New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 6

5 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927. s —_— 3 New Britain Heralc| HRIALL “IURLIBHING SOMPANY Su; 1ay Kxcepted) Cliarch Btreet Tsauea Lany At Herai¢ 8ldg SUBSCRIPTION RATE® $3.00 a Year. $2.00 Three Months. Sc. a Month Entered at the Post Office at Niw Britain as Second Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office 28 Edltorial Rooms 96 The only profitable advertising medium | in the City. Circulation books and prese room alwaye open to advertirers. Member of the Associated Pres The Assoclated Prews 1a exciusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or Dot otherwie credited in this paper and also local | aews pubilshed thersin. Member Audit Burean of Circulation. The A. B. C. la a nationa) organizatior h furnishes newspapers and adver- with a strictly honert analyels of tion. Our clrculation statistice based upon this audit. This ineures protection against fraud In newspaper distribution figu es to both mational and tocal advertimers. Herald 1s on sale dally in New Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Bchuitz's Newestands, Entrance d Central, 42nd Street. SO PRSI B The York at o0 have been do- 1 Bristol and Forestvillc e bandits w ing business in New Britain, Meri- den, will ul- timately do time in Wethersfi Marines now are groomed for duty in China, existing civilized influences 1 work for ten years boys on 1 school hi now are The high basketball team more cc vinced than ever that thirteen n unlucky number. —The « financing the proposed need not worry new public | works under consideration; it i raising the taxes to pa US grOgEy. for ti nancing that malke The done Connecticut all horse dinky-car cquipment in | | company has away with of its ancient | Tiobby the city, and now it actually feels as it the tracks have heen vastly improved. As was to have been cexpected, cast side of property owners on th Arch street showed no opposition t widening the street. The hearing a the public works hoard was a spe- cies of love feast, with nothing but laudatory ks in with the proposed widening of the rer connection street. One hears less about the great| things in store for Arch street than was the case a yea thing from a bulb-span, an electrical great white way was | confidently whispered Gone are splendor; in their place has come a period of | made upon Arch street during recent months have d the widening of the street will be the climax of these efforts, The wish to make Arch str ago, when every- | ed arch to | by boosters. those days of talkative action. Tmprovements | been notable, ot riva West Main street perhaps is more of probability. But doubt that the little addition- look a a dream than a thare is scarcely any street can, with al effort, very be made to muct more important from standpoint than so far has heen th case, What upon the ent husiness appens depends entirely rprise property owners, as in the 1 Ulysis they are individuals meet the public hal DAY OF RAILROAD MERGERS NEAR Tlie big Nickel first merger Plate leney of the nor e to be uni there was supren thet the merger cou have char cration of 1l Commission only the me of new accompa inter 10 i rtain syste ing ¢ merger cts New Britai other cities along en Poughke rger has t & New F As a coal line direc iy from the co V| | tary of state in ti fields of Pennsylvania this hu-‘ to New in of the coal means much England; large part con- New its rails, and it was less than a year | ract, a sumed in ingland rolls over ago that the New Taven, conceding | the and heavier rails along the branch | importance of the line, laid new | line {hrough New Iiritain, so that at present the heaviest type of locomo- | tives are in use over the line. “YOU NOW ARE IN—" Plainville’s chamber of commeree, | in common with such organiza boosting” ! . is intent upo town; and in order to make its| boost seen by the passing motorist a large sign is to be erected in the town, said sign to notify strangers where they are at and the glories and attractions incident to their fortunate te location. This i that ha mporar a system of town boosting L] innumerable worked in As a rule, the passing motor- kind attention, delights brought ist as the aver in | to person having