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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17

Under the system which is COM
paratively new and the best that
scientific study and experiment has
produced the clothes are put in a
large revolving washer through which
clean gasoline is continually rum
ming.
The gasoline is used over and over
but between the washes it goes
through two immense tank purifiers
where it is purified OF sediment and
put through water cleaners.
After passing through these two
tanks it goes to the filter where it
passes through two huge pads which
take off any remaining dirt and
which removes the water IRON the
gas.
The two new purifying tanks and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
Turkish Taxis Take
Sheep to Sacrifice

ONSTANTINOPLE, r.-(Fg-Be-
ribboned sheep, fresh from Tur-
kish bath 9and careful co,nbing,
whizzed through the streets in taxis
and private cars this year on the way
to the annual MOSlem sacrifice, blend
ing old traditions with modern i'm
prOvementS.
The Koran bids every Mos1enl to,
sacrifice one sheep year on the
day called "Courban Bairam," to COM
memorate Abraham's sacrifice of
ram instead of Isaac. Yearly for 13
centuries, hundreds of thousands of
sheep in Turkey have laid down their
lives in emulation of their Biblical
ancestor, but in the new Turkey they
ride in automobiles from the sheep
market to the place of sacrifice and
in the Turkey of tomorrow ai1planes
perhaps will be chartered for their
conveyance.
Thousands of the faithful celebrat-
ed the Mutton feast this year. After
early morning prayer in the mosques,
families gathered in their gardens
around the sheep or ram purchased
the day before.
The father of the family, after re-
peating the sacred formula, "Allah is
great, there is no God save Allah,
cut the neck of the sheep with one
sharp stroke of knife, buried the
entrails Of the victim in the garden
and, according to the prescriptions
of the Koran divided the meat into
three equal portions, one for the fam
ily one for the neighborS and one for
tho 1Oor thrOI1UhOI1t tho dow
Those who continue the ceremony
have implicit faith in the old tradi-
ton that some one of the sheep which
they sacrifice will lead the sacrificer
when he dies over that bridge fine
as ones hair" which links earth to
paradise.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
Wardrobe Cleaners
Add New Equipment
To Enlarge Plant

The Wardrobe Cleaners have Just
added several new phases OF equip
mept to the cast cleaning facilities,
The rev improvements cost about
$500 and completed $1,000 equip
ment for cleaning, spotting and
oderless drying.
The new tanks have been installed
during the past two weeks and were
running the last few days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
INVENTOR HAS
FINISHED A NEW
SOUND CHAMBER

FiXit Miller, well known local in
ventor and operator OF the repair
shop on Eighth street Just off OF G
avenue, announces the completion
of the Per!5cto photography radio
sound chamber. He has secured
patents tor bis device and is at the
present time taking orders tor re-
building of large number OF phono-
graphs so that he may equip them
with the new sound chamber which
produces a cIearness and tlneness OF
tone probably unequalled by any
sound chamber now on the market.
Miller is demonstrating specially
constructed electric driven phono-
graph equipped with the new cham
ber and many who have heard it
state that it is actually what its
name impliesy perfection in the re-
production field. The sound cham
Der may be used both on the phono-
Graph and the radio and Miller is
now working on a huge cabinet
which he as arranging TO hold both
a fine radio set and phonograph,
both OF which will be operated
through the one Perfecto sound
chamber.
This makes it possible Tor the user
to secure the best in radio ana az
times when static is bad to switch
with single movement to the clear
est tones in phonograph music. The
patent number on the device is
178114.
Fixit Miller is we'll known here
for his inventive ability. He eX-
plains that this, his latest inven-
ton, is combination OF five dill
ferent ideas which, used together
produce this specially constructed
sound chamber. The chamber COM
plete is built on the lines OF a
saxaphone and is more than seven
feet long Tt is, however, concealed
in the regular phonograph cabinet.
The electric drive on the phono-
graph is working excellently. Miller
explains that this electric drive
eliminates much trouble with the
ordinary phonograph, but that this
drive has no connection with the
sound chamber which produces the
sound naturally with no strained
amplification SO that the result is a
mellow, natural tone quality with a
remarkable clearnesS.
Visitor. well, when do you think
my friend will be out of the hos
pital?" 'it itaha4a Ht
Doctor: Tomorrow" @l
Visitor: But he only got here this
morning. Il ,da fEi
Doctor ooh, that's all right. He
died this afternoon" @ IT,.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
Hence These Tex

