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The Washington times., 1929-04-30

Instead, they won the ball
game, beating PennOck, the New
York ace, and altogether com.
ported themselves in a manner
that suggested that form OF in.
feriOrity with which the average
book agent is so nOtiteably
handicapped.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

He still had hangover from
that 1O-to-1 defeat the Yanks
took i'm Philadelphia yesterday.
so he neglected to discuss the
inferiOrity complex to which the
Athletics were alleged to be ad-
dicted. Higgins Is very Chart.
able that way.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
VTERiS1 SON OZARK HORSE I LNIOURNAllENI
'eM BabeRutILl
q cAg.INa6 KNkto @ ~

NEW YORK April 3OThe hardest thing I've had to do since
Babe and were married has been t meet and talk with the
Don't misundersand all nice, and
consderate know it's little hard all their
without misunderstanding them
having them misunderstood And they ask such personal
questions, too.
But that's all part the job and I'm that within
month Mrs. Babe Ruth won't be much of public
curiosity she is she
Some Of the questions the asked amusngor
would have been amusing if had very personally
They asked whether not the Babe had saved
whether expected for him. They
wanted to know planned do cooking; if would
make all trips with the Yankees Babe would
hit as many home he has
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

Henry johnson, who usually finds
the Athletics. easy pickings, was
knocked out as the Mackmen plas-
tered crushing 1D-to-1 defeat on
the Yankees. The AS stole New
York's hit-and- walk play, Haas and
simmons clouting home runs.
The Chicago White Sox achieved
the dizzy heights of fourth place
by swamping Cleveland, 1S to 4, for
their third straight win
Sam Gray, pitching ace of the St.
Louis Browns, is the first big
hurler to win four games this sea
son. He gained a 3-to-2 decision
over Vic Sorrell. of Detroit, in 10
innings.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

The complex, as a matter of fact,
was supposed to have been bucied
for all time on Friday in one of the
most unusual ceremonies ever wit
messed on ball field. According to
the story as / get it, the entire
Philadelphia ball club was herted
into its dressing room while the
Yankees were at batting practice,
the assumption being that Cor
nelius Mack didn't wish his impress
sionable young men to absorb too
much atmosphere while Ruth and
Gehrig were in there swinging.
Mr. Mack has not admitted that
such was his intention. In fact,
he has been at some pains to init
mate that he took the boys inside
to give them one of those fatherly
harangues so dear to the heart of
the good, old campus.
1t. therefore, must have been only
coincidence that when the bell
rang. signalling the end of the
Yankee hitting period, the Athletics
reappeared on the scene. Mr.. Ruth
was stealing an extra moment at
the time and the pitcher. noting
the re-entry of the Philadelphia
outfit, grooved one. Mr.. Ruth
smote it over the fence. Mr.. Gehrig
then felt the urge and the pitcher
laid one in for him, too. His drive
hit the fence and the Athletics were
presumed to have been duly chas-
tened by. the display.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

All Houghton, pro at the new
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

The veteran. Clarence Mitchell.
pitched the Cardinals to a 7-t0-3
triumph over tile Pirates in the
only other. National League
game played Yesterday. Bur
leigh Grimes, Pittsburgh hurler.
was taken out of the game
after his bare hand was struck
by a line drive.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

Eastern's triumph ever Con-
zaga In the tenth inning yester.
day, 10 to ., climaxed 4 brilliant
uphill fight by the Guyonites.
Going into the ninth three runs
behind, the Easterners punched
enough hits to tie II mp and
then won out In the first extra
frame.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
| IOMERUN|
| IITTERS|
Yesterdays HOME RUNS
THE LEADERS

THE LEADERS
National IIeague-Hafey. 3: Harper
3: OFT, 3; jackson, 8; Herman, 3; l.
Wilson 3; oDOul, 3,
American League-Blue. ..
The Washington times., 1929-04-30

The Central.Western clash
finds q revaNnped Central team
striving for its first victory.
Western has divided Its two
games, bOwing 70 Eastern and
trimming Business, while Central
has lost to both Eastern and
Tech, the favOFites.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
'IneBiQ len
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGuI

,rI. Leaasr z yenr ago today GFantham
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
LARGE SHIPMENT
 KODAK WOOL IS
 SENT ID STATES
RAMS MADE THOUSAND MILE SEA TRIP ON SMALL BOAT,
 SAFE AND SOUND

