New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1930, Page 6

6 , :New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britain, Conmecticut ' == Tssued Daily (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg., 61 Church Street 5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 900 Year $1.00 Thres Months 5c. a Month n Eatered at the Post Ofce at New Britain 48 Becond Cires Mall Matter, TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office ..... $1b | Editorial Rooms .... 920 1 + The only profitable aavertisiug medix “ia the City. Circulation books and pr rosm always open to advertisera | ., Member of the Asecciated Press The Amociated Press a exclusvely en- titled to the nse for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited n this paper and also local , mews published therein. Member Audit Bureau of Clrculation _ The A B. C. is & national or which furnishes newspapers tisers with a rictly honest anal circulation, Our circulation etatist| based upon this audit. This {nsures pi fon against fraud in tribution figures to both local advertisers. The Herald ts on mle dally i New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schults's Newsstand, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. Liquor “right off the boat” but made in Hartford seems to have! ‘ been made of anti-freeze solution, castor oil, caustic soda, white oil and charcoal. We have heard it said since then that at least the char- coal would hurt nobody. i Seems that in the good old days— 45 years ago—New DBritain had Tom Burns playing third base on the Chicago White Sox, then champions of the world. Old-timers in town re- member the year. Since that time there has been a vast increase in in- terest in the World Series games, but we haven't had another Tom Burns. It strikes us that the amazing | sum total of golf playing being in- | dulged in, both real and pee-wee, is doing no good to other types of - amusements. But the gasoline busi- ness does not seem to be greatly « harmed, while the manufacturers of equipment for the players seem to be enjoying boom times, The football industry is picking up steadily; but we refuse to get excited about it until the Worid Serles games are In other words, one thing at a time. over. It was satisfactory to read that| at least one mob in the South, evi- dently bent upon lynching a Negro suspect, was denied the excitement of carrying out their intentions by the quick action of the National Guard. The crux of the situation was that the Negro was not even certain of having committed the crime charged, but was merely & “ suspect.” It is an amazing examn- ple of mob psychology when people who hope to call themselves Chris- tians can so far discard all elements of justice as to seek summary pun- ishment against a mere suspect. The *' National Guard at least maintained the elements of civilization in the case. The mayor and police officials , have had a little dinner at which traffic regulations were discussed Perhaps the automatic signal system 5 discussed and perhaps it wasn't. Or maybe a decision was made (o “ clean the windows in the down- | town tratfic tower which has degen- erated into a sort of street orna- | ment. } THE / YORK ISSULS [ Senator Wagner of New York | gavea good indication of the ‘“is-| sues” that will be made paramount | in the New York campaign. The! Republicans are pointing the finger | of scorn at Tammany Hall. The Democrats counter by pointing ar. | accusing finger at the national Re- publican administration. Thus both, | S0 far as state polemics are con- | cérned, go a trifl | munition. Added prohibition that makes three points of contact of more or less importance with th minds of the voters: 1. prohibition; | 2, Tammany; 3, the national admin- | istration ) The New York s i it there are ¢ ortably Perhaps afield to the issue, 4 co in the background cares. nobody DAVIS RUBS IT 1IN John W. Davi fore the New York Democratic con- vention, uttered forceful counter against the ations of Republican that the depression and that the de not really in an address be- a truth that is a explan- | spellbinders | “worldwid responsible for some- | andoldparty is | | thing that exists all over | ized world ex and a few S The Republican Mr. had ars coached the people t6 assume that they 1 | perhaps in France countrics | Dt andinavian ty. remarked | Davis, for y rely upon prosperity, | that there it for th ir could no prosperity without it, and that there could w' no hard times under Republican rule | regardless of conditions elsewhere This doctrine ! plague the It shown up as so much piffle and there is at least likely to be considerable | is returning 10 Republicans. is being | frown st | a resentment when the good folks get around to the polls. THE SHOW IN NEBRASKA Nebraska, possessing Senator Nor- ris, can be relied upon to put on quite an interesting political show during a campaign year. In 1928, it will remembered, Senator Nor- ris, who is nominally a Republican, came out for the election of Alfred E. Smith; and that caused qyite a flurry. This year one thing has happen- ed after another. First another Norris was put up by the Republi- cans in the primary contest, this to confuse the voters and ditch the