Hence These Tears
First Stenographer: "Im tired of
working"
Second Ditto: "Why don't you get
married?"
First Stenographer: "I am"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17

-headedness shows a lack of
horse sense.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
Ford Owners
SpeciaI Inspection
Service on Your Ford

During the coming week. beginning next Monday will
offer special free inspection service to all Ford and truck
We invite you to bring your to service department
It will be thoroughly inspected by Fo1dtraned mechanics
There will be charge
This being done that you Ford owner, may derive
the satsactoIy9ue of your truck well to
acquain with facilities for service and enable you to
meet organization of Ford trained service men.
If it is found that your Ford needs repairs adjustments of
any kind will submit report to with our recommenda
tons estimate Of the cost you to have the work
DONE shall be glad to do it, and you of the highest
quality of workmanship, performed shop equipped with
modern and approved machinery
In some cases all that is necessary tuning up" Of the
We making special charge of only $1OO for this
work which includes:
Cleaning and adjusting spark plugs
Cleaning and adjusting coil units at
Cleaning commltator
Testing battery and filling with water s.H
Cleaning carbmetor and sediment bulb
may bring your any time next week for the free
inspection important for you to take advantage OF this
OFFER especially if you planning vacation trip or the
extensive Of your during the summer
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
DIES PROTESTING
He WAS INNOCENT
Death House Bridegroom Exc
Cuted in New Jersey

Trenton, N. j., Aug. 6 PN-Sal-
vatore Merra, death house bride
groom, was executed in the electric
chair at the state prison last night
for the staying of Theodore M. Con-
way, Pubic Service paymaster.
during an unsuccessful hodup in
Newark on June 4, 1926.
Only three days ago, a few feet
from the death chamber, Merra and
the woman with whom he lived at
the time of the holdup were mar
ried.
The ceremony was performed with
the bars of the death house cell
separating them. Merra asked for
permission to marry the woman TO
legitimatize Johnnie, their 1-2-
years old child.
Merra was pronounced dead at
Sis o'clock by County Physician
Charles II. Mitchell, He entered the
death chamber shirtly after s
o'clock and the current was turned
on at $40
Merra, through Rev. Father Me
1nerny chaplain of the Hudson
County prison and his spiritual ad-
wiser, who acted as interpreter.
maintained his innocence to the
end.
He also asserted that Salvatore
Rannelli now serving a life term for
completely in the crime, was limo
cent.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

all the amateur realizes is that there
is more power near him than he
would like to be left alone with.
Tests For Wave Length
Suppose it is shortly after 6 o'clock
in the evening and VITO begins
broadcasting at $50 o'clock. Chief
Operator Taylor is making the ex-
acting tests to see that VITO is OPP
Grating precisely on its wave length
of $50 kilocyclcs.
During the few minutes before
broadcasting begins. look into the
back room. There, in endless rows,
is the main body of 1880 storage
battery cells required for broadcast
ing. Each cell has to be watered
and looked after regularly. Beside
the batteries is the special genera
tor which made 1.056,000 revolutions
during the recent Lindbergh broad
cast.
Back in the front room the broad
casting has started. Let us say a
soprano soloist is on the air. A So
prano voice is difficult to broadcast
well and an artist cannot be disturb
ed while singing. by the shifting of
microphones. Therefore, an opera
tor sits near an apparatus and turns
a dial, giving the effect of bringing
a singer nearer to or moving her
farther away from the microphone
without disturbing her in the least.
During every program an operator
is on duty. controlling the output
from the studio and sending it on
the air as perfectly as possible.
An equally interesting story would
be that of the operators at the re-
mote controls, adjusting the ampli-
fer and microphones and bringing
in programs from those points as
they hear the studio Offering come
to an end.
A trip to New Haven with the
chief engineer to see him adjust mi
crophones to pick up the myriad
notes of the organ concerts at Wool
sey hall would be a later story to
be understood when one had gained
a familiarity with the electrical eX-
pert's end of present day broadcast
ing.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

tors to participate In Governor Dom
Alleys proposed interstate confer
ence set for August IL at Toledo
was based on belief that the con-
ference could not be assembled be-
cause important districts had dis
continued dealings with the unions.
Rice Miller. president of the 1lli-
nois Operators association. in de-
clining to take part, said the opera
tors felt there could be no good &C
complished, and that possibly only
harmful delay would come of such
a conference.
On the other hand, Harry Fish
wick, head of the Illinois miners
and a member OF the scale commit
tee OF the United Mine Workers, has
agreed to attend the conference.
John L. Lewis. president Of the
Mine Workers, speaking for those
OF the central field. also accepted
the invitation to attend.
Governor Donahey requested Gov
ernor Fisher, Of Pennsylvania, to
Join him, but the Pennsylvania gov
ernor was in the west and his Of
fee had not been able to deliver the
request.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
STATE PARKS TO
| DOT THE HIGHWAYS
These Will Be Great Boon to
Auto Tourists

