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New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
ACQUITTED MAN IS
 STABBED IN COURT
Aunt Of Girl Victim Yields Knife
 Mother Uses Gun
EXCITEMENT IN ALABAMA.
shot Fired E, Woman Goes Wild llu Her sister More >uCtc-~iuI With knifC--llan Just Freed Wa, Police H,cf

coluwhiau5 Ala, Mare. .@ CP.- II. l.. EIa>e, Calora rhIot ot poucc, Was firod at and then stabbed by two women m circult cour; here to- jay just after he had hvcn acquii- tod ot the murder of their relative. Miss Louise Montoabaro.
 shot at, stabbed.
 Mrs. Mabel Montrab|ro, mothrr of ,ho girl. fired a pistol from a dis tanco Of about five feet as Blake was triug congratulated by his friends. Miss 1ubbs, an aunt of the girl loarod al tho police chief drawing t Ilnf" as shc flung herself toward him, and stabbed him in tho neck Blake fell. tha blood streaming from he wound
 Prosecutor Paints.
 The court room vas in d turmojl Tn d moment and Charlie (. Mtecan. state attorney general who had pcr- SoraliE pros cutcd Blake faiutrI from rhc excitement. Blake had 1or pied into the jury hoN from which the men " ho freed him were SIo0l> filing out. They assisted n picking him up and carving him to 3 hos. pItal
 Roth Women Tight.
 Mir Mccall quickly recovered hint self and ordered tUr two women taken into custody. Both wore fran 'lc from the strain of the trlal aud 'he'r dccd. and Mrs Monteal,aro fought hyst"rically with court off cers before she was subduod She still tried to get to Blake as tho nallIfts pinlon~d her
 Officers said the women had oh talnod the weapons from tho box in which Miss Nontoabaro'S clothing was kept during tho trial. The pistol used in today's shooting WAS one of those used hy the state in expert testimony regarding the manner of the girls death
 Spectators Flee.
 About go persons were in the court room at the time. All rush ed into the open.
 Louise Montcaharo. 4 sewing ma chine salcsUoman, vas shot 10 death on the night of last November II shortly after Blake and w. n Farm @r, another 'alora pollCcman, had arrested her on the Montgomcrv highway. They suorc she killed her self after her arrest for speeding and while they had nomontarily Jeff the car to examine 8 hottl" hlch they said she had flung from the machine when they hailed her.
 Elake'S trial had last d Iittlp over two weeks and tho case had gone 10 the jury last night, Tho
 (Continuod on Faea ID
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
Brilliant Rescue at Sea by us. Coast Guard Who Take Of Crew
 Just as Schooner Plunges Below
Destroyer Roe Pushes to Relief of Sinking Vessel 50 Miles Of New Jersey Coast and Arrives Bare ly in Time to Save Eight Men.

Now London, March ag P4-Ar- other brilliant coast guard rescue at ~oa WAS enacted about 50 miles on the NcN Jersey roast las, night when tho coast guard destroyer Roc. ort Of New York located the dos ahioI tour-mastcd coal laden schooner John (, Hidobrand of Boston and took of hcr crew O. eight shortly before the schoon,r With sudden lurch, dove head first doNn into inc lapnns waves. a. cordnS 70 radio information rr- cciNed oy coast guard hcadquarIcr- here.
 On Way To New York
 Tho crew, commanded hy Captain T. LarrabCc. were today cn route tu New York aboard the destroyer which remained on the scene long enough 10 make sure no dangerous Nrcckage had been let behind 10 menace navigation
 Out of Port a Week
 The John C. H'debrand, which was built at Bath. Me. in 1909, and has a gross Of l .0S6 tons, sailed from Norfolk on March 14 bound for Eastport, Maine. She had been out a week before any further word was heard from her. Yesterday the steamship Ossa. New York to Mcdi- tcrrancan ports. sent word that she had passed tho schooner. whose decks were aNash. The Roc received the report and proceeded at once 10 inc scene and effected the rescue.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
CANADIAN BA>kI.. DIES

Cannes. France, March - Pi- Sir Mortimer Davis, widely known Canadian banker and sportsman. dled today.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22

New Haven. March 1c P}-- Eart h. quake shocks Of tho heaviest Intcn- sly ever noted ou the scIsmograrh
 f Pea body Museum. Naic uni, ,crsity. nre recorded last night,
 Starting at ] ',@2 r. m. the shock $ ztod for morc than an hour. reach H- 3 n17Ajnun at II f. aui throw 'uE the needle of enc CT the drums rf he instrument.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
Five Persons Injured in Mexico City By Stones Crumpled d From Houses Numerous Casualties Reported in Oaxaca.
Temblor Perceptiblc for Seven Minutes - Wires Broken and Darkness Adds to Fright of h. habitants.

Mexico City, March - vPl-- A strong earthquake, perccptblc for sven minutes in Mexico City, struck Mexico at 1o:-o o'clock last night.
 Five persons were injured in the capital by stones which crumblc ! rom houses while numerous casual lies were reported in special dis patches from OaNaca.
 Audiences in the thcatcrs became panic stricken and rushed wildly 70 the street. many women fAjntlnS,
 The Tacubaya observatory issued a bulletin stating that the carth- quake lasted aT minutes # seconds turing which the tombtor was per ''ptlhle for seven minutes.
 The bulletin placed the center ot 'ta quake about "uU miles south west Of Mexico City.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
.COUzENS INSISTS
 MELLON IS UNFIT, WANTS HIM OUSTED
Secretary oI Treasury, on Other Hand, DiSCI0SeS He Has No
 Intention of ResigninS
MICHIGAN SENATOR HITS
 HARD ON BOND DEALINGS

be' iare> That bulN Death Forced
 Mellon to Disclose Fact That He
 knew of Hay and the sinclair
 Bond Aru,itic~-Prc>rd >rdcnt Not
 Likely to A>, Cabinet Member for
 His Resignation.
 Washington. March - CP-UrS- >ng adoption Of his resolution dc cisrinc tho senate in favor c. the resignation Of Secretary Mellon. Son 1tor Couzrns. republican. Michigan. toaaH dcetarrI in the senate that the treasury h.aI had nrovou hims,lf totally Un'lt' to hold of1icc.
 1.atNr tho matter went to -hc cal "ndar and now weeks may clapsc before 1T again ronrs up.
 Er'n-c> ln Tcapr, scandal
 Taking tho floor soon after indica- 'ous had rome from the treasury that Mr. Mellon would not resign, regardless or tue outcome of the senate 1u.n. unless requested to do So by the president tho Michigan >' nator said Mellon lad hocn ap- p"atod 10 bN Win II Hays, former chairman oG he republican commit 'Ne fo help "conccar' part of Harry r. Sinclair s Si6o 6nu contribution 10 th" republican 1920 campaign de iic;t.
 He recalled that Mellon had de rlnci 10 aCc~p, tho S5o,ou0 Sinclair bonds brought 10 him hy Hays 10 bc '>rhanSod for campaign con;ribu- ton bat that the secretary had re- used to tell of tho incident.
 Death Forced Hand
 "oHly death finally forced him 10 talk" Couzens said. "A note on paper Of q dead man, Mr. Pratt. say jns Andy brought on, the story iIualy of how Nr. Mellon had been irudrrcd these bonds"
 The Michigan senator. who has Quarrcllcd with the trcasurv for years on tax matters, then went into 3 detailed discussion Of Mir. Melons 'cstimony recently before he senate oil committee.
 Other Accusations
 toulNns also romp3jned that the secretary was interested in the Pitts hurEh Coal company which he cbarg- 'd had done everything it could to Grfaat the obtaining of accurate findings as to its mines" in connrC~ tton with inc senate inquiry into tin" il'UmiuUus coal situation
New Britain herald., 1928-03-22
TO Rt 100 TOMORROW

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Uontinued on rsge Two)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
Casey's Bat.

De Wolf Hopper, it is reported in
New York, has just been presented, on
the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary
of his first appearance on the stage,
with the veritable bat with which the
mighty Casey once struck out. Hopper
has told the tale of Casey and his
inglorious performance many, many
times. Some one has volunteered the
statement that he has recited 1t on no
less than $4,000 occasions. He has told
it to at least two generations, and now
he has CaSey's bat. He will probably
always carry 1t when he repeats the
immortal tale, as it is hoped he will
have many more opportunities of doing.
But now comes the inevitable skeptic
with the remark that this is very in
teresting, If true. Some one is always
taking the JOY out of life, and this one
is trying to do so by suggesting that
there never was Casey of a Mudville
team who struck out in an epochal bat
tie on the diamond. But who cares, in
truth? There have been Caseys in
Vulnerable, whether known by that par
ticular name or otherwise, who have
famed in the pinches, who have famed
with the bases loaded, who have famed
with the tying or the winning run
awaiting the scoring.
What are names and what are places,
after all, but mere factors of sugges-
ton? Mighty Casey" has become a
national figure through iteration and
through likelihood. And now his cele-
brant has in his hands the actual bat
that did not meet the ball at the criti-
cal time of Mudville's classic game,
which is more than any patriotic orator
can ever claim with respect to the
original Ratchet of little George WASH
ington's historic performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

President Wilson'S reply to the Ger
man government states that the United
States refuses to deal with any but the
veritable representatives of the German
people AND that II our Government
must deal with the military masters
and the monarchical autocrats of Ger
many now, it must demand, not peace
negotiations, but surrender" -"
The President calls for a dictated peace
and says no truce Is possible that does
not destroy her power to renew war.
The 1st American Army scored
important successes today in severe
fighting along the front north OF
Verdun. On the left they again drove
the Germans out of Grand Pre-: In the
center they again took Bantheville and
bettered their positions at several points
there; on the right they cleared the
Germans out of Brieulles after stub
born resistance The sky has
been filled with American airplanes all
day. They drop several tons of bombs
on the German positions and the enemy
retaliate vigorously after dark.
British Sd and 4th Armies smash
through strong defensive by new drive
south of Valenciennes, gain three miles
and take several thousand prisoners
and many guns. More than
1000, 600 Americans are now abroad
and on the way, Secretary Baker reports
to the President Eight hun
dred and seventy-four casualties on list
given out today, including 100 killed In
action and dead from wounds, 67i
wounded and 43 missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
London's Backfre of SCOT

In the reports of the miniature tor
nado that struck London last evening
at the dinner hour reference Is made to
the quantities of SCOT that were blown
down the chimneys as the wind swirled
in gusts. The black deposits from these
vents almost smothered the guests In
the restaurants and hotels, and prob
ably caused damage and great discom-
fort to the jewellers In private homes.
For London is largely a city of open
CRATE heating and of soft coal fueling
1t suffers constantly from the blacks
as the SCOT deposits are called. I'M
mense volumes of floating particles are
carried out of the chimneys, to be scat
tered by the wind and, In the case Of
fog, to make the pea soup" quality that
has given London an evil name in the
world. It is the combination of SCOT
from soft coal burning and of dampness
that gives the British capital its pecul-
lar setting of murky atmosphere. When
the wind is strong enough to scolir out
the chimneys disaster results. Yester-
days visitation appears to have been of
unusual severity. London is not as a
rule given to high winds, and it is not
prepared against them. Certainly its
SCOT nuisance, bad as 1t is becomes es-
pecially grave when Boreas does DIT
of chimney cleaning with reverse Eng
lish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
A Safe FLYING Award.

A worthwhile air achievement was
recorded with the announcement by the
Navy Department yesterday of the
award of the 1928 Herbert Schiff Memo
rial Trophy to Lieut.. James E. Dyer,
U. S. NJ, for more than twelve hun
dred and fifty hours in the air without
accident to plane or personnel. With
nearly four hundred hours more of safe
flying than his nearest competitor IN
previous years, Lieut.. Dyer built up this
enviable record while instructing stu
dents at the San Diego station. He will
receive the award from the President at
the White House in December.
1t is an unfortunate fact that the
public hears little of these men who so
about their daily duties in an unosten-
tatious way to promote the progress of
aviation. 1t is only the sensational per-
formers, some of whom take hazardous
risks to win notice, that the public
knows about. Yet it is men of the type
of this naval officer who are the real
backbone of flying. These are the true
heroes of the air, not the kind, perhaps,
who attempt suicidal stunts, but the
men who sanely and constructively push
forward to that Utopia, safety in the
skies.
More than one hundred students have
been taught to ny under Lieut.. Dyer,
and il they emulate his example of eau
tious skill the small army of aviators in
this country will be swelled by the adj
dition Of men who will add prestige TO
the name of the United States. Safety
is the keynote of aviation and. regard
less of all the records garnered by dar-
ing flyers, the men who work for safety
are those to whom aviation owes its adj
vancement. It is distinct pleasure,
therefore. to congratulate the naval
lieutenant for his notable contribution
to the progress of safe flying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
One Sheep Shy.

