New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1924, Page 13

MRS JORNSON WaY T GET LETTER Stanley Street Is Long; There Are 15 Jobnsons Wil somebody please pago Mrs. Johnson. Just what Mrs. Johnson | or where she llves nobody knows, Lut the post office departemnt would IHie to find out. Unless the depart- ment does find out within the next assurance of being dellvered, A suggestion 18 made also by As. Sistant Postmaster B, J. Munson that those Intending to mail post cards or letters during the hollday rush will save themselves long tire- some walting {n the post offiec lobby by purchasing their stamps early. Then they will not be forced to stand in line the last few days of next week while they wait for per- sons malling Christmas packages to | conclude thelr business, Christmas Suggestions A bulletin §s lssued by the post- oftice department for the - guldance of Christinas shoppers. “The bulle- tin contains a message {rom Post- master General Harry 8. New that the postoftice will make every effort | to handle the Christmas mall with. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERATD, travel, not later than | 18; within three days' travel, not later than December 16; for more distant points, not tater thap De- | cember 14, Parcels and cards for | local delivery should be malled not | later than December 2 Parcels und envelopes mny be Indorsed “please do not open until Christmas." The early malling of Christmas cards 18 just as important as par- ivlln, Millions of th pards, s | arate and in envelopes, are malled | each Christmas, | Ohristmas Stamps and Stickers Christmas stainps or stickers of any character must not be placed on the address side of moil matter. Pasters or stickers resembling pos | tage stamps are not permissible on December RARIGAL CHANGES ONB. & M. ROAD Motor Service to Replace Trains on Some Branches Boston, Dee, Abandonment ¢ 10 per cent of its track milca stitution of motor bus lines to care for communities thus ‘“exiled”, a complete financlal reorganizatior and consolldation fnvolving a bond SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924, HA Head Conch and System Are Quess tlons Up For Settlement At Cambr| foothall situati e, Mass, De on at Har phases— ppointment of , formulation of a st ind establishment o to be 1 8 next S follow begl ptem! idered with a view RVARD FOOTBALL T0 BE DECIDED JANUARY 15/ That Time selection of-a head polnts nearer Dibble four and Cuble ure it ictive member heuded by Logan us chairmar organized but wit cusslon of | j Thre has been no tion as to the but the suggc most part huve be tion of Bob Fisher corps of as: formulation of live been ey I Harvara the several foot York during the pear until declsion is reac amocl mem e hav only | fcl, probable ) tions he en for A chan c. vard in 20.~The Ita che strategic his assist- sized as n rategle pol of a gencral after prac- ~will be to tmmedi- rer— holiduy se to Cambridge, RO the reten- the The five Malcolm e already ormal dis- indica- i coach, tor the 1l nge In the and a principles st need« nted at but in son, MENTAL WEARNESS HIGHT'S DEFENSE Family Testities to Insanity--His (ueer Actions IlL, Dec. rupted def Lisle wrged with the m ‘f Wilford Sweetin, was a man whom Trdsritiv dtmontt swer to the cros: Coach Fisher probably will not ap- leclsion at a meeting of the thall isory committee hich # bee d for Jan, 15, This cting, the first of the new organi- will bring members from all flashed across the Ate London to New York, without the solutiom, us a radloed photograph rd puzzle fr nature and curcumstances had com " ined to de menta Testi will be ed Monday, de- W woek, one Mrs. Johnson of this eity will miss out on a Christmas greet- ng. The letter arrived at the post of- Insue of § 000,000 ways the treat ment prescribed yesterday for the present conditionof the Boston and Maine railroad by Chairman Homer out congestion and delay, but owing | mall matter, In using Christmus to the enormous volume this can | stickers they should be so placed be done only with the co-opel mflnn as not to seal the parcel, of the public. Cempliance with the | Matter Not Mallable at Parcel- cont on, News, and fense flce this morning addressed to “Mrs. | Johngon, Stanley street, New Brit- |aid for post oftice and insure the | ain.” “Please tell us what we nm‘ ®0ing to da with a letter like that, pleads Postmuster H, E, hmm.