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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1929, E Bl AGK Py THIS HAS HAPPENED “Handsome Harr Borden, pro- moter of dubious stock compantes, is shot between one and four o'cloc| Saturday afternoon. On Monday morning, his secretary, Ruth Lester, finds his body sprawled beneath the airshatt window of his private office. { McMann, detective sergeant, con- ots the investigation. Mrs. Eli eth Borden, estranged wife of the moter and mother of his two ildren, is the first ct. She admits having calied on him Satur- iay afte hly a ony check xt suspect Borden's NOW S I'll clap on you too quick to ou don't answer my swer them truth- eatened, empha- sizing his wo ump of his fist upon t dead man’s desk. “What did you come back for? The truth, now, or handcuffs lor you, my lad!" Benny co ed lower in his chair und shivered, looking wildly to- ward Ruth for help. 1l the truth, Benny,” the girl urge “I—1 come back to get Miss Les- ter's—gun,” the hoy gasped. “I took it Saturday before last for target practice out in the country and brought it back Monday morning, without Ruth nowing nothing about it. I didn’t mean no harm —" “Oh!" The exclamation seemed to burst from Ruth’s despairing heart, rather than from her throat. i Benny had taken her automatic, McMann would of course consider the mystery entirely solved. With that troublesome second weapon thus eliminated, how could she ex- pect the detective to have any doubt that it was Jack Hayward's &un which had fired the fatal shot? And was she who had urged Benny to tell the truth! “All right. Benny!” McMann terrupted harshiy. Where's the handeu talk about 1uestions fully!” McMan in, p© 1929 By NEA Service, Inc. ha was alive | [to pin one of these guys down. Miss the | — tell ANNE AUSTIN gun now? Did vou bring it tn with thought it was the backfire of an | your automobile, and that he really At Ru 1 didn't pay any attention. fice boy “Can’t say I blame a chap with stricken eves to search her face.|a buginess of his own to look after But at detective’s question he | —nobody's fool enough to want to faced his tormentor, his chin thrust | testify in a murder case that may out belligerently. “I don’t know |drag out for weeks and be tried where it is! I didn't take it Satur- |two or three times. Ho, hum! It's it wasn't there! And |a great game, Beautiful!” «nd he so help me God!" (grinned impishly at Ruth. “But it her Jjoy, could have |has its compensations. . . . Have cissed every freckle on the homely [You scen this extra?” he added, voung face, Lut the detective's sav. |reaching for a paper which he had age effort to make the boy confess |tossed 1o the floor beside his desk. that he had lied killed that joy in!"“Got a swell snapshot of you—you | of its b !didn't duck your head quick {enough” he chuckled. “Your o | swectie looks sore enough to bite Is in two, but he's a good-l0ok- guy at that. How the Sob-sis. 11 love him! Wanta r's cry of anguish the of- had raised his terror- the r c- And you : ) when you k to swipe Miss Lester's ing | saw Bor: Sbe sheet with a trem- 'l go back to my you please send n't gonna swipe borrow it,” Benny Y y all right in' at his desk. T seen through the door. Old Minn astebasket. gonna quavered. | e e old girl now!" Covey iterrupted cheerfully. “All togged the what t well-dressed 1 will wear. Took your vou, Mother Machree?” 1 Miss Leste: T was her, ‘That you, Miss Lester?" 1 stepped into the middle of | 0's he could see me, and , it's me, Mr. Borden.' what the | 1g around here | looking for in And T said 1 for a stamp, and he was Minnie Cassidy’s work-roughened hands plucked nervously at the ont of her dress. “I'm sorry kept you waiting, sir, but y interrupted. huckling. “Wanted your bit gossip, didn't you? Well, I can't blame you. It ain't every ‘scrub lady’ “hat an brag of being one of last to a murdered man . Come along now and have a good time telling it all over again aliv 1d spring his ne you see my pistol on Borden's desk when you were to him?" keep out o McMann sald ung puppy s rh | No, reckon | here and k. den and gh I'd better stick right an eye on Mrs. Bor- Ritzy Rita. Can't tell what happen."” Aty 1l take Minnie to Mr. McMann hought you | Ruth volunteered eagerly, so eager- ly that the little bantam rooster of |a detective gave her a long, meas- ring glance before he opened the ioor and permitted her and Minnie “assidy to pass into the corridor, but E NTINU {TO BE CONTINUVED) beet-re tectiva, an interesting ive McMann, IFYOUREPUZZLED Arthur Woodrull of Berlin Liv- ing Book of Information 1 didn’t