New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 14

SATS WAVE THEORY 1§ ALL-INGLUSIVE "> Gaptain See Thinks [t Trlnuphs Over Gonmctmg Opimons 16 (P—The Feb. n Francisco % forces of nature has triumphed com- pletely over provious conflicting theorics, says Captain T. J. J. See, professor of mathematics in the United Statcs navy and government sstronomer at Mare Island Not only are such actions as magnetism, gravitation and elee- tro-dynamics cxplainablg as “waves i the aether,” sion, cohesion, adhesion, capillarity, chemical affinity and explosive are shown he asserts, to be and “thus the internal echanism of atoms, electrons and sctherons lead 1o the wave theory is one of the final triumphs of scienec in 19 Some time ago Captain See an- nounced he had proved his theory that cther is a highly tenuous sub- stance and permeates all space, but as suificiently elasticity and | strength to hold the suns and | slanets in their orbits. Professor Roentgen discov- cred the vs. the astronomer <.ys in his present statement, grav- jtation, mugnetism, electrodynamic .ction, including even molecular, tomie and explosive forces have n definitely traced to waves ther. A< to lightning he declares “In 1021 [ developed a valid sathematical and physical proof Lat the roundness of all drops of liduid points to wave action for the *.eping of drops perfectly round. . pertect sphericity of the rain wrop has heen a mystery over 2,000 \wirs, and although physicists had | poken of the lightning as due to ation of electricity on Sine . in the clouds, previous o my rescarches no one had | ought of the electric stress on ¢ surface of the drops as due to the energy of the passing waves. “1 showed that if the waves come | (rom all directions and travel <lower in the liquid than in the air, re will result at the surface of ¢ drops an aetherial tension | which increases when many small drops collect into one big one. Henea the tendency of the aether- | tension on the surface of the drops to discharge rhere and this lightning.” New York City Controller Wants Public Ownership | New York, Feb. 16 (UP)—Public ownership of all transit facilities in New York—the greatest municipal ownership project was proposed by Comptroller | Charles W. Berry in a report to the board of estimate today. Berry would havo the city take | over all subway, elevated, surface | and bus lines, which eventually it | would own outright. The city would control all finances and the operat- ing would be done by an operating | is the secret of | company under municipal supervi- | sion, A five-cent fare would be compul- | sory for three years. At the end of | that time, if a deficit were shown, | the board of estimate would decide cither to try the experiment for fhree years more or submit the mat- ter of a fare increase to the voters in a referendum. RADIO STORE HOB_REI) | Newton, Feb. 16.—(—The radio | store of John J. Keane was entered | last night by thieves who stole equip- ment valued at $300. Several speak- ors were taken together with other radio parts. ve of theory for explaining all the | but even surface ten- | in | ever suggested— | SUBMARINE POLICY ‘Bfldflh M Lord of Admiralty Says L3 suneullut Outlined at London, Feb. 16 (B — W. C.| | Bridgeman, first lord of the admiral- ! speaking before the Constitution- | al club today, declared that Great Britain's submarine policy is exact- ly the same as that stated at Wash- ington in 1921 “We shouhd be very glad,” he |said, “if submarines could be abol- ished altogether, but the weaker and smaller count regard sub- marines as their only weapon, and we have to take them into consider- ation as well.” The first lord attacked his British political opponents for what he |termed “The large mass of misrep- resentation about British naval and disarmament policies, which is be- | ing propagated about the country to make party capital and discredit the government.” He asserted that had done her share armament, and added: pared to go further, Great Britain toward dis- “W& are pre- it the other countries will do the same. I do not, | however, think that a weak British navy oould contribute to the peace |of the worl {Ladies Auxiliary A, O, H. Observes Anniversary Rev. Walter A. McCrann gave an interesting and amusing talk as the feature address of the Ladies' Aux- liliary, A. O. H., banquet which was held last night at