New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 6

Q. What is the value California gold half “d Liberty stars, dated 18533 .A. From $1.00 to $1.50; Q. Where is the Entemological News published and what is the sub- & round THE SMALLPOX SCARE " with fllch.ll"uc«ge(mliflly- the electoral college? —Norma Tal ‘A, Geom ‘Washington. Q. What does A. D. " Another infernal triangie; a bride, d lam's speech is belleved to ‘Hl wi been his best effort, He has his sub- icet well in hand and allowed no ex- traneous matter 1o creep in. The de- o7 mould get there it. they depart- g fiolm New York. AT MIDDLETOWN So Mr. Bardo, who once was con- | One's sympathy goes out for Mid- ected with the . New ayen ‘rail- | dietown, where industry, commerce before a 'WERALD PURLISHING COMPANT ¢ 4, is' workin and education vie with one another owet Dally (Sunday Escepted) | f for civic supremacy. It is not pleas- (:“ Beegld. Wy, 63 Cyurch, Beremt ¢ h"\leumg Connee mmmu RATES -md doing . everyt! n fhe’ mnvcr, in- icut’ congressmen hing possible to ¥ ant for the town boosters and the |° bate brought into prominence rt in the discussion, as did Alders an Curtis, The Meridan High school tea i | ¢ 2 hfldelmm. apd .un-mnefl CHARM IS THE SOUL (fi‘ “|‘l" (Learn How. Mrs. Pillar Conducts eral Slocum sink in the East river scription price?- A. It is published monthly at 1900 Race streét, Philadelphia, Pa, :Q. When did the steamship Gen- This Charm School) in New York? The yearly !ublcrlplion i three dol- ey - £aip the Interest o tfe big wigs in | chamber of commeree to realize tl | all the papers of the sta throughout s of New England are forced to that town * rather uny For Middletown, everyone | tear over the smallpox s | defeated the New Britain high-téal nd per- [ last ‘night at basketball ‘by 21 to 12: Chamberlain, New Britain. center|: - and a nephew of Governor Chlmlmr- lzin, starred. The Tabs, at their meetjng yester- day. decided to apply to the Legis- knows, is shak- ‘lu! 1o have the society's property ji- [ made excmpt from taxation: Three Montha 75c. & Month. A. It caught fire while passing |lars. through Hell Gate on June 15, 1904, and sank with the loss of 1,021 lives, Q. What was the name of “the girl back home” in the picturc “The Big Parade"? 3 A. Justyn, Claire Adams played the part. Q. How cap one distinguish be- t"'een the positive and negative | for Southern New England: Fair wires of an electric circuit? ight. Ve ady. A. Dip the ends of the two wires t\(_)nlmh " M h(,lne:dniy p:fl_ly flolud’ in a gtass of water in which a smal | ot ™MUch change in_temperature, amount 'of common table salt, | Moderate to fresh and southwest potash or ‘acid electrolyte has been | Winds. dissolved. Keep them about one I"orecast for Eastern New York: inch apart. When current flows rtly cloudy tonight and Wednes- through the circuit, gas bubbles will possibly rain or snow fn ex- form on both wires, but the one|treme mnorth portion; not much where the greatest amount of |change in temperature. Moderate bubbles are formed will be the|to fresh west and southwest winds, Washington. |4 A news item the other du {that-the government’ would: be ast led to construct a passenger liners and offer some stiff competition to privat Mr. and Dear Mrs. Pillar:, My girl calls me “'Fido” and whistles for me, just as if I were a dog. What shall I do zbout t? ‘Butersd at the Post Office at New Brii- ain a3 Second Clase Mail Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office 2 Editorial Rooms tio Ohefiifiou On The Weather Washington, Jan. 10.