New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1924, Page 11

RHODES HAS YOUNG IDEAS N 0LD DAYS Was Really Originator ol Civie Advertising Idea Washington, Aus. 20 Khodea— the eity and island of the Colossus.' “So," suys a bulletin from the Washingten, D, C., headgarters of the Natienal Geographie BSoviely, “ldeas follow ene another in most ninds whenever lihodes is mentionvd; provs ing that one of the greatest of mod- ern industries, advertising, has s rools in antiguity., For this eivie monument’' of Ihodes stood only 1 years, yet it advertised the eily so well that it has identified lhodes for the 20 centuries since it fell." The bulletin goes en to deseribe this island in the eastern Mediterrancan sea, scene of a recent concentration of ltalian troops, At Mavine Cross-roads, “One way of orlenting Rhodes geo- graphically Is to describe it as the largest of the Dodecanese Islunds. It it the most eastward of the great group of isles and lslets that pep- per the the Aegean sea, Further eastward in the Mediterranvan lle only tiny coastal islets, like Kastelos rizo, and the one big island, Cyprus. Of all the islands cast of the Grociun peninsula only Cyprus and Crete ox- ceed Ihodes In size, “Rhodes was in the favored loca- tion of its day, at the ssing of fhe marine highways between Byzan- tium, Greece and Italy on the one band, and on the other Egypt, south- sastern Asia Minor, and Syria, gate- way to the cast, Inovitably a great maritime and commercial community grow up on Rhodes; it took the torch of Mediterrancan commerce from Phoenicla to pass it on later to Byzan- tium, Rome, Genoa and Venice, It seems natural enough to find old | Greek and Roman historians refer- | ring lterally to the Rhodes of the | third and second centuries before | Christ as ‘the distributing center® of | the Levant. It would hardly be sur- prising in view of fhis { phraseology to find ‘letterhe: the Rhodian chamber of commerce | of that day with the truthful enough | slogan: ‘Rhodes’ irade territory is the world! Rhodes was a world center in still another way, for in the days of Ptolemy the geographer, it was taken as the initial point for Jongi- tude as Greenwich is today. “As a result of Rhodes’ dominant | commercial position, its laws and | eoinage were the standards of their day throughout the Mediterranean. The Rhodians, too, were colonizers and planted their stations on the shores of Asla Minor, Africa, Greece, | Italy and even Spain. | Rebuilt by Ancient Relief Fund. | “Incident after incident crops up | in Rhodian history to tie Rhodes to the ways of today. Like Washington, the city of Rhodes was laid out, on tis establishment in 408 B. C., ac- cording to an ordered plan, by an architectural engineer—Hippodamus of Miletus. The new city was given a sort of “‘commission form’ of gov- ernment consisting of a group of six executives, When Rhodes was de- stroyed by earthquake in 227 B. C., it received the practical sympathy of its world as Tokyo did in 1023; relief funds were sent from all the Hellenic states to repair the damage. Fven the Great Colossus was a ‘victory statue,’” made of enemy catapults and other war engines—the 'gun-metal’ of the day. “Perhaps the most picturesque era in Rhodes’ history was from 1309 to 1522 when it was the stronghold of the crusading Knights of St. John and the bulwark of Christendom against the Moslems. The old Greek city had practically disappeared when the knights came and they built anew great moats and walls, bastions and towers, and staunch stone dwellings. They evacuated the city to the Turks in 1523, but the deep marks their two centuries of occupancy left remain Dollar Insurance The American Dollar just now is worth a very consid- erable sum in terms of for- eign money. For that reason travelers contemplating trips abroad should take the precaution to secure the utmost value for their American Dollars when exchanging them for the currencies of the coun- tries they plan to visit. ‘Travelers should also carry their money in such form that it will be protected against loss. American Express Trav- elers Cheques perform both of these important serv- fces. Furthermore, these Cheques are acceptable everywhere, they are self- identifying, and they are convenient to carry. The sale of Travelers Cheques is only one of the many services this bank offers to travelers, NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK Interest & Checking Accounts Safety Deposit Boxes Loans. Exchange and Bonds " | Near | from | ot the most famon EW BRITAIN DAILY RE Welcome to ;Vayside. Henry M, Ford, of flivver fame, seems to be quite puzzled by the rousing reception he got when he gave a pienic at historic Way- side Inn, which he purchased some time ago. Some 2,000 persons fyom farms and towns of Middlesex county, Mass., attended. Tom Edison and Harvey Firesto today. 