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New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
IS APPROVED FOR
 FEDERAL TRAINING
Agent OKanc Is We'll Pleased With Results on tho Opening Day for
 His Four Day Drive Here.

The cases of IS local ex-service men who have claims and who arc seeking placement under the Federal Board for Vocational Training, were surveyed yesterday afternoon at tho rooms of the Homo Service Section of the Rcd Cross at City Hall. The histories of tho men will be sent to the New York office of the federal board go that they may be rated and placed in training. The work Is In charge of Agent Joseph C. o'Kane. who is assisted by Miss whipple of the Hartford office and the local Red Cross agent, Miss Avis Kemp. The ex-service mems organizations about the city. including the American Le- zion, Soldiers. Sailors and Marines as- sociation and the Veterans of Foreign Wars arc cooperating with the fed eral board.
 Agents in charge of placements were here today to secure posts for training for those already approved at the New York once. They will re- main in the city until their work is completed
 Mir. O'Kane and his stan will be here for four days. It is estimated that there are about s5 men here who arc eligible for training and who have not yet been brought into contact with the board. If the service mon continue to come into the office as they did yesterday, 1t is expected that the work will be cleaned up in the allotted time.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
HAT UNION HEARING
Charles WimpIchcimcr, Officer of R. and w. Hat Go. of NorwaIk. One of Those on Stand Today.

Bridgeport. Nov. 17.-Charles Vim pleheimer. an officer or the R. and W. Hai CO. of NorwaIk continued his tes- timony today in tho trial of tho in- junction proceedings brought by the hat company against the United Hat ters' Union of North America When Wimpleheimer retired from the stand at noon a number of dispositions taken from officials of the union who could not be present at the trial and from manufacturers Of mats with whom the wera read.
 The injunction proceedings charge the union with interfering with the hat company's business by calling a strike at the plant during April, 1918, and nlso with ccnspirinG to ipture the in-
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
TABS ANNIVERSARY
Annual Event Will Take Place This Evening at Organizations Hall on Lafayette street.

Nine 25 year membership medals VIII bo presented this evening at tho o'th anniversary exercises of tho Y. Al. T. A. X F. society at the organiza- 'lorrs hall on Lafayette street. Elabor- que piahs nave been made for the event ana m view of tho fact that the num- per or medals to be presented is ono ol the largest in tho history of tho orsah1zation, 1t is expected that the attendance will also be large.
 An entertainment will ba furnishe ed by tho Tempo Quartet of Hartford, consisting of solo numbers and quar- tet selections. Prof. Charles w. Wells. magician, will also present a turn. TADancing will follow the speaking and frfH
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
No. 6 Fire Station Will
 Cost the City S1S.527.55

The November meeting of the com mon council. which is to be held this evening, will hear a report from the mayor and the finance committee upon the completion of No. fire house. The total cost of the structure was $1s,527.55. The original appropriation was $1s,o0O.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.
ALL YANKEES LEAVE.

San Franctsco. Nov. i7.--Brig. Gen.
 N. $. Graves former eommander-in- Thief of tho American forces in Si- keria who left Siberia for Manila in prii was hero today from Manila n route to Camp Dixon. " J. Ho |aid that tho last handful Of Ameri- Ian forces In siberia, a group to
 andie return Of army equipment had
 Ef Siberia recently.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued this afternoon as follows: Stuart s. He'll berg Of 130 Lincoln street and Miss Amalie Nj. Sjoberg of TIT Linden street: Ernest Le Roy Woliver of 320 Main street and Mrs Sadie Coop CT of New Haven: Lewis Tray of POT High street and Miss Marie c. Sys- ca of so Cherry street.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
League of Nations Men
 Fired On By Lithuanians

Warsaw. Nov. 17.-Lithuanian troops fired on members of the League of Nations control commission as they were crossing No Mans Land from Gen. zeilgouskfs lines to those of the Lithuanians, according to dispatches received hero today. The members of the commission were carrying Q white flag.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
TO-DAY LAST DAY

Hartford. Nov. 17.-Today is the last day for the filing of returns of election expenses witt the secretary of state. A large number of returns were received in the secretary's office this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17
CALL FOR QUEEN MOTHER

Athens. Nov. l7.--ouecn Mother R'-1 of Greece probably will assume hs regency today it was learned hero
 H forenoon. She is the mother of lao King ooorEr who was assas-
 hafod af aalonfki in 1913. Admiral
New Britain herald., 1920-11-17

