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" New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Lssued Dally (Sun At Herald Bldg., SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year $2.00 ay Excepted) 47 Chureh Street Thres Monthi » Month, | S Mntered at the Post Office at New Hritain as Second Cluse Mall Mat LEPHONE Member of the Associnted Press. Bureau of Circul natlonal org tion spapers and adver- y honest analysis of culation statistics this audit. This Insures net fraud in n e to bot PRESIDENT'S FATHER CONSOLED BY SON ad ns iz envi Co his ¢ the underwent of enjoying the pleasant Swampscott, today is at rush to ¥ hood home t train and automobile wil gro Vermont farmer has 8o have beeg in It turesqu tion of the r swore in th * ering light of an ol the B has the has 1 friendly That - mess and and wish of Pre a and upon family Althou the soh st office in ation, the father same farmer as of old. he will recover from his ill- in as a cor monter “just OPINIONS OF THE SHEPHERD TRIAL a who phoid paturally regard- w each sible violation te ha evidence T and agr was PROMOTING SPORTS ON A SHOESTRING pa eor . \dent | ‘ BEATING THE STATE'S ‘ AUTO LAW To charge an autolst with recks driving and finiug him goes to the state while goes to the ity reckleds driver means that the fine | the costs of court It to charge & violating local traffic vegula- and fining him means that the d costs pald all go to the m is in conform state hicle motor that juires all tines ns of state motor laws vhile only the costs gainst vietims go to the towns in which infrac- law took place particularity ow the wsistently after itself hvantage of Without mentfoning any names, At least one city near New Britain where the tables have been turned against the autoists with charging ity ordinances rather - with violating tl law, For Ir state with traffic retains both viol ocal regulations — the ating and the ecity fine and the costs paid, the nothing Ihe government of Connecticut is ized affair. Cities towns are like minor pri s inan empire. Of county gov- ernment there is scarcely nothing o be noted exce; ta and Naturally, court and trials in it the county this the stat ul- dis- gov- bureaus oundary 1in racentralization wor ernment. The more boards, and commissions the state appoints and supports, the rights of municipalities are sub- jer the rules and regu- by these gen- of home Legislat that it will be a live issu is paigns there can be no doubt a par ind as such question d stand slight cha of mal t is & question of polic irrespective of politics, Cities and towns should have some rights and must on guard to retain those they ssess — if any — and make deavor to regain those which b vanished under the jug- gernaut of state interference in lo- cal affairs. It t he ideal of home rule is not within the next few years. \at the cities will is clear t circumventing ies; avoiding t state charges and lation of local ordinances in case of @ drivers is a may be only a begir HINT FOR ACTION AT CROSSINGS posa *hairma ¥ ommon Coyncil | railroads to construct 1y over rail- Jlm street should Hay railroad th en 1ssed in this litions is pre conditions. FILl TILT A THI FAX TO STATI ocal municl- | | state violating | state getting | | house | more the inherent | in future state political cam- | I will have to pay the tax bill through greater charges for the admissions, That 1s evil nature of public naturally ultimately paying the it isn't beng The art of gettng tax money through indirect these special taxes = the is the goat | bills and thinking taxed channels has been nigh perfection | and the film tax is & pretty example developed to well of soaking the people without they realizing how hard they are being soaked There bureau is need for statistical the Connecticut a to sum up all special lot just how much the taxes levied in and the people know Wit) mulets them in this plenty of speclal taxcs on the books the official state the tax rate can be a cipher with ing enormous rim knocked off ¢ the state can be secur- taxes 1o ply expenses of the multitudinons state hoards in ' the is under- furnish sury, But 1 and and a fat surplus the system and isn't just, SAFE AND SANE ATH AIDED BY AUTOS The law In- In- has igninst indulging in lependence Day shooting before pendence Day has arrived been observed very satisfactorily in the city. We are growing more “safe nd sane” in our observance of the nation's natal day yearly. This vear, | unless