New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1925, Page 2

VIGTOR LAWSON, Copyrights Each book contains one or more stories by Popular Present Day Authors. These are the only pocket copyrights by such famous authors at this price. There are Was in Charge of the Chicago Daily News Chicage, Aug. 20, (P—Vietor Fre mont Lawson, one of the greatest 1t we could only do am the Tee Companies do and supply our customers with red cards to hang on front porches—what an un- derwear business we'd do! Here's a special value that de- serves your attention— '\ for $3.50 Stories by Authors who are World | [* e editor and ' publisher of the marked the passing of a premier alth for years in order to go daily Given strict orders by his physi- |and for a time it was feared death only four ofher relatives survive, a brother, Famous, Chicago Dally News died last night at his home on Lake Shore Drive lsc Fach after an iliness of cnly three days of a heart aflment from which he had Etationery Dept. newspaper figure of the last century The same Indomltable will and courage that marked his efforts in building a great metropolitan dally downtown office of his paper. Lawson became seriously ill only three days ago, although he had not been in robust health for years. clans to remafn in bed, the man who for nearly half a century had direct- p ed the destinles of a great journal As 1t {s—every day In August, if Jeais hat taxes our Ingenulty keeping the ||and kept In closest touch wl s €OOL NAINSOOK UNION SUITS || was imminent, but he rallied and Formerly $1.50, 1 19 later in the day appeared much bet- Now ter. 1t was not until late last eve | ning that he suffered a sinking spell | from which he never rallied and he an Diego, Calif., and a brother-in law, Willim Harrison | . and |two nie all of Ridgefield. Con- Ineeticnt uneral arrangements will suffered frequently in recent years, and In fighting through the years . tained the 73.-year-old publisher in It was a recurrence of myocardities, ocks ahert of the demand mads | |every activity was unable to stand Buy Them While Thes Tast || gicq, peacefully at 9 o'clock, sur not e made pending receipt of fhe Western Storfes, Sea Stories, | land one of the last of American’s Foremost among the exponents of untained news, one of the founders of the Assoclated Press, and owner of one of the grcatest newspaper the last hours. 169-171 MAIN ST, He dled peacefully after fighting gallantly to within a few hours of of the end with the same fortitude the heart ailment from which he had suffered frequent attacks for years. His assoclates said that overwork Ihad contributed to his condition. w | |the enforced inactivity. ¢ e men in fron the shov Byj{hsimeniinGonb ol tha a0y Agalnst the advice of doctors, he case. | tnslat ed on getting out of bed Tnes- |day and sat up for a time. Yes- | rounded by a few of the lfetime T soclates of his newspaper and his Chicago. /. 93-99 Xsylum Street J. ~ «It Pays to Buy Our Kind” store Open All Day Ihery vishes of these distant relatives, Mr awson's wife died in 1914, They I T, , L —_———— } Lawson, the son of Mystery Stories, Love Storfes, || sianeer jorunalists 1s dead. successes on the continent, his death |that had enabled him to fight off il Ignored Doctors' Orders |terday morning he had a relapse Besides his niece, Business Day. vealth The gaincd distinction as one EDITOR, 15 DEAD Iver of of the most vigorous advocates of co-operative news gathering and as one of the founders of The Asso- clated Press, based on this princi- ple. From 1884 to 1900 he was president of The Associated Press when it was Incorporated under the laws of Illinois. From 1900 he had been a mem- ber of the board of directors of the present organization, Mr. Lawson was a native Chica- goan, born here September 9, 1850, | {the son of lver and Meling Lawson, | |He was educated at Philips Acad- ‘r..n Andover, Mass, and returned |to Chicago to learn the rudiments of \ the newspaper business under his| “’u'hfn who established the Scandi- |navian, Upon the death of the| father, Mr, Laweon assumed charge | "" the publishing business, He was |thus engaged when he met Melville E. Stone, later assoclated with Mr. Lawson in the publication of the {News and afterwards general man- | |28er and now counsellor for The As- scciated Press, Mr. Stone established the Chicago News, rented quarters in the Scan- dinavlan office to get out his paper and published the first {ssus Christ- mas Day, 1875, Shortly after Mr. Stone's two partners sold out to him and in July 1876, Mr, Stone in turn {scld this interest to Mr. Lawson {who ook charge of the paper with Mr. Stone as editor. Paper Independent To presérve the independence of |the paper, each man agreed to buy {no scurlties of public service cor- porations from his share of th profits. They sucgeeded and'in 158 tarted a mornifig edition and seven s later Mr. Lawson purchased Mr. Stone's interest and became sole proprietor. Soon afterward he changed the {name of his morning paper to the {Chicago Record, later merging it with the Times-Herald when he call- ¢d it the Record-Herald. Because {he did not wish to be connected with |@ paper publishing on Sunday, he furned over the property