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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930. "5 him in a telegram from his brother, Prince Nicholas, while Queen Marie was en route to the passion play at | dinand, was king in name only dur- |ing his last years when Carol was | growing into manheod. The power- ent that young Prince Carol did not | p show overly much resist when a pretty face beckoned ited handsomely. The brand of politics practiced in clections, it has been s “would BERLIN BEGGARS Flashes of I,fl-flCarol’s Dramatic Return to Power WANT CRUTCHES Mendicants Sell Sandwiches They Collect During Day Berlin, July 9 (A—To what extent the underworld is organized in the e | | | | ey o ey By the Associated Press. New York — Harry Selvridge, honest taxi driver, is in 3250, Miss | Caroline Hall, on the way to catgh | a boat for a around the world, left in his cab a purse con- taining $2,000 and $20,000 worth of jewels. Harry returned them to the cruise | hotel whence he had taken Miss Hall German metropolis may be judged | from the beggars’ bourse and Kin- | dred institutions for the brotherhood of alms seekers in the city" and elsewhere. The bourse is known only to the initiated and accessible through a small and dingy public house which is the nightly rendezvous for the poorer elements—working men and unemployed, with a plentiful sprink- slums ling of shady characters—all drink- ' but | ing beer and talking at once, always suspiciously sizing up every newcomer. Even and anon a heggar arrives end with cellike agility squirms through the motley crowd to a trap door leading to the ‘“sandwich bourse.” Here mendicants repre- Eenting every conceivable type of suffering sell to the hungry unem- ployed the bread and sandwiches doled out to them during the day by kind hearted housewives. Prices Vary Quotations vary with the seasons, the colder weather seeing a hoom in the proverbial crust of bread. Dry bread is quoted at an average of 2 pfennige, a slice of bread with jam at 4 pfennige, with liver sausage at 6 pfennige, with Swiss cheese at 12 pfennige and with ordinary sausage only at 8 pfennige In the slums of the city's northern section there is also a beggars' liv- ery, doing a thriving business es- pecially in the early morning hours, the rush becoming so;great by 9 a. m., that newcomers have to wait their turn in a queue, Here mendicants for a daily fee or a monthly subscription are speed- ily equipped with all the appur- tances for their calling, ranging from hand-organs and lead-dogs for the blind to soleless shoes and crutches. In an obscure street of the fash- fonable west end, on the other hand, is located the well organized beg- gars' informatiof® bureau, which limping specimens of human misery enter to lay aside their crutches, in which the blind suddenly are able to &ce and the deaf and dumb start talking. fraternity purchase lists of addresses of residents considered easy marks. QUEEN MARY NOW AMONG SHOKERS Britannia’s Ruler Indulges in .~ Mter Dinner Gigarette ¥ London, July 9 Mary of England, long recognized as a staunch upholder of victorian cus- toms, has given her active endor: ment to cigarette smoking by wom- n The queen has been the dictator | up, not having the D. T.'s Here the beginners in the | | stadt (UP)—Queen of the most conservative fashions in | custom and dress since King George was crowned, and the discovery that ghe herselt now indulges, even tf v rarely, in a cigarette aroused urprise in high court much comment in the press. circles and | One of the most recent comments | the “The column *Behind weekly paper was in the Scenes.” in t! People” last Sunday. It said “The queen recently permittad Rerself the small, but very general, feminine indulgence of an after dinner cigarette. A cigarette mow. is placed at the table for her at Buci- ingham Palace as a matter of course “Recently, hostesses Fecause she had other guests not to smoke because the queen did not like it. She nat- urally was taken aback when th> queen dinner, asked for a cigarette “It is probable that her majests is realizing that many of her per- sonal friends smake occasionally and decided to show them in the simplest way that she herself feels it is time an old-fashioned restriction shoull be abolished.” WOMEN'S PLANE RACE HAY LEAVE HARTFORD one of her majesty’'s was greatly Plans Being Made to Have Atlantic | Derby Start From Brainard Field On Chicago Hop. Hartford, July 9 — Hartford's chapter of the Aeronautical associa- tion cooperating with the aviation committee of the Chamber of Com- merce is completing plans to make Brainard field the starting place for the foremost women pilots of the t when they compete in the At- | commercial embarrassed | completed by fully asked hee | in the drawing room aft:, | was to be returned to | March after lantie derby to be held next: month | in connection with the 1330 national air races. Their goal will be CThi- cago. To insure procuring the honor, Hartford must