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New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
CHECKING UP STORK
Torr1ngton Town Clerk Invites Each Family to Visit Him and Set His Book of Births Straight.

Torrington, Dec. 2e.In an effort to correct errors in the birth records here, Town Clerk William A. Gleeson has designated the week of January aek. and has invited every family in Torlrngton to sepd a representative X the town clerks office during that
 eaiod to examine the records and sec
 Aat all llnbirths which have occurred in
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
NO TAX DECISION
House Ways and Means Committee Adjourns Until January c After Brief Hcai ing on Tax Revision.

Washington, Dec. 22.-After n brief hearing on tax revision. the house ways and means committee adjourned today until January ] on which date it plans to turn its attention to a general revision of the tariff.
 While the committee does not con template further consideration of tax questions at this session Chairman Tordney said this did not mean that new taxes would be drafted on tho basis of information gathered thus far. He explained that the commit tee felt if should start on tariff re- vision immediately after the holidays and devote itself to that task until it was completed.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22

London, D~c. 22.-A Central News dispatch from Helsingfors. Finland under Tuesdays date says that several hundred persons were killed or in- jured in a railway accident near Petro- grad. The accident was due. it is stated to overcrowding of a train but details are lacking. the despatch adds.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
ROYAL ARCANUM M

Elects Officers to Serve for
 suing Year-Many to Atte,
 ing in Bristol Next Tuesda
 At the regular bi-monthly Of the New Britain Council, Arcanum, held in Judd's evening, the following office elected for the ensuing year: George P. Root: vice-regent, Root; orator, Leo A. Fortier tary. C.. R. Barrows; treasur, Elliot; chaplain. James Elliot Emil Bloom; warden, R. J. sentry. H. L. Mills; trustee f years. O N. Judd; represent grand council, A. G. Carlson nate. J. H. Annear. O. N. ] signed as treasurer after SCI that position for the past te,
 It was voted to attend tn ing of Reliance council in BY Tuesday evening of next we all members who intend to requested to meet in front
 lodge rooms at 7:15 sharp.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
PETITION APPROVED
New Haven Road Given Right to Acquire 288 Shares of Fruit Grow- CTS Express Co. For $2S,0OO.

Hartford, Dec. 22.-The petition of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad Co. for permission to acquire 2S9 shares of the capital stock of the Fruit Growers Express Co. fir $2S,900 was normally ap- proved today by the public utilities commission. In it's statement giving its approval the commission states that the approval is ''only in the event that such acquisition is not prohibited by the laws of other states in which the petitioner is in corporated and is approved by such commissions of other states as have Jurisdiction thereof"
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
Occasion For Suspension is
 Company's Inability to Meet Required Standard
 For Value of Collateral.
WALL ST. HOUSE IS -
 ALSO ON THE ROCKS

Hartford. Dec. 27.-Due to tho de- presslon in tho stock exchange mar ket lowering tho collateral value of se- curitles, Frisbie and Co, brokers and csaiers in securities. with offices in this city. closed It's doors today and suspended business indefinitely. |. The immediate occasion for tho \com pany's suspension was It's inabil-
 y to meet tho standard fot value of
 llateral as fixed by the New York
 ock exchange. Expert accountant Is
 bro going over the books of the firm
 day to ascertain tho amount of the
 -oilities and assets. It was report "a that tho firm would face a den- clency of si5o.ooo 1T forced to Iiaui- date.
 Tho local branch was managed by FE2derick W. Porter and Gordon Rob- hSDn and business up until today was being done as usual. The two local managers were Tn Hartford all morn Ing confcrring with tho heads of the Frisble company, and tho decision 10 suspend business was reached some time before noon today. s...
 E. w. Broder. attorney for the brokers. gave the following statement tsihc Herald this afternoon:
 "Frtsbie A Company, consistias of tI. w. and c. c. Frishie and Rufus Knapp, brokors and dealers in securi- tfes. with oficcs at as Pearl street Hartford. and in New.Brfsa'n, through their attorney, F. w. 4 Broder, an- nounce suspension of business today, giving as tho reason therefor their iresoiiity to meet the immediate obIi- Eations Of the firm due to the shrink age m market value of high grade se- curitics in which the firm has dealt" !"
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
CITY SELLS BOND ISSUE
Board of Finance and Taxation Enters Into Agreement This Morning Wffh Syndicate From Boston.

