New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1928, Page 6

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The Herald 1s on sale York s's Squa Newsatanda, Eutrance Grand Central. ¢3né Street. —————— Fights in the caucus were all of a minor nature. That's the kind that htrts most, like blows given at closc range. and @ally 1o New Qne of the queries bobbing up at this season is, what becomes of the political clubs after the election” It seems that every nation wishes to sign the Kellogg pact, if only to be in fashion. The Plainville landing ficld, even though owned by the governor, puts that bustling town ahead of Brtiain. Last June Senator Heflin promised t0 go to Europe during the campaign it Smith were nominated. So far he has traveled as far as Alabama. Comfort is relative. The person who breaks a leg one day and is declared to be resting comfortably the next must conclude that the chiet comfort lies in the thought nothing more serfous happened. They are trying to get Hoover to make a\speech in New Bedford, Mass. Np, the suggestion did not come from any Al Smith club. Becretary of Commerce William I Whiting has formally taken over the reins of office and his first act was to grant interviews to press corre- spondents, His second day was evi- dently spent in reading what he had said, THI; CONFLICTING CLAIMS The managers of the grand old party the other day displayed a Mst of states “sure to go for Hoover.” It bristled with optimism and satisficd the most exacting party According to the list, Hoover necded only to carry a few more states in this pre-election count to win the election, The next day the managers of the grand old Democratic party also an- | nounced a list, one of states ‘sure to go for Smith.” It is a mere de- tail to note, perhaps, that some of the Smith-sure states were the same as sone of the Hoove: according to the rival list. Neither list, Jaid abso- lute to Connecticut. The Hoover list was conservative in this ure states however, claim respect, merely noting that Connec- ticut was believed Hogver, The Smith list. howover, had #t that Connecticut was linble to go for Smith; that likely to go for the Nutmeg state was a battle ground worthy of Democratic efforts. This doesn’t gibe with what J. Henry Roraback ha but since the J. Henry at the vention fewer people ure his prognostigations as erudite. heen saying; astonishing antics of Republican regarding surpassingl CURBING THE SPF The motorcyel MRS corps of the New Britain police department 1 cen extra busy of late, greatly 1o the matisfaction of such citizenry who prefer to read about fewer fatalities, tewer casualties, fewer accidents and more safety stre motorcyele on eity officers desirous of making particulirly irmi nue and Broad strect safe for this generation: a commendabile plan that needs no lengthy M speedy two-wheelers are ment to prove its worth. anwhile the s on the not neglect- ing other thoroughfares; the we see of them the better w mors City streets are not r for mere fact that the Neither are country highy that matter. The city goes to the trouble of “improving a j give permission to step on 1V, and expense vement docs not reckiess autoists carte hlanche the gas re- gardless. There were 17 people killed on the New York subway last week and a great hullabaloo week there were 19 people killed by was raiscl. Last achusctte alo automobiles in M —twice as many as the same weck last year—and no hullabaloo raised. Lives snuffed out by incom- | was re-publication of | not otherwise | Newsstand. Times | New | worker. | con- ! petent and thoughtless drivers are | are unable to do much better in thelr | Just as valuable as lives taken in any | best years since the transportation the valuation ov investment figures are too high. or the bookkeeping is faulty. The nation cannot afford to pay more for transportation and it ought to be paying less. Few eggs are worse scrambled than the railroad eggs. The big lines make money and r|plenty of it; but there are a horde of lesser lines which keep down the averages of the country as a whole. Railing about automobile and bus competition does not help. Neither compgtition would be half as serious Republican women leaders in the | | subway. |law has been in effect than to earn ; _— | savings bank interest then they are | TING THE WOMEN | vither uneconomically operated, it is i INTERESTED {impossible to obtain a fair return, | have not been lacking women city | encrgy. have also been it. It may be that the G. more money work—which in | leaders of Democratic showing plenty 0P to devote to organiza- | would S has tion