New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1928, Page 6

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The Herald is on sale daily ln New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schultr's Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. ————————— DEBATES Two gentlemen of parts are to stage a debate In the city. Of course, their names and intentions are well known, “A good time will be had by an” This leads to an idea. The two po- Mtical parties are having a wordy battle throughout the nation, but we have heard of no debates on the same platform. Maybe the wordy political contestants fear somebody’s reputation would be ruined if such events were staged, regardless of the superior effect upon the public. We wish this were more of a ge- bating age. Instead of one candidate making a spellbinding trip and an- other or one of his assistants cover- ing the same territory as a “trailer,” 1t would save time, trouble and ex- pense if they lined up in pairs ana argued ‘from the same platform. That at least would give the pubitc a square deal and would force the boys to stick to their subjects and try to win on points instead of what they prefer to talk about under present circumstances. Reaching a climax, we know of nothing that would arouse greater national interest just now than a debate on the same platform be- tween Alfred E. Smith and Herbert Hoover. That would be worth at least three hours on the air, and we'd be willing to stay out of bed until 2 or 3 a. m. to hear the finish. And so would you, indulgent reader. But our political masters seem to | fear such things. Gone are the days, | it seems, when Lincoln and Douglas had the courage of their convictions sufficiently to debate in public—not only once, but frequently. Douglas, the orator supreme, and Lincoln, known then as the lawyer who once was & rail-splitter—what immortal pages they wrote into American his- tory through their willingness to meet face to face and “have it out” with logic flung into the faces of their audiences. It may be useless to hope for such straightforward discussion of the campaign issues in this cam- paign. “Hopeless” is the right word; but all the same, we beg leave to make the suggestion. TARIFF DISCUSSION When Mr. Hoover reaches Boston next week and talks over his radio hookup the tariff, it is said, will be an important part of his address. Political leaders in New England have emphasized to the Republican National Committee that it is ab- solutely essential to put the tariff issue forward in this tler of states, especially in view of the criticlsms levelled at it in the textile centers In New Bedford a strike that lasted for 25 weeks has just been concluded — fortunately concludea just before Mr. Hoover's address was scheduled. It is not expecting too much of Mr. Hoover to have some kind words to say regarding the ef- fect of the tariff upon the textile in- dustry; and such statements, too, should be a welcome addition to the popular talk in Lawrence, Lowell, Fall River and in Rhode Islanad. Such a talk may do some good. Then there is the need for tariff talk in connection with the shoe In- dustry, which also continues an 1m- portant manufacturing branch n New England. The shoe manufactur- | enormous | ers are not blind to the increase of importations of shoes from Czechoslovakia, they would have it stoppe sible. How to stop it, however, is question that 18 yet to be decided It is to be hoped that Mr. Hoover will show the way. Tonight Mr. Smith also will tackle for instanc: if pos- a the tariff during hi# talk at Lo ville, Ky.' The Democratic candidate at this time will bave a splendid op- portunity to add to the sum total of American kr t new Democ wledge regarding itic attitude toward the tariff. He will hav to definitely state his doubt will do so in his accustomed definite manner. He will be in the betder states, where an opportunity case and no a sentiment [ for tariff protection has grown with the increase of industries, and we rather think that when he is through talking there will be no doubt what- ever that there will be no possibility of an Underwood tariff gaining headway during his administration should he-be elected.. Citizens will have &n opportunity to comparp the tari{f references of Messrs. ‘Hoover and Smith and should be able to come to as definite subss % tHat the taritt lasue will be more definitely out of this campaign after the two capdidates are through | with the subject. ~ A SUBMARINE DISASTER Nine days after the ramming ana | sinking of & French submarine with a loss of 43 lives the incident became {known to the This is because the Greek vessel that | rammed the