plans are changed, the fire in Walnut Hill park the Fourth when works display will take day not place on several ater more re in town to enjoy them seems good years for the people to understand that the day celebrated without several weeks of ear-splitting noise We be ahead of time. are als ginning to learn other things about enjoying the day [to the best advantage. The automo- bile has been a great factor in our education in this respect. Thou- sands of familics who in past years spent the greater part of the day |tn “shooting things now spend | the day in automobile pleasure rid- | ing. This will be the case the com- | |ing week-end er extent than ever bef A DECISION OF STATE INTEREST ticut 1 commentators interested in the decision Hampshire supreme con dented to the state public service commission the power to permit the Boston & Maine of opera- Iroad to abandon a part of its line in t state or to cease 1 matters, tions upon Only the Legisla- power over such h court the state pub- a comm has regulate rates and re Lusiness in has no v Railroad Connecticu lines arc not faced same situation; they seem able a line whenever they want impelled to do 8o by P, 1506 } less- raffic, the usuz ing inter- teresting court ‘give a 98 YEARS OF LIFE was a quict disposition man- n of events to the is pass- sions of lent of t of us portals The fuf life 1ent BUTCHLRED FOR POLITICS Yo gislation. ered at Lake Chargogagoginan manner. | could be | he | =i to L) chaugagogehaubunagungamaug, © &t Webster, Mas: Factsand Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN [ | “The right sort of people” are ex- | pected to be in everything, includ. | ing debt, | The words used most in a typl- cal conversation are “he sald” and “sho said." Coin of the Realm! Of shertage In the eurrency Of copper cents there's not & ru- mor, But how much gayer life would be If they could coln more sense of humor! The ant may outclass the grass- hopper in the matter of thrift, but not as a pedestrian, The Long Look “When does a man look his best?"” “When a pretty girl passes him," —DBernard Schreck, « | A parking spacf is where you leave the car to have the remain. ing fender fixed that way. The Home-Brew Architect By Albert G, Shemm | When wife and I declded that ‘\\'("d bulld a house, we sald: | “We'll have no architec It js't probable that primitive | 1 run wp overbend: . b men hateq ene another very much.| \wo1 qo our own designing #0 They had no money. | "Twill meet our special needs, | And what we'd pay the archifect Wil buy our garden sceds.” It might be worse. You never see newsy and sensational headline: “John Jones Is Honest." | |a Night in and out we drew the plans And pald attention to he need for plenty closet room-—— | There always are too few. And then we brought a builder in Who swore on Holy Writ He'd build it just as it was shown, Nor change the plans a bit. Woman doesn't need profanity, | anyway, except when she looks at the supper dishes next morning. |And so we bullt our little house Without the architect, And find it really suits us fine, xcept in one. respect— Of stairs up to the second floor We haven't got a trace! 1 plumb forgot 'em, for my mind Was all on closet space! The two things destined to meet { misfortune are infants of the genus| homo and white pants. | How can an allen learn a lan-| guage that says a tightwad isn't tight when he gets tight | Modern Requirements | 1t he uses large words 40 express| “What was the trouble with your | his fdeas, he got the ideas where|old minister?” he got the words. “We just had to let him go." re- { plied the deacon. “He was a splen- the | did man in every way, but his voice nnd;mdn'v broadcast well on the radio. The comforting thing about war in China is that Japan Russia are financing fit. - | A woman Is a person who dresses to make men look, and then gets | mad when they do. | | N cially w-minded people annoying if your |agrers with what they say. | | Don't worry. The more foolish t A world gets, the guicker there will be | & common-sensc are espe- | conscience The Eternal Quest Boyd: “Seems like people never satisfied.” Luras: “Yes: no man ever has h to eat or woman enough to are wave, I l -—Emile Dougherty | the chief of police, that their prop- | their display of fireworks | Fourth of July.