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New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

son of Washington, D. C., Methodist dry leader. who announced Johnson as an impromptu prohibition speak, CT.
 II want you to know" said John son. that l Am absolutely against whiskey. beer and all Intoxicating liquor. because I do not believe li- quor helps the human body at all
 After extensive applause. Johnson said he felt as well at 50 n he did when he was IS years old and that he believed his good health was due to abstinence from liquor and get ting his rest regularly.
 ITO serve God" he continued. you must train the mind as well as the soul. Liquor and other things. deprave the mind and soul. wish you success in your battle to drive liquor out of America"
 Johnson then retired to . gym- nasium where he Is training for | bout with Big Bill" Hartwell. local negro. in Kansas City. Kansas, on Tuesday next. The former heavy weight titleholder recently was knocked out at Topeka. Kans.. by Bearcat Wright of Omaha.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
GRANTHAM STILL
 1 LEADS SWA1TERS
Pittsburgh Pirates Retain Edge
 in Team Hitting

New York. May 1c ~-Even though the Pirates had poor week Fagatnst the Giants. neither the club nor the individual swat-smiths suf- fered in the averages, according to figures made public by National league officials today. George Grantham continues to lead the reg ulars in batting with a handsome mark of .455. while the Pirates as a club are hitting for an even 1925, Sl points more than the second place Cardinals. The averages in- clude games of Wednesday.
 The Pittsburgh flock. however, ranks well down in the club fielding table. which Is topped by the Cubs with .973 and the Reds with .a70, but boasts of the three National league pitchers yet undefeated- Carmen Hill. The bespectacled right handler has won two and lost none, as has Flint Rhem Of St. Louis, but both of these boxmen concede a point to Sheriff Fred Blake, the carniverous Cub who has won three games and lost none.
 Grantham's batting average is made up of 2c singles. eight dou- bles, two triples and three home runs. Taylor Doughit of St, Louis leads in hits with 4o. but ranks 1lth among the regular bats1nen with .:67.
 Del Blssonette of Brooklyn still is showing the way to the National league fin home runs with six. but Hack Wilson of tho Cubs co-cham pion with Cy Williams last year at so' is creeping up. Hack has four circuit taps to his credit. and is fol- lowed by seven players tied at three each; Harper and Frisch of et. Louis: o'Doul and Lindstron, of New York: Hendrick of Brooklyn Webb of Chicago and Grantham of Pittsburgh.
 The next 10 batters following Grantham in the individual aver. ages, 10 or more games are:
 Kelly. Chicago. .4s5: Richbourx Boston. .sso: Terry. New York. .sso; Paul Waner. Pittsburgh. .s76: Her man. Brooklyn.r .s75: High, St, Louls' .373: Roettger. St. Louts :a7S; ott, New York. .372: Bottom iey' St. Louis. 1868. and Douthit, St. Louis, .367.
 Frank Frtsch. the famous Ford. ham flash, leads in stolen hasa. with eight. in runs scored with 7s ana in runs batted in with 34. Hal Iraynor receives whatever honor &C., crues from having made the great est number of doubles-11-vhile ms eam-mate. Lloyd Waner, is the King Of three-base hittera, with five triples. W
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
.:y the Assaciated Preas.

-'y tEe Associated fEe1S
 Given scant consideration in pre- season forecasts. the Cincinnati Reds are confounding the experts by gliding along within easy strik- ing distance of the National league lead.
 Good pitching. sensational field ing, particularly by Hughie Critz. and timely batting have marked the Reds fine showing in the race thus far. Today they rested only a game behind the New York Giants, who hold the top runs.
 Red Lucas won his sixth game in seven starts at Cincinnati yester- day when the Reds beat the Boston Braves, to 0. Lucas allowed only six hits and batted out triple and scored run. Bunched hits off Bob nings gave Cincinnati all its runs Two more double plays sent the Reds season total to 40.
 Grover Cleveland Alexander struck out nine men at St. Louis as the Cardinals defeated the Phillies again. to ?. Jimmy Wilson caught for the Phils until the second inning when he was sold 10 the Cardinals for several players. Jimmy immedi- ately left the game, changed his uniform and is to catch for his new club today. Wilson replaces Bob UFarrell. traded 10 the Giants for George Harper. veteran outf1elder.
 Art Nehf outpitche6 Dazzy Vance and the Cubs ran their winning streak to six games at the expense of the Brooklyn Dodgers, 3 to O.. The Robins got only five singles off Nehf and he never was in danger. Vance pitched well but he hooked up with Nehf when Art was as good as he was with the Giants a few years ago.
 Hack Wilson hit his fourth hom- er of the year.
 Rain forced postponement Of the Giants-Pittsburgh Pirates games at Forbes field.
 An error by Aaron Ward permit ted the New York Yankees to tie the score in the ninth and win in the 10th from Cleveland, 2 to :. at New York. Gehrig's fourth home run of the season came in the sixth inning with the bases full but home runs by Luke Sewell and Langford in the seventh and eighth gave the Indians a 6 to 5 lead. A bad error by Ward. however, permitted the champions to tie it up in the ninth. Meusel's double with Ruth on base ended the battle in the next frame.
 Continuing their savage batting. the Athletics crushed the St. Louis Browns, II to 5 at Philadelphia. Sam Gray was rudely treated by his former teammates in the first three innings and his two successors, Stre- lecki and Crowder. also suffered. Cochrane, Bishop. kress and Schulte hit home runs.
 Sad Sam Jones pitched the Wash- ington Senators to a to victory over the Tigers at Washington. Three Detroit pitchers were found for IS hits by the Senators, Billings and Holloway being particularly easy marks.
 The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox continued their battle for last place with Carrigan's crew temporarily holding the advantage through a to 3 win at the Hub, Todt's homers with Ruffing on base, was the decisive blow that sent th. White SoN down to defeat.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
BY ALAN J. COULD

