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New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
GOES BACK 500 YRS.
TO prove HIS Case
Claimant to Scottish BironJ
DdV9 Deep Into Records

London, Jan. l-Musty records
500 years old form part Of the evid-
ence in the claim OF Sir Bruce Cor
don Seton to the ancient Scottish
barony Of Gordon.
The barony 10 now held by Lord
Huntly. head Of the Gordon clan
and known among the Scots ~
Cock Of the North" He disputes
the claim.
It II up to the House Of Lords
to adjudicate the matter and 1t now
il In the hands OF the committee
of privileges.
The whole thing hinges upon
whether a marriage contracted be-
fore the discovery Of America was
valid or not.
Sir Bruce Is a direct descendant
OF Alexander de Seton, to whom
the barony was granted in. or be-
fore. the year 1929 by King James
l. Alexander de Seton's son, Alex
ander. married Egidia Hay. a great
heiress. and had one son, but the
marriage was said to have been
| declared null and void on the
ground of consanguinity under &C.
clesiastical law then operative.
Alexander de Seton afterwards
married a daughter OF the Chancel-
lor Of Scotland. through whose in
f1uence he was created Earl Of
Huntly. That title descended through
the eldest son Of that marriage to
the present day.
The claim Of Sir Bruce II based
on the fact that recently there was
discovered in the Vatican archives
a copy of mandate from the Pope
issued to the Bishop Of Moray de-
claring that Alexander de Seton's
first marriage has not been invali-
dated and was legal and binding.
and the son OF that marriage was
legal and binding. and the son of
that marriage was legitimate. Egidia
it is alleged pinned and died, and
apparently the mandate was sup
pressed.
Mr.. McPhail. X. c. for Sir Bruce
In submitting that a barony Of Cor
don was in existence. said that q
! rubbing" had been taken Of the
Latin inscription on sarcophaEus
in Elgin Cathedral, and a transla-
ton of this was Here lies a noble
and potent lord, Alexander Gordon.
first Earl OF Huntlie. Lord Of Cor
don and Of Badenoch. who died at
Huntlie Is July, 1870"
Lord Huntly. the premier Mar
quis of Scotland. has ten other
titles besides that Of Baron Gordon
Lady Huntly recently took stepr
to adopt two little girls from Oh;
! cago. the daghters Of a relative
She Is an American.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, JANUARY a. 1929

being made in courts of the state.
and criminals are learning they can
expect little mercy when brought
to justice. Under the Baumes law.
Judge Walsh said. there always is
a chance that injustice may be
visited on an innocent man.
The proposed move to obtain pas
sage of such a law will be launched
at q meeting of the Rhode Island
Police Chiefs association Tuesday
by Chief Ellis A. Cranston of War
wick, president of the New England
Police Chiefs association.
Liquor offenses. Chief Cranston
explained yesterday. are not to be
included in the list of crimes for
which habitual criminals may be
sentenced to life imprisonment.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04

Herald Classified Ads are little
wonders.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04

Regularly $3.50 yard. A good
wearing and beautiful pattern.
genuine velvet. 27-inch Hall or
Stair Carpeting, offered now for
only &1.05.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04

that our business leaders ass read
to rally behind the leadership %
Herbert Hoover for the law. ] be
lieve that for the first time We 4r
going to see the government pro
coed against the bootleg industr1
with a wholly honest and effectist
enforcement system. In other words
I think that the law at last u goipt
to have a fair trial.
1.-THE mass of American people
who do not get into newspapa,
headlines. have become the mos
sober, contented and prosperous
people on earth"
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
Local Y Handballers
Beat Waterbury Teams

Waterbury sent over six doubles
teams of handballers to meet the
local "Y" crew last night and all
six teams went down to defeat. The
summary: Dressel-Crowe. New Brit
ain. defeated Lynch-Jackson 21-13.
ALA, 21-16. Hawkins-S. Mag de-
feated Brummel- Baum 21-11, 21-s,
e1-1O. f. Mag Strong defeated
Velte- Steers. ELLA, 2l-13, 21-11.
Loomis- Regan defeated WalshCard
21-17, 21-1S. 21-15. Dressel-Never-
lex defeated Walsh Baum 21-15.
Pills. 21-17. Hergstrom- Anderson
defeated Apperian-W 1921, 21-17.
21-13.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04

$40 q M. spends an hour In pray
er. drinks . punch. drapes 4 coat
over his naked form. dons Q fur
cap-in winter weather-walks to a
Coney Island breakwater and
plunges into the ocean seven times.
He usually stays In the water Is
minutes. Then he lights . fire from
newspapers on the beach. dries
himself. puts on his clothes. soea
back home and attends to his OFF,
cial duties-
He has been Ill only one day In
seven years.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
SHINVARIS REBELS QUIT
Terms Effected Between Afghanfs-
tan Ruler and Malcontents-C0l-
lisiOn With Others Anticipated.