* man." “Gee! Lend me your pass, will you?" —Louls Mahanan, baseball Our New Tyrants “Kings and emperors amount te much these days, marked Uncle Ike, “but the trafc cops are getting ‘more powepful every minute," (Copyright, 1925, Reproduction Forbidden) 25 Years Ago Today All the grocers have _algned an agreement to closo thelr stores all day July 4. W. L. Hatch and C. J. White have sold a lot on Whitman street to Axel Johnson. Charles Fox, Thomas Prentice, and Guy Dewey left for New London Saturday. They will hire & boat and spend a few days crulsiog about the Sound. It has been suggested that people going away for the summer notify don't erty be carefully watched. H. M. Clark and family and ¥. H. Johnston's family have gone to Mr, Clark's cottage at Iourth lake in the Adirondacks. They will remain there during th& month of Jul. The following New Britain crick- eters will play with Hartford against the New York Columblas at Hart- ford on July 4: Marvin, Whatnall, Cashmore, W. Elliott, Elam, W, Smith and Straw, A number from New Britain will witness the game, Adolph . Leupold left for New York today and will leave for Ger- many tomorrow. Burnet Ackerman has enlisted in the United States army, The Maple Hill Golf club defeated Glastenhury Saturday afternoon, each member of the New Britain team proving more than a match for his opponent, The fire commissioners do not agree with the mayor in his action in withholding the pay of the fire police and will send him a petition asking that he change his stand. The merchants have commenced for the Fireworks will be cheaper this year as, with the ex- ception of Chinese firecrackers, only American made goods will be sold, AT WELCOME FOR GOVERAORS Pun Points i (In Jingle-Jangle Manner) The kid read of Aladdin frequently | And never was Aladdin greater glee. | —Grace M. Cairns. | o oo {hat lights on the '(’;‘::‘""““ ihebus i | With thoughts poetics such | filmy. the fundamentalists five | 1o vears from now admit descended from us? thrill s a wall wise paper 1y | things Wil thou that nd they —J. H Luhrs. | . . His firet endeavors failed him when . he wooed her | Endeavors since the poor chap has | pursued her —George D. Hoagan. | . . He fished for haddock pretty late | And haddock keep en ehanging bait, —Harry Taubin. .. “He that would greatest, him he servant,” has a meaning in this impudent age. | be let your An untrained la make But man can break them. odge them Anybody kes skill o and Jill ck s¢ to fell Jill t up a stijl cwater, J: > his crown und arned stuff. 'Twas half-past midnight when that yeggman mect me; | T would half-past him by it he had | let me, Gorrect “Here," | —Florence said the chivalrous man walting in | line may | my place.” Aot (I by I.tfv‘mw‘l Editors, Greati DNiering | “The Reverend Hiller e wonderful preacher, isn't h | Roland: “I should say he is. Why | one Sunday morning he took up a collection and got 93 golf balls." Robert Reich wn an wouldn't F. Bessmann The Sporting Goods Counter “you ay Jtected Alvin: ‘. a MARRIED FOR 25 YEARS Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Faulkner Oh- | . . Home Helps scrve Silver Wedding Annive wallld you' mind. te “Central ling At Home On Union Street, is the William H. Faulk- | home team ect observed the | T think you may iarriage at | fee on anniver- | ~ the ob-| Abont inning, The by six runs. cly put the cof- seventh | M and Mrs. 20 Un nniversary ¢ is leading i hom Eugene Lisenman Saturday bu 1 erday Those T-Would - Sport-the-Freckles- if-1-Had-the-sheckles Blues love to steam on a wind-tossed stream Pl simply d craft— to tour trom Eristol the T Hartiord and and 1 home. | were mar- | hy oy On a ing lunging vacht | ary's chur B 'bout a tessing ha Fred- | Mrs. rriage this eity iley. T hom (But s all T got!) T and moor REINE car. it 1 had over hi efore i u HAt nice ended ss Hannah | Hartford | hey at price- McCu a quarter can't go O'Conne in T (But have t nies args Jove ieam of tk number seam golt & the On I 1a (1 course, field flc s of ril fishing rod’s in heck!) et tri woodla it—my the 1 love notes from the sw Qbservations On The Weather Tune rn New Engl s this Jove the roar shore— 1 earn THI offens e blues. o (B twelve 29.