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NEWFOUNDIAND T0 CORK HOP PLANNED Major ZanniA Argentine Flier, Announces New Flight Victoria, B. C, Feb, 24.—Major Pedro Zaunl, Argenting whose flight around the interrupted by adverse weather con aviator, world was ditions after he had reach Toklo, Japan, plans to hop from Newfound land to Cork, his representative. Patrick Murphy said on his arriva here today on the Japanese steam ship Maru from Tokio. “A flight between and Cork ver b attempted since Captains Brown and Alcock made their daring flight between these two points in 16 hours and 23 minutes,” Murphy asserted. “Ma- Jor Zanni expects to make this jump fn 17 hours probably less 1if the weather is good. It is a daring ven- in keeplng with other at- tempts made by the major during the worst time of the year he could have ever cted (o start a globe tlight. “Major Zanni, his navigator, Lieut. Velo and Mechanic Beltrame are ahead of any of the long distance flyers, having already covered 12,- (00 miles in 145 hours during the worst part of the year, It was dur- ing the rainy season at Hanci that their expedition came to grief tem- porarily. Major Zanni was taking oft from the airdrome fleld with his wheels up to the hubs in water. He was unable to rise and when he struck a paddy flield, his machine was somersaulted and the men thrown out. “The machine was repaired and they completed the journey to Toklo, too late to make the trans-pacific filght owing to the cold season and the iceb On their arrival at Hancl they were five hours ahead of Dolsy, the Frenchman, whom they passed at Calcutta, although they took the longer route.” vfoundland has n Will Come From Japan Yictoria, B. C., Feb. 24.—Major Pedro Zanni, Argentine aviator was torced to abandon a proposed world flight in Japan last year, will re- sume his flight May 1 from Tokio, Japan, Patrick D, Murphy, advance agent for the aviator, said last night on his arrival from the Far East. The route will be the same as the American and British aviators se- lected across the Pacific, Murphy sald in announcing the itinerary. leaving Minato, Japan, about May 1, Major Zanni will proceed along the | across the Aleutin z calls at Dutch Har- ence down the to Vancouver. Argentine avia- ancisco and then Newfoundiand Kurile Islands, Islands, maki bor and Sitka, and British Columbia co: From Vancouver tor will go to San to New York city. will be the next stop and then Cork, | Ireland, and back to the starting place at Amsterdam. RELIEF BOARD SESSION. The board of relief will be in ees- | sion to hear aggrieved taxpayers on the following dates: and every evening, ) 2to 5 p. m; cept Sundays, from March March 12 from 7:30 to 9 p. m.— applications for changes in the as- sessments will be received atter 9 p. m., March 21 to KEEPING WELL = An IR Tablet (a vegetable mperient) taken at nlght will help keep you well, by toning end strengthening your dis gestion and elimination. 1R JUNIORS—Little NRs One-third the regular dose. Made of the same ingredients, then candy coated, For children and adults. SOLD BY YOUR DRUGGIST March 2, 6, 10| and 12, from 10 2. m. to noon and | [DEATH ROBS WOMAN, 85, | s New York Woman Was About to See l Herself in Movies When Excite- ment Was too Great. Feb, 24.—Death yes- terday Mrs. Fanny Wien- traub, 85, of the greatest experience of her life—watching her debut as a motign plcture character actress— ind thus a theater party from the home of old Israel was turned into a funeral procession, Several months ago the monotony of life in the home was broken by the arrival of a film director, who was searching for three types for a pleture, Mrs. Welintraub and two women, one 108 and the other years old were chosen. Sunday marked the tation of the picture here and fr- rangemests were made for 50 of the inmates to go to the theater yester- day afternon. But the news of was too great for Mrs. Weintraub, She fainted and the house physician pronounced her dead of heart fail- ure, | I New York, | robbed | other 70 first prosen- the | WOMAN FINED FOR Hit Him With Wood Thrown From Third Story After she had missed her alm {with a broom, Mrs. Anthony Paw- |lekeewlcz of 102 Grove street is al- leged to have taken a large piece of wood and thrown it from a third story window, striking Stanley Skiv- ;Iol, 12 years old, on the head with it and causing a severe laceration, according to evidence given in police court this morning. The woman was larraigned on a charge of assault and was found guilty by Judge Benjamin W. Alling and fined $5 and costs. Patrolman Willlam O'Mara, who |placed the woman under arrest, told the court that there was a wed- ding on the first floor of the house and that the Skiviot boy and sev- | eral companions were looking in the windows when suddenly the broom came flying through the air near where they were standing. The boys looked about and not seeing anyhody or hearing anybody talking to them, they thought that somebody fvas |trying to fool them so they stayed there. The woman then threw the |wood and struck the Skiviot boy. Operated Without License Louis Ferraro