undersea vesgel was no | equipped with radio ‘and could not make a report until it reached port. | Such a tragedy lends renewed tn- | terest to the spirited attempts whicn have been made by the American government since the 8-4 disaster to perfect an appliance that would rescue men imprisoned in a subma- rine that cannot rise to the surface. And it is significant that on the disaster reached the world a news item from Bridgeport, Conn. | described the newest invention de- | signed to salvage submarine crews | when disaster threatens. | Inventors have provided many ideas since the S-4 disaster and the | government . has been yielding an | open mind toward all. The Bridge- | port rescue craft—described as the |strangest that”ever was launched— seems as logical as any other. It is | gratifying indeed that the outlook is | | for a scarcity of submarine disasters lin the future. They may still go | down and fail to come up occasion- ally; but the outlook is that the men aboard will not be left to slow and horrible deaths. POLICE “ALERT” Now we read that the police de- | partmént is on tiptoe for the key- sensing something is going wrong in thelr nefarious calling, have gone to cover. The police nced to remain -alert. And when the burglars are finally let there be no mercy shown. The way to cure crime is to bear down hard, especially that type of rascal- ity. MORE OF THE SAME Possessing a constitutional dislike | toward wifc-beaters we take the op- portunity to commend Judge Saxe for coming down with all fours upon a party who didn't reform in this particular after having been given an opportunity to do so. The man goes to jail, and that is well. “STARVING EX-SOLDIER” such as came to a veteran of the | World War who, faced with hunger, | was® caught stealing bread to keep | alive. The men who went abroad 1n the A F. did their duty like | heroes and on their return nothing | was too good for them. But as time passes here and | boys finds the sledding hard. Lite [ being what it is, this is to be expect- | ed. 1t therefore is to the credit of all those who became cognizant of the affair that the deeision quickly was not to do anything about it. The man needs help, not punishment. It is an opportunity for the American | Legion to interest itself and we trust no time is lost about it. . THE EXPLANATION Governor Trumbull's explanation of the stock deal told about during | the Watkins trial throws a new light lon the matter and on the whole scems logical. As we stated previous- nothing il the governor or the state buying any stocks they saw fit, the only point that might arouse | comment being thal, according to the testimony, they were allowed to Iy, there wa imate in cretary of | puret at a lower than the mar muc : According to the governor's explanation, the deal was one to enabic J. Vernor Ander- |'son, former repre out an indebtedness to the two offi- s. Nobody can blame them for tative, to wipe cia | accepting the opportunity to have an obligation paid, and If this is all there was to the deal all is well and nobody’s reputation need be men- aced. A CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN Englishmen, too, are talking poll- tics. No election date | but the .campaigning | started. That's how things are done has been set, has already im England. As soon as it is reason- | ably certain that the party in power | will the people” the scramble starts, *go before Our common law and many of our |institutions originated in England, iness for the critics but when we went into loursclves we did not British electoral system the under include Some say, because British sy quicker and certain condl- tions more responsive to the public will, enahbling the electorate to strike when a big issue pops, something was lost when we departed from the | ’ conclusions as the candidates. Our Frénch authorittes. | |same day that news of the French | workers; and the latter, apparently | caught—as will happen ultimately— | ! sible for the newspapers with right do not care | It is hard to contemplate a plight | there one of the system. But that thought. The Conservative government headed by Premier Stanley Baldwin | galned power in 1924. It can run | % years, or until 1929, but prefera not to do so. It, like any other Brit- ish government ajority, has the privilege of calling an election when 1t likes, and the time decided upon |is this year. Other circumstances | bringing about an election, of course, i8 ‘when the party in power, having a slender majority, loses on a parlia- mentary vote of confidence. When such a political calamity occurs the | nation is supposed to rush into a na- tional election at once, and does. | Under a parliamentary system, ne government could well function after a majority in parliament voted loss of confidence in the government. The British election, like ours, promises to be one of the most | unique in history, The British Labor 'party under Ramsay MacDonald fs printing its platform, which is to consist of 50 pages, including 65 | articles. 