Associated Press Sports Editor) New York. May 12.-Olympic high hurdling supremacy has passed from American hands only once in eight of the big international meets. That exception did not carry much sting for Earl Thomson's triumph in Canada's colors in 1920 was also a victory for American coaching. Thomson. perhaps the greatest high hurdler ever developed, was a product of the tutelage of Harry l.. Hillman, Dartmouth's famous coach and himself former Olympic champion. The rangy Canadian was developed at Hanover and turned in his greatest performances on Ameri- can tracks. He is now coaching at the United States Naval Academy after serving some time at Yale.
 Everything broke right for me that day" Thomson told this writer in recalling his Olympic victory eight years ago. at Antwerp. "Thc weather and track were good, felt
 just right and I was pushed all the way by Harold Barron. the Penn State star. and Fred Murray Of Stanford
 Thomson set the Olympic record in that race. IA 4-5 seconds. but his greatest performance was turned in that same year. q few montha be-
 fore the Olympics at Franklin
 Field. Philadelphia. The Canadian ace won the intercollegiate cham pionship there and set the worlds
 record of 14 o-5 seconds.
 T felt right and figured had q good chance to break the old record
 of IS seconds. held by Forrest
 Smithson' he recalls. "The best I
 had hoped for. however. was IA 4-5.
 When ] came running back, after 1 breaking the tape, one of the timers
 showed me his watch, stopped at
 l4 2-5, and the amazement on his face was as great as mine" Smithson. the old Pacific Coast
 star. set the worlds record of 15 l seconds flat when he won the Olym- pic championship in 190S He did
 it on grass and over hurdles that
 were made Of iron. except for the | top bar of wood.
 "Smithson was q wonder. as good
 as any of our present day hurdlnrs."
 Lawson Robertson, Olympic head coach. asscrts.
 The peak of Amcrica's Olympic
 monopoly was reached in the 1912 games when nine Yankees entered the 1lometer high hurdles They
 won seven of the eleven preliminary , heats, all of the semi-finals and finished l-2-3-4-G In the final heat, with Fred Helly leading Jim Wen dell by thin margin. Powell. the
 Englishman. was the only foreign ! contender.
 Three Of the six finalists were
 Americans i'll both 1920 and 1924, Four years ago. however, Dan Kim sey. University of Illinois star. was chased to the tape by two SweIes and a South African. Atkinson, in the finals. It was a close call at Paris. and it may be closer this summer at Amsterdam.
 Germany. Sweden. England and South Africa all have developed ca- pablo hurdlers. Lord BurghIey. the titled British star. has shown Americans how well he can per- form. but ''Davy" is better over the low sticks than the high ones. At kinson will be threat once more
 American hopes probably will be pinned chiefly on such stars as Ween1e Ba askin. fhA Alabama ace; Monty Wells Of Dartmouth, Chick
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
VETERANS FILE ENTRIES

New York. May IF R-Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. veteran Britt ish golfing stars. have filed their entries for the 1928 United States open championship.
 Four other Britons-Archie Camp ston. George Duncan, Aubrey Boom- CT and Abe Mitcheli-are expected to enter and seek revenge for Wall ter Hagen's victory in the British open at Sandwich yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
SOCCER TEAMS yfE.rr

