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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

he had not returned. At seven Silas
telephoned the garage and was In
formed that Robert and Hinchey were
out on repair job. AT eight guests
were arriving; nine O'Clock came, then
ten, and the hero of the affair was
still absent. Then young Ben Lothian,
excited and breathless, burst In upon
the merrymakers.
"a surprise party-Tll say there is,"
he exploded. "Bob's married. To
that little jane In the bakery. Judge
Billow tied the knot. They're having
supper now, In the new homeland
they wouldn't invite me in."
The party was at an end. A raging
mother and stepfather hurried to their
automobile. With Ben Lothian to di-
rect them and followed by all thelf
late guests in crowded cars they raced
toward the little love nest.
Robert Ware, very handsome, ana
his extremely pretty bride, along with
Judge Billow and Allen Hinchey, were
lust finishing the meal that Mrs. Vo-
gelsang had served. The door was
flung wide and furious woman with
her husband behind her, pushed Into
the room and faced her son.
'You ingrate' she shrieked, In hys
terical madness. II had my house
filled with guests in your honor, pu'
you've made a mockery Of my KIND
ness! You'll never darken my door
again. And you'll never get penny
of my money. Your calculating pau
per wife will have to be satisfied
with pauper husband"
Silas Bartlett stepped forward, to
add his denunciation, but Judge BIZ
low waved large silencing hand, ana
then rose to his feet slowly and im-
pressively.
"You need not speak now, Silas," ne
said. "And when I finish, you won
want to. Ten years ago, Alexander
| Ware came to me and | drew his VIII
| The information has only come to me
| tonight that that will has never been
| probated. But, no matter. A signed
copy Is In my office safe. That VIII
! leaves the bulk of his estate TO MS
son. And I have learned that this boy
heir to 100000, was put to menla
work and denied the college education
he craved."
Mother-mother," asked the horri
fed son, In unbelief, "can this Dt
| true?"
But the chagrined ashen-facet
woman could not speak, and Sila'
Bartlett, exposed In his perhdy, dlt
| not dare.
"Robert, / have not finished" re
proved Judge Billow mildly. Ware
first wife had died shortly after th'
birth of her son. That may accoun
for many things, Robert" the judge
concluded, gravely noddlng his head
"Mrs. Bartlett is not your mother"
A tense silence prevailed as judge
Billow resumed his seat. Robert wa
speechless and saddened, With tn
thought of consoling him Irene ha'
come to his side. But her own fac
clouded.
"Oh, Robert" she asked him Ia
troubled little voice, "do you think
will make any difference? You ar
so rich"
He put his arm lovingly about tn
dainty girlish form of his bride, ant
bending down, kissed her, for all
see.
"You bet I'm rich" he told her.
was rich before I heard Of the none!
Because | had you, dear"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

eve certainly could not be charged
with asking too much to seek to have
another convention held here after a
lapse Of 40 years. / believe, too, that
there would be azfecord-breaking at
tendance. The fair would be an addi-
tional attraction, and besides that
Chicago is centrally located, which
would solve the problem of transpor-
tation to many who cannot afford a
journey across the entire continent" !"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
COMPENSATION BILL
URGED BY CHURCHMEN


Greeley, Col. - Proposed amend
ments to the state compensation bill
were favored by the Colorado annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The churchmen also favored
the anti-child labor amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
The conference reaffirmed its 1916
declaration that the church must
teach the principle of the fullest CO.
operative control and ownership of in
dustry and of the natural resources
upon which industry depends"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
NOT MUCH TO SEE

e. Berry Wall, who was known in
his youth as liking of the dudes, >
strolled one spring morning on the
Monte Carlo terrace with his chow
dog and a New York friend.
"The way the women are dressing
this year is awful said the New
Yorker. "Such thin, transparent fab
rics Such short skirtsl Look, there's
the young Countess Caraway sitting
by the Beriloz bust. Now Wall, hon
est-isn't that gown of hers awfulY
II don't know whether it's awful
or not" And Mr.. Wall chuckled and
tugged at his obstinate chow dogs
leash. 81 can't see 1t when she's sit.
ting down" Telegraph
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
First to Weigh Earth

Nevil Maskelyne, an Englishman
who died in 1911, discovered bow to
weight the earth, which he achieved
by watching, through telescope, q
plumbline hung down the side Of a
precipitous Scottish mountain
And the weight is, to within pound
or two, 60OO.000,000, ,0OO, ,00O, 0O,000
tons.
1t was he who first set on foot the
Nautical Almanack, one of the great
est aids to mariners since the Chinese
emperor Hwang-ti, In 1884 B. O., In.
vented the compass.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

