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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-31
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PONTIAC SEDAN. i92S-My boss needed IT,.
money. and poor me was sold 10 Auto Mar
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PIERCE ARROW SEDAN: good as new: v,
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-11

about it. We knew there was no law that compelled you to gamble.
 If you did gamble you took your chance, and if you lost you didn't squawk.
 Jefferson Davis travelled with us
 often. He was always MT. Presi-
 dent to us, even after the Con- federacy was only memory. He was slender, gaunt, kindly old
 gentleman with a frock coat, a top
 hat and a walking stick. I can see him still, talking with the passen- gers and playing with the children.
 You should have seen those old
 packets. They were in all 300 feet long and decorated inside like a
 milionaires drawing room. The J. NJ. White, I think, was the finest of the lot. She was built in the early sos, and she could carry a thousand passengers, seven thou sand bales of cotton and four thou
 gand sacks of grain. Her smoke stacks were 75 feet high. She was q palace. Her bar was the equal of any bar in New Orleans, and in those days New Orleans had the
 most famous bars in all the world. I've pilots had to know it by sight, day or night. every inch of the banks, and what the ripples and currents meant on every inch of the surface. It sounds impossible, but we did it.
 DO you wonder. after life like that, that woman gets bored liv-
 ing ashore? Movies and shopping and motoring and bridge-when I've seen real Mississippi river gamblers take plantations away from their
 owners over the green tahles
 That's why I had to get back on the river again."
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11

public notice when he held up the Orient Express. the luxurious limit ed plying between Berlin and the Near East; but long before then he had been much in the eyes of the police. though never in their hands Both the Greek and the Serbian governments had offered and are still offering stupendous rewards for
 his capture. Up until this summer the Orient Express robbery had been Tzatza's biggest job This summer, however, he outdid him self, at least from the financial point of view.
 Captures From Ambush
 | When the warm weather de-
 scends upon northern Greece the 1 leading citizens of Trikkala gener- 1 ally go to their mountain cottages | to keep cool. At the end of the 1 present season a number of them, 1 a hundred to be exact, decided to
 return together. They engaged mules and mule drivers and set off
 in caravan fashion. A half hour away from Trikkala there is a nar- ! row mountain pass, at one end of which is an otherwise picturesque i bend. This bend Tzatza appropri- ated for his own purposes.
 i As each member of the caravan
 rounded the corner of the bend he l So far as those in the rear knew | or suspected, he was continuing 1 leisurely on his way along the chosen path home. It so happened 1 however, that Tzatza and his men ! had planted themselves just around
 the corner. With a properly fear 1 ful display of knives and a few
 well chosen threats they coWed tn" l travellers one by one so that there
 was DO difficulty at all in relieving | them of their ewels. watches and l poCketboOks. One of the first C | fall into their hands was a police
 official. who had agreed to accom- pany the party to protect it against
 robbers, many of whom were re- 1 poted to be abroad in that part | of the country.
 This done, Tzatza convened a 1 council of his fellow thieves, and l in tones loud enough for the te = | rifed victims to hear, asked his coworkers to decide the fate of the unhappy folk. The suggestion tha; ] they be dispatched with the aid oi
 the still threatening knives was
 however. vetoed by the chief, wht | elected instead to pick four host ! ages as q guarantee that the rob , bery would not be reported to tn, i police until three hours after tn, | caravan had arrived in Trikkala.
 Frightened Into Silence
 1 Tzatza selected a member of thr
 Greek senate, a wealthy merchant
 noted physician and the polic'
 official. The returning vacation.
 CTS were thereupon permitted tt
 resume their trek homeWard, and i it is reported, so frightened were
 they by the robber chieftain's fero-
 city that not, one of them as mucl
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11

as hintcd at the fate that had be- fallen them until the three hours which Tzatza had set had fully elapsed.
 Later, 1t appears, Tzatza came upon the thought that his hostages could be put to profitable use. He dispatched a letter to Trikka,a asking for few millions in ran- som and adding the conventional warning against military or police interference. Friends of the sen- ator and merchant met the de- mands and these two were released. So far as is known the police official and the physician are still being held.
 A military campaign against the bandits is now proceeding, though attended with much caution. Tza- tza is not to be taken too lightly. A few weeks ago, to point an ex- ample of his caliber, there was clash between the soldiers and a section of his band, the result be- ing that an officer and two privates were killed and not one of the robbers was hurt or captured.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
IITHUiNIAN FAIR MONTH

