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FLASHES OF LIFE: THREE MILLION DOLLAR DANCE HALL IS PLANNED retary of the treasury is a popular So anxious were two es to elect him that ke got slaps from a representative of ‘Wonderland being asked the French|ecach at the same time as soon as equivalent for fiddie-de-dee. The in-|such method of indication of selec. quirer told that the expression Wasjtion was permitted. not English, insisted he wasn't inter- ested in its meaning in English but desired to know its equivalent in French. “I don't think really therei,ow’s life is now past. He is able 1o is any American for bolshevism." |cat fried eggs again. He detests them Mr. Lowell concluded at a Harvard | poiled, scrambled, shirred, etc., but meeting here. in his recent of influenza the dictor strictly forbade them fried. By the Assoclated Press. Philadelphia — Recent tales that Harvard was & nest of bolshevism ! g, remind President Lowell of Alice of est hardships of Ambassador Mor. New York — Miss Elizabeth Per- kins, chairman of the executive com-| Now York — A $3,000,000 17- mittee of the film bureau, suspects | sory temple of dance in the fash- that a lot of bolshevists will try 10 |jonable section along the Bast river break up the first prescntation of &ljs proposed. It will be a realization movie of Edith Cavell about which |of 4 dream of Michio Ito, formerly there hus been much ado. “We shall {o¢ tho Imperial theater, Tokyo. It recognf® these bolshevists, though, | i) have two halls and studio and | and tell them we have no tickets,” rocreation features for tenant artists she says. | Boston—Legislative inquiry into; m“::f;’:: rflvtfill::: census figures 0ff 1 quct in office of Attorney Gen- | 07 wom- . f VO™ [eral Arthur K. Reading ends end 71,010,659 men, including 17,158 | <08 S0 W BEA0 TE CRE women and 12,340 men more than | SRR SOTT 100 years old. | Boston interest in egotiations for purchase kS L t New York — Unless the fich Massachusetts managers are kidding, literature will have something to do with a feature display of the manly art. Eddie Kane says his fighter, Sammy Man- dell, isn’t allowed to read anything, while Jimmy McLarnin is represent- ed as devouring all sorts of reading from comics to good books. Perhaps some of it kept Jimmy's weight down. of | Pittsburgh fall through. Boston—Socrates Sandino, brother of Nicaraguan rebel chief, prevented by police from placing flowers at base on Bunker Hill monument. Boston—Charles E. Brickley, fc mer Harvard football star and con- Washington — Senator Norris of | Victed bucket shop proprictor's stay Nebraska has, or had, an idea that|®f Ty :‘(’{'p‘;‘“" Sor $10,008 Tras golf is the game of gray heads, bald | €eNY 18 revoked. heads and the aged. When he voiced | his idea Senator Robinson of Arkan- | sas defined the game as one that no | old man ever learned and few young men master, and he added that Nor- ris had missed something by not try- ing. Yoston-—Morris Sigman re-clected president of the Internationa) Ladies Garment Workers' union at final session of 19th biennial conve Boston—Max Hessel, brother- {law of George W. Gordon, former aunditor for Eastern Steamship com- pany and admitted thief of $600,000, sentenced to three and years in prison for receiving § olen money from Gordon. New York — A Brooklyn fellow destred to change his name, lad| wedding invitations engraved, then applied for judicial permission. Jus- tice Druhan ruled: “Anyone who could spell or pronounce the name | Cyril Merrill would have no difficulty | with Simon Minsky. The application 18 donied.” Boston—Jewish Ministe Association of New Engl mandamus proceedings a retary of State I'rederick Cook who has forbidden cantors to officiate at marriages; action said fo upset pre rogatives of 2,000 years. Burlington, Vt.—John F. Weeks, republican, overturns tradition of 60 years with announcement of can- didacy for renomination. | i | Denver — Movies of family, home and friends are to he sent to Henry M. Blackmer, Teapot Dome figure, self-exile in France. New York — Word comes to friends that Percy Grainger, pianist, will be married to his bewitching, radiant Nordic Amazon, Miss Viola Strum, in the Hollywood Bowl, which will seat thousands of persons. New Haven — The son of the sec- Springfield, Mass.