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New Britain herald., 1929-12-02
MYSTERY SHROUDS
 DEATH IN BERLIN
Samuel Skeene Believed to Have Fallen From Railroad TrestIe
WALKS TO GAS STATION
kcnsinetOn Men Stagecr, 300 Feet Despite Fractured Skull - Passes Away at Homc-Tclls incolIcrcnt NtOry-Lcaycs 1o Descendants.
Special to the Ilerald)

Berlin, Dec. - Mystery today l surrounded the death of Samuel J. 1 Skeenc, 53, of kcnsington, who died
 at his home late last night after what is thought to have been tn"
 effect of 5-foot fall from the spur
 track on the New Britain Berlin
 railroad tracks and 500-to0t jour
 ney 10 a filling station from where 1 he was taken to his home. AL | though it is not known how he ob~ 1 tained the injuries from which le 1 died, approximately five hours later. it was gathered by Constable George kanupka, who investigated the death and Dr. Matthew GrisWold who attended MT. Skeene, from sev
 eral incohercnt statements made by him just before he died that he had fallen from the trestle almost op- posite the Donnelly Brick company to the dirt road underneath it, sui fering a fractured skull, several se- we're cuts of the face, and possibly c fractured rib.
 Roso Marion, attendant of the -Nitli llil iillilo olttioIl l Oiil " lINl ~ MT. Skeene was taken to his home gave rather graphic description Of one, angle of the accident,
 He was in his station last night when, about o'clock, he heard someone fumbling at his door. Then l the door opened and Skccnc stag ! Gered in.
 story Is mcohcrcnt
 "He Was bleeding from the face and the back of his head" said Mario. "The first thing he said when ne came into the station was Is it ( old or is it warm? ?' He stage, .. ed around the room finally and dropped into a chair. A car came by and Skcene was taken to his home. Dr, Griswold was called Ut | about s o'clock and found that the injured man was suffering from scV- eral cuts of the face and frac- ture at the base of his skull, Although he was conscious most of the time he could not give q complete story of what had hap ! pcned. Several times he is report ed to have mentioned Jumping" and stumbling through the tracks. The distance from the treStle 10 lhC gas station where he was found IS slightly more than 300 feet. Ac- cording to Dr. Griswold it would have been possible for him to cover the ground even though he had had 6 fractured skull and the idea that lie had fallen from the trestle IS given more weight by the story piec- ed together from his incohercnt statements made before his death. It is believed he may have jumped to avoid an approaching train or gasoline coach.
 It was thought for q time that he might have been struck by an auto on the Beech Swamp road. but there is no evidence to sustain this. Then his statements about the track and falling seem to bear out the fact that his injuries were sustain cd by the fall of which he spoke.
 It is thought by members of the family that he had been out for a walk towards New Britain, levi dently towards Willow Brook park. when the fall occurred
 Native of Scotland
 Mr. Skeene was born in Scotland. migrating to America at an early age. He first settled in Fairfield, moving to New Britain at the age Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-02
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy with rain or snow to- night and probably Tuesday morning; slightly colder on Tuesday.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
1 BLAZING He \ SPORIS TRAIL
By ALAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor)

statistics to annals league baseball swirlng the achieve the ouTy Cobb with his srpang ame Ruth with his accomplishments and Rogers his fine a-around performances
 other the list Old Pop Anson Willie still hold firm here and there in the achievements of which have Hornsby ancient Duchman
 
 bulk for the and coming sharpshooters to fire at
 
 367 about immovabe battering National pitch figure 10 than Cobb
  Hornsby Cobbs .370 clip
  taciturn Texans acknowledged
 matter the with the leaders, has five-year mark that them all
 The the big history who look hit better than 400 At the height his with the St. Cardinals 1921 through rngng together marks 424 outdisanced all clubbing opposition.
 touching this shot along clip of 40 but his mark taking his 1909 average of 37 amounts to 396six points below Hornby Bukett the Old hiched together three secve better than 400 Ed Delehanty Ser within points the thing the best them failed pare with Hornsbys
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
ALL STARTERS SHARE
 SPEEDWAY REWARDS

INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.-All drivers in the seventeenth annual 50O-mile automobile race May 30 at the Indianapolis motor speed way, will share in the $100,000 furse.
 Fifty thousand dollars will be divided among the first 10 drivers to finish. Those starting, but failing to finish among the first 10, will get a share of 5000, the amount to be determined by the number of laps completed.
 Another $2O,000 has been divided into 200 purses of $100 each for the leader of each of the 200 laps. Tire companies and accessory companies will give the winners ap- proximately $2O,O00 in cash and trophies.
 The $50,000 purse for the first 10 finishers will be divided as fol- lows: First, $20,000; second, $10,- GOO; third, $5,OO0; fourth, $3,500; fifth, $3000; sixth, $2,200; seventh, S1 300; eighth, $1,6OO; ninth, 1,50o, and tenth, $1,400.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

ST. LOUIS, May 25.-The charm of changing managers every year and winning still clings to the St. Louis Cardinals.
 In 1928 when the Red Birds started out with their third pilot in three seasons and made go of it, the fans were giving Bill Me Kechnie the credit.
 This year with McKechnie gone, a victim of the housekeeping that followed the Cardinals miserable world series showing, a new man is { 'rg with the club what all of his iecessors did.
 Bhis Southworth, called by the men who play under him Billy The Kid" is the leader. There's no mystery about that and also none about why he knows how to run a ball club.
 But Billy, with all of his baseball intelligence, got his share of the breaks as the baseball mob sees it. The major twist in his favor came in the way of Charley Gelbert, whom Southworth brought along from Rochester, fit into the Car dinal lineup. It was just another Cardinal gamble in dropping Rab- bit Maranville, 1928 shortstop, and depending on the International League youngster.
 SouthWorth has steered his team into a good start and at the three week mark seemed to have about as much as any of the outfits try ing to climb that slipper pennant pole.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having been appointed admins trator with the will annexed of the estate of Sigurd Bentsen, deceased, ty the Commissioner for the Terri tory of Alaska, sitting in probate in Juneau Precinct, in the First Judicial Division thereof, by order issued May 21st, 1929, all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent are hereby notified to present them. duly verified as required by law. to the undersigned administrator, at his office at 183h South Front Street, in Juneau, AL aska, within six months from said 21st day of May, 1929.
 H. B. LIE FEVRE, Administrator with the Will annex
 ed of the estate of Sigurd
 Bentsen, deceased.
 First publication, May 25, 1929. Last publication June p, 1929.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
HALIBUT-T TAGGING BOAT TAKES BACK
 ASSISTANTS BODY
Seattle Times)

|
 Aboard the power schooner Dor othy of the International Fisheries Commission, due in Seattle at ( o'clock tomorrow morning [May 15] l from Western Alaska, is the body of Lars NilSen, assistant to the yes sevs scientific staff, who died in a hospital at Squaw Harbor, Unga | Island, Western Alaska. after an operation
 MT Nielsen became i'll aboard the Dorothy April B and died at Squaw Harbor April 25. His only relative in this country is Capt. o. O. Hva- tum, owner of the Dorothy.
 The scientists aboard the schoon- CT have been tagging halibut in connection with their study of the life and habit of the fish in Alaska. One thousand metal tags have been placed in the cheeks of halibut, liberated in the vicinity of the Shumagin Islands. One dollar will be paid for each of the halibut bearing a tag of the International Fisheries Commission, the records of which will give the exact spot where the fish were liberated. In this way migration of halibut will be determined The expedition is in charge Of F. H. Bell of Vancouver, B. c.
 The Dorothy is completing her last cruise this year under charter to International Fisheries Commis- sion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
BASEBALL DANCE
 TONIGHT UNDER
 MOOSE AUSPICES

Tonight in the Southeast Alaska Fair Building, the Moose will give a Baseball dance. Tickets have been selling at a good rate and a large crowd is anticipated. A door prize of a beautiful silver set wi l be awarded during the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League