—Forecast few 35,000 ton ! give e publicity. as by { Nelson Prague . Dear Nels: Jump into -her lap and start licking her cheeks, -ium to. New le‘ The appeals of E. 0, Kilbourhe, um Not in the Garden Hansl | Arthur Perean, Louis Tahguay,'A Folks? « \ 3 | ehie Tolber nd Joseph Woods | We ciirse the sexdsman's too- -prompi from the assessments for . benefits ! ways made by the: hourii of street com- | and at his “ads” our spirit balks missioners for the stralghtening and | The planting that we' do these-days widening of Stanley street |* Is of ourselves, on icy walks! were returned 1o the court of. com- LG Ymon pleas today. ‘The cases. will © Uniem' Hours? § | come a later date. . Bricklayer'a.Daughter: “Oh, yapa! | 3 in today was covered | Dick and I have decided to betpar- | | ice. The Darwinian theory was | ried at.the elsventh hour.” { emphasized by the way in . which Clancy: “Ye'll git married S— ship interests. | this time The only profitable advertising medium | im the City. Circulation books and press soem always open to advertisers. rdo has' learned i he onght to” em- ¢ that” the for By this time uation within its walls. Dear Mrs. Pillar: Is it correet for a lady, Io sit on a gentleman's lap in Lhn baek seat of a crowded auto- mobilc? of ‘the plan immediatel n- (- Member of the Aspciated Press | pliasiuc proper Conneeticut is one of the st The Assoviated Press 1s t).duelulv % of de titled to the use for re-publication of | port D e io' it or nol. otherwise'|'should" be New to wish the port ships | where entightened control, or the partur these pr T.ondon. | vention; of rule. Outh small is nallpox is Belle McHollister Dear Belle: It's much better in & deserted living-room! (Copyright, 1 R:producuon Forbidden) aks such as that worrying . Such in the state threc Middletown at present_are ra it comes natural : all the luck in the Sou 1 port w in Maine Island Member Audit Bureaw of Cl world, or along | an outbreak occurs . The A, L. is-a natfenal orgaun which turnishes newspa; and adver tisers with a strictly honest circulation. Our circulation Vamed upow this audit. This ineures p | T four understood that | situat- | ai average of only And let it b or : i or Massachusetts or | years, | Rhode we might be more statisties will bear out the assertion 5k tection against fraud in newspaper s tribution figures to both natienal and local advertisers. The Herald 1s on el York at Hotaling’s Squa; Grand Central, SPECIAL AUTO ROADS. FYEDERAL OR PRIVATE? The snggestion was 1oids e o time ago that priv encouraged 1o cor special truct that this is 4 very low average com- ain other scctions of | eritical. | parcd with e the country. SATISFAC PROTECTION BERLIN O A wiTH ¥ P ¥. Maryland states which enforc In California and of the improved state New, made itself 1 vaceination ¢ dritain and ween Britair b wws were repealed in 1921, Tn Cadi- on till 1924, figures are % of ! more R Y fornia, from that time the speed s Lust year for which available) there smallpox ritain department | nt were 26,63 distance. Tnnoce During the same p all vaccination | automobile highwuys between i portant centers, so as o avoul con gestion and permit of greater Speed and satisfaction to drivens The idea was to ive road principle for su ists who preferred such highways would hig lin he 1 ossilile re fact that t h roads. a splendic 1o travel along enough to | kes pe runs in toll, whieh would be to pay for the road within a term of | gone desire for a department in Ber years. From that has come the newer suggestion that ! glimmering i incubator of thougt o ovor fransit fa New Britain and t the government, rather than private o ¢ concerns, construct the special high- | ™ o ways. The governmeht, it is argued, |y o qng when could do it better, would he able appropriate the money under the ex- | isting laws regarding internal im- provements, and could charge toll in hour f Britain to only a small hour is now devot. a tion the around 55 minutes { The efficient well as any private company. Of epecial interest to Nutmeggers is the suggestion that the first high- way of the kind be built through this state; and of particular interest | to persons hereabouts is that the | tentative route will parallel the Beston Post road fromi New York to Jioston. The route would from New ‘York to New Haven, to Hartford, to | Worcester, and thence to