Washington tR-The motorist
who packs his wife into the family
car each summer and sets out along
vacation trails, will be able within
a few years to drive from coast to
coast with a different state park for
a campsite every night.
The prospect is held out by the
National Conference On State
Parks, which finds that already
tourist starting by motor car from
Boston may journey all the way to
Minnesota, Iowa or Kansas with a
stop almost every night in state
park along the way.
Thus far the east and the middle
west have led in the establishment
of such parks, but with the automo-
bile contributing every day to the
patronage of such recreation spots,
the conference forsees in the near
future string of state Fairgrounds
and beauty spots. 100 to 200 miles
apart. from Maine to California
and from the state OF Washington
to Florida.
Some of the parks set aside by
states represent the best of the
commonwealth scenic spots or the
richest in historic interest
The beautiful Palisades Inter
state park of New York, the Ma
tural Bridge of Kentucky, the 9S,-
o00-acre northern forest park of
Wisconsin, the far-famed Lake
Itasca state park in South Dakota
and the chain of state parks in In
diana, stretching from the weird
san dunes on the north to the
bluffs of the Ohio river on the
south, embrace natural wonders of
national note.
Most of the state parks have
been developed on land purchased
by the state. Many of them, how
ever, have been made possible by
gifts of purchase money by citizens,
or by deciding of lands to the state
for park use.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
chemicals POISON
Streams and SEA
Quigley Tells Of Bad Oysters
Dredged Near Here

Poisonous chemicals coming from
manufacturing centers in several
points in Connecticut had not only
polluted almost every stream in the
state but has poisoned the waters
Of Long Island Sound long before
the latest warnings Of polluted water
along the Connecticut coast.
Several years ago ex-Mayor George
A. Quigley in company with ex-
Lieutenant Governor Clifford Wilson
found that the waters of the sound
We're being poisoned and in their
travels with men in the oyster in
dustry they learned much of what
the people of the state of Connecti-
cut are now learning.
The oyster industry was one of the
most profitable, but in recent years
with the manufacturing chemicals
flowing into the sound from various
rivers in Connecticut the industry
has experienced a falling off due to
the special treatment necessary after
the oysters are caught
According to the ex-mayor he has
seen the oysters when they are
caught and brought up on land. It
is necessary that every oyster be
opened and treated
The insides of the oysters seem to
be coated with a green coloring
which, according to Mr.. Quigley, is
the result of poisonous chemicals en-
tering the body. The work of curing
each of the oysters is making the
industry less profitable, he has been
told
Although manufacturing concerns
in cities along the Connecticut river
such as New Britain, Hartford,
Springfield and Holyoke, Mass, Wal
! lingford and Middletown contribute
largely to the amount to poisonous
fluids that enter the stream and the
sound, they are not the only places
that have played a part in the new
problem.
Waterbury, Naugatuck, Bridge
port Stamford and New Haven all
contribute to the conditions. Mr.,
Quigley said he had been told that
fish caught in the Connecticut river
were affected by the poisonous chem
icals.
Bathing conditions along Long
Island have suffered as a result OF
the chemicals in the water and in
many places signs are posted to keep
people from using the water for this
purpose. Typhoid germs have been
found in sections of the sound, due
to domestic sewage from the neigh
boring towns and cities.
Conditions along the coast will not
improve until a domestic system Is
established in cities like New Haver
and Bridgeport and a system where
by the manufacturing centers install
private disposal plants is inaugural
ed, Mr.. Quigley believes.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
MANY BATTERIES
IN Sending SET
Hartford Broadcasting Station
Uses 1880 Cells

