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Thia ineurer | protection against frand in newspaper distribwtion figuces to both national and | local advertisera. — The Werald fo on wale dally n New ¥'s New Btand. Timee Bqua ews Stand, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd street. ONE MORE CONGRESSMAN FROM THIS STATE? Aecording to reapportionment plans for Congress, Connectlicut s to recelve an additional congressman. The House would have a member- thip of 483 instead of 425. Congress of late years has been a little slow about rearranging con- greeslonal districts to take account of changes in population, due to a desire not to Increase the represen- tation of the south and radical sec- tlons of the west. The last reappor- tionment was in 1911. It is believed the next Congress will find it nec- essary to tackle the subject. | Thers seems to be no logical ob- | jection to rearranging representa- tion, particularly as the increase of | congressmen would be only 48, THAT 6 A. M. MEETING OF COUNCIL COMMITTEE The ordinance committee of the Common Council, bent upon making a personal investigation of charges that a disturbs the early morning peace at Main and East Main street, will “hold a meeting” tomorrow morning, “farmer's market" at the corner at 6 a. m. thereby better 1o acquaint themselves with the al- leged conditions complained of. The ordinancs committes is en- titled to unbounded credit and ad-| miration for its evident desire at ths bottom of things even it it means being called out of hed | carly to get in the morning to look after such important and necessary pub- | lic duties. Such endeavors are cer- tain to settls things as they ought to be settled. We shall now learn at | first hand, and from actual experl- | ence by members of the committee, just how much of a nulsance, if any. a farme market can be early in the morning This is an the age of cfficlency; even Common Council has become innoculated As 6 a to begin playing polit tain the weighty cided with the virus. m. is too early in the day it is cer- matter will be upon its merits. A TURKISA FEMINIST DIVORCED Kemal is prob and OUR WHEAT YIELD TARES A FLOP. As we are a sumers of wh ot r should both from an | standpoint » wheat situation this yea € a complete reversa tians last year, \s sure to h “ affects of one sort ing her, although the posit consumer wiil This is' d i a world produ n ne matter whers produce The Unit only a litt requirem whes grow epough to m own but there mands of eu- ittie for sxport & substan'ial surpiue grown in United States and surplus Deopis Last year svef to: nEport Last year ada nearly had a erop failure in wheat, whi ft has & lapge prop; Whioh e this year means | particylarly | tie, | pedition | cover with sleds and dogs. | Etah total NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1928, this year Canada will be the export- ing natfon, The exact condition of the Furo- pean crop has not yet been deter- mined, but fragmentary reports lead to the expectation that tha crop will be large and that there will be need of fewer Importations than in most years. unpald taxes. That is a good move, and being directed im- partialy throughout the state, has no political flavor to it." | Factsand Fancies BY RUBERT QUILLEN INTERSTATE BUSSES AND SPEED Efforts belng made to prevent motor busses from driving unneces- sarlly fast along the public high- ways apparently is meeting with | strong opposition by the bus iInter- ests, who seem to think part of their future lles In competing with the rallroads as regards speed. The practice of disconnecting the speed- | Remorge: That dull, throbbing | ometers, so that neither the driver | sensation above the ears next morn- | the public or an investigator can |ing. determine exactly how fast a bus is travellng, has cropped up between Hartford and Springfield, anG 18 to Now let's have a Less-Weather- Week, The love of money {8 the that supports the family tree. root The American wheat crop this| year, estimated by the government at 679,000,000 bushels, contrasts unfa- vorably with a crop of 873,000,000 bushels last Down with the Worries, Folks! Lawn-mowers clicking, all. day through! don’t folks mowers too? A sense of humor, plled with zest Will clip the worrles off the best! Too darned many uplifters begin | by elevating their noses. Drat those Riffans. They won't stay In a trench and take it easy, Why push gloom- year, The Canadian crop this year, estimated at 374,404,- | 000 bushels, 58 of the 262,097,000 bushels raised last