—Forecast Local | ternoon or north 1 GOT Ve for Soutl thunder ry and highly-expen- in Iy s ing and ing, | Lunting and camping — the and tramping— and country-clut hunting diving i ssly B SOME ur | Blues! Lippm ifting . Sl e winds. Another Game Frank awfully his ba from Miss playing o England Florida t st 1 | por ha Eleanor That ing a glass arm. Don't worry carie. neve terf e's mak 1 E arm e With him when to you.” S an G ol —Richard solicitous re tled rs in| Lake portion of emperature nd low morning i it s er witl we is tough 1 wanted to bet on is that too enough to t blood h, dear, isn't e they know put fodine on so he wor poisoning in On the Free My segond gousin i an wider- | ern Steamship Lines,Inc., which was Those Attending Maine Conven- | tion Have Gala Time 1, Me,, June 29 lM“\\'clv} Ly state and city, nearly a score of chief execuiives, with their | ladies and members of their staffs were ceived at the state pler to. upon thir arrival from New ork for the 17th annual session of the governor's conference at FPo- | land Epring. As the Calvin Austin of the East- Q A chartered for the trip, entered the main ship channel the visitors were | saluted witha roar of guns from I'ort Williams, followed by the shrieking of whistles on all manner of craft the steamer passed through the harbor and docked ex- ctiy on time At the pier, | el lic as : west which was erowded, was _stationed the Fifth Infantry band, which after the World war was With the American army of oc- tion at Coblenz, The members of the party had rough trip, particularly off Island, and some of them from the | inland states were victims of sea- sickness, but they soon forgot this by warm sunshine which followed | yesterday's rain herc The members of the party were | up early, anxious to catch a glimpse of the Dine Tree state in which the will be guests for an entire week. They W taken in automobiles, | it of which was assigned to each carried the flag of that | to the Congress Square hotel, hrenkfast was served feature of the break- under the direction of the (hamber of announcement by Governor that the state of Florida | ted to the state of Maine | [ Publicity bu- | On the steamer a check for nount was handed to Gove hy Commander R of Miami, in the Governor John W. Martin staff he is a member. After the hreakfast the governors nd ot were taken by autemo- for a tour of the city, they enjoyed a 30-mile ride Poland Spring house, where nference opens this afternoon. | .\ a Block | Q. it A. It Bate state and and st of A t feot surpr ven Portland the Brewster Badlnre for Commerce, A Maine United United S urisdictio cwstor men hose | ot gars shiy t wi atf to the 2 (UALIFYING ROUND To Play In Finals | Mo A, Q Total of 16 Gaolf po For Committce Cup At Shuttle | Meadow Links. Q and The qualifying round for the com- | =y mittee cup played Saturday at the Shuttle Meadow links with L. N Humphrey and R Merwin bein tied for low with a net of A to- | | of 16 playérs qualified the finals which will be played at the e was the 1b soon The follows results were as | vlay 1555 Net 69 | the | into Hand E. N. Hump ) R. T. Merwin Logan Pag R. Howe s Hy liam R P. Hart ..... ey Hart ... . 20 ‘ W. T. Cohol, | will Frank Shie Hart H. Kirkham R. Eddy |3. H. Robinson 0. Gre ” W n e sure Wi sland J an 3 1s ] I W i fore. western part of the former Russian empire, tle Russia lle of the Russian cz in Pinsk marshes and a little north of the Black | from Poland and cast. The following governments are | i | included Kharkov, Kherson | square | federated Linden and from run? rlin named from the | den trees with which it is planted, extends | emperor Operernhaus, about | “natural-horn ¢ States and naturalized who has resided the requi time te 1 | | earth? a temperature | zero having been letters in the have a secret meani in ization using t supercharger | engine depen 7o | the mixture of fue! | pressibie, it nifold each stroke mobiles The first | tor aad the inlake WHEN you'think of a heat- ing plant, think of SAFETY, FIRST. There are various methods and ways to provide heat, but for even, safe, comfortable heat nothing has yet replaced An- thracite Coal, particularly along the lines of SAFETY, OUR KIND of coal is a* selection of the greatest heat producing mines inthe United States, The Citizens Coal Co. Yord & Office, 24 Dwight Ceurt Tel. 2198 Branch- Offiee, 104 Areh St. Tel. 3266, ENTIRE CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED ‘c:m“ it handles the charge mixture) |or at the air intake to the carbure. | tor, to which it supplies air at ime | creased pressure. The second type performs the same functions in tha same. positions, but differs in that ft pumps the air by positive displace. ment of rotating interacting vanes insteaq of by centrifugal foree. It is nlso driven by the engine, | Q. Can a person honestly sur. render his adjusted service certif cale for the payment of a grocery