more widely known Norris. But the substitute Norris was withdrawn after a court order. Now Gilbert Hitchcock, crat, who is running for the Senate, be Demo- wants to know whether the national Democrats are going to support him or Mr. Norris, he having heari thal the Democrats eclsewhere would Mr. Noris elected seeing that he just as lief as a Democrat, see us- ually votes on the Democratic sige. Naturally it was necessary to in- form Mr. Hitechock that the nation- al Democratic organization is whole- heartedly behind his candidacy. There was nothing else to do in the fom Mr. Hitchcock that the nation- al Democratic organization in favor of backing all Demecrati@ candidates. The assurance cost only the.price a telegram. What good it will do Mr. Hitchcock is immaterial. There remain plenty of Democratic lead- ers who think Mr. Norris would be a good pseudo Republican to have in the Senate ‘to assist the Demo- crats in anything they might wish to do. is of TAKE IT SERIOUSLY OR CHUCKLE The Emporia Gazette tells us that prohibition is not a moral issue, but that it is essentially economic. “It was not to free the slaves that we of the North got excited,” it says. “It was to free the free labor from slave competition. There was the crux of the whole issue. . The Puritan spirit always dramatizes the issue as a moral issue, and mobilizes the preachers and the women.” Then the Gazette, edited by Wil- liam Allen White, says the Repub- lican party is ‘running true to form.” That the parly “is funda- mentally the party of prohibition because prohibition is an inevitable part of national prosperity.” Our only comment is that the edi- torial must have been written dur- ing the boom times of 1929, Lefore the stock crash; or before Kansas wheat was selling for more than dirt in New York. THE “WET PRESS” Newspaper editors are becoming somewhat accustomed to hearing or reading of their publications being referred to as “the wet pre: At first, perhaps, there was a certain opprobrium connected with the designation; and perhaps, too, ye editors grew angry. Their sense” of humor, however, inevitably got the better of them and today, whenever they read of some church dignitary terming most of the country's jour- nals as “wet and unfair,” addicted to stressing news calculated to stir up indigation against the prohibition law, and playing the devil in their news and editorial columns al they merely stretch their legs and chuckle function where a :d o grow. We know of no newspapers which let a | refuse to print a dry argument in Some of the which being their their news columns newspapers of in *mtror\ollmn H\" strongly anti-prohibition columns have reputation frequently- backward yes, in cdito very frequently—lean der ets and the to carry an attack upon the so-called wet news- papers in their news columns. This is their idea of fairness; and theie is no one but a fanatic who would clai ey are not giving both sides deal It is said of the od wet news- papers that they play up killings by “out of all proportion to ¥s but or dry agents their importance; when policeman citizen is killed by a police shooting with bad aim at crminal, or when a crimi shoois policeman, such news is not pl charge is m y false When individuals who carp abou fair wet newspapers” make such a char, ey know they are fooling neir news! in the killing New unison condem gang Jersey re- cently The made that almost all newspaper d ose published in cities gencrally wet” in their editorial enunci- itions. Therc can be little doubt that this is true; put fanatical drys must realize that in their riglits in taking sides on any in their editorial utter- that a critical of the these it public issuc nees; and happens prohibition on pages must be bec apers are with- | | fleeing | \ | { convinced there it. There is little probability indeed that a newspaper would be an ad- vocate of prohibition modification when published in a preponderating- ly prohibition territory. In such a case, with the owners wet and the public dry, it would be distinctly bad business to be a vehement anti- prohibition advocate on the editorial page. The editor simply would re- frain from discussing the issue at all rather than take a side opposed to the beliefs of himself and his colleagues merely to please his pub- lic. And what he did happen to say would be with guarded words. The reason there is such a pre- ponderance of modification journals in the country is because the news- papers and their editors are re- flecting a large part of the public, and happen to think the same way themselves. These editorially “wet” newspapers have many dry readers. | who if they are fair will be satisficd it the newspapers print news from both sides in their news columns. The dry readers of course “skip” the wet editorials if they are sufficient- ly irritated at their appearance. Instead of traducing the nation's press under such circumstances, fanatical drys should endeavor to be fair. We are sure such motives would be reciprocated even on the cditorial pages of the alleged wet newspapars. The newspapers of this country are zealous of the integrity of thelr news columns. They spend large sums of money to get news to prinf and they want it correct. If the W. C. T. U. makes