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Evening star., 1927-05-15
10000 PHYSICIANS TO ATTEND
MEDICAL CONVENTION FIERE E
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road, at which the members will be
addressed by President Coolidge. From
this time on the convention will con-
sist largely of scientific sessions,
mostly sectional, at which the first
public announcement of some star
tling advances in the art of healing
are expected.
A large variety of subjects are
slated for discussion. Besides the more
technical fields, discussion will center
on professional ethics and standards,
public health education. protection of
the public against quacks, and stand
ardiZation of hospitals. The American
Medical Association long has been
foremost in the fight to. keep the edu.
cational and professional qualifications
of American medical men the highest
in the world and has exposed boldly,
from time TO time. all sorts of quacks
who have gotten into the business Of
healing.
In addition to the sectional meetings
on Wednesday the delegates and their
wives will be received by the presi.
dent and faculty of George Washing.
ton University at the college. On
Thursday the delegates and their
wives will be received by. the president
and faculty of George Washington
University at Corcoran Hall.
Woman physicians who are mem.
bers OF the association will be guests
at the banquet at the Mayfiower
Wednesday evening at which DR..
Edith Seville Coale win be toastmis.
tress.
Speakers will be: DIR. Elizabeth Burr
Iheibery. resident physician of
Vassar College; DIR. Gladys Henry
DICK, one of the discoverers of the
cause and cure of scarlet fever; DR..
Eliza M. Mosher: DIR. Martha Tracy.
dean OF the Women's Medical College
OF Philadelphia: DR.. Elizabeth Bass of
New Orleans and DR.. Esther Loveioy
or New York, chairman of the Ameri.
can Women's Hospital Committee.
Automobile trips to places of inter-
ests about Washington have been ar.
ranged for the visiting woman phvsi
clans Thursday afternoon.
Luncheon at Hospital.
There will be luncheon at Chill.
dren's Hospital on Thursday for all
those especially interested in chill.
dfens diseases. In the evening
.hels VIII De reception to the preSi-
dent and officers of the America n
Medical Association at the Mayfiower.
IN addition to the section meetings
on Friday, trips to points Of interest
have been arranged for all the
delegates.
Wives Of the delegates will be
entertained by committee of which
Mrs. Joseph s. Wall is chairman.
The women's auxiliary of the associa.
ton will hold a workers conference
Wednesday afternoon at the Red
Cross Building. National officers of
the auxiliary will be rendered a recep.
ton by the local auxiliary at Me-
mortal Continental Hall Wednesday
evening.
Eight Government departments will
be represented in the scientific ex-
hibit arranged for the convention.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY REX COLLIER.