his cabouts his attention, along with such infor- | mation as the town authorities care | to provide. | Plainville thinks much of is going to treat them right. No! longer will it necessary for any of them to halt and an the the New next ask a pedest name of town, and how Britain. In fu- he at ir it s {rom ture, that is by ble rtistic information gratuitously pro- | summer, cast will be able to gather from the at he is in Plainville, the ere Governor Trumbuil v he not or in Har labors when is tford, | be | to ad of New relate, Plainville will Britain in this matter. were not for private ente I here would be no signs near at all calling attention proximity of the hardware WIHY A TREATY? When William J Bryan was secre- first Wilson ad ministration he negotiz Nicar The treaty as origin ed the pres- ent treaty with 1 drawn ur | provided for armed inter ion by the United States if conditions war- ranted it. | The wily Senate, however, before | passing upon the carefully | all treaty, leleted this armed inter- The a foree vention treaty finally ratified was treaty | minus all such entanglir ises. The opportunity ca his year to in state look conditions Nicaragua Did first read the up the worthy department | Bryan treaty to deter. could b mine exactly what done un der the circumstances? | Pro jent went at it just in the way Jly not. The state | original Bryan treaty would specifie In about the the treaty has other words, Nicaragua effect as faded Senate 1 as muc 1k on a scrap of paper PEAK OF SOUTHE COM TION When the pres of the National | Association of Cotton Manufacturers | | cotton north to the south, | declares that the peak has n reached in the migration of mills from the 1 that has become competition in the south so severe that the manufacturers ther in an un- the Ingland, happy state of mir New country, and especially will care to listen. in t B. o outcoms William accord- due MacColl, ing to is indus- iead without centirely to 1 that the try has be st to produc proper ion, I stocks of goods on er how favorable profits cannot knowle production and | A\ TRAGIC CAREER illan i3 dea oundation of krench bayonets, | crown near Brussels, coming to her !sibility of maintaining | thought only. | northeast anes | Leghorn, J. A. Johnson and the queen! Long fndecd, rom Brussels has been to that she survived to this day, and for more than half a| century lived the life of a recluse an estate ov ned by the Belgian Long liv for word the effect up end only two days ago. And what a dream of empire that was. back in the 60's, when the armies of the United States were too much occupied for four bloody years to yield attention ‘o the violation of the Monroe Doctrine. What for an bitious couple, an ambitious emper- the United | An empire an opportunity am- . Mexico in turmoil; tates in greater turmoil. in Mexico could be erccted with a suropean army, if only the Civil War United lasted S| in the States long | enough to permit the enterprise be- ing firmly established. Then, per- haps, exhausted and hamstrung, the United States would think twice be- fore attempting to oust any Euro- pean monarchy from the American continent. It was the Npre CI rlotte, then a girl of 17, who herself made the final decision for her husband to ac- pt the proffer of becoming king of | fexico—so, at least, the story runs. | | Hanford, Myerson. In Class C are M. Green- berg and C. I Pritchard. Chairman Clark of the board today quarantined Dr. Irving's home, Dr. Irving’s daugh- ter being ill with scarlet fever. The artisans who will cover the [dome of the new bank building with copper have arrived in town. John Fenton has obtained permis- sion to erect a barn 18x39 on South Burritt street. At the annual meeting of Trinity E. church last night E. J. Skin-| ner was elected flnancial secretary | and E. Neumann treasurer. The | finance consists of Fred Goodrich, J. M. Burdick, F. L, and H. A. Tall. M. D and A. G. Smith the on seating. : M. F. committee Stockwell committee Factsind Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLE 1 If there isn't any hell, wherg has modesty gone? The proof of will power is contin- | ued, possession of your tonsils. | Nicaragua has no kick coming. | She had no business being so little. Bah! What good is a domi personality