New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1929, Page 6

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T - v are pro- am snd base s on e dally In New yialinge Newnstand Tim Schuitz's Newestanda, Eatisnce Central. 42nd Btreet STUNTING ARMY AVE DEATH FROM A SLIVER THE NUTMEG DEFEAT IN WATER DIVERSION rmy a modified Connecticut y of the jexues 11 pend- court. Masgu- to obtain sucl present time. Tt mes of the le the nature loch is being disen is driven away - Supreme Co not give a reason for not inch war and army depariments within tie of the that the der the law under radius t. although it is assumed decision came bec nun- botli these departments are the jurisdiction of Con- gress. The obje al's mo of the attorney e 10 include th: secretary of war and the chicf of army enginecrs inte the suit was to enjoin them of | water while the main issues between Ma Leing adjudicated. 1t was a sensible | from permitting the diversion achusetts and Connceticut are | plan, der the present situation, while the Supreme Court is con- sidering the issues between the two I states the war department and army eifect can yield to all r the dec Masac that state wishes. And. und sion just render- result unless the and army engineers and pause to after all in the Con- s contin with construc- tion work on the ¢l from Cold rook to reservoir. ommiission still major The only and all t iccomplished final decision is THI [ BOY KNEW LITTLI AMERICAN HINSTORY scoutmaster found about ) the W . o1 had never exception, Suck 1 girle are elementary story is essential oy Keouts a knowledg PRESIDENT ON LAW Prosident uted Prees s of Hoou was o1 reflect minds of citizens for a more. There ally wronz with w enfore United 1< many ne-sixth of icted, and but small percentage are mished " This record r thought en it is realized that 20 ti 18 many peo- proportion to population are United States than and in the € of ratio is= more than 50 e as many as in Grezt Drita and there times as many urglaricos When the P for speuks on law o sment there is usually an ex- pectation in some circles that he is certain to concentrate upon the en- forcement of prohibition, Doubiless hing of the sort added that only a of the nticipating national ng 18th amendment; indeed, only eight of the The per cent onies came from sonree resident's apecel vas i plea for the upholdivg of law in general, for improved court pro- fwental an be attributed to the | NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1924. —_— e cedure, more certainty of punish- ment for the guilty, and the putting of this country on a par with other |civilized nations. That is a worthy object. | In declaring that no individual has the right to determine what law {shall be obeyed and what shall not |be obeyed. the President undoubt- ledly had in mind a certain popular jattitude toward the prohibition law. !In the same breath he declared that |if @ law is wrong. rigid enforcement |"is the surest guaranty of its re 0 rar as pro- | concerned, millions of believe fhat. They | 3 dry states can peal.” Unfortunately libition is | citizens do h not ve learned t Tectively prevent the repeal of the 18th and the Dbest is that there amend of nt, opinion times will alw number of states | hold it If the President’s thesis is cor- ; the amend- | n rect, then a rigid enforcement of | prohibition must continue until it | )ecomes so unpopular a law that oposition will Lecome widespread | < down its hold in the . That would take a long tinie, i The did not differentiate | between ordinary law-bre aking that disputes is breaking funda- and natural not laws—such as T, burglary, robberies and em- ezzlenents—and such laws as pro. hibition, seeks to crime out of something that the peo- | which make a ple law-abiding nations like G Britain do not consider as a | crime | a | The President stated during his | ampaign that he would form a com- nission to investigat: the prohibi- 1 law und how it wor After the | he reached | he stated the on and by the the White tir House in- He has not yet appointed the cor that it will mission uch time is necessary to select its ihers, The President simply wishes an otiter commission to cover the same | t others have cover 10 giuarantee that his be r than wers, Tt Commission has made several re. | L including repos Th S by sub-com- work has bee thor- nobody. not | vernmental sarently bave pald Gther nissions likewise have ota of reports. probibition inquiry