davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

Now what was the best wsy
to get this? In the first place
you must play the ball a little
farther forward. not very much.
however. And perhaps you
might open your stance a little
more than on the full driver
shots that you want to 20
straight.
or course, too. you AUST aim
about 10 or Is yards to the left
OF where you are playing. Some
players turn the face of the club
GU. a little bit. but this is lot ex-
actiX necessary. You want to Wis.
uallze the manner in which that
clubface will swing so that it will
give the ball the tiniest amount of
s. spin.
This you can do best by making
your arc curve coming from the
outside of the imaginary direction
line to the hole on the down stroke.
Your right hand should finish in
an underneath position for the first
two feet after the ball is hit. Ii
YOU get your hands a tiny bit ahead
OF the clubhead when it hits the
Dan IL VIII help you In obtaining
this slice spin.
1t really isn't what Is known
as true slice spin because the
ball should go to the right IS
the end. A few years ago there
was q big fad in England for
this sort of a stroke for all full
shots.
! was once playing with an Eng
iishman in the open championship,
and he used this kind of a stroke
for everything, and it was really
very effective. / write this article
because there are so many people
who slice and | want to assure
them that If they do not slice so
much that if takes a good deal of
distance off their stroke that they
viii develop a good game of golf.
At any rate, everyone ought to
know how to put this slice spin
on the ball.
The Washington times., 1927-07-26
BY Sid Mercer

NEW YORK July 2sWhle New York by in an attitude
official indifference Philadelphia and Chicago the
Tss hsavyegh Championship bout being pressed
Today Tex will receive delegation Philadelphia and listen
proposition to stage the September spectacle in the Sesou
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

Also. 1t liz said Herbert Ramsey
has been sounded out on the case
He admits he has not official
charges against Voigt. but expects
to hear them when he comes hers
to hold an investigation. and he
assumes the Washington officials
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

Everywhere golfers ask why is
the ban placed on Voigt? What
has the District of Columbia Asso.
citation got. on him? Surely they
must have some reason for barring
him, but what are the charges?
Why have they been kept secret?
That's just what they want to
know. but the local governing body
must have an ace up its sleeve
and is waiting until II. ii. Ramsey
arrives Thursday before playing 1t.
The case of Voigt's has spread
like wild fire! New York has taken
up the battle. and it seems to favor
Eoigt in this case.
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

You'll appreciate the ease with which
q good need ear can be bought from
the Automobile for Sale Columns o.
the Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

II Is understood that golfers
Of the Metropolitan District are
indienan over the situation and
want to know what it is all
about.
The Washington times., 1927-07-26

Starting the club in this man.
ner Obviates two glaring faults
common among poorer players.
The two general tendencies, I
think. are either to pick the
club straight up from the bali,
or to turn it away abru; tly
around the right knee. Both, Of
course, are entirely wrong.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25

the aged gardener, that caused
States Attorney Hanson to issue
the warrant and sent detectives on
the hunt for the youth in Chicago.
He told me to come to the base
ment and bring a shovel,"S Busch
told Prosecutor Hanson. II didn't
think anything of it, except per-
haps that the boy, who was on the
road q great deal as q salesman,
and who was regarded in the town
as somewhat wild, might have
buried some liquor there.
/ asked him where his mother
was and he told me she was on
a vacation and wouldn't be back
for q couple Of weeks at least"
Search Furnace
A minute search of the furnace
in the Hill home, and Of a brick
garbage incinerator outside the
house was ordered by the coroner
when the charred parts of q pair
Of the woman's shoes were found,
together with several letters ad.
dressed to the son, In the furnace.
There was no evidence OF strug.
gle, or of any disorder. The house
traces which might have been left
by the slayer had been eradicated.
I believe that she must have
been murdered as she slept shot
through the head" Coroner Howe
said. "She was q large woman.
Her son Is a slight youth, 5 feet
Z inches tall, and weighing only
about lao pounds. But he is wiry
and strong"
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
MILLS BOY HAS
FAIR EXHIBIT
IAN rins. stair Photo.