1t is doubtful If in all Enrope i3 to be found a wmore perfect exani- ple of a lurope foviitied city of the fifteenth o than to saen in Tthode aphically imatically the ssenbe of Vear Fnst, Junk Man Got Colossus, thovoughfare, the m tury is g quinte the “In the city's 1 the Strect of “the srme fine indow even if of them are disiigured by posed latfices to shicld harem ladies w. Built into knights' resi- arms of some nable tamilies of 1in Knights, are old v unanthorized walls of the Vi old the dences are co Lurope “No trace of lossus remaing statue, more than high, which ranked one of ven wonders of the world, was top- pled over by an earthquake in 224 B. C. The picees lay where they had fallen for nearly 900 rs when a more ignominious fate overtook them. They were sold to unk dealer."” famous Co- bro: fe thodes' today. his RIKD THOLD-UP Make-Believe Bandits In Government Attempt to Rob ‘Traix in Order to Test New Carriers, New York, Au bandits in the employ ment and {he New road will formidable 3,000 Burlinglon of the govern- their most one of today practice artistry the bandit-proof upon rail- carricrs recently postal pur- hy o hold-up, the overnment, under the official ration,will be staged some time today on of the New York Cengral's p 0, and mail trains between here and Albany. Details of the planned demonstra- tion have been withheld by govern- ment and railroad officials in charge. It is known, however, that it will take place at some small station among the cliffs which line the the New York to Albany route, prob- ably at Brewster, 36 miles from her Several high officials of the post of- fice department here and at Washing- ton will accompany officials of the road's mail eervice division to Brew- ster this afternoon. If this test proves the new mail cars impervipusness to the atta of the make-believe bandits, similar demon- 1 staged on stration probably w roads entering Chicago, where several of the most important mail train rob- beries have taken place. The purchase of the 3,000 specially constructed s is understood to have been orc the overnment after the holdup of a train n Chi- cao, several months ao, when ban escaped with $2,500,000 in cash and negotiable & be | and | superini- the | Employ of |© York Central rail- | Hudson on | ne are also guests of Henry. ‘DAVIS WOULD GONSIDER ABILITY AND FITNESS Letter to Bronx Colored Voters' i Leaders Says That These Things Would Influence Him, 20, — In filling governmental positions, John W. [Davis, as president, would “consider only the ability ‘of the applicant and | his fitness for the position which he |wishes to occupy,” he declared in a |letter to Eugene McIntosh, executive leade of the RBron colored voters' ldemoerntic progressive assoclation, imade today. Mr. Meclntosh, New York, Aug. in a letter, had re- minded Mr, Davis that he had not included the word “color” in a phrase ceeptance speech in which he red that in making appointments ) the event of his election, he would t up no standard of religious faith { ial origin as a qualification for lany offied.,” The letter continued: “Since the national democratic party in the past has not seemed fto | favor presidential appointment to » of colored citizens, may I not vou directly the question: Tf be- 1g a colored citizen would he a bar |to presidential appointments by you |if elected president?” Mr. Davis replied: “My acceptance speech meant ex- {actly what it said. In making ap- pointments I shall consider only the ability of the applicant and his fitness {for the position which he wishes to | occupy.” Question Alleged Bigamist Over Death of One Wife Long Beach, Calif, Aug. 20.—The | preliminary hearing of John A. Jor- dan, on a bhigamy charge growing out of his confession to a series of big- amous marriages, was continued un- til Thursday at the request of prose- ‘mllnz;.;‘ authorities. Special agents of | the department of justice questioned | Jordan in connection with the death | of Sadie Kessly Jordan, with whom | he is said to have gone through a | marriage ceremony in Philadelphia | last Tebrua | & fall over a cliff while [ nim at Ranier National | mionth. park last RAILROAD BONDS, hington, Aug. 20.