1t is announced that the plat- | form is te be that of the Labor party for the next 50 years. It seenis that the party policy is not expectea to change during this long period! ‘The Britlsh Liberal party, third and weakest in the field, also has an astonishing plan. This is nothing less than sending emissaries to can- | vass every home in the land. Party | workers, aligned into a great army, are to knock at every door in Eng- land, Scotland and Wales. Qur most imaginative politicians have never dared to think of such a scheme. It is believed in England that the Baldwin = ‘government will lose | heavily, that the Labor party will gain heavily, but that there will be {no clear majority for any of the three parties. In such a case the Labor and Liberal parties are ex- pected to collaborate into a Labor | government supported by the Liver- | als, which means instability just as soon as the next major issue appears. That is the thing which ditched the MacDonald ministry in 1924. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS What we fail to miss in this cam- paign ‘are those former political organs, known as newspapers, which in days gone by majesty of truth by printing only what favored their party and devot- ed the remainder of their space to Their number, omce legion, has di- minished to the point of negligibility. The public itself is largely respon- change. Readers of {to buy one-sided propaginda in the guise of news. They prefer the papers which give a - fair reflection to all sides of public questions. The day when newspapers tried to fool the people in their news columns, and were consciously unfair in their editorial columns, is yearly passing further into the lap of history. Nowadays, when we réfer to a | “Republican newspaper,” or a “Democratic newspaper,” we do not | necessarily mean one ‘which prints {only Republican doctrine or Demo- cratic doctrine. Mostly newspapers which ban® away for their parties in | columns, & privilege that no one will forego if it.is done with reasonable fairness, But an the increasing number of even the party papers—based on |thelr editorial preferences—also arc {less inclined to prohibit the enunci- |ation of what at would have been regarded as un- | pleasant opinions in other scctions of the same issues. The newspapers, ilke the readers, |are more independent in their po- |litical leanings. No newspaper to- | day could live long if it printed onty purtisan ‘material; readers, regard- less of politics, would not stand for it. Yet in a day not long past th did this, and when they were forced to print the ements of important opposition candidates these usually wer the news story so that the public be “deceived” by the temporarily obnoxious doctrines that entered into the news columns. It is could not @ shock indeed for modern investi- gatord to dig into the files of party publications of the way ars ago and ncie political ~ questions were manhandled on behalf of the great god party. Everyone with a reasonable ex- pectation of life can expeet to see the day when newspapers will be thoughttul in thetr analysis of political and other public questions, they will realize unanimously that there not only are two sides to every ques. tion but that “the other side” may sometimes be correct. In this, as in many another point of contact, they will learn to even | more when even more catch up with thelr public. HUSBAND GETS DIVORCE Judge E. P. Waldo Marvin of the | supertor conrt has granted a divorce to Henry Parmaller from Mabel E. Parmeiler on the ground of deser- tion and intolerable cruelty. The Parmellers were married on April 1926, and in December of that |vear. the husband claimed hip wife deserted him. Monroe S. vepresented the plaintiff, Carityba, the eapital and busin center of the state of Parana, in southern ‘Brazil, has a population of (about 80,000, largely of German descent. “fought” for the | diatribes about the opposition party. | we mean | editorlat | an earlier day | colored or “interpreted™ within | s Gordon ! w v | £ cts and Fancies Mr. Curtis has lost his voice. 