of the {Record-Herald to bond holders in {1914, making them a present of the capital stock of a par value of 32, 300,000, | One of the principles to which Mr. {Lawson always attributed the suc- {cess of the News was its wealth of |features, particularly those of inter- est to women readers, fincluding [short stories, aneedotes, table re- ceipes, fashions and small talk | n politics his newspaper prided [itself on its independence. ~Aside [from his newspaper career, Mr. Law- [son was intensely interested in a |great many Public and civic enter. | |prises, many of them of a philan- | |thropic character, and to fhese | |rauses the inflnence of hie news. {paper fre 'mrnn\ thrown i Cape \la\ Naval Base | toBe For Coast Guard| Cape May, New sey, Aug. 20 P —Captain Chest nking officer SureRelief FOR rl)NDIGESTION 6 BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief 25¢ and 754 Packages Everywhers NEW YORK VOTERS Primary Campaign Has Reached Rally Stage Today New Yeork, Aug. municipal primary campaign plung- ed into the rally stage today, the re- publicans were on record as regard- fug the breach In democratic ranks as a fight between Governor Smith and William Randolph Hearst for control of New York delegates to the next democratic national convention. The views were expressed by ries D. Hilles, republican na- tional committeeman and city chair- man. “Hearst is consumed by hig ha- tred of Goveraor Smith,” Mr. Hilles sald yesterday in a speech in behalf of Frank D. Waterman, organization republiean for mayor. “Smith is de- termined to unseat Mayor Hylan and Hearst. A en Island is reported as saying that contro) the democratic party in New York; that if \fnal"r Walker wins in the primaries, vernor Emith will name the delegates to the dem- ocratic national convention in 1928, whereas it Hylan wins, Hearst will name those delegates. That is the is- eue, mmany is responsible for sight vears of municipal rule so bad that even Tammany cannot stand for it.| Are we to abandon the city to the gentlemen of Fourternth street (Tammany Hall) who are now en-| gaged in scuttling their own ship? Why £hould Hearst be vindicate nd decor d—Hear who was hos- tile to England, who damned roy- alty, who was recefved by the king, ind who now buys a castle in Ire- land “What interes people in the personnel of the dele- gation to the 1928 convention? Why shonld our citizens elect a city ticket purpose of enabling Hearst, Hylan's absentee landlord, ta hand-pick delezates to the successor | have our 6.000,000 for the sole the United States naval L here, rts he had received a dispateh | of the Navy Wilbur that the hase was {0 be nnouneing turned over to the o i early date. ast guard serv- liee at | Naval men here belleved that the chief | coast | | be made one of the ts of operation for the and that the 1t Lewvis will be 1 sep station transferred here, Hongolian Goyl, Wanfs Amer- icans fo Depart New Tork, Aug Simulta the ouncement ed by neously with frem Peking that it bell Roy Chapmun had Veen tound in the At § es lang. Sealine— Self Caracul Beaverette— Muyskrat— American “armmkm Muskrat—F Hudson Seal Civet Cat— 95.00 Natural Muskrat— At §135.00 In ovster grav. Northern Seal— Oposaum At $175.00 Fox enllar Brown Caracul—Fox Silver Muskrat— At $225.00 (renuine Otte: 5 inch. trimmed At Attractive M trim {pursuing 2 Ipal transit | Mayor Hylan and of the Madison Square eircus of | Bennett, one et candidates, rged Mr. Hilles with “rule or ruin” policy which will seuttle as well the repub- lican ship. Mr. Bennett denoune (he “socialistic” schemes of munic ownership advaneed by Senator Walker. | of two HEARING ALL SIDES 20 (P —As thel democratic leader of Stat.| this is a fight to determine who will | | members of the [rectors of the Calumet and Arizona with the Rev, Dr. Norman Thcm.n.l he sald, there are in reality three Soclalist candidates in the fleld. Mayor Hylan in reply to the dec laration of principles of his tam. riany opponent, State Senator James J. Walker charged the latter with responsibllity for the overthrow of the state home rule amendment to the constitution As Benator Leader, tha Mayor as- serted, Walker parmitted the change | in the wording of the amendment | which caused it to be declared un- constitutional. Mayor Hylan sald there was noth- ing new in Senator Walker's advo- | cating municipal ownership and op- eration of transportation systems, the five cent fare, more subways, schools and parks, “It is a substantial endorsement of the present cfty administration, the executive sald, “T do not have to make any such declaration be- cause everybody knows I have | fought for and put many of the pol feles in effeet.”” Senator Walker is expected to re- ply tonight at the opening rally of | the Tammany ticket in the first as |sembly district, Greenwich Village, the home district of himself and Governor Smith. There is to be a | parade and fireworks. The primar fes come September 15, TENNIS TOURNAMENT Entries Coming in Good But More | are Wanted to Play in the Doubles Matches, In order that those who are away from the city but who may desire to | enter the city tennis tournament, the entries will not close on August 20, as originally noted, but will be