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INCENSE BURNERS Oriental Powdered and Stick Incense. Stationery Dept. — THE Dickinson Drug Co. 69-171 Main Street. Short and Sweet— There are no clothes, ready to wear, the eual of Horsfall- made clothes for Fall—nor are there any greater values at any . price than those we now show, ready for your choosing. O . Tk Flongfull ‘omqnum 93 Asylum St., Hartford. “It Pays to Buy Our Kind” BRIDGE COLLAPSES, 24 PEOPLE KILLED Investigation Opens Today at Chester, Pa., Where Car Plunges Into River, Chester, Pa., Sept 2.—City om- clals and citizens alike turned their attention today from the death scene at Third street and the Chester river, where 24 persons lost their lives Sat- urday night in the collapse of a bridge, to the investigations which are expected to fix responsibility for the accident. At least two Inquiries are actually under way. The board of county commissioners, which s responsible for the bridge initiated an investig tion of its own while the police are gathering all information avallable for the city administration While Thomas Feely, a member the board of commissioners ad- mitted the collapse was due to un- usual weight being thrown upon badly rusted and broken supporting arm he declared the bridge had been inspected and pronounced safe by the county engineer ten months ago. The break In the arm, he sald, was com- pletely concealed from view. On the other hand Police Davenport declared the bridge been condem several years a and that only two of five bolts whic were supposed to sustain the were capable of withstanding pressure whatever. TRISH COURIER L Sends Message to Pre- Chief arm any IAVES. Dafl Eirean mier Lloyd George. courler Dublin, Sept ((By Assoclated Press.))—A of the Dail Eir eann left Dublin this morning for In verness, Scotland, 1'oyd GeGorg headquarters Robert C. Barton ficial Dail cou in the last exchanze of notes with Lloyd George, dld not muke the journey this time. This wa considered to the rumor that would of the tentiaries for the proposed sotlations. (Dublin night stated it was Iiireann cabinet had completed the draft of the reply to the latest note trom Premier Lloyd George regarding a wettlement of the wher has been rgaking hi: who was the of ter strengthen he be one plenipo peace wsages Sunday believed the Dail ne me Irish question.) From eight seed Wahman grew 6§ in one vear East, West, Home’s,Be=s£. You Must See “THE OLD NEST” HerbertE. Anderson Teacher of Violin, WILL RESUME TEACHING September 12, —— 715 DWIGHT ST. potatoes, pounds of an 5- potatoes TEL. 1323-5 Premier | | | this afternoon NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER WESTBORO DIRECTORY 1921’S BEST SELLER!| Occu Joyce. Joanna, 62, operator Keating, Mary C., 36, nurse Morse, John E., 59, printer R Denuy, John, 78, retired. .. Harrington, Jennie F., 56, Harrington, Nathan F., 35. Kennedy, Catberine ., 43, 0O'Connell, Willlam F., 30 “hicone. Grace, 23, operat (By N. A. Service) Westboro, Mass., Sept. 12.— West- boro assessors capture the palm for 1921's best seller. It was the direc.ory that did the trick The edition was exhausted still wet from the press. It was strictly limited—only copies. But 1481 women in the township— all who didn’t get one—are clamor- ing for more copies. Still the assessors don't dare issue v second addition What's the cause of all this? The directory carried the ages of ail women it list Never had such a thing been don= before—and it probably never will be again! they issued 250 MAIN STREET—WEST Bowers. William F., 68, photographer... Bowers. Mary, 69, housewife. Joyce, Alice P., 43, operator Cuskey, Nellie G., operator Keating, James, 40, attendant. Meighan, Owen J.. GS. machinist. Hannon, Frank, 62, lunchman....... Arkwell, Alfred, 34, botel. .. Arkwell, Grace, 30, housewife.... Green, Harry W., 36, salesman...cc .. Green, Mary ‘A., 69, at home..... Clarke, Elizabeth E., 48, tape ‘worker. Clarke. Wilhimina A., 21, operator... Hizgins, Emma R., 47, straw worker. Higgins, Rose A., 41, clerk... Kennedy, William J., 43, painter.. 0O’Connell, Catherine, 60, operator. 0O’Connell, Gertrude V., 33, operator. 0O'Connell, Hattie E., 35, operator. McVitte, Emma. 50. housewite. McVitie, Willlam, 50, painter. Yarnum, Carol. 