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New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
League Standing

The millennium has come or so it
would seem. Lindbergh has crossed
the Atlantic in an airplanc and Jack
Dempsey has started his comeback
by knocking out Jack Sharkey. Both
of these feats were heretofore con-
sindered impossible of accomplish
ment but, great as were these deeds,
they both pale into significance in
the minds of followers of the In
dustrial Baseball League in this
city beside the fact that the Union
Works team has won its first game
in two entire seasons. Not only did
the team score it's initial victory in
twenty odd games. but it also made
the Stanley Rule & Level team. ter
| or for the league leaders all season,
| its victim in a ten-inning struggle
that was packed with thrills
No team in the league could have
| fought more valiantly or made a
greater finish than did the lowly
tailenders last night at Walnut Hill
park. Beginning and playing under
| "A handicap of two runs with the
Stanley Rule leading to 1, the team
came through with brilliant rally
| in the eighth and so into the lead.
| The Stanley Rule tied the score in
me ninth and then put another
run across to again lead in the 10th.
| But the Union Works team was able
for them because in the last half of
the tenth, the Church street crew
played the game and scored two
runs to tie and win.
The Stanley Works went into first
place by defeating the New Britain
Machine 6 too in the game played
on Diamond No. /. This makes a
tie for first place in the league at
the finish of the regular season be-
tween the Butt Makers and the P
& f. Corbin team, imminent. Cor
bins have only to beat Fafnirs
Thursday to make the pennant race
a deadlock and playoff game
necessary.
Union Works Win
1t took the Union Works 10 in
nings to come through with their
first victory in two seasons of play.
but 1T was a glorious victory after
a hard-fought battle. The score Of
the game was 6 to 5. More excite
ment was packed into the three last
innings in this game than has cen
experienced in any full game during
the entire season. The Union Works
staged a brilliant rally in the
eighth to score three runs and get
into the lead by one. The Stanley
Rule came back in the first of the
ninth to tie the count and then ad-
ded another in the first of the tenth
to go into the lead, but the Union
Works came right back and fought
like tigers to get two more runs and
win the game.
lack, the Union Works first
sacker, was the hero of the epic
struggle. Playing a great fielding
game at first base all through the
game. it was his scratch single into
left field that brought in the VIM
ring run in the tenth. Billy Wolfe
had packed the bases before this
when he walked two men. had hit
another and allowed single to
bring in the winning run. but 1t
was lacks single that brought IN
Casey, Union Works twirler with
the run that won for him his own
same.
Between Ritner and Wolfe, 10
Union Works batters had famed
but it was the grouping OF the
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
WASHINGTON GIRLS WIN
Indoor Baseball Team Swamps Rep
reSentatiyes of Smith Grounds by
81 to % Score.

In a one-sided contest played at
the Washington playground. the
girls indoor baseball team of that
ground defeated the girls team of
the Smith playground by a 37-o2
score. The playing in the five in
nings Jagged and offered nothing Of
interest to the spectators. Neither
side had good pitcher and thus
the ball was hit all over the lot.
Lineup:
Washington: Kelpensii, C; Huma-
son, p: Ruscik. 1b; Monko 2b;
kuscik, 3b.
Smith: Fenger. c; Wentland. p;
Fengler. 1b: Matulis, Oh: Lucas, 3D.
Washington .... Z 13 s II y
Smith .......... 2 . 2 s
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

The French believe that child
will grow up good il given the
right names. Among the good"
names are Albert, Alphonse. Pierre,
Gustave, Charles. Paul, Henri. Louis,
Jeanne, Agathe, Marie. Berthe,
Claire, Anne and Therese.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

Matted for TAYLOR In 9th.
xX-Batted for Henry in 9Th
1.-TWO out when winning run scored
New York 1O0 no mo- .
Pittsburgh 000 no MI
Two base hits--Reese Lindstrom, Ter
ry = Barnhart, p. Waner. Three base
hit Barnhalt. Winning nitcber-ItI
Losing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Umpires-
Reardon, O'Day and Moran. Time-o.0,
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
u NNGERS PRACTICE

The Ranger baseball team will
hoId is weekly practice scs ion
Thursday night at $40 o'clock at
Willow Brook park All members Of
the team are urged TO be on hand.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
Totals


1"V"TS IT TT
x-Batted for Buckeye in Sth.
Cleveland 900 nlO 0hi-3
Washington .......10c OF 0ny-i
Two base hits-Thurston, Autry. Three
base htt-Brcaeye. tmpircs-OIm-by and
Owens. Losing ptcher--Buckcy~ Time
OF game--l:t2.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