when you have only $5.30 land the check reads $6.132 queen—the empress—was of a more | adventurons spirit. Then the die was | Mexico nt the off to W cast and honeymooning couple. Fate played one of its inextricable tricks at this juncture. The war in the United States ended, and Napo- leon II, head of the Irench, heeded! remarks made in some stirring v ington. Doctrine would be preserved at all costs, it | Monroe was announced: and as the United | States had the greatest military ma- | line In history up to that time at | its disposal—men who had been | rdened by four years of struggle the impos- the —there was no denying elusive | Mexican empire.” Napoleon ordered his soldiers to make a quick e the empress also left for personal pleading in Europe, and Maximilian, ' a little slow to get out of the coun- try, met his.death at the hands of a firing squad of Mexicans. the Mexican adven- apress of Mexico” | Thus ended ture. But still lived. Belgium, the * An aunt of King Albert | Hfe of | Some of she lived the a recluse until her death. her mad for a time, but| there was no official evidence to this effect. An unhappy queen, one in name | Millions of unknown women, not queens and not empresses, have lived and died since the tragic end | | | of the Mexican adventure and were | Had this maid of a rozl| family been born a subject instead of | Fappier. a princess her life would have been on a par with ordinary happy wom- ankind. Observation On The Weather | Washington, Jan. for Southern New England: Cloud and colder tonight and Frida probabl in on the coast and rain | or snow in the interior; moderate | northeast. ! Forecast for Eastern New York: Rain on the coast and rain or snow | in the interfor tonight and Friday; | colder tonight; moderate to fresh winds. Conditions: The lakes of yesterday morning apidly out the St. Lawrence permitting the advance of pressure from the Canadian north-| west and the northern plains states An area of low pressure centers in the w ulf coast states and an-| other of considerable intensity over- | he gr ween the and Rocky mou mpe s are mild Atlantic states, the Ohio vall the lower region and the 1. vely low be- ountains and the 20.—Forecast disturb- passed | vailey, rising o epre Pacif tains th nd tl turs in st ut 1 " tween the Rocky m lake ¢ Conditions for this a wor vicinity | weather fol- | vesterday High Alba At At nt mtic City 40 15 18 Charleston 16 s Today will la- rival tion tomorrow lidat evening for A Jam interest is taken in Britain At cb H. Ring, J Middiemass B Is Charles M P. talph tournaments of t and A players William IKirk i anm. Class W. Carlson, |would with ss, | “Drink to me only ves." After drinking, you may have any exes. with thine | not | There jen’t much {o encour: toothpick industry except blackberri But when you talk to London you | can’t tell whether thatfunny noise is static or just pronunciation. The French say hens lay better if given wine. Alas! ,\Iv\wr\f‘!)n‘ poultrymen have no hootleghorns. | Well, suppose innocent men cent to prison. Those places must be used for something. Americanism: Toafing and feeling perior to old Dad, whose industry ables you g0 loaf. “You seldom find an innocent man | accused.” True; but why drag in| that last word? i And yet the poor cotton planter | kicks because his old wool suit has | 2 lot of cotton in i {s one who on a pic- | silly A great movie directo can spend enough mon fure to make you forget how the story is. fat would | One good way to reduce be a more general use of the word “glutton.” A crime wave is a period during which you can get away anything except parking overtime. Still, if Unele Sam hadn't giver the Allies that money, he'd be spend- ing it on ships in fear of Germany. ns love under-dogs be- cause their ancestors were under- dogs, you may guess why they feel so much sympathy for crimi It Ameri There may be poison in the poor man's but there is a more dangerous poison in a system that | lets the rich man alone have good | stuff. liquor, e a s sentence: "I son.” said rown man hig enough Correc fairly with to lick me. t 1927, Publishers Syndic Copyrigi BOY MAROONED ON IGE CAKE FLOATS 0 DEATH Rescuers Fail in Attempt to Reach Youngster Adrift in Lake Lrie. leveland, Ohio, Jan ®—-An! unidentified boy on