8o, apparently, has William Allen ‘White. It's about time for a Soclety of Those Who Claim To Have Taken a Drink with One of the Candidates. A hick town is a place. where none but the depot loafers call the | up-train “No. 36." Perhaps the easiest way to devel- op an appreclation of the old books is to read the new ones. A physician is a man who gets mad if you claim the right to have nything tc say about what he does Usually you can tell, just by look- ing at a man, that he thinks his wife should be more grateful for her good fortune. The happiest people are those who know least about calories. The man who called it a whisper- ing campaign needs the attention of ian car specialist. A “major disaster” is one that | kills as many people in a few hours as fool drivers Kill in several months. Americanism: Taking a firm stand for righteousness. Doing our sin- | ning secretly, to avoid being a bad influence. The chief cause of Chicago's crime wave appears to be cheap steamshlp fare from Europe. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Moss is green. Only the stay-at- home is green. You'll note that the cynic who despises the human race always chooses to live where a few million are packed close. “Love makes the world go around,” sang the poet. Alas! It too frequently pokes along in the mid- dle of the highway so the world | can't go around. People never remind you of your | promises until their cause is so weak they have no other means of hold- ,ing you, Old-fashioned people who were | | ashamed of debt now have a daugh- | ter whose nose lifts higher every time she buys a new play-pretty on the installment plan. for fucl, ana He must pay rent, t, fruit Poor farmer! everything except hous water, milk, eggs, me vegetables. Booze having been taken out of politics, campaign issues may yet | simmer down to the question: Shah | we have modification or bootleg- | ging? Correct thix sentence: “The rea- | son we have servants to do the housework,” said the woman, “is be- cause we have more important | things to do.” Copyright, B 25 Years Ago Today Important busin d at the quarterly mee Sovercigns Trading company last evening. The dircctors have been considering for some tme the pur- chase of property on Main street, and last night they voted to buy the {lot next to W. H. Hart's residence. When Mr. Hart's house is moved to the rear, two good-sized lots will be available. The price is said to be $15,000. The annual report of Britain Charity org that during the past year it distri- | buted $1,500 among the needy. Prosecuting Agent J. H. Kirkham issues notice that County Commis- oner Potter will be at the law of- fice of Kirkham & Cooper Friday to | receive applications for the renewal of liquor licenses. Mr. Kirkham told |a Herald reporter today that he had received no remonstrances tliis year. Plenty of enthusiasm is expected at the football game hetween New | | Britain and Holyoke heh schools at ric field tomorrow. Hartford beat Holyoke by 5 to 0 and New Britain wants to better this, | Fred Engel, Jr., has an operation | performed upon one or mIs eves at St. Francis' hospital, Hartford, yes- | terda Dr. C. W. Moody declined to serve another term as chairman of the | Plainville town school committee i when that body met last night, and | Harry Castle was chosen his suc sor. He was also appointed assist- ant visitor. He Is well qualificd for the new posts and is much interest- ed in educational was transact- ng of the the New Observations Cn The Weather | Washington, Oct. 15 —Forecast for Southern New FEngland: Fair Suturda Sunday colder. York: rs in north por- nday showers; | i \ saturday; | Conditions: Pressure low cast of Belle extending west northern Lake is high in the muda. The outlook is |on Sunday in northern New Eng- land. It will be colder on Sunday continues with a trough tward to And pres-| Isle sure nization shows | JUST SUPIOSING IT HAD BEEN YESTERDAY! For once the Thirteenth didn't fall On Friday, therefore, one and all, Let's celebrate with mirth and jokes The bad luck that we sidestepped, Folks! PLENTY OF OTHERS! Irate Customer—' can't beat this hash! ‘Waitress—Don't brag. You aren't the first one! —Mrs. A. C. Plunkett. THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY The Infant-ry In 8t. Louis recently the crying of a baby gave an alarm of fire. It babies can be rclied upon to do this sort of thing they may be- come popular again, o s » At an open-air opera_ presenta- tion of “Carmen” this summer & bull chased the leading soprano. We understand that the manage- ment regretfully declared that it could not guarantee that the animal would do this at every performance! P Long hair, Mustapha Kemal points out, constitutes for women a backward movement. This is evident when they brush it! Literary An author of 18 has had his first novel bznned by the public libraries. We hope that he won't let this carly success turn his head! Very Late! Kenncdy—Barry