New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1927, Page 12

FLASHES OF LIFE: FORGOT TO | \ CLEAN YARD, CUT OFF IN WILL By the Associated Press. | Palmer, Mass. Pourparlers | looking to reestablishment of 32 friendships may be expected now that the post office authorities have | discovered in the basement 16 pack- ages which should have been deliv- ered last Christmas. Geneva — Ten minutes after the final gavel fell upon the naval lim- itation conference, Earl Jellicoe of Jutland was in plus fours and with | a bag of clubs on his shoulder. “Con- terences may end, but golf—and bogey—go on," was his comment as he headed for the links. New York — Archibald C. Weeks, a sanitation expert, was cut off in| the will of his wife because he| failed to keep his promise to remove a pile of rubbish from their back- vard. Camden,"N. J. — A kiss he etole | 12 years ago had its sequel when James C. Angus, 85, obtained a li- cense to marry Mrs. Elizabeth Tay- | lor, 72. Albany, N. Y. — Although the | war department has confirmed the | claim only diplomatically, Fort | Schuyler will celebrate Saturday the | 150th anniversary of the firet flying of the Stars and Stripes on the field | of battle. “It is at this fort,” said | the officlal statement, “where there | is eredited to have occurred the first | engagement under a flag of the Stars | and Stripes design.” Rome — Compensation will be paid by the Italian government to fascists who, since July 1919, have muffeffred injury in clashes anti-fascists. Relatives of those | killed will be compensated, also. Westfleld, Ma: are so few paupe b has moved to do away with the city infirmary. New York — A misgnided “bat” hanging on the front of a Fifth ave- nue building stopped traffic on that thoroughfare as completely as did Colonel Lindbergh on from Paris. “Don’t it beat all what they'lt do for advertising these days,” was the comment of one of the front-line watchers of the bird's antica. Chicago — Relaxations and vi- brations are the fountain heads of youth and beauty, says the national president of the cosmeticians, and warns that ‘“saving the surfac doesn’t mgan the same thing in the case of a woman as it does for a house. Geneva — W. C. C. Bridgeman re- | cently criticized American journal- ists as biased in their reports of the naval conference. The amend may have been intended when one of the Amerlcan reporters was eeen “toting” a whiskey and soda to the British delegate at the break-up. New York — Sixty percent of the insane are far happler than their normal brethren, says Dr. George A. Smith, a veteran worker in the fleld. “Many of the patients are among the happiest persons I have ever seen,” he declares. Asbury Park, N. J—A traffic cop may be sought for Deal Lake as a result of the increased fleet of mo- torboat speeders. The land pohce-; man’s strident whistles from the bank edge brings only jeers from the racers. Belfast, Me. — A bold seagull l." a daily visitor to a henyard here. Usually he comes at mealtime. Chicago—General strike of labor organizations advocated by interna- tional labor defense; same organ- | ization urges demonstrations in Canada and Europe. Tampa, Fla.—About 1,000 ecigar | makers go on strike as demonstra- tion against decision. New York—Seweral of city's large buildings under police guard. Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee appeals for half-day strike next Tuesday: workers (communist) party demands nation-wide striki on August 9; 3,000 barbers declare one-day strike as protest against deciston; 5,000 workers, many bearing banners, attend protest | meeting at Union square while speakers denounce the governor's actlon. Philadelphia Sacco-Vanzettl rade unions conference expres: Yope that “American sense of jus- Yce” will prevent execution and ap- Renier, Pickhardt & Dunn NSING 127 MAIN ST. 109, Discount on All Infants’ Wear Beginning Augustd, and Continuing for Four Days We Will Give 109% Discount On All Infants’ Wear. 10','} Discount on A Women's Wash D At $1c98 New Sweaters—snappy styles. f with | — Because there | his ret\lrn‘ pealed to all progressive, liberal and radical institutions to *rally to the ald of the defense” meeting of delegates of affiliated unions ex-| pected in few days to act on reports received in answer to appeal. detailed con- | Nice—Forty policemen as guards for the American sulate, New Britain—Mrs. Stanley Roman | pulled from death in front of train, | attempts to hang self in jail cell | with strips from blanket. New Britaln—Irish residents here protest the showing of a moving picture caricaturing their race, Norfolk—Percy Kynaston and Al- lyn Behr, favorites in tennis tour- nament, are both defeated in the fourth round matches, Greenwich—Town selectmen con- tract for a granite war memorial shaft. New Haven—Bat Battalino adds to