KODIAK, July 25, Special to Gateway)-A shipment of wool to the states this week from the Ab- berts ranch, four miles south of Kodiak shows the tangible results of stockraising on the island but brings once more to attention the difficulties that are besetting the paths of these pioneer SUockmen of the westward
 Altho grass is growing waist high in the uplands MT. Abberts says he is compelled to keep his 300 head of sheep in the home pasture be- cause the large Kodiak bear are ranging close and he has not yet been able to stage protective" bear hunt. The cattle continue to range close to the ranch, fearing to go into the hills, eating off the for age that should be theirs for the winter, in spite of the pronounce ment that the bear IS not a Killer. Abberts declares it is impossible for him to attend to his ranch duties by day and stand guard with rifle on the outskirts of his domain by night.
 He sees one bright spot however, in the extension of the stockraising industry out west because of the remarkable journey of two of his Romnay rams which were shipped in January to Unslaska They made this trip of nearly 1000 miles on the deck of halibut boat in the middle of winter, arriving safe and sound. There they are reproduc- ing after their kind safe from the menace that besets sheep and cat tie in this neck of the woods.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
DUNDEE FOULED
 JACKIE FIELDS;
 LOST TIE TITLE
DUNDEE FACING CERTAIN DE- FEAT BEFORE HE LANDED
 FOUL PUNCH

DETROIT Arena, July 26, (F)- Jackie Fields, of Chicago, won the worlds welterweight championship when he defeated Joe Dundee, title holder in the fourth round of scheduled Is round bout.
 Dundee was floOred twice in the second round being punched with 3 sweeping right-hand blow. In foul territory, one minute and 55 seconds after the second round opened Field, apparently in dis tress sank to his knees; unable to continue, he was dragged to his corner but was in such pain he was unable to sit on the chair and he flopped over in the rosin. Referee McClelland declared him winner
 Before the foul landed, it was ap- parent that Dundee was facing certain defeat.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
HORDEs OF PILGRIMS
 HAIL |b|N AT MECCA

DJEDDA, Arabia, July 26, (P)- More than 54,00O pilgrims have already reached the Hedjaz this year to visit the tomb of Moham- med and other sacred places, and so gain for themselves ad- mission to Paradise.
 Tn addition pilgrim trains are coming from Palestine, Syria and the Iraq.
 King Inn Saud has returned to Medina from Hedjaz. Follow ing his victory over Feisal el Dowish and his rebel supporters, Ibn Saud was hailed as ver- tible conqueror.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
REPORTS ARE DENIED
 AT THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, July 26, (P)-A story that President Hoover de- nanded that the tariff commission make report to him on requests for tariff adjustments made to the commission by the Democratic members of the senate and house was denied at the White House.
 Senator Pat Harrison denied the Presidents alleged action as a dis closure of invisible and reactionary forces which the senator claimed supported the President at the Kansas City convention.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
QIL ROYAL TIES ENRICH
 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

AUSTIN, Tex, July 26, (P)- Discovery of oil on lands owned by the University of Texas has made it one of the country's wealthiest schools.
 Approximately $12,OOO,0OO in royalties already has been collect ed from producing wells in west ern Texas. It is estimated the sum eventually will rach $2O,OOO,- 900.
 Several new buildings now under construction on the Austin Camp us will be paid for by income from royalties. They are re- placing shacks built when the university was not so prosperous.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
BANDIT KILLED
 WIEN TRIED n
 HOLD UP STATION
COMPANION IN AUTOMOBILE IS DESERTED WHEN THE SHOOT
 ING BEGAN

BELLINGHAM, July 26, (P)-A bandit, identified as c. L. Miller, 26, and of Bellingham, was killed by Tom Parson, owner of a service holding him up for the days re- Iceipts
 Parson and his wife were aWak- 'ened by a man asking for gasoline and when he started to dress the bandit stuck a gun to his side and told him to hand over his money.
 AS he started to leave Parson grabbed shotgun and fired at the bandit who whirled and fired one shot which failed to take effect, then sank dead in the doorway. A companion, waiting in an automo- bile, drove off when the shooting started.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
PIPE ENERGEs FROM VOLUNTARY
 IMPRISONMENT
EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY THOUSANDS AMERICAN WIS.,
 ITORS

