New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1917, Page 10

ACHES oUT 98 THE OCEAN ued from First Page) he route along which the would probably flee. He New Haven in time to take a the' proceedings. When the Police telephoned to the New police that the men were un- est, Lieutenant William C. id George W. Kelly of the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917, ers. Two days later the uncle died but by that time Tedesco had suc- ceeded in making his escape and was probably on the high seas bound for | a haven in America. The six surviv- ing brothers swore jointly to avenge the murder, if they ever had an op- | portunity. If it is true that DiVanzo, | | | epartment went to the Silver | brought them back. minor cases had been di of in police court today, Di- and Dugone were put to plea was the simple state- by DiVanzo. Dugone not guilty, and Judge Me: rdered that pleas of not guilty tercd in the court record for # A. FElcock, medical ex- the first witness for the In reply to questions by Pros- George W. Klett, he said he alled to the scene of the shoot- hortly before 6 o'clock last night bxamined Simonelli's body. He as his opinion that death Ww. by shooting. He said there hree perforations in the back of ead. 'ed one of the bullets h the flesh while the other Pd imbedded in its target. Di Vanzo Admits Gilie. tain Grace told the ing from the police standpoint. id DiVanzo and Dugone had brought to police headquarters 1:30 o’clock this morning. Di- b was questioned in the pres- of the witnesses, Lieutenant Hart, nt Kclly and Detective Rich- The prisoner was fully d, Captain Grace testified, t not necessary for him to make ement and that what he did say be used in court against him. anzo told Captain Grace he from New York Sunday and met ne. He also told of meeting Si- 11i sate yesterday afternoon on et street, a admitted shot and Simonell{ Jeurning that i *as at last face ce with the ma ‘vho had mur- R his ancle. He then told how nd Dugone had tricd to escape king a trolley to Meriden and an automobile to take them to York. DiVanzo made no at- t to hide his crime du prsation and told the vulice in le manner how he T shot to | e the murder of his uncle. gone told approximately the story, Captain Grace testified, bugh he said he was not present l Divanzo and Simonelli met at , and did not take part in the lersation later in the day. He he saw DiVanzo shoot twice and poth ran. Later on, Captain o said, both were questioned in presence of each other without change in their stories. osecutor Klett announced that the did not wish to enter any miore mony. Feared Assault on Street. ory of the Vanzo and Dugone were asked her they desired to make any bment to the court. The former Bared willing to talk but Prose- r Klett told him anything he said 1d be used against him in superior and Judge Meskill advised him | to make any statement. As Di- o did not appear to understand, es Palmieri, Italian court inter- er, was called upon to explain the tion. DiVanzo and Dugone then they did not care to talk. Judge | {ll ordered both held for trial in rior court. They were later taken and photographed and DiVanzo tloned Officer Malone, in whose ge he was, to exercise care that one struck him (DiVanzo) from nd while he was walking along ercial street from the proto- Iph studio to police headquarters. imonelli was about 35 year: old during the past few years had n employed by saloon-keepers as er of their delivery wagons. More ently he worked for the New Brit- Machine Co. He is survived by wife and a daughter, aged about year. It is said that he was of a ful nature and friends say the diction was frequently made that would come to a violent end. So ln was this belief established that is said an insurance company de- hed to issue a policy for $5,000 on life after receiving a report from investigator. mong those who witnessed the poting or were near the scene was as Getrude Anderson of 26 Belden eet, employed by the Parker Shirt pany. She was on her way home | ork and says she saw two men | bm W fme from behind a trec proached volver, Simonelli Simonelli fell and the men ¢ street. Fred Sher- fired and saw a owd chasing two men. The mob hs restrained from capturing them the threat of the revolver. Phillip Bratton was standing at the cor- | br of Stanley and Chestnut streets hd heard the shots fired. Miss Mabel ourke of Stanley street and a Miss ernberg also told the police they pard the shets. Was Meeting Coincidence? Although the foregoing facts are all at is known at present concerning e murder of Simonelli, it is believed someo circles that the meeting of e victim and his slayer was far fom a chance coincidence. DiVanzo, cording to his story, had never seen hmonelli before yesterday but by bme it is believed the coincidence ould be too great if he should meet is intended victim on the street with- ut previously having planned such a heeting. Years ago in the little village of ola, Italy, Simonelli was known elegri] Tedesco, it is said. During a aarrel, he is reported to have struck l One of the men fired a | nephew of Tedesco's victim, met