—New Tngland police chiafs at third annual plan unification of s and regulations. traffic Mexico City — One of the great- | gas | companies by Koppers Company of | ntion. | con- | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928, Providence, R. L—Official notice of excommunication from Roman Catholic church served on 50 mem- bers of Franco-American group which unsuccessfully sought in state courts to restrain Rt. Rev. Willlam A. Hickey, bishop of Providence, from use of parish funds in erection ot English-speaking parochial high [ schools. New Haven—aAn altercation over a receipt leads to stabbing of Ed- ward Kane, & truckman, by Nicola Morici, who escapes. The superficial {woeund was inflicted on Kane at the |height of an argument when Morici |demanded a signature for paid up | furniture. Greenwich — Week’'s iliness of |Frank Thorp, clubman and retired | president of the J. H. Thorp Import. {ing company of New York, proves i fatal, i | New Haven—An honor of ten re- garded as the greatest gift of un- | dergraduate Yale is turned down by cight students who refuse election o Skull and Bones at Tap Day iceremonies. Paul Mellon, son of the U. S. treasury secretary to Scroll and Key. i | New London—A testimonial din-| ner in honor of Commander H. D.| | Hinckley, Coast Guard academy su-| perintendent for five years, is at- tended by 100 friends. He will take| command of a new cutter in 'the Gulf of Mexico next month. Hartiord—Rear Admiral Magru- | der, speaking as a taxpayer, be Iln\(<‘ lin a navy strong enough to defend |our commerce and shores but mnot| one “that can lick all: creation” he| {tells 400 members of Connecticut | ik‘h.\mh or of Commerce. | Hartford—=Seat of sanity regula- tions is adopted by the State Public| {Health Council for all hospitals in Ithe state not receiving state aid. rother set is also adopted for fair grounds. Norwich—Forest fire which burn all day and consumes 1,000 acres o woodland is put out with aid of ap- paratus from Norwich State hospital. 3 New Haven—DMadeline Corbutti, 10, lives but six hours after a truck driven by Gasper Costello strikes her. He fs held pending an inves- tigation New Have: for fall meeting of Connecticut eration of Women's Clubs. Stamford—His first day's work on ia construction job here may prove fatal to James Tamboles who suf- fered a fractured skull when he was accidentally hurled 20 fect to the |ground. Hartford—A trial taken by| L young woman, to determine if serfes of nosc dives in an airplane |will bring back the hearing of a test, GENUINE BAR HARBOR oy " .l“‘. I SATURDAY at 9 A. M. GEISINGER’S Inc. 6 MAIN MN’; A0 50cPerWeek HO ) SATURDAY at9 STREET |camp, pastor | appears, so “Duteh Dating” | doomed at Northwes _ | ship wi deaf person, may result in & new indust.y here if the experiment proves successful. Hartford—The list of state demo- cratic delegates and alternates to the national convention at Houston will be completed next week., There will be two groups, each of about 35 people, who will travel, one by rall and one by water, Shelton—Undauuted by her re. moval as republican national com- mittee-woman, Mrs. John B. Russ told Huntington Republican club members that she is ready to stand firmly behind the state ticket and even do better work for the club and ward. Hartford—Death of George Gilman removes prominent bar member and staunch republican. He was a graduate of Yale university, class of 1890 and wus admitted to the Hartford County Bar association three years after. Ilis son, George, a member of the ciass of 19 Yale college, was for Elihu club. Bridgeport — Authoritative of police departments conve at the next meeting of the New land police chiefs in October. H.