N-IAtted TOT Petty n 9TH.
Chicago ...............00 900 100 DIX
Two base hts-Barrett. Scott. Sacri-
fices-Eaglish 2. Losing pitcher Petty.
umpires-Hart. Rigler and Jorda. Time
--l:35.
Second Game.
Brooklyn ..............o 900 ago 0oo-s
Chicago ...............0l2 0I0 OOO-4
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

IUtaIS 3S " 80 IS
StdHley fule .UEV U1U0ul 10
Unions Works ........0 Dol 600 $50 2-s
Two base hits-Schmidt. Moore. Three
base hits-Thorstenson. Sacrifice-Ritt-
ner. umpire-Moo.re Time OF game-2:35,
Now Lead League
The Stanley Works team now
leads the Industrial League by virtue
OF its win over the Newmatics last
night on Diamond No. by the
score of s too. The Butt Makers.
with Walter Scott pitching alright
ball, put everything they had into
the game and the result was a shut
Continued on following page.)
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
ID y IT
PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia ..........011 o03 1GN-S
Two base hits--Gehrig, Cobb. Dykes,
French, Cochrane. Walberg. Home rum
Gehrig. Losing ptcher-Ruethcr. I'm
plres-Nan Graflan, Rowland and Connol-
ly, Time-1:iO.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10
NORTH & JUDD

~ " D. 800 o.
Stanley Works ...........0 0i 020 40
Thre base hit-Mskey Home run-
Rossmore. pire-Harry Stromquist.
Tine OF game--l:55.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

About 100 words were .ldod &c
the English language during 1925.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Brother John was the grand prior's
assistant and was the only parson in
the bunch''
What is there concealed at the
priory?''
Nothing" said Pawter emphati.
cally. Il know the priory from gate
to cellar / know every cell in it.
every inch of it. and / tell you that
if there's anything more innocent than
prior OF the Proud Sons of Ragousa,
why, it ought to wear halo"
! Poor Bullott, thought Bill. The raid
| was abortive before it was made. But
| he could not tell the inspector this on
| take the responsibility for checking
| his plans.
Have you the least suspicion of an
idea in your mind why Brother John
was murdered?''
Pawter shook his head.
Not the least He was man
without enemies, man who had no
| private feuds; beyond his devotion tc
| Stone, I know of no very great friend
| ship of his. The murder is inexplica
bic, and | can only suppose that the
| shot fired at Brother John was either
| intended for somebody else Or
Don't say it was an accident" said
| Bill. because that kind Of accident
| hardly happens twice in "a hours The
man who shot Brother John took one
| good crack at me and nearly got
me-"
There are certain advantages ir
| having a small head" murmured Mr.
Pawter as he closed the door upon his
| sometime assistant.
(To be continued tomorrow
Evening star., 1927-05-02

surprise. 1.-The CRATER who tried that
would get the shock of his life. No
body, not even the grand prior HIM
self, can touch any cS the money.
and certainly cannot touch the prize
money. / will explain the system.
When a man is initiated into the
Proud Sons of Ragousa he pays SO;
he pays another $40 every year. Half
of that money is banked by the local
lodge in what is known as "A account,
with the London. Southern and North
ern bank. That is. in fact, the priZe
fund. which is only released to the
men who win the argosies on a check
signed by me and initiated by the
grand prior. Is that clear?''
Bill nodded.
'Of the other pound the other half
of your subscription. at is to say--a
proportion is retained for working ex-
penses of the lodge and the remainder,
a definite sum, is remitted to the
grand priory. 1t is, I might tell you,
a very insignificant amount refer to
the amount that goes to headquarters
just sufficient to keep the priory
running, with very little surplus, and
1t is known as the priors' tax. So OBJ
viously there is nothing to be gained
from getting control of the priory.
Hc OiliS blS SIull lIIdt lS Hdt4ulCN 10
the argosy fund, which is never really
in the prior's hands"
What about the twenty-third de-
gree?"
THAT also has a small income" :"
nodded, Pawter. land the grand lodge
is in the same case-there are no
surpluses."
Isn't it possible to fake the draw?'
Pawter shook his head
''I draw the numbers. bare-armed.
There are really five draws" he ex-
planned, 'and the priors, who sit in
council beforehand, decide which of
the. five shall be the true draw SO
] am absolutely in ignorance as to
which they will decide upon, and
could not fake if l wanted to. The
five numbers, or the five groups Of
numbers, are written down and then
the priors tell me which of the groups
is the true draw. and there is moth
ing more for me to do but to turn the
names that correspond with the num-
bers and forward the checks"
Bill sat with a puzzled frown on his
face.
1.-The more businesslike the Ragou-
sans become the more mysterious they
are" he said. There doesn't seem to
be foothold for a crook unless the
crook happens to be You"
He looked suspiciously at his rela-
tive, but Mr.. Pawter, who was Injured
to such yelled insults, was more
amused than annoyed.
Even / haven't much of chance"
he began.
Tell me one thing: have you ever
seen Left Stones face since he be-
came a prior?"
Pawter shook his head
Il know him only by his purple
gown. If I met him today in the
street I should not recognize him."
''Who was Brother John?"
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Continued from Yesterdays starr
TwENTY-sECOND INsTALLMENT
CHAPTER XXXHI.
The Listener i'm the Chimney.