Si- monelli by chance, it seems that Fate guided him to this city and cast him in a role stranger than any ever Wov- en for a motion picture thriller. It is said that DiVanzo and Du- gone are suspected of being connected with a gang of alleged “white slavers” uncarthed at 218 Elm street a short | ime ago when it was learned that a | | girl named Evelyn Fafa was held prisoner there. Chief Rawlings said this afternoon he did not believe the prisoners were connected with the gang. The Autopsy. Dr. J. G. Jarvis of Hartford, act- ing for Dr. Bunce, who is away on a vacation, performed the autopsy on the remains of Simonelli at Kenney’s undertaking morgue this morning, in the presence of Chief Rawlings, Capt. | irace, Sergeant Hart and Policeman | assey. The autopsy disclosed the fact that three bullets had entered the head, two through the neck and one at the end of the left ear. The di- rect cause of death was due to one of | the bullets entering at the neck finding its way through the base of the brain and reaching a base at the frontal bone. This bullet caused a fracture to the skull in an L shape. The pel- let in the back of the ear struck the mastoid process of the temple and the bullet was flattened as if pounded with a hammer. All of the bullets were lo- cated and are in the possession of | Medical Examiner Elcock. Examining Witnesses. Prosecutor Klett examined several witnesses to the affray and at the conclusion he said that he was sat- isfied that both men participated in the murder. To John he attributes the firing of two shots and Steve the other. Prosecutor Klett claims that the action of John in admitting every- thing so clearly may be attributed to ciforts to shield his pal. The prose- cutor is also in possession of evidence that the alleged murderers lay in wait for their victim and shot him unawares. He also lauds the work of the Meriden police and the Jjitney driver who first informed the Silver city police of the clue that led to the capture. State Police Here. Chief Robert T. Hurley and Officer Verelli of the state police department wrrived in this city this afternoon, and visited the police station. As is customary in their visits to the local station, reticence was shown by both officers, but it is believed that they have been detailed to the case at the instance of State's Attorney Hugh M. Adcorn. Prisoners Taken Away. At 1:45 o'clock this afternoon State’'s Attorney Alcorn conferred with Chief Rawlings on the telephone, and at the conclusion of the talk the local official at once began pr tions for the removal of the p to the county building where Mr. / corn will talk with them late this afternoon. Throughout the day, a | large crowd gathered in front of po- | s awaiting a glimpse In charge of Chief Rawlings the accused were taken shortly before 2 o'clock to Hartford in the police auxiliary car, cious About Bail. ¢ of the preliminary trial morning, Di Vanzo sent Palmieri, the interpreter with whom he discussed his case, and dur- ing the talk he inquired whether he could get bail. Both prisoners were in possession of sums of money, and both had registration cards showing that they were among the eligibles for military duty. May Be Tried at Once. During the session of the superior lice headquarte of the prisoners. Alcorn appeared before Judge William S. Case and asked that a grand jury be empaneled Friday morning to bring in an indictment charging DiVanzo and Dugone with murder in the fi degree. Attorney Alcorn said it was evident that both men came to this city with the intent to murder Sim- onelli and a quick trial was impera- tive. MEN ARE DISQUALIFIED Out of Forty-two Drafted Men Found Physically Unfit at Camp Devens, Only One From Connecticut, Ayer, Mass., Sept. 26.—Forty-two men in the New Ensgland contingent ! training at Camp Devens for the Na- tional Army were rejected by sur- geons today as physically disqualified. Of this number 24 came from Massa- chusetts, 16 from Rhode Island, one cach from Maine and Connecticut. Camp officers explained that many of the rejections were due to under- weight and to causes which might not have been evident at the draft board examination, and that others had failed to report to their boards for examination and had been certified to without having been seen by the physician. Y. W, C. A. NOTES. Due to the great demand for swim- ming classes, three new classes will start Thursday, September 27, at 7:3 p. m. There are still a few vacancies for those who would like to learn to swim. Please register immediately. Because of these new classes and be- cause so many girls are busy Thurs- day evening the advanced class in gymnastics will meet Tuesday eve- ning October 2. It is hoped. that this arrangement will satisfy everyone. We expect to have more interesting and beneficial gymnastic lessons than ever. Forget all your troubles and how tired you are in our gymnasium. For all those interested in tennis we are going to have a tournament. Names must be entered before Wednesday October 3. It will be a as | handicap tournament so everyone has You do not A fine the same chance to win. need