laurels with victory over Tony Depalma. Stamford—Exercising a woman's | prerogative of changing her mind, Mrs. Merchant of Bethel takes poi- son and then rushes to drug store | for antidote, Stamford—Two girls held on complaint of sailors who say their money was stolen. L e DT E g S e eSS e e e e e e e e T ee s et E e e r e Lo e s e e e e e Eeeess e et s s ss s e e et e sesssssssoeee it s Tt eanre e e e e s T eeseteeeeneeessstseeteeeessssssssteetessstssss! New Haven—Hartford golfers romp off with lion's share of prizes at Connecticut Golf association one , day tournament at Race Brook Country club. | Milford—Renat Relgel, 21, al-| {though a good nursemaid, proves a |poor rider and suffers severe in- |juries when thrown from horse on first ride. Suffeld—Miss Elizabeth L. Orr, 134, 1s drowned in Stony brook. Meriden—Harry Smith is killed and two other negroes wounded in brawl at Negro Knights of Pythias | |outing in Hanover park. Hartford—State finds that auto- | mobile death rats of last week fs | double that of same week last year. | Greenwich—Gold cup races draw 000 speedboat fams to Green- wich. Bridgeport—Arthur Hawkins, 35, is burned to death when tank car of turpentine is exploded by high | Il\'ol'flge passing thorugh his body. CLASS ONE ROAIS EARNINGS FIGURED Average 4.58 Per Cent During First Six Months Washington, Aug. 5 P—A net op- erating income of $472,611,052 which was at an annual rate of re- turn of 4.58 per cent on their pro- perty investment, was earned by| class one railroads during the first | six months of 1927, the bureau of railway economics maintained here by the carriers reports. In the first | half of 1926 the net railway operat- ing income of the 183 roads, repre- senting 238,269 mileage, was $495,- 598,414, or 4.03 per cent. Gross operating revenues for the first sfx months of this year totaled | $3,022,381,698, compared with $3,- 035,101,220 for the same period last vear, and operating expenses $2,- 308,883,990 as against $2,304,453,383. In the first six months of this year 27 class one road operated at a lloss, 12 of them in the eastern, 4 |in the southern and 11 in the west- ern district. Net railway operating incomes for |the first half of this year with the percentage of return for lines in the New England region were $19,191,- 677 and 5.05 per cent. SMOKING HITS SLUMP Parkerton, Wyo., Aug, 5—J. W. Jordan, in jail charged with the murder of his wifc and two men, | must go lightly on his smoking | while he is awaiting t Jordan | depended on the sale of his auto to keep him in tobacco, but a friend who was to sell it for him found ;that thieves had stripped the car | clean. | na Mi PHONE 1409 ear Wmmx::::xm F32323233333323033220203223 020202223234 24322242223222322322020202220223 220283004203 3300 TR3 303 3TTITLIS32534Y Il Children’s, Misse resses and Boys’ Suits. CLEARED OF CHARGES George J. Voight a Clean Bill of Health. Washington, Aug. 5 (P—Cleared of charges of violating the amateur | Golt code by the United States Golf as- | District of Columbia Golt sociation, Washington's leading tional amateur tournament nneapolis, starting August 23. NEW BRITAIN DAILY. HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST §, 1927, At the same time he was exoner- ated of the golfing charges, Voight involved in a domestic dif- - | ficulty when his wife, Charlotte V. United States Golf Assoclation Gives | yoight, filed a sult for maintenance. | They are separated, and she sald the | $50 a month which Voight agreed | to pay her was insufficient to sup- and two children. The decision of the United States association resulted after the became | port. herself }(ion had disbarred Voight from dis- links player, George J. Volght, was /trict togrnaments because of violat- prepared today to participate in the ing the amateur rules. 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The Dartmouth schedule for 1928 likewise is in the making, with games listed against Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia and Northeastern. The Northeastern game will be, played at Evanston, . FALL FATAL TO WOMAN. New Haven, Aug. 5 (P—Mrs. Liz- zie McKeever, who was injured when she fell through a window of a bathroom on the second floor of her home last night, died today at the New Haven hospital. The window, floor, was said to have been mis- taken for a doorway leading into a Holyoke Silk Chiffon Hosiery These beautiful hose are in the season’s new- est shoe colorings. Heavy silk tops, reinforced silk feet. Regular price $2.95 —DMain Floor '].95 which is almost on a level with the | hall by Mrs. McKeever. She was 7! years old. EACH BABY WORTH $1,000 London, Aug. 5 (® — Every baby whether male or female, is vertk $1,000 to the communily, says Lieu- tenant Colorel F. E. Fremantle. 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