New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1924, Page 6

B R A e R S A D A " , NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, We will admit it takes a Chinaman to understand all this, but if worst comes to worst in China the Euro- pean mations may have another Boxer trouble on their hands. New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Iasued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg, 67 Church Street CHILD LABOR VIEWS The day afto# ™ehn W. Davis, the Democratic eandidate for president; strongly upheld the proposcd child the state legislatures for ratification, the Hartford supporter, prints an editorial opposs ing the amendment, BUBSORIPTION RATES 985,00 & Year, $2,00 Threo Month, 76e. & Month, Entered at the Post Office at New Britaln | as Second Class Mall Matter, labor amendment now before TELEPHON Business Office Editorial Rooms CALLS 925 " 926 Times, a staunch Davis The only profitable advertising medium In the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. The amendment 1s now being sup- Democratic presi- and Demo- cratic platform, by some Republican s by the Democratic New York World and the New York Tiu H galaxy of northern states, by women Member of the Assoclated Press, The Assoclated Press ls exclusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of | 1l news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local | nows published herein. ported by the dential candidate the newspap Member Aundit Bureau of Clreulation. independent B.C. is & national orkunization by sentiment in a vor- s of ulation are based upon this audit, This insur ¢ fraud in newspaper | churches and labor. ires to both national and ; i | and women’s organizations, and by is being opposed by southern Democrats “goli Democratic newspapers in the south and in the north, by | most Republican newspapers, and by | interests who think the age-limit of ‘ 18 years too high. v Bristol Press| ON the latter point Scnator Medil McCormick of lllinols, who intro- in the | duced the amendment and Is part owner of the Chicago Tribune, a Republican newspaper, said recently: “It has been mistakenly or falsely claimed that the amendment, in it- | self, prohibits all labor ot Wil per- {oday, | SonS under the age of 18. This ls not Thara apoYab Tanst Raitios many _“'._ s0." The senator quotes the wording Romontie New Britaln 5 of the amendment as ‘‘persons under | are familics and the same ratio ex- | the age of 18 years.” He belleves the | atemnliar| lack of the word “all” makes quite | a difference. | | ‘The Hartford Times takes it for| granted, it appears, that the 1aBor | of most it not all persons under 18 | | swould be prohibited. In the country, | to attempt this “would incite revolu- tion,” it asserts. Farmers' boys and | girls, it declares, begin to work when | they are still of tender years and as local ad | st where the are s on sale dally tn Stand and, New Tir by Entrance 191110114 In ciided New 188 July, 1911, Britain at only having automobiles registered whereas the Bell City sportetl 207, smaller its gre compared to its population. The situation is different Then w, Bristol was ity and it prided itself upon automobile ownership in as there all the larger clties; ot s curtailed by the fnability for tends to virtually citfes; Where mobiles only in ownership auto- of many persons to find room them, is the ratio smaller. There are fewer automobiles per population in New York city than there are in New Britain or Bristol. The- figures in 1911 for New Brit- | gin and Bristol look naive today. A that time only half a dozen news- paper reporters in the whole coun- try “came to work” in automobiles; nowadays a large proportion of our go-getters joyride to and from work At that time only the ¢ wealthy owned machines every da outstandi and the remainder of the population made busincss prosper for the street railway concerns and the railroads in commuting. Nowadays the auto has not only d the lives of the popu- Waterloo revolutior Jation, but has proved a for the transportation concerns. This | gituation is not yet stabilized. In 1911 good roads as we hav scarcely known. © them today were They were not and the few autoists who “advoc deemed necessar v t- ed” smoother highways were regard- ed as cranks who wanted the state to pay for something for thelr exclusive benefit. Farmers got about in “rigs” and were loud in their protestations against paying extra ta so that smooth highways for bloa slickers could be built. But today—what & change wviewpoints, The farmers have be- pome inveterate auto owners and are in among the most vociferous a dvocates * of good smooth roa — A CHINESE PUZZLE The latest Chinese puzzle is, what pre the Celestial citizens of the Asiatic “republic” brawling about? Reports have it that four armies, | *of different persuasions apd shades of opinion,” facing each other . {n battle array. R said to have drafted every male in- habitant in the the heads of the ments claiming to are at their wits' ends in a fut fort to stop t It is stated Chinese citizen 1s indifferent ties and cares who makes the laws so long genor of his way. He nature; he hates a fight 4s for principle or in patriotism. Dr. Sun Y ghe head of at least, he hopes to unite der his acgis. process is despc Sen has his b Bai, the sea ernment,” porthern governine in Peking. Two years are al war lords are affected district, various govern- exercise power he threatened disaster. that the to poli- littl as he can pursue th is a pacifist b3 whether it response to Sen t he national government; China un- on Dr ditficult arters in Bhe “Southern Gov- ago Wu duri ortiy, Tso-Lin military au shal Chang ha of Chekiang. r of t the Tuchun the provi The gurbance with a prower the civil auth 3 ftary authority Is @eserted the civil aiding the aggressor. Marshal Chang Teo-Lin, defeated by the military authority #n the rebell is attempting the civil authority, attacked by his former victor. Dr. Sun Yat Sen is m aking an at gerapt to hinder the aggressor, ¢ Shieh-Yuan, and will support givil anthority of the gees in Yuan a politicz: il army has attacked The slar mil- dec authority and 1s ) have who was ars ago. by aiding being n of two ¥ get reve which is the Sen vinge i | per cent. and | average | it is out-of-door work it is “health- \ ful” and “does them good.” It helps | to “make them strong and stimulates | in them an inclination and desire to | be industrious.” The amendment, it | avers, “it not in acord with the spirit of the constitution.” | As a special fanfare to the editor- | | jal the Times quotes the Springfield | ial t Union, tepublican | a reactionary | newspaper. The Times quotes. the Connecticut | law, saying “We have yet to learn any direful results that have follow- ed. The U. 8. Children's Bureau, | nowever, reports that in Waterbury, | nearly eight times as many children | recetved working permits from the state board of education in 1923 than was the case in 19 or before the | v. s supreme Court declared the ! child unconstitutional. ‘(Mxer Connecticut | creases of from 100 to 176 per cent, | it 15 announced by the bureau. The | increase in 11 cities all over the country s given at 57 per cent; in 24 per cent, in § cities, 100 | Manchester, N. H, haflt | more than five times as many chil- | drem at work the beginning of this ‘:war than the year previously, ac- | cording to the bureau. Children of six yearswork in beet | fe1ds; boys of 13 and 14 work in! Pennsylvania mines; children of 8 290 labor law cities report in-| | 14 cities, | work in canneries, and g0 on. The Connecticut state board of ed- | ucation evidently has been giving out | permits to work to children on flimsy | pretexts. Increased numbers have been substituting toil for school in This is a problem that 1 | other states. states have not succeeded in con-| trolling very well and a constitu- tional amendment is sure to be ap- as the only | plied at a nearly day the problem. | | method: of eontrolling now before the| | | gtates is drastic 1f the Hartford| ion of its meaning 18 The amendments Times' concept and is not drastic if Senator s the correct ope. | correct, McCormick's view i | Which view is yeasonable will be | the get a chay e — A KNIC D CENSUS | It wiil be necessary to instigate a census of the ‘ \ecticut to settle the argument| \ce to consider them. | | knickered girls of wted recently regarding the num- ber of trousered damsels who habit- g the thoroughfares h those ually trip alon, ¢ New Britain compared wit who, garbed thusly, arous$fthe lan- guid eyes of citzenry elsewhe Hardly bhad pubtican ceased 2 number of who knicker in t Stamford Advocate that there the Re- discanting about the beauties Waterbury bathing & cleck town when | 1) comes to bat are more New with a statem an in Stamford than In and Waterbury comt ined. jian assertion sounds but ther amford like campaign literature remotely true about Stamford its it it even | must be something { that has gone to t¥e heads of flappers. Of course, partisan city boosters might clzim elsewhere, more it the they are progressive than but they more advanced than knickered darlings in New Britain they ar® not of this world, but of the W however, whether ar wings with their knickers. are | next doubt, they