New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1928, Page 3

[OTH ANNIVERSARY OF POLES LIBERTY Brouthed Freedom's Air With Aid of Woodrow Wilson The remaining days of this month and the succeeding months mark ene of the greatest moments in the Uves of the Polish people through- out the world, the occasion being the 10th anniversary of the first ac- tual mevements to liberate Polangd after & period of more than 100 years of oppression and Sespotism. A nation-wide celebration of the oc- casion is planned by the Polish peo- ple in which the Poles of New Brit- ain will join handa It was ten years ago that Tur- key and Austria first voiced their desire to end the terrible conflict raging between European nations and it was at that time that the Poles seized the opportunity to rout he ehemy forces in which they suc- ceeded only after bitter fighting and established a provisional govern- ment. This of course meant noth- ing without the sanction of the al- lied pawers, but it at least ndded couraga to the Polish patriots to press the matter of liberating Peo- land, finally completed at Versailles in 1919, when the matter of a fres and independent Polish nation with access to the sea was included in the 14 points of the war-time presi- dent, Woodrow Wilson, as part of the peace treaty. But, between the time of succes- sive subjugation of the entents powers and the moment when the signatures and seals were placed on the peace document, the Palish na: tion had to look out for itseif. Per- haps at no:gther time in the his. tory of Poland and for that matter the history of any nation, was thers s0 much done in so short space of time. Poland in Chaotic State The country, was left in a chaotic state by the retreating troops of the Austrians and the Germans, Towns and farmiands were devastate§ and there were hundreds of thousands of people without shelter or food. But, as necessity is the mother of invention and the opportunity once again presented itself to the Polish people to become independent, no time was lost. At first the country represented a countless’ number of small independencies. Each city, each town and each county went to work and selected from among its leading citizens and patriots, men of integrity, men of ability and placed in them their entire con- fidence to maintain order and &p- point officlals for the administra- tiom of their local affairs. For the first time the Polish people, al- though net yet welded as one in- dependent nation, felt the blessings of freedom, and despite deplorable conditions, there was joy in the hearts of everyone. ‘Here was a country devastated by the ravages of war, pecpled by mil. Ilons, yet without &nyone to man- age its afrairs, but living In hope of beceming & ‘free and ‘mdependent nution. Thers was & man of destiny who -could unite these people and establish a temporary government and give the people a provisional set of laws by which they could govern the affairs of the country, but he was imprisoned {in Madge- burg for defying the commands of the provisional enemy government. His name was Marshal Joseph Pil- stdski in whom rested the hope of the Polish people to bring order. He was finally released from prison when the enemy troops were being routed by the people and went to Warsaw, whers he immedlately set t6 work forming a provisional gov- ernment. . Bolsheviks Driven. Oupt . As soon as this task was com- Pleted, the eastern lands of Poland were invaded by Boisheviks and it was necessary to send an army to protect the people from further rave ages. It was not an easy problem, a8 the flower of Polish manhood was Igst in the four-year conflict between ssian and Germany and Austria. was up to youth and advanced age to protect, their country and @veryone ‘able to tote a gun went to the front, and' for months. before fhe final ironing out of the peace pact, Poland had to form a barrier against the Bolsheviks before aid from the allles came,.and the final decision of, the council of ambassa- dors that Poland was a free and ipdependent nation made. There- s every reason then that Poles all over the world join hands at this time 1in celebration of the time when the first movement for Uberating the nation were started. 200,000 CHINESE DIE IN MASSAGRE Nems Fuber Wipe Ou Poople in Kans Province Washington, D. C., Oct. 20.—De- fayed reports of the massacre of 200,000 Chinese by Moslems hold no aurprise for those famillar with the problems threatening Kansu Province, China. Of the 14,000,000 adherents of Islam in China about 2,000,000 live m Kansu. Two distinct colonies of em share the big semi-arid pro- Vince on the edge of the Gobl Des- ert and comprise one-third of fits population. Two Moslem Migrations “One Mohammedan colony came Fast out of Turkestan at an early but unknown date,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. head- lquarters of the National Geographic Society. “The second moved into the loess hills of Kensu about 600 years “The tiny Moslem thorna in ina's ribs have grown into an ir- ritating wedge. 