the Y. M. T. A {& B. hall in celebration auxiliary's 31th founding Several sclections were sung by |some of the city's foremost singers accompanied by John J. Crean. The | singers were Mrs, Miss Kathleen Walsh, Wal Leonard, John J. Kiniry, Joseph A. Haffey, John J. O'Brien, Merritt Humason and George Scheyd. The committes in charge consist- ed of Mrs. Catherine Kéhoe, presi- | dent; Mrs. Elizabeth Mangan, Mrs. |Anna Knight, Mrs, Katherine Kali- inowski, Mrs. Margaret Jacobs, Mrs. Catherine Humason and Mrs. Julia | Moorehead. |More Air Routes Being | Charted by Coast Survey | Washington, Feb. 16 (®— ‘routcs along the coast of the l‘mtrd States, the West Indies and the jnorthern part of South America are Mary T. Crean, |office of the navy department. | Recent flights of marines to Nica- {ragua and of naval aviators in the | West Indies and the Panama Canal Zone have assisted in gathering data for the charts, | Designed primarily for seaplanc ‘ua» the charts show landing fields, | commercial and military, together | with seaplane anchorages, |and lighthouses, the magnetic course ‘lwtv\een principal ports and dis- | tances nvolve |Steal Chalice Presented To Late Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore, Feb. 16 (A—A dia- mond-studded gold chalice, present- | Baltimore people on the golden an- |niversary of his priesthood, and | other valuables were stolen last night by robbers who opened two #afes in the residence of Archbishop Michael J. Curley. A gold watch, a gold |chain, s and $90 in money were among the loot. Efforts were made to kecp news of |the robbery from Archbishop Curley, (who is il In Bon Secours hospital | The robbers forced a window, ap- parently opened the two old safes | with skeleton keys and took their itime selecting unmarked pieces of | silverware, but did not awaken four | priests sleeping in the house. Ingrid’s Bow to the Swedish Court : (NEA Service, Princess Ingrid, daughter of Sweden's reigning house. worgeous ermined and laced costume in which formal bow to the Swedish London Bureau) in the she made her oval palace in court at the Stockholm. > of the anniversary of its Mrs. Irene! lights | ed to the late Cardinal Gibbons by | veral pieces of table silver | OF ICE CREAM IN THE UNITED STATES MILLION GALL Sev ort)-fi\u years ago ice cream was a noveity tion is an industry with a $650,000,C00 \emlv output. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION 1910 1919 19201925 1926 with no status as a food. The pictures show modern methods of 'oday ns produc- | production (above) as compared mth the earli est ice cream factory (below.) The chart indi-, cates the ind ustry’s growth, NEWLIQUOR SQUAD | APPOINTED BY HART* through the atmes- |P¢ing charted by the Hydrographic ' Gosgrove and Grabeck Named to Garry Out Raids Chiet W. C. Hart of the policc | department announced this after- and William Grabeck have been de- | tailed to the liquor law enforcement | work of the detective bureau, effec- tive immediately. The two officers were in conference | this afternoon and received their in- structions. When the quarterly shifts were Chief Hart an- | would be no detail for been con- of two men |a few weeks ago, nounced that there | liquor law enforcement | the time being. He he sidering the selection since that time. | Officer Cosgrove has had several | months' expericnce in the work, | having been associated with Ser- | geant Stadler, but Officer Grabecl has never been on detective bureau detail. . |Gov. Trumbull Asked to ‘Gne Woman Appointment Hartford, Feb. 16 (UP) — Gov- {ernor John H. Trumbull today was |asked to consider a woman as suc- cessor to the late Harvey M, Kent of Norwalk, county commissioner. | Mrs. Lydia 8. Moller of N Canaan and Representative Helen {E. Lewis of Stratford appeared be- fore the executive to urge the ap- pointment of Mrs. Grace Andrews of Norwalk to fill the vacancy. Several men are seeking the sition. po- Governor Asked to Sue For Pre-Prohibition Status Stamford, Conn., Feb. 16 (UP)— | Governor John H. Trumbull today received from Mayor Alfred H. Phillips, Jr., of this city a resoln- tion requesting institution in the U. . supreme court of a suit to restor: to Connecticut 1he state’s pre-prohi- bition status. The resolution common council Januars It was rted in t that the rep ment guaranteed the state the federal constitution was nullificd