The argument had been all on Mrs
Browns side for the most of the night,
and Brown was distinctly fed up.
You seem to think cold in the
head means nothing to woman" "
stormed his wife. 81 don't know of
anything more annoying"
Her husband peered over the news
paper he had been endeayoring TO
read. MOP" he countered, with a rare
flash of spirit. How about the lock-
jaW?"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
Allowing Plenty of Time

Parcel Post Clerk-On that live tur-
key the postage will be dollar and
thirty cents.
The Poultryman-Guess I'll start
him on four bits worth Of stamps.
expect he'll lose enough weight on
the way to make that about right be-
fore he's delivered
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

White, president of the Central Rail
roa dof New Jersey, in an address
to employees of that system. The rail
official expressed alarm over the plans
of both political parties to develop
inland waterways and place them in
competition with railroads.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
Wrong System

Friend-Did you have your husband
see a specialist, as | advised?
Sporting Wife-Yes, and he said
Johns system was all wrong, which,
of course, was no news to me-John
never touched winner all last sea
son
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
WIN 4O-HOUR WEEK

st. Paul, Minn.-Organized head
gear workers secured 40-hour
agreement with Gordon & Ferguson
one of the largest concerns in the
local cap trade.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
Sacrifices

Though hard is the official grind,
Which sets our hearts athrob,
Somewhere, somehow, we always fin
Some one 10 take the Job.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
WATERWAYS HARM RAILS

New York.-Inland waterways men
ace railroad prosperity, said R. B.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
Other End Bites

A neighbor's cat came into the house
and mother told Gloria to catch 1t and
put 1t out. After a chase around the
house the five-year-old daughter was
carrying the cat to the dosr by the tail
81 would not carry the kitty that
way" admonished the kind-hearted
mother.
"But mother, the other end bites,
replied Gloria.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

$50 you'd like to marry my daugh-
ter, eh ?" asked the girls father.
What do you make?'
Nothing, sir" replied the suitoI
proudly, 81 don't even touch the
stuff"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12
AMERICAN LUMBER
IN FOREIGN JUNK

New York.-Alleged European an
tiques are being manufactured abroad
to palm off on rich American tourists,
said F. J. H. Kracke, port appraiser.
"Of the millions of dollars worth of
antiques which pass through our hands
we find that more than one-half are
fakes, manufactured for the trade
by skilled European workmen," said
the federal official "In many in
stances we detected American pine and
chestnut in antiques which the pur-
chasers believed had been in European
families for thousands Of years"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

Poet-l seldom descend to the mere
ly LYRICAL write blank verse,
Editor-Yes, I'd call 1t that, too
blankety, blank verse.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

Landlady: "You have been here
three months and have never paid any
rent"
Student: "But you said it would be
like home here"
Landlady: "Well, I hope it is"
Student: "At home / never paid
any rent" Berlin Der Wahre Jakob.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-10-12

"Say, | see by the paper that
Jake's shirt store burned down last
night" said husband.
"Whose?" asked his slightly deaf
wife.
"Jake's shirt store!" was the loud
reply.
my goodness, who tore it," ask
ed the dumb brute.-Judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21
Fights Last Night


b. the Associated Press.
DETROIT johnny Risko, Cieve"
land, defeated Johnny Sanires, Souln
Africa (l0J; Pierre Charles, Belgium,
technically knocked out Tom squireh,
South Africa 80; Tom sayres, Detroit,
defeated Forest Hawk Detroit 80 Ed
Kline Toledo, knocked out bagsah
Haggan, Turkey %.
CHICAGo.~~Joey Mediil. Chicago,
outpointed Mike Dundee. Rock Island,
III. 100 William tYoungt Stribllng,
Macon, Ga, won from Tom Kirby, Bos-
ton 1O), Russ Whaien, Chicago, won
over Jack Kane, Chicago fi0) George
KerWIn, Chicago, knocked out Ray
Bowen, Washington. ID. G. 4l, Eddie
Ballatin Chicago. defeated Tut Scy~
mour, New Orleans 49,
NEW YORK .--~Tzzy Schwartz, New
York, outpointed Frisco orande, But
falo 49,,
GRAND ISLAND Eebr. Elmer
Young Pulyer, Butte, Mont, scored a
technical knockout over Sailor JACK
Stanley, Chicago 80,
SAN FRAHCIsCO.~~Jackie Fields,
Los Angeles. technically knocked out
Joe Vargas, Fresno f91.
HOLLYWOOD. calif.~~Young Ma
tionalista, Filipino. technically knocked
out Wendell HUMPHREYS, Los Angeles
~, Flash Hastings, Nebraska, and
Freddie Imperial PilipiEA, drew 30.
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Phillies Have Lost II Games
In Row, Three by Single Run

ton. who had finished Is Of the 20 ar
guments he's started this season, was
removed for pinch batsman In the
seventh, and Left Faulkner was credited
with the victory Home runs by Bill
Terry and Jim Welsh were all that
saved the Giants from defeat, Malone
famed seven men but allowed 10 hits.
Red Lucas made the Braves jump
through hoops all afternoon as the Gin
cinnati Reds evened the series. 4 to 3,
and moved to within game of the
third place Cubs.
The Pittsburgh Pirates took it on the
chin again at the hands of the Brook
lyn Dodgers. to 7. in wild, free-hit-
ting game. Six pitchers saw service and
only Watson Clark, the third and last
Robin twirler, was effective.
Athletics Stop Browns.
The Philadelphia Athletics may not
be able TO make much of an impress
sion on the lead the New York Yankees
have amaSsed in the American League,
but at least they've demonstrated their
ability to stave off the bid of any rival
club for second place. The third place
ST. Louis Browns came to Philadelphia
on Thursday within striking distance
of the runner-up post. but the AS beat
them in both ends of a double header
with Walberg and Rommel pitching
gilt-edged ball.
George Earnshaw took his turn yes
terday. allowed the Browns three scat
tered singles and famed. 10 men as
the AS made 1t three in row. to 0.
Alvin Crowder pitched we'll enough to
win most ball games, but saw his VIM
ming streak Of 10 games go to smash be-
fore Earnshaw's mastery Jimmy Foxx
hit single and two doubles and figured
in the scoring of three of the AS runs.
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Yankees See Records as Safe
On Soft Track at Amsterdam

Clarence de Mar, veteran marathoner.
took a 7-mile jog along the banks of
Amsterdams canals, but the rest OF the
long distance team, including Joie Ray,
were content to make tour OF the
marathon route by automobile.
Americans Are Praised.
OF all the Olympic teams representing
many countries which have been arriv-
ing in Amsterdam day after day. none
came in for more extended comment in
the Amsterdam press than the
Americans.
The papers freely acknowledge that
the United States is slated to walk of
with most of the Olympic laurels. but
their manner of making the admission
shows unbounded admiration for the
athletes from the New World
ut was truly historic moment when
the ship docked." observes the Algemeen
Handlesblad, "for it is not every day
that an American boat comes here with
the finest flower of the entire Amer
lean sporting world"
The comment of the TELEGRAPH ex-
presses great admiration for the appear
ance of the American athletes. Ever
as the ship approached it says, lone
was impressed by the well formed
strong athletic figures of many of the
sportsmen This impression was in
creased when We saw them at close
range"
The Het News van Dag seems es-
pecialIy impressed with the good spirit
of the Olympic voyagers, which, it says
SIS a JOY to behold" 1t also comments
favorably on the modesty of the Amer
lean participants who show no over.
confidence but merely reply You never
can tell' to all questions on what they
consider their chances to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21
DEMPSEY WILL VIEW
HEENEY IN TRAINING
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
FAIRHAVEN. N j., July 21.--Re-
| freshed by days lay-off from the
| training grind, Tom Heeney slid back
into the harness yesterday for his last
three days of boxing before he enters
the ring against Gene Tunney at the
Yankee Stadium next Thursday night.
Heeney did no work whatever Thurs
day. He forgot about training for
the fight and everything else while
spending the entire day sailing over the
Atlantic in a private yacht.
Today will mark the end of Hee-
ney's hard ticks in the gymnasium. He
will perform before the critical eye of
Jack Dempsey and Tex Richard On
Monday he will bring his boxing to a
close. Light work on the punching
bags, rope skipping and shadow boxing
will constitute the days work for the
challenger on Tuesday. There will be
no work at all on Wednesday. except
perhaps. a long walk In the cool of the
early morning.
Dempsey as a visitor will be in a
strange role. Before he was champion
he never bothered watching what other
fighters were doing until he traded
punches in the ring with them.
AS heavyweight champion, he never
considered watching his challengers I'm
training and for the last nine years
he has appeared in every heavyweight
title bout.
Dempsey has no idea of boxing with
aeeney, but may impart some important
information to the challenger. Through
MS two meetings with the present cham
pion, Dempsey Is In a position to tell
what he knows OF Tunney's weaknesses,
IL any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21
HYATTSvILLE TEAM
WINS LEGION GAME

BALTIMORE. Md, July 21.--As the
result of their 1913, thinning triumph
over the Elkton team yesterday, base
ballers representing Snyder Farmer Post,
No. 3, American Legion, Of Hyattsville,
in the American Legion junior elimina-
ton series early today were to engage
Baltimore. which drubbed Cumberland,
10 to 4, yesterday.
Facing a f1ve-run handicap In the
first inning, the Hyattsville tossers whit
tied away at the Elkton lead and went
ahead in the sixth when CONWAY, Elk
ton pitcher. uncorked wild pitch on
which two Hyattsville runners scored
Elkton tied the count at s-all in the
eighth, and 1t was nip and tuck then
until the eleventh.
Pitching of Anderson, who toiled most
of the way, and hitting of Troy, who
got two doubles; Kitchin. Weber and
Reeley were the features from Hyatts-
ville's standpoint.
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Houghton Wins Medal With II
In Sherwood Forest Tourney

who won the qualifying round with a
good card of rs, was expected To romp
easily through his first match play
round today with John M Downey of
East Potomac Park, If he won this
morning. however, he will probably
meet Ryrn Curtis of Indian Spring.
young southpaw star. who registered a
II to finish second TO Houghton in the
medal round Five of the Washing
tonians cracked 80 yesterday, on day
of blistering heat that caused many of
the contestants to drop out of the tour
ney
| Houghtea was under par, playing
| the eighth hole. but at this difficult IA
a on the lengthy ninth hole to get out
In 81. He breezed back in 38 over
the lengthy last nine, playing steady
and consistent golf
Reddy Thomas, a member of the
Sherwood Forest Club, hit good tee
shot from the first tee and walked
down on the fairway 400 yards away
| to find that he had no caddie. A
lengthy search discovered the. eolored
| boy fast asleep on Thomas golf bag
under the shade of tree. That's what
| the heat did to the golfers and their
satellites yesterday.
Pairings of the Washington players,
with their scores. follow;
First aisht~-A. l.. Houshton, Manor l7Sl
ys; John N. Downey, East Potomac Park
| t79G, W. Byrn CurtisS, Indian. Spring t171
w., j. j. Lynch. Argyle ga, w. r.. Burns,
Columbia s7s1 KS G, w. Cole, East potomlsa .
| vs.. l. c. Mckee, Annapolis fa2li John O
| Shofey. Bannockhurn fa2l, VS.. w. j. Cox,
| Beaver Dam fes) Frank M Sweeney, Mary
| land G. c, tssl, VS., ]. q. Drain. Washing
second aight~-T. A. Keiiher. ir Manor
1851, VS.. John L. Quigley, Indian Spring
1871: r. r, Bones. ir. Columbia 1881. VS. II.
A. parr 81. Baltimore q. e (a6l
| Third nightMiehael oliver. East poto-
mac. tDll VS.. John Bass, Baltimore ..0llt g
| G, Heath, Bannockhurn 900, VS.. H. N; steel
| Baltimore f9ll, Everett Eynon. Columbia
| i02l; W Nj. Baldwin, Manor .tOi), VS., q, r.
| Battle, Annapolis a9l; r.. A. Drain, Wash
| lngton fell. VS. n, n. Thomas, War Col
Fourth asht~R r. schulac, Washington
| f94I. vs. M & Irowbrldge, Columbia (03l
Robert G ooTmley. ccao1iunl,bis, tosl. y; e P
g ss,n Az va Lass ns Manor Esst po e
PARK f105l, VS. r, Q, Bennett no2li r. D
! KfeWson, Columbia l0hl, vs. Lloyd Harrison
Baltimore ti04j r. u. Moore, Baltimore
| fl0a). vs.. A, d. Porter. jr, Washington
| i02).
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BY the Associated Press.
MSTERDAM, July 21.-Aided by
n a soft and spongy track, Olym-
"A pic records may more than hold
4 their own against the assault Of
track and field stars from every
section of the world when the interna-
tional games get under way.
A few hours after the President
Roosevelt carried the American team
into Amsterdam, Lawson Robertson,
head track and field coach, paid his
first visit to the Olympic stadium and
found the track and the inf1eld for
the field events in an "eminently I'M
satisfactory" condition.
only miracle can put the track
into proper shape" Robertson said,
adding that 1t would be. "a tough job
to break any records here
Marsh Land Responsible.
The condition of the track Is the re-
suit of geographical difficulties The
stadium is built on marsh land re-
claimed by Dutch engineers. 1t was not
until last Tuesday, Robertson said, that
experts in running track construction
were called in to see what they could
do toward remedying the soft and soggy
turf.
The American athletes apparently are
not worrying over track conditions.
After all the softness of the terrain
will handicap other competitors just
as much as it will the Americans.
Coaches have impressed on the Amer
leans that their job Is not to worry, but
to get into top shape Tor the games,
which start week from Sunday
The track and field athletes, taking
their first workout at the old stadium
not far from the new Olympic plant,
appeared none the worse for their 10
day voyage across the Atlantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21
MISS VAN VIE WINS
CHICAGO GOLF TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 2l,--For the third
straight year Miss Virginia van Vie is
the champion woman golfer of Chicago.
Shooting a remarkable game over the
soggy fairways of the difficult No. /
course at the Olympia Fields Country
Club, Miss van Vie easily defeated her
rival, Mrs Melvin Jones, s and 4. in
the 18-hole final of the city tournament
yesterday.
On the tee fairway and green Mrs,
Jones was no match for her opponent.
who hagged three brides and one eagle.
Mrs, Jones. who shot Is TO win the
medalist honors and probably the best
round of golf ever shot by a woman on
championship course. was able TO win
but one hole from Miss van Wie--the
Steward tenth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21

~ EVERAL base ball teams are still
cunning for games tomorrow. A
list of them together with the
- telephone numbers of their man
ayers follow:
Vie Sport Shop. Franklin $685.: Brad
bury Heights. Lincoln 6042: Senecas,
Franklin 333 between and pm: Glen
Echo A. c., Cleveland 1929; T. T.
Keanes, Main 10000, Branch 357; Chevy
Chase Seniors. Cleveland 998 between
$50 and pm.
Naval Hospital nine defeated Walter
Reed Hospital, is to 2. Getting an
early lead the Navy team was ahead
most of the way by wide margin.
CoIonials Swamped CrohartS, IS to 4,
The winners gathered % hits.
Allied Roofers' nine, which was TO
meet Army Medicos today at Walter
Reed, tomorrow will engage Cabin John
team at Cabin John. Md.
ID. ]. Kaufman and Yankee mines
we're to clash this afternoon at 3 o'clock
on the East Ellipse.
Washington Boys Independent Band
insect nine defeated Auth Insects in a
6-5 battle yesterday on East EllipSe.
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GENE WOULD FLY
IN SPITE Of TEX
viii Go to New York by Air
Unless Prevented by
Legal Barriers.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ REGULATOR, N. Y, July al
Unless Tex Richards attorneys
can outwit the champions legal
~ advisers, Gene Tunney will make
the trip to New York on July 26
for his bout with Tom Heeney by air.
plane and no other way,
The plane will be piloted by Bernt
Balohen, member of Comdr. Richard
Byrd's transatlantic crew. Tunney eX-
poets to land at Curtiss Field at noon
on the day of the fight, two hours after
the take-off here.
Tunney refuses to believe that he
will be running any risk by making the
flight and he rejected the suggestion of
Billy Gibson, his manager, to take out
a half-million dollar insurance policy
What good would a half-million be
to me if was killed." Gene countered
when newspaper men queried him
about the policy. Il think the PROPOSE
ton is silly"
Rain Hats Champion.
Rain prevented the champion from
working out yesterday. He wanted
some action and was on the point of
Drawing the storm when he recalled that
he suffered from lameness of the Shout
ders at Stroudsburg when he worked out
during a shower before his first fight
with Jack Dempsey.
For a boxer approaching fighting
peak, funny is in an exceptionally
happy frame of mind Most fighters
reaching the edge are ill-tempered and
impatient, but Gene has yet to lose
his temper or poise.
Three more workouts and the cham
pion will be in remarkable physical
shape for his titular defense against
the sturdy New Zealand blacksmith
The title holder was due to take the
first of these workouts late today. He
will work out tomorrow and close the
preliminary campaign on Monday.