year. But it should not overlooked that in spite of the prospective gain of 123,307,000 bushels in Canada, there s a prospective loss of 104, oondemned as a ruthless attempt 000,000 bushels in the United States, to combat the law and override so that the combined ylelds of Can- | e | public sentiment, da and the United State ve a h ates this year| = ) oporter for ths Springfleld | will ghow a losa over the combined | Rl | Republican, in taking test rides in steld yen | varfous bus lines out of Springfield, Although the American farmer | | found the rate of speed frequently will Ifkely be able to mell his wheat | . | 45 miles an hour, although the | at & falr proft, the financlal return drivers appeared to ba experienced, of last year cannot possibly skilful and careful at dangerous peated. The short wheat crop this | | polnts. The trip from Hartford to year, moreover, may have a bad ef-| ¢’ ® . Springhe ! fect upun hia palitical temper, Lead- | 2L nEheld took onel hour'and i teen minutes, and 24 automobiles ers of farmers' organizations are al- | 1 C B i and nine trucks ! ready taking advantage of the pros- Skl i roud, while only {wo cars succeeded pective mental conditlon by working | | s e up strong opposition to proposed | " ';“' PE LAY oL ke pilk The b S . " trelght rate increases In the west, | Priometers were “not working. Such a speed is entirely too fast in the northwest. And Vo) s3aintmay) nonrEotore atinisas | EALS public highway for that type of vehicle. The fault evidently lies is far in exce Evidence Burton; “Old Meinman started out in life as a messenger hoy." Galloway: “Then it does pay to go slow!" The obfection to inalienable rights | is that they are so easlly allenated. Tough! Tougher! Toughest! By E. R. Lehrman S0 you're th' new boy, are y', kid? Where are y' trom, 'n' what's y'r | name? S0 you're from New York, are y'— Huh! ‘What? Eth-el-bert E | Bthelb=-Ethel Oh, migosh! & “The first woman diplomat.” Fid- | oy “pric) 0 0 T RORT B dlesticks! Every mother of five is a diplpmat and a Hague. be re- “Ethel, do y' llke y'r face? One of the commonest double plays is from paymaster to dad to mother, Oh, Ethel, that's a naughty word! Them shiny new shoes, 'n’ that tie— Ethel, arc y' prepared t' die! Dumas used sex in his novels, but it was frosting on the cake, not filling. “Th' last kind me— He's pushing up th' daisles now! The French pronunclation Abd-el-Krim places the accent the second sylable. of | on That's what I'm gonna do t' — sures for agricultural rellef, ow! 7-ric McLean! | 1 don't — I'm gonna push it in! | | that got gay with i 1 chewed him up 'n' spit him out, | STORE CLOSES WEDNESDA\S AT 12 O'CLOCK DURING AUGUST — HARTFORD — | SATURDAY LAST DAY 0 THE MILL-END SALE TWO-PIECE BALBRIGGAN You will be surprised and pleased at the fit and quality of the material at this extremely low price. The colors include pencil blue, black prince, pansy and | cuckoo. T don't know just where t' begin. | THE NEW SATIN AFTERNOON '} FROCKS FOR THE STYLISH MISS $ 1 998 Dresses that follow the smart flare silhouette, have long narrow sleeves, and are shown in the new Helio Blue colors. Featuring the new necklines, the new back flares, and the new circular flares. | tion Beveral political leaders from the west recently visited President Cool- idge at Swampscoit and told him everything was as pleasant as a mar- rlage bell In their bailiwicks; but that was hefore the government wheat estimates were given out. CHARTERING THE ARCTIC BY AIRPLANE Discovery of new land in the Are- including high mountain peaks that formerly were unsuspected, was made possible by the MacMillah ex- of The distance covered in one through the use air- planes. day would have taken a manth to Thus the | Arctic s being made known to the | prying eyes of man, and the day will | s00n be hero when every mountain | and valley In the far north hereto- | fore unknown, will have a name and | be found upon the maps. The flights alieady made by MacMillan planes from the base at the | more than 3,000 miles. This is the rate at which the Arctic| | making fiying visits to the 1s being forced to yleld such secrets | as heretofore have not been given| up. And through ot all communica- | 1 the | | the has been maintaine civflized Sih world through use of | the radio. This conquering might of m in a modoern romance. the chinery the control of man over the of his scientific attainments, ENCOURAGING USE OF BITUMINOUS COAL The ordered reduction of railroad | rates upon certain high of blituminous coal from West