Covering" the Mississippi flood
spread out as 1t is over more than
half dozen States, is taxing the
nerves and endurance of the largest
aggregation of newspaper men as.
sembled for one news event since the
World War.
Many of the leading dailies. several
prominent magazines and all press as.
sociations have staff correspondents
in the food area. trying to keep tab
on the sporadic developments from
Memphis to New Orleans.
Keeping pace with the energetic
Secretary of Commerce In his jumps
by train. boat and automobile up and
down the turbulent river is as hard
as checking up on new levee breaks
and rescue feats Trailing Secretary
Hoover, or rather running along with
him. have been group of Is or 80
newspaper men bent on watching the
cabinet officers every move. Three
weeks Of this eye strain has proved
exasperating, to say the least Hoover
seems imbued with perpetual motion.
it Is pointed out.
Noted Writers on job.
Many we'll known journalists have
taken active part in reporting the
news and feature phases of the
greatest flood of modern times
Among these. at one time or another
and in one place or another. have
been noted Richard Washburn Child,
former Ambassador to Italy; Cor
nelius Vanderbilt associate editor OF
the New York Daily Mirror: Dana
Barnett, whose articles appear i'll
the Saturday Evening Post, Collier s
and other weeklies: James l.. West
and Roland Davies of the Washing
ton Burean of the Associated Press
in addition to a large number OF
Southern A. p. men; Lawrence
Sullivan of International News Serv-
ice. Al Reck of United Press, Ar
thur Hachten of Universal Service
and representa- tives of the National
Geographic Magazine. Survey and
other publica tions.
The consensus of the press has
been that as n whole. the Mississippi
food is undoubtedly a major catas
trophe, over which a battle of ad-
iectives and descriptive terms has
ragged. but 1t is lacking In the dra-
matte situations that the writers had
expected to see upon entering the
flood zone
The extent of the damage and the
suffering, 1t is explained. cannot be
exaggerated. but sensational rescues
and other exciting things that one
ordinarily associates with great dis
asters. are singularly few and far
between.
Few Rescues Seen.
Many heroic rescues have been
made, but because of the widespread
scope of the flood and the scattered
layout Of the towns and villages af-
fected, few il any newspapermen have
been on the spot to record eyewitness
stories of such events. Nearly all of
the tales OF bravery have been related
to the press secondhand.
Few, IL any, of the writers actually
Evening star., 1927-05-15
FLOOD DISEASE MINOR.
Intensive Health Precautions Taken
in Disaster Area.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May IA R.--
There is less disease in the flooded
Mississippi Valley now than there
has been for several years under
normal conditions. DR.. William r.
Redden, medical officer Of the Ameri.
can Red Cross, said here today.
Vaccination against smallpox and
immurization against typhoid fever.
which have been given several hun
dred thousand persons In the inun.
dated area. have decreased the dis
ease rate from these causes "in the
face of the most dangerous health con-
ditions this section has ever faced"
the medical chief reported.
Relief headquarters here believed
tonight that chances for escaping epi-
denies in the distressed lowlands are
good. In view of the intensive healtl,
campaigns being conducted by State
and Federal health services and the
Red Cross. This optimistic attitude
was based on reports from 64 camps
and concentration centers where re-
lief Is being distributed and directed,
ruHov,S ANrnS NxaDnnNYrn
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extremely heavy, as the time for the
mile and quarter would indi-
cate. 2:06.
Today was the sixth time Harry
Payne Whitney had furnished the
favorites for the derby, and it was
his second victory. Regret won the
big prize in 1915. the only filly ever
to show the way home to the colts.
While much will be written about
Whiskery and Osmand in the years
to come, Jock, the son of Colin,
should not be overlooked
Evening star., 1927-05-15
MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE
is GRANTED DIVORCE
Mrs. Helen Irwin Crocker Says
Husbands Love for Drama
Wrecked Home.
By the Associated Press

by tne ASSoClateO ffeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-Mrs
Helen Irwin Crocker was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce here
today from her husband. Charles Tenn
pleton Crocker, multi-millionaire presi
dent Of the California Historical So
ciety, and a member of California
pioneer Io1 ess family fam CROKER did not con-
Mrs. Crocker is the daughter of VIII
liam Irwin, Hawaiian sugar baron.
The complainant, on the witness
stand. declared that her happiness
had been wrecked by her husbands
love for and pursuit of drama.
At the time of her marriage Mrs.
Crocker received wedding present
from her father of $4,000 and in
December. 1922, she received S6.000,-
900 in stocks from the estate OF her
mother.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Playwright Named in Suit.

NEW YORK, May II LP.--Lulu S.
Vollmer. playwright, is co.defendant
with the Metro-Goldwyn Pictures
Corporation in a suit involving the
sale of a motion picture rights to her
play, "Sun-Up,' 1t was revealed today
when a Transcript Of testimony she
gave at an examination prior to trial.
was filed with the county clerk. Suit
was broughtby Co.Optimists, Inc.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
RUMOR HUGHES TO HEAD
SACCO-VANZETTI PROBE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE New
York Times says a report is current
in New York that Charles Evans
Hughes will be named by Gov. Fuller
OF Massachusetts TO the Craftsmanship
Of commission to inquire into the
Sacco-Vanzetti case.
When questioned concerning the re
port last night. Mr.. Hughes said: II
have not heard anything Of the mat
ter officially"
Evening star., 1927-05-15
JOHN M. JOHNSON DIES.
Prominent Alexandria Resident
Expires Suddenly at 79.


John NJ. Johnson, 70 years old, a
leading citizen of Alexandria ana
chairman of the board of directors OF
the Citizens National Bank, died sud.
denly there last night.
Mr.. Johnson had been staying at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. {. ID.
Barrett, wife of Maj. Barrett of the
Marine Corps at GOT South Washing
ton street during their absence in
Paris, and it was there that his
death occurred. His home is at 6O4
Duke street.
In addition to his daughter. he
leaves his wife. Constance Beach
Johnson and one son. Conrad John
son of Philadelphia. He was a men,
ber of the Alexandria Bar Associa.
tion, Past Comdr. of Robert Z. Lee
Post Of Confederate Veterans and a
vestryman of st. Pauls Episcopal
Church.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
5000 CHILDREN TO HOLD
PICNIC AT LOCAL SHRINE
Parochial Schools to Send Pupils on
Visit to Immaculate Conception
Grounds Tomorrow.

