Insurance Co. and alumnus Of
princeton, the committee last night
renorted that mo evidence has been
nrndnced TO substantiate the charges. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
COOPERATION URGED
IN CHARITY WORK

Cooperation between civic organi
cations and social service workers for
remedial measures looking to better
domestic conditions was the theme
yesterday of the District orga nization
committee of the Associated Charities,
which met in monthly session at the
Social Service House.
Mrs. Walter S. Ufford, chairman, pre-
sided. The committee comprises the
chairmen of the various conferences
of the charities in different sections OF
the city and the District visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

Police of the Fourteenth precinct
instituted search today for poor
box" robber, who last night entered
and emptied the contents of eight
poor boxes in st. Thomas Catholic
Church. Twenty.seventh street and
woodley road Rev. Thomas A.
Walsh, reporting the theft, said that
the amount contained in the boxes
was not known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-14
BOOtIeggers Refused
Accident Insurance

CHICAGO, April 1A.--Bootleggers
and their customers cannot get acct.
dent insurance. hereafter. the Acct.
dent Underwriters Association ruled
at It's conference here.
Discussion brought out that physl
clans, dentists. ministers, ball
players, soldiers and acrobats are
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-14
DEATH
THREE TIMES

PHILADELPHIA, April l4.-First
shocked by 10000 volts. his body
wreathed in flame thrown on to q
so.OOO.volt lire. then whirled again
on to a high speed generator.
Eugene Grace. Of Richmond. N. j..
lay like dead for 90 minutes. Then
he opened his eyes and said: "What
happened2"
Keep quiet and lie down." said
his fellow workers.
Grace got UP. -I'm all right !"
he said. whats happenedPH
The miraculous escape from death
for the father Of 7.year-old child
came In the West Jersey and Sea.
shore Railroad powerhouse &c New.
field, N. ].
Grace was on scaffold 30 feet
high cleaning q circuit.brealser.
His clothing brushed against the
lO,0e0.volt line, and as sparks flew
from his body the terrific power
threw him from the scaffold.
Whirling in the air his body
landed on the 3O,0OO-volt high ten.
sion wires. Blue sparks and flames
enveloped him 40 worknen stood
by helplessly. Then, they say. II
seemed as though he was suddenly
thrown from the wires, shot through
the air to the generator 80 feet
below.
The swiftly revolving machine
threatened death again, but q fell
low workman pulled him to safety
and beat out flames on his clothing.
Other powerhouse employees worked
over him with artificial respiration