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firmly imbedded in the rock
at Great Falls and other
points.
Before deciding finally to
adopt the canal plan in order
to carry out WaShington's
dream of a navigable Water
way from the National Cap
ital to the western frontier,
the Potowmack Co., organized
by the first President in 1855,
considered various other novel
proposals for overcoming OBJ
stacles in the river. At that
time there were no canal locks
this side of the Atlantic and
but little was known about
them. The early American
engineers devised many SUBJ
stitute schemes, none of which
however, appealed very
strongly to the remarkable
engineering mind of Gen.
Washington. \
Washington gave considera-
ton to at least two of the SUBJ
stitute proposals. In a letter
to his secretary, Tobias Lear,
in 1874, Washington referred
to a plan of ''Mr. Claibornc'S
engineer" intended to avoid
locks altogether. The letter
states:
"The vessels are received
into a basket or cradle, and
let down by means of a LAYER
and pullies; and raised again
by weights at the hinder ex-
tremity of the LAYER, which
works on an axis at the head
of a substantial post fixed
about the center of the LAYER,
On this principle, tut diff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
Rare Canal Boat Relic Is Found

Dngou Believed the Last Sr0io Of CANAL Borne Commerce Been the
Capital W Discovered Upper Potomac Farm Recalls Ghamorous Era
When "George WanHnon5 Teamed Min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
By
Rex Collier

"VIME-SCARRED q n d
weather-beaten, hut
still possessed of the
sturdy characteristics
that marked a color
full past, there has been found
on the shores of the Upper
Potomac a venerable hand
hewn long boat, believed to be
the last survivor of a glamor-
Gus era of canal-borne COM
merce between the Capital and
the West.
The ancient dugout, carved
from a single poplar tree,
could tell an absorbing story
of the early river days on the
picturesque 'Potowmack"; days
marked by pioneer canal en-
cheering, by boom industries
and trade, by blasted hopes,
by primitive hard work and
gayety and romance.
The story it might tell harks
back to men and places and
undertakings indelibly asso-
ciated with the Nations his
tory and linked with the
growing pains" of early
American prosperity.
Believed to be considerably
more than a century old, the
quaint old craft probably was
one of the feet of hand-poled
canal boats which once piled
between West Virginia and
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attracted the attention of Government officials.
who are understood to be contemplating means
for bringing the boat here for exhibition in
connection with the Washington bicentennial
celebration It is known a representative of
the Bicentennial Commission has inspected the
boat and obtained photographs of it.
More suggestive of an aboriginal war canoe
than a carrier of commerce, the craft is 80 feet
long, a yard wide in its broadest breadth of
beam and fully 10 inches deep. Undoubtedly
it consisted originally of one piece of carefully
carved poplar, with raised, sharply pointed bow
and blunt, tilted stern.
The original bottom long since has disap-
peared and in its place there now appears
makeshift understructure of thick planking,
secured with wooden pegs and wrought-iron
nails Apparently the hull never boosted a coat
of paint.
OF course the old boat no longer is river
worthy. For years it has reposed, almost for
gotten, IN the weed-overgrown yard of a farmer
living a few miles below Cumberland. The
farmer says the old craft has remained in the
family since it was built by his great-grand-
father.
The first person to realize the boats historic
cal significance was Walter JeX, local bust
ness man, who came upon 1t while mentioning
the river near the farm of its owner. Learn
ing of the relics antiquity, Mr.. Jex advised the
farmer TO remove the boat to a safer location
near his house and to take good care Of 1t un-
I'll an examination could De mace Dy quailneo
experts. The farmers method of compliance
was to haul the boat to point near the barn
yard, where 1t now continues its marvellous de-
fance of the elements
The farmer told the Washington man that
his great-grandfather used the boat in trans
porting small cargoes to points as far down
the river as washington, and that his grand
father and father had found the old boat serv-
iceable for later river duty in the Harpers Ferry
region. Excellent photographs of the boat
have been taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gray
Of this CITY,
There were no oars. the crew of two or three
men propelling the rakish "canoe'' with long
poles. This mode of propulsion. common on
tia river and canal in those days. was .
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
SHOW IN TWO TOWNS