New Delphi, India. Jan. 4 ~
Advices from Kabul, Afghanistan,
today said that peace had been
patched up in Jalallabad with the re
bellious Shinwaris. The negotiations
were carried on by All Ahmed Jan,
former governor Of Kabul. The
terms Of the treaty were not divulg-
ed.
There were indications that an
other collision might be expected
shortly between rebels under Bachai
Sakao and Afghan troops.
The telegraph line between Quetta
and Kandahar has been cut. Com
munications between India and Ka-
bull were being handled today by
wireless.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
70 Years Old. Dives
Into Ocean Every Day

New York, Jan. R-Here's a
% year old man who for the last
seven years has been diving into the
sea seven times every day except on
religious holidays.
He Is Rabbi Nahum Weisman Of
Brooklyn. Every day he arises at
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
NEW BENDIx STATIONS

Chicago, Jan. I @-The Bendix
corporation has announced forma-
ton Of the Bendix Service corpora
ton. capitalized for 100000.
The " company expects to build
a chain Of automobile super-service
stations In the larger cities through
cut the country.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
-FOUR Teams HURT
BY POOR TRADES
Evans Says Baseball Mistakes Of
1898 Form Big Chapter
BY BILLY EVANS

The baseball mistakes of 1928.
They form quite a chapter in the
Anal outcome OF the two major
league pennant races. Never a sea-
son passes but what several man
ayers regret winter trades. Baseball
Is 4 big gamble and ii you take 4
long chance you are either a hero
or a dumb Dora according to re-
suits.
The biggest mistakes of 1928 CEN
tered around the pitching in the
majors. Things would have been
different In New York II John Nc
Graw had kept Burleigh Grimes in
stead, of passing him on to Pitts
burgh for Vic Aldridge. Connie
Mack would have made it far more
interesting II he had not sent San
Gray to the st. Louis BrownA
Washington would have been a more
important factor in the race II
Crowder had been kept instead OF
being passed to st. Louis. Aside
from the pitching st. Louis bene-
fitted and Detroit suffered serious
handicap by the deal that took
"Heinie" Manush and Lu Blue from
the Tigers to the Browns.
The surprise of the 1928 race in
both major leagues was the unex-
pected, we might say the sensa-
tional showing of the st. Louis
Browns. One only needs to digest
thoroughly the above paragraph ia
understand why st. Louis made 90
much trouble last season. 1t bene-
fitted by three of the four trades
that resulted in unexpected reversal
of form on the part of the players
Involved.
Crowder, who was passed along
by Washington and Gray. who came
to st. Louis via Philadelphia won
better than 10 games for the
Browns. That was some pitching
on the part Of two discards Stats
tics show that the winning of 80
games makes a club strong PEN
nant contender. Crowder and Gray
between them won almost that
many.
"Heinie" Manush the former De-
troit outfielder, had the greatest
year of his career with st. Louis
last season. He batted close to 400
most OF the season. Blue first base
man. ex-Tiger, also had big year
for the Browns. To make matters
worse for Detroit, Rice. a great out
fielder secured in the Manush trade
slumped at the bat, while none OF
the players Detroit figured to take
Blues place were able to fill the
bill.
McGraw with Just fair pitching
staff, featuring Benton as the star
was always pennant contender
due to the manner in which the az
gressive leader of the Giants han.
died the material at hand. Had he
been able to add the Is gamef
Grimes won for Pittsburgh, the
Giants would have romped in to q
National league pennant.
II went the limit with Gray and
finally decided he would never help
me" is the way Connie Mack ex-
plains the departure of Sam Gray.
II didn't think Crowder strong
enough physically to be consistent
winner in the American league" ex-
plains Griffith. During his entire
stay with our club he suffered from
stomach trouble"
George Uhle recently traded by
Cleveland to Detroit, comes in the
Sam Gray class. He had reached
the stage in his career where fol
various reasons he was figured te
have passed his usefulness. He has
the stuff to win 20 games for De.
troit II he tends to his knitting
That would place him in the mis-
takes Of 1929, but one must gamble
in baseball.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04