At a meeting of the board of finance and taxation this noon city bonds to the amount of $670,000 were sold for $625,713 and interest to a syndicate composed of the following banking and brokerage houses: Esterbrook and Co.,, H. Day and Co.,, Merrill. Old ham and Richter and Co. President F. & Chamberlain of the board pre- sided.
 The bonds sold represent the fol- lowing issue, voted at recent city meetings: School bonds, s525. 900; subway, $70,0oO. sewers, S15,000
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
WAGES ARE REDUCED
stanicy Iron Works at Bridgcwater, Mass, Branch Of Stanley Works. Makes Announcement Today.

Bridgewater. Mass. Dec. 22.-Thc
 tanioy Iron Works here. with head ffnces in New Britain. Conn. today Posted notices of n IS per cent rec puction in wages effective at once A pvs per cont monthly bonus k also sbandoned and a drop from time and
 half to straight true for all over
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
P0NZI SENDS GREETINGS

Ex-Financial Wizard Sends Christmas
 Message to His Many Creditors
 Hopes They Have Bright Christmas.
 Boston, Dec. 22.-CharIes Ponzi today sent from Plymouth jail a Christmas greeting to his thousands of creditors bidding them be of good cheer His letter. written on expensive bond paper. was engraved with the legend 'Charles Ponzi, Plymouth, Mass" He expressed hope that the miscarriage of his creditors investment would not mar the spirit of the Christmas season and asked them to look forward with him to the day when he would step from the jail a free man to aid them in recovering their losses.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
BALLOONIcTs STILL MESSING.

Rockaway. N T., Dec. 22.--Today, nine days after it's start from here, the navy balloon A-559s was still ns assing, and officers at Is .al air station were without VI n2py - va cter< from the three lT1
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22

New York, Dec. 22.-CharlI Hughes, in a statement here characterized published repor he had been rendered the appoij of secretary of state in the H cabinet as irresponsible rumo
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
BOTH MAKE DENIAI

Harding Says He Has Not
 Hughes Secretary of Ssatal|
 folio and Latter Says Same 7'
 Marion, O., Dec. 22.-Preside' Harding today denied publishe, ments that he had offered to Evans Hughes the appointmo T t1 retary of state in his cabinet.
 II find this one of most cd bits of holiday fiction writing u yet been brought to my attentil told correspondents at his hom
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
WEATHER

Hartford, Dec. 22.-ForecaSt Tor New p -ifain and vicinity: -Rain. warmer tonight and Thursday.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
SiOO,OOO TO 75O WORKERS
JcniSins Bros. Of Bridgeport Win Give Generous Bonus to Its E.mploycs There.

Bridgeport. Dec. g. Jenkins Bros, manufacturers of valves will distribute sI0O. 900 to it's 75o employees hero it was announced today. Distri- button to the company branches in other cities will bring the Christmas bonus up to s250.00O. Employes laid off on account of tho lack of work will share in the bonus. which repre-
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
Wall st. Firm Crashes.

Now York. Dec. 22.-Failuro of tho brokerage firm of Foster and Louns- herry wns announced from the ros. trc<n of tho stock exchange shortly after thu opening today.
 The firm consists of J. Hcgcman Foster. floor member; s. Dureii Louns- berry and W. Fraser Gibson. It has done business on the exchange for nearly 20 yeara
 Foster and Lounsberry are under stood to havo been active traders in Vanadium Steel which was one of the HtosAAs that led in recent heavy reac. tions on tho market. The failure which was unexpected In financial circles was regarded as Inc most important recently.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22

Rome. Dec. 22-Gen. Caviglia, com mander Of the Italian regulars sur rounding Plume has ordered a rigor- ous blockade of Plume and the islands of Veglia, Arbe and San Mar co. He gives forty-eight hours to those who wish to leave the block aded region before it is invested.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
Second In Week.