80 strong are the olonies that they challenged hinese government about 1870, in bloody rebellion which nearly wvered Chinese Turkestan from the Empire. But ruthlessness was met ith ruthlessness. The Moslem rem- nt'whe escaped the counter mas- the = @acre resumed their old status. “Their position has been that of a suppressed people. Moslems in Kan- su have been compelled to live in separate quarters. Denied even the safety of the city walls, the Mos- lems built their own suburbs out- side. Expulsion proved to be their salvation during the succession of wars and raids sinee 1912 which have laid waste the Buddhist Chin- ese quarters within the barricades. Chaos even gave the Moslems briet control of the provincial govern- ment. Intermarry, But Cling to Faith “In appearance Moslem Chinese look little or no different from oth- er Chinese. Their habit of taking Chinese wives has diluted ploneer tlood until the distinguishing hazel eyes and reddish hair of the desert ancestors are rarely seen. The Mos- lems adopted the Chinese language although they cling to the Arabic Koran for religious and moral guldance. They have adapted their mesques to Chinese astyles of archi- tecture, Their normal loyalty to the Chinese government prompted the republican leaders to honor them with the fifth stripe in the new flay. Yet they have clung to their Islamic faith which makes them look upon Buddhists as ‘unclean.’ “Travelers in Kansu recognize the Chinese Moslems by the white wool semi-fezx caps which they usu- ally wear. Travelers also have re- ported the signs of approaching conflict and have predicted the pres- ent mamacre for at least seven years., Floods and Massacres *“The massacre heaps new sorrows on Kansuy, the land of desolation. Nature and man have broken Kan- su on the wheel again and again. Nature sends floods down the Yel- low River, earthquakes to throw down the mountains, and droughts to-spread the famine. Man has made official and unofficlal war year in and year out. The earthquake ef 1921 equalled the present massacre in destruction of human life. An- other earthquake last year took ter- rible toll. “No Chinese province shows more scars, yet some call Kansu the best white man’s province in all China. Mosquitoes cannot stand the alti- tude which also tempers the sum- mer heat. The loess soil is as rich a Tllinols corn land. With sufficient water it grows such a demanding crop as tobacco. Throughout China Kansu water pipe tobacco is famous. “Only the hard hand of Nature and man and poor transport post- pone Kansu's prosperity . News of the massacre was more than a month in reaching clvilization. When the United 8tates Geodetic Survey located the terrific earth- quake in Kansu last year an equal time elapsed before actual word of the calamity reached the nearest telegraph station.” ITALIAN FLAPPERS OUTDO AMERICANS Tourists Report Majority. ol Girls Wear Stockings Rolled American girls have nothing on the fair young misses of Italy in the way of modern dress and style ac- cording to & number of American tourists who recently returned to this country after spending the summer months visiting the cities of the fair Latin country. People in United States picture the Italian girls attired in sweeping flannel dresses of bright hues and designs. This is far from being the case, however. Visions of this coun- try were brought back forcibly to the minds of the tourists as they observed the Italian girls tripping through the streets attired in the “knee” high dresses of the latest makes and with the popular Amer- fcan boyish and “wind blown" bobs. Placing ths modern Italian miss on an American street would cause her no embarrassment and she would fit in perfectly with our “collegiate” atmosphere, according to the re- marks of the tourists, Only recently there was a great deal of comment passed in this country over a new fad of the girls, that of wearing no stockings or having them rolled down to the ankles. Only one out of every five girls in this country adopted the new style and had courage enough to appear in public. In Italy, how- pver, the style is prevalent and four out of every five girls appear in the streets unmolested by the trouble- some burden of stockings. The sight is s0 common that the older people fail to notice it while the American | tourists wondered at the apparent and reckless “freedom” of the fair misses. 4 The girls, for the most part, trav- el in groups and pairs, giving the public the general fdea that they were the “falr co-eds” of some school or institution. However they pay little attention to passerbys and confine their remarks to themselves. Anether thing in Italy that im- preased the toarists was the great desire of every visitor to the coun- tey to meet the Pope personally. Every day there are countless v tors at the Vatican who are secking a glimpse of the Catholic pontiff. Tt is said that during the month of August, when the Pope injured his foot and was confined to his room. thereby heing unable to see any vis- itors, disappointed visitors offered lerge sums of money for the privi- lege of imterviewing him. The Pope vwelcomes as many visitors each day as is possible and the money offers QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Questicz Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1323 New York avenus, Wasbington, D. C., encloting two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ez- tended research be undertakea. All other questionr will recel’ sonal reply. not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—T.ditor. Q. From where does the