be as| | usual—but if the grapevine rumors are correct, the Democrats this yea will also have a neat pile Those Mr. Spellacy claim it, anyway. to wage war in Connecticut, close to But visual evidence goes a long a long way, and Republican women have started a elub on West Main | street. The big sign on the building is if the railrond rates were lower, The widespread development of bus lines one that easily arrests the attention | of wayf: Cl an elephant on there will be bridg: lias heen possible largely because the buses have Leen able to do business And | at rates than the railroads. °r scrutiny shows every blind. parties, teas and rs. lower what not—quite a social way to do would have a much harder time campaign work | maintaining themselves. The same Before women had the right to theory holds good as to automo- vote there were no such delightful | biles. When a man discovers he can tendezvous, The political club of the | buy an automobile and take his "old days consisted of a few rooms, | whole family on touring trips at a | sometimes only one, where cigar ; lower cost than their combined rail- | smoke filled the air and cuspidors | road farcs would total he naturall {littered the floor. On important |is disposed to take the cheape days there were drinks, and men method and owns the automobile were so emphatie in some of their [after the tours are completed. ren Our opinion relati is that the figures rks that cusswords rent the uir.} | ¢ to the net earnings are not he improvement, 1928 model, is in for such style it has been neces- ‘\\'ilh the high rates in force, that the sary for the men’s clubs to perk up | railroads cannot make money. There | and polish up also. The day may not | has been a signiticant opposition by be far distant when a political club | the railroads to the valuation figures | will be the most comfortable thing in :i‘Surd from time to time by the town. And the cheapest, considering | Interstate Commeree that hing is free so long as|on which rates are supposed to be the voters call, muke themselves at | b he railroads promise to vote straight | selves vastly higher than the L. C. C. Commission, eve, value them- home, and and right, | figures, and this in almost every in- Women glorify and embellish | stance. The lines would have the | everything they touch, including |figures based on reproduction costs —a patent absurdity; while the politics, 1 (L eR o) | | YOUNG JOHN AND HIS SAX Young John Coolidge, favorably ult of his s to Plainville, has been known her turn on actual investment and repro- ! duction costs. The New Haven, for intance, wants to be credited with an of $50,000,000 terminal rights in the Terminal, which it bouts as a res | trequent visi hiding his light behind a bushel to | some extent. In northern Wisconsin, | “investment” perpetual Grand Central would be ridiculous to concede. That the railroads are made sport is precious | | little to do to keep such an energetic | | young man busy, the news leaked | out that he was quite a saxophone | player. Going 10 dance he seems to | of in some particulars is not to be have Jacked a partner and went into | overlooked, either. The Hoch- Smith resolution of Congress, which directed the 1. C. C. to change rates to aid certain industries when deem- ssary is a case in point, The has it that when an in- however, where there the orchestra, seized a sa and play- ed it all night, greatly to the relief of the regular sax player, perhaps, whose best girl may have been pre od nec ent and needed attention, resolution | Nobody knows Young | dustry is in a slump the L. C. C. has John learned how to play the saxo- ‘ the power to reduce rates to help phone; he docsn't himself, it secms. | that industry. This forces the rail- All he says is that he “picked it up” | roads to make a contribution to an where and owns fo a natural aptitude to- industry with which If the rails charged less the buses | noticeable. With the women going | correct. We simply cannot believe, | insists on actual investment. | And let it be said there is a wldo‘ divergence in the figures of a net re- | for its | they have no | C. A. bottled & jug of water from the well that has been dug on the site of the new gymnasium today and will send it to Yale for examin- ation by the state chemist. The drilling was concluded today when it reached a depth of 190 feet. It is expected that 500 union men from New Britain will take part in the Labor Day parade in Bridge- port. Facts and Fancies “Man's greatest problem is the | problem of distribution.” Yeah. Es- | pecially in the matter of weather. bou't You say 502 