raise 33,000 towards the cest of the event and of this sum the city will donate $500 according to a resolution to be placed before the city council Monday. The bal- ance will have to be obtained froth other sources The Atlantic derby will be one of the two races for women in connec- | ferday at the then broke the speed laws to return them to her on the boat and got a reward London — John Bull is sobering s often as he used to. The reason ascribed | by Dr. W. K. Wills, superintendent of the London Society for the Study of Inebriety, is the high cost of Ii- quor. Southampton, N. Y. — Martha Milliken, recent debutante and one of the leaders of a movement for earlier closing of winter social func- tions so business men could attend, has a job with a professional stock company which is giving perform- ances at this, fashionable watering place. Nashville, Tenn. — A nephew of Andrew Johnson is retiring from the police force against his will. W. P. Johnson.89, has hgen pensioned. “I don't w to quit,” he said. “I don't feel so old.” Roosevelt Field, N. Y. — real way to go fishing, take it from Roger Wolfe Kahn, is to fly. He and three chums hopped an amphibian plane, parked it on the surface of Long Island Sound a mile off shore and in two hours had more than 50 fish. Washington — Uncle Sam will pay for the pressing of his employes’ pants when they are traveling for nim but not for the cleaning of their hats. Comptroller General McCarl has disallowed an expense account of £1.50 over a uing it as outside the accepted principle of | $1.25 a week for cleaning and press- clothes. ew York — Captain J. W. Mac- nzie, retired captain, who keeps young by d g a quart of buttermilk a day, has blue water fever every time he crosses a New York street. He thinks it is safer far out in the Atlantic than dodging automobiles. The captain long ran | nger boats to Bermuda. | ey City — Arch Deacon J. A. v, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal church, thinks that golf, at least the variety of it played on ini , induces profanity. He cxpressed his views so cffectively that a permit for a miniature course | near the church was refused. Berlin — Horrors! Loud speaker shoots music 25 miles. A long dis- tance device on the roof of an ex- perimental laboratory at Siemen- | made an orchestra audible in sea Berlin iss Automobile club so enthusiastic about the mid- night sun that they have started to Norway in the Graf Zeppelin for a ick trip and a good look CONSTITUTION O HIGH SEAS AGAIN Historic Ship Owes Preserva-| tion to Holmes’ Poem Boston, July 8 (UP)—Old Tron- sides, veteran wooden warship of the American Navy was towed ves- erday from Boston Navy yard in Charlestown to the government dry dock in South Boston to receiv: permanent masts a final step in re- conditioning of the frigate which officially known as the U. §. § Con- stitution The Naval Tug Iwana tugs pulled oaken hull two black th and the and white across harbor. Steeping of the mizzen fors, main expected to be ternoon. The traditional cere ¢ of placing a n ea st to be ob- served, and Governor Frank G Allen was to put a silver piece be- neath spar i Fitted th masts, the frigate er berth at the battle- and masts was the m the ship which navy yard. There, later will be rigged. after she will tour the nation's coasts as a floating memorial to her historic achievements of more than a century ago. Originally launched in 0ld Ironsides was re-launched last her frame was rebuil: Much new wood and a little of her original oaken timber was used in the rebuilding process. The Constitution is most famous for her victory over the British e Guerriere during the war of 1797, The government planned to scrap the vessel about a century ago. but reconditioned her instead as result of sentiment created by the poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Yhe present rebuilding is being financed by a $400.000 fund contributed by school children of the nation HELD FOR N. Y. POLICE New Haven, July 9 — Thomas A Dollard, 42, was arrested here last night at the railroad station for Ne York police who want him on a lar- ceny charge involving $13.400. When arrested the man was purchasing a ticket for Providence, R. I. He described himself as a New TYork broker. BLAST Canaan, July S—Frank Picchioni, . of Clayton, Mass., was killed yes- “anaan airport when | tion with the national program. The|a stick of dvnamite which he was second will be from some coast point east to Chicago. Pacific | preparing for blasting a tree stump | exploded. FRISBIE’S FRESH FRUIT CHERRY . PIES MADE OF BIG, RIP LUSCIOUS CHERRIES They Are Delicious TRY ONE TODAY — You will want another. At the Grocers and at your Restaurants Bares Balkan Political Intrigue The Boy is shown betwe reviewed his arr child is King Mich the thron BY Paris, July pretty wo to do with action in reao throne when he but litical i ticed in had a pa The suddenr errant prir throne whe est from ex anything and frequen token, it p the