—The Balti- Ohio Railroad company today | applicd to the interstate commerce commission for authority to issue | 875,000,000 of first mortgage five per | cent bonds to retire and refund an | equivalent amount of prior lien | mortgage bonds. | The issue has already | Wa | more heen sold 5 | subject to the commission’s approval at 9.5 per cent of par to Kuhn, Loeb | & Company of New York. ry, and who was killed in | alonaewith | ADVENTISTS NEAR SO0TH ANNIVERSARY Jubile of Foreign Misson Work 10 Be Observed Next Month { | | | | EE theday Adventists The city are planning 1o Join with Jenominational ciuwieh th ating th weorld I velet e W of fOrcign missIonsty vhduis ok, ULy Juiis dgv Beventu-uuy (ORVIEN MBSOy Kev, d N, A Lot e fur bW Havriemd, e i bersiip of Lhe denomination i AlUnive Was Merature printed In one langungy, L wodicals Were belng publisned, tralning school was i opergion Diad an duvest B pleinber, the pt Aureliists sent sy W dorvse Ly svis Wa el Amcrics at Nurit s and the CHURCH a8 4 Whule moent of #9NIN2 I'ne marhably growth until toduy it is pro claiming the I countrivs, The' workiug force tinued Lo Inervase undll 1921, when the lust stutistical report was denomination has had a 1e awdvent messuge Qois coms 14,35 evangelistic workers thelr piled, Uierg wery and institutionul carrying torward 194 languages, From a humble beginning publication, the ehureh has luld much emphasis on the lmportunce of the printed page untll it now operates b1 publishing houses and branches, which have a total Investment in up- to-date machinery and other equip- ment of §4, 2, The Influence of the Adventists' presses has grown to such an extent that they are print- ing the gospel story in 154 different periodicals in 114 Jangnages, and were the first in a number of instances to reduce the language of remote peo- ples to writing, Funds for the advancement of the church have tricreased in leaps and | bounds. During the ten years from 1912 to 19 the offerings to forelgn missions totaled $17, 760,91, while the contributions for all purposcs during that decade amounted to §62,- £90,778.68, or a per capita of $30.56. The denomination is now ope 224 Institutions of different messuge In 094.15. Sanitariums and hospitais been established in the United Sta | ngland, Canada, South Ame | Australia, India, China, Japan Kore: | Norway, Sweden and Afries year more than 200,000 suffe given medical attention, and bhecause of a lack of funds, Dr. A. W, Truman, the medical secretary for the denom- ination, says urgent appeals from many places for the extension of this phase of the church work must wait. 1t was in 1874, the year when they sent out their first foreign missionary, that the Adventists established thelr first training school. Today they are operating five leges, three semina and 672 elementary schools, which have a total enrollment of 22,600 students, According to Prof. W. E. Howell, secretary of the educational department, “the aim of these schools is to develop the spiritual life, train for service to mankind, and equip for the practical duties of every day liv- ing.” Such schools have been es- tablished in many parts of the United States, In the African wilds, in the jungles of India, in Japan, anchuria, South America, China, Iurope and Australia. Since their first messionary was sent to Switzerland in 1874, the church has grown in Kurope until it is represented in every country of the contiment, and the latest figures in- dicated a membership of 67,600, They are doing a great work among the Indians of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivi: a newspaper of Guayaquil, Ecuador, declaring the Adventists are doing a humanitarian work among the Red men. This paper says that the efforts of the Adventists “are for the educa- tion and redemption of the Indian race,” and that their activities in- clude the teaching of the Indians to read and write and “giving medical aid to the suffering,”” all of these services being absolutely gratis. 8 are 53 academies, Steamers in Collision; Little Damage Suffered Baltimore, Aug. 20. —The steamer Bastern light, Baltimore A for New York, and the schooner Charles D. Stamford, Stamford, Conn., for Balti- more were in collision off Cove Point Chesapeake Bay today. The schooner's stern was damaged, and |she was towed to Baltimore. The Eastern Light proceeded to New York |several hours after the collision, re- |porting no damage. in The Boys Talk Shop Gathered at Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass., for a vacation, are Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone (left to right). ‘ They “get together” every year. RALD, WEDNESDAY, AU 16| colleges, six junior col- | i§ GUST 20, g A = § TELEPHONE 2-5151 Patrons in Windsor call 300 Patrons in Glastonbury call 200, e ——— —— withow We Have These Trunk Telephone Lines Patrons may now call us direct on the se wires Charge. Patrons in New Hritain call 2065 Patrons n Manchestey call 1300 And now—We are featuring Beautiful Living Room Suites at Such Amazing Reductions THAT STATE WIDE TEREST CENTERS ON Our August Furniture Sale of one | ating | kinds, |§ with a total investment of $34,196,~ | Each | § pay. $169 3-PIECE LIVING ROOM SUITE ... $179 3-PIECE LIVING good looking. PALESTINE BUDGET FOR YEAR 82,032,485 Expenses for Homelatl Project Estimated by Directors New York, Aug. 20.