A total OF 1880 storage battery
cells are required for broadcasting
the program from VITO at Hart
ford. So they say up there at the
station, and they should know.
Readers of the Herald We're told, a
short time ago, how the performers
present their programs at the sta
ton, but nothing was said about the
work behind the scenes.
The average radio fan and even
the visitor to the studios Of the
Hartford station, sees and knows
nothing of one of the most vital and
interesting parts Of the broadcasting
station, the transmitting room. The
visitor goes to the studios and is
perhaps allowed to 60 into the con-
troll room. Many fans are surprised
when they see the switchboards in
that room.
According to statements Of the Of
ficials at the station it would be n
waste of time to even show the
transmission room to such people,
since it would only bore them. But
|, to those who would like to see the
working Of the broadcasting ma
chlnery little glance into the
transmission room should prove in
teresting. Idle curiosity will not gain
the visitor admission to this room
and many go through the studios
without suspecting that there is a
transmission room.
Visitors in WAY
1t is necessary for the interested
visitor. fortunate enough to secure
admission to the transmission room,
to go through that room when the
station is not on the air. The sta
ton management is running no
chances of having people in the way
or of having anyone injured by COM
ing into contact with apparatus with
which they have no business. Main
| ly. the visitor would be in the way
since the operators have great
deal of work to do and they need
plenty of room.
The VITO studios are located on
| tilt StAlli ilDbl Vi Il bulllllB on
| Grove street, right off Main, in
| Hartford. The transmission room is
| located on the roof of that building
! under the aerials of the station
which are visible to anyone on the
| street. who takes the trouble to
shift his gaze upward. An elevator
| journey to the eleventh floor and a
climb of one flight of stars brings
one to the roof and to the trans
mission room
| All around the Transmission room
are huge bakelite panels, extending
| from floor to ceiling. behind which
| are located the great water cooled
tubes and the many other instru-
! ments comprising the heart" of
| the broadcasting station. ON the
/ panels are switches, dials and wires,
all of which have a direct bearing
| on the efficiency of the plants OPP
Grafton, so it can be seen why WISH
| tors are not allowed in that room
while broadcasting is going on. The
impression is a maze which only an
! expert could understand. and about
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
MILLICENT ROGERS
IS TO we'd again
Father Announces Engagement
to Argendnian

New York. Aug. & P-Colonel H.
H. Rogers yesterday formally an
nounced the engagement Of his
daughter. Millicent, the former vito
of Count Ludwig Salm- Hoogstraeton,
to Arthus Peralta Ramos. wealthy
young Argentine.
The date for the wedding has not
been set but 1t probably will take
place in the autumn. It was said at
the Rogers home in Southampton,
L. I.
Rumors Of romance between the
former Countess Salm and Ramos,
which were first circulated soon after
Millicent Rogers Salm obtained 4 d.
vorce In Paris, have persisted despite
repeated denials.
First definite announcement Of her
plans to marry again was made
when the fomer Countess Salm SAIL
ed from Paris for the United States
a month ago. at which time, Ramos
said he planned to be- married to
her "as soon as she returns from the
United States" After a short stay in
this country she returned to Paris
where she now is.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

New Bedford Mass, Aug. CLIP
Another heroic chapter in the history
Of New England, filled with the ex-
ploits OF strong men in combat with
the giants of the sea, is drawing to
close.
This old-time port, that has been
home to hundreds Of sail of whalers,
now can boast only one whaling ship.
The schooner John r. Mania may be
the last Of the whalers," for most
of the old-time whalemen are dead.
and the Manta's only hope of recruit
ing a crew is to sail across the At
lantic ocean to the Azores.
A few still live who remember the
heyday OF whaling. when this port
teemed with the activity of the whal-
ing barks. when men sailed away on
seemingly interminable voyages,
when wives and families of seamen
and captains haunted the widows
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

walks" on the old time houses, hop
ing to catch a glimpse Of returning
ship. But those who remember are
growing old and some are nearing
the century mark.
Among those who remember keen
ly those earlier days In Captain
Ulysses E. Mayhem of West Tisbury,
on the Island of Martins Vineyard,
His youthful appearance and spirit
belle his four score years. In his
life he has had adventures and eX-
periences that would cram more
than one movie thriller"
AS a boy in his teens he sailed his
first whaling voyage during the Civil
ar. On that trip he learned about
stalking the whale in small boats,
harpooning, the downward rush of
the wounded whale and the peril to
the small boat boat as the rope ran
off from thes hrieking windlass. And
he learned how the "kill' at last was
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
Tennis RIVALS To
MEET ON COURTS
Miss Helen Jacobs Faces Mrs.
Mallory in Final Play