Five thousand children from the
parochial schools of Washington will
assemble. tomorrow on the grounds OF
the National Shrine OF the Immacu.
late conception at Catholic University
Tor their second annual picnic.
, A program of games has been ar.
ranged and the children will also be
taken on tour through the crvpt OF
the shrine. Rev. DIR. Bernard A. Nc.
kenna, director, will discuss it's his.
tory and what it is meant to com.
memmorate
Members of Detroit Chapter. Saliva
regina. who made their annual nil.
grlmage to the shrine, left for Detroit
yesterday after spending a week here,
"A memorial service of the War
Mothers of New Jersey was held Fri.
day In the shrine.
May services are being held there
every afternoon at O'Clock.
The annual mass of the Daughters
OF Isabella will be observed Nav 20 ar
the altar OF st. Elizabeth. This chapel
was donated to the shrine by the
daughters of Isabella.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
100 DELEGATES EXPECTED
American Physiotherapy Society of
Women Meets Tomorrow.

The American Physiotherapy So
ciety, composed of women who give
physiotherapeutic treatments under
the directions of doctors, will hold its
annual meeting tomorrow, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Headquarters will be
at the Hamilton and approximately
100 delegates are expected.
In accordance with it's custom, the
society meets at the same time and
city as the convention of the Ameri.
can Medical Association. Technical
discussions will comprise the pro-
grams.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
81, SERVES AS JUSTICE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SPARTA, Mich, May 14.-Justice Of
the peace at the age of 90 years, Oscar
Beeby, who has resided here As years.
is actively engaged every day in the
discharge of his duties, which he has
handled 40 years.
Enjoying the best of health, a regu.
lar attendant at church services and
Sunday school, Justice Beeby looks
forward with considerable expectation
to many more years of usefulness.
He was born in Central Square.
N. Y, in 1885 and came to this village
in 1882.
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rectly in the path Of the food. the in-
habitants repeatedly have been
warned TO move and the evacuation
is expected to be complete before the
waters sweep through. The town
Of Melville. the largest in the path
Of the food, already was b5ins evac-
uated.
The food menace was not believed
by State relief officials entirely robbed
of its threat TO other sections. On
the west bank Of the Mississippi at
Morganza. the mouth of Old River
at Torras and on the east bank of
the Atchafalya, Simmesport, hundreds
OF workers were being assembled to
race with the rising tide in raising
levees to hold 1t back.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
$10,0o0,000 Farm Body o. KID.

By the Associated Press.
A plan for formation of a 100000
900 finance corporation by Mississippi
bankers for relief of farmers in that
State was approved yesterday by the
Federal Farm Loan Board.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The AntiHorse Thief Association
sponsored a bill in the Kansas Legis-
lature to curb roadsidt "petting."
Evening star., 1927-05-15

When leaving Japanese hotel,
guests tip the proprietor. not the at.
tendantS.
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GREAT RACE is RUN
BY WHISKERY IN
WINNING OF DERBY

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WILD RIVERS FLOOD.
RICH SECTIONS AS
NEW LEvEES BREAK

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OUTGOING PASSENGER SHIPS

SAILING TODAY.
Texan-Pacifc Coast. .......... 500 Pm
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SAILING TUESDAY. MAY II.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
OVER 100 ARE KILLED
Death Toll in Japanese Blizzard
 steadily Increases

Tokyo. Feb. If Rl-The toll of death in the .ecent storms in the northern part of Hondo Island pass ed the 100 mark today.
 The home office confirmed that @ had been killed, 29 were missing and li3 houses destroyed in Nilgata prefecture. In Toyama prefecture there were 40 dead. IS hurt and 7S houses crushed. Former soldiers ara volunteering to take food supplies to the stricken areas.
 The district was reportei to be buried under great blanket Of snow. which was responsible for the death and damage. Snow began fall- ing about week ago and Is still falling, The storm is said 10 he the worst in that vicinity in half a cen tury.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
West Hartford
AT 461 469-l37 Notes