Boston. | Although action may not be hur- ried, there is every likelihood. that | _such & plan eventually will material- | ize. For one thing, the automobile | manufacturers are inflwential in | road matters, and the road organizi- tlons and automobile organizations | y are s unit behind the plan. It fs ‘agreed that one of the deterring | "factors against greater use of the | ":automobile is congestion of the high- | /ways, especially the impartant high- ' ways between large cities. These, 100, were not primarily constructed "to facilitate rapid travel, abounding | “in curves, passing through citi snd doing about. cverything a high ‘mpeed road should ‘mot do. The fact that these ‘have been paved amooth as a board” helps littlc when | “there are so many cars on the eur- | face as to make travel slow and “tortuous.” The proposed toll highway be- | tween New York and Boston has ad- | °VJ¢ vantages that cannot help mv‘v(mg]ox"’m'"’"‘ with the approval of long-distance |dial system autolsts. It would avoid all citics, but spurs from fhe road would lead | 1¥Fe to them. The speed would be un- |38 the limited, and the highway would he | 'afe-raisc more safe than the present roads |9ial system will because af a minimum of curves and | U ltimately, when no congestion. The right of ‘would be wide and equipped every known safety device. department, to the handle almost Berlin during that How times do ct tle while back the an about they’ jokes pike.” Now many joles about |vard—it's too d« ALL DIAL IN NEW clephon New London. only one to say it will not be long. its rates wherever ed too low, and th The company ital necessary for t an be qbtained to Inow that the rate ! company ‘would The telephone e all-dial eyftem in to keep demands it probal ! iy growing Basically, natu | than tic company cl ticut have t 1 r L | Conn the savings will able, with while the The question naturally ariscs, in view of the cost of such lighways, | 0! whether the tolls could 1o cnough to meet the and Intercst charges, who have been laboring with the figures insure us that the tolls would stenis. company al th kept low | 7 {cost of instaliy amortization ! New London cost § Road experts | la new building. building would ha s0 {hat o Ir it dollars to install t be satiefactory in view of the expeet- NYHOW, cannot b ed popularity of such highways with long-distance dial eystem. drivers. The plan is something new for the railroads to worry eataia ey Tong-distun mained fairl about, liowever. be worth the outla the © railroad trav 510 of installing known only to th t &peed and ehort di conve red, whil . [ publie can i ance travel, would e no thoy failing stes provement in oper federal toll 1 eat into the travel of the ra taker i T am no savings in The A, T onipa vould tend to 4 & long-distanc N he nd it c e R yanciers f how will oppose t exanple opposition may v of e rn Ne is told England PASSENGER BOATS TROM NI'W LONDON When Noew an that went Public Public a into Uil 1 Londor hold idea the seems to i 1k freight hoat B port would shippers fro + count of « frefght at 1 " but passer storv. ant rtilities; and a N will b the 1o 1 remenher tefephion: Passengor A - ot conld roll in i 1 wi New Londou: west take the n Europe big S0 quicker thas portion L It coct the Southe company | stall the all-dial telephone system in That city now in Conne complete all-dial system. tool 1 Al dov til autoists who the route when Qepartment s fire can vouch new pavenent purpese. one of the. the state, homegrown fire lin evidently has 1 wiew of the im- cilities between hat town. Paying for the services of department s t is realized that |, of the first ed to transporta- time for action in Berlin is | fivst hour, | of the happening to he detail, ything time, hange! Just last can going dn a lit- pundists gave up much of their spare time in concoct- | the “‘washboard can't work up the Berlin boule- ghtfal to jcke THONES ONDON rn New is the ticut having a It is only