‘ Stanlcy street, he explains, extends | from Tower's brick yard to beyond | Tbelle's corner, {8 seve has 15 Johnson famllies, represent- ing, on the ratio of fiye to a family, 75 people on that stréet. The street Is scrved by eight different mail carriers, Tn order to get thls letter | to tha proper person, it will be | necessary for each of the eight mail | carriers to try all the Johnson fami- | lles on his routs, taking from eight | to 16 days to get the proper per- son, ‘Ihen if the mall man extends the privilege (which is within his legal | rights in making every possible ef- fort to deliver the letter) of permit- ting a Mrs. Johnson in Belvidere to reud a et which contains & personal and private messige to a Mrs. Johnson mear South street, | neither woman ever having heard | of the other, there i3 a pununnluyv of an explosion in the post office | and Postmaster Erwin and Super- | intendent of Malls James B. Grace | are apt to find themselves on the ! defensive The casiest way, 10 Postmaster n, what will probably be the ultimate disposi- tion of Ahe letter wiil be to send it to the dead letter office. Mr. Erwin says there are 345 Jolmson families in this city, repre- | senting approximately 1,725 per- He adds that if people will | careful to put the street address on their letters they will have more T CLARK'S 5th CRUISE -AROUND THE WORLD 4 MONTHS, $1250 up Including Hotels, Drived, Guides, Fees, etc. From N, Y. Jan, 19, by specially char- tered C nnrd- Anchor new 88 “California, "’ 17,000 tons. I‘caturmg 18 days in Japan and China, option 1 days in India, Cairo, Jerusalem, Athens, etc., with Europe stop over. We expect to carry 600 to 700 passen- gers on each cruise, | CLARK’S 21st CRUISE, JAN. 31 1°¢ MEDITERRANEAN aperull chartered new ss “Laconia,” 20,000 tons. Featunng ‘17 days in Egypt and Palestine. 62 ‘days’ cruise, up, including Hotels, ‘Drives, Guides, Fees, etc. Orlgmntnr of Round the World Cruises, Longest exrncnced cruise management. Lstablished 30 years. FRANK G.CLARK,Times Bldg- NowYork | and according BONS, | | VACUUM BOTTLES $1.10°$10 FLASHLIGHTS 65¢ “ $4.50 .'... “ COASTER WAGONS $2.75° $11 Pine $2.25 * $4.25 Maple ARCH STREET laccepted tof postage | corner, NORTHLAND SKI| $3.75 © $7.25 following suggestions will _greatly prompt handiing of your mafl: Wrapping and l‘ulunc All parcels must be securely wrapped or packed in order to reach their destination in good con- al miles long, | dition. In wrapping ordinary parcels | strong paper and heavy twine should be used, Fragile Articles Atrticles easily broken or crushed must be crated or securely wrapped. Use liberal quantities of excelsior, or like material, in, around, and be- tween the articles and the outside | container, Gilassware, fraglle toys, crockery must be packed so as to prevent the escape of particles or pleces if broken in transit, Cigars: Ogpdinary boxes of clgars wrapped in paper only will not be- Pack in a manner to pre- vent damage by shock or jar. Wrap in corrugaled pasteboard or similar material, All articles easily broken or dam- aged must be plainly marked “rrnz~ fle.” Perishable Matter Articles likely to spoil within' the time reasonably required for trans- portation and delivery will not be | accepted for mailing. Wrap or pack carefully, according to contents, and plainly mark all such parcels ‘perishable.” Use special-delivery stamps to expediate delivery. Addresses Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post office box or rural route number, and typed or plainly writ- ten in ink. A return card should be placed in the upper left-hand cor- | ner of every piece of mail. I a tag ts used, the address and return card should also be written on the wrapper for use it tag is lost, and o copy of the address should be in- closéd inside the parcel. Postage must be fully prepaid on Aflix the required amount in the upper right-hand Iull information concerning | postage rates can be obtained at the parcel-post or stamp window. Limit of Weight and Size No parcel may be more than 84 inches in length and girth com- bined. For deltvery locally and in the first, second, and third zones, 70 pounds is the maximum weights in all other zones, 50 pounds. When to Mall Christmas Cards and Parcels Christmas gifts and cards ad- | dressed to points within one day's Postage all matl, than December 20; within two day Post Rates Written matter in the nature | persofial correspondence can not be | inclosed in parcels, Miscellaneous printed matter weighing not more than 4 pounds can not be malled as parcel post. | Such matter welghing over 4 pounds | may be mailed as parcel post. | celn: A letter placed in an envelope, addressed to correspond with the address on the parcel, and fully prepald at the first-class rate, m be tied or otherwise securely tached to the outside of the parc in such manner as to prevent sep- aration therefrom and not obscure | the address on the parcel. Insure or Register Valuable Mail All valuable domestic parcel- post mail should be insured. Insurance fees Value not ex- ceeding $5, 3 cent , O cents; not e 3 cents; not