The Pythian Sisters will conduct another of their series of public whists Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows hall.
 The regular meeting of the W. C.. T. U. will be held Tuesday afternoon at o:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. c. H. Bronson. 43 Maple street. in stead Of at Mrs. w. A. Hyde's as was formerly announced.
 Mrs. Laura Warfield of Park street has returned from a long visit with her son in Boston.
 Mir. and Mrs. Floyd B. Stil!man have returned from their wedding trip. which was spent in New York city.
 The Girl scouts held a Valentine party this afternoon in the Chamber Of Commerce rooms.
 George D. Johnson of Danvile, H.. was the weekend guest of Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Bunnell Of Broad street.
 The We-Uns club will meet this evening at the home of Miss Dorothy Clark on Pennington avenue.
 William Friedman and Miss Helen Sollick of Meriden were married here Saturday by Justice L. S. Mills.
 The Merry Makers will meet at the home of Miss Rose Arcari on Broad street at 7:3o o'clock tomor- TOW evening.
 The date Of the Old Folks concert at the Congregational church has been changed from February 24 to Wednesday. February 23.
 Albert Dresser Of West Main street is recovering at the New Britain General hospital from injuries re- ceiyed last week when struck by an automobile.
 Martha Rebellah lodge will hold a public box social this evening in Odd Fellows hall.
 High school pupils of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy parish will meet at o'clock tmorrow afternoon to discuss plans for moro ad- vanced religious course. The town plan commission will meet this evening in the town hall
 S20 bill lost between Linden St ;chool and Plainville Bank Monday noon. February If. Return to Car. rigan. Linden St. school, Plainville --advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
BAS.HiILi AI YALE,

New Haven, Fob. II UP) - E; lall at Y2'2 get under way 10 g., when Coach Joe Wood hal ttN selected battery candiia' $ out .ot practice at the small runnia.' track near the gymnasium. : cause of the destruc' ion Of the baseball cage. space for rrclin:- nary training is limited.
 Coach Wood has plenty Of vel cran material with which to work this season IS only D&rly Lindlel left fielder and captain of lasi years team. and "Bo" Shoop. I 1 pitcher, were lost by graduation.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14

evening from 6:30 o'clock 10 8
 o'clock in the social rooms of the Methodist church by the members of
 the Junior league. Mrs. A. l.. Bur
 green will be in charge. Wesley Ogle entertained a num-
 Der of his young friends this after , noon at his home at a birthday
 party, it being his eighth birthday.
 All attending had a wonderful time. The ladies of Sacred Heart church
 will hold whist party in the church
 social rooms this evening at s
 o'clock. Mrs. Leland Rich will be
 the hostess. The public is invited 10 attend.
 Miss Mildred Wicr of New Britain
 was the guest of Miss Laura Porter Rev. w. D. Beach, D.D., of New Haven, district superintendent of the
 Methodist church was the preacher
 at the service at the Methodist
 church last evening.
 | MT. and Mrs. w. H. Payne enter
 tained relatives from out of town
 over tho weekend.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevenson of
 Wilcox avenue entertained relatives
 from New Haven over Sunday. | There will be no meeting of the ! Pyth.an Sisters this evening at Con-
 mujitg hall.
 i T regular weekly meeting of the { C9mmunity club will be held in the
 Community hall Wednesday evening
 at s o'clock. The entertainment,
 committee in charge have arranged
 several numbers for their program { The Knights of Pythias will meet 1 tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. ' The boys club will have charge of
 the program at Community club Wednesday evening, February 23
 William Ogle the physical director will supervise the work of the boys : H. Splettstoeszer was a visitor in New Britain on business today. 1 Valentine boxes were exchanged in
 the different rooms at the Hubbard
 school today. Several hundred of
 the heart shaped missives changed , hands.
 Leaves For South l Mir. and Mrs. George Dalbey left
 yesterday afternoon for St. Angus tine, Florida, where they will spend q short vacation. They will stop at i New York city for few days where | Mir. Dalbey will attend the annual convention of the American Institute of Mining Engineers of which he is
 q member. While in St. Augustine 1 they will visit the ruins of the old monasteries and other points of in-
 terest. St. Augustine is the first set ! tlement of the United States and i possesses many interesting relics of
 an old civilization.
 Keep young: keep healthy through { Enervating Body Massage. w. E. Ogle. .-advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
BIG PLANE FORCED DOWN
Fails to Break Existing Endurance
 Records in Test

San Diego, Cal. Feh. II tCP) - Rain and engine trouble caused the giant seaplane PB-1 to fail in its at tempt to break existing endurance records. Lieutenant Frank White more, it's pilot. said today
 Tho machine remained in the air 1j hours and six minu' $ bef.re it was forced down.
 With crew ot four. 1,'5o gallons Of gasoline and C0 gallons of oil. the great ship took the air Saturday tn all attempt 10 remain in flight @2 hours, !he landed here yesterday unable further 10 battle lile som with her faulty engines.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
OPPOSITION GROWS
 ID STEVENS BILL Democrats Express Dislike Of Biennial Election Day
 INTEREST IS INCREASING
Berlin Motherhood Club to Dine Boys and Girls of Town Tonight-Ken- sington Mems Lyccum to Give Pa triotic Mccting-Town Health.