saying that the female of the species is more deadly than the male origi- nate? A. 1t is found in Rudyard Kip- ling's poem “The Female of the Species.” Q. How are the gate receipts for the World series baseball games di- vided between the various teams? A. Ten per cent of the gross re- ceipts from all games is paid to the secretary-treasursr of the baseball commission which is composed of the baseball commissioner and the presidents of the American and National Leagues and the secretary. treasurer. Sixty per cent of the bal- ance from the first four games goes into a pool, for the players of the contesting teams and of the teams finishing second, third and fourth in their respective pennant races, to be apportioned and disbursed by the secretary-treasurer as follows: sev- enty per cent of the pool to the elig- in the World Series; 60 per cent of same to the winners thirty per cent is apportioned be- tween the second, third and fourth teams in each major league, fifty per cent thereof to the players of the second teams: 33 1-3 per cent to the players of the third teams, and 16 2-3 per cent to the players of the teams finishing fourth in thelr respective leagues. After the ten per cent payable the secre- tary-trasurer and the sixty per cent which forms the players’ pool in the first four games has been deducted the balance of the gross receipts shall be equally divided between the two clubs and their respective leagues. Q. Who played the leading male role in “Silk Stockings” and where could one address him? A. John Harron played the lead- ing male role. His address is 1315 Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia. Q. What will clean old copper and gold coins and what will keep them from tarnishing? A. Old coips may be cleaned with powdered whiting applied with a dampened cloth. To return the original luster of copper and gold coins try replacing them in a raw white potato overnight. Copper coins after being cleansed may be coated with spar varnish or a good hard lacquer which will prevent tar- nishing for a considerable time. Q. Did Spain ever have a repub- lican form of government? For how long? A. Bpain was & Republic from 1873 to 1875. Under the Republic, on 8eptember 7, 1873, Emilio Caste- lar was made the first “President of the Executive” with dictatorial powers. Q. What is the origin and mean- ing of the name Weston? A. It is an English family name derived from a locality originally “west town.” Q. Is the sale of cigarettes in the state of Kansas prohibited by law? A. In February 1927 the State of Kansas repealed the anti-cigarette law and now permits the sale of cigarettes, except to minors, but taxes every package 2 cents and prohibits all cigarette advertising. The State had outlawed cigarettes for twenty years up to the passage of this law, Q. How many persons were em- ployed in taking the United States census in 19207 A. About 87,000. Q. When was the last rallway malil clerk examination held? A. April 23, 1927, Q. Are aliens in this country subject to federal income tax and to state and municipal taxes? A. All aliens in the United States who earned in this country a tax- able income must pay income tax to the United States, In several states, aliens are also subject to some form of state and municipal taxation. Q. Who is the author of “The Light That Failed” and “The Eter- nal City?” A. Rudyard Kipling wrote “The Tight That Failed” and Hall Caine wrote “The Eternal City.” Q. When was the first selective draft law of the World War passed? Did it include all men up to forty- five years of age? A draft law of the World War was passed May 18, 1917. It applied to men between the ages of twenty-one of the tourists failed to meet with his approval. a per- Unsigned requests can- ible players of the teams contesting and 40 per cent to the losers. The remaining The first sclective service or | and thirty, inclusive. Later it amended to provide for two supple- mentary drafts (June §, 1918, and August 24, 1918) in addition to the original draft of June §, 1917. By a still later enactment, the draft ages were extended to include eigh- teen to forty-five years inclusive, and the first registration thereunder was held on September 12, 1918. Q. Where and when was Gary Cooper born? How tall is he and what is the color of his eyes and hair? Is he married? What is his address? A. Gary Cooper was borm in Helena, Montana, May 7, 1901. He is #six feet two inches tall, weighs 180 pounds and has dark blue eyes and black hair. He {s not married. His address is Paramount Studios, 5451 Marathon atreet, Hollywood, California, Q. When was the first United States census taken? A. In 1790, MARY ANN GETS JOB AS A MAID Her Daty Being to Take Care of the Youngsters _ (Contributed) Dear Andy: You probably wonders where I'm working now that I lost my job as telephone operator on account of giving a customer 5 wrong num- bers in succession as he was trying to get a call to let the fire dept. know his garage was on fire. How was I to know it was my boms's garage that was on fire? If I'd known it was him I would of been more careful and probably have got the correct number after the 3rd or éth attempt. Anyways I'm now working as a maid to the Berries on No Gas Ave. They calls me the second maid on account of being the 2nd they've had this