W TOO MUCH GLARE | Complaints continue that a goodly l propo. e of automobile &rivers * | their decision being aubmitted to { Olfered Republican Nomination |ed with an offer of the republican {etty ed out when more legislatures | weil has been approached by repre- {sentatives of the republican machine | tion was his if he would take it. He | dietrict a | house of representatives and he s an WED) what would be practically giving a prefcrence to German leather the domnions have felt that they could not glve a preference on boots im- ported from Great Britain, have stronger lights than the law lows, thus unnecessarily jeopardizing the safety of approaching drivers at night, a The state police have the power - to discourage this practice, and in the opinion of many drivers it fs time that something definite were Facts andFancies done about it. \ BY ROBERT QUILLEN Another drug on the market in CONNECTICUT AND GEORGIA | congested centers fs heroin. Only one community in Conmectl cut has made a worthy effort to carry out zoning and that place is West Hartford, according to a bhulle- tin from the U. 8. department of commerce. Connecticut is rated near the foot of the list of states, alongside Georgla, Utah and Nebraska. New Jersey leads, the bulletin states, with 66 eommunitics having zoning laws that are enforced. Massachusetts has 24 such cities, and Rhode Island has three. The department of commerce I8 attempting to urge communities to adopt soning regulations in an effort to protect health, safety, morals and the general welfare. The Nutmeg state has citles that are badly in need of eXective zoning regulations and the poor showing up to date should shock eitizens into a realization that a stationary atti- tude ang lack of progress. It ig the first time in the history of the state where it was listed in a class with Georgla. GERHANY MUST PAY 10 BREAKING POIT Then Powers Must Stop, Owen . Young Declares Paris, Bept. 3.—Cwen D. Young, agent general for reparations, reply- ing to a question from Excelsfor whether it was true that the German delegates at London had protested to him that the cost of fulfilling the Dawes plan was too crushing, is quoted by the newspaper as reply- ing: “I am loyal. If Germany’s finan- cial burden is crushing, that of the other powers is no less so. I have not hid from the Germans my firm intention #6 make them pay up to the breaking point; en the other hand I have assured them that I oppose that point being exceeded. “As far as ] am concerned Ger- many shall pay all she reasonably can, and the powers interested in reparations shall get all they can reasonably expect—nothing more or less.” Asked as to the question of arbi- tration being applied to the decisions of the transfer committee under the Daaves plan, he satd: “You may quote me as saying that 7 am estremely glad of the London conference decision in this respect. Conscientious men can very well make mistakes for lack of knowledge of the facts, for it is human to err, and they can Mave no objectien to No president need worry about a eat if he can keep his goat, Standard verdict of a coroner's jury: He gave a stranger a ride: It is all right even yet to tell mother everything if she can stand the shock. 4 The groom shouldn't tell his bride that kind of stories. Why bore her | with old stuft? No more of our great are rall gplitters, They merely split hairs and infinltiv The reason the woman pays, in many instances, is because she won't let hexr husband handle the funds. A village is a place where there's nothing in the hip pocket except a handkerchief, You can get & riding habit in a clothing store, but more people get it in a jitney. Civilized people are those who tax themselves heavily to pay for hav- ing killed one another, Fable: He decided to finish his fast year in college, although offered a fat salary by the big league, As we grow older we doubt the wisdom of working hard to let the children have an easier time.’ Tn this sophisticated age so many people know how to fix a carburetor or a revenue agent. The g¢xacutive's desk is the one where the golf clubs are parked. It {sn't man’s vanity tha¥ makes him drop in the collection plate a clinking coin instead of a silent bill. That Spartan youth wouldn't have smiled it a steering wheel had been pushed through his midriff. The trouble about writing cynical books is that the people are almost sure to be sane again in a few years. Europe once had a uperior sense of the artistic, but we haven't read | a single appreciation of Mr. Hughes' | whiskers. Consumers make a groat pretense of studying gasoline values, but they take the bootlegger's word for it Ympartial arbitration.” HAY BE GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLA Son of New Britain Man I Summer Courtship He (impulsively)—Darling, T love you! She—Good gracious! Why, we've only just become acquainted! He—7Yes, I know, but I'm only down here for a few days. 25 Years Ago Today ¥rom Paper of That Date That a son of a New Britain man may become governor of Rhode Is- land s a possibility according to re- ports which reached this city this morning stating that Harry T. Bod- well o Cranston had been approach- James Manning, seaman on the Baltimore during the Manila fight, has a number of interesting sou- venirs of the battle on exhibition In the water commissioners’ office. It is understood that no more progress has been made in the ne- gotiations between the city and An- drews, Swift & Co. relative to the purchase of city property on Com- mercial street. Joseph H. Clark will enter a Bridgeport law office next week to pursue his studles, Peter Halgis has returned from a vacation in the Berkshires, At the monthly meeting of the board of fire commissioners it was decided to have badges made for the newspapermen which would permit them to go within the fire lines. The same privilege was also granted to the insurance underwriters. Rainfall of over one inch was re- corded here last night The rain was thankfully received as the ground was n a parched condition, The Stanley Works and Landers, Frary & Clark will not operate on has | Labor Day. in| Rev. Mr. Bodley's famlily arrived | |today and are now installed in the| | rectorys® BRITISH MANUPACTURERS |tne sodges at the turncest in Mer- 0BJECT T0 GERMAN LOAN den tomorrow. Secretary of Union Says Teutons Are nomination. Mr. Bodwell is the son of Henry Bodwell and grandson of Leonard M. Bodwell of Stanley street this He is president and treasurer of the Bodwell Reaity Co. which maintains offices in New Britain as well as in other cities in this and adjoining states. According to the report Mr. Bod- in Providence and told the nomina- ;1‘ holding the offer { ment and may accept. | The politicai game is nothing new to Mr. Bodwell. He represented his number| of times in the under advise- experienced political campaign man- number of teen republican city Cranston. years he chairman Observations On The Weather For Connecticut: ir tonight and | Thursday; warmer Thursday in the |igterior; strong north winds. ‘Conditions: The disturbance which was central over Penna. Tuesday | morning pussed out to sea last night. | It caused local showers during the last 24 hours from Louisiana north- eastward to Maine. The amount of rain reported was 1.70 inches at Macon, Ga. A long ridge of high pressure extending from | Oklahoma northeastward to New Dumping Products Into Market London, Sept. '3.—The National | Union Manufacturers of Great | Britain has petitioned parliament | against granting the proposed loan |of £40,000,000 to Germany. | The scerctary of the Union, J. Cheeseman, in an interview suggests that some of the dominions are be- ing reluctantly forced to ban the im- portation of British goods in order | to prevent Germany from benefiting by the preference granted the moth- |er country. Germany dumps goods |into Great Britain which subsequent- Iy find their way to the Dominions, he says, Huge quantities of cheap leather | have been tmported from Germany | by Great Britain, according to the | eccretary, o<8 B order to prevent | o mountains. There has been a de- cided fall in temperature since yes- terday in the states’ east of Rocky mountains. Conditions favor for this viciaily fair weather with eool nigh the } greatest | York is attended to pleasant weath- | er in all sections east of the Rocky | His tires were of the type bailoon, BARGAINS AT THE FUN SHOP Today ~- Jingle-Jangles, Bright Sayings of Children, Epigrams, Burlesque~— Never before offered quantity--and quality with quality! Do Your Fun Shopping Farly! in such consistent The Jingle*Jangle Counter Tn new clothes we're at our best; Salads look well when they're dress- ed. arold Higgins. . . Barbers are with shears equipped; Coupons walt until they're clipped. Gladys Prescott, . .. Bee! There goes a cold-blooded man 1 once knew well; I hope he goes to a hot place that rhymes with bell, —H. H. “owell. On hubby's face—dismay; On wifey's face—just clay. ~—E. Miles. L L Sometimes a sheet may get a rip; A plllow often gets the slip. —Mrs, Robert McAtee. PR Somehow moths get in the rugs; Crazy folks are only bugs. —Newton Gallon. . oo Ye gods and little fishes; I sure hate to do the dishes. . —Patricta O'Hare. « s 0n I love to ride in aeroplanes; b