H r LAFFIN had spent the
greater part of the evening
with a companion who. es-
IL thetically, was repugnant to
him, but in other ways was a
wholly desirable associate. He fin
ished his short conversation with La
Tlorette, pushed aside the telephone
and leaning back in his chair,
watched his guest pull the cork from
a second large bottle and pour the
yellow. bubbling fluid into a large
wine glass that stood on the edge of
the writing desk.
Capt. Harvey Hale was a man of
no particular reticence and not even
the most chilling atmosphere of that
dark study nor the eerie references
which the doctor made to unseen
presences dulled his geniality in such
moments as these.
Land work." he said, smacking his
lips, cor sea work, it's all one to
Harvey Hale. You can't help acct
dents or. as we call them at sea, the
acts of God, and you can't stop men
like this blooming Holbrook wrig
CLING out of a trap, it doesn't matter
how clever you are. Personally /
think it's a waste of time bothering
with a whippersnapper like that--a
man 1 could break in two across my
knee He lifted his glass. ITO the
sunny islands and lashings of money!
He drained its contents at a gulp
without taking the vessel from his
lips.
You couldn't have come to a bet
ter man than me, commodore, he
said, nodding his head slowly. "If
Evening star., 1927-05-02
CHAPTER xXXIV.
Mr.. Pawter Explains.

Mr.. Pawter was in his Office when
Bill called. He was reading a news.
paper, whistling softly the while, a
practice peculiar to men of an equable
temperament.
'"The return of the wanderer," he
murmured. please tell the cashier
to have the fatted calf slaughtered
with appropriate ceremony. You will
find your room in order and your desk
so innocent of muddle that you will
hardly feel at home for day or two.
And"
"Pips, want a story out of you"
said Bill, seating himself on the other
side of the table.
T Mr.. Pawler laid down his newspaper
and sighed.
You are still engaged in the pro-
fession from which / rescued your" he
asked, wearily. And you want a
story? / should be false to the tradi-
tions of my agency If I missed a
chance of getting good publicity.
What is the story? Does it pay to ad.
vertise? Yes. it does"
''Pips," interrupted Bill again, "the
Evening star., 1927-05-02
GERMAN PRESS STIRRED
OVER FUNERAL ETIQUETTE
Newspaper Holds President Should
Be First to Extend Tribute,
Not Kaiser.

BERLIN. May 2.--Who should be
the first to pay last honors to a
deceased general Of the former I'M
perial army-the representative of the
former Kaiser or the President of the
German Republic? This question of
etiquette is a live topic of discussion
in the German press since the recent
funeral Of Gen. Ernst Won Wrisberg.
President Won Hindenburg, wear
ing the uniform of field marshal. at
tended the funeral The ex-Kaiser
delegated Gen. Won Cramon to repre-
sent him. After the coffin had been
lowered into the grave, Cramon step
ped forward ahead of Hindenburg and
was the first to drop a handful of
earth upon the casket.
The Republican press holds that
the President must at all times take
precedence before everybody else, and
demands that occurrences like that
at the bier of the late Gen. Won Wris-
berg he avoided once and for ALL
Evening star., 1927-05-02
BY Edgar Wallace
A Thrilling Romance of Today
Copyright 1927. by Chicago Daily News Inc.