VATICAN CITY, July 26, (P)- The long voluntary imprisonment of the Roman Catholic Pontiff in the Vatican came to an end last evening as Pope Plus 11th emerged from the historic St. Peters into the famous square before it and blessed a throng of fully 100000 persons kneeling before him.
 In the crowd were thousands of American visitors while in the long procession were numerous Ameri- can bishops and prelates.
 Despite the size of the crowd, everything went off smoothly. At times there was some commotion as here and there spectators faint ed from the intense heat but tenn porary Italian Red cEass stations quickly cared for them.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
RED CROSS OFFERS
 ANT|-GAS AWARDS

GENEVA, July 26, (P)-The Red Cross is out with it's big guns to ban gas warfare.
 One of it's big guns is propa- ganda, education of the public to the dangers of chemical warfare.
 Prize competitions will be open ed amongst industries and spec litists of all countries, the the goal of securing increased protect ion for civilian populations. One will call for the invention of the best gas mask. Another is for the best means of recognizing the pre- sence of that specially dangerous element known as mustard-gas
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
FILES SUIT FOR
 MILLIONS AGAINST
 GALLAGHER ESTATE

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2e, (R- Mary G. Philson, acting admins tratrix for the estate of Emmet Gallagher, filed suit for $9,OOO,OOO against the Penn Mining Co.,, of Wyoming
 The complaint charged the com pany had mined on land in Gala veras county illegally and removed 100000 tons of copper, gold and sil- yer ore valued at $3,OOO,OO0. She asked to recover the sum and to treble that amount.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
CATERPILLAR CLUB

ROME, July 26, (P)-Italian avi- ators who have been saved from death and injury by parachute jumps are forming an association similar to the Caterpillar Club of the United States The project is backed by Italo Balbo, under secretary of aeronautics who vis- ited America last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
DESTRUCTION OF
 CRUISERS HELD UP

WASHINGTON, July 25, (41-Re- spending immediately to Premier AlacDonald's announcement of the cUrcailment and suspension of the British Naval building program, President Hoover, late today, de- clared that the construction of three cruisers, otherwise to have been begun this fall, will be post poned until there is an opportun- ity for their consideration of effect upon the expected agreement of the British American Naval parity
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
CAN NOT COMPETE

RIO JANEIRO July 26, (P)- Finding that the Indian variety of bumped cattle can not com pete for the European market with La Plata beef, the Brazilian on agriculture has been pure blood stock. Here lords, Shorthorns, ed-Angus and Devons have come from Eng land andNormanss from France.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
FATALLY WOUNDED

ALLENTON, Pa, July 25, (R)- Captain William Kieb, the widely known life saving instructor and field representative of the Ameri- can Red Cross, was fatally wound- ed while demonstrating to police the latest method of getting away from a man holding a pistol at his back. The gun used in the demon sCration was thought to be unload ed but contained bullet.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
.CRU|sER's GUN BLEW
 UP: Y ARE INJURED

VALETTA, Malta, July 26, R)- An accident on the British cruiser Deyonshire was caused by the blowing out of one of the cruisers new six-inch guns during exercises. The ship is proceeding to transfer injured seamen to 3 hospital ship; IT were reported hurt, six seriously. None, it is believed, will die.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
PRESIDENT FILLING
 FOREIGN CORPS POSTS

WASHINGTON, July 26, P- President Hoover is making sub stantial progress in the reorganiza- tion of the foreign diplomatic corps. The Paris post, vacated by the death of Myron Herrick, will go to Senator Walter Edge of New Jersey. A successor, it is under stood has been selected for Henry Fletcher who resigned as Ambas3a- dor to Italy.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
FACE FAMINE

SEOUL, Korea, July 26, (P)- North Keisho province, a large district in southeastern Korea, is facing the possibility of serious famine. There was a prolonged drought this year and crops which survived that trial were wiped out by violent hail storms. The Kor- can government is preparing relief for 100000 persons.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
NEW AIR ROUTE

BUFFALO, N, Y, July 26, (P)- Regular air passenger service be- tween Buffalo and Toronto has been inaugerated by the Colonial Airways system. Ten-passenger, two-motored Sikorsky amphib- ians make the trip in 45 minutes.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
FRENCH TENNIS STARS
 SKATER ]. 5. HOPES