a bohbing cake of ice in Lake KEr was the object | of a frantic search by ers toda Little . work- held fe [ to s rescue | | ting youth, 1 against numbing he stood tarkness last night | hroughout the night the fire fug | John A arley, equipped with | powerful sea his | keep off floe upon | into the of th seen arms sides the which hlights. plowed | through searching for the he no | its heacons should toward frace of him wa Early in t trailed him alon gnardsmen and to lanach gave wiy hoats or ged heig youth but the « conrse oo veer alid ice, found tehers had tried in vain | Thin weight of Tow- made la rese ice | under banked its which ing | 1 out that wp. and declured rift rd heing crushed mperatures added 1 dange it feared might slipped into 1he or after losing his precarious foot- | | guardsmen point on which the hroken it he wasg in danger ng t o the | ¢ and Drop was he have fey wa the lee. ris to 1 uth were frojtless, | ing on arn 1he identity of the Police report The Iy e1 no one missing. reason for being on the An exverienced red, would hardly and which melted much of it. Kr \iae Aanl far out <o of v of weather two davs rair | fore they'd ha Seud all communlcations o Fun Shop Editor, care Of the New || | Britain Herald, und you | will be forwarded to New York s e s We'll Hope for the Best, Folks! Now January thaws are due Let's hope they thaw out people, too! all oo frozen numerous, we'll on display! For The say, faces Granted Mrs. Tierney: “I want a divorce from my hushand: on grounds of disorderly conduct!” Judge: “Disorderly conduct Mrs, Tierney: “Yes, I've told him a dozen times to put his soiled col- lars in the clothes bag and he in- | sists upon throwing them on the | floor Mother . WHO, WHAT, AND WHY WE DIDN'T MARRY! Arthur He used 1o get Those candy He used to pet Tn parks and autos He used to wear Some stuff Upon his hai —TI've said enough! —Mary Carolyn Davies mottors; sticky Tilly thing that Tilly said added e?—At first had this on me me 1 soon it drove No dame should let a thing like that hold on her. kind of hal it's of lieve yon me ves men off. Get That i dr catehing Vander sides, would like to be of industry, had me, ce and pelf. He told Tie A captain great And he was sure, if I 1le'd win to promine me Not looks nor money did he lack. Dut “Go!” T cried, “and don’t come ba All Jack wou 1 longed to talk abo! —Geraldine about was Jack. myself! . Harlowe Rah! Rah! Rah! Richard: “Marjorie, T et my uncle—a southerr \ of the old school.” rio ! Let's hear him ne of his school yells.” —V., L. Hintzen want you o gen- ler M give us ¢ STATION WILKIE! (Tuned In By Arnold V. Bauman) Andy Ames, the crudite notary public and fertilizer salesman of quash Corners. tore five leaves off his calendar and brought it up to { date, “Did you hear about Tem Poodel- yipe's boy Wilkie? josh. They thought for a long fime Wilkie was out of his mind— bat's in his nobody-home, so to speak. “Along back 1912 he started | liearing buzzing: He'd try fo de- coribe them, how they went faster and faster and something like a telograph mach erybody figured he was harm- less and they didn’t pay no atten-| tion. oh years he heard it, so they didn't once in a up out of his e} that whistling. mes from hell! “There was no whistl so0 people just shook their heads and wondered 1 it woulid he bhe. ke him to pro- in slower about four or five wrted telling how Nobody else heard pay any attenitno while he'd jump a say., ‘Dang sounds like it along music Tvery uir a 1t 1z on g g0 how o take court. “Then voil ARAaT ymebody to kil 1 Pr and voices e's about his tamily with “AT nig hody about a sprec idge W making laughed, but danged if it di in the paper nest day s right. TPeopl 1 prophet one tol sident Cool they all t turn that th zan 1o their up hoy think midst. there was in Jeff Ho: first time had night heister’s radio for the and he jumped lik: him and said, “Tha “That boy has a con his head! That's what's trouble him all The bhuzzing he heard and the whistling was static ke s it i te radio b time. with this was “Pass the cider TO RASE MY SPENDING ! THE PAPERS ARE. REFERRING TO ME AS A (‘:%ng 5 7 Scion tetter || | Switzerland, a drink of Scotch, After taking the drink, you can blame your hiccups on the liquar. Dear Mrs. Pillar: 1 have just