SOMEkvILLE, Mass, March
2S.-The patrons Of Locatelli's
Ball Square Theater buy their
tickets In Somerville and are then
ushered to seats in the adjoining
city Of Medford to see the
movies. The city line passes di-
rectly through the playhouse.
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
Complete With Tubes

This model has always
been the most beautiful of
all Majestics. Doors that
close and conceal the set
proper make it the most at
tractive of all radios. AS to
tone and selectivity, ask any
of the thousands of owners.
Our new policy permits the
purchase of this radio in a
manner that Jordan's have
never before offered to the
Washington public.
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
TWIN BLACK LAMBS

LAPORTE. Ind. March %.
Twin black lambs baaed in the
sheep cote on l.. H. Blake's farm
today. The combination, exceed
ingly rare, will 60 by the team
name Of Amos and Mandy, for
sufficient reasons.
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
$137'.5O
Complete With Tubes

Now is the time to buy
a new radio. The above
model is perhaps the most
popular in the line. Small
in size, but beautiful in tone
and sensitive as to selectiv-
ity. Our new policy now
makes it much easier to
own a radio of this type and
at the same time dispose of
your old set at a value that
we have never before been
able to offer.
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|ALABAMANSF|LE
FOR NOMINATIONS
Heflin viii Seek Reelection
to U. S. Senate, Running
as Independent.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MONTGOMERY Ala, March 1.-The
race for Democratic nomination to the
hundreds of Federal, State, circuit, dis
trict and county ofhces in Alabama TO
be filled in the November election
started in earnest at midnight tonight
the deadline for candidates to qualify
with the State executive committee
chairman. The nominative primary will
be held August H.
w. P. Fonville of the secretary Of
States Office estimated more than 800
candidates are in the field for several
hundred Offices.
Warned in advance by Edmund w.
Pettus of Salem, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, that he would not &C.
cept qualifications reaching him after
midnight, there was a rush af)Ang DO
htical aspirants to comply with his re-
quirements.
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POKER ALLEGES FRIENDS
CHILLED AT FUNERAL
Wintry Winds Sweep Cemetery as
Service Is Held in Black Hills
Snow Setting.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STURGIS, S. Oak, March 1.-The
color and glitter of the gold rush days
in the Black Hills were absent today,
as Mrs. Alice Tubbs-"Poker Alice" to
those who knew her and her life in the
mining camps-was buried in the
Catholic Cemetery here.
Poker Alice" was buried as she had
lived in the last years of her life
simply and quietly, but with an element
of glamour attached to the disappearing
characters of the old West. Father
Columbian of the Catholic Church
preached a sermon at the grave.
Winter winds swept the cemetery
symbolic Of the bleak ending of a IT.
year career that knew only the frontier
law Of the gold fields.
The people of Sturgis were at the
grave, paying their last respects to Mrs
TubbS, an old neighbor, but snow and
cold conspired to keep away the curious
who knew only that Poker Alice" had
won fame and fortune decades ago as
faro dealer in gambling halls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
BUILDING HALTED
AS WORKERS STRIKE
5000 Men Fail to Report. for
Duty in Kansas
City.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March IA partisA
tie-up of construction activities oc,
CURED here today when union members
of the building crafts, estimated by
union oficials to number 5000, failed
to report for duty at the expiration OF
their agreement with the Builders As
ISOLATION. The employers association
estimated the total number of strikers
at 1000.
The walkout, which also affects union
craftsmen in Kansas City, Kans., ana
Leavenworth, Kans., was called last
night. Demands of the unions for .
five-day week with no reduction in the
present wage scale for five and one-halI
days were rejected by Chamber Of
Commerce committee.
Work on all major downtown build
ing projects was halted. The greater
part of residential or apartment con-
struction has been done on an open
shop or mixed job basis in which nom
union workers predominant. Union men
were called of these jobs.
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propriated, with the States consent,
and the State will be paid for its "ac-
tual value" Thus, Hall explained, If
it should be decided the present WASH
ington- Baltimore Boulevard could be
taken over as part Of the system,
Maryland would be reimbursed for its
value.
Rules Would BE Adopted.
Uniform traffic regulations and signs
would be adopted for the system and a
special Federal trafic bureau would
enforce them.
All the highways would be free to
the public, subject to such reasonable
priorities as may be given by the
President to official business of the
United States" and to national control
in time of war or other national
emergency.
Summing up advantages Of his plan,
Hall said the undertaking would invite
prosperity and promote the general well
fare by giving employment to thousands
of men during the five-year period of
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the loan. Finance details would be
handled by the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Plans, specifications, estimates of
cost and contracts would be under
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting in cooperation with the
Secretaries of War and Commerce and
the Postmaster General.
The bill is not intended to repeal the
present Federal aid road act, but to
supplement it.
The bill describes the general loca-
ton Of the proposed highways, with the
provision that they shall be con-
structed on as straight lines as may be
practicable from an engineering stand
point" These lines are not to be de-
hected to accommodate some particular
community or city, it is specified, but
spurs may be built to such places. In
the judgment of the cabinet officers the
routes may be bent around large cities
so rs to avoid congested traffic.
II a proposed highway happens to
fall along the route of some existing
State highway, the latter may be APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Helm Runs Independent.