to be an expert to enter. Pivaro's uncle, one of seven broth- | prize will be given to the winner. being | court this afternoon, State’s Attorney | ville News (Continued From Seventh Page). | Plain | cation. He is one of the drafted men ! who will leave October 3. John Driscoll is laid up at his home on Elm court with a sprained knee. The Plainville hose company will hold a special meeting Thursday eve- ning at 8 o'clock at their rooms on Pierce street. Fred McCasland has resigned his position at the Rockwell-Drake com- pany and will leave for New Haven Saturday where he will enter the em- ploy of the Mayo Radio company of that place. Court General Lawton, F. of A., held its meeting last evening and enter- tained guests from New Britain and Southington. They have accepted an invitation to visit the court in South- ington, October 10, where a number of candidates will be initiated and the degrees conferred on them. At last night's meeting M. Meskill of New Britain spoke briefly after which a musical was carried out and refresh- ments served. George Graham of Pierce street will leave this week for Camp Dix, New Jersey where he will train with the drafted men sent from Utica, N. Y. Charles W. Russell spent Sunday with his parents at their home at Mountain View. He is stationed on the U. S. S. Leviathan, which is ex- pected to sall for France soon. Fall caps for sale. Prior's store. —advt. - The Talk of the Town. The ladies of Plainville are very much pleased with the hats they bought at Goldenblum’s Millinery Co. New Britain, and for Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday there will be a special sale of Trimmed Hats at very reasonable prices. TREATMENT. INHUMA! Prisoners Claim They Were Not Treated Right in Austrian Camps. London, Sept. 26.—An appalling story of the horrors of Austrian in- ternment camps is told by a Serbian officer; Lieut. Vidak Koprivitska, who was recently exchanged and is now in a hospital in France. After being se- riously wounded he was taken event- ually, to Heinrichsgrun. “When we arrived,” said Koprivitska, “from thirty to fifty prisoners were dying daily, and the numbers grew rapidly. Many of our unhappy soldiers found their graves here through starvation, disease and hard labor in mines. “One man, who had had both eyes shot away, was writhing in misery on a litter of straw, his long h hanging disheveled upon his shoul- ders. There he crouched, day and night. Heinrichsgrun was Jjust a Serbian cemetery. Rows of graves were added with great regularity as fresh batches of prisoners came in and died. At that time there had been more than 20,000 victims." Lieut. Captain Muller, Who Commanded the Emden, Gets Away From British In- ternment Camp With Licut. Thelan. London, Sept. 26.—One of the most daring escapes from internment camps vesterday at Kegworth, Nottingham. Twenty German prison- ers, including Captain Muller, who commanded the Cruiser Emden, and Lieut. Otto Thelan, disappeared through a tunnel extending from a hut in the camp to a point outside the barbed wire fence. How the tunnel was dug is a mystery. Nine of the prisoners were recap- tured, including Captain Muller and Lieut. Thelan. The latter made three previous escapes. With Lieut. Emil Tehmann, another of the recaptured prisoners, he fled from the detention barracks at Chelmsford last May. The Germans made dummy locks of card- board, substituting them for the locks on the cell doors. Dummy figures to deceive the sentries were made from bed clothes and some of their own gar- . To make these filgures the more ic they were decorated with shocks of hair from their mattresses. was effected THEY TOOK A DIP IN THE BRINY DEEP Army Aviator and His Passenger Have Accident of Fall Into Ocean. Venice, Calif.,, Sept. 26.—W. (e Boulun, an army aviator, who enlist- ed at Fairfield, Ohio, and Robert H. Balley, a passenger, narrowly escaped death here today when the engine of their airplane failed and Boulun was forced to descend into the ocean. The descending plane grazed an amuse- ment pier on which Boulun’s mother stood. Both men swam ashore. Boulun was cut about the face and was taken to a hospital. HEAVILY SENTENCED Man Charged With Statutory Crime is Sent to State’s Prison For From 12 | to 20 years. Hartfard, Sept., 26.—Failing to prove an abilibi Michael Ferema of Bristol was today sentenced in the superior court to state prison from | 15 to 20 years for a statutory offense | against a Bristol girl. Public Defender Forward made an ingenious argument for the man be- fore the jury and questioned the girl's identification of the man. The jury considered the evidence about an hour before bringing in its verdict. Ferema came to this country from Italy about 8 years ago. VON TIRPITZ AGAIN. This Time He Claims That Submarine Warfare Is O. K. Copenhagen, Sept.,, 26.—The new German fatherland party held its first open meeting in Berlin last night and the crowd in Philharmonic hall w: so enarmous that an overflow meeting ' {Ministry of Agriculture Distri- was held nearby. No government « ficlals attended either meeting. Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenbure- Schwerin opened both meetings and Admiral Von Tirpitz was the principal speaker at each. The admiral pointed out that the submarine warfare is Germany’'s legal right and that Belgium now has her just deserts. Belgium, (he speaker de- clared, was always England’s bridge- head and that Germany must do her utmost in preventing Fngland from becoming Belgium's protecting master. Admiral Van Tirpitz further declared that peace without a heavy war in- demnity meant Germany's defeat and the victory of Anglo-American capi- talism. The admiral was greeted enthusiastically by the audience. Among the other speakers was Dr. Von Wolfgang Kapp. The Rhenish Westfalische Zeitung of Essen recently announced the for- mation of a new ‘“patriotic party”. the leaders of which are Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Admiral Von Tirpitz and Dr. Von Wolfgang Kapp. The party's initial proclamation declared hostility to the Relchstag’s peace Tesolution and added that the party was non-political and would be dissolved on the day peace is signed. REFUSED INJUNCTION Public Utilities Commissfon Says Con- necticut Company’s Farc Ralse is Out of Its Jurisdiction. Bridgeport, Sept., 26.—The public utilities commission today refused to grant an order restraining the Con- necticut company from collecting more than 5 cents fare for a ride within the limits of the city of Bridge- port. The commission said this mat- ter is out of its jurisdiction. City Attorney W. H. Comley Jr. of Bridgeport, will appear before the superior court of Fairfleld county to- morrow morning and ask an injunc- tion to prevent the fare raise. LABOR MEN APPEAL AGAINST FARE BOOST Central Body Resolution Public Adopts for Utilities Com- mission to Consider The New Britain Central Labor Union held a meeting last evening in the Union hall at 34 Church street when the matter of the proposed in- crease in trolley rates was discussed. At the conclusion of the meeting resolutions protesting against the raise were adopted. The resolutions are as follow: New Britain Sept. 25, '17. To the Members of the Public Utili- ties Commissions:— Dear Sirsi—At a special meeting of the New Britain Central Labor Union held on the above date, it was Woted to enter a protest against the proposed increase in trolley fare. The ice is not what it should be at ent five cent rate. We fail to see any reason for the increase in fares as, in our opinion, the Connecticut company should try and better the present schedule and service, before proposing any increase in fares. (Signed) J. J. TOBIN, Vice President. WILLIAM GLABAU, Secretary. GEORGE ROTH, M. T. KER- WIN and J. F. QUINN, Com- mittee. WARNING DISPLAYED. Tropical Disturbances Approaching This Country from Gulf of Mexico. Washington, Sept. .—The tropical disturbance approaching the United States from the Gulf of Mexico prob- ably was central this morning 100 miles west of Key West. Warnings are displayed on the gulf coast, from Mobile to Apalachicola and storm warnings over the remainder of the gulf coast of Florida. The Mystery of Bread Prices. (Philadelphia Ivening Ledger) Bread is cheaper in London than it is here. Mr. Irwin, grain controller of this port, expects to see a fourteen ounce loaf sell for a nickel before long. But right now a pound loaf sells in London for 43 cents. ““I am convinced that this cheap bread sold in London is not—cannot be—of a quality that would be acceptable to our people here. It is usually very dark in color and altogether coarse and unattractive,” says Mr. Irwin. But the question need not depend upon any one’s personal beliefs or convictions. The English bread can be analyzed and its exact nutritive value determined. There need be no mystery about it. We do not want to fare better or worse than cur allies. English people and Americans must combine against the profiteers of both nations. We must have every fact we can get from the English to show up our own profiteers. Americans who mean to win this war at any cost will prefer to eat dark and unattractive bread to being gouged. NO DUTY ON SMOKES. Tobacco Sent From This Country to Enter France Free. Paris, Sept. 26.—Tobacco sent American soldiers henceforth will en- ter France free of duty. Similar ar- rangements already have been made as regards British, Belgian, Russian and Portuguese troops fighting France. to in | many that there l“lch the’ system, ITALIAN WOMEN IN | DEMAND ON FARMS butes Prizes to Fair Tillers Rome, Aug. 30.—Correspondence of The Associated Press.