1t's not for television we Would register our humble plea. But it's for jolli-vision, Folks, So everybody could see jokes! The early gold diggers found pay dirt. The moderns tind dirt pays. | The effort to keep straight used |to be a moral struggle instead of a diet. Overlooked a Bet! Jenkins: “A dog's teeth are al- |‘ ways nice and white.” Tooth-paste Manufacturer (turn- ing to his advertising manager): “Say, how come we haven't got a testimonial signed by Rin-Tin-Tin?" Resort: A place where you pay $15 the day to look through a win- dow at the rain. Neurotic: One who forces himself to keep his mind on his troubles in order to keep from feeling good. THE GAL FROM DOWN YOND. By Carl Dodson She's my hundred elghty pounder; Now ain't I glad 1 founder? My loving Sal, My doving pal, Miy roving gal ! yender. from down She's the gal I love on Sunday; | What shall I do on Monday? Oh roving gal, - The strong and silent man, as a rule, is just pouting because some- Oh doving pal {body interrupts when he tries to My loving Sal from down talk, | yonder. Example of futility: Trying to be modest while getting into a rumble seat. | Guess I must have got a wonder, You know that's why I want'er, My doving pal; Oh roving gal; A political landslide isn't like the " g S | real thing. In a real landslide the ! ’\U’:(‘i":: al from down dirt always goes down. vonder. | Diagnosis is easy. 1t the patient | NOW youve o E s B is perpendicular, his trouble is EungY You know the wrong 1 doneya, tecth; if he's horizontal, he's drunk. : My loving Sal; : Americansm: Fecling superior to My roving gal; other rac studying the ancient My doving pal from down | work of other races to get culture. yonder! | = In Bible times it was the custom Those Deah Kidder: | to smite hip and thigh. Modern| Martin: “Where are you work- | heavyweights alse smite the ham | ing nov when they me | Chavles: “I'm a soda jerker.” —_ Martin: “Do me a flavor will Among the higher vertebrates, the | you two creatures that haven't any sex Mrs. B. H. Walther | are the mule and the woman who | tries to be mannish. Churches and kitchens are much alike. The more they are improved, | g COUNTRY CHILD AND THE the more people stay out of them. | CITY CHILD | My daughter, five years old, was | visiting her aunt, in the country, who has a boy seven years old. | One day, while they were having [ lunch, the mother told the boy, wha | was always interested in fires, that | there had been a big fire and two horses were burned, The litfle fellow, all excited, ask- ed, “Gee, moni, was it a barn?" “I don't know,” answered °v say that when a Chicagoan a vacation he goes to Mexico! | Another good way to reduce is to | lift five glasses of water and empty | | | them into a cavity just before meal his time. mother. “All 1 heard was that there el was a big fire and two horses were The carly bird gets the worm.|Lurned But, alas! he gets it for some old { bird who doesn't come to work until [ 10 o'clock. My little girl, who was listengng {all this time, spoke up and said, No, Jackie, it wasn’t a barn, it was a merry-go-round.” —8ue E. Burr The most prominent yellow peo- ward music, which he thinks he got ; concern. The latest decision of the | plog are the Chiness, thy Japancee, from his mother, who is quite a | kind was a reduction of rates on de- {and those who would like to cru- THOSE WHO SERVE! music fan. To make the evening clduous fruits from California in | S2de for decency if it wouldn't hurt By H. Nilson | business. | Her every appearance denoted a quite complete, John also tang some | order to help the fruit industry in songs for the gathering, but whether | that state. As a matter of fact, over- this included “Somgs My Mother | production and not the railroad rates Me™ was not stated in the | Were at the bottom of the slump in reports from Wisconsin, the California fruit industry. As a It is wholesome indecd when a|result of this overproduction there John can get up mihl\\e been steady price declines re- gardless of the railroad rat Efficient as we think we commerce, we have not yet solved business. The Taught young man lik front of a dance audience and sing, tak t in an | | orchestra and carefully refrain from blowing blue xcept where | the the blues writers wrote ‘em down, | rate when he his se are in can notes transportation s remain too high and the re- This young man is a regular (r‘llo\\',;lurn% to the roads remain low. and no mistake. Being able to handle | Some of the roads are jammed with |trafic, too, and could scarcely do ‘Il sax won't interfere with his ulfl-‘ | mately landing in the White House, | much