estigation, the cuient of prohibition will some of the spotlight Prolubit investigation, will only be one of any things considered; the nation | liad expect=d concentration upon this | problem, a ) SORT 1 ng ci d last fall there was no thou oL deserve con- | Induc prohibit 10 respect 2 on ereuasion is a new moiif in idence. It 18 not | necessary o them to ! t re- genuine go0d citizen in- law that pro- | ers, thieves | ws prohibiting respected but re. | and hold- fruud are {oni i encouragement. It ! of sumptuary rimes out of what 1y of people believe to rimes, loss of re. | at the Hoover, as the | | stands for ob- and wishes that | uld yield the rempect due | Ruch super. | not be necessary idamentally good. | s much meat in this ad- | President, however, He 18t rred to the amend- seinz, and gave attention artments of il His law in lecture 1o that tior press which has had a the halo of around crin 10 place Lieroism ed ro- nals No sane man can . Wwith such dis- His sugg romance and heroism the of to guard us & irnalism. 1o cors who inst the 15, likewise wus approval the editors, ¥ agree that there is op. o listeners, improvement almost respect 25 Years Ago Today Marlet in the vicinity of this city are bitterly complatning of the continued cold weather, which s planting buck least three weeks, Registror heuy is a gardeners 1o at of Voters William candidate for delegate to republican state convention. | scliools met I New \ Teich, on the diamond toda Biitain lined up as follo catcher; Olcott, pitcher; horistop: Halm, first base: I"lanncry, sccond base; Brady, third base: Donnelly, left; Martin, cen- Moren, right The street committee is planning (to buy a new road roller. The old cne weighs 20 tons but it is not planned to buy a heavier one than 12 tons It Jooks as If it was planned to the mantle of common council leadership from the shoulders of Mr I {names of the [teeth under a general crime | | tor | night Britain and New Haven High | Curtis, but it is reasonably certain that Mr. Curtis will contest any fort to wrest the leadership from him. Alderman Humphrey is co ing into prominence at present, ana Mr. Camp will develop into a good £peaker. The republican party spent $743 on the recent mayoralty election. Chairman Andrews is again close- mouthed about who the two new po- licemen will be. The practice of re- Cruiting new regulars from the spe- ials on duty at the Russwin Lyceum would bring the appointment of An- drew Richardson and Patrick Qulrk.t A memorial tablet bearing the New Britain men | who fought in the Revolution has Leen placed in the historical room of | the New Britain institute. | The mayor is fitting up his new ifice, the double room adjoining the bresent office in the Holmes & Hoft man Luilding having been hired. i Facts and Fancies It might be wo Suppose you had to work up a lather beforc bar- bering the lawn. mile for today: As dismal as any n's main street at dawn. Perhaps the ultimate in good ! manners is for the man in the elec- | itric chair to offer a lady reporter his seat. Alas! By the time people outgrow Santa Claus they get the notion that ! a cedar chest will keep out moths. An optimist is ene who has bad | and reflects that he may die before it is necessary to get a plate A husband is like your breath. Your breath doesn't distress you un- | til you try to hold it A normal wife is one who feels defrauded when her husband spends money 10 support his own peoplc. | Vanity is the quality that prompts | ian who is getting hald to feel | ieated because his wife is getting forting th The public other countries complain the other governments are fool- too. | Saaset | Ariericanism: Choosing a wild an. jazzy lite; choosing a hanker and a | president who are dignified. | world seems and it's Dbecause you | Jetter atmos- It all the v perhaps invited into & juzzy | | avel has a broadening in- | fluence, perhaps it's a good thing to et congressmen bring in bagg4ge without examination. I ror Lonisia took a three-ycar college ¢ in en months, but he has learned en more in the last seven weeks The gove of a onee | exercise con- hands agains and pushing | st reducing hoth tak sists i placing of the o edge back Rrief history of & prominent citi- He dodges care; he dodges jury wervice; he dodges taxes The triumphs of the hardy pio suggests that some essential | vitamin may Jurk in eating tobacco. neers A lick town is a place where print- cism of a public servant’s pub- # is