—The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has just com- pleted the award of 12,713 prizes to wonien workers on farms. In Italy, owing to the scarcity of agricultural machinery, the lack of labor since the war has been felt more than in any other country ,and this lack has had to be made up largely by the use of woman labor in the flelds, helped by boys and girls from eight years up- wards. In March, 1916, in order to en- courage th hardworking women the Department of Agriculture an- nounced a series of awards to be glven at the end of the year to those tfamilies that had done the best. The awards for the past year have just been made. Some Of them consist of diplomas and medals, others of dip- lomas and money. The total shows 73 gold medals, 5,739 gold and silver medals, 2,845 silver medals, and 2,223 gifts of money. The ministry’s report quotes the reasons for awards in a large num- ber of cases. As examples, the fol- lowing are seleeted at random: “Pauline Bendini, widow of Borgo San Donnino: After her five sons had been called to the army, she remained with her three grandsons and ten nephews, aged one to twelve. She managed not only the family but the farm of ten acres, besides fifteen head of cattle, without outside aid. “Maria Gautarri of Sperlinga: In the period when harvesting was most necessary and labor scarcest, con- trary to local habits, she was the first woman to come forward and work in the field, setting a splendid ex- ample which had great effect. “Rosa O'Argenio of Avellinoo: Her husband was called up in May, 1915. Although she had a family of eight children, the eldest only eleven years old, she worked her farm of 2 1-2 acres thoroughly without allowing her domestic interests to suffer. “ Catarina Cimadamore, of Arezzo: After her husband and.five male re- latives were called up, she with the aid of a 70 year old grandfather and two female cousins carried out all the farm labor harvesting the crops and looking after the animals on a farm of 16 acres without forgetting the care of her three small children.” Horse Chestnuts in Munitions. London, Sept. 18.—School children all over England will spend their leisure time during the next six weeks in gathering horse chestnuts, which the Government is able to use in un- limited quantities in the manufacture of munitions. Researches last year by the Loyal society led to the dis- covery that horse chestnuts provide a satisfactory substitute for the grain used in certain processes of munition making. Every ton of horse chest- nuts harvested will indicate that more than 300,000 tons of these chestnuts will be turned over to the government by school children this fall. The plans for the harvesting are under the supervision of local com- mittees. Groups of children will gather the chestnuts systematically in bags, which will be taken to a central square and deporited in great heaps. No payments will be made to the children. Chestnut collecting is ta be regarded as their contribution toward winning the war. ‘Welsh Tinplate Trade Prospers Swansea, Wales, Sept., 15—The Welsh tinplate trade, which the late Joseph Chamberlain once described as a ‘“decaying” industry, and which received a severe setback by the McKinley tariff in 1891, is enjoying a prosperity which only the necessary war restrictions are curtailing. Prices have more than trebled during the war despite the shortage of labor and restriction of supplies of steel bars, and bpractically every firm is paying or will pay excess profits. Before the war the basic price of tinplates was twelve shillings and sixpence per box, now as much as fifty shillings is being obtained for “unrestricted” plates but these rates will cease With the introduction of the government price of thirty shil- lings. Maine’s Booze Runners. (Boston Traveler). 1t is becoming more and more dif- ficult to ship liquor into Maine. The | law concerning such shipments is stronger than it was, and public opin- ion in Maine is supporting those sheriffs of the state who, accepting the governor's unqualified acceptance of law are doing their official duty. For a long time it has been cus- tomary for those desiring to make quick shipments into the Pine Tree state to load a highpowered motor car with a supply of wet goods obtained in Portsmouth or some other licensed city of New Hampshire and deliver as soon as possible in various Maine communities. Nowadays that has ceased to be a profitable undertaking, Not only are those who transport liquors into Maine subject to fine and imprisonment, but their vehlicles are promptly forfeited to the state on conviction of the offenders. Already Maine must have in her possession enough motor cars cap- tured by sheriffs and deputies near the New Hampshire border to war- rant a September sale of used booze specials. Steady Loss of Submarines. (New York World.) Now that a good many submarines are being sunk without any trace, the feeling seems to be growing in Ger- is something wrong FRESH SHORE HADDOCK..‘.......‘.lbgc SWORD FISH STEAK LARGE FRESH HERR| STEAK COD FISH ....... LARGE FRESH MACKEREL . 