of 330 Main street was fined $10 and costs on a ch: 2 of operating a motor vehicle on Main strect without an operator's license. He was arrested yesterday by Traf- |fic Polictman Edward Kiely who told the court that Ferraro has been operating a machine registered in this state with a New York opera- |tor's license. Has Many To Support Andreo Lombardo of 145 Wus! |ington street, arrested on February | | 19 charged with violating the liquor |laws on two counts, changed pleas of not guilty to nolo contendere when he was arraigned this morning. He was represented by Atty. Alfred E | LeWitt, who pleaded with the court for leniency for the defendant on the grounds that he not only has his own family of a wife and threc children to support, but also family of lis deceased brotier, a wife and five children. LeWitt told the court that Lombardo is prs cally the only support for hoth {lies and asked that this fact taken into consideration court in imposing sentence Lombardo was arrestec men Thomas J. Feeney and Patrick J. O'Mara after they hud seized a quantity of liquor in his home. He is alleged to have offered the polic men $75 each if they would not place him under arrest, according to the evidence of Feeney., Judge Alling continued the e until Sate urday for sentence to give Proba- tion Officer ward C. Connolley an opportunity to investigate the man's story. CAST FOR “BLTE BIRD."” h Maurice C. A. nuditor- e auspices and for the of Boston, Mass. here will be about 65 people in e given in New York, . '\\\rv n Ha a Neri iam Fenn e Walker Eb , the Dog tte, the Cat .... rson h Larson Ebba Neri ock % Berlingot 5 « Mrs g kins | brother Ellon, Louise mbrall. Blue children: Betty C Vivian, Elizabeth Vivian, Jans Judd, Louise Hermann, Rose Katz, a Roscon, Albina Stankavitch, Barbara Kimball, Dorothy Kinsella, Genevieve McGrail, Marion Hanc Beatrice Lamb, Bi Timbrall. The ¢l e Page. Girl Lover: Jane Porter. Boy Lover: Ruth Ramsay. Hermann, Billy INHERITAN TAX. Reno, Nev. Feb. 24—Governor ugham has signed th re- pealing the Nevada fnheritance tax aw. The repeal will become eff tive July 1, The aet is designed to attract persons of wealth to Nevada to make this state their legal r dence. s OF HER BIGGEST THRILL tenement | excitement | ASSALLT ON BOY the | 1 March | . ”,m Vir- !¢ urtls, Fran-| NEW PRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925. URGENT NEED FOR SPEIAL CLASSES 50,000 Children Are Suffering + From Serously Defectve Sight | By The Assoclated Press. Cincinnatl, O,, Feb, 24.—There is urgent need in our public schools for 25 times as many sight-saving | | classes—special classes for children | | with serfously defective vislon—as now exist, declared Lewis H. Carris, | managing director, national commit- tee for the prevention of blindness, in an address before a conference of school superintendents from all sec- tions of the United States held here today under the auspices of the na- tional education association, There are at present, Carris said, approxi- mately 200 sight-saving classes | scattered about the country, where- | as approximately 5,000 such classes | are needed. “Th are in the United States,” Mr, Carris sald, “at least 50,000 chil- dren with such seriously defective vision that they are unable to keep up with the work of normally sight- ed childrel, There is need for one sight-saving class in every group of 5,000 school children. state, Ohfo, Minnesota and Massa- chusetts have been awakened to the serfousness of this situation and are now providing state funds for the establishment of sight-saving classes in cooperation with the local com- munities requiring them. The re- | maining states also should recognize not only the need for such classes but that their cost should not b borne entirely by the municipalit; Mr. Carris urged the superin- tendents to acquaint themselves with the splendid work being carried on in the sight-saving classes in Cin- cinati, which, he said, is one of the very few cities having enough of these classes to take care of all its children with seriously vision. HJIALMAR BRANTING OF SHEDEN IS DEAD ‘Country's Most Prominent In- ternational Politician | The Assoclated Press. Stockholm, IFeb, 24 Branting, tormer premict, shortly after noon today. First Prime Minister Ijalmar Branting, the first socialist prime minister in the his- tory of Sweden, and one of the out- standing public men of that country in his time, was regarded by the Swedish people as their country's most prominent international poli- ‘Llcl(m Devoting virtnally his entire life ‘to the amelioration of the conditions of the working classes and the at- |tainment of the social democratic { dream of universal peace by univer- understanding, Dr. Branting rked unceasingly and with a fine | optimism for the realization of h!s ideals. sonal sacrifice, and even sat prison for lis champlonship of the ause of those whose caste and cul- ture were inferior to his own. Interference with these which he rded as his more im- portant international work, premi- nent Swedes said at the time, was the real reason for Dr, Branting resignation as finance