United States Senator Thomas j.
Helm, seeking reelection, and Hugh
Locke, Birmingham gubernatorial can
didate, running as independents, will
oppose the Democratic nominees for
those Offices in the November election.
Frederick 1. Thompson of Mobile,
publisher of five Alabama newspapers;
John H. Bankhead, Jasper and Bir-
mingham attorney, and John w.
O'Neill, Birmingham, have qualified to
enter the primary to seek the pairs
nomination as Helms successor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Six Seek GubernatOrial Post.

Closely rivaling the senatorial con-
test in point Of interest is the race for
governor. with a field of six, exclusive
of Locke and Lee. Attorney General
Charlie c. Mccall. Col. Woolsey Finnell,
director of the State Highway Depart
ment; Lieut.. Gov. w. G. Davis, former
Supreme Court Justice B. M. Miller of
Camden, Watt Brown of Ragland,
Democratic national committeeman, and
Probate Judge Jefferson A. Carnley OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Negri Receivers Jewels.

BERLIN, March (R-Pola Nee-i
today recovered possession of her Jew
elry, which had been attached under a
writ obtained by Sam Rachmann, the
atrical agent, who has brought suit
against her alleging breach of contract.
The actress deposited II, 900 marks Sc
curity pending the courts decision in
Rachmann's suit, which asks SOS 600.
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construction, by speeding delivery of
the mails in rural sections, by stimulat-
ing commerce and industry, by en-
couraging friendly intercourse with
countries lying beyond our borders and
by strengthening the national defense.
ITS a big program, all right" Hall
said, but Mr.. Holiday and I. are con-
and remarkable BENEFITS become more
widely known, the American people
will recognize it as an investment that
cannot wisely be deferred"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Burglars Shatter
Every Window in
Looted Building
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March L. The
home near harrington, Ill, OF
John Roberts, Chicago packer.
was looted of valuableS said to
be worth $4,000 by robbers who
broke every window in the struc-
ture, it was reported yesterday.
Roberts told authorities that
the main loss included his silver
service and a box of Alaskan
seal pelts taken from a basement
vault opened with tools found In
the home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

Coffee County will fight it out in the
primary campaign for the gubernatorial
nomination. Gov. Bibb Graves, under
State law, cannot be candidate for
any Office until 1882.
A'abama's 10 Representatives all seek
reelection and a majority have o. %
sition.
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Dining Room Suites

$l89-W alnut-veneered Suite. ............$ 139
$27O-Tudor Walnut-veneered Suite. ......... $18s
$385-Sheraton Style Walnut Suite. .......... $279
$750-Chippendale Design Suite. ............. $525
-Walnut-veneered Hepplewhite Suite . ;. $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
HORSE THEFTS ADMITTED.
Colored Man Given Is Months in
Penitentiary on Two Charges.