story ] want is about a priory and a
seen prior"
Mr Pawter eyed him steadily.
That is exactly the kind of story
] can't give you,' he said, mot for
publication, anyway
Il don't want it for publication. /
want to know what you are in this
outfit
You seem to know already" Mr..
Pawter smiled family. II am a
prior-in other words, I am the ac-
countant of the Proud Sons of Ragou-
sa. You didn't know that I was an
accountant? Accountancy was my
long suit, and | am a member of the
chartered society. There is nothing
mysterious about me, William. l am
surprised you should have imagined
there was"
Did YOU know Brother John?"
Pawter's face became instantly
grave.
Yes, knew him." he said quietly
And then, after long reflection: I'D
better tell YOU the story of my con-
nection with this society. The head
Of the Ragousans, as you probably
know, is Mr.. Left Stone. Ragousa
as you will know il any of your school
learning remains, was at one time the
from which the argosies sailed
'argosy' means literally "a vessel of
Ragousa.' Many years ago / was
associated with Stone in business and
when he had got the order running
and his prize scheme had caught on
to such an extent that members were
fiocking into the order he sent for
me and asked if ! would put it upon
a proper business basis. Naturally, It
was not the kind of thing which
greatly interested me-secret societies
and all that sort of stuff--but there
were very many reasons why l should
take up the work. In the first place,
two thousand a year"
'Dollars?" asked Bill.
Ell am speaking Of our own depleted
currency" said Mr.. Pawter. mo,
c 1000 was the salary offered to me
and a very acceptable sum it was. ]
did not like the lottery idea very
much: as a business man it had no
appeal for me, and, moreover, it
struck me that 1t erred on the side
of illegality. However, the police
seem satisfied that the Ragousans
should have their argosies and what
am ] to oppose my opinion to the
law officers of the crown? ] under
took the work, but on the understand
ing that | should not be one of the
masks. | drew the line at hiding a
countenance which in my youth was
not without it's admirers
THAT must have been a hell of
long time ago." said the irritated Bill
Cant you make the story short?"
It's going to be just as short as
Evening star., 1927-05-02

you'd searched the wide world you
couldn't have found better man.
On land or on sea, by flood and by
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Red Head l|

sumed that evening, both his speech
and his poise were extraordinarily
steady Il could drink a diStilleTy
dry and walk a chalk line. Ask any
man you've ever met who knows the
sea has he ever seen Harvey Hale
drunk? What will they answer"
DR.. Latin did not trouble to in.
quire. He walked suggestively into
the passage. opened the front door
and cut short a further panegyric on
the merits and qualities of Harvey
Hale by closing the door gently in the
face of that worthy man.
He did not return to his study, but
went upstairs to the top floor. where
he had imprisoned Betty Carew The
door had been repaired and fas-
tened even more securely. He was
in the suite" for 10 minutes
before he came back to the study.
A somewhat tidy minded man,
he gathered together number of
notes he had made, examined them
one by one and finally, after half an
hours memorizing. carried the scraps
OF paper to the fireplace, struck a
match and lit them. AS they blaZed
up a puff of smoke came out into the
room: it was as though the chimney
was blocked. He stopped and looked
up. Concealed from view by the
edge OF the fireplace and half resting
on a brick projection was small
black box.
He stamped out the paper fire.
reached up and tried to pull it down.
but it was fastened to something He
pulled with all his strength; there
was snap and the box came away in
his hand.
Now he saw what had held it in
place-a long strand of wire. which
he had snapped The box, which was
black with SCOT and had evidently
been lowered down the chimney. was
about six inches square and roughly
made. He put it on his table and ex-
amined 1t curiously: then, with the
aid of a pair of scissors, he ripped off
one side. and had no need to look fur
ther to discover the significance of his
find. 1t was a sensitive mircrophone.
For second his face went gray.
Who had placed 1t there? What had
been heard?
He passed out of the ROOM up the
stairs, and through the locked door
OF the top-fioor suite. In a locked
lumber room at the back of the house
was a small trapdoor that led to the
roof, which served as an emergency
fire escape. In five minutes he WIS
walking along the fiat roof until he
was brought UP by q high chimney
stack.
Yes, there it was--from one of the
chimney pots a length of wire led
across the roof and down one side of
the house. To make any further
search that night was impracticable.
The mischief was done. What should
he do?
He sat until dawn showed, his
malignant eyes fixed upon the telltale
instrument, and then, with some labor.
he replaced the box where he had
found it and made rough splice of
the broken wire Whoever was listen.
ing should hear something little
more puzzling than he had heard
before.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

life, has been profitable for this town
and vicinity. esg
Nearly 400 acres have beta re-.
claimed from the shallow North Sea
bay under the wash reclamation
scheme which had its inception hun
dreds OF years ago. as reports OF
King Johns losses were handeaedown
generation after generation. The re-
claimed land is to he used for REri.
cultural purposes and has been estl-
mated to be worth $500 an acre.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