orfe the for as “readjusted” they were deem- he increased . cap- he all-dial system better advantage s are omps New London was pace’ with th for telephones. hly also had 4 L the reduction of cxpenses of | Once ins alled, the rally is cheaper expenses, result in all the he ali-dial & saving cities in em consider- very reased rates in ¢h long run will help o pay for the all- nounces that the e new system in 500,000, Perhaps the new ve bet the g nonece ¢ cutire outlay all- a million vinst 1 e he system might not | v. The actual cost w tem : but the is f such arn it there ini- t ong the most f imaginable. As an this fir vt its in t system the t itics Commission ies Commission hody yosed t conrse, return’ nd | $500,000 to in-| safe | what the all- ! manual system.sInstead of | ed operating aimed betore the | went into effect, such . the all- | | including new system in | [ there were only 126 cases in Mas- In R | sachusetts, In the and Orcgon, two states of Washington < 10 vaceingdion | groct his comrade. where laws are eptoreed, there have 9,137 deaths from si M Jersiy, “been | Ipox. In Con- | necticut, New York and i New four times the ! population of Washington and Ore- there have 688 deaths ryland, with zon, been since records were kept. allpox raged in Detroit in 1924, the had department ! t in | Atter climinated’ the the epidemic h th following been reported finaingss iy That of those who had successtully | been vaccinated within five years | not one had contracted smallpox. Of | of black smallpox—the | | hemorrhagic form—123. had' died, | and not one of them had heen suc- | | cesstully vaccinated. The Tegat aspect | of vaccihation | has been decided through 63 de- { cisions of state courts and three de- ons by the U. | Supreme Court— {these during almos or! 1 19, Court has decided a century, The Supreme | That under its] from to police power a etate can order com- | Hmhurv vaccination of children; that !it is for the legislature to determine | |whether vaccination is the Jast pre of smallpok; that a state | te to & munici ventive iy e power to child frem ity the | xelude an unvaccinated |t school. It can be seen from the de that the final there shall be legislature; ons | 1, arbiter’ of whether | g vaccination is 1he the legislature of n; comes to the conclusion that ! vaccination is not pox—or ir ‘s(:u'- a preventive of |y more accurately, whether it is dominated in its action by objeetions that vaccination is invasion of there re no compulsory vaccination ‘L.\\w‘ within ' that state. California, Wy and, Oregon €x- amples. Incidentally, [many mor: §) an personal liberty-—then | | | ington are ! they furnish smallpox cases and I'deaths than any oth | We live in times where the | © { menace of emallpox is slight com- |’ pared Wwith olden- days [ | historical sketch A condens of the se i terrifying. Before 1796, when d- ward Jenner vaccinated his first - tient, world-wide | plague. The Spaniards brought it to | Mexico in the ! killed people, “leaving | scarcely enough to bury the dead,” according to- one In e 17t ‘elntury Bernouilli estimat- | ed that lurope people died of smallpos. I century Vilbert the v smallpox was a 16th century and it 000 eommentator alone 60,000,000 In the 13 Blane told "House of Comi- an adult person who lad | not had smallpox was sca | sir o | committce mons that of 1y to b United ped that fact et with, Jiinzdo who w or heard of, in the " When a eriminal esca ked police s ot potini was given to the identification, It is undeniable that, since Jen- ner's day, smallpos has descended from its pedest universat scourze to someth sight i portance attle 15 disease sHel ind pations where a vigilant is_ const carricd on to cradicate it, For {his have N1l n ithout the flare-up in Middletown, | ‘onnecticut is wino th statio e smallpox | A il s nearly anped out extra staniping i tinish the job, 25 Years Ago Today (From Paper of ly. and | tor ve vd 10 magnify, incipals themsel sthing