Built to hold $50 guests. q hotel
In Antrim, England. which Ia be-
coming quite a popular holiday re-
sort. has not single bathroom. The
town itself has no public water sup
ply.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-04
RlRBnEN WILL PLEAD
SALARY CASE TONIGHT
Petitioners for Largest Itcsn O.
Schedule WIZ Attead Conausittae
Mecting- Other HeariAgs

The common council committee
on salaries viii be in session 1T 7:%5
tonight at City hall to conclude the
hearings on petitions for salary in
creases for city officials and en-
ployes 1t 10 expected that = date
will be set ut this time for the
final meeting. at which 4 report to
the council will be prepared.
Tonight's schedule In Al follows:
7:45. public works department.: S:16.
fire department.; S:%5, city clerks
office: 3. tax collectors office: s:15.
health department: $50. building
department. Members of the board
Of fire commissioners. Chief w. ].
Noble and a committee Of firemen
consisting Of Captains Michael w.
Butler. Fred Smith and william H.
Porter will represent the fire de-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
SEARCH FOR FAMOUS PAINTING.
PURCHASE OF Alaska VAIN
Canvas by Leutze Formerly in Riggs Hotel Grill Room
Made in 1868.

BY the Associated Press.
After searching eight years for the
famous painting THE Purchase of
Alaska" by the noted German artist,
Emanuel Leutze, Delegate Southreland
of Alaska has about despaired of find-
ing it.
Through art collectors and connois-
seurs,i Mr. Sutherland has sought the
picture, which was painted in 1868, to
present it to the people. of the territory,
as it was the only original canvas de-
picting the drafting of the treaty that
resulted in the transfer of Russian
America to the United States.
Artists Varied Work.
It was one of the last great works
of the artist, who put on canvas pic
lures depicting many of the outstand-
ing historical events of this and other
countries. He painted washington
Crossing the Delaware" "The Emanci-
patton" Columbus Before the Queen
and the great work, Westward the Star
of Empire Takes Its Way" which
graces the staircase wall of the House
chamber and Is more commonly known
rs Westward Ho!"
For many years 1.-THE Purchase oi
ALASKA" hung above the bar of tht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