excceding $100, 25 cents. Coln, currency, jewelry, and arti- cles of similar value should be as sealed first-class registered m | Registry fees: Vilue not excecd- ling $50, 10 cents; not excecding $100, 20 cents, Collect on Delivery Service Pafcel-post, also third class mat- ter, may be sent C. O. D. from one money-order post office to another. Fees (in addition to regular post- age): Value not excceding $50, 10 cents; not exceeding $100, 25 cents, {to be prepaid with stamps afix | The C. 0. D. fee also covers insur- ance against loss or damage up to $50 for a fee of 10 cents, and up to $100 for a fee of 25 cents, nmml valwe, | Texans Seek Bandits Who Looted Bank; Fired Town Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. forces throughout Texas a lioma combined efforts today 4n search for Otto Star, notorious Okla- homa outlaw, whose bandit gang is believed responsible for the sacking vesterday of the town of Valley Vie 55 miles north of Fort Worth. | The bandits left fhe* two village |Lanks pillaged and burned and started a conflagration which razed the entire downtown section. Offi- cials of the bank estimated their cash losa alone at $100,000, A prop- erty loss of about $120,000 was an- other result of the bandits’ visit. | COOLIDGES INVITE FRIENDS Washington, Dec. 20. — Several fricnds were invited by President and Mrs, Coolidge today to be guests | travel should be malled not later jof an afternoon and evening cruise down the Potomac on the Mayflowe PYREX The Ideal Gift in Glass Ovenware SKATING $5.75 $8. OUTFITS $7.50 75 (& $2 MANSFIELD HEAVY DUTY CORDS Built To Overserve—Not To Undersell AND PLA TEL. A-B-C- Fuel Oil Burnery Toys MECHANICAL TOYS YTHINGS 106 — Plumbing — Heating of | | Communications attached to par-| Flexible Flyers Loring of the executive committce ir a report to the voting trustees, The,plan was evolved after cor | sultation with general bondholders representatives of the United State | government, which holds 348,000,000 |of the road's bonds, and holders of | large blocks of all classes of stocks The 1,000 miles, approximately, which would be lopped off the total track mileage of 2,450, handles only three per cent of the business, the report says, The Doston and Maine Transportation company has organized to assist with supple- | mentary motor service The financial plans call for version of present stock issues with additional subscription where de- sired; the exchange of bonds to others not maturing before 1540 and the utilization of $13,000,000 cash thus received for profitable in provements to the lines continue in operation, The building of hranch raflro he theory that “a railroad ru ning anywhere will pay,” increased costs by standardization of wages, and the breaking of the former monopoly by motor truck competi- tion were some of the causes found by Mr. Loring for the present situa- tin, Among his other suggestions were L re-arraggement of the Boston Terminal facMitles for higher effi- ciency and release of valuable prop- erty and the electrification, in part at least, of the road. been con- 1s Food Prices Increase One Per Cent in Month Washington, Dee, 20.—Retail food prices showed an increase of about one per cent in the month ending November 15, according to figures announced today by the department of labor covering 21 food articles in | a1 cities. Of 47 cities showing* an Increase tn the average retail level, i mum of three per cent was repo cd for Rochester, N. Y. cent ‘increase was recor mingham, Buftalo, Louisv York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, TIlN burgh, Portland, Me., and Savannah. | The only material decrease, two p‘,r] cent was reported at Los Angles. ! SID TERRIS INJURED New York, Dec, 20.—Because of an injury snstained to his hand in a | bout at Ph ielphia last Monday ht, Sid Terris, New York light- ght, has withdrawn from his scheduled bout with Jimmy Good- | rich of Buffalo, at the Pioneer Ath- letie club next Tuesday. ALARM (CLOCKS $1.50 © $4.50 e ARVING SETS .00 © $7.50 SCOOTE $5.00 SLEDS Lightning HARDWARE 2 W Wt cant Rcar. T et Vv R R, Rt R K B nmr-.mnmmwmmammmmwm¢ spoonful of Jad & parts of the gountry, e lihblee coming on from A Cable coming and er G ot RHEUMATIC BEGIN ON Says We Must Keep Feet Exposure, Stay off the damp gr xposure, keep feet swoets of any Kind for a ots of water and bove : and is cause acils, whic bowsls ar blood. It 13 the kidneys to 1 blood and ca. urine. The pores of the sl ns of freeing th mp and the skin pores thus forcing the kidneys ble work; they become sluggish and fail to el polson, hich nd ecirculating through help keep down ur IRheumatism toxine, ca rated in t ind pain, call At the firet t zet from s 1 rheumat inge of \armacy 1ces of Jad Salts; put