says he had a very poor scat at the World Series. Watson—It's his own fault. He didn’t get in the ticket line until the middle of August! F. Johnson Helping a Girl In the Movies By Robert Levin It was a rainy evening, a climax to a slushy, cold October day. In the lobby of the Palace it was warm |and cozy. A very beautiful girl was the only other person in the lobby, and being lonely I decided to try to make her acquaintance. The dinner hour was approaching and I decided | that I would invite her to join me. Her acceptance of my invitation was a surprise, but she wag so modest in her acceptance that I knew she was the right kind. She was a vivacious, lively com- panion, and we soon fell into a game, playing that we were old ac- | quaintances. But her charm was so enchanting that it became more than just a game with me, I felt myself falling. The Palace life was now a scene of gayety and revelry. “Girlic, do you know you are very beautiful? If you will let me I will | help you—I will make a Star of you. | See, 1 can put you next to De Ville.” I was in a mood to promise her the world. “Oh really, could you do that?” she lisped with a wistful sigh. We ate, we danced and we drank the forbidden wine; we sat in the dark corner, and she let me hold her hand. My heart beat in a funny way, and I promised her fame and fortune. The late hours waned, and she left me to go to her room before I re- alized that I had not asked her name. 8o I asked a clerk at the desk, “Say bozo, who was that high- stepper that has been falling for my line “That was Clara Bow,” he replied. The pilot who lost the air race when he stopped 0 fish in the “mackerel sky. The Infant-ry, the Infant-ry With the— Loraine had a birthday part; and the guests came and pr sented her gifts, it was one pair of stockings after another! When reached about fifth y Loraine very downcasf ly suid, “Pretty soon 1l have stockings and no they th all | birthday pres- | —Mrs. A. C. Rohrberg | THE MIRTH OF A NATION KRASKOB WILL VOTE For Smith; Moses for HOOVER DY ZANE GREY WRITES Objection to SEX PLAY PLAYS WITHOUT vgular FULLBACK YALE Ve ought to fire Briggs. (his partner)— 1 hate to the best listener to miy funny stories that we've got in the office! —Josephine H. Renwick i Massachusetts, —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City ano Its People - Confusion This matter of the traffic lights gets rapidly worse instead of better. The idea of gubstituting “walk” for “caution” of the amber lenses seems right enough, but the depart- ment has not yet changed the signa on the posts and poles, and we must imagine that a stranger, coming into the city and reading that pe- detrians should cross when light is red, would become somewhat annoy- ed atter waiting half an hour or so and then finding that there is no red light at all. If he can read and if he believes what he reads, he can come to no other conclusion than that pedestrians are forbldden to cross. In a more serious vein, the re- maoval of red lenscs at the Y. M. C. A. corner gives two croas streams of cars constant green lights and is li- able to lead to collisions between cars whose drivers think they have sole right to pass the intersection. And we don’t quite see the sense of having the lights at Washington and High streets always opposite to each other. It may work for cars coming into the center, but it means that cars bound out West Main street al solutely cannot escape a stop at the post office, even it they have just had to halt at the Burritt hotel. The “all green” pos's allow traffic to flow into the center in steadler vol- ume than before, but at Washing- ton and High streets it meets red \ights and the jam is worse than ever, This may he straightened out when the Main street crossing is re- opened, but the week that this was closed seems to us a most peculiar time In which to ‘est out the effica- cy of a new acheme. Actually, the changes are coming 80 frequently that we are beginning to dream about them, The other night we dreamed we walked down by the post ofifce and found that the green lenses had been replaced by blue ones and the amber lenses by white ones, the red lenses re- maining as before, When we saw this patriotic color array, we ap- proached a policeman standing un- der the lights and wisecracked as follows: “Red, white, and blue, hey? Looks like the Star Spangled Ban- ner, doesn’t it?"" The policeman gave us a very dirty look and most cer- tainly did not like the joke. Upon waking and thinking it over for a few days, we don’t know but what we agree with him. Oh, Those Qekrer Cheldren; They Da Skrache or Bite, A couple of weeks ago we reports ed a conversation in a local school