a statement, and the papers get hold of it, it 1n- variably receives as fair treatment in | the news columns as a statement by an equally prominent wet organiza- tion, if there are any. Eveh dry speakers Who attack the press in rather unbridled language are fre- quently reported in full. Newspapers in no other country will give such prominence to vitriolic attacks upon their integrity, fairness and honesty as hapens to be the rule in the United States. A The fundamental fact underlying the fault-finding is that newspapers in this country as a whole are in too strong and independent a position to e bulldozed out of the honesty and fairness they seek to possess, Many an individual or group with an axe to grind has found that out. HOLDING THE BAG To the best of our knowledge the American Civil Liberties Union is not a wealthy institution. It has fre- quently projected itself in legal frays to defend folks accused of crime | provided the alleged crimes sprang ! from participation in disputes in- volving issues in which the organi- zaton was interested. Thus it came | to the defense of thé labor leaders, or rather, leaders in the Communist National Textile Workers Union, who were embroiled in the death of | 0. S. Aderholt, chiet of police in | Gastonia, N. C. The Civil Liberties Union posted bonds totalling $27,000 for tha ap- pearance of the seven men in court for sentence between the time thuy took appeal, the upholding of the sentences by the state Supreme court, and their return to the low- er court for acceptance of sentences Now the Civil Liberties Union | scems to Le out of pocket by a tidy Some of the convicted haa gone to Russia, and for all any- body knows are still there; the re- or sum. mainder seem to be in hiding, perhaps have gone to other nation- al asylums on the Western Hemi- sphere. The question Was all this a put up job on the part of the convicted, or did the Civil Libertles Union allow itself to be hoodwink- ed with its eyes open? Or did it ex- | pect no other termination than tie | likelihood it would have to pay out the bond money it posted? Perhaps at the last moment it may the Civil Liberties Union to induce some of the men | involved to appear in court. the | court order being that the organiza- tion shows cause why the bonds should not be forfeited. The Civil Liberties Union still has time to some of the bond money for it- | elf, it appears, if it can produce the | remains: be possible for save men promptly. One guess, only a guess, men will continue to ren sent, Which will cause the Civil Lib- is that n ab- | | erties Union to credit a neat sum to | the cost of stepping into the breach to aid the Communists and others instigate less | defences he “experience may readiness to offer next time the opportunity offers. such A NOMINATION, ANYWAY Only the reasonable certainty that for Congress golng to Washingtor. COMMUNICATED SIDEWALK LIABILITY Judge Kirkham Further Explains Views On Proposed Law Change. Editor New Britain Herald: 1 was interested in your editorial of yesterday on sidewalk liability. You state that it is the property owners themselves who favor the city being liable. This is quite cor- rect, as I pointed out in my com- munication to the mayor and the common council. The reason that the property owners favor the city's being liable is because they fear that it the Connecticut statute making cities and towns liable for accidents occasioned by ice and snow on side- walks is repealed, that thereupon they will automatically become liable themselves. This fear is due to ig- norance of the law. The supreme court of errors of Connecticut in the case of Hartford vs. Talcott, 48 Conn. 532, January term, 1881, decided this matter and that decision has never been over- ruled or modified and such is the law to the best of my belief in every state in the Union. In that case the charter of Hart- ford authorized the common council to pass an ordinance for the keep- ing of the strcets open and safe. The council passed an ordinance re- quiring every owner or occupant of a bullding or lot bordering upon a street with a paved or graded side- walk to remove from the walk all after it had fallen or formed and imposing a penalty of two dollars for every 12 hours of neglect of the duty after notice from a policeman. The defendant, who owned premises fronting upon a public street and sidewalk ncglected beyond the time limited to remove snow and ice that had accumulated upon the walk and rendered it unsafe and a person passing by upon it fell and was in- jured, and afterwards recovered damages therefor from the city. In a suit brought by the city to recover the amount from defendants, it was held that they were not liable. The court states: “There not being upon the indi- vidual any liability at common law for injuries resulting from obstruc- tions in the way wholly the effects of natural causes, such liability is not brought into existence by force of declarations in the ordinance that the obstructions are nuisances or that it is his duty to remove them; for, as the liability is the creation of the ordinance, it can be no greater than that specifically named therein, and as in the one before us the council measured it by a fine with cost of