/ can make it," replied Mr.. Pawter
compiacently. LAS l say, I stipulated
that I should not be masked, and I
pointed out TO Left Stone the ex-
traordinary opportunities that existed
in the order for impersonation and
fraud. unless there was one man whom
everybody knew by sight and who
could be distinguished from the rest
of the crowd. He fell III with my
views, and ever since it has been my
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Ends the ttnnness bobbing invites by directly
reiuvenatin6 dormant hair roots

X/OU can't cover up thin spots on
4 bobbed head. You must grow
nezU hair. And you can't do that by
rubbing "tonics" on the surface of
your scalp.
This method is guaranteed in writ
ing to do it. 1t is guaranteed. too,
to stop falling hair completely. If it
fails, it costs you nothing. So it is
folly not to try it. Get it at any
drug store. 1t is called Van Ess
Liquid Scalp Massage.
1t does what no other method does
or has ever done: Acts to revive
dormant hair roots by massaging
powerful root-rejuvenating and germ
combating agents directly into the
Evening star., 1927-05-02
HUNT FOR KINGS JEWELS.
Englishmen Are Thereby Reclaim
ing Acres of Farmland.

KINGS LYNN. England, May up.
Search for King Johns crown jew
els. lost 700 years ago in the Cross
Keys Wash. near Sutton Bridge. when
the monarch barely escaped with his
Evening star., 1927-05-02

duty to draw the numbers which bring
fortune to members of the order"
Just a minute" interrupted Bill.
"The revenue of the Ragousans is a
pretty heavy one, isn't it?''
''It has a turnover Of something be.
tween C 100000 and 100000 a year"
was the staggering reply, land half OF
that goes in argosies-nearly half"
Now, is it possible" said Bill, "for
swindler to obtain admission to
the priory, and. by impersonating one
or the other officers, secure hold of
that money!"
Absolutely impossible" said Paw.
ter, emphatically, and Bill showed his
Evening star., 1927-05-02
."GE'.TS. .lr:.

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was registered in the great majority OF
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Why then, go on fooling yourself with
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the hair roots people used to believe
were beyond recall are revivable.
Go TO any drug store. Get the Van
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~ Liquid Scalp Masssss
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-01

The finest Safety Razor lD the world at $15. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-01
LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, SEWARD PRE- ciNcT, AT SEWARD. In the Matter of the Estate of AL. FRED kRONDAL, Deceased.
 NO. 130 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT OF AD-
 MiNISTRATOR
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Oscar Dahl, administrator of the Es- tate of Alfred Krondal, deceased, has filed in the above entitled court his Final Report and Account, and that August 29th, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. in the court room of said court at Seward, Alaska, has been set as the time and place for the hearing on said Final Report and Account. All persons having any interest in the above entitled matter are hereby admOnished and cited to appear at said time and place and offer their ob- jections, if any, why said Final Report and Account should not be approved and settled and said estate closed in accordance with law.
 This Notice is dated and the date of it's first publication is the 18th day of June, 19927.
 OSCAR DAHL, Administrator of the Estate of AL fred Krondal, Deceased. Publish June 29, July 6, 13, 20 and June, 1927.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-01
YACHT "sTRANCER' Is !. ENROUTE FROM SOUTH

The yacht Stranger" of Los An geles, Captain F. E Lewis owner and commander, is en route to Seward from the South. Mrs. Lewis is ac- her husband.
 The captain and Mrs. Lewis are from San Pedro, Calif., where he is en- gagged in the cattle business. Captain Lewis made a trip to Alaska several years ago on another yacht, only go- ing as far as Ketchikan. Victor Buck, who is also a member of the party, is making his first trip to Alaska. A small-sized moving picture machine is carried on board and hundreds of pie lures are being taken. The Stranger was built in Los Angeles and is no feet long with a 16-foot beam, and is equipped with two 90-horse power At las Deisel engines, which are capable of making 10 1-2 knots. Captain Lew is is carrying a crew of seven men and is bound Westward
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-01

Incense and Incense Burners. Schal lerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-01
LARGE FLAG UNFURLED
 AT THE RADIO STATION

The largest flag in Seward was un- furled to the breezes yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock and to Lieutenant Clark goes the honor of raising the flag, which measures about A feet. The big fagpole at the radio station is so placed as to be visible to all in- coming vessels. About the first thing tourists and visitors will see as they head into Resurrection bay will be the Stars and Stripes.