The New Britain United Lithuan- ian societies will hold their 18th an- nual fair each Saturday and Monday of this month. Each society will hold a fair on a different night at the Lithuanian hall on Park street. The proceeds will go to the building fund. There will be dancing each evening.
 The schedule follows: October 12, the Mems Lithuanian club and the Sons Daughters society; October i Saint George and the Lithuanian American lodge No. S4; October 19, Education Zirgvaia and St. Andrew s society; October 21. St. Joseph's and Biruta women's society; October 26, St. Kazimar and St. Anne; October 2S. all societies.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
WOMAN PILOT AT
 WHEEL ON RIVER
Captain Blanche LeatherS Han- dles Mississippi Steamer

New Orleans. Oct. 1.-The only woman in America who can back the Mississippi river up into a corner sit in Q chair and make it say 'uncle' is back on the river again, twirling the spOkes of her steering -wheel as she swings q puffing packet boat up the famous old water high way from New Orleans to the north.
 Cap'n Blanche-Captain Blanche Leathers, to give her her full name -is on the job again; on the job after years of retirement that just naturally got too lonesome to be endured any longer.
 On the job, doing. the work she 1oves-piloting big steamboat up passengers in the saloons and a load Of cotton bales on the lower deck, lodging the snaes and outwitting tthe tricky current.
 Commands Negro Roustabouts
 Hear her as she makes her steam CT the Tennessee Belle. ready to cast off from the Bienvile street dock. She stands in the pilot house. leaning through an open window, shouting orders 10 the negro roust- abouts in a voice that carries a city block:
 "What's the matter with that gang of limber-backed, paralyzed. bumble-footed gorillas? Shake q leg. you Congo Kaffirs, Get going. This steamboat sails at o'clock to- night-not next week."
 The roustabonts grin and chuckle. and step lively Presently the Ten nessee Belle. with a changing of bells and puffing of feathery plumes Of steam, backs ont into the. stream and heads up-riyer for Vicksburg. Capn Blanche grips the wheel and scans the water with the cool eyes Of an experienced river pilot who knows every foot Of the water from New Orleans to St. Louis. She's happy; she's on the river once more.
 Captain Blanche Leathers has a right to feel elated. She was born "bohind the levee," as they say, a daughter of James s. Douglas, wealthy sugar planter. In the '70s she was one of the most beautiful heiies of the lower valley. Then. in 1880, she married Captain Roland s. Leafhers, whose father, old Com modore T. P. Leathers. owned the famous old packet Natchcz and raced it against the Robert F. Lee, In the most famous steamboat con- test in all history. Commodore
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
Girl Sits On Abyco;:nian Throne
 By Mistake, Keeps King On Feet

New York, Oct. II. P>--It was science that took Miss Gertrude San ford, New York society girl, as a guest recently to a royal banquet given by the king and the queen of Abyssinia.
 But it was American styles in feminine wear that placed her un- willingly and temporarily, on the ancient throne of Abyssinia. The story has just reached New York.
 Miss Sanford who with Morris and Sidney Legendre and T. D. Carter is collecting specimens for the Ameri can Museum of Natural History, was talking with the queen after the banquet. Her highness was asking innumerable questions about the eX- petition. about American women, styles and hats.
 In the midst of a voley of ques- tions the queen said; wont you sit down."
 Miss Sanford, intent on satisfy ing the royal curiosity, sat in the nearest chair.
 It was massive, heavily carved. highly decorated. It happened to be the throne of Abyssinia, but Miss Sanford was not conscious of it. Court custom decrees that no one may sit down until the king is seated upon his throne. So the en- tire court. ambassadors, foreign ministers, dignitaries of the coun- try, and the king himself. stood until the queen had finished her cross questioning on American GUS toms.
 His majesty. Ras Tafari, so great ly enjoyed the joke on himself that next morning he sent a blooded
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
Leathers was king of the river and his son was crown prince. IS Years on the River