Ihe German soccer team Of this city will play the Portuguese crew ot Hartford at Willow Brook park tomorrow. The Capital City team Will be playing its first game and Is bringing strong lineup to this city. The German team Is anxious to win and a large crowd is expected out to see the game. The contest starts at 2 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

Leistner of the Olympic Club. San Francisco. These four. representing the south, east. midwest and for west have been consistently good. There are others. however. to be reckoned with, such as Collier of Brown. Nichols of Stanford and Guthrie Of the Illinois A. c. Kim sey. the 1924 champion, will not de- fend his title. He has taken up the decathlon.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
MATCHED FOR BOUT

Louisville. Ky. May 1c VUP) = Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia. light heavyweight champion. and Joe sekyra of Dayton. O., will meet in a 10-round bout here on the eve of the Kentucky derby next Friday. Loughran's title will not be at stake.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

| *0NEfVfk WIZ VUV 1.V-V
 x-Battsd for Billings in 3rd.
 xx-Batted for Holloway in Eth.
 xxx--Batsed for SerIell in 9th
 Two bnse hits-Heilmann. B!uses, Tav. ener. Fothsrglll. Tate. Three base hits s. Rico. H. Rice. Bluege. Winning pitcher Jones. Losing pitcher-BiIling um. rires-Hallin. Dineen and Barry. Time l:5..
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
T Totals

y- BatteI for l.. Smith in s'll.
 E.-I3atteL for Cooney in Eth.
 Two htse 's-Callaghan. presser. TArc. base Ait- Lucas. Losing pitcher T., ~Glrh. IEn.res Reardon. Moran and NltsgA. Tin.e-l;Gi.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
High Hurdle Champions

Olympic high hurdling champions. over the l1o-meter route, and their times:
 1S96-rurtis, L. S. 1T 3-5 l900-Kraenzlein. '. s. :l5 c-o 1o04-Schulte, T.. S. :l6 ls06-Leavitt. |. S. :l6 IS l90g-Smithson. II. $. :l5 l9lc-Kelly. r. s. :15 l-1o 1oco--Thomson, Canada :l4 4-5 (x) l9o4--Kinsey, l.. g. :l5
 (x)Worlds Olympic record.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
Totals
CfENFf AN1l
Tot7is SH [ tG J@S ]
x-Ean far f7onsege iI Sth. g-ttne out when winning run s.ored.

3--Eatted Tor lJuEan ln g'N.
 zZ-Ratted for FotnocE I'm gth- New York ....,..,.. "up uu5 6o' l. Cleveland ...-......... bag .np llp C. .
 Two base tlts- t,"ttls :. N'p1-.l .. Three htse bits-Jaiutt son, I.a1z,ft i'oH- t''e'a. Home rdrys -t,erF.E l.. si.wcil. LauE- lord. Winning ritahef-SH"aly, Losing l'trhtf-i'hIN. nEGl.=-t tamEbsi! and '5etssI. J.mle-9.t5.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
EXPERTS ARE COMPOUNDED
 BY CINCINNATI SHOWING
Reds Easily Within Striking Distance of Lead-Braves Latest Victims of Team - Cards Again Defeat Phllies Cubs Down Robins - Yankees Nose Out Cleveland - Athletics Crush St. Louis Browns Tigers Lose to Senators-Red Sox Win

| Homo runs-cochranA schuits. Krsss. B!shop. Losing ritcher-Gray. Cmpires
 -H,ldebrand. Ormsby and Guthrie Time
 -iA7.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

x-Batted for Bancroft Tn sth.
 xx-Batted for l,eberry in 9th.
 xxx-Batted for Vance !n eth. Chicago ...... oc0 t0l ety-3 Three base h!ts--t;rfnnn. Nehf. Home ruM-Wi!soa Cmp!Ies k.eu1 and N rC'ornllel.. Tin1e-o.63.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
.V T D PHILADELPHIA tI

N-Batt.d for 1friberg 'n s'h.
 AS-Barcd for Benge Tn 9th.
 Two base h!ts--Douth!t, Kelly. Three base llt--Schulte. Losing pttcAer--sxeet- land. Empires -Pfirman. Starke and ,tuimic". Tinle--l:4J
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

Nsiieaeo wv VI. VVu-j
 s-Batted for Clancy in 9th.
 Two base hns-Barrett, Talk, Clancy, T'lagstead. Ruffing. Home run Todt. Cmpires-McGowan. Connolly and Vau- graf!an. Time-l:36.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

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New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
M Ogwoic High Hund2es-

n mp Darmom rMnne fp Canada in the worlds Olympic and the In fir yp Ion 0hr Darnut hpd of HauyH
 