Virginia tipes to New England was a move in the right direction and will | tendency of permitting for hard ecoal to gain greater use e cry all along has heen that v volatile was with 1f rom West Virginia not cheap enou compared anthraclte, to encourage its nse the freight rate condition is to he substantial this should he greatly ameliorated, and of it stimulated throughout Virginia southern frelght A N TAY SHARE-UP SMALL TOWNS and atat particularly as allowing vast the reason for to accumulatio Newark has had them for ten years. statistics about | imp! with the owners of the busses, who demand speed In order to insure the | Evolution is a slow business. possibilities ot better cnmp»m!anThlnk how long it took the monkey with the railroads. tol get to the firat page. The Interstate bus business, how-| oIt isn't easy fo learn. A man must practice for months heforc he knows which club to cuss. ! Now, lisn, Ethel, you fight falr— No bitin’ 'n’ no pullin’ hair! “Y* will that! ow! ¥'r Kkickin'! s ever, rapldly developing, new routes heing announced every week. In no case does the time between the rail- but it is very close to it in instances. - till 1 spit these teeth Investors shouldn't | at the bottom, however. part that drops out. You can tell a college-bred man. He knows that hook slide into sec- ond. alyways begin in | Sav. Mac. 1 uess 1 got ¢ go— That's the It's supper-time, I' mpurty tough, But, Mac, I'll say you're th' real stuff!" terminals compete with roads, many We who have had so much rain this summer may be interested in the startling information that a serious drought continues in central The Eyes of Love Gertrude: “Do you still that love is blind?" Maxson: “Not after last night took my girl out she could see an three blocks away.” believe How times change. The saw has become a musical instrument and the hammer a social asset. Fewer hides are tanned in Amer- fea now. That explains so much imitation leather and so much im- pudence, and northern Georgla. fee-cream 1t have a letter to mall after § p. m in the save 12 la vou live in the outskirts and ugene Reich, There is not much objection to getting the air when it is on the radio, take it to the post office thus hours in ten minutes. family fiivver and Bascball 1s more & businces than sport. Players are not permitted | to crown oponents, much less the umpire. Quite a Relief Merton: “What do you want, sir2" Stranger: “I'm a bill collector for Johns and Jones. Merton: “Fine! Good-b, English channel, | gwimming the The elect deserve litle credit. True, it is the cream that rises to the top; but it's the Blue John that | holds it up. attempting to climb Mt. Everest or North Pole not sufficiently hazardous for soms people. Four Englishmen propose to tour the world in a life- boat. Here's their bill | are [ —Rudfe L, | Watching the Clock (Inspirational Mestage Series) Chief among the many reasons why young men fail in business is the “clock watching” habit. This habit is so prevalent and so per- nicious that employecs who have acquired it are unable to concen- trate on their work. The hands of the office clock wield such a hyp- notic influence upon them that they are constantly looking up to see whether it or to quit for the day. Such employees deceive selves Into believing that such sur- reptitious glances are not noticed by their superiors. However. that is not the case, There are efficiency perts in almost every office whose duty it is to watch the clock watch- ers. Let us cite an illustration in proof of this assertion, The officials of a certain company in Chicago were about to create a new cxeentive position of impor- tance and, desiring to fill it from Correct this sentence: “It's only |a mile,” gald daughter: “let's leave the car at home and walk.” | iR | Having arrived at the point where | the National | commission can be regarded headway. (Protected by Editors, Associated Ir | 25 Years Ago Today Chicago is consldering a scheme while l funds are needed, Crime as making the customary | l [ » all-year-round schools, Samuel Coleman, the truckman, fell from a load of wocd yesterday and sprained his ankle. Eight red adders were killed near the dam at Shuttle Meadow yester- | da The chi main idea seems fo be to keep ren off the streets in the sum- mer time, and not so much giving educalion: | “Joseph Dering fell from a bicyele | lon Center street last evening 1l’”l' | fractured one of his legs. He was| | removed to the hospital. A fine game of baschall is prom- ised at Electric Field tomorrow aft- | ernoon when teams from the Stan- ley Works and Vuican Iron Works | meet. Ladies will be admitted free; them m The gasoline industry is facing a rebate war, production has increas- and clties h started investi- gations galore. ustry seems {0 be but no- to up inst difficulties, ag hody in it seems to be headed will y'? Take that — 'n’ | Ouch— 1 for a walk and | sign is time to go to lunch | them- | ex- | NEW SILK DRESSES FOR LARGER WOMAN Sizes 4215 Following the trend of e coat and modified flare si the advance guard for early fall dress. the THE $25.00 the new fall fashions in Thouette these dresses are woman who wants an to 5214 Extra size Voile Dresses. 