Leathers was king of the river and his son was crown prince.
 IS Years on the River Mrs. feathers went on the river for her honeymoon, and stayed on the river for 8 years as captain and pilot. For years she knew no other home than her steamers pal
 atial parlor suite.
 Then. some years ago, she retired and established herself in a com | fortable home in New Orleans She
 tried living a life of ease, and it ! didn't work. Left a widow by the
 death of her husband. she found | herself longing more and more for the life of the river. So now she's
 back, boss of steam packet once
 more, happy as a lark over her new , found activity.
 She likes to reminisce about the
 old days.
 AS late as 25 years ago" she says, 1900 passengers and 4,000 i bales of cotton were only a fair load. Thirty years ago the whole New Orleans waterfront was thick with steamboats
 Travel Was Luxurious i've brought q steamer booming down the sugar Coast'-the stretch
 between New Orleans and Baton Rouge-with cotton piled so high on
 the guards that you couldn't see the lower decks; with passengers occu- pying every square foot of space, | Don't talk to me about the luxury of modern travel; there never was such luxurious travel as we had on those old river packets.
 "The stewards always bought the best or everything. The price of a 1 cabin passage included meals and berth for the whole trip. Breakfast
 included fresh fruit, cereal, bacon 1 and eggs steak and chicken hash and q few fresh vegetables and coffee Dinner always included
 soups, chickens, roasts, chops, Vege- 1 tables by the dozen. salads, hot 1 rolls, ice cream, cake and pies. Supper would include half dozen
 different kinds of cold meats, steaks ! ;, ! ice cream, cakes, pies and preserves. Coffee. tea, buttermik and sweet milk with every meal, Of course. i No man ever got up from one of ] those tables hungry. We had the | theory that the good Lord put food on the earth to be eaten. and when a woman got into her thirties she | didn't try to look like girl in her teens, any more than a plantation ] mule tried to look like race horse. 1 We had sense in those days.
 Gamblers There, Too
 ''YOu met the best people in the
 sonth on the river. Sugar planters, ! cotton planters, rice planters and
 their families statesmen and poli- tiCianS, business men and opera companies going down to sing at the
 old French Opera House in New Or leans-We had them all on the river. The professional gamblers traveled
 the river, too. Nobody got moral
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
TZATZA THE GREAT
 PLUMBERS BALKANS
FreeboOter Captures Police Off,
 Cial Guarding Caravan

Berlin, Oct. II. (UP)-"TZatza the Great" highway robber eXtraordi- nary and self-confessed king of Balkan freebooters, has scored an- other triumph by a coup which net ted him and his band the contents of the overladen wallets of 100 of the wealthy residents of Trikkala, small town in northern Greece.
 His amazing achievement also bids fair to bring him some two or three million gold drachmas in the way of ransom. because, ac- cording to reports sent out of Trik- kala, he had presence of mind enough 10 kidnap four of these wealthy men while he was about the business of robbing them.
 Some years ago Tzatza came to
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11

Negotiations are under way tt have the work of the students hung at the New Britain Home Progress exhibit, which will take place latci in the month at the Stanley Arena
 Although definite plans have mol yet been made, Armondo D'Agos tino IS contemplating adding course in interior decoration to th' curricula of the school.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
May Show Art Works
 At PrOgress Exhibit

With new students enrolling al most daily and classes now on 9 well organized basis, the New Brit ain Art Institute in Hungerford's Barn, 80 Cedar street, this week swung into it's full schedule of fall activities.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11
SOVIET PLANE TO LEAVE

Seattle, Oct. Il P>-The Russian plane Land of the Soviets," flying from Moscow to New York, will take off for Seattle tomorrow from Waterfall, Alaska, if present plan; hold, the naval air base at Sand Point was informed today.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-11

mule, in gay trappings, with the compliments of the king, to Miss Sanford.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
Other Papers
THE SMALL LAND BILL
SHERMAN Enterprise).

1t seems that for once Governor Moody stepped
on the toes of West Texans, and as usual the West
Texan let his feeling be known in matter where it is
believed that injustice is being done. This time East
Texas and South Texas and North Texas and West
Texas stood together in a fight for right, and the veto
axe did not stop their efforts to clear up a tangle
that seemed evident, in the matter Of land titles.
There may be something away down deep under the
current in this bill that Governor Moody could see
that senators and representatives, and others who
were favorng the bill could not fathom, but as it
stands now, and as most people see it the governor
merely made a blunder that will stand out as a tar
get for future political campaigners to shoot at.
AS we understand it, it heals a wound in the title
of many peoples land that might have become a very
aggravated condition in future years. 1t seems to
have as its basis, the valuation of title to land where
there was once a running river or navigable stream,
to the land owners, which lands were about to be-
come tested with land jumpers were wanting to
claim mineral rights Of these river bottoms, because
of the prior public land laws, the streams having
been claimed public property because Of their nav
igableness." Governor Moody it seems is OF the opin-
ion that the new law is unconstitutional. This may
have to be determined in higher courts, but at the
present time land owners, who have conditions Of
this kind in their titles, are rejoicing over a SEEM
ingly very important victory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
Washington Correspondent for the
Central Press and The Herald