who Il that little boy over there
with those Jersey cattle that he 90
AffectionateIy feeds and cuFries-he
seems to make them understand his
mumblfngs? z.
This query On the lips OF hundreds
at the Rockville fair this week II d.
rected ut none other than 12-year-
old sydney Mills son of the late Ed.
ward Mills, whose mysterious slay-
Ing on his dairy farm near Hunting
Hi. above Rockville, shocked the
entire State.
The lad is carrying on. His father
wanted Sydney and Paul the latter
is years old, to be cattlemen. For
several years Jersey cattle from the
Mills dairy farm have been carrying
of blue ribbons.
The Mills boys are showing this
year the prize cattle their father
would have exhibited. Both boys
are keenly interested in the cattle
business; they are serious minded,
but mentally alert and never tire of
pointing out to visitors the merits
Of their stock.
A new attendance record il looked
for at the fair today. Hundreds Of
motor cars carrying patrons from
washington were on the grounds,
and the caravan from this city
started early today to move through
the Rockville pike to the showing Of
fine horses. cattle. agricultural prod.
ucts and canned goods Of farmers
wives.
There win be racing this afternoon
and many free amusement features.
The fair win end tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
New York Will Hold
Monster Memorial
For Radicals Sunday

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.--Actiyitiea
Of Sacco. Vanzetti sympathizers CEN
tered In New York today following
the announcement by the Sacco.Van-
zetti liberation committee that
BartoloTneo Vanzetti's ashes will
lie in State here next Monday.
The emergency Sacco .sVanzetti
COMMITTEES, acting for the IL Sacco-
Vanzetti committees IN this city,
was awaiting q reply from Promoter
Tex Rickard In Chicago to its re-
quest that Madison Square Garden
be used for this purpose.
A memorial meeting Is to be held
here Sunday afternoon in the Gar
den IL possible. The committee
wants to secure the largest hall
available, as huge crowds are ex-
pected to attend the meeting Sum
day and to view Vanzetti's remains.
Meanwhile further trouble doomed
with the issuing OF q call for ma.
tional conference of sympathizers on
Monday and Tuesday at the Civic
Club here. This conference is for
the purpose OF devising means of
"vindicating" the two men who paid
the death penalty for q payroll rob
berry in Massachusetts,.
A conference TO arrange for q
demonstration Monday, called by
Miss Rose Baron, secretary OF the
emergency Sacco.V anzetti commit
tee will be held tonight at the labor
temple.
The Socialist party will hold 4
separate memorial meeting Sunday
afternoon at the Peoples Temple.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
BOY ELIN)ES
TRAPS BY
POLICE
lcontlnned froln BIZ 80

Continued from First Pagsl
lsktsr, begged the doctor to help
htraighten out the boy.
s'LaSt week." said the letter, Fl
Rold you about $1,000 gone out OF
HE bank. Today I find three
cheeks forged. am too aiclE to
sVTites
How You could have helped all
eheso years when ! went TO you
~ ! saw 90 many things taking
shape Often when ! got state
aank at the bank and checked up
Against 81 the amount was not
hhere.n
During the three weeks elapsing
bince Mrs. Hill was last seen, Harry
was In Streator frequently gam.
bling calling on his sweetheart.
klice Sawyer, to whom he was to
have been married. and going to
shows.
Neighbors cay he visited the
house where, police charge, he
killed his mother. last Sunday.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25

pink stockings. Badly deconposed
and evidently dead for ten days or
more, an autopsy revealed Mrs. Hill
had been shot to death, q bullet hav.
ing crashed through her head from
back Of the left ear, and out through
the right side.
Disappears In Chicago
But as soon as the body was found
Sheriff Clark and Assistant states
Attorney Chester jacobson sped to
Chicago, where the boy had previ-
ously been employed by the Louis
+. Dow Company, novelty advertis.
ing concern.
There it was said he had been
discharged by mail last Saturday
because b bonding concern refused
to give bond for him. He visited
the offices at $50 and turned in his
sample case.
From Chief Radd at streator Chief
of Detectives William O'COnnor re-
ceived information that william
Bridges, jr., had visited young Hill
only q short time ago At his home
there, and detectives raced to the
Bridges home.
Hour Behind Him I.
They missed young Hill only an
hour
He left here at 1915 to 90 to a
barber shop and get shaved, he
said" young Bridges told the de-
tectives. He arrived here Monday
afternoon about 3 o'clock and said
he had just driven In from Streator.
We went to the Marbro Theater
Monday night, I had visited him st
Streator three weeks ago last Sum
day. / saw his mother at the Park
Baptist Church there.
Il asked him how his mother
was. He said: All right the last
time saw her, but she's been
away about three weeks. don't
think he'd do anything like killing
his mother. She was eccentric, and
don't think she treated her son
as q mother should.
Was Disinheritod
''He told me that he had received
q telegram some time ago from his
mother in which she said she had
disinherited him. But don't think
she would do anything like that .
It was the story told by Busch,
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
SIDNEY AND PAUL MILLS AND HELPERS