room when the teacher endeavored to instruct the pupils in the dra- matis personae of the present cam- palgn. Inasmuch as that conversa- | tion concerned f{tself principally with the democratic nominee, we think it only fair to his opponent to give him some space. Asked to write about the early years of the republican standard bearer, here is, what a New Britain third grade pu- pil submitted: “Herbert Hoover was born in Towa. They were gekrer cheldren. They never bite each other or skratche each other for that was a big sin. Herbert Hoover fother died when he was six years old. One he went to a meading with his mother, He was wegleng and sead when are we going home. when chirch was over he was poneshed. His mother dide when he was only nine years old. so he went to live with his unkel on the farm.” And now take your pick between them, Justice Holmes Oldest Man Ever to Sit on Supreme Bench Hale and hearty at the age of 87 years and 7 months Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States supreme court, has the unique dis- tinction of being the oldest judge to sit on that distinguished bench. Only one other man served his country at such an age and that was Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of Maryland, who served on the bench from 1836 to 1564, dying while in office at the age of years and four months. Justice Holmes although the old- est in years, lacks 8 years to vie with the record of number of years spent in the service of this office, which is 34 and held by four ju tices, John Marshall of Virginia, who served as chlef justice from 1801 to 1835; Justice Joseph Story of Massachusetts, from 1811 to 1845; Justice Stephen J. Field of California, from 1863 to 1897, and Justice John M. Harlan, from 1877 to 1911. Justice Holmes is not only the old- cst on the bench, he is also the oldest in point of service of the present justices, having served in the office since 1902, while his near- est rival in that respect is Justice Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming, who has been on the bench since 1910, Justice Holmes is the son of the famous poet and essayist, Boston in 1841. of Harvard college and the Law gchool. He saw service in the Civil war with the Twentieth Mas- sachusetis Volunteers and received the brevet of colonc After the war he engaged in law practice in his home town and at the same time was editor of the American Law Revie: In 1882 he became professor of law in the law school of which he was a graduate and the same year was appointed to the su- preme bench of his native state. He was appointed associate jus- tice of the U. S. Supreme court in 1902 to succeed Horace Gray of which position was vacated by the latter’s death. He received his appointment at the hands of President Theodore Roose- velt, and since then served his coun- try in that respected position wit] distinction. Although not a poet or an essayist like his father, Jus- tice Holmes is also an author, hav- ing written numerous books on legal subjects, the outstanding works be- ing a volume of “Speeches”. “The Common Law" and the twelfth edi- tion of Kent's “Commentaries”, Finger Print Bureau (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction In the north Atlantic states, Forbidden) Imnortant to Police The efficlency of the bureau of But on the other hand | Oliver | Wendell Holmes, and was born in | He is a graduate | Harvard | identification attachcd to the pelics department, and In charge of Pa- trolthan Thomas C. Dolan, has been demonstrated in a number of In- stances receatly, and bids falr to become an important adjunct to the department as the city grows and the demand for police service in its numerous phases. increases ac- cordingly. The bureau is equipped with suf- ficient paraphernalia for photo- graphing criminals and finger-print- ing them, and eventually it is heped to add a developing pi capable of producing results much more quickly than is possible with the present limited equipment. The “rogues gallery” in which are kept the photographs and record of ‘the physical characteristics of eve:yone convicted in New Britain of serious crimes has proved its worth to the |local department and the apthoritles of other places in a number of cases. o Patrolman Dolan, a veteran of the World War, is considered one of the best finger print men in police service considering the comparative- ly short period of time in which he has been in the work. S8ome de- partments in New England lave veterans in charge of the identifica- tion and classification work, and others have yet to equip themaelves with service of this nature, Patrol- man Dolan spent some time in the Hartford' bureau