by the 1$th Amendment. which Con- necticut did not ratify. Rus: Of American Miilionaire was ad ted by the : resolution blican form of govern- by Tondon, F'eb. 16 (P—The son born to Princess Anna llyinski, the for- mer Andrey Emery, dhughter of the late John Smer American mil- lionaire, was christencd today. his full title being P Paul Dmitri Romanoff Nyinski In accordance with the rites of the Iussian Orthodox church, littl Prince Paul who was born late in . was immersed in water and wus then ancinted with Grand Duke Dmitr her o Prince Paul. is w of the late Nichol little ntial he Crar ne quar- not GOLFERS WANT naintaining that government A ime liquor heir nerves hont longer of aleoholie dr Tondon 1 tion with the visit of the 1 mission, King Georz r P d cross of the i Urinay Bri (u. pire. noon that Officers Daniel Cosgrove | with the chief | made in the assignment of s«‘rgt'flms( from the night force for this work | City Items As the result of an automobile collision at Hart and Arch streets con November 3 last, Edward Faigen, |hruugh Monroe 8. Cordon, has ‘broul,m suit for $5G0 damages against Emma J. Rogers. Constable John §. Recor served the papers. Sergeant P. J. O'Mara is investd- | gating a complaint by Mrs. Axelson |of 51 East Main street that several articles of women's wi |were stolen from her clothes line Letween 5 and 10:30 o'clock last cvening. | Considerable damage has been |done to a house being built at the corner of Linwood and Monroe streets, according to complaint to the police today by Carl E. Lantz, builder. St. Mary's boys’ choir will re- hearse tonight at 6:45 o’clock at the church., Shipstead Asks for | Gentlemen’s Agreement Washington, Ieb. 16 (P)—A sug- gestion for a gentlemen's agreement between the scnate and house for consideration of an emergency tari agricultural pro- forward today Farmer-Labor program covering ducts only was put by Senator Shipstead, of Minnesota. Senator Shipstea ready informally adv gestion before the senate agricultur- al committee, where it was taken under consideration. He said today he would make an effort to negotiate the agreement. Artic mentioned by Senator Shipstead in connection with such a tariff bill included potatoes and ruta- ‘lm[,'rls from Canada; onions from Bermuda, oil bearing seeds coming in competition with butter, and cream and milk from Canada. {Fort Lauderdale’s Only i j Bank Does Not Open “ort Lauderdale, Ila., he Fort Lauderdale Bank and Trust compuny, the only financial in- stitution in Fort Lauderdale, failed to open for husiness today. A no- tice stated that t officers and board of dircctors had decided to suspend business Lut did not say why. The bank, of which C. Kyle is president, is capitalized at $250 400 and recently took over the National Rank here fn a m New York Syndicate Buys New Haven Bond Issue New Haven, ing of city of New w. ven bonds to the amount of $1 100 was pur chased today by New York city syndicate through competitive bid ding. The honds are tour per cent and are in ries with » first ma- turity on March 1, 1930, and the last in 1958, The city received a price of $102.09 from the purchascrs, TAKE OVER SYNAGOGUE SITE An option and a warrantee deed transferring to the Congregation Sons of lsracl, rty to be used as the site for the mew synagogue, |2 is filed yesterday by Irving 1 Itachlin, in the town clork's offic The site of W synagogue is at West Main and Park Pluce ind the purch price was 20,500 The huyers ugree 1o assume a first morteage of $ {1 ind a sceond mort of on the property. A clang: in option provides that hothe sale of the property Mr Ilin will make o donation of 31 o the ne SUES FOR BROKEN FENCE Catherd . 1gh Attor- 1y Leo V. G has brought suit or 3150 again i Legienza, leging that 1he utomobile nocked dow fince on iy on Novem- 0 last evening t y ring apparel | Feb, 16 (P | Y. W. C. A. DRIVE LUNCHEON 10 BE HELD TOMORROW Captains and Teams to Make First Reports Meeting at in Gymmasium. \ The first luncheon of the teams conducting the Y. W. C. A. annual drive for $15,000 will be held in the gymnasium of the Y. W, C, A tomorrow. The drive was officially opened yesterday at a meeting and |Scott, Rev. Willlam H.. Alderson, tea held at the home of SM"A vice-president, presided. - Rev. Mr. Philip B. Stanley, chairman of the |Alderson introduced to the club, Big- drive. ‘Contrary to the usual custom of having a national board speaker, Miss Hays, local secretary, intro- duced an “Ask me another” com- test to acquaint the workers with | the needs and work of the Y. W.