San Francisco T; Seattle l. Portland 2; Los Angeles 5. Sacramento 15; Hollywood 0. Mission g; Oakland 6.
 National League Chicago g. St. Louis A. Brooklyn 3; Philadelphia 2. New York 2; Boston 3.
 American League Detroit 6; Chicago 5, game went
 21 innings. Boston g. New York O. St. Louis 5; Cleveland 0. Philadelphia 10; Washington 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

Many persons, proportionately, are married between the ages of 60 and 80 at Los Angeles than in any other American metropolitan cen ter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

PETE SAYS: Flowers of all kinds for Memorial Day. Telephone 486. Free Delivery. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

Life of American business con- cerns is short if not sweet. Paul Converse of the University of Illi- nois has ascertained it averages six years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

LET MAC SHARPEN TT. Second Hand Store, opposite Mode, Cafe.
 ---adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

We SPECIALIZE on Tintlrg and J7raming Pictures. Cali in and sec our work. Coates Studios. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25
American League

Try a HOT 1AMALE after ths show. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

AERIAL VIEWS OF JUNEAU
 Alaska Scenic Views adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

CAPITAL DYE WORKS
 Very lates, methods in French Dry Cleaning and Dyeing. See Aeldner, Professional Cleaner and Dyr. Phone TIT. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

Fresh roasted peanuts and pop corn. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

Dell l.. Sncr1n, JUreau's plano tuner and rebuilder. Phone 573,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

We are now serving SANDWICHES and SALADS. The best yet. Ju- neau Ice Cream Parlcrs. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-25

Try the Five O'Clock Dinner Specials at MabrJ's. adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
OhiOans Ask Faster
Action ON Disputes

From the Toledo Blade.
Unless the blindfolded goddess shakes
her laggard feet and steps to the
throbbing tempo of the times there may
be new symbol OF justice set up in
Ohio. This is indicated by introduce
ton of the Bender bill in the Legisla-
ture in response to imperious demands
for simpler. quicker and more efficient
system of settling business disputes.
The proposed legislation is just one
more indication of growing dissatis-
faction with our courts. The shafts of
criticism are not usually aimed at the
Judges. The integrity and ability of the
Judges as class will be conceded, but
the patience of business men whose
large interests are at issue is outworn
by slow and technical procedure and
their sense Of justice not infrequently
is outraged by verdicts of juries of men
and women whose chief qualification is
abysmal ignorance Of the matters at
be astigmatized by confusing arguments
OF counsel.
Under the proposed arbitration plan.
each party to business quarrel will
be privileged to submit clear and
simple statement of his case. Each
party. may appoint an arbitrator. The
two Will appoint third member OF the
board and the three usually Will con-
Stitute a jury of experts who will be
empowered to summon witnesses, and
whose decisions will be final unless
misconduct is shown.
OF course the Bender bill will be OPP
posed by some public officials and by
some lawyers who make a living by
ox-cart methods in an aviation age.
but the organized grain dealers have
prof1ted by the arbitration plan and it
works 50 we'll in New York. New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania and
some other States that eventually it will
be written into the law of Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

impulsive crimes for the commission OF
which weapons are obtained hastily
But the bill is still inadequate IN that 1t
does not prohibit the sale of a deadly
weapon to a person who Is not licensed
to buy or otherwise obtain one. Only by
such prohibition of sale, coupled with
strict system of licensing, with a pen
atty for selling otherwise. will the vend-
ing Of guns to crooks and dangerous
characters be surely prevented.
This proposed measure is so decided
an advance, however, over the present
conditions. in which criminal armament
is virtually unrestricted. that its pas
sage is to be earnestly hoped for. OPP
position to such a bill. which can in
jure no legitimate interest. is to be at
tributed only to desire to foster a
trade that is stimulated by crime and
that adds heavily to the toll OF death
by violence in this country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Whipping Post Plan
In Missouri Attacked