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New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

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 Two base fits-Mvlier. Bishop fott t:lrd?. 1hsss bass aits-Bishop. Hause..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
CHINA RUSSIA
PACT SEEN
81 InternatlonaI news Service

LONDON, Aug. is The posi-.
biIity that the Nationalist admins.
tration III China may reach IN I'M
derstanding possibly secret agree.
ment with Soviet Russia as r.,
suit of the aggressive attitute as.
su11ed BY Japan, was suggested Ii
advices from Shanghai today.
For the time being Japan Il the
diplomatic victor IN the attempt to
prevent Manchuria from coming
under domination 81 the Chinese
Nati0nalists However, from the
NatfonaIists, viewpoint the issue II
not definitely ended.
Dr. g. e. Wang, foreign fairs
commissioner in the Nationalist az
ministration ST Marking, has Oe.
Iivered note To the Japanese
consul 1T Shanghai replying to the
recent communication from Tokyo
requesting revision 81 treazies ex.
listing between the japanese ana
Chinese.
The contents 81 the Nationalist
reply has NOT been made public,
hut belief prevails IN Shanghai that
1T insists upon abrogaticn Of the.
Japanese treaties.
Japan does not want tO break OF
relations with the Chinese. Japan
wants 70 make new treaties 70 re-
place the cid ones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
'GUNN|EN R|DI)LE
HQUSE. FLEE

MEDIA, Pa, Aug. ia gang
Of gunner in an automobile blazed
away at the home of Isaac Watkins,
Of Johnson's Corner, and riddled the
first floor story Of the house with
bullets, after they had been fright
ened from an attempted burglary
BY watkins, who fired a revolver
bullet into the air to scare them.
watkins fortunately was on the
second floor OF his residence and
the voIley Of bullets simply pep.
pered the front door and awakened
neighbors. Al score or more Of
shots were fired.
Watkins, who keeps garage and
service station on the West Chester
and Wilmington pike was awakened
at 3 o'clock by the noise Of some
body hammerlng on one Of the gas
oline tanks IN front of his place
OF business.
Watkins home adjoins the garage,
and opening d window on the sec
ond floor where his bedroom Is
located he saw three men trying to
force open his gasoline tank.
He shouted and the men jumped
Into their machine and sped away.
Half an hour later the robbers re-
turned ana were at work in the
same manner as before. This time
Watkins leaned from his window
and fired the shot into the air.
The bandits climbed into their
machine, peppered the house with
bullets and fled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
'wo World War Vets
Sue on Disabilities

Two veterans Of the World War.
claiming they are permanently and
totally disabled, have brought suit
against the United states Govern.
nent and the Veterans Bureau, to
compel payment to them Of their
war risk Insurance. under the dis.
ability clause.
Both veterans are I'll hospitals
and are represented BY Attorneys
Mcneil and Maher.
John Hewitt. National Military
Home, DanviIIe, Ill, tells the court
that he has been permanently and
totally disabled since February Is,
1920, and the Veterans Bureau has
failed and refused to pay him any
thing Martin q. Erickson, United
States Veterans Hospital, Wau-
kesha Wis, also claims that the
Government owes him 102 pay
ments at the rate Of $3.50 per
month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
St0rk Frees Girl is
From Lonesome Jail

NEW WORK. Aug The
ancient county ian ii Carmel lost
its only occupant when Mrn. Bessie
ireland, is. 81 peel1llll. al ~.
pectant mother. WAS removed tenn
|porariIy to the Daubury Hospital
ii Danbury Conn.
She WAS there under charges BY
her husband John Ireland that she
had forged his pay-check. Although
tlle husband relented and dropped
the charge, judge and the district
attorney informed Warden SecCrd
they could not release her under
the law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16

l-e1l az.
several times the Mufphys nav 49,
,arted once they agreed GO nvs
arart six months, but Mrs Muipls
said she learned her husDa1lu -
living with another woman Aoa u..S
Is letters and eight telegrams. all1
went to court for q separation
Peaceful words prevailed. nov s
ever ana DR.. Murphy Is saio ~
have signed the following -,
ION condition that my VIZ s,s
her suit for legal separation 1 ~.
destroys ii my presence certain 80
tiers, i hereby agree: eor
II. That I will pay my VIE 80
on the first day and $lOV on llas
fifteenth day Of each month.
20. That / viii have no aIIalrs
with any woman nor entertain any
women under circumstances when
can be questioned.
sSS s. That will devote my siltlls
time to achieving success n the
practice OF my profession.
~ That liz I should TAIL ~ any
OF the above conditions Will granl
my wife b legal separation Wlt 9. J. J
contest, and alimony Of at least sA1o
d month";.
Now Mrs. Murphy. says her hus-
band has failed to pay or give Up
other women, and has assumed
s.liabituaI drunkenness. Justice
Grain awarded her $50 q week tenn.
porary aIimony, more than the
peace treaty provided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
Silk Dealer Ends Life
Over Financial Worry

Ruderfer, SS, silk and wool manu-.
facturer, committed suicide Iii his
home In Brooklyn. He drank two
bottles Of poison, police said.
Mrs. Henrietta Ruderfer. the
widow, said her husband, believed
to be wealthy, had been ii fInan.
cial difficulties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
SYRIANS All BE AcH

Today Is Syrian Day at CheAas
peake Beach More than 500 mem
hers Sc the ST. George Society
went rs the resort early today On
the, annual excursion Of the So
ciefy. The outing VIII take the
'orm of huge family picnic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16
Wife Claims Surgeon
Broke Peace Pact

NEw YORK Aug 16 DR.. John Murphy, nose and throat
al, "a broken a. peace treaty his wife Mrs Ella ST
S1y charged IN Supreme Court, and demanded separa-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-16

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08
M MICHAEL IS
 STILL MISSING

No trace of Vinton McMiehael. who has been missing for seYerl. days, had been reported this morn ing.
 McMiehael left Juneau on Oc tober 2S for a deer hunt on Dous- las Island and was to have re- turned in three of four days. He was alone and left in a small row. boat.
 Saturday, November 3, Mrs. Me- Michael became uneasy and rs- ported the case to U. s. Commis- sioner F. A. Boyle. The same day party, headed by Robert Burns, left Juneau to make search of the north end of Douglas Island. A day later one of the members of the party returned and reported no trace of the missing man.
 At this date the search party is still out. having combed the yicin- ity around Eagle River and ex- tended the search to Admiralty Is- land. Rough weather has prevent ed the landing at several places where it was thought that Me Michael might be hunting. Mrs. MeMichael was optimistic this on account of the fairly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08

Spring. Lieut.. Christiansen will be assigned to duty in the field, prcb- ably in the Fairbanks district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08
SITKA PIONEER LOST
 SINCE OCTOBER 31ST

Gus Heidrich, oldtimer of the Territory and an inmate of ths Pioneers Home at Sitka, is re- ported missing from the institu- ton and lost in the hills back of the town, it was announced at the Governors office today. He has been missing since October 31.
 He was seen to leave town that morning with a few prospecting tools. When he failed to return that evening a search was prompt ly organized, Writing to Gov. Parks last Sunday. Superintendent Theodore Ket-leson said no trace of him had been found although 30 persons had been engaged Tn the search.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08
TAYLOR NAMED TO REPRESENT
 THE TERRITORY
Parks Appoints Ike P. lay Tor as Delegate to An
 nual Road Meeting

The appointment of Assistar. Engineer Ike P. Taylor, Alaska Road Commission. to be official representative Of Alaska at tae Twenty-Fourth annual convention of the American Road Builders Association at Cleveland next yea. was announced today by Gov. George A. Parks.
 Mir Taylor will take with him a pictorial all-Alaska exhibif, which is being prepared jeintly b.- the Alaska Road Commission and the U. s. Bureau of Public Roads This will include views of Alas ka scenery, industries, types of road and trail construction, etc.
 For several years Alaska has been represented at these conven- tions. Last year, M. D. Williams, District Engineer of the U. s. Bu- reau of Public Roads attended aa Alaska's representative The con- yention meets on January If for a four-day session. Road builders from all over the country will be in attendance.
 In appointing MT. Taylor, Gov. Parks said: Tn view of his knowl- edge of road building and trans portation conditions throughout the Territory, I believe him to be well qualified to represent Alaska at this convention"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08

calm weather and was quite sure that her husband was safe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08
LIEUT.. CHRISTENSEN
 ATTACHED TO A. R. C.

Assigned to duty with the Alas ka Road Commission, First Lieu. J. c. Christiansen arrived here yesterday and will be attached 10 local headquarters of the Comml5- sion for several months. He WIS accompanied by Mrs. Christiansen and their two children.
 They have taken one of the Kirk houses On Gold Street and will make tn eir home there. Next
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08

Old papers Tor sale at the Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-08
cANNERY CASE PROGRESSES

The trial Of the Sunny Point Packing Company and Al. Minard Superintendent, at Rake. on a charge of destroying food fish, was in progress in the U. s. District Court today. It was expected that all of the testimony would be completed today and the case eld tomorrow.