taken as a personal in- | filiteracy In | rapidly. Those the ignorant! T of Mexico pereenta ie decreasing butchered are Correct this sentence: “He 18, 2 my living" said the wife, so T never say or do anything to shers’ Syn- dicate) Observations | On The Weather —Forecast Fair | in- | air and | interior; Waushington, April 2 Southern New England light to heavy frosts in terior tonight; Wednesday somewhat warmer in the moderate northwert winds becoming variable Vorccast for Fastern York: | [ Fair with light to heavy fo- Wednesday increasing cloudi- moder- witl ~ frost newss and somewhat ate variable winde, Conditions: An ara | pressure overapreads the castern half of ihe country morning with center over the gion and Ohio valle burg. W 2 “kies porn warmer; high entire | this Lake Park- inches. Clear radiation | of the Va during night and caused frosty | conditions from Indinna castward to the north Atlantic coast districts and Southward to the soutl Appala- chian The disturbance noted vesterday morni over southwest = western N the far with north- 20.6 s dev slowly cloping center morning over Mexico, Santa Fe inches. Light amounts of cre reported from Rocky mountain distric peratures are rising over the plains states. An area of high pressure is overspreading the north ific states and the Canadian northwest | Temperatures are riking above the precipitation central and tem- | single | veany a Sl all communications to Fus Shop w, care of the New Britain Heeald, and your iettes be forwaried t0 New Vork. Since Aviation’s Come to Stay! “To take a flyer” is a phrase That may apply these modern days To stock or marriage, either one, Of two markets where gambling's done! Worse As They Come! Worte ‘S0 your married has been a pretty tough row, eh Martian: s. The fi baby came. Worters: Martain: mother-in-law lite S0 ?" And the came!” A Go-Getter to His Love! (Found By F. D. Bacon) . next year my Dear Madam. Herewith kindly find A survey of a troubled mind. Your close attention is invited To tell me if, all unrequited, My love for you—ah, do mot smi Is put in your inactive file. It seems the part of business sense That we should have a conterence, In which we'd thoroughly thresh out This propeosition, now in doubt; Go over details, con and pro, S0 each and every one may know Just how you fecl about this scheme ¢In re. theme). I'm sure heading: A bigger, better, grander wedding! Dict. RAL. Our Partnership,” my you see whercat I'm No Such Color! “Rufus, vou're always nuich about your honestly, there t in which you lead the Watson Lragging o but tell rosp white race Rufns: Yo ple never d slavery!” race, me is a hoss has our any . peo- m white Nrs - Philip Backer i | he tendency to strip popular berocs of their glory knows 1o limit | Documents have come to light which prove that the early bird was late bird getting home at d that he brought in the peac: offering his dawn, worm wife! in ) HERE YARE ! SIR! MAP OF THECITY= ‘&u ADIME® Twew-wheRg ) = An Eye To Business! THAT DARNED RED-HEAD! By Don Marquis 1 01d Titian loved your sort of mop. And down his ieugues crowned with flame, Walks one long pageant of Torch- light Dame, Nor hath Oblivion any traffic cop To bid that bright proccssion swerve or stop I've heard your brothers burning 8hame: Some day [l bend simp's vital frame Beyond repair: Suzanne, sweet Car- rot Top. When we arc wedded, prithee, don't allow Your idiotic house 5 My third wife's father silly pow fiery call thut poor relations near our wagged a | Tn all our councils, Rugan. Wellad They lie In onw grave 1 while spouse her sire, who gave the bride - W, my erst- And e 1 ne. 1 bid you fling aside your And down the wind Iet streg burniy hair! My koul rehance nights of Aeapair. May see it Sultry Kid horme is there dome* Suppose T fluttered ing there Unto Kling. would vou care | My pink-beaned \enus crowned with | fiery throug mid and flutter Or danger in that flaming moth-like, fry- era Susan four | normals in practically wll portions | {of the country. | this vicinity fair weather and mich change in temperatire, Temperatures yesterday Hi Atlanta Atlantic | Boston . Buffalo .. Chicago Cincinn Denver .. | Duluth | Hatteras . City 10 It 42 " 3 66 Minneapolis . . “ Nantucket E New Haven .. |New York ... Nortollr. Va. Portland, M . . ‘Wasmnllon PRRRPR Conditions favor for | not | | My Fifth Wit herself: used to wash and wash the stuff; |1 canned her, Sue; T put her on the | whelf: I like clean hair. but sti enough i |8he' met it dry the P way . { How these old gricls | welladay! [ fect? | Pulicity Direetor: “Scems 1o me {the contortionist is better than ever ;(odn!