minis den government in 1913, M- though he:had said he was with- drawing from the cabinet~because of the condition of his health. The ministry from which he re- gned fell in 1920 and Dr. Branting eeded to power, forming an en- 1l democr; Iministra- His government remained in however, only from March to tober, when {t resigned. As a of the sociali: victory in elections in the fall of 1921 he was returned to power. His gov ernment remained until April, 1923, during which Branting premier and foreign minister, | resi in | by By Hjalmar reg: Oc resul the It gned after having been defeated upper chamber on a proposal the government to distribute | doles among the unemployed. The succeeding ministry resigned in October, 1924, because of diver- { Bent views between it and parlia- ment on the question of disarma- ment and for the third time Dr, ernment Was Foe of Germany During the world war Dr. Bran- ting was outspoken in his criticism of Germany and in May, 1917 he ‘n"x"f a bitter attack upon the Ger- L _government for its submarine characterizing Germany's clique as common enemies of mankind, As the represenative of the Swed- |1sh Social Democracy, Dr. an important role in nearly €rnational labor confere; nces, He took part in all the meetings of the first fernational and in the summer of 1917 was chairman of the Dutch-Sca 1avian delegation | which sat at Stockhol m and in turn confererd with delegations of the socialist parties from nearly all the “ lligerent lh'lfl'l]'! with a view to devising a p oint inter- ventlon by them in the Interests of peace. In January and February 1919, he was chairman of the Inter. fonal Social Democratie Confer. ence at Berne, at which British French and Germans met for the | irst timo since the wa | Advocated Wilson's Plan, | | & «]‘.f_ i Branting all ir form for During the Paris pea onference Dr. Branting was active as an advo- cate of peace on the lines of Wood- |row Wilson's fourteen points. As Sweden's delegate to the League of Nations he took & prominent patt in its proceedings with special inter. est in the movement for disarma- ment. He was chairman of the as- sembly committee on disarmament at the 1920 and 1921 sessions and also was _appointed a member of the e New York defective | died | He spared himself no per- | in | activities, | was both | | Branting was called to head the BOV- | | Root, league council's commisison on arm- aments, Dr, Branting, with Christias L. Lang of Norway, secretary of the International Unlon, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1921, Born at Stockholm, November 23, 1860, Dr, Branting was the son of Professor L. G. Branting. He was oducated at Ursale Univorsity, study- Ing natural selen A trlp aboard pplor to 1882 orought the young sclentist into touch with soclalism and when he he returned he immediately got into politics through the journalistic chan nel, becomng an editor on the Tiden, a Soclal Democratic newspaper, He went over to the Soclaldemokraten {when it was founded in 1886 and a year later became editor, In that position he carried on his activities in behalf of the working classes and | peace, |a party with Branting one of the |teading promoters. There was op- {pression of free speech and free as- sembly, In two years, ordn the |summer of 1889, the four principal |editors of the Soclallst press, includ- Hng Branting, found. themselves sit- ting in prisen together, Despite im- |prisonments, combined with fines |repeated many times, Branting and ihls fellow fighters would not give way. In 1885, when the war against Norway was advocated by the Swed- ish militarists, Branting was sent- |enced to three months' imprison- {ment for dellvering, a speech de- Inouncing the {dea of war “against “our brothers of the north,” and con- tainimg words interpreted as suggest- |ins the assassination of the king. The sentence subsequently was changed to a fine. Dr. Branting was first elected to he second chamber in 1897 on the |Social Democratic ticket. He made la brilliant and honorable record and by his sincerity and abllity won the respect of those who had been his bitterest opponnets. He was the lauthor of several books and trea- tises on political subjects. | (RUSSIA'S WAR LEADER WARNS AGAINST FOES General Frunze Says They Must Be Ever On Alert Against An Attack By The Assoclated Press. The Social Democrats organized as | position to #t from the start, accom- | panled by a movement for the re- | Moscow, Feb. 24.