WASHINGTON. March 16.-Sec-
rotary Of War James w. Good is
the ablest COMPROMISED in President
Hoover's official family. Perhaps
he is the ablest in American public
life today.
The understanding is that Mr..
Hoover chose him because Of his
skill in compromise-or because of
his political skill-which is a dis
tinction without much difference
since political progress is largely
a matter of compromise after COM
promise.
Secretary Goods vast subtlety as
a c~ompromiser lies in his ability, al
most invariably, to compromise on
about what he wanted all the time.
If he yields ar inch, he gains an
ell.
The new war secretary never per-
mitS a mere difference Of opinion
to deadlock things. He effects a
compromise.
Theoretically Mr.. Good is from
Cedar Rapids. which sounds better
than calling him a Chicagoan, mas
much as Secretary of Commerce La
mont is a Chicagoan, too, and a
pair of cabinet members, both from
the Windy City, might be criticized
as excessive.
Besides, it pleases the Iowa folk
to consider themselves represented
among the holders of departmental
portfolios.
The actual fact is that the secre-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
WHY Eaker's Flight

Captain Ira c. Eaker, who took off from the
the Brownsville airport Saturday morning on a
dawn-to-dusk flight to Panama, and who proposes
to return Sunday and take off for Washington Mon
day, is not making these arduOuS trips merely for
love Of the game"
Captain Eakers ambition is to promote aviation;
to blaze a new trail from Brownsville south to con-
meet the United States with her isthmian possess
sions and extend the air mail and passenger service
into South America. Like Lindbergh, he is a pioneer
who is demonstrating to the entire world the posi-
bilities of aviation.
The American government is anxious to open air
mail and passenger connections between the United
States and the republics south Of the Rio Grande.
Captain Eaker is merely the trail blazer for the gov
eminent. His flight to Panama, a 2000-mile trip,
which he proposes to accomplish between dawn and
dusk, is holding the attention Of the aviation world.
If he succeeds in making the return flight Sunday
and thence on to Washington Monday he will have
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the most ~skeptical
the feasibility of this important connection between
the republics of the western hemisphere.
Captain Eaker is endeavoring to write a new
chapter in the history of aviation, and he is the type
who will succeed. Like Lindberghs famous flight to
Paris, the successful completion of Captain Eaker's
ambitious program will add to the worldwide interest
in aviation and will prove a material factor in
fastening that Gay when all the countries Of the
western hemisphere are bound by trunk air lines
which viii follow the low altitude route through
Brownsville and down the Gulf coast.
Brownsville has a greater interest in the success
of Eaker's venture than any other city. That Browns
vile l. destined to become the greatest international
airport on the western hemispher is the firm con-
viction OF every resident of the city, and Captain
Eaker's flight will prove a potent factor in Fastening
DEVELOPMENT of aviation in those republics south CT
the Rio Grande whose air traffic flow through this
port.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
The World and All
By Charles p. Driscoll
PISTOLS AMI POLICE
By Charles p. Driscou

The anti-pistol law is SO well enforced in New
York that almost nobody except policemen and crooks
dare possess a pistol. This is the famous Sullivan
law, which makes possession forearns almost as dan
gerous in New York as possession of liquor used to
be in Kansas.
When a New York taxi driver took a pistol away
from a bandit who tried to hold him up, and then
turned the weapon over to the first policeman he met,
the poor fellow was thrown into jail and charged
with a felony. Also, his tax license was automatically
revoked.
This case attracted much attention because a New
York newspaper went to the front for the taxi driver,
who had a family close to starvation, and a humane
banker hired a lawyer and bailed the hero out.
But it was only one Of thousands Of very similar
cases. It was just a typical instance Of the strict en-
forcement Of a foolish law.
No a~nti-pistol law ever kept a gun out of the
hands of a gunman, and none ever will. There has
been much agitation in this country for a national
Sullivan law. Something to provide jobs for another
ten thousand gul-toting inspectors and detectives
and superintendent and regulators.
And the ultimate result? To take the last line of
emergency defense out Of the hands of the embattled
home-keeper.
Of course, nobody for g minute supposes that the
criminals turn in their guns at police headquarters as
soon as an anti-gun law is passed.
But the law-abiding citizen does. He must, be-
cause he can't afford to go to prison for possessing
the means Of defending himself.
The bandits business depends upon his possession
of firearms. A fellow will risk prison for his business.
Especially if he doesn't mind a few years in the stir
anyhow.
One well-to-do New Yorker was arrested recently
for starting to carry home an ancient flintlock fire
arm, bought at an art gallery to decorate his study.
I don't know what happened to the poor man. He
and the tax driver may still be in Jail, for all I know.
But the murderer of Arnold Rothstein is not in
jail. Neither was Rothstein.