learned that my sis- ster was married secretly two years ago. What shall I do about a pres- ent? Hermine Albertson Dear Hermine: . Keep the present secret from her for two years. . Dear Mrs. Pillar: I have often been embarrassed as | to what to do when a morsel of food | T have taken into my mouth con- | tains a bone. What is the correct | procedure? Herhert Blake Throw a hard roll | During ths | can Dear H. B.: into your host's coffee. excitement thus caused, you | secrete the bone in the pocket of | the person sitting next to you. | (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ.r to any| question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, | Britain Herald, Washington | Bureaw, 1322 New York avenue | Washington, D. C.. enclosing two/ cents in stamps for reply. Medical, | logal and marital advice cannot be| given, nor can extended research| be undertaken, All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un-| signed requests cannot be answered. | Q. What is a “Chinook" A. Chinook is a warm dry wind | encountered on the leeward side of | mountain ranges. It is common in | the Rocky mountains, and in| where it is known as | Voehn. As the air rises on the| windward side of the mountain it | expands, cools and loses its mois- | ture with the decrease in pressure. This dry, cool wind, s it descends on the leeward side of the range, regains its heat through the con- | traction due to increased pressure. | The high temperatures are con-| fined to the valleys and occur in | streaks or pockets, 6o that a| traveler passes suddenly from a| very warm to a very cold atmos- | phere. | Q. What is the “Grandfather | in the Constitution of some | southern states | A. This is a constitutional pro- | ision in which a man's right to! vote is based upon the status of his | ancestors. It was formerly used in | four of the Southern states as a| means of permitting illiterate white | men to vote while denying the right to negroes. The grandfather clause | declared unconstitutional in | 1814 because, while there was mo | mention of race, color of previous condition of servitude, the effect of | the clause was to disfranchise the descendants of former slaves. Q. Does American independencs date from July 4th 1776 or from the signing of the Treaty of Paris that formally closed the Revolution- ary war, September 2, 17817 A, American Independence dates from July 4, 1776, the day we clared our independence from Eng- land, Trom that date, all depend- ence on the government of England ceased. he war which followed and the gradual recognition of our new government on the part of other were the necessary conse- quences. But the independence | came with the official declaration | of the Continental Congress on July | 4, 1776, | Q. When ana | Custer, the moving born? Is he mar his address? A, lie was born was de- nations where was Bob | picture agtor, | ed and what is| | he at Trankfort, October 15, 1883, He Miss Annc Elizabeth | the granddaughter of the| Ke 3 | married Cudahy, ntuc Dear Jimmy: Ask the host for|founder of the Cudahy meat pack- ing company, and daughter of the late Jack Cudahy. His address is F. B. O. Studios, 780 Gower street, Hollywood, Calitornia. Q. What percentage of the popu- lation of France, Italy, Spain and the Irish Free State are Roman | cathotics? A, The total population of France is 39,402,739 of whom one million are Protestants and a few more profess other religions—the remainder being Roman Catholics. In Italy 95 per cent of the popula- tion {s Roman Catholic and in Spain there are only 7,000 Protestants out of a total population of 21,763,147. In the Trish Free State there are 2,812,500 Catholics and 249,535 Protestants. Q. How many times did Babe Ruth go to bat in the 1926 world and how many hits did he He was at bat 20 times and made a total of six hits: four which were home runs. He received eleven bases on balls and struck out twice., Q. What is the full name of the present King of Italy? A, Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Marie Janvier de Savoie. Q. What is the relation between a nautical “knot” and a land mile? A. A knot is a sea-mile, which according to some authorities varies according to latitude, but the Unied States hydrographic office has fixed it at 