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The Des Moines capital, in answer to the question of the unpatriotic ones as to “What we are going to get out of this war,” also tells “what we are not going to get out of it;"” and among other things— We are not going to let men come into the United States without some kind of a bond, guaranteeing that they are not going to engage in burn- ing property or in carrying on secret work on behalf of the country they cameé from. The point is stressed that “we are going to love every foreigner who really becomes an American;” who, "while losing nothing of love and af- fection for the home-land he has left, stands for real service and loyalty to the country of his adoption. And, best of all— Out of this war we are going to get a new United States. We are going to hate nobody, but we are going to be prepared to fight whenever neces- sary. We are going to have the freest country in the world, but we are not going to allow any traitorous high- brows to set their own standards of freedom by which to convert free- dom into treason. There are a good many other things “we are going to get out of this war.” ! ‘When the soldier boys come home, we ; are going to have 2.000,000 of triots who, having fought for flag, will make good citizens thorough patriots. The people of the United States are going to get more out of this war than will be returned to any other country in the world. And the greatest of these things will be “a new United States,” in the strength of a greater union—in «the fuller light of that world-liberty for which we serve and sacrifice. “The freest country in the world —that fights to make other countries free; that goes into the battle, not for gain or glory, but for humanity’s sake. Tn that lies all the glory, will be shared by all. And in that lies the meanings of the message of Colonel Robert H. Tyndall, to an Indiana regiment leav- ing to become a part of the United States fighting forces pa- the and which The young man who is fortunate | enough to be of military age, and “fit’* in mind and body, should con- sider that to serve his country at this time is a great privilege, and should exercise his right by taking tage of this opportunity. And everywhere they are exercis- ing that right—to fight the fight of freedom, if need be, ‘‘to the last man!” ‘Educative and Inexpensive. (Louisville Courier-Journal) “Farm and Family” advises its readers to attend the “Short Course in Practical Agriculture and Home Economics” at the State University, assuring them that the instruction will prove valuable, both as an increaser of the profits from herds and crops and as a decreaser of economic leak- age in the home. Under the heading ‘“Expense Is Small” “Farm and Family” gives the advan- ! \ following schedule of anticipated ex- penses: Rent of furnished room, .per week, $1 to $1.50. Table board, per week, $3 and up. Nowadays enough *creme de luxe’ for sliced peaches or breakfast food in a New York hotel—meaning cream * isuch as the average Kentucky farmer has on his table as a matter of course and without thinking of it as a luxury —costs 30 cents, and a breakfast such |as Kentucky farmers content them- | selves with, being plain livers, modest |in their demands, foots up to about | $2.50 on Broadway, plus the tip which ! custom obliges you to bestow upon the waiter who has footed up the flab- bergasting total. There are rooms from $3 to $4 a day up—oh, very much up—for the sojourner who does not know the ropes, and a few even i cheaper ones can be found by those who know the town and its merciless manner of freating the tenderfoot. | But board at $3 a week up” and rooms | for $1 or $1.50 a week—not, perhaps, {rooms with a “bawth”, or even a bath, vet rooms comfortably furnished and more spacious than the $3 a day cu- bicles in our leading American hotels | —meaa that the prccurement of the benefits of an agricultural course run- ning from late October till March at {the State University includes a bar- gain in food and lodging where war_ profiteering is not the chief end of man. & WHO WOULD BE A FISH? | The Abdication of the Intellcet, Going | on Now for Some Time Calls for an Orienting of the Cere- bral Organ. (Chicago Tribune.) Most of us are not on very good terms with our brains. It is rare to find a man who is really comfortable in their possession; the most pain- ful process for many persons is to think. Consider how great a share of our recreations an attempt to escape cerebral activity. We positively try to abdicate our intellects. Why else should a man go on a ‘“bender?” | Why else do we throng the amuse- ment parks, where thousands seek mental annihilation in such edifying institutons as the “bug house,” the “shoot the chutes” and the ‘‘palace of piffle?” The truth is we are a restless, ner-\ vous race, oppressed by our brains. {We haven't become accustomed to | them yet. Measured by the standards of an ancient world, the cerebral or- gan that distinguishes man is a re- | cont acquirement or development. We have not succeeded in orienting it,‘ as other fauna have oriented thefr more limited intelligence. The brain jof man is described by scientists as ‘imm» and convoiuted, while that of fish is said to be small and smooth. Considering the hapoy, equable life of a fish, we may sometimes question the {advantage of possessing those cere- i bral convolutions, but, on the other hand, no one would willingly consent to be a fish. The customary methods of abdicat- ing intellect afford only temporary- relief. The only solution is intensive cultivation and control of the cere- bral organ. With a little daily effort it is possible to get on pretty friend- Wy terms*wnh the old bean.