A Mexican employed In New York
restaurant went boldly out and pinched
one of the flock of sixty sheep which
adorn and incidentally benefit the
sward of Central Park. 1t would appear
to be a difficult feat to get away with
a whole live sheep, albeit young one,
but this Mexican did it, taking his
booty undetected, to a fourth-f1oor
apartment. Not until the professional
herder attending the flock numbered
his woolly charges next morning did 1t
become apparent that there we're but
"fifty-and-nine, and not until the
bleating of the captive disturbed the
repose of a sick boy in an adjoining
apartment was the Mexican's mis-
deneanor discovered.
There seems to be nothing that is
not liable to theft If the right sort of
thief comes along Most New Workers
would regard the possession of live
sheep with alarm and distaste, but down
where this foreigner comes from a
sheep is highly valuable and desir-
able piece of property to be "rustled"
If the chance occurs. What is white
elephant"-and even they are said to
have been stolen--in one locality proves
a tempting prize in another. Nothing
is too bulky; nothing Is too unusual to
be safe. There is even truth In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

line from the old topical song stealing
old iron and red-hot stoves"
Ignorance as to true values leads
men into performances which at first
glance seem strange and senseless. In
the days of the Scottish rebellion of
1745, which was to put the Young
Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie" on
the British throne, his uncouth High
landers invaded England as far as
Derbyshire. They we're industrious loot
ers, but not discriminating ones. They
passed up gold watches. jewelry and
even gold coins, many of them having
never seen such, although familiar with
silver, but burdened themselves with
such bric-a-brac as iron kettles, skillets
and other similar trif1es. These. back
in the Highland glens. were hard to
obtain and, possibly, hard to keep. OF
course, they dropped them all during
their retreat northward
Only recently an entire galvanized
iron garage was stolen here In the Dis
trict Not long ago a nurseryman in
the Capitals suburbs awoke to find an
entire field of plants dug up and gone
forever. Even a gravel bank has not
been safe from nocturnal and sur
reptitious wholesale stealings. Almost
every one has some weakness which
opportunity turns into irresistible
temptation. 1t is to be hoped that this
deluded Mexican will not be too harshly
treated by the courts, especially as
Father Knickerbocker got his lost sheep
back, alive and we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

cares Q great deal whether the atom is
split or not.
Coming down to really important is
sues, the first thing that we, in the
United States, would want to know is
what Mars thinks of Al Smith and Her.
bert Hoover? Does AL Smith say what
he means and does Herbert Hoover
mean what he says? How about Viz
GINA? Does Mars think there is any
chance of Virginia going Republican
this year? And how about prohibition?
What have they done on Mars about
prohibition? Can MartianS take 1t or
leave it alone? And in this connection,
how much yeast do the Martians use to
Ave gallons of home brew? Have they
found any way to keep the sediment
from collecting in the bottom of the
bottles? And by the way, have they
learned anything about static on Mars?
Does it do any harm to the set to put
the loud speaker on it, or should the
loud speaker be put on the table? And
If it Is put on the table, how do the
MartianS keep the children from knock
ing It of? What sort of weather do
they have on Mars, and do they mind
the heat or the humidity? Here in the
United States, of course, we never mind
the heat, it is only the humidity. Has
the automobile come to stay on Mars?
And If it has, what do Martians do to
speakers who always begin their
speeches by saying. Gentlemen, the
automobile isshere to stay?
How about colds? What is the best
way to cure a cold? Should one keep
going" with cold because I'm darn
sight better staying up than If went
to bed" or should one go to bed be-
cause 1.-THE best way to cure a cold is
to go to bed?
My! How many things there are we
want to know about Mars! Therefore,
at els pm. Wednesday, our time, try
to tune in on a 30,000-meter wave
length and keep still to help DR.. Rob-
inson. Or, better still, turn off the set
and go to bed. That will help us all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