mont! The other one eloped with the chauffeur and an expensive vic- trola. Part of my job is to take care of the kiddies and I'll tell the comigal world they're the berries. Every day is circus day for the kids and they keep me busier than an artist sketching a flying plane. After grabbing little Oswald by the legs and pulling the rest of him from under the kitchen stove, where he was hitting the pipes with a ham- mer and making an awful racket playing plumber, I rushes into the parlor and finds young Oscar squeezed behind the plano in a suc- cessful attempt to hide from Lena, who is perched on the top of it with legs hanging down, trying to do a solo. Little Johnny was playing line- man and had climbed to the top of the hatrack, and while atraddling it loses his balance and both topple over in time to block traffic for Jerry, who had alid down the ban. nister from upstairs. I untagles the little dears and peace once more reigns, only to be broken by Oscar, the 4 year old hopeful, who is yell- ing lustily because the cat which he was holding by & corner leg scratched him. The kiddies then begin playing soldiers (the Berries alone almost forming ene squad) and invites the youngsters next door to join their company. Jerry, the eldest, elected himself captain and led his army, all outa step, from one room to the other. As the army passes through a door- way, little Oscar, who had been a straggler throughout the march, takes a short-cut and finds himsel? leading. The captain orders him to the rear and when he stubbornly refuses to obey orders is court mar- tialed and put iIn the guardhouse, a clothes closet. After almost kicking the panels outa the door he is re- leased and sprawls out in a heap, with the Mrs.'s best silk dress wrap- {ped around him. Time is called while a squad is detailed to untangle his feet from the dress sleeves. The dress looked like what was laft of a torn college pennant and when the Mrs.’s sees it what she'll throw won't be compliments, Not finding army life exciting to form a tribe of indians. the neighbor's kids hurried home and returns with & package of her big sister'’s réuge and soon all the warrior's faces are smeared with war-paint, not to.mention the wall- paper and furniture. A big pow. wow is held o tfe library flcer, fol- lowed by a war dance and a whoop- |ing of shrill voices that would of |woke any watchman. The young braves and squaws then rush out |into the yard and surround Bowser, the pedigreed pup. Bowser, who has always been welcomed by the kiddles, fails to recognize them and putting his tail between his legs, gives a yelp of terror and gallops outa the yard and down the atreet. The tired but happy tribe returns without & captive and makes a raid on the cookie jar. Every kid for himself and may the last one take | the smallest. Well, Andy, Y'll close now by saying it's a great life if you don't weaken. MARY ANN. Sussex, in which there are 1,274 | females to every 1,000 males, the biggest preponderance of females of any coeunty in England and Wales. YOUR FLOORS AND FLOOR-COVERINGS A bulletin covering practical information and suggestions for metheds of treatment and cleaning of all kinds of floors. and of carpets, rugs and linolewm, {s ready for you at our Washin finishing wood tloors, staining. filling. varni treatment for stone comctete, composi floors, taking care of flogrs. cleaning Buresu. It covers methods ef hing, waxing, ofling, peisting: tion and tile floors, treating eld wood floor coverings removing spots and stains, and keeping linoleum and similar materials in seod condition. Any housewife will tind useful information below and mall as directed: - ———--a- l FLOORS EDITOR, Washington Bu: 1322 New York Avenue, Wash INGS, and enclose herewith five NAME STREET AND NUMBER cITY | | | | L CUP COUFON RERE T. 8. postage stamps, to ccver postage and handling costs: in this bulletin. Clip eut the eoupon S s ) reau, New Britaia Herald, ington, D, C. 1 want & copy of thh bulletin CARE OF FLOORS AND FLOOR-COVER- cents in coln, or loose, -nmuu-fl.l enough the company disbands, only .| 1 am a reader of the New Britain Herald, —— ————— T DANIELS SUPPORTS SHITH IN ADDRESS Compares Him With Andrew Jackson in Nashville Speech Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 20 UP—A “nearly perfect” parallel between the lives of Andrew Jackson, “the man of the people of 1828, and Alfred E. Emith, the man of the people of 1928" was drawn here last night by Josephus Daniels, war-time secre- tary of the navy, in an address sup- porting the New York governor's candidacy for the presidency. The speech was delivered almost within the shadows of the Hermitage, the home Jackson left to take up his residence in the White House a ceh- tury ago. “Is there not a similarity between ‘Old Hickory’ and Al S8mith” asked Mr. Daniels. “The only degree Jackson had” he continued, “was H. N. O. (Hero of New Orleans, where he made his mark with his sword.) His successor of today likewise comes up from among the people with no degree except that of F. F. M. (Fulton Fish Market.) The parallel is nearly perfect between Jackson and Smith, except that one was born, bred and always was a countryman, and the other was born, at the lower end of Brookiyn bridge.” “As Jackson truly sensed the aspirations and made himself the