of the institutions greatest contribu-
tions in recent years to American in
dustry. Just about the time the bureaus
work started the radio" furnace was
invented by a physics professor at
Princeton University, and became the
most effective instrument for the study.
Radio" Furnace Operation.
1t consists of throwing an electro
magnetic field through space, the field
running as high as 100000 cycles, or
the equivalent of a 1,000-meter wave
length. In the path of this field is
placed the metal to be studied, en-
closed in a glass or silicon tube. The
metal can be heated to almost any de-
sired temperature. but at the same time
the containing tube remains cold.
A mercury cup is one of the termi-
mails in the spark gap. a part of the
mechanism for creating the high fire.
quency current. A liquid metal is es-
sential for this purpose, because of its
combination of physical and electrical
properties. When Eckman started his
work the device was considered per-
fectly safe. Later it was discovered
that the mercury was escaping and one
of the men working in the same room
Succumbed to tuberculosis probably
superinduced by metallic poisoning
from this source.
Then the bureau of physicists set
to work on means to clear the atmoS-
phere and after several experiments
succeeded The air of the laboratory Is
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palatial grill room in the long-since
demolished Riggs Hotel, near the
Treasury Building.
When the hostelry made way for a
theater. the painting, saidSto have been
about 10 feet long and 8 feet high,
disappeared. A copy had been made
by another artist and reproductions
have been obtain 81 from this.
Personages Are Shown.
The painting showed the Russian
Ambassador, Baron Stoeckle; the Rus
sian charge d'affaires, Bodisco; Secre-
tary of State Seward, Assistant Secre-
taries Hunter and Frederick W. Seward,
Chairman Summers of the Senate
foreign relations committee and Chief
Clerk Chew preparing the treaty for
the transfer of the territory from Rus
sia in the Secretary's Office on the night
of May 80, 1867. The dignitaries were
grouped near q terrestrial globe, with
Ambassador Stoeckl standing in front
pointing at the Northwestern territory
called Russian America" which Secre-
tary Seward later named Alaska" from
the long peninsula Oonalaska.
July 27, 1868, when Congress finally
appropriated funds to complete the
transfer, $7,200,000 was paid to the
Czar's representative. However, the
American flag had been raised SONS
months earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
LET BRITAIN SCRAP
SH|PS,' 'BORAH SAYS
England Should Follow U. S.
Example ID Reach Parity,
ldahoan Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Unlike many who have expressed their
views on means of attaining parity be-
tween all branches of the British and
American navies, Chairman Borah of
the Senate foreign relations committee
apparently would rather see British
scrapping of ships than American build
ing or a combination of the two.
If Great Britain will follow our ex-
ample at the Washington conference
and sink some of her ships and thus
come to parity" he suggests, "it will not
only save the taxpayers. but reduce the
incentive to warrior huge armaments
are always an incentive to war, parity
or no parity. But if We have to build up
to parity, 1t vastly increases the burdens
of the taxpayer and augments the in
centiye to war" -.-.,-.
COnfers With Hoover.
His statement, issued "a hours after a
White House luncheon at which he and
President Hoover discussed the general
naval situation and, presumably, the
parity agreement
reached in London by Prime Minister
MaCDOnalQ ana ALlDdSSdOOr OdWeS, It-
vived curiosity as to the Chief Execu-
tive's opinions as to various means of
attaining the desired end. No indica-
ton was given, however, that the Idaho
Senator, who usually expresses his own
ideas in his statements, might be re-
fecting those of the President as well.
Mr.. Hoover himself, meanwhile, seems
to have said all he intends to say on that
subject, for the time being, at any rate,
in his letter to Paul V. McNutt, COM
mander of the American Legion, who,
protesting against the suspension of con-
struction OF three cruisers, suggested
continued cruiser building by America
or extended cruiser scrapping by Great
Britain" or a combination of these
methods"
President Cites Intricacies.
To that, the President replied that the
problems presented "are far more in
tricate and far more difficult than can
be solved by the simple formula which
you suggest" and expressed confidence
that the Legion would be sympathetic
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
BRITISH STRIKE STEP
EXPECTED MONDAY
Delegates of Operatives and Spin
ners May Give Executives
Power to Negotiate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, August 2.-The great
stoppage of work in the Lancashire cot
ton industry continues with but small
chance of mediation this week. This
is indicated by inquiries today among
leaders of both sides of the dispute.
which directly affects 100000 textile
workers.
Some step toward negotiations is ex-
pected from the meeting of delegates
of the Operatives and Spinners Amalga-
nation next Monday, when it is hoped
they will give the executives power to
negotiate the best terms possible.
In the meantime there appears to be
no change in the attitude of the weav-
ing section of the cotton industry.
Thomas Ashurst, general secretary OF
the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers
Association, today reiterated readiness
to reopen negotiations on hearing from
the operatives organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
OBSERVER NAMED
FOR DEBT PARLEY
Edwin C. Wilson to Go to Hague
as Unofficial Delegate
From U. S.

