New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 10

BANKRUPT BLAMES RUM ROW PIRATES Ciaims That They They Took All Hls Profits London, ay 20 eperating off “rum Hook, were described as responsible for the financial dificul- ties of Lieut. Colonel John Allan Rule, of Carlton Mansions, P’all Mall who appeared in the London bank- ruptey court for examination. Accounts had been filed showinz liabilities of ¢ of whicn 108 was unsecured. and assets ol P Toward 11 f 1923, said the dcbtor, he nterested in - a scheme for brandy and champ. to the ‘high sea mome of his friends “fortunes” on this As the vessel carrying the ment neared the New York lines, pirates appeared and took charge of the ship. They made themselves at home, and transferred all the wet goods to a vessel of thelr own. The rajders. he goods off by the ca the invoice, to make nothing was overlooked, took the captain’s cork screw. The Colonel attributed his insol- veney to inability to recover any- thing in respect to this loss. whic was complete, as he could never get hold of anyone to su Predicts Much Wider exportation of from Irance Col. Rule and staked their ship- coast Book Reading in U. S., 20—*“Americans ~ New York, May HKave only just begun to read books, s Carl Van Doren, novelist and | {e, “but the sales of high qual- ity books in the United States dur- ing the last decade prove that a man who has one book is llwl)’l in danger of wanting more.” Van Doren, as editor-in-chiet ol a group of literary people who ure trying to bring better books to those in this country who have tasted | literature and want more, has stud- ied the boork‘reading public abroad. “The French are voracious read- zood lite ure in cheap ed. | tions,” he s “and in central | I Eur pe the great many have developed a public | | hook guilds of | which from buying no books at all | now buy milllons yearly. ! ns read a vast amount ers and magazines. But a man who confines his reading 1o these mediums is like one satis- ird for life with the teachings of his elementary school text-books.” Her Family of Changes Every Year Kas., May 20 Mothers who believe one or two children are difticnlt to manage might take a on from Mr: nnie Pillst y Young, fraterni house mother 45 young men attending the Univer- sity of Kansas and 250 older alumni re living in all sections of the Lawrence, “hanges annually as the members complete their college work. “house mother” idea started at the Jayhawk school 25 years ago | and has spread to schools in other sectfons of the middle w where raternities are an int part of campus life, gra Visitors in London Do ISPOONERS T0 BE GIVEN SOLITUDE| New Mirror for Taxis Prevents, “Peekmg” New York, May 20 —A New York | inventor has perfected a telesopic mirror for taxicabs, which will not | permit the chauffeur to watch “spooning couples.” He says the sent mirrors used to watch rear | fic is an instrument vhich cur- ! tails romance. ) “Gas 'om” is the sign over a New York business house. 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