more business. In more ways | either, for didn't Warren G. Hard- | than one there is no other industry ing as a yenng man play an alto | like railroading, and somctimes one horn in a silver brass band back in |18 inclined to think they were bet- Marion, Ohio? [ter off in the days of less regulation looking for an | direct ning in this world of tears after | tween the roads, Amherst. Why = begin tooting that sax | of the wss| 25 Vears Ago Today | quite an attraction John has heen and more competition be- he graduates doesn’t he regularly? Some from college are getting high pay doing it, John ought to be ; e The duties Johnson ar jalready !m n w i | of Probation Officer becoming arduous. He has under -his care several 10 must report to him oice 2z orchestra, ILROAD REVENUES a week, Erabisthe rdiroad Inustry S I AL e il eaime teach- class by itself. Rates remain high; | ing on August 31, passengers paving wartime | All this week at White Ouk. tariffs, and when they ride in Pull. |Broadway* comedians. Davenport et i opap | PTOthCEs, grotesque eceentriques; B ABEL NIy pay the veatlatl e iieC il in dlar - 9ol MRS ullman rate but also a surcharge | Ficlds & Whallen, “The Bowery which goes to the railroad in addi- | Sweethearts;” Crolius & St Alva, tion to the cost of the regular trans. | comedy sketch; Morrello, magician, PRl = | A number of Loys living on Oak e B e N e e g s e intis hat ra ran <o many “all Pull- and seem to think they are not AN Arams, t0o, fhat it is difficnlt | dressed unless their hair is greased for the omical fravelor o get |9nd parted in the middle and they conch service, Shippers of frejgnt | DAY on red neckties. To combat : : this fad, a union has been formed, ire kicking, too, demanding lower | Thg unfon has a mecting room | Tatos as an aid to industry | which 15 decorated with carmine Yot in cpite of these high rates the | Deckwear captured from the dudes, land alveady there have been 47 | fights, in which the union boys en- United States had & net operating income for the first | kaged. The police have now notifie six months of 1928 of only § [ them to stop, but the union says if 2181, which is cqual to a retuen | the authoritics keep their hands off E {it will h the practice stamped on property stment of only 4.36 | S i oY 486 sut botore schosl spers. P | W. L. Hatch has takcn out a per- iseh-Cumming law became | it to build a house, 2% stories ctive in 1920 and ifs aim was to | high, on Grove hill. ; | . fair committee mot | wIp” the railroads atta an | o : L ning and elected William mate” return, During the cight | cretary, John Regan t has been in foree the tary, and Joseph M. have been secking fin vaif | i treasurer 2 | One comb's live eams, o the “fuir returnt of | OMe of Holcomls livery teams, 0. Doerr, and another ng 5 3-4 per cent | said to belong to James White met the net | in collision on Shuttle Meadow road patiT 5 ‘ in 1028, | ast night. Both vehicles wers 4,48 e conts 10 102 A | 4 to pi but the ocen- it ] PR . though shaken up, were not . 4.83 per cent; in 1926 513 | v hurt. per cent; In 1927, 4.40 per cent. | William Seibert of Beckley Quar- Something is wrong somewhere,” 17 has been troubled by chicken a5 the saing goes. It the railronds, | 1N1°ves lately. Last night he took a shot at one but missed. Vice-President Ilatt of the Y. M. |'with their unconscionable high rates, 4 ). | When man is born, people sympa- | thize with the mother; when he | marries, they sympathize with the freshness of the country, In the heart of the big stop she was as out of place as a dislocated shoulder. The way she held her bride; when he dies, they sympa- | over-large purse, fearful like as it thize with the widow. expectant of being robbed. Evi- | = | dently too, she was lost. Being | Hint to girls: To win a husband, | | remark in public: “I was in the| | wrong.” All men dream of a woman square enough to say that. kind-hearted I decided to offer her my assistance, In my most polite manner 1 approached her. “Lady, may 1 be of service to you?” At first she was doubtful, but my appearance scemed to allay her doubts. She told me that she had sold her up state farm, which she had inierited, and that she had $3,000 in her purse. She wanted to find a reliable place to stay while she looked about for a job, I told Correct this sentence: “The brav- est and most inteligent policemen,” | said the captain, “are alwayse the | first to use their guns or clubs.” 