come s he suys 1 sugg: holding Down on Worthington Ki hat portion of Berlin with h appro- winter n ang ng in at did I do Sa as ob- 1 o Jenny for time. — down on S stri i Arthur L. Woodruf! vs everybod Iy eve know foleanonas town clork, own and appar- Berlin believes ing, juding from phone calls h icked who want in kid 1 p t was almo. Woodruff ook clerk. Almos hed el cour Although soon won rs ago thae ver the duties tmmiediately because of his coopers republic ction of th ic party and several annual elec- leved to be a foregone hat he will be given the appros ¢ the democratic t the i nual elections. Woodruff i not an ordi- town clerk. He is the general n hurea the people in and for iders who are desirous of learning something about 3erlin, If one is looking for infor- ion relative oodruff can t town Jo wasn't t she liked to be h baby. I didn't try w efficiency, y and owling det MeMann “1 wish you'd go that is affe aders of the democ E s endorsed § y 18 st tlons. It is b Minr “Certainly, Mr. 1 trying to heert) was convinced that the was merely resorting to | ruse to get rid of while grilled Benny Smith on the subje Borden's unwelcome advances to d, smile u 1 him what part of ves in and in many ne telephone num- are not in Berlin at However, the sisted greatly by Mr. Woodruff. his office on il he taken the power rbridge Building, stood ab desk, smoking, exch se hav the Big e e? Believe time down th | he musta take reon who will do the work. n has a clerk many hours a At home he is next day the work of that day. marriage license was e home of Mr. Wood- . McMann has been Rutl **Has Minnie woman, come Mr. McMann or compie More than one | d what a treat 1"‘“”"’ {romi vey rtied. “Yeah, she's in the | or | His familiar “Good morning” 1s well known to the housewives of Worthington Ridge who have occa- sion to pass the town clerk's office and his happy greeting to the re- porters who are covering the Berlin beat is a source of pieasure to them More than one new reporter “broke in” under the guidance and | cooperation of the Beriin town clerk: more than one newspaperman who \later reached a high place in his | profession looks back and remem- glanced | Pers the timely storics given him around the circle of men diffidently, | ¥hen he was a “cub.” then turned th fully glory of her| Reporters have changed often wide blue eves upon the Iittle de- |Since Town Clerk Woodruff first en- tective, ~“Did all these men hear|tered upon his dutics but the fin~ the shot fired, Mr. Covey?” she Spirit of the “country gentlema asked innocently. | Covey chuckled. “Five of ‘em think maybe they did and maybe | e they didn’t, and if you can get any |READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS two of 'em to agree on the time, I'll give you my nice silver shield. Ac- cording to these birds—no offense, fellows!—guns were popping off in the Starbridge Building last Satur- day afternoon from half-past one to half-past three o'clock, but just try a minute anging her job. I told her to come back here and I'd take her to the sergeant. Wanta wait? Mrs. Borden and Rita are in thel and he jerked his thumb toward th inner office of the suite—"but why not brighten up the day for old Jim Covey?" and he swung out of the chair he had borrowed from the inext-door office and pushed it to- | ward her invitingly. Ruth scated herself, building. two ago. She's ¢ to t on the s has not changed and he is still lend- ing a helping hand. HUPMOBILE Sixes and Eights E. P. KINGSBURY Tel. 3811-W Lester, and he’ll crawfish instanter you that at the time he to Detective Sergeant McMann . . .| c‘}n;rm-und with a design so to John Jones, Mr. | he does not "|James Waterman Wise 7580 DIVIDEND PAID BY FACTORY Peck, Stow & Wilcox One of Oldest Gomyjanies in U, S. With the recent payment of the 233rd dividend to its stockholders, !the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. of | Southington continued to increase { what it considers an unusual record. While it is not definitely known just how many years this covers, it s lelieved to extend back to before the Civil war and to have been { broken only once by a brief suspen- sion of dividends 40 years ago. The foundation of the Southing- ton concern was laid 110 years ago and has a history reaching back to {the earliest days of Connecticut manufacturing and continuing through three wars, post-war booms and periods of readjustment, and | several panics. Berlin Once Tinware Section The tinware history of this section began in 1740 when an Edward Pat- tison, a tinsmith just over from Ire- |1and, set up a shop on Hard