more than say 1t the usual ex- at the*Y. o awed. and |t people went about: the town on.all ! fours, which was a safe if not-yrace- ful method of travel. The third rail yservice was all ‘balled up, Principal Marcus White of lha Normal school will give the second [talk of a serizs at the men's social {room of the South church, Areh | street entrance, tomorrow cvening. Prof. White's topic will be “The Hu-, wan Machine. Licutenant F. tractor in New York city, who | cerved in the Tist New York regl- ment during the Spznish war, spoke AL €. A, last night, Atto pey C. H. Mitchell of this city was n the same tegiment .during the var and he calied at the hail - to Facts and Fancies 1t Napoleon really said_an army ravels‘on its stomach, he may Have een thinking of its cooties. The man who thinks modern outh rottener than his own was ‘\\ouhlnt shine in @ memory contest. But wouldn't a male driver be in- | considerate if he knew his sex would save him? Yot can tell a communist.in China ) the 'thoroughness with -which he ems to have been elimipated, - To woo fame, use a short name, | Millions know about Halley's comet: who will remember Skjalleruup to- | morrow .7, who \\hlh“c l( Yeab; it those big men," “Most of heir work are | takes a bkg man to get away with jt. When three boarders combine to icep the butter at their end of the able, they are what politicians call a bloc. Lteaction of an average man when hears grand opera sung in Eng- : “So this is English!” 1f we adults are a sample of what panking will do in forming char- |acter, perhaps it's just as well that parents no longer do it. Americanisn ip than yon can heated if the waiter doesn't seem The old legal expression, “Women, shildren and persons of unsound nind.” is a good feminist descrip- ion of the race, When _ will warfare end?. Well, r this: 1t's only in hick com- s that men still settle argu- nents with their fists, 1f the people no longer are proud {'of the traffic congestion, the town is jefinitely out of the hick cla Architoets are it omay he us huilt-in a conservative 1ot before they v § You e nuhl you had | winter What @ wonderful time right at home if v cnough to spend the a resort, mox Al © noncommittaxl n ven don’t know the modern typewriter needs wigele 1o | whether it A from M iy intorsection of streets, nutel at the car. isitor ding at would (uaint observance of | An tmugi which, for =on, gasoline nts loss, State line beévond ary res ry bhoun- fm- | for | some sclls dary Correet this sentence John drunk several times,” fe. “hut he to me.* Copyright 14925, Publishers® Syndicate . Bilious ?| Take NR~NATURE'S i, izht. You'llbe n:-nafiu"w zua clear, headache gone, back, bowels acting pleasantly, billous tack forgotten. Foreonutipation, see, & ter than aay mere laxstive, Olly e, v soen id the | still scems wonderful | All 22 New-Britein druggiets. Kuchnle, a young | Giving .a bigger; afford: feeling | use i eight hours or you're no dq\llh(u of minet” i SOME FEAT! By George H. Veith The sailors were at luncheon On the good ship Arabella; Among them’ was Bill Davey: ones, A very well-set fellow, His feet was bigger than the p've Of little Jackie Horner, SO big it took him half an hqur Or &0 to turn a corner! % “We are lost,” the Captain shoijed | Ase he staggered down the ghlley, | “The same.thing will become of us That once becanie of Safly. . Wi, QULSTIONS ANSWERED i You can get an answer to any | ! quéstion of ‘fact or inforniation by | writing to the Question Editor, New | Britain' Herald, Washington Byreau, | us, in v’""“-\:s." New York avenue, Washington, 1D, C., enclosing two cents in stamps tor reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended rescarch be undertaken. All cther questions will recelve a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- | cd. All lettera arc con- “The darn ‘old craft is going She's split from stem to rud Our good.shipis left Jugpch— Where shall we find anuddei 7 Kl Bill Davey-Jones 100k off one ghoe, And cast It on the waters, | And satd, with calm, unhufried words, ‘“Climb into rotters.