learning the work before taking over management of the work in the local department. One of the moat important bits of finger-printing done by Patrolman Dolan enabled the Meriden police to obtain a conviction against a young burglar who baffled the au- thorities for a number of weeks, operating in thirty-six separate jobs similar to those which are puzsling the local police at the present tims. A Meriden officer brought an office transom to Patrolman Dolan and had him examine it for prints, in the hope that a suspect who had been seen in the bullding from which th% transom came, might be connected with the breaks. One ex- cellent print was found and accord- ing to Patrolm: n Dolan's classifica- tion, it was that of the suspect, but in order to be sure, the veteran “Ownis Daly of the New Haven police was caled in at the sugges- tion of Patrolman Dolan. Daly cor- roborated the finding, and in Meri- den police court the finger print played an all important part in ob- taining the conviction. The principal use to which the bureau is put “y the local police is to check up on men and women arrested here and suspected of hav- ing police recozds elsewhere. Their finger print classifications are sent to the bureau of identication at Washington, D. C., and within a day or two word comes back that they have or have not records on file. In the event that they are fugitives from justice, the fact becomes known in this manner. Patrolman Dolan devotes time to the identification work only when it is on hand, which sometimes keeps him in the bureau a day at a time, and often not for a week or more. He is on the day patrol force, have |ing charge of the farmers' market in addition to other duties. He also manages the department basebal!l team, and was active on committee work in connection with the fleld day and convention of state police departments in this city last Aug- | ust, Talking Pictures to Force Movie Actors From Hollywood. It is stated that the number of strictly picture players available for principal roles, including stars and featured actors in the Los Angeles film colony, will be reduced by 33 per cent when the talker situation has settled down. This decrease will be filled in by legitimate players, mainly drawn from Broadway. Other necessary talker talent from legitimate branches will likewise be imported | to this end, Another matter everyone agrees | upon is that the pretty but dumb \girl is being written off the screen by the newest wrinkle in films. Un- less she has intelligence, occurring once in 100 times, she is utterly use- less in dialogue pictures, There are at present about 750 picture colony players to be num- bered among the available hereto- fore in silent films. An estimate claimed fairly accurate based upon his own needs and calculations by a leading studio head is that not less than 250 role players from the le- gitimate ranks will go west. Many are already there. Each one of these will supplant a picture playery It is further asserted by the same studio head that despite the reports strictly picture actors may be trained for dialogue films, it is fm- probable except in special cases. Hollywood film production is 50 per cent below normal for this time of the year, and every one is run- ning around in circles. The sound pictures are responsible for pres- ent conditions. It may be two years before Hollywood is fully equipped. The present situation will continue for two years unless, as is claimed, sound pictures can be turned out faster than the silent pictures. From several sources it is re- {ported that story buying has been | temporarily halted pending some | solution to the new problem con- | fronting the film business in the talkers. Suspension of activities | has forced hundreds of actors out ‘nf work at the present time. Producers are, for the present, unable to arrive at any definite plan for proceeding With production. | Most producing organizations are | not equipped to turn out talkers. To most picture men the talkers | represent an enigma. No one, as far as one of the executives in- terviewed could find out, has any |idea as to how it should or will | work out, but everyone is willing and anxious to talk about it. It olive ofl is added to the water wken washing flannels, tkere will be no danger of thoae articics becoming hard and “felted.” Us> a table- spoonful of ofl to every gallon of water. SINKING OF StB Pch Ui Gt e Of Portagel Paris, Oct. 13 UP—The French submarine Ondine with ¢3 men aboard lay irretrievably ldet’ masy fathoms deep thirty miles off the shore of Portugal today while & considerable mystery prevailed as to the manner of her sinking by the Greek steamer Afkaterini