‘." | Manawe apples this afternoon ‘ ~Lillian J. Bemis had a wag of hair She | wash and enough's radiator’s return! Ah, o8, he ate some green An Outrage? The hotel was on fire. On & sixth-story ledge sl0od & great movie st year the | of canvas, | n your actress, flames crackling about her. Below, the firemen were holding the net, while the crowd waited in agon ized suspense. Funally a strained Voice screame “JUMP, lady—fer Gawd’'s sake!” The great movie actres her amms in calm disdain. “I'll do nothing of the sort,” she folded my double here this instant!” Only One! Friend: “Who is that fellow just went out Editor: “He's a poet.” Friend: “Is he successful 2" Editor: “The only acceptance he ever had in his life was when he proposed to his wife! —Walter W. Wolf (Copyright. 1929, Reproduction Forbidden) who L) =% QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any writing 1o the Question Kditor, New Britain Herald. Washington Rureau, 113222 New York avenue, Washington. {D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamnpi for reply. Medical. legal ar.d marital |advice cannot be given. nor can ex- itended research be undertaken. Al | sther questions will receive a per- sonal reply. | ot be answered. Al [confidential.— Editor. letters wre Q. rmation? A servation in the Quakers and other conscientious scru "an oath, ure allowed to m: af- | firmation in any mode which they {may declare to be binding upon their confirmation of which they What is an It is a solemn religious as- nature of an oath. rsons who have « against taking the arc consciences, in truth of testimony about to give, Q. Why are the nds cxempt irom Act? A. Because the la not specifienlly provide that it shall ap- to those islands. Section 5 organic law of the I'hilippine Islands (Act of Congress of August 20, 1016) provides “That the statu- fory laws of the United States here- cted shall not apply to the Philippine Tslands, except When they pecifienlly o provide, or it ix pro- vided in this Aet” Q To what aid President Hoove took the oath of offi reads \ere ix no vision the people perish; but he that keepeth | the law, happy is Le L¢ Who was the first white to around C: Horn and the Pacific coast” | A, Sir Francis Drake who i ailed around Cape Horn [ the Pacific ocean far coast of Oregon How can male gui fowl be distinguishe A. While they differ very in appeara usually the can be distingnished by their larger helmet and watt] and coarser head. To he one should listen to their cry. That of the fes gembles “buckwheat. buck- and {8 decidedly different from the one-syllable shrick of the male. When excited, both the male and the fema one-syllable cries, but at no time does the male [imitate the ery of “buckwheat, I | wheat Sex ean | this difference in their « the birds are about two months old Q. How is the population of Ger- many divided with re: 10 re- ligious a tion? A, According to the of [ June 16, 1825 there were 40.014.677 Protestants (64 per cent of the total population); 20 424 Catholics ( | per eent): ST.580 Christians (.01 per coent) and 564,379 Jews (0.9 per cont). Philippine Ts- the Volstead w o does the in the Bible * point when he verso cree 18, which man 1 up up the i as and f L little males positive emit by consng you | fThe “Bartlett Pair” answered. “Tell the director to send | question of fact or information by | Vinsigued reauests :an- | Q. What is the meaning and origin of the family name Onion? A. 1t is of Welsh origin and | means descended from a famous | prince (Ennion), Q. Who said “In the spring a | young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughta of love . a guotation from “Locks ley Hall” by Tennyson. Q. Who was the National Wom- an’s golf champion in 19287 A. Glenna Collett. Q. What is the record for flying | upside down? A. It was made by a German aviator named Fisler who flew up- side down for 10 minutes and seconds at the Zurich, Switzerland, | fiying fleld in the spring of 1928. Q. Please complete the follow- ing qquotation: “He who knows {and knows not that he knows; he is !a fool—shun him?" A. “Men are four: He who knows not and knows| he knows not, he is a fool— shun him; He he knows not, he is simple— teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep—wake him; > who knows and knows he knows, he is wise—follow him.” What is a chameleon? A. An insectiverous reptile, possessing the | change its color. Q. How does the national income per capita in the United States com- pare with that in Great Britain? | A. In the United States it is $77 (and in the United Kingdom $451. Q. What does the name “lLou™ me H Q. power to 5, n? | Tt is a shortened Louis and means defender. 