To Cure . Co,d in One Day Take Groves LAX NrfvE BnOMO QtININE tablets. The genuine he1rs the signature of P. ". Grove, 3oc.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
FARMS ATTRACT MANY
WEALTHY sBRIT0NS

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. II. (By In
ternational News Service.) - London
cables say that emigration records for
the eighteen months ended July 1 show
that an unusual number of wealthy men
have departed for Western Canada, re-
presenting an aggregate capital of $12,-
900, 1000. Most of the British families who
sought homes in Canada in that period
had more than $4,000.
The majority Of these, according to
the records have gone to Alberta, but
all the provinces have received q
share. With the Hudson's Bay Com
pany closing out all its farm lands to
settlers, men of means, owning good
both from the British isles and the
United States, because the lands open
to settlement are, as a rule, in the cen
tiers of well-settled areas possessing
all the advantages of schools, churches
and railway transportation near at
hand
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
NEW FLYING MACHINE
HAS SEA-GULL WINGS

LONDON, Aug. IT. (By International
News Service 1.-The Creator was right,
arter all, is the conclusion of the Black
nurn Aeroplane company, which has
Just produced flying machine which
gull.
This new type combines high lift
ing power with low resistance against
the air. With these new wings a load
ing OF 10 pounds per square foot can be
obtained. Aerial experts say this will
cess.
The pelican four-ton aerial lorry'
mas been built by the Blackburn firm to
demonstrate the new idea. The ma
chine, monoplane, has a wing span of
l46 feet, is fitted with two 45O-horse
power Napier engines, and the propel-
lers are fitted on to shafts behind the
plane: With one engine running the
machine can fly and climb at a speed
OF u miles an hour. The airplane will
carry four tons of freight at a cost of
two shillings 90 cents) a mile.
BY means of shutters near the lead
ing edge Of the plane the airplane can
be turned and Unanswered with great
ease Independently OF the rudder. This
surmouqts the difficulty of the Wright
patents.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
KIDNAPPED CHILD
AWAY MANY YEARS
RETURNS; MARRIED

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. II. (Spl)-Kid-
mapped when five years old, searched
for all over the nation, Luna Virginia
Joyner comes back to her people as
Mrs W. T. Pickard. She does not
remember being kidnapped
Luna Joyner disappeared from her
home in 1902. She lived with her par
ents at Churchill, Dinwiddie- county.
She went out to play one day. She
was missed by her parents only few
minutes later. When they went to
search for her she had disappeared.
Petersburg, then by the police and de-
tectives of all cities in America. Her
picture was sent broadcast all over the
nation, but no tidings Of her were re-
ceived. She was finally given up for
dead, possibly, as her parents conceived,
having been killed and her body hid
den.
But Luna Joyner, now Mrs. Pickard,
has just returned to her old home. Her
mother is dead, died of grief. Mrs,
Pickard came to the home of her sis
ter, Mrs F. B. DeShazor, of Black
stone, Va, a few days ago, and from
the sister she learned the story of her
The sisters We're brought together
through an anonymous letter received
by Chief of Police Sherry, of Rich
mond. Mrs. Pickard said she had re-
ceived letter signed Interested
Stranger in which she was informed
that she was Luna Joyner, and, if she
was Interested, to get in touch with
Chief Sherry. She did so, with the re-
suit that she was told where her sis
ter could be found. Then Mrs. Pickard
came from her home in New York to
Blackstone, where she met her sister
for the first time.
Mrs. Packard says she was brought
up by Mr.. and Mrs. Earle, who trav-
eled with a circus and made their home
in New York. Mrs. Pickard lived at
No. rs Franklin street, New York.
Luna was taught to ride a horse, and
developed into quite a bareback rider
and earned a good salary by it. She
said she thought the Earles were her
parents
II did not remember being taken
from my own home" she said, "They
treated me fairly well, and up until
eight years ago / thought I was their
child We lived in New York when we
were not with a circus, and it was only
by the merest chance that / learned,
child
Then asked them to tell me who
was and who were my parents. They
refused to tell me anything. Then left
them. tried every way | knew to dis
cover my identity, but l had nothing
10 WORK on ana maze very little prog
ress. 1t was not until | received the
letter signed Interested Stranger that
I received any real assistance Then
wrote the Richmond police and I was
put into communication with my sis
ter"
Mrs. Pichard says that while she was
with the circus she was known as
"Zella Earle" and under this name she
was married to W. r. Pickard, a sea
lion trainer who was with the same
circus. She is now the mother of two
children.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
LLOYD GEORGE TO DEAL
WITH LIQUOR QUESTION