open through the 25th, Entries may be filed with W. B. Murdock of 176 Lake street, phone 2175. The entry | | ree for the singles is §1 and 75 cents { each.in the doubles, *To date there have been about 30 entries, but there are not so many in the doubles, only. seven teams | having been entered thus far, Ttalian Count Arrested For Fighting in Newark | Newark, N. J, Aug. 20 (—Count |Ignating Thaon Di Revel, with 18 {members of the faseistl group who | |were the center of a riot at Laurel | which six | Gardens on Sunday, In men were wounded has surrendered | at the prosecutor's office, The | count was parolled and each of i {others furnished bail of $500. | Seven of the 10 other men arrest- |ad up to last night for participation in the clash between fascisti and Ttalian soclalists labor party, were released in bail. DIVIDEND DECLARED ‘ i | Calumet, Mich., Aug. 20 (P—Di- Mining company yesterday declared | a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share. The dividend will be paya Ile September 21 to record Septem- | ber 4, | SPECIALS AT THE AUGUST FUR SALE Tomhoy Raccoo! P lar and cufts. $295.00 ole— Leopard Cat— Black Caracul—S Squirrel Australian Opossum — $375.00 Tom American collar and cellar trimm Kit r and Senirrel trim Other Attrac Garments up to Natural Siberian Squirrel— Broadtail —Fox border Summer Ermine Squirrel— ed Ermine—Fox horder $1,500 tive —Lving | room oe s 1 DINING ROOK WeTenet | we not say—vou and I, partner— |not given us to | or the number of waves per second. |the gathered crowd ed by an ambulance surgeon. POETIC LETTER Lawson's Note to Stone flamllnad‘ Words “And at the Last , . .| light at eventide" closed a letter | from Victor F\ Lawson to his friend, | Melville E. Stone, used as an intro- | Auction commemorating Mr. Stone's | completion of yoars' service as | | general manager of the Assoclated | Press in 1918, } [ The Famous “Flyosan” reen Doors The tribute uddressed to “My Dear Mel” spoke of a more than 40 years' | assoclation in “the then little ad- venture of the Chicago Dally News" | R and in “the great adventure of the | Screen Cloth Assoclated Press* and closed: | “And so, as thess things of the past crowd upon the memory, shall Window Screens The Handy that along with the chastening sor- | rows of life—mysteries which it 1s understand—have come to us both the generous re. wards of service, and that unto us the lines have indeed fallen in pleas. ant places, and at the last—whether | Hardware Stove |1t come soon or late—for yonu and for us and for all we love, may it | be light at eventide, ‘Kilocycle’ Taking Place of the Word ‘Wavelength Washingfon, Ang. 20 (P—A nesw world “kilocycle,” gradually is taki the place of the word “wavelength' ) | in the vocabulary of radio fans, The department of commeree explained in a statement today that the mark- | ing or logging of dials is found to have certain advantages in new term kiloeyele, which means frequency, “Just as & musician.” the depa ment sald, “can vary the number of oscillations of his vocal chords, bu! cannot control the length of thr sound waves, so a radlo station cay vary the number of oscillations per second, and 1ot the wave lengths what they will, “To obtain the frequency when 1h wave length in meters is known di vide §00.000 by the wave length in meters. The answer is in kilocyeles likewise the other way round, di vide 300,000 by the number of kilo cycles to get meters.” "I l(fllr MAIL ‘1\ New York, Aug, 20 (A—A hernic letter carrier whe refused to give his name before disappearing into risked his life sterday to gave the life of Samy 4 Thomas, a negro, who had fallen | before a subway express at ths Times Square station. The negro| was pulled Info a recess as the train | Aashed over the spot on which he| had sprawled. | Thomas was pronounced intoxicat- | SOVIET PLANES IN FLIGRT. Shanghal, Aug. 20 (PTwa soviet alrplancs arrived from Kaifeng, a Llittle less than 300 miles WITH A HINT AS TO WHERE TO BUILD IT he above illustration and floor plan will give the prospective home- builder an idea as to the type of a home we are in a very good position te restricted residential build for him on any lot he may district— *(See Page 3) select in that new, May It Be Light at Eventide." ‘ Chieago, Aug. 20 (®—The phrass | e s y y “and at the last . . . may it be | 30 PEOPLE CAN FIND $200 IN THE REMARKABLE BUCKET OF MUD EXHIBITED IN OUR WINDOW AT 72 WEST MAIN ST. A SUGGESTION FOR THE MAN WHO INTENDS TO BUILD A HOME N ~ Monroe, Harding and Ceahdge Sts. In the Southwestern Section of the City N “Furriers to Connecticut's Most Thoughtful Purchasers™ Near Lincoln Street A home similiar to this, in a most delightful location where all improve- ments such as sidewalks, sewers, gas and electricity are already installed, a location where the most rigid restrictions are in force, will be sure to settle the where-and-what-to-build problem once and for all. New England Furriers PRATT STREET—HUDSON BLDG, A talk with us obligates you in no,way. —you will never regret it. However, one thing is certain ATCH Co. PHONE 3400 FIFTY-NINE TOSES & May we expect you in soon? A The W. L. CITY HALL BLDG. Open All Day caturday 15 Busch and son of ) " naries E. Gr»no\.gh