5215 value $8.98. SATURDAY CLEARAN black, navy and brown. ;, OF TWENTY-SEVEN PRINT SILK FROCKS THAT WERE PRICED UP TO $29.00. ...... At Qur Under Price Dress Dept: 2nd Floor Sizes 4215 to Regular $5.69 Extra Fine Broadcloth Dresses in a variety of bright colors. Sizes 36 to 46. Satvoar .. $2.69 $15.00 Not more than one of a model but each one a rare opportunity. sound There'd be more bachelors around! Poor Fish! | Agent: “Anything in my line to- | | day, sir? 1 travel in fishing hook Shopkeeper (savagely): "No, you | don't catch me with any of your confounded hooks.” Agent: “And yet you seem in a | biting mood, too! Good day, sir.” —Mrs. P. McCauley. | 1925, Reproduction | _ Vorbidden) | (Copyrig! | WESTPORT POLIGE - PROBE AUTO RING | S— ih ‘State Authorities Also Calle in = gentlemen must pay 15 cents, with 10 cents extra for a &eat In the grandstands. The local G. will attend the in Chicago have the ranks instead of bringing a man in from the outside, apply the ‘“clock the poorhouse | watching test. More than a A. R. delegates who national convention | been notified that | million freight cars re loaded the past week, and the give the trucks are instructed to report the name of the man who paid the smallest atten- the round trip fare wiil be $12.05.1jon 1o the clock during the course The local physicians held a meet- | o¢ the day. BIEh DRI Ine At the end of the week the ex- ”["1 \Y‘f»r"{\;r y U"\‘Lns’fl-‘ | pert nade the astounding report ! ted to ask fOF|nat he had found that one of the representation on the board of hos- | ¢jo kg never looked at the clock pital directors. Dr. Trving was als0 |~ rpo reward was immediate. empowered to appoint a press com- | thele raceived bl el "~ | Needless to say, mitteo of three members to put the | " oromotion, being installed in a doctors' be : the public| chiendid private office. QUEREheEnEn SRaRgED As a further token of their ap- i l;""‘“’" af preciation, the company offictals s presented him with a complets desk Among the articles included in it do not that railroads ression motor ing last chairman secretary putting the Qut of buti- being | Tork man who smoke joked with latter cut oft theties goon while b case the fore without the s ues of anes wii e the real test coming fo Commercial he prizes Recently cat dis- | P appeared and it was feared that it | had met with disaster at the hands of seme dogs, but today it was found. Tt had dropped between the | walls of the Giddings buflding and | ™ that occupied by Armour & Co. The Lathrop Co. of Har tises choice brandy for p 5% cents a pint, &1 a quart a gallon he dentist to | Street cat which | very him when gors 10 a i hghly a molar extracted And thereafter the recipient found unnecessary to wear his wrist watch during the day! —Robert Just the Thing i who deserted her pastor-husband canse of his calling wanted to beb Hage her hair or wear shorter skirts. Welkins is dead and that they are going to | put up a tablet as a memortal.” Nelson: “An indigestion tablet, | suppose.” tariff. which or $3.50 | Fords to cost $1,100, intended to prevent 1 affie congestion H. G. Observation | On The Weather ; | her | Washington, Aug. 14—Forecast New England: Partly possibly local thunder- Massachusetts | tonight. Slightly Island and Con tonight Saturday fair; MY ite n a0l xOre ‘m",;'"z ‘;""'s becoming | She says she'll stay with me no | northwest and nort | % e Forecast for eastern New York DIOES: Please tell me what to do, or, say, Fair tonight and Saturday; some- ake her change her mind and vhat cooler tonight ith por. | To make her change her «L‘ tion; moderate northwest and north Richman Wally the Mystic He'll Answer Your Questions | There's war whene'er the sexes And one must always taste defeat; It's fine to know there is a man To umpire fights, like Wally can nodern Cinderella of Astoria publ stage gured in the i had “flatter southern oudy