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New Britain herald., 1929-12-21
Daring Modes of the New Riviera Season

GENERAL years ago visitors to French beaches predicted
 that the limit would very shortly be reached in scantiness of bathing attire and in the free and-easy conduct of the gilded boys and girls who disported themselves on white sands be meath mild Winter suns. Surely they couldn't take off much more. Surely their defiance Of restraint couldn't become any more open.
 Yet with the arrival of the 1929-30 season at the French beaches new peak of daring has been marked. From the or nate one-piece affairs of a few Winters ago, the bathers have turned to severe suits that have the simplicity of Sparta-ol Eden. Now the smart thing is tc get, not a mild coat of tan. but to become burned to a dusky brown The sun-hack suit of which q considerably censored variety has appeared on American beaches solves the problem.
 The girls have dispensed wjtl all covering for then backs while the men wear trunks and nothing else. Psychologists say that the final effect of these styles is to neutralize the first jolt they give the eye and be come less and less startling. A in the ancient baths of Japan, the men and women soon drop all sense of impropriety in near. nude states and proceed to get hpalthilV tanned.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21
"Save me" Screamed Ferguson,
 Staring Into the Shadows Behind Manby's Chair. "I see the body of
 man, the head floating above is

suate at Galveston also corresponded with the Governor. Public interest could no longer go unheeded and a new examination of the facts was off, cially begun,
 The case was turned over to II. c. Martin, a special detective living near Santa Fe, New Mexico, who had for merly been well known as a New York operator. He was living there for his wifes health. In short order Martin had unearthed enough evidence to war rant exhuming the body, which vas done.
 At an autopsy conducted by Mar tin, Dr. Fred Muller, a Taos dentist and Sante Fe undertaken, 1t was brought to light that Manby's head had been cut from his body with a sharp instrument, which had slipped and left a gash below the left colIal bone. This could scarcely have done the work of dogs teeth
 The report also demonstrated that a part of the right jaw had been shot away and that several bullet holes had been found in the torso. But there immediately entered another confus ing fact no lead was found, indicating that the shot had been picked out of the body before it was placed on the couch!
 However, the second examination of the body seemed to establish pretty certainly that it was Manby's, lden- tification was made partly by the teeth, partly by bow legs from much riding, partly by an iron ring which it was known Manby constantly wore. It began to appear that he had been murdered some distance from the house, since no blood was found, and brought back at night, probably by someone familiar with the house, Per haps the denuded skull was 'prop" arranged by the murderer to give the police false lead.
 Even now Martin, the detective, is unwilling to disclose all he knows But he has said enough to show that he considers this one of the werdest, most baffling murders in the history of the Southwest. Here's what is known ot the dead mans past;
 A. R. Manby. to all appearances wealthy and well educated, arrived in New York from England in the sos. He immediately began the promotion of mining schemes involving big money. About 1895 he appeared in the Red River district of New Mexico and there made the acquaintance of John Colum- bus Ferguson and William Wilkinson. owners of the Mystic gold mine.
 h any event, the Mystic mine, in the ownership of which Manby became associated, was few miles from the famous Aztec property, one of the richest gold mines of the State. Stories credited Manby and his friends with organizing a systematic high grading gang, which means a gang for stealing dust and nuggets from someone elSe's mine.
 Wilkinson disappeared in l9l5 ana 24 days later he was declared legally dead, whereupon Ferguson and Man by inherited his share in the Mystic In 1921 Wilkinson suddenly reappeared but not for long. His decapitated body was found in a test hole in the side of nearby mountain when the snows cleared the following Spring
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

Now, seven years later, D e ective Marcin has found a skull a mile from the spot where the body was uncovered he believes it is W I kinson's skull.
 But iu the days when the Aztec and Mystic mines were going full blast, old residents of Taos re call at least three other "decapitatioa slayings'' in the neighborhood. All three of the victims were miners, and it is rumored that all three had been con. nected. in ways that were nut clear. v-.tF
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

ton demonstrated that he could not have been dead more that 50 hours, How, then, did his body decompose so rapid ly? Could the Identification have been erroneous? Was it the body Of another man that the police had found? There were reasons why Manby would want to be legally dead"
 Again, was it possible that dog, most loyal of animals, would decapitate' the body of his master and devour the head? And assuming this Is what had happened, how could the body have remained tucked under the quilt? And why wa5 no blood found on the floor of the house?
 Ex-scrvice men declared that they had seen the bodies of men mutilated by animals dur. ing the war, and that not one had ever been decapitatcd, All these facts had apparently been ignored by the coronor's jury.
 Then, into the maze of speculation and surmise came the full, astounding story of Manby's life, which even resi-. dents of Taos had not known, except sketchily. This brought the further con1plicating clo. ment5 of beautiful, half Spanish woman, and the hint of a far-flung and powerful secret society with which Manby had been connected.
 These sinister rumors reac
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

ada, brothers of the New Mexico re- cluse, They wrote to Coz l.. C. Dillon, ot New Mexico, and demanded thor
 0Ggh investigatj0n. The British Con
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