Opposition to tho proposed bien- nial election bill which is now calen- dared in the state legislature and which has lain dormant since its in troduction by Representative Claude w. Stevens, has sprung up following printed statement which appear cd in the Herald last Saturday which was signed "Antimonarchial." This letter was the first open criticism of the bills purposes.
 Several democrats have joined the opposition and demand the recall of the bill which will appear i'll the near future.
 The unconcern with which most voters greeted the introduction of the bill has gradually given away 10 unfavorable comment. Represen- tative Stevens, when the bill was first introduced in the legislature, made the statement that he would recall it if unfavorable comment reached large proportions.
 The question has come ID as to the desirability of holding the elec~ tons bi-annually. Contrary 10 Ste vcns' statement that the bi-annual system would give the voters q greater amount of interest in the elections. leading democrats now state that the opposite would be true and point to the interest shown in the last elections whan the Ken sington League of Women Voters brought fear into the hearts of those who had previously been firmly en- trenched in their posi-iont.
 To Give Party.
 The Berlin Mothcrn ood club will give a Valentine party this cve-ing at o'clock in the Horlin Congrega- tional church. The guests of the or canization will be the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Brownie scouts aid the Cub Scouts. About 100 of Berlin's young people arc expected to be present. The supper is being arranged by men bers of tho Berlin Motherhood club who havc been active this year in dining different groups in town.
 Leaves for Nursing Training.
 Miss Lillian tshworth, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Harold Ashworth, will leave "Wednesday for Grace hospital, New Haven, where she will begin training for her nurses cap. Miss Ashworth WIS a graduate of New Britain high school, class of June, 1924, and is socially prominent both here and in New Britain.
 St. Valentines Report.
 Statements from the post offices of town slow that the daily mail in- creased considerably today as mes sages of undying affection sped be- tween the local loved ones. Slim, square and fanatically shaped en- velopes with stamps in strange po- sitions filled the mail bags of town and packages which rattled enticing- ly wer. rushed through the local of fees, special efforts being made to get the parcels to their intended des- tinations on the great day.
 Daughter Born.
 ME and Mrs. William Mclntype of 4l5 Arch street. New Britain, are receiving congratulations on the birtl of a daughter at the New Brit ain hospital on February 9. Mrs. Mcintyre was before her marriage
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
MOSES HERMAN DIES

New York, Feb. IA R-Moses Herman. a justice of the court Of special session. died suddenly today at his apartment In the Great North ern hotel. He was born in New York, April 20. 1868. He was elect ed member of the state assembly in 1894. Justice Herman was for merly assistant district attorney and cit magistrate. He was appointed a justice of the special sessions court in 1913.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14

Plainville crippled tonight, may at last fulfill their ambition. On Thurs day the locals will meet the New Britain South church in a County "Y' league game at the New Brit ain Boys club.
 Baptist Church Notes
 The Baptist ,hurch choir will hold a rehearsal at the church tomorrow evening at 7:S0 o'clock. Al! willing to sing are requested to be present, There will be a mid-week prayer meeting at 7:45 o'clock Thursday evening. The topic will be Serving in and through the Church" which is the Sunday school lesson for next Sunday.
 On Friday evening box social will be held in the church parlors under the auspices of the Young Peoples society. Ladies will furnish lunch , for two and men purchase the boxes. Peck Spring Girls Meet A pleasant evening was spent Saturday evening at the home Of Mrs. Lcnnette Symington on Tom , linson avenue, where seven of the Peck Spring Co. girls gathered. AT Italian supper was served and vas followed by singing and dancing Those present were the Misses Mary and Rose Arcari, Mary and Philo- mena DiYuHo, Elba Niardi, Mary Marinella. Alice Royce. and Lennette Symington.
 Plain>ilIc Wins Again The Brock Barnes post bowlers kept up their winning pace over the weekend by hurlng back the invad- ing West Hartford post. taking three games and winning by 45 pins. The scores
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14

The funeral will be held al g o'clock Tuesday morning from St. Joseph's Catholic church. Rev. Oliver T. Magnell will celebrate tho high mass of requiem and inter- ment will be in St. Thomas ceme> tcry.