that he exhibited any evidence of
nervousness at any time. He left
her. she said. last Sunday evening
to 90 to Chicago to regain q posi-
ton he formerly held with an ad-
vertising company.
She further told Of making an en-
gagement with him at that time to
meet him in Chicago on Friday of
mother, of spending the weekend
there, and an three returning to
Streator together.
the unusual murder situation, which
has the whole city aroused.
Coroner L. d. Howe learned from
witnesses that Mrs. Hill was last
seen on August 4 in the front yard
Of her home. According to the
coroner, she has. been dead about
three weeks.
Tells Conflicting Stories
Young Hill had told conflicting
stories, according to Prosecutor
Hanson, Chief of Police Radd; and
Sheriff Floyd Clark Of Streator, as
to his mothers whereabouts during
the last three weeks.
Neighbors had not seen the woman
for fortnight. The big, old-fash-
toned brick house, with its spacious
lawns covering half a square block,
yielded the secret when DIR. Fill,
husband, worried over his wife's dis
appearance, although they had lived
apart, instituted q search.
With DIR. g. A. Bicus, q friend, he
visited the house. In his wife's bed
room they found her clothing, all
in good order. In the hall beside
the door sat a pair Of her shoes.
The rest Of the house was In good
order.
Rubbish BuEieS Crime
But in a fruit cellar in the base.
ments they came upon q heap Of
rubbish. covering what seemed to
be freshly turned earth In the floor,
which had been paved with brick.
The doctor hurried to Chief Radd,
and police sped to the scene. The
chief seized spade and turned q
shovelflll Of earth. It disclosed one
Of Mrs. Hills bedroom slippers.
The body was quickly exhumed
It was clad only in negligee and
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
Hill Seen hopping
Porch Of Resi- ence
Before He Departed

GTREATOR, III, Aug. 26s The
eoroner's jury investigating the
murder Of Mrs. Eliza Ein today dia.
continued further deliberations pend.
ing the result Of the analysis Of
blood stains found on the staircase
leading to the basement Of the Hil
home where Mrs. Hills body was.
found.
Meanwhile LasaIle county authori-
ties are making every effort to
locate Harry Hill. He was last.
seen In Chicago at the homo Of
William Bridges. q former resident
here and q close friend. He was
seen Sunday afternoon hopping the
south porch Of the Hill residence.
He has never been known to take
any interest in the home ON any
previous occasion.
Since the separation between his
mother and DR.. n. G. Hill. local eye,
ear, nose and throat specialist, three
years ago he has virtually made his
home at q Streator hotel, despite
the fathers insistence that he take
up permanent abode with his mother.
Young Hin was known as .'The
Fish" because OF his losses at gaHnb.
ling. He had passed, within u period
Df one month, seven checks, ali al
legged by police to have been forged
by him, on his mothers account.
Their total was $3.50.
The bank, becoming suspicious OF
the numerous Withdrawals. started
IN investigation, which revealed Mrs.
Hill's disappearance, and, ultimately,
her body.
r. TI;lY nnna,,Ia.S - 49, 80
went to his estranged wife's home,
and found her absent. But his son
was there, and explained his mother
was visiting In Ottawa.
The State Is proceeding on two
theories as motives which would
cause the boy to kill his mother,
The most popular IL that he had
been discovered making inroads into
his mothers bank account BY means
Of checks which he forged to pay
gambling debts and that as q result
she had disinherited him.
The other theory IL that he killed
her because she refused to sanction
B marriage between him and Alice
Sawyer, which had been set for next
month.
Alice Is Hill's boyhood sweetheart.
Calmly. in the face Of overwhelming
eircumstantial evidence against him.
Alice insists that Harry Is not in1pIi.
Gated in any way.
She points out that Harry weighs
only 1S5 pounds, ana has never been
robust, and claims It would have
been impossible for him to carry or
drag his 225-pound mother to the
shallow basement grave.
Az the inquest yesterday, she told
oe spending all Of last Sunday In
bis company.
Under grflling cross-exar1inat ton
by Coroner J.. D. Howe. she denied
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
Family Given Estate
OF Leonard Merritt

