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New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
BOY HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
 IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Lad Aged Six Years in Hospital With Probable Conclseton
 of Brain

Struck by an automobile owned and driven by Mrs. Rose Bedford Mayer of 1868 Stanley street as he ran into the roadway in front Of laS Hartford avenue at 6:c0 last night, Manuel Racher. aged 5. of 5S Talcott street, was knocked down and injured about the head. face and arms. Although X-ray eAami- nation failed to disclose any frac- lures. the oy's condition at New Bri.An General hospital was said today to be critical. It Is believed he has concussion of the brain besides lacerations and bruises.
 Mrs. Mayer was driving north on Hartford avenue and sounded the horn on her machine to warn the Racher boy and two others 1t is said by witnesses. Suddenly, the former ran out and Mrs. Mayer was unable to avoid striking him. although she pulled to the left and made every effort 10 save him. she reported. The right front wheel struck him, according to witnesses. and Mrs. Mayer drove him to the hospital at once. Officer Daniel Cos grove reported the accident. and found no cause for action against Mrs. Mayer. ...
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
KIN OF LOCAL MAN
 BELIEVED DROWNED F. w. krieger Thought to Be Victim of Quas-
 sapaug Waters

Harry F.. Myers of 4s Camp street. has received word that his brother. in-law. Frederick w. krieger of Mlddlebury. Vt. is missing from home and is believed to have drowned in Lake Quassapaug,
 The missing man was the hus- band of the former Miss Bertha Myers of this city who died about three months ago. He has many acquaintances in this city.
 Residents along the shore report ed having heard cries of help, Zap parently from a drowning man." but the only trace that could be found was rented boat he had used which was anchored near the shore, The search for the missing man was not begun until yesterday, when hts brother. A. E. krieger, became anxious after he was out over night and notified Middlebury officials. The man, customary figure at the lake with his fishing tackle, was in the habit of pastiming at the sport during the early hours after dark. He was last seen at 10:20 o'clock by Charles Sufere. Woodbury. fisher- man. who passed the spot where the boat was found and had a few words chat with him.
 Failing in efforts to locate the body by dragging the lakes bottom, Coroner Monzani began an imme- diate investigation.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Stewart of us. Moves to Second Place In Decathlon After Seventh
 Event; Other Yankees 9th and 7th
American Relay Team of Wykoff, Quinn Borah and Russell Wins Trial Heat In 400 Meters US Oarsmen Eliminated From Competition, But
 Clapp Shows Way In 15OO Meter Swim

Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 4 P- With the discus throw, the seventh event. completed. Jim Stewart of the united States moved into second place in the Olympic all-around championship today with a total of 5,sll.91.
 The American was less than P points behind Paavo lrjola, the Fin nlsh ace who moved up to the front by outtossing the field in the discuss throw. He had a total of 5,S33.24 points.
 Ken Doherty. the United States, held fifth place totalling 5,522.95 points and Tom Churchill moved up to seventh with a total of 5,232.24 points.
 Yrjola won the discus throw with 4@.os beters, the equivalent of 13S feet. Stewart was next with 40.9o meters, or few inches better than lS4 feet.
 Doherty had 3S.72 meters. Church. Ill 39.l9 and Barney Berlinger 32.5l.
 DtCdtnlOn contest
 The battle for the all around ath- letic championship in the decathlon wa. renewed in the rain with a stall wart son of California. Jim Stewart at grips with three Scandinavians.
 The American, two Films and a Swede were all punched within 75 points of each other as a result of the first five events yesterday.
 The 110-meter hurdles the sixth event. improved the standing of A. E. J. Jarvinen of Finland who was clocked in Is 3-5 seconds tying J. H. Viljoen of South American for the best time.
 K. Kenneth Dougherty of Michi- gan who was fifth from the end in yesterdays events did Is 4-5. Stew arts time was 16 3-5 and he there by stayed level with H. Jansson of Sweden. yesterdays leader.
 Thomas Churchill of Oklahoma
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
OF STONE
 NOW SATISFACTORY
Only Time Can Tell Whether He Will Return
 to Stage