33, machinist.... Varnum, leah M. 37, housewife. renjer. Exilda, 67, at home. r, Charles O., 42. laborer. Edith, 36, housewife. .. pation Residence April ). at home... shoe worker. liousewife. or. There's no telling where the troubie will end. Once glance G— said of Mrs. what a fib! she was 37 boy was born, and now And so it went Lifelong friends criticized; tales were carried; enemies were made. Albera Weiss, a pretty stenographer, Wwho's listed in the directory as 22, says: “I don’t see why so many wom- en object to having their ages known. But her mother, Mrs. Anna Welss, takes the opposite view: “It's perfectly ridiculous, publishing these ages."” Not all women can be accused of understating their ages. Westboro folk say one woman of 40, who married a man past 60, gamely gave her owa age as close to 60. in the book and Mrs. W—, “My graclous, Forty-two! Huh! Why 's JITNEY DRIVERS Also Traffic Cops Discuss Cam- paign and Its Phases Traific cops and jitney drivers are discussing rather widely these days the coming Safety First Week campaizn and there is much speculation among both classea of men as to whether the campaign will relieve them of soma ot their nerve rackinz experiences every y. watching people uncensciously trying to flirt with death and in- jury. Woman Wai Threwn. “Just yesterday,” said a jitney driv- er, “a woman was spilled getting off my buss bec: of a hurry to walt until the car had stoppeda. Then, like most women, she not only insisted in getting off while the r was in motion, but also stepped oft backwards. Of course she was thrown. The car stopped almost ai she fell as she was not seriously in- jured, but it just shows that people cannot be too careful.’ Pay Farc While Ridivg. nother thing which does not oc- most peop and especl ¥ ia tho r of paying Jit while we are driving the buss,” he continued “Women will get the r. find a seat and walit until we start, then reach out their nickel and expect the driver to take his eves and at least one hand off the wheel to take her money. Sha never realizes that she is taking des- perate chances of a wreck One wom- an sat for several minutes trying to get the jitneyman's eyes the other ay, 8o he wonld take the nickel in her out- stretched hand and did not seem t understand why he ignored her. When she got ofi handed him a hal! dollar. Had tho driver attempted make cha while driving, no ona knows what would have happened.” Ask the Cop, He Knows. ng on the street crossings is 1s dangerous as anything we have to contend with,” said a traflic policeman Policeman Wagner, at ur t women neymen she AND SAFETY FIRST use she was in too much | Church and Main streets, was forced to break up a little gathering of men who stood at tha intersection of the two streets Saturday and talked, re- ardless of the fact that cars wera swerving to one side to pass without hitting them Coaster Wagons, “I don’t like to see those coaster wagons on the busy street said a aflic policeman. “Just yesterday I wled out’ a kid for coasting, liter- ally under the wheels of passing traf- fic. Tt is only the watchfulness of drivers that more of the children do not ge: hurt.” The Studebaker light six touring has |been reduced to $1,272, delivered in | New. Britain.—advt. GAELIC OFFICIAL TONGUE. Irish Begin Move to Have This Lan- guage Used in Schools. Belfast, Sept. 12.—Gaelic was de- clared the official language of the Irish republican parliament, declared |Pierce Beasley, a prominent repub- lican today in addressing the Water- rord elic festival. He added that when the Dail Eireann controlled its own government it would “no longer allow an English education board to officiate, but would start to make Irish the speken and written language lof Ireland from the center to the | sea.” “The Dail Eireann,” he continued, ‘will make Irishmen out of the sons of Spaniards or Englishmen and even | make Irishmen out of Orangemen.” This remark. in which was seen an application to Eamon De Valera who was born in America, evoked peals of laughter. | | | Don't Delay Eyesight conservation until there is none to conserve. Let us be your vision counsel- ors. If you do not need glasses it will be a pleasure to tell you so. Frank E. Goodwin Optometrist 7 Main St Tel 1905 *The Home of Satisfied Eyeglass Weare . it is soft as silk | ner, FATTY ARBUCKLE HELD FOR MURDER (Continued from First Page). is held next Thursday, nouncd. Miss Rappe was removed in a hotel it was an- died Friday after she from Arbuckle’s rooms last Monday in a critical condition following a party at which five men and four women were pres- ent. Autopsy surgeons said death was due to peritonitis, superinduced by an internal injury. Dist. Attorney’s Statement. Assistant District Attorney Milton U. Ren said the charge of murder was based on a section of the penal | directing that such charges be made in cases where death resulted from a felony—in this instance, actual or at- tempted assault, Accompanied by his attorney, Ar- buckle came here by automobile las night from Los Angeles and went. at