Horse stealing, a crime that often
brought its offender to the end Of q
rope on the nearest tree In Western
pioneer days, was admitted yesterday
by Philip D. Lewis, colored, when ar
raigned before Justice Peyton Gordon
in Criminal Division /. There were
two cases against him, and the court
fixed the penalty at Is months in the
penitentiary in each case, but allowed
the sentences to run concurrently.
Lewis admitted that he entered the
stable Of James A. Keys January IL
and stole O horse valued at $50 and
later broke into the stable Of Martin L.
Coleman and took another horse worth
$40 He drove the animals into Mary
land, it was stated.
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LiUing Room Suites

Safeguard Velour Suite ............$e 9
$18o-Two-piece Tapestry Suite. .............$1 37
$23o-Mohar Sute-two styles $175
$24o-Large Tapestry Suite ..............$1 79
$25o-Club Type Suite in Berwick Cloth w $1e5
S319-Solid Mahogany Mohair Suite . $225
S325-Carved-fram Mohair Suite ............$ 249
$350-Mohair Bed-Davenport Suite. ..........$ $3.50
$350-Solid Mahogany Carved-frame Suite. $3.50
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HARRIS GETS FIVE YEARS.
Alleged Counterfeiter, Who Slipped
Handouts. Sentenced.

Handouts, Sentenced.
Roy Harris, who recently slipped from
a pair of handouts in the cell room
after his conviction Of counterfeiting
was sentenced yesterday by Justice Pey-
ton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 to
serve five years in the penitentiary.
Harris opened one of the new hand
cuffs by using toothpick and handed
back the irons to deputy marshal
who Immediately placed double-lock-
ing pair of cuffs on the prisoner He
mad spurious 10-dollar notes of the
Government, it was charged
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The countrywide network would en-
brace approximately $1,000 miles of
hard-surfaced roads, none less than
20 feet wide and some so or more feet
wide in the vicinity Of cities of more
than 100000 population.
The Holiday bill would authorize the
Government TO borrow sufficient money
on the credit of the United States to
build the system and provides for is
ISuance of bonds to secure payment of
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
F|REMEN ID HEAR
 WARDEN LATHR0P
Special Meeting Of All NeWing.
 ton Companies Called
Special 10 the IieraIdl

i Newington. Nov. 14.-A special meeting of the three companies comprising the Newington volunteer fire department will be held at the Center frehouse on Tuesday night Ut o'clock. State Fire Warden lathrop of Lebanon will address the men OH the subject of fighting brush and forest fires and also on forest conservation. Moving pictures show ing the latest methods and ap- pliances used by the state will be shown.
 Runaway Sent Home
 While driving on Newington av- enue near the trolley trestle Tues day night Constable John Walsh was acCosted by 14-year-old boy for a hitch hike. Picking him up. Con- stable Walsh questioned him and the boy told him several conflicting stories but finally admitted he had run away from his home at White Plains. New York. He was then held for juvenile court, where he gave his name as Gordon Taft. Tclesrams to his father were sent and he was taken back to his home last night by relatives.
 Mir and Mrs. F. G. Wilson and daughter, Doris, will spend the .week end with their son. F. G. Will son, Jr.. in Cortland, N. Y.
 The Newington Girls club will meet in the parish house tonight at 730 o'clock
 The regular meeting of the New ington Health association will be held this evening at the homc of Mrs Edith Hancock at 5 o'clock.
 A mystery play. The Dead of Night" will be presented by the Ncwington Dramatic club on Thurs day evening. November 20.
 A two reel motion picture, The Transformation" will be shown at the Sunday evening service at the Congregational church.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