New London, Aug. P-The condition of Fred Stone, comedian, injured yesterday when his plane crashed at Groton while he was fly ing solo, was reported as 'satisfac- tory at Lawrence and Memorial hospital here this morning
 Physicians at the hospital say that only time can decide whether or not Stone will ever be able to return to the stage. Because of the variation in bone-knitting in different per- sons it is possible that Stone might be on his feet again in few months or possibly not for year. the doctors say.
 Mrs. Stone has engaged a room at the hospital to be near her hus- band, and his three daughters spent the greater part of last night at his bedside.
 The comedians father, and Rex Beach the author. have visited the hospital and will remain either here or at Stones ranch in Lyme.
 State aviation officials arc check ing up on the accident today to de termine whether or not there was any violation of the state aviation laws. Stone had a federal student pilot license but did not have a Con- necticut student pilot license which is required of any novice flier taking plane up for solo flight. The state aviation laws also require that foreign planes be reported to the air officials by their pilots, 4S hours after entering the state, and Stones plane is said 10 have been in the state for a week without having been reported.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04

did the 100 meter hurdles in ls f.; seconds and Bernard Berlinger oI Pennsylvania covered the distance ir IT 1-5 seconds.
 Paavo Yrjola, the Finnish holde, of the worlds decathlon record who finished thy first five events 1T fourth position, failed to gain in the hurdles. He was clock at 1885 sec. onds. Yrjola was given a second tria after his first effort timed at l7 sec. onds was declared out, the automat. ic timing device being blamed.
 Yrjoya then hurled the discus ap. proximately 13S feet. far ahead ot his rivals, at the start Of his fayorit. event.
 First Heat In Relays
 The 400 meter Olympic relay trials were begun today in a driving rain and with heavy wind blow. ing. The first heat was a victor, for the Canadian quartet anchored by Percy Williams. the sprint cham. pion.
 Jack London, the British Negro was given lead by his mates, bu, was contented to coast in, just he. ing beaten at the tape by Williams rush. The Italians were third. Tho time was 42 Is seconds. The third heat of the 40o mete, relay was won by the United States team composed Of Wykoff, Quinn BOrah and Russell.
 In winning their heat the Ameri can registered the startling time O 41 Is seconds, just IS second shor of the worlds record. Wykoff, Quinn Borah and Rus sell, completely outclassed their field Russell finished IS yards ahead O the Hungarian anchorman, witt Switzerland. Japan and Turke, strung out in that order. The Ar genuine team did not finish. (Continued on Page 1s)
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Haywood and Landlers
 Placed Side by Side

Moscow, Aug 1 R-Ashes of Wild Bill'' Haywood. American communist, and of Eugene Landlers were placed side by side today in the wall of the kremlin near the grave of John Reed, radical Ameri- can newspaper writer.
 The double funeral proved to be the most modest ever given to prominent communists. There was no parade of troops but military bands preceded crepe draped red banners and the urns borne by dele- gates to the communist international congress. There were several hun- dred of these delegates and an equal number of representatives from Moscow workers organizations.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
PAYS WITH LIFE TO BE PICTURED WITH COOLIDGE
Civil War Widow Falls Face Down. ward Under Reaction of
 Weak Heart

Superior, Wis, Aug. 4 dP'-Mrs. w. II. Rivers, an so year old Civil War widow, paid with her life yes- terday for an effort to be photo graphed with President Coolidge. A weak heart caused her to faint be- fore leaving her home this morn- ing. but she insisted on participating in visit which members of For tress 1S of the National Daughters of the Grand Army of Republic paid to the White House executive offices.
 At the office the callers were lin- ed on the front steps awaiting MT. Coolidge 10 come out and stand among them and be photographed. Although MT. Coolidge was only de- layed d short time, the strong sun apparently was too much for Mrs. Rivers who fainted once more and fell face forward on the granite steps. She was taken to a hospital where she died few hours later.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Extends Recognition
 To Nanking Government

Geneva, Aug. { (UP)--The league of nations today extended recogni- tion to the Ranking, or nationalist government of China-a move thai came after United States recognition of the Nanking powers. The league formally accepted the appointment by Chen Ting-Wang foreign minister of the Ranking government, of the delegation to the September session of the league of nations.
 That delegation will be headed by Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to the United States.
 It is expected that Sze will repre- sent the Ranking government also at the league council meeting on August 30.
 This will be the first time that the league Of nations has recog- nized any other than the Picking government as the official Chinese ruling body.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Chinese Language
 Can Be Sent by Wire