leader of the masses of his day and a fighter of privilege, s0 today Al Smith as no other man, voices the desires of the people who wish nothing but a fair chance,” Daniels continued. *“He has shown himself the champion fighter of privilege. The issues today is identical, a» it was in 1828. Then government was by a class holding in contempt pop~ ular rule, “Today, more than ever, privilege is in command. Mellon, who is her- alded as the second Hamilton, mi- nus his genius, represents the same sort of interest as Hamilton, “Jackson came out of the west and was heralded as an uncouth, uneducated man, lacking those graces and cultures expected of a chief executive, Smith suffers un- der the same criticism, only they say of him that he has East Side accent. ¢ ¢ oo “No man ever sat in the White House who was so hated as Andrew Jacksot not hated a man, but hated as an executive. This hatred was all because at every step he out generalled those who worshipped the god of things as they are. “S8mith is hated the same way. hate the things he stands for. They hate his victory over the water power combine tn New York. They hate his devotion to the commen man.” g Replying te his own question as to what changes in government Jackson would champion were he alive today, the Raleigh newspaper publisher answered by saying “They do not ask that question in North Carolina, South Carolina or Tennes- see, where Jackson was known.” “Just as he destroyed the Nation- al Bank,” Daniels declared, *“he would destroy the influences that dominate the federal government today. He would destroy the tariff commission’s perversion, which turns out subsidies for the favored few; he would convert the mori- bund shipping board into a real agency for the extension of foreign trade; he would so change the fed- eral trade commission that it would People like him personally but they | of monopoly; Muscle Shoals and all other great government water sites for the ben- efit of the people; he would refuse to permit American marines to be sent to Nicaragua fo do the bidding of dollar diplomacy: he would not for a moment permit the Eighteenth Amendment to be nullified and flouted; he would be as vigorous in warfare for popular rights as he was in 1823. And it is because Al Smith trusts the people and the people trust him that these interests fear him. “In Jackson's bay, people did not always agree with him, but they knew that his heart was true to those who labored and longed for a better chance for their children. Great masses of people believe that of Al Smith and that is why, in apite of some differences, when he comes,into the South, East, West or North he is heralded as the political successor of the man from the Hermitage.” Plight of Armenians Gets Official Action Beirut, Syria, Oct. 20. (P—A re- liet commission, appointed by the international labor bureau at Ge- neva, in conjunction with the French High Commission for Syria, has launched the first systematic measures toward the solution of the Armenian refugee problem {in the mandated territory. There are about 80,000 Armeni- ans in Syria, a portion of this num- ber having been exiled there by the Turks during the war and the re. mainder having fled from Turkey when the Kemalists came into pow- er. Nine-tenths of them continue to inhabit hovels on the outskirts of Syrian cities, and not more than a balf have been able to establish no longer be the registering device he would operate themaselves on a self-supperting sis. The present tle 28,000 of them providing steady others in the towns. larney. Here the inhabitants of the unknown world caper at will. They are known as Leprechauns and they are very busy. . -Their work lasts three and a half hours,. from midnight until half-past three in the morning, and only on nights when the moon is full. They are four inches high and dresged in dark green swallcw- tailed coats, knee breeches, pateant leather Irish shos, an Irish hat, a pipe in their mouths and usually a shillalah in one hand. They are kind hearted anl obligin Many housewives report having awak- ened in the morning to find the milking done, the butter made and the bread baked. Amateur Dramatics Win Great Favor in Madrid Madrid, Oct. 20. UP—Amateur act- ing has achieved a great vogue among the young men and women of Spain. Banks, department stores and factories have their own dra- matic socleties organized by the employes. Apart from societies whose mem- bers occupy weil-paid situations there is a class of aspiring ama- teur actors composed of laborers and residents of the thickly popu- lated poor districts of Madrid. Two small theaters, which can be rented at 3 nominal figure, cater to this cla SEVENTEEN YEA The Fair Has Long Since Made a Reputation for tself in New Britain The extent of its success can be measured by its remarkably consistent increase in volume from year to year. The Reason can be readily found. The decision of the careful buyers of our city- taking advantage of the value opportunities offered by the Fair every day---knowing from ex- penence that the reputation of the Fair has been built on actual per- formance. And doing better every year. Have we met the test? You will find your an- swer when our 17th An- niversary Sale starts on Wednesday, October 24 . 77 faeed THE WONDER STORE OF NEW ENGLAND