™ 2 He brought them into port af, lust Allsound ani safe and hal, With one foot for a rudder And the other for a sail!! what, . you Coolidge de- congress in | Did President to | Q. {liver his message | person this year? | A, He sent u message in writing ——— ‘ which, was delivered simultanqously . A.Lot of Them! {10 the’ vice president in the senate . Mre Roninson: “My hushand Tias and 10 .the speaker of the house of Sust wnade his first million, | representatives and was yead by the Mrs.- Powell: “Dollars? [clerks. Mrs.: Robtnao o, miistakes!” Q. Wihat ls the Prauk D, Vogel the revoke in the game of Auction Pinochle with widow ? A, Pailure to follow suit, or to head a trick when able to do so, is { revoke, and immediately enda the | |game. The penalty is the loss of | the game. I the bidder revokes he | loses double. The revoke is es- | tablished the moment the card 18 played. Q. Who wrote The | Bucket ? | A, Samuel Woodworth wrote nm words- and music. He was born in | ituate, Mass. in 1 He re-| | moved to New York in 1809 and was one of the founders of the | York Mirror, a newspaper. | noems are published in two volumes. |He also composed several operettas. Q. What Is the mecaning of the name Alcsia? | | A. It ix one of the many forms | {of Alicc., a Teutonic (German) name | | meaning *noble cheer” | Q. Is Tom Tyler the real name | of the star in “Born to mule""j What is the name of his horse? } A, Tom Tyler's rc m Burns. His horse is named 1 lasblight. He has been in pictures |about two years. . His . address 8 1% B. O. Studios, 780 Gower street, Hollywood. California. Q. Werp Iresident | Harrison and | Henry Ha A, Ber . the 234 It holts | president, was a grandson of Wil- |liam Henry Harrison, the 9th pre dent; Q. What 1s a medicine ball? A. A leather covered bhall weigh- look. ling from 4 to 9 pounds that is used | Newburger: Uffle it |in gymnasium work. | | hoits, docteh. | Q. Who wrote the poem the first | { Dr. Mann: “Open now once da line of which is: “I think that I| imout. Whoa! Dott’s hinufft 1t /shall never see a thing more lovely | | wouldn't be necessary 1 should axca- | than a tre wate yatt witt a stim-shovel. It{ A. The poem reminds me yatt Trom de time wote | Jovee Kilmer, 3 ddeh e Glehd Kenyon™ Q. Which president of the United ' " "Newhurger: Y, docteh, Queek, | States was ‘clected unanimously by {feex it yatt. Soteh a pain T ain't | "'0( since 1 itt opp all de cucum- |bere Dr, here a case from extraction.” Newburger: “T ‘vouldn't [stand.” Dr. Mann: ,q» toot 1 got {tract.” |© Newburger: | wanilla I hoid yatt de extract, {is dees a system you should yatt de extract from de toot? {be T'll gonna esk yatt my wife she | should beck me a cake it should be | flavored yatt from toot-cck!™ Dr. Marn: “Nu. Ciss de ks. Would you wish it gess Newburger: “Hmmm. Gess he csks me if T Weesh it! So maype yatt I'll poitchus here enough gess from de 11 ttomobile 1 should drive yatt to | ie fillink station it should pull de | "Allfnrlsn! my toot, ha?” Dr. Mann: “Dun't be i 1ink gess, T mean.” | Newburger: “Oi, docteh! Fun you | make yatt witt me wen it ecks me |s0 de toot! Maybe you'll give me vatt gess T should leff instead from |'wipp witt pain Wit enguish! Nu. 11 couldn’t leff. no wetter how |motch gess T absorb yatt. Oderwise T would go home yatt and requast my wife she should teckle me.” Dr. Mann: “Would you want it vatt a false toot in place from dees cne?” Newburger: “Yi. ¥, yi! T should |«ay =0 not! Eff it hoits me so a toot from my own flash witt blood. how false would a false toot play me yatt:” rule governing 1 | | | 0ld Oaken i b L name s Wil- | MR. NEWBURGER ! Bazsd DENTIST" Overheard by Rober Denjamin | William teichenbaum Newburger: "Yi, tertible de toot, doctel Dr. Mann (dentist): “Hmmm, ;nmmm. Climb gredually t in de wott I'll gonna giff yatt | is “Trees”, by l ! under- act, extract. F'rom rake yatt de exs From but Emott- SHE JS -Too Lef- scely. Contagloust Curtis: “Heilo, old map! Why, 1 Laven't seen you #ince that Christ- mas party several weeks ago. How's | that 2" 4 Deran: “Dil vou know that thar 'party eanused thre « divoree a couple ' of eparations, ha dozen | scandals?” Curtie: “No! that happen?