Crbana, H., Aug. RNAn- other Chinese puzzle, sending Chinese by telegraph. has been solved after IS years of research by Dr. C. C. Wang. former Uni versity of Illinois student.
 Out Of the maze of characters making up the Chinese language, a commission headed by Dr. Wang. has evolved a system of phonetics which for the first time will enable the Chinese to send telegrams in their own tongue. Dr. Wang explained his system in a letter to President David kinley of the university here. Dr. Wang's system will go into effect January 1, 1928, he said.
 Heretofore system of num- bers requiring recording, was used.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
MAN HAS HALLUCINATI0N
 CROWD IS CHASING HIM
Points Out Imaginary Pursucrs and Is Locked Up For Safe
 Keeping

Apparently having been recover ing from heavy drinking bout or possibly affected by the heat, or both. Steven Bulewicz of 4S Grove street was sent to the police station by Officer Otis Hopkins at 4:2O this morning for safe keeping. Bulewfcz was looking into store. window at 104 Broad street and told the off, cer he was being chased by a crowd and his life had been threatened. He pointed out his pursuers but the of- ficer could not see them. so he sent him in. The crowd had thrown something into his eyes on Cherry street. Bulewicz said. and he was afraid they would overtake him any moment
 The public welfare department was notified by Captain Kelly and Bulewicz was taken to the town home. where he will be kept for a few days and released if his condi- ton 5ustifies it.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
MISSING GIRL FOUND
Ida Nlalamud, Who Drove Away in Fathers Automobile Two Weeks Ago, in New York City

Word has been received here that Miss Ida Malamud, aged Is, of Hartford avenue, has been located at the home of relatives in New York city after an absence of alm ost two weeks. Her mother is now with her
 Miss Malamud took her fathers automobile in front of their store on Hartford avenue and drove away. without telling her parents she was leaving or informing them of her destination. Consequently they be- came alarmed and notified the pc lice. As the days passed and she was not located, the New 1S k authorities were called in and a search was under way when the suppcsition that she might be with relatives was verified.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
PASSES GOOD NIGHT

London. Aug tR,- Sir J. Aus ten Chamberlain, secretary of state for foreign affairs. passed a good night. He is suffering from a mild attack of bronchial pneumonia. While his friends have no fear of the outcome. they do not believe he will be in sufficiently good health to permit him to take part in the signing of the Kellogg pact in Paris late this month.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
WAR STARTED l4
 YEARS AGO TODAY
Europe Is Slowly Forgetting
 A6onies Of 19t4-l9tS
HATRED IS DYING AWAY
But Louvain, Belgium Still Stand Divided Against Itself Regarding Inscription On Library Destroy. el By TcutoniC Fury"

London. Aug. f Pt-While Lou vain. Belgium, stands divided into two camps of Test We forget" and lest We remember" Europe today l4 years after the opening of the World War. slowly is forgetting the agonles of lyl4-l9lS.
 Fourteen years ago today German troops entered Belgium. for the sanctity of which Great Britain stood suarantor. At midnight in reply, Great Britain entered the war. 4 , state of war already existed between Germany and Russia at that time and Germany had declared war on France the night before. Lou,ain Incident
 The incident of Louyain's contro- Nersy over the balcony of her new library, whether or not it should contain a stone motto which would serve to perpetuate Belgium's hate of the invading Germans, has served to reveal this fact with new strength,
 Edmond Feliz Morren. the fore man who smashed the pillars of the balcony of the Louvain library. lest they should stand without the Latin motto which Whitney Warren. the American architect, had placed there. lives in danger of a five year sentence. In the press he has found few critics and many defenders Part of his defense will be that his father and mother were deported and he himself wounded and maltreated by the Germans when he was a boy of l6.
 Hatred Dying
 In the remainder of Europe, how ever, the intense hatred of the west ern powers against the central pow CTS. whom they regard as having caused the war has appreciably diminished. The governments of France. Great Britain, and Italy, though resolved not to forget the great deeds of their own soldiers, are equally resolved to honor the achievements of their former en- emies. Even the phrase Hest we forget has come to be applied to the disabled soldiers and not to the late enemy.
 The Olympic games see the first athletic massing in strength of the Germans since the war. competing formidably with the athletes of other nations.
 Teutonic athletes for several years have been welding the bonds of sports international amity, appear ing in tennis matches at Wimbledon. England. and St Cloud. France, and British and French tennis players
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New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
POLICE NOW AWAIT STRIKERS PARADE New Bedford Officials Are Pre-.
 pared for Action OBTAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS
15O PatrOlmen Are Called in From Other Cities to Aid the Regular Force in Repellins Any Dis orders