storms in eastern his after cooler in necticut moderate noon or t Rhode Cure Worse Than Disease Dear Wally: ¢4 28 n of isa s tor in Bos- on has been fre things are 1vbody’s fault, It seems. One they are ever investi in s 7 Dear Stay A gun full of shot Discharged upon the old home spot | Wil make the lady stay, you'll find; But 'tis not apt to change her mind. win £10,000,000 Buildimz to disturbance was cen- | Be hlcctcd m ( hlcazo over in shot the =ou rtion of the Lake region yesterday morning oft the | caused local | 24 hours to New Eng- h as Virginia. | o by an area of high | ich is producing pleasant ‘“ i all districts east | The men or women? The temperature is | the and but to sea The Lady Loscs | Dear wany With my beau last night t might be termed a fight; t this ng om Illinois the last 1t pressure ther In of the rockies. rising Yours, s senial Some Garter. Garter elaits Men are smarter, dear: higher | The women prove that, year on year, For if the women's minds were eastern secti Dear 3 ghtly temperature. determined to Thercupon the efficiency expert was |1t was a handtome mahogany clock. | “1 hear that Dr. Killeter | Which is smarter, | | {0 Tnvestigate Westport, Conn, Aug. 14 | State police of the Westport bar- | | racks are conducting a probe into | | the activities of an automobile ring, | | whose ramifications are said to e {tend into all of the states along the Atlantic seaboard, following the re- | covery here of four automobiles | stolen from Maryland, Delaware and Vnnnncnr‘ ut Edward Bowe, a [ keeper, fs being kept surveillance pending | of the investigation, surance adjusters ara cooperating with the state police. Bowe has | been made defendant in a civil ac- | | tton brought by Irving Mansell, idgeport automobile dealer, who | |alleges Bowe &old him a etolen = The police came upon ths olues | that resulted in the information that | stolen cars were being brought here ‘ | to be disposed of several weeks ago | when they visited Bowe's atore in | | search of liquor. | The car involved in the suit | brought by the Bridgeport dealer was stolen in Stamford, the police declared. The other three cars thus far recovered by the police are all of the same make and own ership has been traced to residents of Saulsbury, Md.; Newark, Md., and Stanton, Del Bowe claims he did not e cars had been stolen, and ac- | | cording to the police promised to | | assist the apthoritles in locating the person from whom he pur- rl'a!Ni the machinea. P local store- | under police th outcome | in which in- \ Taufi F\penmentAof | Trish Said to Have Failed | London, Aug. 14 (#—The Dublin correspondent of the Westminster | Gazette says the tarift experiment | started by the Irish Free State about two years ago has failed so sig-! nally that it is likely most of the duties will be dropped. The idea was | of course, to protect and foster Irish manufacturers, but the correspon- jent writes, foreign goods have mot been excluded, while prices naturally have risen as the consumers paid} the penalty He cites the .motor . car trade | among those epecially affected, say- | | ing the purchase of cars has dimin- | ished considerably, while all dry| goods, except tobacco and household furniture also have suffered and sev- | leral Dublin firms have been unable | to pay their way. s \Bulb Expert Accused of Violat- | Kundred, | Goshen, Ind., the Strict Qrihodox church he at- tended in his home city. scheme of things. | tending the sixteenth annual exhibi- ticn and convention of the Amer- e e o e ot 2 e e . e e <25 EXPELLED FROM ican Gladiolus soclety. When Mr. Kundred began to hs recognized as a genius in the hybrid- izing of this species church leaders held a solemn council, voted that ‘if the Almighty God had wanted the gladiolus hybridized he would have made them that way,” and excom- municated Mr. Kundred. Until 12 years ago Mr. dabbled in gladiolus only as a side line. When he went into the business in earnest his capital was half a bushel of choice bulbs. His 120-acre garden now is | valued at $250,000. His bulbs and flowers exhibited here are worth $100,000. ORTHODOX CHURCH Kundred cultivation ing Divine Order Rochester, Aug. 14 ®—A. E. gladiolus grower of has been banned from SEATTLE QUIVERS Beattle, Wash,, Aug, 14. (P—Seat- tle was shaken by an earthquake yesterday. A selsmograph at the University of Washington recorded the shock at 4:08 o'clock lasting more than a minute with a maxi- mum intensity of 30 seconds. No damage was reported. 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