removal, the city has thereby barred itself from enforcing an un- nathed and unlimited penalty be- yond."” I might add that the city would not be liable were it not for the spegial statute which I recommend- ed be amended as there is no com- mon law lability for the city for in- Jjuries resulting from obstructions in the way wholly the effect of natural causes, The legislature has repealed this statute in so far as Waterbury is concerned, as I pointed out in my report. I am informed that the law has worked out in Waterbury to the | great satisfaction of the tax payers of the city and if the rest of the state had the same law as Waterbury has, there is no question in my mind but what the tax jpayers of the en- tire state would be pleased with the same rights which they are entitled | to as much as tax payers of Water- bury. I would not have the property owners ltable and would have no onc liable for the weather. Were it possible by a reasonable effort on the part of the city to pre- vent accidents on sidewalks on ac- count of their being slippery, my opinion would be different. As it is, in my opinion the law is unfair. It is impossible for the city of New Britain to prevent accidents from ice and snow on three hundred miles of sidewalks, or even on one mile. The whole matter boils Gown to this: 1Is a law, which is intrinsical- ly unjust and unfair (except in the city of Waterbury, et al,) worth while which as legally construed penalizes the tax payers of the city in five cases out of one hundfed, but in practice results in the filing of one hundred claims, where there 1s a possibllity that a jury or court might declde twenty-five cases in { favor of the claimants and a prot bility that they would decide in favor of the city in ninety-five cases, pro- vided the city should put up a first class legal battle in defense of its ights New Britain has not fared ill in any contested cascs in recent tat has compremised many cases of doubtful lability through the claims committee or the corporation.covn- sel and has given many claimants lcave to withdraw, all to the im- mense dissatisfaction of their lawy®rs, their doctors, thei- Jiospitals and their nurses, as well, as I suspect, to the dissatisfaction of tax payers. Plcase bear in mind that I advo- cate that the city continue to be held hable as by law provided, for all other defects in’highways, but that no one be held liable in damages tor snow or ice, and that the pres- ent city ordinunce should remain in force where the penzlty to adjoin- ing proprietors is limited to a finc in police court and the expense of rcmoval of the ice and snow. Yours truly, J. H. KIRKHAM, Corporation Counse! Observations On The Weather o had no chance left to become the democratic candidate for Congre: | from this district could have indn Mr. the nomination for sheriff of Hartford | The is in conformity cd Paonessa to accept plan, it is said. the county is with thinking of | { Democrats in Hartford, who are said to be of sufficient influence to have | things quite their own way. The next step will be to nominate Mr. Loner- gan for the congressional candidate. | Yoo et e is a better Or maybe chance | of him heing clected sheriff than | se there s reason fOr | {here js for the Democratic nominee | ‘Washington, Scpt. night and Wednesday; night; probably posed places; northwest winds Forecast for Fastern Iair and slightly cooler with light frost in exireme south and light possibly heavy in north and centra portions tonight. Wednesday fair, continued cool; moderate northwest winds. Forecast for New Haven and vi- cinity: Iair and slightly cooler to- night, Wednesday incrcasing cloudi- n {o- to- —Fair cooler light frosts in noderate west and New York Conditions: A strong area of high pressure covers the country from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast ex- cept in Florida peninsula where a snow and fce within a certain time | ears, | claimants, | ex- | disturbance is developing. Frosts were reportad from the North Cen- tral states, with temperatures below freezing in Minnesota. Showers were reported from Florida, Ar- kansas and Georgia and from Lake Superior region. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature. Temperatures yesterda, High Atlanta . 68 Atlantic City . Boston . Buftalo Chicago Cincinnati . Denver .. Duluth .. Hatteras Los Angeles .. Miami ... Minneapolis .. Nantucket Nashville . New Haven .. New Orleans . New York ... Norfolk, Va. . Northfield, Vt. Pittsburgh Portland, Me. St. Louis . Washington .. Questi and / QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washing- ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let- ters are confidential.—Editor, Q. What are joint committees of congress? A. They are committees com- posed of members of each branch of congress, appointed by the presiding officers, the vice-president in the senate and the speaker of the house. 