From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The tedium of law-making appar-
emily demands at times the relief Of
the burlesque in crude measures and
preposterous parliamentary maneuvers.
but the bill establishing the whipping
post in Missouri does not seem to be
joke. On the contrary ii is seriously
argued that it would fill need in this
State and has gone into the House with
the backing Of the committee on GRIM
inal justice.
In inflicting some penalties. common
wealths commit a worse offense than
the offense for which the law violator
Is punished and this Is one Of the Of
lenses of that class. Every progressive
policy by which Missouri has advanced
in late years has represented a victory
over certain element in the State, but
that some remnant of this element still
survives despite its defeats of the past
is evidenced by this barbaric measure.
Statutory punishments are subject to
change in the light Of reason. but all
experience as Collated in vast arrays of
figures shows that the failures In our
scheme OF justice are not due to faulti-
ness In its system of penaltiea. which
are those under which the ordinary law
has Afforded ample protection for gen.
erationS. They are due to all alarming
lack OF success in apprehending Of
Tenders, to ineffectiveness in tracing
crimes to their perpetrators. to limita-
lions in attaching de jure guilt to what
we know to be de facto guilt. II the
know that out of 100 offenses
OF all kinds. hardly seven are followed
by conviction and sentence. what new
terrors will the whipping post In the
case Of one or two of the seven have
for the other 90? What in this bill will
increase the number arrested and con-
Wcted to eight or nine?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Great Reed and Borah Debate
Reminder of Unsolved Problem

with him that local control is a remedy
worse than the disease"
X
Senator Borah is far more moder-
ate," in the opinion Of the Baltimore
Sun, than many other prohibitionists
He admits corruption. He admits that
in many respects enforcement has
broken down. He comedies the right of
the people to agitate for a change in
the law. He is not welded to the VOL
stead act and he expresses willingness
to see 1t changed or modified If any,
body can point out a better way to
promote temperance. The Senator's
real concern is the Constitution. To
him the obligation to support the or
ganic law Is infinitely more important
than the question Of liquor or no liquor
No responsible opponent of national
prohibition can fail to respect Senator
Borah's argument on this point"
e Crediting Senator Borah with zone
Of the most brilliant speeches ever heard
in the Senate" the New York Evening
World argues that the most impressive
part of Senator Borahs reply was q
reiteration of the charge in the attack"
and the Evening World declares THE
drinkers are paying more for poisonous
stuff than they formerly spent for liq-
uor; and the children themselves. as
the Senator himself declares, are 'guz-
cling 1t in clubs The indictment of
Senator Reed is unanswered and 1t can
not be answered" The st. Louis POST
Dispatch voices the belief that The
time will come when the people will
sweep away the tragic folly that now
affiicts the country"
Reeds shots went home" thinks the
indianapolis News. when they were
aimed at the dry lobbyists who profess
to make and assert public opinion 1t Is
these people who have not yet seen
that, as Reed pointed out. Federal pro-
hibition has forced the liquor trade to
alleys and back roads, created a vast
army Of outlaw vendors who are so little
molested that in order to keep the price
high they are obliged to fight among
themselves and spread the manufacture
Of intoxicants from breweries and dis
tilleries to home kitchens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
A Blow to the Takers.

One Of the notable accomplishments
of this Congress has been passage of
the bill, just signed by the President,
to regulate through license the practice
Of the healing arts in the District of
Columbia. Designed as safeguard to
the public health. the measure has re-
ceived much publicity. 1t has been
thoroughly debated and It's pros and
cons were sired in committee rooms
crowded by those whom its provisions
would directly or indirectly affect. 1t
has been studied and revised to meet
the opposing theories of different cults
of healing and the resulting law stands
generally approved. It will not prevent
the practice OF any healing art, but
It will keep out the charlatan, the
ouack and the faker, who. without
training or examination, has up to this
time been able to come into the Dis
trict and, choosing convincingly high
sounding title. set to work extracting
money from the purses of his patients
by promising TO heal them Of any and
all ills which beset mankind.
The strong point of the act is found
IN the provision which subjects all ap-
plicantS for license to the same exam
ination in the basic sciences of anatomy,
physiology, chemistry, bacteriology and
pathology. After the applicant has
passed this test, he may go before a
board composed of those who will ex-
anime him in the intricacies of the
special method Of healing that he is to
practice. This provision is a good one,
and it may be expected to Gull much
chaff from the wheat and to spell the
doom OF more than one worthy person
who. while knowing all about the
theories Of biodynamo- chromatic Their
apy. clystertherapy, practotherapy. spec
totherapy, sanipractic. trophiotherapy
spondylotherapy herbalism or trido-
therapy diagnosis, has only a hazy idea
Of how many bones there are in the
average skull where the heart is usually
located or whether an outbreak Of small
protuberances upon the body Of &
patient connotes the presence o.
measles. smallpox or chronic habit o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Prohibition
Attitude Is Recalled