LONDON, Aug. II. (By International
News Service -Bonar Law, leader of
the house of commons, says the Lloyd
George government will deal with the
liquor traffic during the present SEES
sion. He says:
THE governments aim is to retain,
insofar as possible, some of the ad-
vantages Of greater temperance attained
during the war through restricted hours
of sale of liquor and lessened alcoholic
content of beverages.
There is no intention to do more
than prevent sale of alcoholic drinks
before meal times, and to give the pub
lie house higher tone.
state purchase and operation of
breweries and public houses, as ad-
vocated by labor members, will not
be considered.
Local option for English counties,
after the plan in force this year in Scot
land, likewise will be ignored"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
IF YOU'RE in GUAM

SAN. FRANCISCO, Aug. II. (By In
ternational News Service. )-Silence is
golden, especially II you are In Guam.
For Guam Is ruled by Capt. w. w.
Gilmer, y. S. N, who has all the patent
silencers beaten to a frazzle.
As naval governor Capt. Gilmer reigns
supreme in the pretty little city of
Agana,. and here Is Naval Governor Gil
mer's latest broadside in the interests
of silence-perfect silence:
The practice of whistling is an en-
tirely unnecessary and irritating noise
which must be discontinued
1T is, therefore, ordered and decreed
that no person shall whistle within the
city limits Of the city of Agana.
The penalty for a violation of this
order shall be an executive fine not to
exceed SIS. CIV, w GILMER,
Captain, u S. NJ"
So the jackies who visit Guam occa-
sionally take a walk beyond the city
limits, whistle a tune and come back
cheered up by the sound of noisy rev.
elry, tt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17

Last fall I had the Flu and 1t left
me in very weak and rundown con-
dlton with no appetite at all and such
a weak stomach that even the smell of
nervous and night after night | couldn't
sleep to do any good. ! would get up
in the mornings tired and worn out
and was so short of breath that half
hours job would tire me as much as a
whole days work used to-, In fact
finally had to give up a good job,
When I first started on Tanlac I
was working for the Goodyear Rubber
Co., in Akron, Ohio. | decided that
anything that was being talked about
so much was at least worth an honest
trial. 1t worked like a charm in my
and by the time l had taken my third
bottle all of my troubles We're gone and
1 found myself well and strong again.
while in Akron my wife got so
she couldn't eat. She lost weight and
got very pale Tanlac was doing me
so much good | got her to try it and
after taking two bottles, she is looking
fine again. Her appetite Is just splen-
did and she looks like a different per-
son. It certainly has proven its worth
to both of us and has come up to ev-
cry word | have read and heard about
The above statement Gas made by A.
o. Hunter, 106 w. 18th St, Cincinnati,
Ohio, a well-knOwn mechanic now in
the employ Of the Cincinnati Abattoir
Co.
Tanlac sold in Memphis by the fol-
lowing agents: Warnock Drug COM
pany, Weiss Pharmacy, Doyle-Turley
Drug company A. Renkert & Co, two
stores L, H., Fitzpatrick, Wadlington:-
Purdy Moore's Pharmacy, Taylor &
Taylor, three stores; Washburn-Lyle
Drug company, c. O. Manning and Bat
tiers Pharmacy. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
MANY ENGLISH WAR ,.....
HEROES OUT OF WORK

LONDON, Aug. II. (By International
News Service. )-"Wiil the heroes of war
become the outcasts of peace?"
That is the question propounded
the nation by the Daily Express, which
points out that after July 81 quar-
ter of million ex-soldiers and ex-
sailors will no longer receive the
governments out-of-work donation.
At present 1906 of these men get
the British equivalent of S. weekly
from the state. Most of the men are
married and have several children.
They have been unable to get work
since rehabilitation which was
completed several months ago.
The government Is considering fur
Their extension Of the unemployment
dole in worthy cases.
Something VIII have to be done
and done quickly" declares H. Grit
fin, secretary of the national ex-
soldiers federation. you can't have
these 100000 men who have fought
for their country walking the streets
destitute"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
EVERYBODY IS AFRAID
TO BOOST THE LEAGUE

HULL, England, Aug. II. (By Inter-
rational News Service. up to the
present practical support of the League
- Nations has been tepid and no one
regard to it," Walter Runicman, Lon
Son banker and cabinet minister under
Asquith, declared in a speech here.
THE supreme council is usurping its
functions, and in this respect England's
bands are not altogether clean We
must get rid Of the old diplomacy and
j. its place apply Christian principles to
International relations"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
''LIFE ONE-WAY STREET."
WRITES DOCTOR, SUICIDE