ground birds have tiny periscopes or
refiectors, which enable them to OBJ
serve the approach of enemies from
behind.
@. Why are turpentine and rosin
referred to as naval stores &c. J.
A. The origin of the term naval
stores" which commercially is applied
TO the great turpentine and rosin indus
try of the Southern United States. IL
Uncertain, but 1t Is probable that 1t Is
derived from the fact that these and
other materials broadly included In
this designation were at one time
chiefly used by shipping. The Forest
Service says that the term naval stores
in olden times referred to pitch alone
which was carried on the old shipping
vessels for use in calking the seams OF
the boat. This now includes tar, tur-
pentine, pitch. rosin, etc. The term,
no doubt. was applied to supplies
which were stored on shipping veSse
and in this way we're called naval
stores"
@. Can you give me the names of
the noted prisoners confined on the old
British prison ship Success?-E. B. S.
A. Some of the well known prisoners
transported on the Success were Owen
Henry Suffolk, Capt Melville, Frank
McCallJm, Daniel Morgan. Charles An
derson and Gypsy Smith. Probably the
| best known were the six men of Dorset.
who in 1884 were sentenced to seven
years penal servitlide for asking united
ly for an increase in wages. This
was treated as q conspiracy. George
Loveless was one of these six men.
@. What is the estimated output of
airplanes In the United States fac
tories for 1928?-B. L.
A. 1t is estimated that the output
will exceed $500 planes, representing a
business of over 100000, 900. The 1927
output of airplanes of all types In this
country was about 1000. A significant
comparison may be made between these
figures and those Of the locomotive in
dustry. During 1927 only about 700
steam locomotives and 800 Pullman
cars were turned out Wichita, Kans..
has become an aviation center In that
city and its vicinity there are IL fac
tories turning out airplanes, airplane
motors, etc.
@. How many pounds of coke will
one ton of gas coal produce and how
much gas is made from one ton Of gas
coal?-G. B. l..
"A. one Ton OF gas coal VIII produce
from 1000 to 1.400 pounds of mer-
charitable coke and from $500 TO II, 500
cubic feet Of gas. depending on the
coal and on the gas plant.
@. Are many more children attend
ing schools In the United States than
forInerly?-D. T.
A. Over 4 per cent more children go
to grade school now than went seven
years ago: million and a quarter
more go to high school and more than
three hundred thousand more 60 TO
college than went seven years ago.
| @. What was the cost Of the stadium
at the University of Texas?-R. M.
A. Approximately 100000 has been
spent to date on this immense strIc-
ture. The part already completed
seats $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
Asking Mars About It.

ALI Of merry England is palpitating
with interest over the outcome OF an
experiment set for Wednesday, when
Or. Hugh Mansfield Robinson is going
to send a message to Mars by the
powerful Rugby radio station, and wait
half an hour for reply. The British
government, especially, is paipitating
with interest, because DR.. Robinson Is
going to pay for the message, and
transmitting rates to Mars are under
stood to be right stiff. DR.. Robinson is
confident of success, because he has
already been to Mars and held hands
with Oonaruru, Marian woman-that
is, as the newspapers specifically put it.
DR.. Robinson says" he has been to
Mars and held hands with Oonaruru.
Now this communication with Mars
holds a lot of food for thought. In the
first place, what should one say should
one communicate with Mars? DR.. Rob-
inson is going to conf1ne his messages to
two Love to Mars" and God Is
Love-" They are excellent messages,
but after them, what? What do the
great mass of thinking people want
most to know about Mars? Some re-
porter sounded out DR.. Robinson on
the state of disarmament in Mars. DR..
Robinson dismissed it as trivial ques-
ton, because, he explained, the Mar
tians have learned to split the atom
and when one learns how to split the
atom there is nothing more to worry
about. That is all right, too, but this
business Of splitting the atom is over
the heads OF most of us. and no ons