To the Editor Of The Star:
Senator Borah announced Monday in
the course of his debate with Senator
Reed OF Missouri on prohibition that he
was not unalterably committed in favor
OF the present law, or even of the pro-
hlbitlon amendment. Il am only COM
mltted." he declared, against the
cnange, the repeal either of the amend
ment or OF the law SO long as nothing
better and more effective has been or
can be presented"
Has the Senator from Idaho ever
heard Of the temperance revolution
which Abraham Lincoln prophesied, by
individual persuasion and the force of
example and enlightened public opin-
ion. would finally work out so complete
and bloodless victory that there would
not be single slave to drink left in
the land?
Abraham Lincoln asked for no law
TO compel men to be total abstainers.
Lincoln regarded prohibition as "a spe-
cles OF intemperance In itself" Shortly
before he made his great temperance
speech before the Washingtonian So
ciety in Springfield. Ill., on February 90
1912. he had voted mo" on a resolu-
ton to establish Statewide prohibi-
ton by vote of its LEGISLATURE.
Lincoln then and always, believed in
moral suaSion and the change in heart
and life which comes from religion and
other quiet and effective influences, al
ways exerting their mighty forces in a
state Of individual freedom and free
dom Of choice of the individual,
Cannot Senator Borah bring himself
to admit that Lincoln was right in 1912
when he portrayed the development of
temperance in state of liberty?
1t is not better law to compel men
to course of action set down by others
that will supplant the present tyran-
meal prohibition law, but rather a rec
ignition of the principle that men are
kings by divine right in the selecting of
what they shall eat and what they shall
drink, subject only to conscience as en-
lightened by God.
The more lightly the hand of man Is
applied in law in this department of
mans life the more potently will that
divine factor operate which Lincoln so
firmly believed would bring about a
complete redemption Of man from sub
lection to his baser appetites.
II Senator Borah and his dry" con-
freres would only come to a realization
OF this truth. and publicly confess it by
so amending law as to restore liberty
and exalt conscience. that way to the
higher attainments of character would
soon lead us on to that victory Of man
over the forces of intemperarce which
can never be attained under any state
of law which applies its cruel penalties
as substitute for those forces acting
on the human mind and heart which
God alone can impart 1t is not a
plan" such as millionaireS offer great
prizes for. but belief in temperance
and Christianity. which is the need of
the hour. A. STANLEY COPELAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

in an age Of ostentation and pretense.
Their social program conformed to the
official requirements Of their job. It
was carried out with completeness. dig
nifty and moderation. 1t was never
overdone.
What Washington dinner tables and
tea parties are going to do without
their Coolidge stories Is something des-
olate to contemplate. Who has not
that she could make the President
talk? Or of the time Cal refused
to serve a congratulating caller Sec
ond drink because Sans had his?
Or the Presidents monoSyllabic rejoinder
when asked why he and Mrs Coolidge
were retaining the services of the Hard
ingS' country doctor as White House
physician: We're never sick" Who
has not listened to or tried to repro
duce a Coolidge anecdote in nasal
drawl? man about whom stories are
told has a pretty good grip on inn
mortality. In Coolidge's case. the name
Of these anecdotes is legion. Nobody
can recall single one that could not
be repeated in the presence Of school,
girl.
So they are going back to the s32-s-
month house in Northampton-going as
they came. two quiet. unspoiled Amer
icans-and leaving the White House
they might undisputely have tenanted
for another four years had Cal" chosen
to run again in 1923. A friend who
came to say good-by to him the other
day remarked. Mr. President. as long
as you've been here the American
people felt they could sleep soundly
at night" The Vermonter who put
away the crown, with a twinkle In
his eye. drawled In rejoinder. We'll.
after next Monday. Ill sleep soundly
at night"
(Copyrisht 1921