And look down on the bob-halred datnes. —M. J. O'Brien. . A Shame Little three-year old Dick had been discovered and taken from the top of a ladder leaning against the rafters of an unfinished house. Unknown to Dickie, his mother had been informed of his escapade. The following morning the mother told him a ferrible dream she had, and how she saw him carried from a high ladder. Dickie was astonish- ed. , “What made mother?"” His mother replied that she didn't know, but that she supposed God gave mothers dreams so that they might know what their little boys did. With a look of disgust, Dickie said: “Mother,/God can't keep a secret, can He?” you dream that, —Ruth Budd. Sampson was one of the carly ad- vertisers. & We read where he ‘ook a couple of columns and right away every- thing started coming his way. Dessert His aunt was about to make a trip abroad. 2 “Johm, dear, what shall I bring you from France?"” “Auntie,” said little John, “would you please bring me a French pas- tey 2" J —Emma Heushaus. No Danger Jenking had been at a friend's house, playing poker, and came home at 2 o'clock in the morning. He was considerably relieved to find his wife fast asleep when he tiptoed in, Tired, but happy, he cxspt into bed. It seemed to him that he had scarcely closed his eyes, when his wife awoke him. She was suffering with a severe toothache, and insist- ed that he dress himself and hurry to the nearest drug store for creo- #ote. He was to ring the night bell until the druggist (who siept in the rear of the store) appeared! Jenkjns dutifully slipped into his trousers and was half way down the stairs when he had an uneasy thought. “Er—suppose some footpad holds me up and—er—robs me?” he husk. 1ly whispered. “Don't you worry about that,” his wife replied: “I've been through your trouser pockets five minutes after you came home, and all of your poker winnings are safe with me.” —TFrank G. Hodge. The Jingle-Jangle Counter Much ill is by hunger wrought; Debts afford one fobd for thoughts. —Edward Donnelly. The air was heavy, the night was| hot; He sat on a hornet, and up he got. —M. Johnston. Some have courage and some have | fears; | Flappers are now shoping their ears. —James 8. Caldwell Oy I hought some silk hose, and isn't it funny, I found T had quite a “run" for my | money. —Alice M. Daniels. ‘Youth Does Not Lack for Words When any member of the young family calls upon another member of the same family, coffee is always prepared. ‘While the grown.ups were talking in the living room, Henry, Jr., was asked to run in the breakfast room to see how the percolator was com- ing on. He returned nounced can perk.” quickly and am —Martha Young. The Jingle-Jangle Counter A modest girl is Lizzy Fish She won't even wash the dishes. —John Bennett. . A nice soft place to sit and spoon. —A. L. Bruner. Engines pull trains here and there; “It's perking as fast as it | Baby sister pulls my hair. —Dorethy Hay. 1 use i saw, I ljke It's roaring— But not the, auger,*t 1s so | i ~Edwin Wesselman, Oh, Education! What Crimes, Ete. Lady (to lttle girl of six who was showing Her school report card)i=— “And what s this geography that a lttle girl like you studies Little ~'Well, I don't knpw. (then bt lhunln[) 1. guess it's what you learn.about your bones and things inside of you." ~Loulse Abbott. y Still Better The doctor was advising the nerv« ous patient, “What you neéd, my man, is a complete rest. I would suggest at least two months in the country.’ The patient groaned. “Two months! Why, doctor, my business would go to smash if ‘llt alone that long!" “Well,” chuckled the doctor, “in that case, we'll have to send your wife to the country instead." ~—Charles Gerhart. Little Mary was telling her teach- er a story about an elephant that climbed up a telephone pole to get away from a bear that was after i® ‘But, Mary,” the teacher remark- ed, “‘elephants don’t climb telephone poles.” “I know,” Mary hastily remarked, “but this one had to.” y —Gregor H. Glitzke. 