unscrupulou fss wi SPERRYAGBARNES FRANKFURTS It's The MEAT In A Frankfurt That Determines The Quality There is a pleasant suprise awaiting you in your first taste of Sperry and Barnes Frankfuts—the smooth mild fAlavor of choice cuts of finely ground fresh meats blended with just the proper amount of seasoning. When you have tried Sperry and Barnes once, you will demand them always—for Sperry and Bernes Frankfurts are made to please discriminating tastes. When you buy Frankfur::, ask for Sperry and Barnes. Who Onc arie and >. king, Michael, Helen, as he The smaller are Queen Marie, Fis mot cess acy display s cousin. B:low ey anpeared when he ascended | n with his departure nearly years before Viewed from one angle, Carol may ss and irresponsible more concerned with feminine charms than with the wel- are of his country. Vies rom another angle he ma ng man who was un- in the loveless royal mar- riage was not of his own choosing and disgusted with the chinations that surround the Ru- throne and therefore sought to get away from it all King in Name Only Certainly his father, old King Fer- nan DIFFERENCE/ Opercy & Barnes Fancy Pizaic A product of New Ens- 1(.;.5“1:3..- m;hw.,"vid losely #im mil and: iwest, Order S e THE SPERRY & BARNES CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. Makers of NEW ENGLAND DRESSED FRESH PORK PRODUCTS Since 1869 |ful Bratianu family, which had im- |ported the royal family from Ger- many a generation before when Ru- mania gained its freedom from the Turks, really ruled the country. Ton | Bratianu, prime minister, led the | king around by the pose—pnolitically speaking. Queen Marie, “Carol's mother, tried to buck this outfit when s came from England as the young granddaughter of Queen Victoria to become Ferdinand's wife. She failed and. being promptly oined them Carol Was Independent Crown Prince Carol, however, imbued piore independen ideals. He looked forward to being his own master when the time should come for him to take the throne, and made no secret of the fact that when his day arrived the Bratianu influence would perish He hated Bratia the latter’s brother-in bu Stirbey, a mysterious f at the Ruman- ian court. wise, with an out your whole crowd! once re- ported to have told them And so tHere was war w royal palace. Deep Plot Charged One can hear almost anythi Rumanian political circles, depend- ing on which side he listens to. And so, truthful or not, strange stories have been told 1t is even charged that Carol's youthful marriage Lambrino, a commoner, was the re sult of a deep-dyed political plot engineered by the Bratianus in an attempt to discredit him and thus 1t him from ever asce 1t is also rumored t pescu, his beautiful m secretly in the pay of tI who had a similar motive Whether these charges are false, is nevertheless Sc dal When Carol fled pescu a gra discovered in ¢ purchase of militar d approved the c tion, to be sure, b he countersigne “To the devil business!” Carol i claimed when these dishonesty reached of it all, I am normall It din neiation nd to dem died and 5-year-ol ing. Bratianu ppointing Scandal Upon Scandal brand of R Uncovered it his friends say them innocently e going t 1 thr Bra nd Pr follo make a Chicago ward boss think he had died and gone to heaven.” The Carol responded quickly, arriving local police prefect was a czar with in Rumania by airplane at midnight. the |powers to pass on tax sheets, appli-| Next day the National Assembly y airplanes. He cations for shopkeepers’ lice met, solem decided that Carol o s in ques- 'and the like eldom, therefore, had never renounced his rights, that nyone dare risk his displeasure |little Michael had never been Kking, tion since Ferdinand's death th Death Ends Power tful king of Rumania had been Bratianu died, his ‘“Carol IL"” and therefore proclaimed as shrewd, his gship by a vote of 486 to 1 h am si cee him as the power behind | The one vote was that of Vintila tianu the old hatred of bower behind the throne still Oberammergau. with Mme. Lu- dal was promptly nection with day crooked nians, long accustomed to ffairs of the heart, looked on omances leniently and for- e their ruler. Next brother this Carol's mother. more about royal family POSTPONE EXTRADITION CASE Hartford, Ju 9 — Extradition s against George A. Law- Rocky Hill charged with proceed Maniu premier. rence of ng happened ediately, but ing his wife in Massaehusetts liberals' bitter attacks on Carol | were indefinitely postponed yesterday forbidden on the grou after a conference between counsel as “the brother of imsel for Lawrence said an agree- nd father of the king.” nnt had been made whereby the proceedings would be postponed and but he would not re- dese. Carol—or his fri y keen politics h d weaknesses of t X al t of the agreement der the child ertion occurred 21 exaggerated upon and A minor child he left at the populace by clever is now 25 years old, ac It is even hinted that | o the charges. 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