Secretary Stimson announced today
that Edwin c. Wilson, first secretary
of the American embassy at Paris, had
been designated unofficial American OBJ
server at the forthcoming conference at
The Hague, to consider the Young
reparations plan.
An invitation for the United States
to send an observer, either official or
unofficial. was extended by the powers
interested in the reparations question,
Mr.. Stimson said. Wilson was acting
American observer of the rcparations
commission in 1927.
At the Paris experts committee meet
ing, at which the Young plan was
evolved, the United States as a Gov
ernment was not represented, as the
four American experts were unofficial
representatives. Mr.. StimSon fsels,
however, that an American observer at
the conference at The Hague would
serve the dual purpose of informing
the delegates of other nations the at
titude of the American Government
and to report fully on the meeting S
pTOSISSS W t1AC "oSAAAAASSOA SS'S~@~
ment.
The only questions in the reparations
settlement in which the American Gov
ernment is interested directly are a
proposed 10 per cent reduction in the
bill to Germany for the cost OF the
American Army Of occupation on the
Rhine and~a spreading over greater
period of the World War claims OF
private citizens against Germany. Since
these claims are so small In character
as compared with the size of the war
indemnities allotted to the other allied
nations, the United States is main
tanning hands-off policy with regard
to the new plan for collection OF the
future payments from Germany.
Secretary Stimson already has an
nounced that the United States Gov
ernment will not permit the participa-
ton of American officials in the work.
ings of the international credit bank
contemplated under the Young plan to
assist In the German payments.
NJ -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
CHINA GIVEN TERMS
TO END SOVIET ROW
Management of Railroad De-
manded in Conditions Of
fered From Moscow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 2-The Soviet
Union government, taking its first pub
lie notice of quasi-offcial efforts to
reach a peaceable settlement of the
Chinese Eastern Railway controversy
with China, today announced three
drastic conditions as a solution of the
problem raised by Chinese seizure of the
railroad.
The conditions we're:
/. Liberation of Soviet workers and
civil service men held in Manchuria.
2. Appointment by the Soviet gov
ernment Of both manager and assistant
manager Of the disputed railroad.
3. A conference to be called immedi-
ately for negotiating questions arising
out of the conflict.
Must Admit Change.
In addition it was said both China
and Russia would have to agree TO
admit that the status of the railway
has been changed as result of its
seizure and subject to further change
in accordance with the Peking and
Mukden agreements of 1924.
The conditions were made public in
a foreign Office statement, which listed
in detail conversations between B. N.
Melnikov, former consul general at
Harbin, and Tsai Yun-Sheng, Manchu-
rian commissioner for foreign affairs.
The negotiations apparently began
July % and continued until July 90,
when Chang Hsueh LANG. governor of
Manchuria, remained silent on a pro-
posal that the Soviet government name
both manager and assistant manager
for the railroad.
L. M. Karakhan, vice commissar for
foreign affairs in the Soviet Union gov
ernment, said there was no prospect OF
settlement of the conflict except on the
basis of Chinese acceptance OF the
stipulations.
Terms Offered Before.
With slight differences involving
mutual recognition by the United States
Soviet Russia and China of the post
conflict status of the Chinese Eastern
Railway, M. Karakhan's formula for
peaceful settlement of the controversy
was the same as that offered by Tsai
in proposals made to Melnikov July %.
Whereas Tsai said that the Soviet
government might declare it did not
recognize any existing post-conflict
status of the railroad, M. Karakhan in
sisted that "the negotiating sides ac-
knowledge post-confiict status on the
Chinese Eastern Railway in accordance
with the Peking- g-Mukden agreement of
1924"
Chang Hsueh LANG answered with a
note, remaining silent on this point,
which proved unacceptable to M. Karak-
han. 1t proved that:
Cd The Chinese and Soviet govern
ments appoint representatives to call a
conference on the Chinese Eastern Rail-
way.
CD The existing status of the rail-
way be acknowledged as temporary,
subject to regulation by conference on
Continued on Page 8, Column g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
SCIENTIST. DEAD. SEEN VICTIM
OF RADIO" FURNACE RESEARCH
Bureau of Standards Chemist
Believed Affected by
Mercury Particles.
Apparently Lodged in System
When He Stopped Work on
Device Six Years Ago.

DR.. James r. Eckman, 40 years OLD
research chemist at the Bureau CT
Standards and lecturer at George
Washington University, died Wednesday
at the home of his mother, in Leech-
burg. Pa. apparently the second victim
OF pioneer researches into the gas con-
tent of metals carried on by means of
a device known as the radio" furnace.
This device, before it had reached its
present perfection. allowed the escape
into the atmosphere of minute amounts
of mercury. The proportion was prob
ably less than one part of mercury to
a million parts of air-leSs than would
escape from an open dish of mercury in
a room-and ordinarily it would have
no noticeable effect on the human syS-
tenn.
Eckman did his last work on the mer-
curry furnace six years ago. but pre-
sumably at that time the insidious mer-
curry particles were lodged in his sys-
tenn, which was especially susceptible 20
them, ready to combine with other
causes to kill him. Others working in
the same laboratory suffered no i'll ef-
fectS, but DR.. Eckman presumably had
Just the right sort Of constitution to fall
a victim to the subtle metallic poison
ing.
Pioneer Metal Gas Student.
DR.. Eckman, graduate of Johns
Hopkins University, was pioneer in
America in the study of the difficult but
extremely important subject Of gases
in metals, which has been of vital
significance to almost all metallic in
dustries-especially the steel industry.
For years it had been suspected that
some of the uneXplainable behavior of
steel which affected its reliability in in
dustry was due to gaseous elements
and molecules concealed in the structure
of the metal.
The Bureau of Standards. simulta-
neously with similar work in Germany.
set out to perfect a method by which
these gasseS could be detected and this,
according to Dr. George X. Burgess.
director of the bureau, constitutes one