Under the terms OF the will OF
Leonard Merritt, filed for probate
today, his wife, Charlotte e. Merritt,
is given the premises at 154 r. ST.
s. E., and an estate of $1,000 now
being held by the Washington Loan
and Trust Company.
Both estates are for the duration
of her life with the remainder over
to their three daughters, Ella A.,
Pearl K, and Iva r. The remainder
Of the estate Is to be divided, one.
half TO his wife and the other half
among his daughters. Merritt died
August 81,
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
POLICE GUARD
REDS BODIES
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was baked in every attempt to hire
. hall for the purpose.
The bodies win remain in the
chapel with its religious surround
ings until Sunday afternoon. At that
time q speaker Of national proHni-
hence will deliver a funeral grafton.
He win not be a clergyman.
From the chapel the bodies will
be conveyed to North End Park,
from which will start across the
city a march Of sorrow"
Later, following cremation, ashes
Of Sacco win be turned over to his
widow. Ashes Of Vanzetti will be
carried to New York and thence
home to Italy by his sister, under
present tentative plans.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
NAVY EXTENDS
FL|ERS HUNT

The Navy decided today to con.
tinue. at least for another week,
vigorous and widespread search for
the seven missing Hawaiian fliers.
The new searching plans were out.
lined in dispatches sent by AdmiraIs
r. HI. jackson. at San Francisco,
and John b. Mcdonald. at Honolulu.
Jackson Instructed Rear Admiral
Luke McNamee to take the cruiser
Omaha and six destroyers and
sweep the probable drift area az
TAR rs Hawaii. This viii take about
six days.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
va Disinherited

HE told me that he had received
q telegram some time ago from his
mother in which she said she had
disinherited him. But l don't think
she would do anything like that"
It was the story told by Busch,
The Washington times., 1927-08-25
Photo BY Underwood q Underwood

Read becky" : story that Il
whispered IN Broadway night
clubs and told In the dressing
rooms 81 the chorus. Tt BEGINS
Monday, August - In the wash
inGtOn Times.
The Washington times., 1927-08-25

II you want to know the dan.
gerous drama that goes on Be.
hind the scenes Of the theater be
sure to read Becky" which
starts Monday. August 80 IN the
Washington Times.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06

we are at the Creux du Wis Hole
of the old onel otherwise his Sa-
tanic Majesty, but you need have
no fear for some years ago they
caught him, and here he is horns
hoofs, spiked tail and all. right in
this stout iron cage, he sure is no
beauty, a terrible looking object to
meet in a lonely place, looks as if
be had been taken right out of
some picture of Dante's Inferno.
The cave as you see is really a deep
pit formed by the cavein of the
roof. 1t is about 200 feet deep.
We can scramble down with the
aid of this rope and at the bottom
you can see daylight through the
opening where the restless sea
surges in and ont.
On again, this is St. Owens Man
or belonging 10 Lord De Carteret
whose ancestor was the first Gov
ernor Of New Jersey, which state
was a grant to him by Charles the
Second for services rendered dur
ing the Cromwell rebellion. How
ever these old timers paid their
debts political or otherwise by Civ
ing away something that did not
belong to them. The species is
not vet extinct even in this L. S.
A. where a certain Secretary Of
State practically gave away some
of our oil reserves. But let us 90
in and look at the place, used to
visit here as boy and spent many
happy hours prying into all the
hooks and crannies. See that arch
in the wall of the keep, the Chains
are still hanging there where they
used to hang their prisoners, You
know the Lord of the Manor had
the power of life and death over
his subjects, perhaps you have
heard of the Droit du Seignoir
Right of the Lord which was
nothing else than the urSurpation
Of the unlucky bridegrooms place,
if the maid was sufficiently at
tractive to command the atten-
tons of the Seignoir. He would
stand a good chance of stopping i
bullet today if he tried that game,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06

The keep as you see is built up
some 30 fl. above the sloping val
ley and is about half an acre in ex-
tent and forms a nice garden, I'M
derneath are lot Of dungeons
where offending subjects could be
CONVENIENTLY forgotten. The house
Is not much TO look at, a big hall
and grand staircase and few
big rooms very grand in the old
en- days. The present Lord comes
over occasionally hut spends most
of his time in England. The Lords
of the Manor still have certain
perquiSites, for instance all ietsam
things that float ashore or flotsan
things that are picked up at sea
and brought ashore within certain
limits, If of ans value are sold at
auction and the Seignon' divide the
result with the finder. My folks
once picked up a big cask OF Port
WINE but did not bring it ashore
until after dark.the cask was duly
preached and after all the Pilots
had taken what they wanted the
fishermen and neighbors flocked
down with anything that would
hold water and the Seignoir rot
the empty cask for his share, it was
a big one, none of Your 40 gallon
| expect the Seignoirs got
some pickings during the late war
as there were a great number of
ships sunk in the Channel Any
one can be a Seignior these days if
a Seigniorage is for sale and they
have the price.
Now we will pass by the Prince 5
tower. 1t is built on an artificial
mound ard tradition has it that
soae Prince was held there. How
ever it is the highest point on the
island, close to 500 feet above sea
level and it is used as Is pleasure
resort Are you hungry We viii
be at Rosel in a few minutes aud
have lobster lunch with trim
mings. Don't know what the price
Is now but it used TO be sixty cents
per. After lunch we will inspect
the tropical gardens and explore
Mont Orgniel on our way home.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
HIGH l'AITaEsl9NT
PLACED ON TRIAL
Charged With First Degree
Murder Committed in Hold
up Of S, P. Train.