street. | Berlin. The importation of tin plate was stopped during the Revolution- ary war, but supplies came again after independence had been won and the suspended trade was re- ned. Others tearned the busincss from Pattison, and in 1812 it is estl- mated that 10,000 boxes of tinned plates were made into culinary ves- sels within the borders of the town of Berlin. In 1860 an Edward M. Converse ad begun working on a folding machine for the manufacture of tin- ware. and this first tinsmith's ma- chine was patented by Converse's brother-in-law, Seth Peck, of South- ington, on Auguast 23, 1819, and be- came the foundation upon which | was subsequently built the Peck, | Stow & Wilcox Co. Seven years lat- er Peck wag conducting a business which included the making of mold- ing, grooving, wiring, tu-ning, bur- ring, and setting-down machines and had overcome the early preju- dice to labor-saving machines so far that he had agents throughout New | England and down the Atlantic gea board as far as Alabama. Made by Hand, Sent by Canal The company had no steam or water powen, and all these products | were turned out on lathes operated | by hand or by foot treadles. Ship- ments were made largely by the | Farmington canal, as there were no | railroads in the country at that time. | Further patents were acquired in 11831 and Seth Peck & Co. was or- ganized. A new concern, Peck Smith & Co, was formed in 1835 to manufacture sheet metal machin- ry, and this bought out the original company ten yeurs later, just before he death of Seth Peck. A Worces- ter, Mass,, monkey wrench concern was bought in 1855 and the line was manufactured in Southington | near the present Bradley house but in 1856 the company removed to its | present location. i A Ministerial Mcchanic | Solomon Stow began the making {of brass gear wheels in a rmall | plant opposite the present Plants- | ville railroad station in 1834. Soon | he bought out the slightly older { Plant, Nea) & Co. in the same bor- ough and S. Stow & Sons was organ- ized. An interesting anccdote 18 told of the Neal company. It had = | “Newton double scamer.” of which the inventor was so proud that one {a while showing a minister |named Moore through the plant, he | boasted that “God Almighty couldn’t | make a better design.” The minister (scoffed at the idea of perfection, | was rebuffed, and a year later re- much tter that manufacture of the New- on muchine stopped at once. | As far back as 1785 Elias Beck- !ley, Jr. had been making tools in Beckley quarter, Berlin, and the tradition begun by him was passed on until in 1540 Franklin Ro: ganized F. Roys & Co. there. Seven | vears later, consequent upon the | purchase of a factory on the Matta- | besett river, the Foys & Wilcox Co. luh.! formed, with Samuel C. Wilcox s ity first president. This concern lized in the Inanufacture of rs, and it was by one of its pre- |decessors in Berlin that the first | shears for cutting circles were made. | There Firms Combine | The consolidation of these | conce e | 5P sheas three | >rns into Peck, Stow & Wilcox accomplished Ly Roswell A who was a partner in th | Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., and | brought that concern into prom- {inence by the manufacture of bayo- ‘ts for the Union armies during |the Civil war. In February, 1870, he consolidation was brought about and Neal became the first president | of the new company. At that time the Am an Thread Co. of Willi-| antic was the only factory in Con- | necticut which could compete with |the Soithington company re- | sources, cach having a capital stock of ahout $1,500.000. Subsequently the firm has chased the Hart, Bliven, Mfg. C | pur- & Mead of Kensington, the Chesh- lire Edge Tool Co. of Cheshire, |Johns & Co. of Mirville (West Cheshire’ and other rival concerns. In 1912 all the Pexto plants in Con- necticut except that in Plantsville were dismantled and their products were thenceforth turned out at the main plant in Southington. There in also a large division in Cleveland, while a Buffale plant was recently brought to the neighboring town and incorporated into the main fac- tory. The company now has representa- tives all over the world and s one of the leading manufacturers of mechanies’ hand tools and sheet- metal-working machines and tools. Speaks Here Tomorrow Members of the Junior Hadassah expect a large attendance at the lec- ture tomorrow afternoon at 4 o‘clock in Central Junior High school audi- torium by James Waterman Wise, son of Rabbi Stephen A. Wise' of New York city. Mr. Wise's subject will be “Youth’s Challenge to the Church and