| tapped last night heads here, ng- New Haven—Rev. Harold B of Calvary Baptis church, is named defendant in an auto suit brought by George Yusko, {a policeman. The plaintiir elaiw that the pastor failed to make prom- {ised restitution for damages incur- red when their machines collided. Dutch Datmg" Doomed At Northwestern U. Chicage, May 18 (®—Co-eds simply will not upset tradition, it has been “ The plan of letting their share of the expen with th men has and found wanting. at u dance during the versity circus whose sponsors mitted it developed into a “flop” The second trial was at widely advertised dance but only 30 couples appeared. So now the idea has bes doned Co-eds given two The first | n ON Detour, Mich., wreeke 18 (A—One three were dam- aged, and one man was killed during a heavy fog in ¢ Lake Huron ship- ping lane of the upper Michigan peninsula district vesterday. ‘The steamer John Ericsson was wrecked and her cargo of 200,000 hushels of | grain was virtually all lost when the ship, a whaleback type, rammed 30 miles from here by the steamer A. F. Harvey. wa About ing cards United S en million packs of play- were exported by ates last year. A. M. WHERE BETTER FURNITURE IS SOLD FOR LESS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE Now In Full Progress All Stock at Practically Cost. Many Items Below Cost. MANY GOOD BARGAINS LEFT BESSE SYSTEM CO. aty University. | all-uni- | another | aban- the | STARTS 40TH YEAR INPOSTAL OFFICE : James F. Holden Foresunllm Postmaster Begms 11th Term | are received daily. A fow years ago the co entirely combination The working space (nn(‘ was incre office installed postmaster. Mr. Holden prior and to record ver been equal and possibly no United Holden is a native for years ba old p t remodeled boxes ins for the ed In Connec entire States. of Forest n prom lock inently in that identifie end of member f Colum ind kn with civie city. He of Palos Co is this cit of order, Bristol, May 18—Thirty-nine years | postmaster at Forestville. the record of James 1 | is starting to | of service ot his re- term was Holden. Mr. Holden, Jeftersonian pa | point postmuaster dent Grover Cleveland. : of four y returned 1o the old B now occupied by Marine Lamp Co., | foreman. He | postm Cleveland been re-appointed i ing presid affiliations. At the time of Lis first appoint- ment, Forestville hoasted of a class post office and the post was obliged to all ot duties of the ut wmee. Today TForestvills is rated as a second vith a perman- ent force of three elerks, a rural mail nd a village carrier, The receipts in one the pr time cxce of an entire year when Holden first | took charge, Tn 1885 there were but " four muils a day—tod That is *. Holden, who 1or Uncle Sam. ppointment fo: ived this Notice his 13th ek by Mr, | s a member was of the first ap- in rs he gned and rner factory a department giin appointed by President that time each succe: was ster fourth assist- month at ds those l | ght mails . YOU DON'T PAY FOR CREDIT New Spring COATS The Best Fashions at Lowest Pu’en\ o low price. All the newest mate- rials and shades Smartly furred and trimmed i { the best on our Charge Plon You can afford ay on his 40th year | ANDREWS INJURY NOT VERY SERIOUS Expedition Secking Cradle o Man Not Halted JAMES F. HOLDEN. ario| tled ters not r term f his na ition f ratulating him or Micient servic 1 noand C 70U do not pay for credit here. 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Twn pair of pani. knickers or long 9 in the fidfirs a neil, er gald Dr. Andrews was being treste ed by Dr. P at the espedition main camp at Sharamuren, 360 milee northwest of Kalgan. Grauger and tive other white membere of the es- pedition motored 100 1miles north. €ast to Erhlien to cemmunicete the news of the shooting te the ectsife world before going ahead with the ext stuge of the expedition, which is secking “the cradle of the human race."” Apparently the accident te Dr. Andrews which occurred May 6 was not hinde: the plans of the os- pedition. Other messages indicated that Dr. Andrews was remalning with the expedition and not peturn. ing to Peking at present, The temporary division of the es- dition was interpreted here as ine ating that it was {n ne danger om bandits or Mongolian reds. A cable reccived by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, from Walter Granger on May 5 said that Dr. Andrews had been in the left leg and was not permanently injured. Van Lear Black Is in Egvpt on Long Tour I y May 18 (M—Van iltimore publisher, who i3 on a 40,000 mile air teur to South Africa, the I'ar East and re- turn, arrived at Cairo today fron: Solum, on the Egyptian coast. SENT TO PRISON. 17 (P—Max Hessel of George W. Gor- stern Steamship com s sentenced to serve half years 4 statc yesterday for receiving over 00 which was stolen from the amship company. shot former E any auditor, lon, _Men! All You Can Ask for ina SUIT See what our charge plan has to offer X . + FOR THE ASKING ~ -