1t I were a censor, I'd think I'd shoot A bowlegged girl sult, ' in a one-piece Big Brother Bill and small brother FEdward were very fond of chocolate ple. One day FEdward coaxed mother to make one for dinner. ‘When it was cool Edward was told to carry his and Bill's pieces into the dining room. A loud crash was heard just as he reached thedoor, and mother flew to the spot. -One plece Was in ruins on the floor and Edward wailed, “Oh ma!” he said, “just see what happened to Bill's pie. L] —Lois M. Tenney. There may be two sides to a ques- tion, but there is seldom an end. (Copyright 1924. Reproduction forbidden). CONTRIBUTED. Ode to a Straw Hat It won't be long before the day will come for us to put away our faded straw that served us well. I hate to hear that mournful bell that soon will toll for us to shake our summer lid, it's out of date. And in some cast off cracker bag, we'll stow the hat where the cobwebs sag. So long, old top, your race is run, youwe hid my pate from sizzl- ing sun, and silvery poons and misty fogs; and like the rest of my summer togs you'll gather the dust week by week where the rats and mice play hide and seck. When the air is full of sleet, and snow and slush cling to my feet and the icy blast from the northern pole whistle about and I have no coal and the furnace fire goes on the blink and icicles form in the kitchen sink, T'll remember you and the times we had when life was a sOpI and my heart was glad and the birds were chirping in the trees, and the days were warm and even the fleas, on Towser's back, were full of glee; those were the days, my friend, for me., Good bye, old pal, farewell dear heart, the best of friends must sometimes part. When I think of you my bosom heaves, may you rest in peace beneath the eves. HARRY B. STILLMAN. Y. W. C. A. NOTES The summer schedule of swim- ming will continue this week. Next week the juniors will go back to the winter schedule, having plunge periods on Tuesday" afternoon from 4 to 5:30 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. This week's sched- ule is as follows: Tuesday, Juniors, 2 to 5. Seniors 5to 9. ‘Wednesday, Thursd Seniors, 2 to 5. enfor plunge, 7 to 9. Friday, Senior lessons and plunge 2 to 5. Lessons 7 to 9. Saturday morning, Junior lessons 9 to 10. Junior plunge 10 to 12. New classes in swimming will open the first week in October. The first meeting of the Industrial Girls' club took place last night at the Blue Triangle club room and was in the form of a welcome to Miss Brugger who has returned from a trip abroad. The club will have a | swimming party at the Y. W. C. A. next Tuesday evening, followed by supper and a business meeting at the club room, Miss Katherine MeKown of Tunk- hannock, Pa, sutceeds Miss Helen Bradley as director of ‘the girls' de- partment and girl reserve clubs, Miss McKown is a graduate of Mount Holyoke college, 1923, and has just completed the speclal summer course in girl reserve work at National Training school, New York city. There will be a rally of Girls' clubs in the near future, when all the girls will have an opportunity of becom- ing acquainted with their new sec- retary. Unexpected Caller Male Voice on Phone — Is that 1122 Mayfair? Lady Di—] me abouy yourself. —London Opinion. e R —PALACE— 6 Days Beginning Next Monday —but—er—do tell I'm bored stift! SUPER COAL AT LOW COST As. a matter of fact we . could buy our coal from a dozen different sources —but we prefer OLD COMPANY’S AN- THRACITE. ‘WHY? Because it comes to us cleaner and brighter Because it gives more heat Because it is the best coal for your moneyp. There is just one thing the mat- ter with 1t—the supply is limited. Right now we have OLD COMPANY’S COAL on hand in all sizes and can deliver your requirements pronto. The Citizens Coal Co. fard and Main Office Berlln Yard 24 Dwight Court. opp. Berlin station . 2708, Tel. 2675-5. / Uptown Office 104 Arch St. Tel. 3268 ENTIAL CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED INSURANGE: BUREAU SHOWS LARGE PROFIT Closing Out of Veteran Books in Marine Department Leaves Government With Gain ‘Washington, Sept. 3.—With the division of marine and seamen's in. surdnce on the veterans' bureau au- tomatically passed out of existence today, Ms books showed a net profit of more than $17,000,000, although it had paid claims totalling $29,497,- 331. The $50,000,000 apropriated by congress as an operating fund re- mains intact. The division was created ten years ago to insure American merchant vesels and their oargoes‘against the hazards of war. In June, 1917, the act establishing it was amended to provide insurance of the masters, of- ficers nd crews of American mer- chant vessels against loss of life and injury from risks of war, Records of the division'are rich to narratives of fights with submarines, captures and destruction of vessels by mines, escapes in lifeboats and rafts, and death or injury. Make Enormous Progress In Guiding Planes by Radio Farnborough, England, Sept. 3.