These sinister rumors reached the ,ar5 of Eardley B. Manby, of Wood- nall Spa, Lines, England, and of Alfred V. Manby, of CIuny, Alta, Can
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

Inc
New Britain herald., 1929-12-21

small group to die as he had, mys- toriously, and to he found with head and body separated.
 And just as suggestive was the fact that Manby had been seen alive three days before. It was known that he wrote and addressed a letter at 8:5O p. m. of the preceding day but one to the discovery of his body. CalcpIa-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

it once occurs in a human being
depends first Of all on early and
accurate diagnosis, and second on
the giving of antitoxin in sufficient
quantity to control the condition.
An investigation made in the mu-
nicipal children's hospital in Augs-
burg showed that newborn infants
had diphtheria germs in their
Threats due in some cases to the
fact that the mother had the diph-
liberia organism on her person.
The presence Of the germ was
found three times as often among
the lower classes as among the we'll
to-do. Exposure Of the children to
fresh air and sunlight and the
treatment of the Threats with prop
err antiseptic solutions resulted in
the disappearance of the germs from
the throat in from two to three
weeks in the majority of cases.
Not long ago seven cases Of diph
liberia occurred in small town in
England due to the fact that milk
taken by the persons affected con-
tanned the germs of diphtheria and
the germs were found on the udder
of one OF the COWS which had been
MIXED by the farmers daughter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
REASON By Ff HzSBTs

II ENTUCKY is having a school book scandal, the
IN Governor of the state being summoned to ap
pear before the grand jury and tell what he knows
about the attempt of the school book trust to plumber
the people.
Every state should print its own school books and
furnish them to the children free.
The endless changing of such volumes is an in
Justice with which every home is familiar and it
evies toll of millions of dollars every year on those
who not afford to pay it.
Every house has pile Of books, perfectly good,
but made obsolete by the adoption Of ones, thus
keeping the younger children from using the ones
outgrown by their elders
He grows excited if bandit ties a bandana over
his countenance and sticks up gas station but he is
a mere retailer We should display much greater
contempt for the publishers and the politicians who
through the years have pilaged millions of fathers
and mothers.
OF course if some day South America should
~ trade places with Africa, we should have new
geography: if some day two and two should make
five instead of four, should have new arithmetic;
if without warning stomachs should be worn on the
outside we should have physiology and so
forth and so on, but should not change the text
books just because somebody desires the COIN
Believing that crown would be very becoming
% her. the kaiser's second wife wants him TO try
o stage comeback but the inventor of the inverted
'ustache is greatly depressed by the inability OF
ing Ben PurneI to remount the throne after being
iven the hook.
The finest wines and the choicest French cooking
we're on the when the representatives OF those
venty- EIGHT European countries met to form United
Europe to oppose Uncle Sam in economic matters but
{ it had not been for Uncle Sam back in 1917 our
eormer allies would be eating crow for many years
TO come.
TT is not so surprising that the Japanese should
think that AL Smith to play ball with the New
York Giants next for in the last presidential
ampaign all of the drys in the country thought ne
las pitcher.
A corporation selling stock in Minnesota mlskrat
farm has defrauded the customers out of half MIL
lion dollars but we should rejoice that nothing has
occurred to disturb the confidence the American peo-
Die have in their polecat farm investments.
II is perfectly easy for Minister BRAND of France
To get all the nations of Europe to join this union
against the United States by promising them they viii
get something out of it, but they would fly at one
others Threats the minute there was something to
divide.
If the Russians and the Chinese expect to have
any Americans i'll the audience they will have to post
pone their war until after the worlds series Is over
between the Cubs and the Athletics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
Diphtheria Could Be Wiped Out

who had the germs in her throat.
The number of deaths from diph-
liberia has not declined throughout
the world nearly as much as from
scarlet fever, although the means OF
combating diphtheria are more per-
fected than those against scarlet
fever.
The mortality from diphtheria
continues to be high in the United
States Whether the organisms are
becoming more virulent is, of course,
yet to be established.
In a study of diphtheria recently
made in Indiana and in New York,
it was found that 40 per cent Of
the deaths occurred in patients
who had been sick for three days
before a doctor was called, that 10
per cent occurred in patients who
had not received antitoXin at all,
and in SO per cent the giving OF
antitoxin had been greatly delayed.
Seventy five per cent of all deaths
occurring from diphtheria were in
children under 10 years of age.
The Importance of toXin-anti-
toxin to prevent the disease, par
ticularly in young children, can not
be overemphasized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
Toward Disarmament