NEW YORK, Aug. II. (By Interna-
tional News Service Fearing he would
become totally blind DR.. Pfetro Her
rarra, a young Spanish physician,
turned on the gas jets of a stove in
the kitchen Of his home and and was
found dead there. Written on the mar
gin of a newspaper was the following
note:
Life is a one-way street. One can
never return from death"
His eyes failed and he had to undergo
an operation from which he was told
he had but little chance to recover his
sight.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
BIG BEET SUGAR CROP
VALUED AT MILLIONS

GREELEY, Col, Aug. II. (By Inter-
national News Service. with the beet
sugar crop for 1920 estimated to be
worth $l3 100000. Weld county, center
of Colorado's beet sugar industry, faces
its history.
A total of over 10000 acres of beets
is already under contract, with an av-
erage yield OF l2-tons per acre
, lac price agreed upon to be paid
the growers is SIG per ton
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
URGE JAIL SENTENCES
FOR AUTO "MASHERS"

NEW YORK. Aug. H. (By Interna-
tional News Service Jail sentences for
automobile Washers" who lure girls
into their cars and start many to de
struction are demanded by welfare
workers and vice suppressors as the
evil.
City authorities have recognized the
auto pickup system as n pitfall that
catches many of the girls who are lured
nightly on automobile rides by men
who drive their cars along the curbs of
the white light district.
Arrests of men who "ogled" women
and then invited them to take motor
trips were followed by fines in the
courts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
NEW SCHOOL TEACHES
ART OF SPIRITUAL ISM

LONDON, Aug. H. (By International
News Service )-Come and learn how
to be a medium.
This is the invitation held out u,
not IN exact terms, in effect by kindly
and earnest believers" all over Lon.
don. Their Circles which offer tuition
to neophytes are quite different in
character from the doubtful sort OF
seance run professionally for profit. The
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
LONDON BABY BOOM.

LONDON, Aug. II. (By International
In London
Births during the first six months of
this year have broken all records. There
were more marriages in 1919 than in
ing 1872, Births last year we're S2.5g5.
an Increase of 10000 over 1918
These figures are supplied by DR.. w.
H. Hamar, London county medical Of
iicer. who says II there were more
houses "avsrvnns would be happy
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
AND HE WAS BELOVED
OF ALL THE MINISTRY

SOUTHOLD, England, Aug. II. (By
International News Service, THOMAS
S. Denny has died without becoming a
Rockefeller. He started right His claim
to fame is as follows
AS a church warden he found too
many three penny bits" in the col
lection box. He cogitated. Then he
cornered the three penny bit" supply
of the town. Worshipers, being ashamed
to give coppers, were forced to drop
sixpences in the basket.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
Wound Saves Life
OF Var Veteran

CADIZ, O., Aug. II. (By International
News Service. ITO the fact that he re-
ceived a wound in the recent world war
young miner in Duncanwood owes his
life.
A wedding celebration was on recent
ly in the mining town.
"Pickhandle" was flowing freely.
A fight started and the young miner
was shot three times, each bullet strik-
ing the plate placed in his head in
France by overseas army surgeons.
CHANGING off the plate the bullets made
relatively minor flesh wounds.
: His aSsailant fled
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17
DETROIT WOMAN MAY
BE MEMBER OF CONGRESS

DETROIT, Mich, Aug II. (By Inter-
national News Service. Mrs. Edith w.
Dunk, former president of the House
wives League of Detroit, is likely to
be the first Michigan woman to be-
come a member of congress.
She is an almost unopposed candi-
date for the short-term congressional
feat in the Thirteenth district to fill
THE uneXpired term of the late Con-
gresham Charles A. Nichols.
She is not a candidate for 'long
term" beginning March L. 1921, and
the most active candidates for the long
term are not candidates for the short
term.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17

machinery. however, has many points
Of similarity.
The students are instructed in all
the customary rites of spirituaistio
intercourse. There are classes for Ia
bic lifting, spirit rapping, producing
voices from trumpets and spirit writing.
Advanced students reach their goal
eventually when they take lessons IN
''materializing the dead.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17

emily in perfect health. The extra pedal
extremities are alta ched to the front
legs and protrude from the knee down.
The animal walks on five OF the feet.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-17

ternational News Service. "A six
footed hog has been discovered on a
ranch near Ovid, Col The ''porker'
weighs about $50 pounds. and is appar-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-02
STILL GETTING ALONG Z
ON HER $1,000 A YEAR
Miss Carroll May be Able TO Pro
vide Her Trousseau ON
Allowance.