— Enormous progress has been made in the control of pilotless planes by wiréless through experiments carried out at the royal aircraft establish- ment says the Evening News. An- other problem under consideration is the launching of winged bombs from aircraft in flight, and their control over a limited distance on to the de- sired object. Great secrecy is being observed by the -air ministry regarding the ex- periments, which are regarded as of importance In view of the large measure of success already achieved. Ferrera’s Rebels Occupy Town of Santa Barbara Ban Salvadore, Republic of Salva- dor, Sept. 3.—Dispatches from Hon- duras say rebel troops commanded by General Gregorio Ferrera have occupied Santa Barbara without resistance from . the government forces, also that rebels hava._peme- trated Cortez department and are advancing on San Pedro, in Sula. Advices from Ocotupeque and San Nicholas confirm the occupation of Santa Barbara and the continued rebel advance in northern Honduras. ('-‘e'rman Escapes Jail to. Be Married, Then Returns Berlin, ~Sept. 3.—Fritz Linker, serving a sentence for theft, escap- ed recently and wrote a leffer to the jailers suying he was then on his honeymoon and that he would return as soon as the wedding tour was ended. In three weeks Linker gave himself up. ‘When he wrote the létter, he said, he had no such intentions, but his wife heard of his promises and in- sisted, Linker informed the jailers, that he keep his word and go back to prison, and she would be awaiting him again when his time was up. DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL The Vampire By DR. FRANK CRANE i Iew crimes have been recorded in recent times equal to those of a German, Frederick Haarmann, local Hanover. butcher and police stool pigeon of He broke down finaily, after a third degree of the local police, and confessed to z long career of hlood-lust and degeneracy. He confessed, however, to murdering “only fourteen” victims, where- s he was suspected of twenty-two persons. He is a gorilla-like figure and refuses to confcss the motive which fed hym to the erimes. homeless looking young bo It seems that he lured his victims to his den, , offering them a meal free at his house where they were slaughtered by cutting their jugular vein, whereupon the vampire fastened his tecth into them and sucked their blood. Haarmann and his confederates lured these boys into his house after the promise of food and®lodging and, while they were asleep, they were murdered and their bodies were either buried in the cellar or thrown into the river. He raved wildly after making his confession, crying: “Behead me e you will, but for God's sake don't take me out into the street. 1 cannot stand their glances and the way the people glare.” The Hanover police receiv broken mothers begging more detailed and bones found in Haarmann's meat & | whether their missing sons were among f mother$ arrived from all points of the hoping that these would revea Haarmann's victims. Scores o country to view the clothes found in the v ed hundreds of pitiful letters from heart- descriptions of the gruesome skulls hop and thrown up by the river, ampire’s dwelling in the hope of identifying those as the garments their sons wore when they were last seen. as belonging to their missing sons. fronted Haarmann in his cell, who, Some of these women have already identified some of the clothes Sobbing and fainting, they have con- however, § without being definite, mumbles wildly: “Yes, yes, I suppose I killed.him," or “Yes, 1 knew this boy, but I was sorry for him, so I did not kill him.” 1t is difficult to see how a man could be guilty of such .unnatural and cruel a crime. The only explanation wes that he was insane. For it is difficult to imagine how a man in his right mjnd would do such things. As far as that is concerned, however, it is a question whether every riminal_is not insane, to a degree. Sanity implies confotmity to an es- tablished order and those who give themselves up to unnatural appetites are in a fair way toward insanity. 1f, however, this case is a form of insanity it should be looked into and society should suppress the victim for its own sake. Just what is the cause of such unnaturalness it is difficult to say. 1t is doubtless a lack of imagination; the insane person cannot picture to himself the suffering of his victims and, all his energies are bent upon the gratification of having adopted an insane idea, his unnatural lust. Society exiets and continues only because of the certainty with which human nature réacts to given conditions. 1t is but right and proper that those who do not so react should first be cured and secondly isolated. That human beings should indulge ia such unnatural crimes.is un- balievable were it not that the facts brought out in investigation furnish proof more invincible than could the imagination. 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