6080.27 feet and the English admiralty has fixed it at 6080 feet. To say that a ship goes 12 knots an hour means that she travels over 12 sea miles in an hour or, accord- ng to United States measurements, approximately 13.S1 geographical miles, Q. How is the joker played in a no-trump bid in Five Hundred? A. Hoyle's official card game rules eays: “In a no-trump bid the joker is a suit by itself, and is a trump, but the holder of the joker cannot trump with it while is able to follow suit.” Q. What is “Iceland Lamb"? A. It is a member of the sheep family. Its habitat is Iceland. The colors of its fur are white, brown, black and mottled; the curls are | AlL letters are confidential.—Editor. | long, fine and silky. Q. .Is January or Februay the colder month in the United States? | A. On the whole January is colder, but in the Lake region, Feb- ruary is colder. 3 Q. Who was the leading woman and members of the cast of the photoplay “The Woman on the Jury”? A. Sylvia Breamer was the lead- ing woman. The rest of the cast included Frank Mayo, Lew Cody Love, Mary Carr, Hobart Bosworth, Myrtle Stedman, Henry B. Walthall and Roy Stewart. Q. What relation to me is the daughter of my mother's brother and her son. A. The daughter of your mother's brother is your first cousin. Her son is your first cousin once re- moved. Q. How do peanuts grow? A, Peanuts are seeds or pods that form on the roots of the pea- nut plant and grow under the ground S: Jessie Committee to Encourage Study of Spanish Art Cambridge, Mass, Jan 20 (Unit- ed Press).—To encourage research ir. Spanish art and archeology Spanish research and publication committee and fund will be estab- lished by the College Art Associa- tlon, according to an annoucement of | het Work of advanced graduate stu.f dents will be directed in Spain by ary American professor and will b credited toward degrees in lead: Amerlcan universities. Trustees of the association ex the plan will lead to the estal ! ment of an American School Spanish Studies in Madrid. Japanese Expanding Their Timber Industr; Harbin, Jan. 20 (UP) — Evident Iy as a result of the large timbej concessions obtained recently b Japan from the Soviet Government, the Japanese Timber Merchants Association plans to widen the scops of its operations. According to late est advice, this association has de- cided to open a special bank to fi- nance the timber industry. Some help from the government is antici- pated. The government will not re- ceive any returns until the hank able to pay 7 per cent dividends branch of this new bank will opened at Harbin. A ba Japanese City Has Few Traffic Accidents Osaka, Japan (United Press.) With a population of more than 4,000,000, Osaka had only 3,969 cidents during the fizc:] yoar ending last July 31, accordir al v turns just-published In the accidents i killed, including 33 in electric accidents. Persons injurcd mobiles numbered 1594, hy | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Wy ‘ , - / OUR COAT; is not all uniform in size, but usually s uniform in uality. rrmarannnan After all, quality s the main 1] consideration and we strive || ways to turnish anl of our cus tomers coal that evidences qual- ity all the way through. arnnmnnnnnn i To this fact we ascribe our success CITIZENS’ COAL CoO. TEL. 2798. 24 Dwight Coul AUCTION BRIDGE PARTIES Herc's practical help bridge rty. 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NEEDLE TD AUCE WHO HAS DISCOVERED IMPORT- ER ON WRONG SIDE OUT AND CANT GET HIMSELF OUT OF IT ‘ANT BUTTON MISSING - | OFF DESK = CALLS TO BRUSH HIS TEETH RUSHES IN TO HELP ALICE JUNIOR $HOUTS FROM FIND HER SPELLING BOOK ABOVE WHAT SHALL HE MUSTN'T BE LATE TOR. WHICH HAS DISAPPEARED WEAR . DARTS T THER- MOMETER. T SEE HOW oD TS JUNIOR \WANTS TD 60 T0 BUD BEMIS'S FOR LUNCH (Copyright, 1927, by The Bell Syadicate, Inc,) SIMULTANEQUSLY HUSBAND BEL* WHO HAS 60T SWEAT= 10WS WHERE'S Hi5 OTHER RUB- ILY AT LAST AND SINKS BER; ALICE ANNOUNCES JUNIR ~ WEARILY AGAINST WA MUST MAVE HER MITTENS) AND THEWORLD AT Y15 WORST—GETTING THE FAMILY OFF By GLUYAS WILLIAMS | CALLS TO HUSBAND NO, SHE | | DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE DID WITH HiS BRIEF-CASE [ AND 0 JUNIOR TO PuT His | SWEATER ON UNDER. HIS CLOSES DOOR ON FAM KNOW (AN HE GLUYAS .20 W