Synagogue.” He will discuss modern youth and its reac- tions. The Hadassah reports that the sale of tickets has been in ex- !cess of anticipations. Thirty Years at Sea” e by CAPTAIN GEORGE FRIED Life as a crev sailor is behind |trips aboard the President Roose- him. Fried is at the turning point |velt during 1928. During my ab- in & seaman's career; he becomes a | sence from the America on the junior officer. Another step is tak- | voyage following the rescue of the en and with 't more responsibility. |crew, he was assigned as captain Men are in his hands to do his bid- |to my ship—the youngest officer on ding. Fried explaina why one type of | the bridge. officer fails and the other succeeds. | This should be an inspiration for the young men of this country. Advancement {is just as rapid and no more difficult than it is in any other fleld of endeavor. Hard work and study alone will make the grade. So-called *“pull” means nothing and can mean nothing when the responaibllities of a large trans-Atlantic liner are his. Ships are mechanical but there must be men behind them who can By CAPT. GEORGE FRIED | (Copyright, 1929, Associated Press) CHAPTER VI The turning point in the life of a sailor is when he becomes a junior officer. I remember when 1 bridged the gap I thought I had achieved a great triumph. Perhaps you re-| member how you felt when you| graduated from college and“ you “,.In a short time dislike for him became evident among the crew.." were ready for your vocation, ready | of the Florida, to overcome every obstacle and were certain of a successful career. There is a slight different be- | tween becoming a junior officer and | going out into the world after grad- | uating from coilege. An officer has a uniform. There may be very lit- tle gold on it, but nevertheless it is an inspiration to the wearer. At any rate, he has a job. . A college man has to seek his. Making the grade of a junior of- ficer is like any other step of :d- vancement. An examination must be passed. His duties, of course. are on the bridge. He is now in di- rect contact with his superior of-| ficers and captain. A promotion | depends on the individual. He| Boston, March 2—Enrolment must have a good education for a|3,200 New England young men for| foundation, he must have ability the citizens' military training camps as @ leader, and, the most impor-| (o be held during July will begin tant of all, he must have executive | Monday, it was announced today by ability. | Major General Preston Brown, com- This is quickly determined by 'manding general of the First Corps the other officers that work with area. Two new tent camps, each Lim. The work of a new junior of- with a consolidated mess hall| ficer is closely supervised. He 18 equipped with the most modern fa- ) permitted to give a few orders and 'cilities, have been established at| must stand watch. After a short|Fort Adams, Newport, R. I., and at period of time, if he is capable, he Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vt. remains in the position, but if not!In stressing the necessity for mak- he falls by the wayside. This|ing early application to attend the means returning to the ranks. Few ' camps, army officials pointed out men will aceept a demotion be-!that more than a thousand youths| cause of his pride, and ofttimes the | were unable to attend the New Eng- young officer abandons the sca if \land camps last year because of de- he finds he is not qualified to o up |lay in filing their applications with the ladder. the C. M. T. C. officer at First Corps It he remains he continues his|area headquarters. | studies and is alert 8o that he| Although the camps are not to be| reaches the pinnacle of his suceess|conducted until July, army officlals —that of being a captain. Supreme |predict that the New England quota command of a ship is the hope of |will be filled by May 1. every seafaring man. It has often| 1 aagition to the Newport and been said that if a man taken front | p iincton sites, camps will be held the ranks is given authority his|,¢ camp Devens and at Fort Mc- true colors will come to the fore. | ygynioe " portland, Me. Some men bhecome abusive; Others can issue orders in a pleasant man- ner and obtain the confidence and | cooperation of every one with the safety of the lives of all those | aboard. (Tomorrow: Thrills with Wireless) | ARMY TRAINING CAKP | ENROLLMENT T0 BEGIN| 3,200 New England Young Men | | | Sought for Encampments to Be Held in July. 3 of Alaska. which the United States! bought from Russia for $7.200,000 has produced $600.000,000 worth of {and is only 82 years of | age. He had been captain for four | operate them successfully to insure | Questions and, Toco E ) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question.of fact or information by writing # the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington. D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice caunot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. Al other questions will recelve & per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests cau- not be answered. All letters are confidenti: Editor. Q. What is the name and age of the Pope of Rome? When was he elected? A. The present Pope is Achille Ratti, Pius XI, born In Desio, Italy, May 31, 1857, elected Pope Febru- ary 6, 102 successor to Bene- dict XV, Q. When did the National Pro- hibition Amendment become effec- itive? A. Midnight, January 15, 1920. Q. How many people were killed in automobile accidents in the Unit- ed States in 19287 A. According to a report of the National Safety Council there were 800,000 automobile accidents in the United States during 1928 and 27,000 persons were killed. The number of fatalities was 5 per cent greater than in 1927, Q. Where was the first perma- nent European settlement in South America? A. 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When this 1n- visible vapor becomes visible, it im called dew, fog, mist, haze, cloud, rain, hail, snow, frostwork, or fros, according to the sige of the drops 4t water or the method in which ths vapor condenses. Water and ice are not included under the term “ate mospheric humidity,” that term be- ing strictly confined to the invisible vapor, Precipitation is the deposi- tion of moisture from the atmo- sphere upon the general surface of the earth; restricted, in the United origin of the | States weather bureau terminologv to hall, mist, rain, snow and sleet. Q. What Is the meaning of the name Bruce? A. It s Gaelic and means “hap- Py _conqueror.” Q. Where 18 the “Great Desert”? A. Bahara or the Great Desert 18 a vast region of northern Africa, with no prominent boundary-limita- tion, but lying mainly between the Atlantic ocean on the west; the vai- ley of the Nile on the east; the Su- dan on the south and the Atlas mountains and a portion of thoe Mediterranean sea on the north. 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I recall several instances when a junior officer would study dild gently and work hard on the decks for many hours to obtain that rank only to become unpopular with the men that were his former com- rades. One officer, I remember, be- ing assigned to the bridge for the| first time, would stand beside the quartermaster for several minutes, then walk away some 10 or 15 feet | and call the quartermaster aside to issue some kind of an order. The man would carry out his !nstruc- tions, returning to his post, and the officer would again join him and a few minutes later would | walk away and call him to his side to issue another order. This became very irksome to the quartermaster, and word soon spread around {in the forecastle that the officer was getting a “big- rad.” Th other officers on the bridge were unaware of the situa- tion. In a short time dislike for him became evident among the crew. He realized his mistake, but it was too late. Orders were not being carried out, and finally the man fell ny the wayside. dnother instance was that of a Junior officer who would give in- wtructions to a boatswain and hav the latter convey them to the quar- termaste Repeatedly he would call someone to give an order to another man. When the men were not receiving their orders direct from the officer in charge, they did 1ot feel particularly gracious about t. The man who had to carry the order was disgruntied because he was taken away from routine tasks and was compelled to act as a mes- senger. This officer, like the other, s0on hecame unpopular and was transferred. On the other hand. I have seen Jjunior officers who have been cour- teous and polite to their superiors and others. By the crews they were regarded as ‘“good fellows.” By superior officers they were con- sidered able, s0. together with study they soon advanced. There are many young officers who have shown unusual qualifica- tions. Harry Manning, chief officer of the America. who was in charge of the boat that saved the erew | minerals since 1880. The Little Scorpions’ Club " Ap DN\“ Washington, STATE I am a reader of the New Rritain Herald, D v eams | -— e —— —— - —— e —— o —— ——) THE TROLLEY EARNED MORE MONEY BY BLOWING OVER THE OTHER DAY THAN IT DID CARRYING FARES. Ut s‘, ‘FO 'f\Jo\ K“‘Lf(".l aT (4