ful in a glass ‘of 1kfast k. This is acidity, 0 to stimul 10 rid the bl re bre 18 h imat Jad made emon juice, ¢ and s uscd thousands of to rhenmat ping the acid of mbined wi folks w! cast Fat No Sweets, er this acid fromj i he blo Keeps acc ing In the causing stiffncas, xpensive, njamin Californla, from Chi- nhers from Commlssioner — Harkness That Mayor Hylan Has tle to Relicve Subway (¢ New York soven years been mayor administratio nothing to reli ibway tion and has appropriated ,000 for constructi subways pot p 1 iual subway cc ots, acc Traneit Harknesa, In his testimony Justice John V., ali take ness sald that the asionally to | propriated for the ex toxic a Fourth avenue 1 by ,,mm. Hamilton, a distance a mile, and for a the elevated Corona ! Queenshoro subway He deglar 20,—D - York done has SALTS Dry, n Avoid ound, avoid{ eat no le, drink a ,00 ext ranc h are gen- 1 nd absorbed function of towar: vide ing towar the main subway arter chilly, cold During Mayor Hylan" re closed, | Istrations, Mr. Ha to do' dou-| city had & borrowing capac weak and of each year considera minate this s of the averags umulating | beginning of each 3 the system,| Mitchel and Gaynor admi joints and | The transit commissioner soreness | the record a statement by ( wm. r Charles L. Craig, In w rheumatism | Craig charged the other v four | the board of est table-| ing away" the and | margin. morn- helpful to body out ir the kin are also od of thie year a water TATALLY INJUR} Bennington, Vt, Dec. |H. Honniker, 60, of this 0, fatally tnjured near here | when he was struck by an is|bile driven by Ernest H grapes and also of this city. Bugbes with lithia, under arrest, said he turn ilts by pass a truck and subject the road. ater ood of t and fn the inq\ll‘x\ here. for in the ComMnissioner L Mr. Hark- sion of the posseasE istrations. Charges Done Lit- mgestion, uring the {ylan has the city virtually conges- oniy $ of ording to eroy J. b fore ) was ap- to Fort bout half ension of h of the 1 IFlush. s pro- 1 at the by the 1d into mptrol- | ch \lr.‘i ors of | o irring D city, was ast night | automo- | ¢ | 1gbee, ced- out to D Honniker was in | an adequate bri Honniker died two hours | this uummn I shall hope to do it.” Mrs. Mary Eaton, Hight's Jer daughter, testified yesterday at when was about 10 years old, she had secn her father bite a| mu 0 h nose | ith hls own teeth was asked. “Yes," was the reply. Mra. Faton said her father would break into "wild peals of laughter.” -examination disclosed that his' ter was usually during revival ngs when othere were u4§u‘ laughing and shouting. { Mildred Hight, his young daughter, said Hight acted “queer after an attack of influenza. Previous witnesses related that Hight had been severely beaten by his father when a boy. | r. H. W. Walker, Hight's cous testified as to mental defectiveness in the family. Hight's father, he was in a bad mental condition en years before his death and lily grew woree, One brother died in an Insans asylum, he added, another was regarded as men- k “ourt adjourned until Monday to llow Attorney Layman, who was 111, time to rest. she she | Stone tfiake Personal Charge in Packers’ Case Washington, Dec. 20.—Attorney Gene Stone intends to present personally, If possible, the govern- t's argument against the motion f Armour & Co. «ml Swift & Co. for annulment of packers’ consent lecree “at least \\hwn it reaches the e cou possibly befor neral today so in- formed the Farmers' National Coun- cit in a letter in which he said that “in view of the way In which this: docree was obtalned, I am deeply in- | ted in having it upheld and I k there are valid legal grounds upholding it.” 1¢ T can find the time to prepare and argument on 1 from the s reprodn ter puzz wa. London Daily ed in the It was the ever sent by radlo. lay. Herald yes- first cross-word XTEND MORATORIUM harest, Dec, 20.~The morators ium on payment of private external debts has been extended until March 3 | JUST BEFORE THE GOOD NIGHT KISS Just Dbefore retiring drink a glass of milk, Give it to the little ones before they go to meet the sandman. Our milk’s good for them. ESEIBERT & SON 437 PARK ST PHONE 1720 NEW BRITAIN, 'MANESURE ITS SEIBERTS NEW BRITAIN HOUSEWIVES QUICK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OFFER Never before has a Vacuum Cleaner Sale been so popular. Scores of men and women are ordering a Universal Cleaner each day— HERE'S THE REASON— WE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE A Wi SET OF ATTACHMEN Worth $10.00 th Each Purchase of VACUUM CLEANER Phone 230 TS A And Place Your Order Today! FREE TRIAL TiiS OFFER IS FOR XMAS ONLY —THE— CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER COMPANY CONN, o g ”‘O”“ i o s Birsh Wi T s gy