elector, he now found himself lin John Donnelly," but not at all en- barassed." If the non- partisan sys- tenn Was favored here and sent 10 the state legislature, he declared, It should provide for a vote by the people before passed, and he felt sure that the measure would be turned down if voted upon.
 He quoted several instances where non- -partisans politics were being exercised in the large cities, such as Cincinnati. Speaking of party responsibility" in elections, Attor- ney DeRosier remarked, lis thel c anw magic in those two words :? DC they make a crooked politiciaa into a man of unsulied character? l firmly believe that to go back to party politics in Bristol would turn back the clock of political progress 25 years"
 Judge Roger & Newell said tha' city officials would not be any better ii they were elected at party cau- cuses than if at the primaries. He asserted that the present system was satisfactory. l.. F. Manch ester. To- cal real estate man. seconded the statements of Councilman Tracy an1 other advocates of partisan voting.
 Take Sentiment Vote
 ToI ~ ,NJ by q unanimous vote. it was dccid . cd to have the gathering express sentiment on the suggested revision Of voting systems. Forty-one favor co retention of the partisan sys- ttm, with 1 6 against. The open meeting was then closed.
 John Donnelly, at the session of the executive board held after the meeting, remained intact in his con- tention that the charter as it now stands is clear enough without re- vision. He offered a motion to the house that the charter be left in it's present form for the time being, but i. was withdrawn.
 On motion of Attorney Joseph F. Dutton it was voted to attach refer cndum clauses to all changes submit ted to the house of representatives When it was hinted that the propos- ed change of election system here be tabled, John Donnely vigorously protested, saying, q can bear any thing but suspense He felt that the matter should be disposed Of but others did not agree, principally because of the fact that only 15 Of the committee of 25 were in attend ance.
 Arthur s. Barnes, member of the board of education, declared himself in opposition to the suggest cd change in voting syestem. H. claimed that party leaders were sure to dictate to successful candi- dates. Bristol is well taken care O. as far as politics are concerned, was his parting shot.
 To Repeat Cantata
 4 repetition of the cantata, God Is Our Refuge" will be given Sun day night at the Prospect Methodist Episcopal church by a choir com-
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD.

prsing 43 voices The cantata was first given in this city 50 years ago by the Bristol Harmonic society under the direction of the late G. II. Mitchell and was Ieplayed dur ing the next several years under the supervision of the late Carlyle Full Ter Barnes. whose name is borne by the new memorial chapel in West cemetery.
 Carleton Woodford and William Fl. Graham, who sang in the orig inal presentation, will sing in the choir Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

ton field.
 David Saez, civilian instructor and Eulogio Martin, a soldier stu dent, together in one of the planes apparently were killed instantly a> their ship crashed from. l 900 feet
 It had collided with a plane ln which Lieutenant Austin Gobar wa> at the controls with Lieutenan, Buenaventura Porro @s passenger The two officers foated to earth uD- der their parachutes, but PorTa broke a leg as he landed.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
SPANISH AVIATORS KILLED

Madrid, Nov. l f GPl-Two aviators were killed and another severely ill., jured today when two planes col lded over the Quatro Vientoa avid-
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
GERMAN PLANE LANDS

Le Bourget. France, Nov. l4 Hp- The German airplane G-3S. which is making a tour of Europe, landed here this afternoon after flight from Bordeaux,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
BRISTOL NEWS

Continued from Page Ninc) CTS that water never runs uphill. Arthur s. Barnes put a finish to this angle when he exclaimed that the committee was not one to receive 'grievances.
 DcRosicr Opposes Change
 Attorney William N. DeRosier former corporation counsel, said that, although he was republican
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

Continued from Page Ninc.)
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
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