1928, Publishers Syndi- cate) (Copyright house near by, 'and that 1 would take her there. Her confidence in me was such that she let me carry her purse. “Now Miss, you wait here, and T will go in and fix it up with the landlady.” So with her purse I en- tered the house—and out a back door! Back in my room I hastened look over my haul. The purse con- tained, besides a bundle of paper clippings, a note which rea “A fair exchange is no robbery. My watch and billfold were gone! Observations On The Weather Washington, Aug. 29 (®}—(Fore- t for Northern New England): Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs- day; slightly cooler tonight in the interfor; gentle northwest and north winds, (Forecast for Southern New Eng- land) Partly cloudy tonight and | Thursday; slightly cooler tonight in northern Massachusetts; moderate west shifting to northwest winds. Fastern New York. Fair tonight: slightly cooler in north and central portions; Thurs- day increasing cloudiness; gentle southwest wing New Haven and vicinity: = Fair | tonight and Thursday. Weather con- ditions. Pressure has decreased during the past 24 hours over the north At- lantic states, attended by an increase in temperature this morning. Show- ers were reported from the Lake Erie region, also from portions of the Southern states, Ohio valley, Northern Plains States, and the far southwest, A disturbance appears this morn- ing over the Northern plains states and upper Mississippi valley, Oma- ha, Ncb., 29.86 inches. Pressure is | relatively high over the Lake r | gion and the South Atlantic states also the Rocky Mountain districts. Temperatures are abnormally high cast of the Plains states. Conditions favor for this vicinity, fair weather and not much change cu her that I knew of a nice boarding | duty on radio through to news- Medical Society, The delegates hear that paralysis can be cured by electrical stimulus; abdominal operations can be avoid- ed by the use of electrical rays and cancer can be cured in its carly stages. 80 why eat apples? Be All Right! Jarvis: “Have you got any wit- nesses on your side in this law- suit?" Gilbert: “Only one, a three-year old child. Jarvis: “But a kid like that has no standing as a witness.” Gilbert: “No, but by the time the case comes to trial he'll be grown up!” —Roy W. Zimmern (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forpdden) - QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Heraid, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washingtqa, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Tditor, Q. By how much’has the number of horses on farms in the United States decreased in the last seven years? A. In 1900 there were 18,267,000 horses on farms in the U. S. In Jan- vary 1927 it was estimated that there were 15,279,000, Q. Can a person become auto- matically divorced by reason of long separation from the hushand or wife? A. There is no such automutic divorce regardle long a husband and wife been scparated. Abandonment one by the other for a certain pumber of years js ground for di- vorce in a number of states. Without being legally divorced onc is not fre; band or wife is living. Q. Was Big Bill Haywood born in the U. S.? For how long was he prominently identified with the la- bor movement in the U. 8.2 Why did he go to Russia? A. William D. Haywood was born in the U. 8. and was the descendent of an old colonial fam- ily. He first came into prominence thing as of how have «s the leader of the Western Feder- | ation of Miners during the Cripple Creek strike in 1904. He was charged with complicity in the assassination of ex-governor Frank Steuncnburg, Idaho, but was acqui ted in 1805, As the leader of th Industrial Workers of the World he conducted the 1 ence, Mass., te tile strike in 1912, and the Paterson, New Jersey silk-mill strike in 1913, He was indicted on a charge to overthrow the gov- ernment February 1920; convicted of conspiracy to violate the sclec- tive service and espionage acts and the conviction was upheld by the U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals, Oc- tober 1920. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison and fled to Russia, where he recently died. Q. Who is the president of the New York Stock Exchange? A. Samuel F. Streit. Q. How many times did Demp- sey knock down Firpo in the fight between them? How many rounds did it go? A. Dempscy knocked out Louis Firpo in the second round of their fight. Firpo was knocked down seven times in the first round and | three in the second. Q. Does a person have to tubes taken pay into Scotland ? mail a letter to | of | to marry while the hus- | | was contained in a statement issued of | A. Yes. The duty on the tubes is one-third of their value. Q. Did the same person play the mother roles in “The Big Parade” and “Ben Hur"? A. Yes; Claire McDowell. Q. How many acres does the Vatican contain and how many rooms? A. The palace of covers 13% acres about 1,100 rooms. Q. How many Jews are there in the United States? How many in New York City? A. Jews in New York City num- ber approximately 1,700,000 accord- ing to an estimate made in 1924 Pr. H. Linfield of the Bureau of Jewish Social Research. The figures for the U. 8. are about 3,600,000 in the U. S. and possessions, according to the same authority Q. Who would run for president of the U. 8. if either candidate for the presidency should die before election day? A. The National Committee of the party would name another can- didate. Q. the and Vatican contains it cost tn Irish Free How much does the ate? A. Two cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. Q. For what do the initials I N. R. L stand? A. For the Latin words Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, “Jesus | of Nazareth, King of the Jews"— the inscription Pilate caused to be placed over the cross (see John 19:19). Q. What is the highest court in France, Germany, Italy, and Japan and how many judges sit in these courts? A 'he Cour de Cassations is the highest court in France. It is composed of 45 conscillers, with one Premier President and three presi- dents de Chambre. In Germany, the supreme court is the Reichsger- iet, which sits at Leipzig, and has 91 judges. The highest tribunals in Italy are the courts of cassation, of which there are five—one at Flor- ence, Naples, Palermo, Turin and one at Rome. Each is composed of a first president, several presidents of sections and from 8 to 16 judges. The highest court in Japan is the court of c: tion. In this.court tive judges preside, Q. What are the exact words re- peated by the president of the United States in taking his oath of office? A. “I do solemnly swear (or af- m) that I will faithfully execute i "the office of President of the United States and will ability, preserve, to the best of my protect and defend the Constitution of the, United States.” Q. Where is the longest paved highway in the world? A. It is a ribbon of concrete nearly 2,000 miles long from Van- couver, British Columbia to Tia Juana on the Mexican border. Q. What war did the Treaty of Utrecht end? A. The war of the Spanish Suc- cession (1713.) Haiti Needs Help for Reconstruction Work Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 29.— (A—An intimation that outside help is needed for rehabilitation of the hurricane stricken district of Haiti, by President Borno today. The state- prepared one of its interesting and low and mail as dirccted: - — NAME .. STREET AND NUMBER I ciry 'devastated area. TENNIS RULES You may not b: a Bill Tilden or & Rene Lacoste, but when you pliy tennis you want to know what it is all about. Our Washington Bureau ham complete and up-to-date rules of lawn tennis. Included in the bulletin also are suggestions on building & proper tennis court. Fill out the coupon be- CLIP COUPON HERE TENNIS EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britaln Herald, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. T want a copy of the bulletin, LAWN TENNIS RULES, and enclose berewith five cents in Joose, uncancelled, U. S. postage stamps, or coin, to cover pustage and handling costs: ment said: “More than 100,000 people are’ facing starvation in the hurricane All animals were killed and entire crops were destyoys ed. Cultivated farms were either drowned out or completely washed out. It will take from three to six months to grow new crops. “The resources of the government are not sufficient to help adequately’ these unfortunate people. We must rebuild roads and bridges and pro- vide food and shelter.” It was stated that it will be at least three months before it will be possible to get food for the stricke 1 area from local sources. IS BADLY CRUSHED Bridgeport Man Pinned Betweea Automobile and Moving Railroad Locomotive Bridgeport, Aug. 29 (®—Crushed between a moving railroad locomo- tive and a parked automobile beside the track on Housatonic avenue late Tuesday night Frederic G. Alpough 33 of 1028 Bedford avenue was bad= ly hurt and narrowly escaped ine stant death. Alpough, employed by the rail- road as a brakeman was riding on the right hand side of a switching engine which was traveling north on Housatonic avenue about 10 miles an hour, ear the branch plant of the Bridgeport Brass Company an automobile oper- ated by Milo Rodi, of Box 87, Cen~ terdale, R. I, had stalled close to the railroda track. 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