It's going 70 lie hard struek1e, hut
Miss Lurena Carroll may H. able 10 pro-
vide her tro,IssessI and the other little
tens incidental To becoming bride from
the $1,000 year yhc liz allowed from the
estate ~ her father, the lnte Joecph u.
Carroll, millionaire horse dealer and Tam
mnny politician. Lor~na is ~ years old
nov She was only is when, year ago,
she petifioned New York cVift 10 h.
crease her allowance from tiz 800 10
s2O,s5o, but the mean old Judge would
allow her only 81, 800 year more.
Again last srmmr she asked for SIC, $50
i was ridiculous 70 expect a pretty little
deb'itanse 20 exc out an eynt<no~ on
$4,000 u year. Lorefa had Il all figured
ont. And, nj. Iorcna u senior In the
Ogoniz school, ogontz, Ps, niajoring IN
mathematics and science, she Is good st
figuring.
Let's ane' There are the two motor car.
They positively cant " kept rolling for
leas than $1,000 ysar, Lorena explained.
and parties and dancesl Surely, her der
Innented papa wouldn't have expected his
darling daughter to Ypend ler than 81, 0o1
u year IN amusing heraelf Now, would he7
And no one could dress for l~sr than 81, 900
year, considering the terrific prices mani
curists, hairdre~ers and modisses sre
charging these daysi Then there IL rent
That would be 81, 900. Household er-
pofises would be "a, 900 more, for she just
must help her dear mama keep up the
home insurance. Lets sec, better pit
that down at $3.50, and druggists, phys
clans, opticians and dentists ~ $1,000
more. And oh, yes' Eduoationl Nov,
f-e-t's s-e-e' Probably 81 900 would cover
that Yes, and include donations ~
charity and the church. There you are
2o,s50i What could be NOR. oles, or
reasonablep
But Lorena jus. crildnt unake the
judge understand He reminded her tha.
her papa's will had only provided her With
$500, but that this hnd been increased irf
1916 to 80, 500, and again in 1913 ~
$4,000. She ought 20 be able 20 ~ along
on that, he mildly rrgr~tcd, and, be-
sides, the $3.50, 900 trust fund left by he'
father, from the income ~ which fhs WA
expected 90 live until she was 81, pcvttivc-
~ could not IL made 20 produce more.
Now it's possible that since last june
Lorcna has discovered how 20 stretch her
$4,000 over the expenses ~ maintaining
her position in society and still leave q
small corner Of il with which 20 cover The
cost Of wedding But IL ~ also possible
that Lorena, when she agreed 20 hecorns
the wife Of Prall w. Lambert, a we.lfhy
clibrnan Of Newark, y. J., was thinking
Of the 81, 100 600 she win rec~iv. on her
twenty-first birthday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-02
PSYCHIC PALMISTRY.
FURNISHED apartment. Phone 1921 Y
ADMINISTRATION NOTICES.

NOTICE-Estate of Jesse b. TalIey, de-
ceased Notice is hereby given that letters
OF administration upon the estate of Jesse
r. Talley. late of Wilmington hundred de-
ceased, were duly granted unto Rosa $.
ruary. A. ID. 1920. and all persons indebted
to the said deceased are requested to make
payment to the administrative without de-
iay and all persons having demands again st
the deceased arc required TO exhibit and
present the same duly probated to the said
administrative on or before the twenty
sixth day OF February, A. ID. 1921. or abide
by the law in this behalf.
ROSA s. TALLEY,
Admins ratrix
Address: Henry X. Isaacs. Attorney-at-law.
Ford Building, Wilmington, Del.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-02

NOTICE-Estate of George D. Williams.
deceased Notice is hereby given that let
ters testamentary upon the estate OF George
ID. Williams late of New Castle hundred.
deceased. were duly granted unto Mary
Blanche Williams the twenty sixth day
of February, A. ID. 1920, and all persons
INDEBTED to the said deceased are reques ted
TO make payment to the executrix without
delay, and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required To exhibit
and present the same duly probated to the
said executrix on or before the twenty tn
DAY OF February, A. ID. 1921, or abide by
the law in this behalf
MARY BLANCHE WILLIAMS,
ExecutNx.
Delaware -
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-02
UPHoLsTER4NG AND REPAIRING.

MAKING OLD FURNITURE look equal
to new, Repairing, upholsterinS and can
ing. Phone 61y6 w. 01O French ST.