once to police headquarters. He was questioned by detectives for several hours, but on advice of his attorne; refused to answer questions. At mid- night, Capt. Matheson ordered him booked for murder. Refuses To Smile. Arbuckle lost his usual jaunty man- and as he posed for newspaper photographers who asked him to smile, he said: *“Not on an occasion of this sort.”” All today Arbuckle persisted in re- fusing to answer questions of the polic and his attorneys, under whose instruc- tions he was acting, declined to discuss the case. Chief of Police Daniel O'Brien, Capt. Mathewson and Mr, U'Ren issued a signed statement as follows: ““We feel that this woman died as a | basis of the police case code | | which was by Victor Talking Mach 12,0 1921, result of an attacks made upon her by Arbuckle He ecither attempted a felo- nious attack or committed a attack upon her. That murder, and on that ous. Nobody cisco and do y with it. ‘We believe that we have plent evidence to substantiate the chs e murder that has been is first degree we were unanim- to San Fran thing like this and get can come made in thr Anti-Mortem Statement. onal evidence in the form ot avit signed by Mrs_Jean Jame- son, the nurse who attended Miss Rappe t her death, w, d to have been the iinst Ar- made public Jameson as buckle. The affidawit, by the police, quoted Mrs saying: She she blamed Arbuckle for her injuries and wanted him punisheas for it. That was just befa she died, about 1 o’clock in the te eptember 9. I noticed abra- r body, her left thigh and ht arm, I think, and sne were made by Arbuckle. ““This is a true statement made by me freely and voluntarily, witho of punishment or hope of reward.’” Vietim 25 ¥ oid. years said noon on § sions on h her upper said they ars Miss Rappe v was born in Chic: tention in that city in 1913, it is said, advice to young women to create original methods of making a living She was then maki 4,000 a year a a travelling art model, sho said. Miss Rappe came to San Francisco in 1915 and for a time designed gowns and wore them as a model. She began act- ing in motion pictures at Los Angeles in 1917, and took leading parts in sev- eral. old and She attracted at- Arbuckle 34 Years Old. Arbuckle was born in Kansas tyirty- four years ago. When 8 years old he appeared as a pickaninny In a stock company at Santa Ana, Cal. Ten years later he sang popular songs In a REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. felonious | of | of | t fear | | San Jose vaudeville house. Afterward he sang in a Portland, Ore., burlesque theatre, and later was a dancer in Oak- | land. COTTAGE 1S5 SOLD. c®vin Ave. Prem be ¢ Tho Children’s Home association | sold toa through the Camp Real | Estate Co., a cottage and a two-fam- ily house with two acres of land on | Corbin avenue, to M. P. Sandberg. The property adjoins Mr. Sandberg's farm nd it is quite likely that Black Rock nue will some day be extended ough this property and the Sand- reg 'm to Wooster street. The children will continue to occupy the | houses this winter. Mr. Sandberg is |a great admirer of Rev. J. E. Kling- berg and has deided to make very lib- | eral tor for the little folks while hey remain in the houses. The money obtained from the sale will be used at once to proceed with the work ofl completing the new homa on Rackliffe Heights. However, Will d as Home This Winter. SPANISH DRIVE BEGINS. Madrid, Sept. 12.—(By Press.)—The new Spanish offensive against the rebellious Moorish tribes- | 1en, in the Melilla area was begun at |dawn this morning, it was officially | announced here this afternoon. Associated | GERMAN MARKS LOW. London, Sept. 12.—The value of the | German mark fell today to 3973 | marks to the pound sterling. This is a new low record for the mark here. ' BIRTHDAY PARTY. Miss La Verne, the four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lvnch of 74 Black Rock avenue, en- tertained about 20 of her little friends Saturday afternoon at a birthday arty. Games were played and re- it’s toasted, of course. To seal in the flavor— freshments served. Look under the Famous at seventeen! | When this young violinist recently made her American debut in New York, the audience immediately realized that here was an artist of the very first rank. Her subsequent appearances have been one continuous series of successes. Like the other great artists of the world, she makes records for the Victor. Hear the Morini records today at any Victor dealer’s. Victrola This trademark and the trademarked word“Victrola”identify all our products. lid! Look on the label! VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J. ine Co., Camden,N. J. n