Medford, or.-Hugh De Autremont
for over three years the most hunted
man in the United States. was placed
on trial for his lie Monday morning
at the Jacksonville court house. He
is charged with murder in the first
degree OF Coyle 0. Johnson. on octo-
Der Il, 1923, during a holdup of South
ern Pacific train IS in the Siskiyou
mountains at tunnel No. Is. about It
miles south Of Ashland.
De Autremonts trial Will be one OF
the most important and sensational
cases which has ever been tried il
Oregon courts. Circuit Judge c. NJ.
Thomas viii be on the bench.
Attorney Fred E. Smith Of Eugene
will be chief defense COUNSEL Assa
eiated with aim will he Attorney John
A. Collier Of Portland, Attorney Gus
Newbury Of Medford and Attorney
David Evans OF Eugene.
Prosecuting the case for the state
will be Newton c. CLANCY district at
torney OF Jackson county; George
Neuner, United States district attor-
ney, OF Portland, and Attorney George
Roberts OF Medford.
Four men were killad in the Sis
hyou holdup, the mail and express
cars were blown 10 a twisted mass
with nitroglycerin and the robbers es-
capped with an unknown amount OF
loot. The men killed were; S. C.
Bates, 55. engineer, Of Dunsmuir, Cal;
Cal NJ. seng, fireman, Ashland, Or;
c. F. Daugherty, IS. mail clerk, aud
Coyle o. Johnson. 40, brakeman, of
Ashland.
The holdup occurred shortly after
the noon hour in densely wooded
wild mountain district. Three men
took part in the holdup, after laying
III ambush aud Communicating the
train when It slowed down on the
grade at the tunnel
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
EXECUTIVE MEETING

The regular monthly meeting of
the Executive Committee and Di-
reetors of the Vashon Island Com
mereial Club will be held al the
Telephone Exchange on Tuesday
evening, May 10, at 7 80. Repre-
sentatiyes of the West Seattle or
ganization will be present.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
COMING EVENTS


. List your dates in this col
, umn at least a week ahead of
time. No charge, This is
for the convenience and bene-
fit Of schools, churches, and
: all clubs.
May T. Salvation Army
Benefit program by Island
Churches, Island Club.
Friday May 10 piano con
cert Burton II. S. auditorium.
May 18th Memorial Service
Presbyterian Church.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06

Mrs. Jacob Edwards had a birth
day SUNDAY (Taint fair to tell the
ladies ages, Quite a number OF
her neighborS gathered at her
home to help her celebrate, They
brought gifts and tokens, enjoyed
a very pleasant day with Mrs. Ed
wards. Departing expressed kind
wishes for many happy returns Of
the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A, j. Marsh mot
ored to Burton Sunday, spending
the day with Mrs. Marsh 5 bro
TIERS family. She says its fine TO
get a good meal when you have
no trouble to cook it.
Barney Rindal was in Cove, Sat
urday night and everybody was
pleased to see his genial smile. lie
is much missed around Cove. Re
ports he likes Port Orchard quite
well.
Mrs. Axcl Wickland spent sew
eral days at Bellingham with her
daughter and daughter-in-law.
Returning home via Mt Vernon
and Seattle, visiting friends in
both cities Much delighted with
trip,
A. c. Moe and wife enjoyed the
homecoming, Sunday, of the
children, Arnold and wife. Cor
don IL. Rude and family, son-in-
law, of Seattle,
M August Peterson is anoth
cr farmerette of no mean skill
She is a dcft hand with the spade.
She is q dcft hand with the spade.
Mrs. Ella Good of the city was 81
guest several day with Mrs. VI
Crosier
Miss Kitchen spent the week end
in Seattle brought a friend, Miss