| CP A A question, “How far is the 2 self-supporting 2" wa: nswer proved the * 5 per cent self-supporting. Funds are taken in by mneans of incomes |from the classes, membership dues jand revenue from the cafeteria and dormitory. Ancther question, “Does the Y. W. C. A. reach all classes of |girls that it should?” was answered. |1t has enrolled girls who work on {machines, in offices, in schools and girls from the leisure classes, it is said. The statistics for last year show |that 11,000 girls used the gymnasi- um and pool. Over 5,000 girls worked in the Girl Reserves and |over 11,000 different girls came to the Y. W. C. A. during the year and used its facilities. The captains and teams will make |their reports for Wednesday and Thursday at the luncheon tomorrow. STABBED WITH SHEARS New Haven Tailor In Serious Com- | dition Following Assault by Fel- low Workman. | New Haven Feb. 15—Benjamin | Brown, a tailor of 14 Hurlburt street, who was stabbed with a heavy pair of shears by Joseph Iscovitz, a | fellow workman yesterday is on the | danger list at New Haven hospital toda Brown was wounded by Iscovitz when the latter became angry be- cause he could not draw Brown into a controversy over wages paid by the 8. Abrahams Company in their coat and vest department, where !hc‘ men were employed. The rs tore ragged holes in’ Rrown's abdomen and he bled pro- | fusely. Iscovitz is being held coroner who is awaiting the outcome ot Brown's battle for life before proceeding with his investigation. Paulson Convicted of | Libel; Is Fined $500 | J.. Feb, 16 (UP)—The . Poulson, state super- Anti-Saloon league was convicted of i: statements to news- a jury here today. Judge ‘ SN 2500 mul nrrl: red Ponlson committed jail until the PASTOR THANKS FIRE CHIEF Chief W. J. Noble of the fire de- partment today received a letter from Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, | pastor of the South (ongregational | church, in which Dr. Hill expressed | pis personal thanks te the chief and | her members of the department their at the fire in the | HOOVER GOOD FISHERMAN | Key West, Fla., Feb. 16 (UP)— | | Herbert Hoover, sceretary of com- I merce, planned to go fishing again today. | Yesterday he landed 200 pounds |chiet fos is political | political - machines |right to criticize the ballot box.” - | pelll was here as the guest of Rev. b | for the | CITIZENS APATHY | NATIONAL DANGER Governor’s Screlary Declares Ballot Slackers Sll_flldll't Kick The chief foe to the principle of lite, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness is political indifference, ac- cording to Attorney Edward Kelly, of Bridgeport, secretary to Governor {John H. Trumbull, who spoke to the New Britain Rotary club at the Bur- ritt hotel today on “Civic Duties.” He opened his address by stating that the expressions, “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happines” and “Liberty and Freedom” are heard frequently and in his opinion many |times are used carelessly, He said |they often are used without “regard for their sigmificance, especially as applied to the three anniversaries in February, that of the birth of Lin- icoln and Washington and the de- struction of the Maine in Havana harbor, He said all wars in which Amer. ica has engaged have been for the |preservation or establishment of: these principles, even the world war which was to remeve the despotism of the middle ages from Europe, “The dangers of peace are worse than the dangers of waj," he de- clared. “We should not wait for war, for the foes of life, liberty and |the pursuit of happiness are more dangerous in peace than in war. The indifference. That is a calamity. “Men get together in groups or in |church gatherings or other meetings |and discuss existing conditions. They say ‘something ought to be done about it." They rail and rant about and political methods. You often find the man who criticizes most is the fellow who has failed to exercise his rights as |a citizen. “It is appalling that less #han 50 per cent of the citizens of the great- est and strongest country in the world should exercise their right to vote.” , Speaking of the political scandals in Pennsylvania and Illinois, he said the investigation revealed the fact that thousands of people in those states know nothing about party caucuses. “People will tell you ‘politics is rotten, I want nothing to do with it.’ Yes, there are some rotten politi- clans, there are rotten lawyers, rot- ten doctors, rotten men in all trades and professions. But it is very simple to remove them., Every citizen can align himselt with some group or party and have something to do with the framing of the laws. “If we don't exercise our privileges and duties as a citlsen, we have no In the absence of President A. H, nor Mario Cappelll, a member of the Rotary club of Rome, Italy, and famous tenor. 8ignor Cappelll sang “The Blind Plowman” and “O Sole Mio,” accompanied by Theron W. Hart. 8o well pleased were the Ro- tarians that they rose to their feet: in & burst of applause. S8ignor Cap- Mr. Alderson, who is a personal friend. STREET LIGHTING DELAY Additions to the street lighting systems on Broad, Washington and because laterals have not yet been placed in the subway, City Engineer Joseph D. Williams has writen Mayor Weld. With the exception of the Lafayette street job, which has been delayed untll next spring, the Lafayette streets have been delayed | the well-known women and men Iwingne}m mnayxymmwum T Manning BishopWilliam, Among the leaders of national organizations and professions who will meet in Wushmzton February 28 to demand prohibi- tion enforcement planks in the platforms of both parties are above., Nomination and election of a dry candidate for the presidency will be sought. Charles River Searched For Missing Wom: auI Weston, Mass., Feb, 16 (UP)—A search of the Charles river in the vicinity of this town was to be mud’e by Metropolitan police today in con- nection with the disappearance of | Mrs. Emma Hutchinson, of Weston, 31, Mrs. Hutchinson, wife of C. Rayna | Hutchinson, bond salesman, has been missing since early Monday. She was last seen walking toward Wellesley. ed by 30 Wellesley Boy Scouts, searched the flelds and woods in the Glen Road ‘district of Weston and the banks of the Charles river yes- terday, but no trace of the missing woman was found. RECITAL BY MISS CARLTON A recital by Miss Effey Carleton of New Britaln will be one of the main features.at the entertainment| and social to be held at the Sthnley Memorial church tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Men's club. Miss Carleton’s repertoire will in- clude a one act comedy entitled, “A Pair of Lunatics,” “Isaacstein’s Busy | Day,” “Gertle Gets Golf,” “Da Littla Boy” and “Her First Ride in an Automobile.” A musical program will be given consisting of piano and violin selections. It is expected that a male quartet will favor with several numbers. A soclal time will follow and refreshments wHl be served. The affair is open to tfic public. systems will be completed within & few weeks, 0P . e AOLD READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ETHEL Weston police and firemen, assist- | OF A MDIT & (GIRL IS ACQUITTED IN POISON PEN CASE [¥reed on Charge of Blackmailing | Wealthy Ridgewood Soclety ‘Woman. | Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 16 (UP)— | Miss Sarah Mowell, 21-year-old bank clerk, acquitted today at her rial on a charge of blackmail in connection with poison pen letters | recelved by Emma Von Moschaisker, wife of a wealthy Ridgewood attore ney. 4 | The jury deliberated a little more |than twe’hours. Miss Mowell was not in the court room when the verdict was reached, She was summoned by an attendant and entered to stand nervously bee fore Judge Seufert in quarter ses- sions court, Her pallor was made more marked by a black ensemble. “We find the defendant not { guilty,” Foreman Amica pronounced ‘nml the girl smiled happily. The color returned to her face. Her father cried for joy and her mother beat her hands together. Mrs. Von Moschzisker and her husband, Frank, did not change ex- pression. The court room was crowded as it had been throughout the the six days case, of “poison pen” Jet, once extensively used as | mourning jewelry, is merely a kind :of bituminous coal. o PCKiNG uP TS LiGHTER) of fish while his two companions caught a total of 30 pounds. ' READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS S Geina- o'- WIS, HOWMAER, 1 OONT KNOW WHETWER ‘(5" MORe- ROIALL. TO Kae@ Of HROWING— MAY MATCRG— ©1538. BY NEA SEAVICE, WRC..