0. Who was “The Rose of Rabv?" A. Mother of Richard 1II. She was Cecily, a ‘daughter of Ralph de Neville ‘of Raby, first earl of West- moreland. Q. Is Lady Astor still a citizen of the United States? A. She is no longer an American citizen. Q. What are some of the best known pictures in which Joan Ben- nett has appeared? A. “Bulldog Drummond,” “Three Live Ghosts,” “Disracl,” " The Mis- | sissippi Gambler,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” /'Crazy That Way,” “Moby Dick” and “Maybe It's Love.” Q. How many miles is it by au- tomobile from New York City to Jacksonvillg, Florida? A. It is 1,406 miles by the most usually traveled route. Q. Has Henry Ford a plant at Corl, Ireland? A. He has a tractor plant at Cork in the Irish Free State. Q. What languages are spoken in the Philippine Tslands? A. English and Spanish are used officially by the government. There are also three native dialectsi Tag- alog in the centers of learning and the metropolitan area of Manila and in the neighboring privinces; Vis- {ayan, in the islands of the Visayan | group, and Tlocano, in the northern mountain provinces of the islands, Q. What is the nickname of the | Washington baseball team? A. They are knows as the “Na- tionals” but the name “Senators” is also frequently applied. Q. When did the New Market | wreck occur? How many casualties | resulted? A. The wreck occurred Septem- ber 24, 1904 between New Market and Hodges, Tennessce. It was a head-on collision and the casualties were: Passengers killed 61, injured | 304; postal clerks, killed 3, injured 58; other_persons killed 3. injured 18. Both engincers were Killed. Q. What is the least number of games that a modern major league bascball team has lost in one season? A. Thirty-six by the Chicago Na- | tional league club in “1906. The | team won 116 games. Q. In how many motion pictures has Bebe Daniels appeared? A. Her latest production, “Law- | ful Larceny,” is her 288th. She has | been appearing in motion pictures since she was elgit years old. | Q. What is the value of a United States three cent paper money, issue of 1868, green back, bust of Wash- | | ington, dgrk curtain? | A Ttis valued at 20 cents If | |in “new and perfect condition.” ; Q. Is there an official represen- | tative in the United States from | krainia? A. Ukrainia is one of tne con-| stituent republics of the Soviet Rus- sian Union and has no official rep- resentative in this country, becau Soviet Russia is not recognized by the United States. Q. How can hair ‘brushes be cleaned so that the bristles will not 16se their stiffness? A. Put a dash of houschold am- monia in warm water and dip the brush in it several times—with the ! back up. Do not rinse at all. This tiffens the bristles, Just wipe the back with a soft cloth and lay the brush on its back to dry. Q. followed by a singular Verb? A. The plural construction is the ! commonor, followed & plural verb. a STUD! HAS PARALYSIS Middletown, Sept. 30—Guy Hast- of Manchester, a student at van university, is confined te the Middlesex hospital with infan- tile paralysis. He is the second stu- dent of the institution to become af- | flicted with the disease. Nelither of Is the pronoun “none!’ always New York, Sept. 30.—All my life, save a boyhood period of living with my grandmother, 1 have re- sided in hotels. So after a fashion I have grown up with bellhops and watched many flower into merchant princes, theatrical producers, stage and screen stars and bootleg kings. Following a recent experiment in heousekeeping, which is perfectly dandy thanks, the feature most missed in-the new regime is the bell hop. He had become as neces- sary in my life as the telephone. He was the eternal soother of that mys- terious abstraction we call the hu- man mind. He brought the mail, newspapers, liept unwelcome visitors away, air ed the dog. tipped off the latest | dirty book, below stairs whisperings and often had a hot 20 to 1 selec- tion at Belmont or Havre de Graee. In my case he was often not only a friend but counsellor. Few young men are 86 shrewd as your experienced bell hop. His wits have been sharpened on the flag- stones of experience. He knows his —whatever the reigning vegetable E‘. And in his seasonal migratory ights to Havana, Palm Beach, Tia Juana he learned to know people. Not many fool him. I may have been fortunate in my contact with bell hops but I have yet to run across one of the fra- ternity who was disloyal or have [ ever caught one in a dishonest act. They have had innumerable chances to steal clothes, money and jewelry, with little chance of detec- tion. But they never have. Bellboys have been entrusted with extremely important missions with- out a single fumble, There s one unforgettable instance. During an after midnight holdup in a hotel lobby a bell boy risked his life to shove me into an elevator and slam the self-locking doors while guns were pointed at his red head. But when you leave the bellboy's world his interest dies. Today I ran across one who had laboured 1n three hotels where I lived. I told him of my new manner of living. He listened in obvious boredom, ex- haled a deep drag from his cigar- ette and commented: ‘“Yeah?" O, yes, T almost forgot. One of the problems in a non-hotel exls- tence is what to do about stationery. Anything to make it tough for M Intyre! Incidentally, fellow thieves, there is swell stationery at the new Plerre’s, gold embossed and a smart address, but the house dick has the tenacity of a hound trailing a cov- ered wagon, For many year the Gibson House in Cincinnati was my stationer. But one day — indeed practically over night—they made you ask for it from the room clerk and while they lost a customer the Sinton won one. Fervid gestures were made by li tle shops on Broadway to keep go- ing during the lowest days of the summer depression. A flerce win- dow card in flaming red near the Winter Garden announced: “Come in, select your wants, pay what you please. We ask to live!" The frank- ness attracted many passersby. An economist calls the worst sag of the stmmer—and can you handle it?