Seabright. N. J.. Aug. s F-Miss
Helen Jacobs, of California today
faces Mrs. Molla Mallory, on the
grassy courts of the Seabright lawn
tennis and cricket club In the wom-
ems singles final of the annual in
vitation tournament.
The mems singles title yesterday
went to William T. Tilden in three
straight sets.
Having defeated the long -reigning
queen of the courts a few days ago
at Manchester. Mass, Miss Jacobs Is
favored by many to do it again and
prove her superiority beyond a
doubt, although Mrs. Mallory has
been playing some of her best tennis
here.
The program Of this final day OF
the tournament offers also a mems
doubles final between two combina-
lions which are rivals for Davis Cup
selection, Big Bill Tilden and Fran
els 7. Hunter on the one hand and
Richard N. Williams and Lewis N.
White on the other. The expert
enced Tilden-Hunter combination is
conceded an advantage as their
rivals have played together only this
week.
1t was over hisdoubles partner,
Hunter, that Tilden yesterday scored
decisive victory in tho mems singles
final to win a leg on the massive
Seabright bowl and to reassert SUI
premacy over the 81 other picked
played who entered the lists. The
scores were GA, CT, Sc.
If Mrs. Mallory Is to win the Sea-
bright title which she has not at
tanned since 1928. she must defeat
an opponent much more formidable
than Hunter was to Tilden.
While Mrs. Mallory has gained the
finals bracket by two defaults and a
victory over Mrs. Charlotte H. Chap
in, Miss Jacobs has defeated Miss
Maly D. Thayer, of Philadelphia,
Mrs. J. Dallas Corbiere, of Boston.
and finally Miss Eleanor Goss, third
ranking player in the United States,
on her way to the final round rem
devious with the national champion.
Win or lose Mrs. Mallory has a
share in the laurels Of the tourna-
ment as she and Miss kea Bouman
of Holland yesterday. scored a
straight set victory over Mrs. Chaplin
and Miss Margaret Blake of Boston
in the women's doubles final.
Both Mrs. Mallory and Tilden
have met defeat here, however, as
they lost out when paired together
in the semi-fnals OF the mixd
doubles yesterday. Their greater
experience was neutralized by bet
ter team work and they we're beaten
in three sets by Mrs. Chaplin and
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

effected, with lance or bomb gun.
Captain Mayhem believes he is the
last survivor of the crew of the bark
Lafayette, burned and sunk with two
other Yankee ships off Fernando de
Noronha, Brazilian convict island, by
the Confederate warship Alabama.
After a series of adventures, he was
sent back by the U. S. Consul from
Brazil and promptly shipped on an
other whaler. On this next voyage
he saw the U. S. S. Kearsarge at
Fayal, in the Azores, just after it
had sunk the Alabama.
1t is far cry, he says. from those
old days to the modern times that
have seen the typical old whaling
barks, Greyhound and Wanderer,
pass in. OF those proud times. only
schooner John r. Mania remains.
And New Bedford has long since
turned from whaling to its great cot
ton textile mills.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
GEN. LEONARD WOOD
REPORTED AT HOSPITAL
Hospital Officials Neither Deny Nor
Confirm RepOrts-Undcrwen
Operation Last January

Boston, Aug. 6 UP)-Publishcd
II ports that General Leonard Wood,
Governor of the Philippines, was
under treatment at Peter Bent Brig
ham hospital here, were neither con-
tirmcd nor denied by hospital au-
thorties today.
eve have a Mr.. Wood here as a
patient" was the only comment
they would make.
Geural Wood underwent an oper-
alton at Manila last January, In a
recent conference with President
Coolidge at Rapid City, S. D. he
return to his post in the fall
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
FLASHES OF LIFE: FLIPlNOES TO
DROP HEAD-HUNTING FOR FOOTBALL

prohibition. Stills two stories high
among equipment.
Bristol-Fight fans see flve
knockouts on amateur car and go
home happy.
New Haven-Explosion at VIM
chester Arms plant seriously in
jures one man.
Waterbury-Workers party men,
bers plan to strike as Sacco-Van-
zetti protest.
Hartford-Checks totaling about
$1,000 and drawn on the Pratt and
Whitney company are being passed
in various cities.
Milford-Bert Acosta may head
flying school here.