PARIS, July 26, R-France blasted Americas tennis hopes by winning the first two Davis cup challenge rounds. Henri Cochet crushed Big Bill" Tilden 6-3, 6-1, 62. Later Jean Borotra vanquished George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 France needs to win one more match out of the three remaining to win the cup.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
PLAN ALL-INDIAN TOURNEY

PONCA CITY, Okla, July 25, P) A national golf tournament, open only to men and women of Indian blood, is to be held here this sum- Imer. Tn previous years this com petition has been held at Pawhus- ka, Okla.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
FIFTH ERUPTION

HILO, Hawaii, July 26, (P1-The volcano Killauea began erupting early today. The demonstration started four fountains of fire which joined soon after. Two other were shooting flames 200 feet in the air. This is the fifth eruption since May 1924.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NAIIUNAL LEAUUE St. Louis 10; Philadelphia 3. Chicago 8; New York 5. Cincinnati 14; Boston 2.
 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 3; Washington l Philadelphia 21; Cleveland 3.
 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hollywood 4; Seattle 2. San Francisco 12; Oakland 5. Los Angeles 10; Sacramento 8. Missions 8; Portland l.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-07-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
Tushmaker's Tooth Fuller.
nv GEORGE HORATIO DERBY.

(Georse Horatio Derby. Is23-1sel, was an
American humorist alSo signing himselI
Phoenix" and "Sauibob," author OF 'Pnoe-
nixiena.D
DR.. Tushmaker was never regularly
bred as a physician or surgeon, but he
possessed naturally a strong mechanical
genius and a fine appetite: and finding
his teeth Of great service in gratifying
the latter propensity, he concluded that
he could do more good in the world, anc
create more real happiness therein. by
putting the teeth of It's inhabitants IN
good order than In any other way; so
Tushmaker became a dentist.
Tushmaker was the man who hrSt IN
vented the method of placing small Cog
wheels in the back teeth for the more
perfect mastication of food. and he
claimed to the the original discoverer OF
that method of filling cavities with q
kind of putty which. becoming hard de
rectly, causes the tooth to ache so griev-
ously that 1t has to be pulled, thereby
giving the dentist two successive fees
for the same job.
Tushmaker was one day seated in his
office, in the city of Boston, in the State
of Massachusetts, when stout old fell
low named ByleS presented himself tc
have a back tooth drawn. The dentist
seated his patient in the chair Of tor
ture, and, opening his mouth, discovered
there an enormous tooth. on the right
hand side, about as large, as he after
ward expressed it, "as small Polyglot
Rible f"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05

leaving q space Of four inches between
the severed parts!
They had q post-mortem examination
the roots Of the tooth were found ex-
tending down the right side, througa
the right leg, and turning up In two
prongs under the sole Of the right loot!
"No wonder" said Tushmaker, he
raised his right leg"
The Jury thought so, too, but they
found the roots much decayed, and nve
surgeons swearing that mort1ncatiou
would have enSued IN few months,
Tushmaker was cleared on verdict Of
"justiflable homicide"
He was little shy Of that instrument
for some time afterwerd; put one DAY
An old iady. feeble and haccid. came IL
to have a tooth drawn, and, thinking it
would come out very easy, TuShnlaker
concluded, just by way OF variety, TO
try the machine. He did so, and at the
flrst turn drew the old lady'S skeleton
completely and entirely from her BODY.
leaving her q mass of quivering jelly
in her chair! Tushmaker took her home
in a pillow-caSe.
The woman lived seven years after
that, and they called her the india
rubber Woman" She had suffered ter
ribly with rheumatism, and after this
occurrence never had q pain IN her
bones. The dentist kept them In .
glass case.
After this the machine was sold to the
contractor of the Boston Customs House.
and IL was found that q child 3 years
of age could. by q single turn Of the
screw. raise q stone Weighing 20 tons.
Smaller ones were made on the same
principle and sold to the keepers Of
hotels and restaurants. They were used
for boning turkeys.
There Is no moral to this story what.
ever, and it is possible that the circum-
stances may have become slightly ex-
aggerated.- OF course, there can be no
doubt OF the truth Of the main incl
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
THE EVENING STORY,
One of WOrld-FamOus Works of Literature