* Deran: “We diecevered afterwarda and ?a How on rarth did (4 Fomtai negative. termine the polarity of an electric circuit is to place the two wires one- fourth inch apart on a wet piece of { blue Jitmus paper. tive wire touches the paper a red|Atlanta . mark will appear flowing. bicycle. race at Garden. New York city? and Charlie Winter won. | blood distinguished ? gravity and shape of corpuscles. bitration mean? putes between sovercign states conformity with rights: tracting states formally" refer their differcnces to an inde- | Portland, Me. penderit tribunal and bind selves to abide by its award. Mann: “Hmmm. Ts |||vl|f'.|(m]:The POWE!'ful Katrlnka Another method to de- Conditions favor for thia vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much change in temperature, | Temperatures yesterday High 50 Where the posi- | Atlantic City .. Boston . Buffalo . Chicago .. | Cincinnati Denver . { Detroit . Q. How are human and animal | Duluth . | Hatteras ... specific | Jacksonville Kansas City . Q. What does international ar-Los Angeles . | Miami { Minneapolis ntucket w Haven . W Orl | New York it current is Q. Who won the recent six day Madison Squarc A. The team of Freddic Spencer A. By means af ' odor, A. It ia the setticment of dis. by | udges of their own choosing and in ‘ their respective It is essential that the con- | agree to | Norfolk .. them- | St. Louis . Washington TEA CAKUS AND PARTY PASTRIES Recipes and full directions for making the most delicious array ‘of tea cakes, dalnties, pastries, and tarts of all kinds to he memed at bridge luncheons, .teas, receptiofis, late suppers and large and swall affairs_of all kinds, nrs contained in our Washington Bureau's latest bulletin, Fill out.the coupon below and send for it: CLIP COUPON HERE NG EDITOR, “Washington Bureau, New Britaip: Ierald, 1322 New York Avenue, Washifgtom, D. (. 1 want @ copy of the hulletin TEA CAKER AND PARTY' PAKTRIES, and enclose herewlth five cents in leose. uncancelled, U. S. postage stamps, or coiu to cover postage and handling co NAME STREET AND NUMHE 1Ty T sm & reader of the Dally Now Britain Ter FACTS — —ABOUT CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Connecticut—A Fighting State. Within a short time after the first scttiements had hecn made ‘a Gonnecticut, severu) settlgrs had been wantonly Killed by Pequot Indians. The prompt and emphatic action the colonists took to terminate the outrages sccured for them \xi‘ull‘“(}ll from Indian depredations for all time to come. the Genetal Court ordered an oftensive war Nincty men were levied and placed under thie command of Captain Mason. The small band took ship to Narraganset Bay and then marched overland to the Pequot fort near Stonington where a surprite attack resulted in the death of between 500 and 700 Indians. Only five of those in the fort at the time escaped., Seven were taken prisoners. Cap- tain Mason's own loss wus two Killed and twenty wounded. On May 1, 163 against the Pequots, From that time to the Revolution, Connecticut bore her share in Indian and colonial wars, her soldiers distinguishing them- selves in almost every engagement. The colony kept ahout one- third of New England forces in the field during King Philip's War (1675-76). During Queen Annc’s War (1702-13), -the col- ony kept around 700 wmen in the field and sent more than 1,000 to fight in King Georzc's War (1744-48). Connecticut's record during the i“rench and Indian War (1754-63) was not ex- celled by any other colo Fach new call for troops found her ready with more than her quota, Tomorrow—Connccticut—Fourth in Woolen Goods. By Fontaine Fox