The long awaited tentative agreement between the
United States and Great Britain naval limitation
Is nearer 1t is not complete But it is sufficient for
Premier Macdonald to announce that he is sailing
for the United States within fortnight and for
Secretary of State Smson to announce that they now
are prepared to call flve-power naval conference
1t is safe to assume that two such able diplomats
as Macdonald and Stmson would not risk these opti-
nstic announcements unless they believe, re-
suit of the last three months of intensive negotia
TONS that the London and Washington governments
now are in position to give general naval conference
with Japan, France and Italy a good chance of
success
The public has received this news with great re-
ioicing, as 1t should.
But the public should not expect the impossible
Fireworks should be reserved for the actual signing
of the treaty. and all sides should be prepared for
the compromises which will be the price of that treaty
if and when it comes
First as regards cruisers. The President has de-
manded reduction, and has postponed part OF the
American cruiser construction program. But it now
appears highly improbable that Britain will cut hel
cruiser strength to our level Parity probably will
mean that we are allowed to build up to her future
eveI which will be below her present level but still
bove our present strength.
This country then must later decide whether il
s satisfied with paper parity, or actually needs to
luld the extra cruisers allowed Moreover, parity
,robaby will not mean tonnage equality but a differ
initial balancing our fewer and larger cruisers with
'ritain's larger number of smaller cruisers. This
ould give her superior tonnage desired for empirt
atro and give US superior gun and battle strength.
BY an increase in her ratio above 5-5-3, as COM
ared with Britain and the United States, Japan
doubtless can be brought into the agreement 1t is
believed London and Washington prepared to
make this concession.
There is not the same assurance regarding France
and Italy. The chief weapon and the inexpensive
weapon of these smaller naval powers is the sub
marine Their unwillingness to restrict submarines
was one reason for failure of the Washington con-
ference TO limit auxiliary craft in addition to capita
Ships
As British and American cruiser strength is re-
lated directly to the submarine strength the smaller
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
The PEOPLES Side

Senator Watson of Indiana Republican floor lead
err Friday night spoke in favor of the pending tariff
bill over nationwide hookup and millions of radio
listeners heard him, provided they did not turn their
dialS to something liveier.
Doubtless the broadcaStng company which invited
Watson to speak, now will extend an invitation to
some Progressive or Democratic senator to reply. The
bill is too important and too controversial for purely
ex parte argument.
Senator Borah of Idaho, who did great deal more
to elect President Hoover would have something to
say about this higher Living bill which might
be more interesting to the radio audience than Wat
sons remarks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14

powers the old submarine dispute is bound to
trouble in the proposed conference.
Finally, the stimson announcement is interpreted
to that the proposed conference will handle not
only auxiliary craft, but also will act as a revision
conference for the Washington capital ship limitation
treaty Fleets in their entirety will be considered and
if possible, reduced This is certainly intelligent
approach but it increases the difficulty of obtaining
full agreement among the five powers.
President Hoover in his disarmament efforts needs
the support of the American public But he does not
need the sort of uncritical support which expects
miracles, and which swings from extreme today
to another extreme tomorrow.
A complete hve-power treaty, without which there
can be no lasting Anglo American agreement, will
entail compromises if there is to be actual reduction
of fleets. We must be prepared to make sacrifices,
as well as cheer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14

Editor TimeS-IS "Tarzan Of the
Apes" fiction, or is it an actual pos
sibility? Science teaches us that
like begets like, while the atavistic
theory would denote that certain
foods and surroundings, whether
they be mental or physical, will pro-
vide sidelines in all species of ami
NAL or vegetable life. OF course
environment must be considered as
next in Importance to heredity.
In the case of Tarzan, heredity
and environment were the opposite
According to the narrative Tarzan
was about II months old before his
foster mother not only changed his
diet, but also his environment;
therefore, he became dual animal,
and so long as this lasted his in
stinct became his dor nant and
semi-natural heritage. While he
was in all the glories of his tribal
instincts and surroundings, at the
same time he had that heredity in
born in him through his natural
human mother. Therefore, Tarzan
was only an ape man through force
of circumstances.
AS he grew older, hereditary
transmission came more and more
to the front. These fundamentals
became more acute to him as he
pondered over the picture book and
play things he found in the shanty
built by his father, and where he
spent the first year of his life.
Another thing in favor of his
arborial activities is the fact that
history tells us that man at one
time, in the earlier stages Of exist
ence, was arborial in his habit
Therefore, the revision to type was
an ancestral gift, rather than a
habit taught by the tribe which
adopted him.
1t may be possible that through
amalgamation a man-like ape could
be produced, and through several
generations be brought to man-like
perfection, and, like Tarzan, that
natural heredity instilled in him will
sooner or later prevail. The proves
shown by Tarzan as he overcame all
obstacles shows his superior brain
power. His great strength was not
wholly through his muscular power
but through superior mental traits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
Mr.. Free Sees Things