—Planning greatly increased colonization, both urbag and rural, as well as sanitation and eflucational work in the Holy Land, the Palestine foundation fund announces a minimum budget of $2,- (32,485 to be expended on its vari- ous activities for the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland during the next year gwhich begins with the Jewish New Year day, September 20th. In an- nouncing the budget, Zionist leaders emphasized that it represented the minimum needs for the year and that through appeals for funds made to Jews throughout the world it is hoped to have considerable more money available for its upbuilding work. Agriculture, which is the basis of Zionist work in the Holy Land, re- ceives $605,150, almost one-third of the total budget. This includes funds for the maintenance and extension of the 43 agricultural colonies financed by the Palestine foundation fund dur- ing the past three years and for the widening of the wo tural experiment station, under direction of the noted agronomist, Prof. Otto Warburg, which has ren- dered notable service in the agricul- tural development of the country. Kducation, another of the basic ac- tivities of the Zionists in Palestine, re- ceives $283,920 which includes sup- port for the 120 schools of the fund, which have been the chief factor in reviving ancient #ebrew as a modern, Have you stopped to consider to you? It means that you will get depend ter at prices as low and sometimes lower than y ture. Of course you know when furniture is goo stand its construction, do you know wherein lie the wearing qu good furniture a paying investment? Buy here and have no fear. 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Medical work through a chaln of hos- | pitals where all irrespective of race or | creed, receive treatment, is allotted | $159,250. { Other divisions of the clude: grants to labor groups, in the shape of loans for tools and machin- ery, ete., $136,500; immigration, as- sisting ploneers in coming to Palestine and in securing employment wh they arrive in tha country, $131,950 woritmen's settlement, $36,500; addi tional funds for the mortgage bank, which provides long-time loans for the construction of hcuses, $456,500; Pal- estine Blectric corporation, the fam- ous Rutenberg plan for the electrifica- tion of Palestine by harnessing the Jordan river, $54,600 (the corpora tion's first power plants are already providing electricity to the cities of budget in- | Jaffa and Tel-Aviv and it has begun | construction of a power house at Haifa, Palestine's other port); loans for public works which provide em- ployment for many immigrants upon their arrival, $36,400; the Palestine Land Development company, which assjsts in the sale and development of private land in Palestine, $22,750; the national library at Jerusalem, which will be the library of the Hebrew uni- versity and the leading Jewish library in the world, $10,920. 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Ruffo Is in Italy For Brother’s Funeral Milan, Italy, Aug. 20.—Titta Ruffo, the famous baritone, who is a brother | of the widow of Giacomo Matteotti, |the socialist deputy whose body was | found near Rome last week after be- | Ing missing for more than two months ! has arrived from Gogota, Colombia, te attend the funeral. Signor Ruffo wag | singing in Rigoletto at Bogota when he received a cablegram uotifying |him that his brother-in-law's disap= | pearance.. Although shocked by the news, he was forced to continue in his yole because no understudy could be |found. Upon the conclusion ot the {opera, Signor Ruffo fimmediately [boarded a steamer for Ttaly. | AMMONIA ON 'CHANGE. New York, Aug. . = Ammonia {fumes escaping from a break in & irm.n pipe of the air cooling system of the New York stock exchange at 8 o'clock this morning were carried ithrough the buildings, but repairs |were made before the opening of {trading at 10 o'clock. ‘When the gong rang, slight traces of the fumes were in evidence on the floor but they did not interfere with trading which s unusually active. M PALACE--GRAND OPENING SUNDAY NI D. W. GRIFFITH'S “AMERICA” Reserved Seats Now Selling At Star Confectionery