hill? A. The only way in which money can be legally obtained on the bemus certificate 1s that provided by the bonus law whereby a certain amount will be loaned to veterams by the banks after the policy has heen in force for two years, If ene wishes to make his bonus certifi- cate security for a loan or for the payment of a bill, money is éwed the beneficiary of the policy. Thi however, is risky for the pergen the south, and |!aking the policy as security, as the Roumania on the' policy-holder has the privilege of on thechanging the beneficiary of the pel at any time and without the consent of the beneficiary. Q. Of what nationality is Bebe Daniels? A. American, of Spanish descent, Q. How did Francisca Villa, the Mexican bandit, die and when? A. He was killed in July, 1933, by feudists avenging the deaths ef persons killed by Villa, The murder plot was instigated by a man pamed las. Q. from the Brandenburg clam palace of the ¢ A. The world's largest clam shell, is_extended (hence welghing 20 pounds without the by the I mollusk itself, was placed on exhi- Platz am 2 bition at the Museum of Natural artenitaliolal History, New York city. The giant The street bivalve, of which the creature that is flanked wore this shell was one, are Al native to the waters of the Indian ocean, the FEast Indies, and the Philippine Islands. They are edible, their shells are so hard that the natives frequently make g% handles of them. Lying open f{n clear water, these creatures are sgid fo present the appearance of a sub- mari garden of the most vivid llow and violet hues, Q. What is the strength of the United States army? A. On April 30, 1926, the United States army consisted of 11,701 efe rs, 117,900 enlisted men, and ] Philippine scouts. What is the antiseptic that recently been found that s times stronger than carbelie Where is The “The Ukraine?"” country in the south- ometimes known as “Lit- and formerly under the , which de- d itselt an independent repub- 1917, Tt stretches from the sea on to Don Cossack-land Chernikoy, Poltava, Kiev, Podolia, Volhynia, Taurida and Yckaterino- is about ,000 is now one the republics. is the Unter Den what points does I'he area miles. It Soviet How long of . This i3 the famous avenuc rows of lin- of How large was the lar shell that was ever found? the and P to rorme to Roval 1Ce the Lus length is 196 by fine arsenal and mile broad and once the fefinition of a f the United uralized citizen born citizen of the one in the to the amend- A zner the i izen® and a ‘na A natural s ‘s born ct (14th Constitution), forei 1 leng and requrements for cltizen- o an Indi has Isft rvation, and taken up the 6 an’s mode of living, Who played the part of Louis France the photoplay Lowell Sherman. Where and thereof to the U, 8§ blue, y citizen is a in this country as Al F who Q has fifty acid A 4 antiseptic is called yl-resorcinol” and is said to be times stronger than carbolie Verkhoransk, Siberia in germ Kkilling power. It is be. to have distinction, a |ing used to clear up aggravated in- of below fections of the Kidneys and urinary recorded there, | tracts. The man who discovered the thé words “Delta” compound is Dr. Veader Leonard, ? who spent ten years in research to two of the perfect it. The discovery was ame jreek alphabet. They |nounced from the Johns Hopkins however, to | university, Baltimore. rnal organ- e G o J. H. Robinson Wins econd 16 in Tourney principle in an automo- | J. H. Robinson was awarded & The power output of a given |sliver cup as winner of the secend upon the weight of |sixteen in the June tournament charge of fue! d tdken |played at the Shuttle Meadow clyb. the cylinder per stroke. Since|The play-oT was made yesterday he 3 mir Is com- |iween Robinson and Greer of Hart- : it the pres- [ford with the former winning 3 te 2. mixture in the intake | The sixteen kas not yet been finish- increa a greater |ed 30 that Mr. Robinson's opponent {o the cylinder at |for the June tournament has not yet the power heen decided. accordingly. = pumy e is the coldest place on | is sup- |acid What ta do mean hese are simply tiates of th em What is the of the| air lows of the is ed it will flow and ased autput The I FAMILY REUNION uribh ana reunion of the Fzer famiiv will take piace ai Fere park, Springfieid. next 4. Wiisro Kelley , preddent of the accompenied by his w Trepiotor fars be incr — argers chi-ay Sup: are s a ce ) | Gren st o €5 v Kingsiey. vaives (1o whish Britain, will atiend. Yohn