34 10CAL DELEGATES AT OLDER BOYS' CONFERENCE Program To RBe Given Friday and form of Saturday in Church At _South Manchester Thirty-four delegates from Noew Britain will attend the annual Old-r Boys' ence in South Manches- ter on Yriday and Saturday of this week. The conference Is sponsorcd by the Hartford county Y, M. C. A the Hartford County Council of F ligions Education and other organ- zations, The ions of the con- ference are to held in the South Methodist ehurch and will begin it » representatives from are planning to leave immediately after the close of school on Friday afternoon. An excellent program has been arranged, the theme being, “To At- tain the Heights.” The following men will the course of the conferene: Alfred Coons, Wesleyan university; Clar- cnee Quimby, principal of Conf s Britain P, RUMMAGE SALE Benefit Children’s Home Wed. & Thurs, April 24 Clark’s Block 505 Main St. o= y 29 male | who knows not and knows | {ROAD PATROLS REPAIR lizard-like | address the boys during | | | | | | | i 1 | tion Manchester high scheol houn, professor at Yale university; A. C. Purdy, professor at the Hart- ford seminary foundation. The delogates from New Britain are: Baptist church, Oscar Kalen, Nelson Richmond, John Meagiey, Ernest Johnson; South Congrega- tional church, Robert Taylor, Tev- ing Rutherford, Louis Teich, Doug- las Harwood, Vinton Prait and Howard Heinisch; Stanley Memoriul church, Kendall Foster, Herbert Berry, Arnold Curlson; Center Con- gregational church, Miiton Marsh, Firnest Weeks, William Lange, George Barbour, John t'arson, Doa- ald Glabau, Raymond Mainer ani Ralph Brideau; Y. M. C. A, Ebbie Zetterman, Leon Dickinson, Joha Preston, Roy Havlick, Bernard Woaslius, Howard Keely, Wesley Al- vord, Fred Ritter. The leaders are Rev. Alfred D, Heininger, Rev, Theodorc 8. Dunn, Frank W. hade, Bryce long and Eben [strong, Jr. STALLED SWEDISH CARS | Motorcycle With Spare Parts and Gasoline Cruise Highways to Aid Motarists in Trouble. Stockholm, Sweden, April 23 (UP) —"Road patrols,” equipped with au- tomobile spare parts, repair kits and small quantities of gasoline and ofl, are the newest in Bweden’s motoriza- tion. Thesc patrols, which cruise along the country’s highways on motorcycles with side cars, are ore ganized by the Royal Swedish Auto. mobile club for the ald of motorists in trouble and their services are free to members of any foreign recognis- ed automobile association, affillated with the Swedish club. Another feature of this organiza. is so-called “harbor guards, who meet incoming ships and fer. ries from abroad at Gothenburg, Malmoe nd Helsingborg 1o help foreign tourists in the matters of | Lringing their cars ashore, estimat- | the | ing the cost of automobile tax. ete, They aleo act as guides and di tribute free pamphlets in English, German and French Sentaining val- uable hints an1 information regard. ing motoring *n Sweden. Exhibition CHARCOAL DRAWINGS By MONROE NORTH ART ROOM NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE April 16—27 Inclusive BULLS AND BEAKS about the fow does it What is a one “sell other Interesting trading on the Block Exchanges are covered want 1o know ail for the butletin What do you know putpose CmarginT arcon Wha dues How of Stnck operate? What is comme chort 2" Auestions Exclial in Market? Tow did “call money 2 change? What 1t originate? What What s the arc_“broker's “future?” Themo and history, opetation and Curh Market, and the cur Washingten Bureau's latest bul- this subject, Il out the coupon be- 0ot exeliangy What is a whout the the ¥ COUPON HERB= = == == o= = n copy of the bu AND COMMODITY E i, or 1 uncancells BTREET AND NUMBER | ciry L (Fontaine Fou, 1929, The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1 am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN -— e - e e e e = - - ee = — New Britain Ilerald, cunn Mar- | close he ith five cents postAge samps, to HERALD, ONE OF THE BARTLETT TWINS (THAT NoBopY ¢aN TELL APART) IS DEEPLY IN LOVE AND THE OTHER TWIN TAKES A MEAN ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT.