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New Britain herald., 1928-01-13

Four Csneentrie Circles.
 N/ HEN Colonel Charles A. Lndbesxh de- w scribed at one of the recent banquets
 comnnenaorating his pioneer New York Paris hop. how. 200 miles oR the coast of lrs- i!snd. tho dsht of hill: and beautiful trees vis- sys;s he thought hs had safely crossed the ocean. continued, "this false land disappeared as quick nu.S and h:;.y .; my:terisusly as it h.d come; .nd ss:, with not singls sisn of life in sight" ''' tr.ria h' c;.. w.: phantom Ind ts.t beekonsd tho n Atlantic, and added another amazing vision to the long list of Natures own fakes, the mysteri- gus mirage. created by combination of heat, light and water to trick the eye. Constant com panion of explorers and weird mystery to the mirage. through aviation, has become . les awe some and more familiar spectacle. Fliers voy- aging through the vast recesses of the stmos- ghere de.cfibe mirages such as that which Colonel indbersh say, and others that would careful observation, they have helped solve many
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
- OMMERCIAL airplane

~ OMMERCIAL aiIplano A companies in Amer
 ica will soon have a new problem confronting them. The time is not far distant when they will have to serve meals en route. With weight such . factor, will . combination chef waiter be carried, or will the mechanism wipe the grease from his hands and crawl back from his cockpit to serve tho passengers when the noon whistle blows? Win the company which pioneers with a regular aerial rsstau- rant service draft some one with railway dining-car ex- perience to superinEend this new department or will the nF2t yQD % 70 . ceyet0e who specialixss in hot meals delivered to the home?
 Until planes are built with moro cemmodious quarters for passengers, in all like lihood travellers via the air will have to content them selves with box lunches. Big ger planes will not come un- til the public has become ''air- : minded" through the success of present passenger services.
 The problem in feeding afr plane passengers during this r from the era when the passeni to that in which he travels de him tho most substantial me least possible weight. Despite
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13

plane passengers during this period of transition from the era when the passenger is supercargo to that in which he travels de luxe is how to rive him tho most substantial meal consistent with least possible weight Despite shrieks of protest have no part in the airplane diet, Inc human constitution will not be damaged by its omission for the several meals the passenger will take while In the air. Highly concentrated foods will be called upon to st.y the inner man. caloric content and vitamins of ono kind or sn- other in small compass to give variety to the meal. The ideal menu will stress the carbohy. drates and minimize the protsins. The passenger be no need to build tissue which l. the work of the foods of high protein.
 In fancy one sees the passenger of the next year or two arriving at tho airport for an unin-
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13

sees the trees, and the sky, twice-once by di- rect vision. and again by other rays that would or dinarily strike the ground but are bent upward again by the warm air layer. The last set are tho ones that produce the elakas and iAs ,saEl>n4{e..u u
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
FARMING CENTER IN GRIP OF FEAR
 OMAHA MURDE:RER
STATION AGENT REV 9TsTS HE TOOK RATCHET AWAY FROM
 YOUNG MULATTO

KANSAS CITY. Nov, g, (P)- Fear has gripped the farming com munity about Wolcott and Lansing, Kas., near here, following reports that man resembling the Omaha axe murdered has been seen in the vicinity.
 Many guarded their homes with dogs and guns throughout the night and o]l police have been ordered to be on the lookout for a young mu- latto.
 Roger Williams, Missouri acifio station agent at Cochran Junction, was the only man who met the negro face to face Williams re- ported he took the hatehet away from the negro Wednesday night
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
JAPANESE LINER
 ON THE ROCKS N
 HAKODATE STRA|TS
DISTRESS CALL BRINGS ANOTIf- ER JAPANESE STEAMER;
 STANDS BY

SEATTLE, Nov. g, fP)--An ex- planation of the o s call picked up by the s. s. President Madison enroute to Japan, was received oy the American Mail Line from the Madison today.
 The Japanese coasting steamer Shinryu Maru is ashore on the rocks in Hakodate Straits. in the Japanese Archipelago. The distress calls brought the steamer Muroran Naru, No. 6, to the scene and it is standing by.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Free Admission Spoils
 Paris Society Trials

PARIS, Nov, B, (P)--society trials have had their dav. No long, CT can the ladies of leasure, re- splencent in new gowns, enliven trials with their smiles and their chatter.
 Tie society trial has been killed by the simple process of applying the rule first come, first served to admission. There are to be no reserved seats for pretty women lo encourage W iathpplause the ora tory of brilliant lawyers.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
KING GEORCE IF
 ENGLAND SAID BE
 SERIOUSLY SILK
PUBLIC RECALLS LAST ILLNESS KING EDWARD SOMEWHAT
 SIMILAR

LONDON Nov, 23, (P)-King Georges illness assumed somewhat more of a serious aspect with furth- CT development Of congestion in one lung.
 fl bulletin read: The King pass ed a restless night; his temperature is remaining 101 and there is 8 slight extension Of mischief in 8 lung but his Majesty's strength is maintained"
 Anxiety among the public, which recalled King Edwards fatal illness started with congestion in a lung and thild physician was called.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN EYE
 SCIENCE

LONDON,-This remarkable il,- strument, which is in reality a bat tery of lenses no bgger than a cigar box. and enables the ontician to se- cure over 100000 combinations af lenses almost instantaneously, is one of the various new instruments installed in the London Refraction
 Hospital which has been rebuilt at a cost of $5o,0oO This instrument will reveal the fact that patients eye deViates by little as a quarter of a degree from it's normal outlook.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
SEATTLE, ALASKA MAIL SERVICE BY
 PLANES, FAVORED
pgDS rMASTER SUGGESTS rhlsE ROUND TRIPS WEEKLY TO
 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA

SEATTLE, Nov. g, (P)-On the heels of plans for a Seattle-Alaska afrplane passenger service, air mali possibilities have developed, Post master Perkins of Seattle revealed.
 Since early summer he has been checking prospects for such ser vice and says he is convinced 1t would pay within six months. The -postmaster's interest began when promoters approached him urgirg g that he recommend such 8 line as they wished to bid for a contract.
 Perkins made an investigation, being unwilling to recommend the project until convinced fog along 1pe Inside Passage would not en- danger schedules
 PERKINS REVEALED
 l FOG pounds of first class mail goes North on each steamer with HOO eo1ning South. Figuring eight per- cent of this should go by air mail the total gives 136 pounds which is pay load
 Perkins favors three round trips weekly requiring three seaplanes capable of carrying passengers. Wis ions Of 10-hour schedule with stops at Vancouver, Ketchikan, Wsange]l and Prince Rupert, loom.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Lafe Czar's Yacht
 Now Volga Fish Boat

ASTRAKAN, Russia, Nov, 23, (H1 A pleasure yacht that once was owned by a minister to Czar Niche las Il is doing prolatarian duty these days as a barge for hauling fish along the lower reaches of the Volga Officials of the Caspian Fishery Trust brought it for $35, ,eos and brought it down the river with great ceremony.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
GERMAN STEAMER IN DISTRESS OFF
 COAST IRELAND
WIND AND DARKNESS HAMPER WORK OF RESCUE, REPORTS
 DANISH BOAT

LONDON, Nov, g, (P)-The Val entia wireless station announced c r.loyd's radio message from the Danish steamer Estonia which said it had saved six of the crew of the German steamer Herrenwayk hl distress 645 miles west of Ireland. The message said increasing wind and darkness made further worK impossible but it was hoped to save the remainder of the crew today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
PORTUCESE CREW
 0F $. $. VIRGINIA
 RESCUED, TRAWLER
GUNROAT AND WARSHIPS AR RIVE TOO LATE WHERE
 BOAT FOUNDERED

LISBON. Nov, 23, (P)-The Por- tugal crew of the Greek steamer Virginia which sent out s o s calls Wednesday were rescued by a Span ish trawler and landed at Leixoes, Portugal, today. The Virginia sank close to the Portugese coast before gunboats o rwarships: which weie sent to her rescue. were able to reach t1e spot where they foUna only a deserted raft.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Mexico City Banishes
 Beggers Fron, Streets

MEXICO CITY, Nov, 23, (P3- Mexico City's streets are to be cleared of beggers. Inspector Gen eral of Police Rios Zertuche, hold ing that the many waifs, crippleS and others who seek aims in ti!e capitals streets constitute an eye sore to the city, has ordered that they be rounded up and sent to the public poor house.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
SAFEGUARDS MQl.1
 ALASKAN COAST EilY
 BE INSTALLED s00N

WASHINGTON. Nov, g, lP)-Re- comm end9tions for the expenditure of $1,972,000 this coming year im- proving lighthouse property was made by George Putnam, Commits sioner of Lighthouses. This amount would include $75,0o0 for ' ablisl4- ing signal station and lights at Cape Decision, Alaska with $15,OO0 additional for other Alaska naviga- tion aids.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Russia Sends Coats
 To Moslen, Women

TIFLIS, Caucasus, Nov, 23, (P)- One hundred thousand rubles worth of heavy overcoats have been rushed by the Soviet Government to the Caucasus to provide Moham Y medan women of the numerous tribes with warm clothing. The wearing of overcoats by women Wos formerly forbidden by the law of the Prophet. The women of the mountains are offer ed the overcoats on long term cred it and at production price.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
ALASKAN UNDERCOES
 OPERATION SEATTLE:
 FIRST NEWSPAPERMAN

SEATTLE Nov. g. fHo)-Wil'ian Mcintyre, 76, who took the first linotype machine to Interior Alas ka and starting the first news paper The Dawson News, in tile days of the gold rush, underwent an operation for appendicitis here yesterday. He returned from Alas ka several years ago making his homo at Pinehurst near Everett, then moving to Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Electricity Replaces
 O;l Lamps ln Arctic

MURMANSK, North Russia, Nov, I23, (F)-The Esquimaux of North Russia. who brighten their long Arctic night by burning seal oil and grease, will soon know the joy of electricity. A powerful hydro -elec- tric station is to be built on the Ko- la River, north of the Polar Circle on the Kola Peninsula.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Russia WiU Construct
 Three RodIio Stations

SAMARKAND, Turkestan, Nov, g, (Pl-The Commissariat of Post and Telegraphs has ordered the construction of three powerful wireless stations in Central Asia in Parmir, Khorog, on the Soviet-In- dian Border and Hassan Kul.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
Japanese Steamer Is
 Driuen Ashore Storm

MANILA, Nov. 23, (P)-The Jap anese steamer, Saka Maru was driven aground on the Island Of Maibate by a tvphoon which Is sweeping the central part of the Archipelago The messages which were received said the crew appar- ently, was safe.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
GIRL IS SLAIN

PHILADELPHIA, Nov, g, tH- Miss Emma Alley, 16-year-old, was attacked and slain by an unknown man who beat her over the head with a heavy instrument. Police, are seeking a boy who took Miss Alley automobile riding.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
OFErrER ON STAND

NEW YORK, Nov, 23, (P)-Chief Officer Johnson, of the lost S. s. Vestris, testified that the release mechaniom for the jfeboats was mot successful in two instances and that chains attached to release the. handles broke"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
SOME SORT OF RECORD

, STATESVILLE, N. C.. Nov, 23, (A)
 W, B. CHmpbell, 65, says he has never taken a drink of coffee, soda water or intoxicating beverage, has never chewed. smoked or used to- f1cco in any form and has never owned a watch.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
QUAKE TESTS FIND OIL

CHICAGO, Nov. 23. P)-- How the seismograph is used to dis cover oil will be described in tech nical papers at the annual meet Ing of the Amercan Petroleum In stitute here December 3 to 6.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
OFFICIALS WORRIED

MOSCOW, Nov, 23, (P)-Class warfare in Russian villages has re- suited in six deaths within the last few days md widespread arson $ worr' ing officials.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
TAKEN IN TOW

HORTA, Azores, Nov, g, (P-- The rudderless steamer Alexandra has been taken in tow and is head ed for Horta..
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-23
GERMAN, INSTRUCTOR

SHANGHAI, Nov, 23, (P)-Col Max Bauer, a protege of General Ludencorff and noted German ar til]ery expert, has undertaken to train the intan.ry of the Chinese Natiolalis.. tcr,es.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
100000 REPORTED
NFALL RANCH DEAL
Former Secretary Said to
Have Completed Disposal
of Famous Property.


DENVER july 2i.~-The Denver Post
viii say tomorrow that the great Al
bert q Fall ranch at Three Rivers, NJ
Mex, was acquired under contract Of
purchase today by Clay Mann, promi-
nent Texas cattleman, who announced
the deal in Denver.
The deal, involving three quarters Of
a million acres, will net the former
Secretary Of the Interior 100000 the
newspaper will quote Mann, acting for
the Empire Sheep h. Land Co, as say
irg. The company expects 10 take pos
session IN November. The ranch covers
parts Of three New Mexico counties
Lincoln. Gncorro and Otero
While negotiations have been on fcg
some time" the Post story quotes
Mann, Mfr. Fall did not sign any
papers until Saturday, according TO the
terms Of cur agreement We ACQUIRE the
whole ranch, with its palatial head
quarters establishment. It's registered
Hereford cattle and its blooded Arabian
and thoroughbred horses. It's orchards
streams, lakes and mountaina-~~a yeri-
table paradise for game and one OF the
finest ranches In the world the larg-
est one~unit ranch In the United
States "
MIR Fall decided 10 sell the ranch
according To the newspaper account
because managing II was too strenti-
Gus and, again, partly on account o.
the recent death ot a son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
$4O5, 900 LIBEL SUIT
FILED IN OIL CASE
Murray Charges Doheny's State
ment on Revolt Aims Hurt
Him in Mexico.

BY the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, July 2l.-~Damages of
SA05 900 against Edward l.. Doheny.
millionaire California oil man,
were asked in an amended complaint
filed today by Robert II. Murray In his
libel suit.
Murray charges that Doheny, TO
manipulate oil operations In Mexico,
issued statement declaring that Muir
ray had approached him to finance a
Mexican revolution.
In an earlier complaint, which was
dismissed last May. Murray asked
$4,000 damages. In the new COM
plant he includes In his demands
commissions Of $35 900 which he alleges
he lost when Doheny made the charges
He also asks s270.000 as punitive dam
ages as we'll as the original 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
CONTRACTS ARE OBSTACLE.
Radio Firm Cites Dificulty In SWAP
ping Hours.

NEW YORK. July 81 (H,-Time
contracted for by commercial broad
casters has hampered to some extent
selection OF date for Gov. Smiths
notification next month. National
Broadcasting Co, officials Acknowledged
tonight
Most of these contracts were for 81
weeks, they explained, adding that diff
ficulty nearly always was experienced in
swapping" hours when q big sporting
event or speech was to be broadcast
on nation wide hook-up.
Smith headquarters here said the
National Broadcasting Co, had given
them fullest cooperation" in selectinS
the date. Josef IsraelS, head Of the
Smith radio campaign division. and
Mrs, Henry Moscowitx have been ne
gotiating with the National Broad
casting Co for date.
Herbert Hooyer's notification has
been set for August III at San Fran
cisco. but the hour has not definitely
been set, His managers are reported
virtually decided on either 4 or 5
o'clock, Pacific time. No ARRANGEMENTS
have been made as yet, II was an
nounced. for q national hook-up OF
senator Curtis notification.
Senator RohinSon'S notification. Ii Is
understood. also Is to be broadcast in
a countrywide hook-up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
Letter Believed
From Lincoln Is
Found i'm Rubbish
Felicitates First ''Free
State vernon of
Louisiana ON Election
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga. July 2l.-~unearthed
in a trash pile here, letter signed "A.
Lincoln" and believed to be from Presi-
dent Lincoln during the war be-
tween the States. congratulates Mich
ael Hahn. first post-bellum Governor
of Louisiana, on his election as 'tha
first Free State Governor of Louisiana ="
The letter, written in bold hand
and addressed to the Louisiana Gov
ernor, is written OH stationary headed
Executive Mansion" dated March l3
1864. o. p, Walton and "Tuhby'' Wal
ton, restaurant owners, found ii. The
text of the letter follows:
II congratulate you on having fixed
your name In history as the first Free
State Governor OF Louisiana. Now you
are about to have convention which,
among other things, will probably de-
fine the elective franchise I barely
suggest for your private consideration
whether some Of the colored people
may not be left has. for instance,
the very intelligent. and especially
those who have fought gallantly In our
ranks. They would probably help. i'm
some trying times 10 come, to keep the
jewel of liberty within the family OF
freedom. But this is only a suggestion.
not to the public. but TO you alone.
Yours truly, "A LINCOLN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
TROLLEY WRECKS
STORE; TWO KILLED
Fifteen Injured as Street
Car Runs Wild Near
Pittsburgh.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. July 81. ~- Two
small girls were killed and IS persons
we're injured. several of them seriously.
when a trolley car with only the mo-
torman aboard, ran down hill. struck
an automobile and ploughed into a
crowded store In Braddock, suburb,
late today.
Nine of the injured were taken TO a
Braddock hospital, First reports said
that two of them. Harry Levine. pro-
prietor of the store, and Paul Evans,
driver of the automobile, were possibly
fatally hurt.
Autoist Is Victim.
The trolley careened down one Of the
main streets of Braddock while crowds
, OF shoppers looked on 1t hit Evans
automobile and carried 1t into the store
filled with shoppers, several Of whom
were thrown TO the rear OF the shop.
The motorman, Frank McFarron. was
placed under police guard at the hos
pttal He was not seriously hurt The
conductor, Thomas Butler, who was not
aboard the car when the accident hap
pened, was held by Rraddock police.
The conductor said that he left the
car at the top of the hill to assist a
woman passenger who had injured All
ankle In alighting. As he aided her
to the curb, the conductor said he
heard the car start and soon 1t was
rumbling down the steep grade, 1t
jumped two der>1ing switches and re-
mained on the tracks until 10 neared
the foot Of the hill, he said,
Pedestrians Flee.
As the trolley ploughed over the
Frset curb, pedestrians were struck be-
fore they had time to escape II was
believed that the girls who were killed
were walking on the sidewalk and were
carried through the front of the store
| by the runaway car.
The bodies were not identified until
some hours after the accident. The
dead. both Of whom were II years old,
were Cancetto Presto and Yoianda
Sabala. both OF North Braddock. The
bodies were taken from under the
street car within the wrecked store.
There was no official information as
TO what canaed tho car to run away.
There were no passengers aboard as 1t
daSlied down he street,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
JAPANESE REPORTED
IN SHANTUNG CLASH
Interfere With Movement of Chi
nese Troops, Nationalist
Agent Says,
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
NEW YORK. July 2i.--Frank w,
Lee. representative in America for the
Chinese Nationalist organization. made
public tonight a cablegram he had
received from Shanghai which declared
that hostilities between Japanese and
Chinese troops had broken out near
Chilang. Shantung. The eablegram
follows.
Japanese troops interfering with
the movement OF a Chinese force along
the Tsingtao-Tsinan Railway. en-
deavored TO disarm Chinese soldiers
and precipitated hostilities near Chi
lang, Shantung Japanese troops In
Shantung and the Peiptng tpekingl =
Tientsin area number more than 49,
600"
News dispatches from Shanghai
yesterday said that clash between
Japanese troops and Chinese regulars
had occurred at Tsinan-Fu as the re-
suit of Chinese infringement on the
Japanese railway xonel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
MISSING LOEB GIRL
FOUND AT RESORT
Second Bodenheim Protege
Safe--NoveIist Also at
ProvincetoWn.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated RFeSS,
PROVINCETOwN, Mass, July 2l.--
Miss Dorothy Loeb Of New York, youth
f,ll literary protege of Maxwell Boden-
helm. the novelist. was found today ir
Provincetown attsr her father Martin
Loeb, had directed the local police te
search for her The father arrived to-
day and Miss Loeb was with him to-
night.
Miss Loeb. who Is is years old, dis
appeared recently. The fact that she
was missing became public after the
body OF Miss Virginia Drew, anothe,
protege of the novelist, was found In
the Hudson River this week. Today
Bodenneim was located here.
Father Calls roiice.
Chief of Police John G. Williams, al
the direction of Miss Loeb's father
searched the Summer art colony and
found that the girl had come here re-
Gently. She was visiting friends, the
police were informed.
Bodenheim said he had come tc
Provincetown Thursday. but had not
heard of Miss Drew's drowning until
today. He said he had rented studio
here several weeks ago. 1t Is the first
time he has come here for the Summer
Attempted Suicide.
The novelist admitted he had told
Miss Drew that poetry which she
brought him for criticism vas hope
less" and that after hearing his ver-
dict the girl had threatened to commit
suicide. He finally had persuaded her
not to take her own life, he said Miss
Loeb, it was said. also had attempted
to commit suicide because her literary
work had not met with success.