—In his maiden | speech on the army, delivered today, | General Michael W. Frunze, Leon Trotzky's successor as soviet war minister, warned the Russian people to be ready to mect an attack from foreign foes. “THe red army must realize its situation,” General Frunze said. “It should know that a big military clash with the enemies of soviet Rus- sia is in front of it. “Our army is too small for this task’ in comparison with the strength | ;of the big armies in front of it. We |must prepare the rear to be able to draw fresh supplies to & much great er extent than before. Greater at ‘Mn('wn should be paid to preparing {the laboring masscs for & future war, especially with regard to avia- tion and chemistry.” | General Frunze urged the forma- tion of red army clubs in every big |center to serve as headquarters for spreading military knowledge among the population and preparing the people for national defense. | *“While striving for the peaceful economic reestablishment of our | | country,” he declared, “we must at he same time remember our mili- |tary aims in order that in case of | | necessity we can at the shortest pos- sible notice pass from a peace foot- ing to a military basis. It is neces- sary to create such a defense in or- der that the united forces of world imperialism shall not be a menace to soviet Russ <Sieamers in Crash Off 1 Delaware Capes Today | Philadelphia, Feb. The tank steamer W, F. Burton, Houston for Philadelphia, with petroleum, was in collision with the steamer Middle- x, Boston for Norfolk, with coal, | |oft Fenwick Island Iightship, outside the Delaware Capes today, Advices |received by the maritime exchange | here said that the Burtom, with a large hole torn in her starboard side |aft of the bridge, was proceeding up | |the Delaware river. Damage, if any to the Middlesex, was not given. THE HERALD CL. SIFIED ADS BRING | RESULTS If You Need a Medicine You.Should Have the Best | Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are extensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon for- gotten? The reason is plain—the | article did not fulfil the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a mediclne. A me-| dicinal preparation that has real | curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it | A prominent druggist says “Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows e: as many of my customers tes No other kid- ney remedy has so large a sale.” According to sworn etatements and verified testimony of the thou- sands who have used the prepara- tion, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, s0 many people claim, that it fulfils al- most every wish in overcoming kid- ney, liver and bladder allments, cor- rects urinary troubles and neutral- izgs the uric acld which causes rheu- matism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcel Post. Ad- dress Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham- ton, N. Y. and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles for sale at all drug stores. Fans at Society Wedding Thousands of radio fans attended a wedding of one of Montreal’s elite, through broadcasting station WHN at New York. It happened when Mrs. Laure Portway, wealthy Mon- | treal society woman, was married to William J. Stuart, radio | welfare worker. Rev. William Datlington of the Church of Heavenly Rest is shown uniting the pair before the microphone. o'clock this evening in the chapel. SOUTHINGTON NEWS The cases of Titl Aldi of Liberty|a surprise party Sunday evening at street, Walter Wolskl of Liberty | thelr home in honor of their son, street, and Adam Dlugolewski of [ I'rank Ferruccl. Forty-five guests West street, who were nabbed in | Were present from Bristol, Farming- liquor raids here last week, came up | ton, Waterbury, Naugatuck and this before Judge H. D. Fitzpatrick yes- | town. Luncheon was served and a terday afternoon and were con-| Program of music enjoyed. First Congregational church at 7:45 meeting, to which entitled to bring a guest, A promm of entertainment will be pruented. William McLaughlin of Brooklyn, | N, Y., is the guest of Mr. lntul’l" | ‘Willlam Hellar of Milldale. Baseball talk 1s in the air at Lewis high school, and Manager Gordon Miller is making plans for what promises to be the most successtul season in some years, Only Paul Kennedy,) Thomas Dudack, and John Bilfott have been lost, the re- maining members of last year's squad being again available. Ar- rangements are being made to join the Farmington Valley high school league. \ The Ladles' Ald soclety of the First Congregational church will meet tomorrow afternoon in the church parlora. Isabella Councll, XKnights of Columbus, will hold an important meeting this evening in the Com- munity home. The Ladies' Ald soclety of the will meet with Miss Emma Brooks at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A daughter has been born at the New Britain General hospital to Mr. and Mrs, Ceclt R. Pollard of Ver- mont Court. Mrs, George L. Curtls has returned trom & trip to New York city and Atlantic City. John W. Davis Named on Legion Endowment Board Indianapolis, Feb, 24. — Jolin W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain and democratic candidate for president In the last election, to- day accepted a place on the honorary committee for the American Legion's $5,000,000 endowment fund for dis- abled soldiers and drphans of world war veterans, President Coolidge is chairman of the honorary commit- tee, ———— “TOOT-TOQ’}‘” TAKE THE TRAEFIC COP’ ADVICE AND GO GREATER BETTER THAN EVER BARGAIN WEEK WILL SELL At Public Auction February 28 At 1 o’clock 25 COWS, 10 HORSES At tinued until Thursday, | Harmony Chapter, 0. E. 8. will Rev. Harry E. 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