Not very long ago, President Hoover put his foot
down, hard, a red-baiting campaign launched in
Washington and the campaign came to a sudden end
We hope he will put his foot down equally hard on
Representative Arthur Free of his own state and
induce him to bring to equally sudden end a
scheme that panicky person just has evolved
Mr.. Free fears the country is in danger from radi-
calism Every once in while some thinks he
sees that particular DOGGY. But somehow we have
managed to survive. Mr. Free feels this is impossible
longer without extending to the District of Columbia
and the federal territories CALIFORNIA; obnoxious
criminal syndcalsm law.
Once the law has been enacted in the District of
Columbia, the idea, presumably, is to use it as an
example which other states shall follow.
The danger about Frees proposition is that it
seems so far remote from actual life that few people
will pay much attention to it, No considers him
self criminal syndicalist or intends to become one
Yet Californians have found by bitter experience
that their law upon which the proposed is to be
modelled closely, be, and has been, used to send
a large number of persons to jail who were dis
contented with the present political and economic
structure of life, and thought they proceeding
in the manner sanctioned by the Constitution to
work for a change.
Those persons who respect the Constitution and
its guarantees of free speech and assemblage will
oppose Representative Frees criminal syndicalism
bill. The two ideas abhorrent to each other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
Brutality

a T any rate, w. J. M. comments
IA on the growth of species con-
sciousness at New Haven as follows;
"This step doubtless is being ia
ken to avoid confusion. That such
a policy of segregation should prove
necessary indicates the narrowness
of our so-called liberal universe
ties.
ITO deprive these honest beasts OF
the society of their peers, gathered
together from all parts of the world
at an excessive cost, is meanness.
"That the animals in their pres
ent favorable environment attain a
tremendous size I can testify from
my own observation. In fact, it is
not uncommon to see several speci-
mems at time on the campus, and
it is noticeable that their fur has
attained remarkable length and
luster.
"They apparently have adopted
the less attractive habits of their
contemporaries, such as wearing
derby hats and drinking directly
from bottles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14

'nNE phase of the recent an
" nouncement that Yale is to
conduct an ape farm escaped my
attention. I overlooked the fact
that the anthropoid annex was al
ready a part of the university.
This seems to have created GER
tin self consciousness in New Ha-
ven. since the average undergradu-
ate could not tell just where he
stood. Even his best friends wouldn't
tell him.
The ape school now is to be shift
ed to Florida, and segregation is to
be practiced. According to the
press, "Dr. Angel later disclosed
that an anthropoid colony had been
conducted quietly at Yale for the
last five years under DR.. Robert
Yerkes, professor of psychology"
|. Now in spite of the protests of the
football coach, the unity of the uni
versity is to be disturbed. The fact
that a gorilla was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa may have had some
thing to do with this advent OF
| separation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
GONE years ago an eminent cpl
- demiologist stated that if all
of the knowledge now available we're
to be applied practically, diphtheria
would disappear from the world.
Nevertheless, human beings, be-
cause of their unwillingness to learn
or to put into the effect the knowl-
edge that they have, continue to
suffer with this disease. Medical
literature continues to contain ref
erence to the ways in which the
disease may be spread from one
person to another.
The control of diphtheria de-
ponds on its prevention by isola-
ton OF those who have the disease,
by eliminating the germs from we'll
persons who carry the germs in
their Threats, by eliminating the
possibility Of dissemination of the
germs by means of milk and food
substances, and by the innoculation
of people who are susceptible to the
disease so that they will not con-
tinue to. be susceptible.
The control of the disease when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
The Old and the New

T IFE continues to be a strange
~ admixture Of the old and new.
On the same day that British
f1ier broke all previous records by
driving an airplane at the rate of
six miles a second, a French journal
announced that the alleged mummy
of Cleopatra would be reburied in
the gardens of the French National
Library with honor"
Putting aside the old argument
as to whether it is really Cleopatra's
mummy, the Egyptians seem to
have done as well with embalming
as we have with aviation.
Indeed, people of all ages seem to
have done we'll with anything on
which they concentrated.
One of the secrets of present-day
progress consists in the fact that
people are thinking more about ma
teriaI progress and less about SUI
perStitious fancieS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-14
1T SEEMS TO ME By H BRouT

decision to separate the apes and
the undergraduates at Yale. This
decision was not taken until after
a singularly distressing incident.
It seems that when Tap day came
around last spring one of the dele
gates from Wolf Bones slapped a
prominent athlete upon the back
with the traditional custom, Go 70
your room!"
Unfortunate, the student selected
was so surprised that he climbed an
ell tree and began to throw down
cocoanuts. The authorities felt that
something should be done about it.
The farm in Florida is the result
Of their deliberations. The faculty
intends to do its best and hopes that
70 mistakes will be made.
Copyright. 1929. by The Times)