IT shall have trouble with this tooth, u
thought Tushmaker, but he clapped on
his heaviest forceps and pulled. II
don't come Then he tried the turn
screw, exerting his utmost strength, but
the tooth wouldn't stir.
Go away from here" said Tush-
maker to Byles, land return In q week,
and I'll draw that tooth for you or know
the reason why"
Byles got up, clapped handkerchief
to his jaw, and put forth. Then the
dentist went to work, and In three days
he invented an instrument which he
was confident would pull anything. 1t
was q combination Of the lever, pulley,
wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge
and screw. The castings were made and
the machine put up In the ONCE, over
an iron chair rendered perfectly station
cry by iron rods going down into the
foundations of the granite building.
In q week old Byles returned: he was
clamped into the iron chair, the forceps
connected with the machine attached
firmly to the tooth. and Tushmaker, sta
tioninR himself in the rear. took hold
of a lever four feet in length. He
turned it slightly. Old Byles gave q
groan and lifted his right leg. Another
turn. another groan, and up went the
leg again.
what did you raise your leg for9"
asked the doctor.
ct can't help It," said the patient.
"WelI" rejoined Tushmaker, that
tooth is bound to come out now"
He turned the lever clear around with
a sudden Jerk, and snapped old Byles'
head clean and clear from his shoulders,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
CHICAGO DELEGATES
! new OPERA HOUSE
Cold Coast and Ghetto Mingle
When $50, 600, 900 Temple
I. Is Opened.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 5.--Gold Coast
and Ghetto sat last night In a $4,000
900 temple of music rising sheer from
the banks of the Chicago River and
heard Verdi's aida" dedicate the sky
scraper theater to music's most snowy
forrl-grand opera.
The Ghetto is larger than the Gold
Coast and it likes its Verdi and its
Aida" but it was the Gold Coast that
ruled the opening night in overwhelm-
ing numbers and brilliance.
A critic spoke of last nights opening
as "the most important event enacted
thus far in the art history of Chicago"
one morning paper devoted four pages
of pictures and stories to detail the
affair, and another gave the event two
pages.
The principals in last nights per-
Torrance were Rosa Raisa, Charles
Marshall. Cesare Formichi, Hilda Burke,
Cyrena Van Gordon Virgilio Lazzari
and Charles Baromeo, with Giorgio
Polacco directing.
There were 3,471 in attendance at
"Aida," but there were 10000 others
outside, providing trafHH problem that
police had all they could do to handle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
Win COrnhuskins HOnOrs.

GALESBURG, Ills, November ~
Three Knox County cornhuskers bet
tered the worlds record In husking yes.
terciay at the annual county contest q
watauga, Carl seller Of Oneida winning
first place by picking $3.50 bushels.
The former worlds record Tor corn.
huskinR was set by Elmer Williams OF
Toulor, MS, In Xe26. He husked 500
bushels in 80 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05

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(0eoree Horatio DERBY. i82S-1s6l, was ar
American humorist, also signing himself
Phoenix" and "Squibob,' author OF "Phoe'
nixiena.o
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-01
Ehe Standard OF Living of the
Workers and the 10th Pleuunu

The standard of living the working class capitalist
subject interesting discussion the Tenth
T. G. c. l. Even this question the Penum
against the right tendencies which
tra6on of bourgeois influences
Comrade Yarga the Penum
thesis the lowering of the standard of living
only state in general that h position
become worse Varga maintained that the position the
working the capitalist world had been only relatively
absolutely This opporunit held
confidence his the capitalist satcian The
delegates of the Penum who either themselves
had steady direct contact with the
this standpoint of Comrade Varga On the basis of their daily
pences they could the ncones of such based
specuatons of capitalist apologsts.
Plenum showed Vargas
about the standard living the working class Gust
looked important of the working the
who at present form less than least II million
workers Twelve million unemployed workers certainly be
counted when considering the standard of living the workers.
Secondly with without
sideraion that the high living hs
belonging the labor arsocracy make the the
that poorly paid higher than what they really
Thirdly he left his considerations
tenication of labor and the exhaustion labor which
where is lowering the value of labor power
Against Comrade Vargas theory the Penum pointed
capitalist naturalization the
the resolution the
capitalism has already reached where the
relations absolutely contradiction the improvement the
standard of living the working class if isolated
temporary and partial raise in the take place