>—a “mere hypothetical hiatus.” But I prefer the observation of the hardware merchant in our town who wrote me last August: “Pros- perity 8 getting no further than you can kick a barrel.” Nothing Is quite so disarming as flattery. This morning on the war- path I visited a dry cleaning estab- lishment that not enly had torn | rounded into the metropolis most of the buttons off a suit )JulI had not left enough lining to dust oft an oboe. After I aired my griev- ance and right in the middle of my nastiest look, he observed: “I read your articles. Pretty good, too.” I'm sharper than anything detecting a public clamor for my stuff that way, 80 we parted with a warm handshake. It wasn't much of a suit anyhow. > Peter B. Kyne, the author, has ter & long stay in his native California. The glum looking Kyne is not only master fictionist but one of the wittiest of raconteurs. He is reputed to have kept a dinner party in con- stant laughter from 8 o’clock until 3 a. m. the ether night. This from S. T. D.: “You try to be a city chap with spats and pastel- | shaded shirts, but they don't click. Plattsburg ani Gallipolis stick out like your years. You lack metro- politan nonchalance and that is not acquired.” ‘What do you want me to do? Stand around all day lighting Mu- rands on Broadway and 42d street? (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) Factsand Fancies By Robert Quillen Merchant prince: A prince wails. of Maybe religion has lost its influ- ence. It elected. Hoover, and look at the mess we're in. Germany isn't the only nation left wondering how long it will take to get the war paid for. Out where the vote depends on the weather, that's where the West begins. A civilized nation is one that s horrified by the way other civilized nations treat their colonies. Maybe statues of statesmen look unnatural because they are on a pedestal instead of a fence. That highway Men working,” should read: slow.” sign, “Go slow; isn't correct. It “Men working go Speeder: Ore who permits him- zelf to be robbed of $10 because ‘t would cost him more to come back for trial. The desire to get work may be epidemi but a lot of people seem to have a natural immunity. Americanism: A pious conviction that one as nice as you are needn't obey the law if he does his part to make the neighbors obey it. Don't be depressed by the sight of idle men watching a construction job. Every job has its foremen. “The genius is very close to an idiot,” says a critic. . If you mean the genius who paints signs, he's close to a lot of them. It it is impoesible to predict vieather accurately, how does the neighbor contrive to have his coal delivercd when the wind is blowing your way? You can tell a woman who mar- ried for money. She listens patient- ly when anybody talks about symp- toms. The obiection to Sherman’s description of war is that it doesn't leave any adequate word to describe peace. Happy thought! Why not relieve unemployment by having all the pavement forn up now instead of doing a little at a time? Bacon wasn't so wise. He thought marriages would be happier if peo- ple could see one another before- hand, but the shorter bathing suits get the shorter marriages get. Among the wells in which you can dig and dig and yet frequently fail to find anything is H. G. Correct this sentence: “He shot the fellow without reason,” said the gossip, “and his money won't save him now.” Copyright, 1930, Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today The Sunshine societies - of the state are holding their state conven- tion in this city today. The Somerset club will meet to- morrow morning at 10 o’clock. The Lithuanian Citizenk' club will hold a special meecting at Hanna's hall this evening to discuss the com ing election. The question of cone solidation is expected to come up. The annual.inspection of the fire department was held on Franklin square this afternoon. The caucuses this week are not expected to be very lively or enthu- siatic. The election promises to be a very tame affair. Three concerts will be given this season under the auspices of the Men's Sunday club of the South church. Treasurer Judd made a report ot the financial condition of the high school football team at a meeting of the athletic council held yesterday. DIES OF BURN Rockville, Sept. 30—Edward A. Heim, burned when a lantern ex- ploded while he was working in a cattle barn, died in Rockville City hospital last night. Two barns were burned by the fire started by the ex- ploding lantern. —_— QEICK WATSON, THE NEKDLE! . Do you know Sherlock Holmes? Have you met C. Auguste Dupin; or In- r “Bucket, Cufi, Monsieur Lecoq, ki Mr. Gryce, Joseph Rauleta- Philo Vance? 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