New Bedford. Mass. Aug. 4 R,- As the state moved to fix responsi. bility for the textile strike which has kept 2S,ooo operatives and the mills of 26 corporations idle here for 16 weeks, police today prepared to combat plans for the postponed protest parade Of radical workers That demonstration, called off las, Saturday when rain threatened, was set again for today and once more local authorities had solicited. and optaln reinforcement Of 150 police. men from cities as far away as Bos- ton and Cambridge.
 Today. however, the threa, seemed less imminent. Many leaders Of the textile mill committees the radical wing of the strikers, were still detained at the house of cor rectlon due to inability to obtain biai on appeals from convictions in the disturbances of the past week or more. and as a result arrange ments for the demonstration Were rather vague.
 Mayor Charles S Ashelyn con- tinued firm in his refusal 10 grant permit for the parade and to use lorce, If necessary to break it up should it be attempted. Situation lTnrhanred The situation apparently remained unchanged by publication of the replies of both strikers and mann. | lacturers to the state board of ar. hltration's proposal 10 settle tn, ! controversy.
 AS has been forecast, both parties declined to arbitrate the merits ot the 10 per cent wage cut which was the cause of the walkout. Gov. AL van T. Fuller, when informed of the answers, made public in Boston hie Willingness to provide a new board for the specific purpose of attempt. ing to reopen the situation. Neither side today had indicated whether il
 
 gest1on than 10 the previous efforts Of the present board.
 Take New Tack
 Several officers of the teXti,e coun- cil took a new tack, however, in a statement urging stockholders of the mills to join them 'in making com mon cause against the mill men from whose prevalent lack of yi- sion. frequent lack of courage, and occasional downright incompetence, we have both suffered alike these many years"
 Officers of the operatives organi- zation indicated that if the present mill executives were to be busted from control. they would gladly CO., operate in formulating a construc. tive program for peace and develop ment within the industry.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Start Fires to Make
 Jobs for UnemplOyed

San Francisco. Aug. 4 Pl-By placing lighted candles in dry brush. incendiaries have started seven fires in the Orleans district of the Klamath national flores, in the last five days, forest serv- ice officials revealed today.
 The rangeres believed the fires were started to furnish jobs as fire fighters to unemployed men. All the fires were brought under control. and precautions taken to check the firebugs. Foresters believed the candle method was employed to give the firebugs plenty of time to escape before the flame burned low and ignited the brush.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
POLISH PLIERS REPORTED SEEN 200
 MILES NORTH OF AZORES LAST NIGHT:
 WEATHER COZ: ...' 'oyS !!E ARE IMPROVING
Il,V D~H1, Log of the Avia.

By the Associated Fress
 Thursday ll:4o ?. m. tEa stern Standa I'd nme>-flers hop off from le Bour- get, France, for New York.
 Friday
 l2;S9 2. m.-Plane passes over l'reuX. 60 miles from Paris, flying well.
 5:lp q. m.-Tra wler Pingouin Slghts plane Sc miles off French coast and $50 miles from Paris $40 ? .m.-Stea Aztec sights q plane about 200 miles north of Azores believed to be that of Polish h 1liers.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
UNITED STATES IS 1 NOT GIVING AL|b|S General McArthur Says Olympic
 Team Doesn't Need Any HAVE GREAT GROUP
Reason for Defeat of Trackmen Was the Competition Was Greater and the Men Met Better Run- neGS.

Amsterdam, Aug. { (UP)-The United States Olympic team needs no alibis for its performances at the ninth Olympiad, General Douglas Macarthur told the United Press to- day, and defeats have come because competition is much keener than the United States officials had ex- pected.
 Greatest Team
 This is the greatest team the United States ever has sent to the Olympics and it needs no alibis for it's failure to make a clean sweep ot the track and field events,' MaCAr- thur said.
 Failure of such sprint stars as Charley Paddock, Charley Borah, Frank Wykoff and Jackson Scholz was due to their meeting better men.
 Paddock at Amsterdam was just too old" the Olympic chairman said. The class of the American sprinters is not as good as it once was.' Keen Competition
 "The competition We are meeting here surpasses our expectations but our expectations were based upon false ideas obtained from compara- tive times" Macarthur said. Our liphtpjpo p ia ct fracEa ono hl.,d oxarac.. performers to produce sensational and record breaking performances. There is no track in Europe, with the possible exception of England. faster than this Olympic track. Not one compared with our tracks at home.
 "The real test of a runner, how over, is his ability to beat the men against whom he is racing. We are being beaten here by the greatest runners in the world. and with the possible exception of one event we have been beaten by better men. Percy Williams Canadian, 100 and 200 meters champion) in my opinion is the greatest sprinter the world has ever seen and he will be even greater.
 "We had raised false hopes for our ;s1'inters who l believe Williams would have beaten in their best days Fast tracks in the United States enabled men like Paddock and Scholz, who were at their peak nearly a decade ago. 10 step out and become our second and third choices whereas it must be obvious they can not be as good as ever. The fact they are running with our best in- dlcates the class of the American sprinters is not as good as it once was.
 Paddock Too Old
 Paddock at Amsterdam was inst too old while scholzs performance was admirable. Frank Wykoff seemed overweight to some of US but We have every confidence in his personal coach and left the details of the training to him,
 oharley Borah wasn't expected 10 Win TOT he never ran on a turn. W hen he was chasing Williams in a trial heat Borah made q bid on the turn which as any runner knows IS unWise. It put too much strain on his bad leg. He wouldn't have beaten Williams anyway
 'The only possible excuse we can conceive for our sprinters is that
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
Another Rocket Car
 Has Come to Grief

Hanover, Germany, Aug, 1 LF,-- Another of Fritz Non Opens rocket has come to grief.
 The car Rak " was making it's first test on a railroad track from Burgwedel to Celle and was derailed left the rails on June "3. One rock ct exploded the wrong way and the Rak " was wrecked. There were no casualties
 Further test were postponed in definitely.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
w. s. Ware Reported as
 Holding Own in Illness

Atlantic City. Aug. 1 William s. Ware appeared to be holding his own today in his fight against death from paralysis.
 A bulletin from the sickroom this morning said:
 The senator passed a fairly com fortable night, his pulse and tenn peraturc are unchanged"
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Hyder weekly herald., 1928-08-11
ENDORSE WIcKERSHAM
 FOR JUDGESHIP

James Wickersham, former delegate to Congress from Alaska, was endorsed for the position of judge of the First Judicial Division by the Ket- chikan Bar Association at a special meeting held in Ketchi- kan last Saturday.
 The meeting also passed a resolution calling on Governor George A. Parks to call a spec ial session of the Alaska Legis- lature with a view to creating Territorial courts in Alaska.
 The Ketchikan Chronicle, re- porting the incident, said it was indicated that those fav- bring the latter resolution did so on two grounds; first, that the First Division should have a Judiciary at once, the vacan- cy caused by the death of Judge Reed having created a bad situation; and secondly, that they favored greater self government for Alaska.
 Respecting the endorsement of Judge Wickersham, the paper says seven were in favor of it, with two voting against it and two others not voting.
 Commenting editorially on the Bar Associations action, the Chronicle, under the capt. ion of Political Minded Bar Association" asserts that no attorney at the meeting thought for an instant that the governor would call a special legislative session for the indi- cated purpose, and declares the conviction that even some of those who voted for the res- olution were satisfied that the carrying out of the program would result only in turmoil.
 The journal also expressed marked disapproval of an ap- pointment of Judge Wicker sham on the score that he is too old and that he is temper mentally unfitted to fill the most important judgeship in Alaska.