M. Geul- andris. A atatement issued by the ministry of marine represented the captain of the Greek vessel as only having searched for two hours for survivers after he collided with the submarine. A dispatch from the Rotterdam to Le Journal quoted the captain. &s having sald he searched long and carefully and had reported the dis- aster by wireless to all ships in the vicinity. . Captain 3 Le Jour: correspondent quoted the captain as relating that his ship was near the Portuguese coast @t 11 p. m. Wednesday and all the crew except the watch asleep. The watch gave no warning but suddenly the occupants of the ship felt an #%- tremely violent shock. All rushed to the side. The captain ciimbed to the bridge. Both he and the crew then saw clearly ahead of the ship a sub- marine whose nationality they wers unable to distinguish in the da ness. Reports By Wireless The captain was quoted as sa: he and the crew realized that the steamer’'s stem had struck the stern of the submarine, After a few mine utes the submarine disappeared be- neath the waves. The captain then examined the bow of his vessel to find out the extent of damage she had suffered. He made urgent re- pairs and at the same time searched for the submarine. The submarine 4id not reappear and the captain immediately warned all ships in the vicinity by wireless and reported that his ship had been in collision with a submarine. Searched All Morning . The master of the Greek ship! said he searched all the morning of the next day and not until 1 o'cloek Thursday afternoon did he resume his course to Holland, being con- vinced that further search was fu- tile. The French legation at the Hague| was requested to obtain fuller par- ticulars from the captain. Naval cir-| cles were anxiously awaiting his re- port in the hope thag it might clear up discrepancies between various| accounts of the tragedy and in the meantime they suspended judgment| as to the Greek ship's part in the| disaster. % The French consul at Rotterdam, who sent the first word of the dis-| aster to Paris, said that the captaln| had cruised only two hours over the spot before continuing his course. No Chance Naval men said’'that they saw no chance of salvaging the submarine| nor recovering the bodies since not| only was her exact position un- known but also the operation impossible so far out to sea and such great depths. e The cruiser Edgar Quimet, French training ship for midship-| men, recelved orders to leave Bres to proceed to near Vigo on the Por- tuguese coast and there render las honors for the 43 men aboard. Criticism Voiced Criticlsm of submarines of the) Ondine type was voiced by Le Matin,) which said that since she was deliv- ered by the Havre shipyards fre. quent alterations tmt\'e1 been ne:::- sary, notably in interior arrange-| mg:u. ‘l‘hey paper said that the| Ariane and Diane, two other vessel of the same type, are going to be| taken out of commission and return-| ed to the shipyards without having| been in navy service. LANGE AND BENGTSON AT REPUBLICAN RALLY Candidates For Representative Ap- peal For Support At Polls— Congressman Fenn Speaks Willlam F. Lange and Thure| Bengtson, republican candidates fo the legislature, made a bid for sup-| rort at the polls when they ad-| dressed a meeting of the John Eric-| son league last night at the Nordel bungalow. Mr. Lange told of his service inj the common council and on city] commissions and defied anyone thow that his “hands were clean” in public life. Heé expressed confidence that the meeting of muni-| cipal problems had given him the experience necessary to undertake legislative work. Mr. Bengtson, also a former coun. cilman felt, he said, that the train- ing he received in the common coun cil, coupled with his business ex. perience has fitted him for the gen: eral assembly. He discussed state and national issues, commending t republican administrations and critl cizing the democrats’ periods of rule. Reminiscences of his service in the state assembly and in con were given by E. Hart Fenn, candl date for reelection as congressman.| He also discussed the tariff, making] the claim that the election of democratic administration would be disastrous to industry. John A. Johnson presided and spoke briefly as did also Attorn Harry Ginsburg, vice chairman the republican town committee, K. of P. Grand Lodge Meets in Willimanti St. Elmo lodge, No. 21, will attend the grand lodge convention in WHIL mantic Monday evening, October 18. The members have chartered a bu and will leave New Britain at 6:3 o'clock. Those wishing to attend ai asked to leave their names with Ben| Levine at Nat's Army and Navy| store. H READ HERALD CLASSIFTED FOR BEST RESULTS