The firm. which ia the second in tho stock excDngc to fail within week Iaamed tho following statement:
 Although wo have long been hrokers for Allan 4. Ryan and Co.,. Mir. Ryan was In no way the cause Df our suspension. His account was closed some time ago and satisactor- fly fixed up in every way"
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
COL. ALOE DECLARES ARMY IS NOT PLACE TO DUMP CEIYINALLY INCLINED; HE WILL
 NOT ACCEPT ENLISTMENT OF CHAS. ROSS
FIUME IS BESIEGED
 BY ITALIAN FORCES
D'Annunzio's Stronghold Object of Mil itary Assault-Rigorous Blockade
 of Port Is Ordered.

Udine. Italy, Dec. 22, (By Asso- ciated Press) the stronghold of Captain Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the insurgent Italian leader. Is being be- sieged by regular Italian forces.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-22
Letter sSSudse Ki-kham. m

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19

Many a man has accidentally lost
his best umbrella by coming In con-
tact with the owner.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Airplane Wings That Fold

The naval arplane of the future will unioubt-
edly consist of fuseage equipped with wings
that collapse to permit easy storage In the hold
of ship or supersubmarne. The development OF
the feature is still In the experimental stage but
favor is already inclining to rigid wings that are
hinged at the fuselage. On entirely different
nrincinle however Is based a recent invention of
this sort The extension and retraction Of the
wings rs demonstrated with the inventors model.
are controlled by wires that run to crank in the
pilots cockpit To retract the wings he turns
the crank; each wing Ton the model breaks into
nine hinged pieces, and all come TO rest folded
snugy against the fuseage side Such handling
of the wings is. OF course impossible with the
spar-andrib structures now used 1t Is to be taken
for granted that the inventor has another struc-
turai scheme as construction of an experimental
plane Is said to be in progress at an arplane fac
tory near Birmingham. Engand.-Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
1QaoyoN A0D zHeEg WzS52z4Y AzzzS3~

Photographic apparatus, which they did. He then
gave orders and they backed away. Just then
Mrs Johnson cried to her husband to look around.
In the bush and cane grass surrounding them In
every direction were savages, at least hundred
of them. johnson now decided to get away ii
possible and leave his apparatus but as he and
Mrs johnson backed away they were both seized.
johnson told his wife not to struggle, because
that would only make their situation worse. lie
had decided to tell her to draw her revolver the
first chance she got and shoot many Of the
savages as she could. Then IN the excitement
he hoped to be able to draw his revolver,
and shoot right and left Then they would make
Il for it. Anything was better than letting
her fall into the hands of the chief. who evidently
had decided to add her to his collection of wives,
AS for himself johnson had not the slightest
doubt that his fate would be the cooking pot.
Then johnson heard the first words of English
spoken by these people, 1t was imam O. war; and
a tremendous chattering arose Every face was
turned toward the sea, where the British patrol
ship Euphrosyne seen coming swiftly into the
bay Johnson's carriers then came running PACK
and talked loudly and eXcitedly to the Chief while
the laters people all jabbered at once. The chlef
himself stood like an image, saying nothing but
watching the Euphrosyne as she dropped her an
Choir and quickly lowered boat. johnson made
the most of it, Through an improvised sign Ian
guage he made the canniba chief understand that
the man o. war had come for him and his wire
Then for long time he waited for the chief to
speak But the chief made no sign and Johnson
pressing his psychological advantage made his
carriers pick up his apparatus took Mrs. johnson
by the arm and started down the HILL They were
NOT stopned although their hearts were In theil
mouths until they reached their boat on the
beach.
Doubtless the discriminating reader has al
renay noted that this story of Johnson's adventure
IS Illustrated from photographs OF the harmless
savaees of the missionary island OF Vac VIII,
not from photographs of the savage and his can
nibal band?
Well Johnson confesses that In his Excite
n,entr he didn't get single negative. He wal
too .rottled" to make his camera work.
Where, oh where, was the movie man?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Naturally Made Him Peeved.

In a certain Los Angeles county
court recently case for divorce came
up, only to be dismissed by agreement
Of the opposing counsels. 1t seems
that the man instituted the suit, had
a row with his first lawyer, and then
went to Lou Guernsey. What are
your grounds for bringing this action
against your wife?" asked Lou. SWELL"
said the man, II came home early
the other afternoon and as l stepped
into the door l heard my wife talking
to an insurance man. l was just in
time to hear her say: I won't pay
another cent. I've been paying this
policy on my husband for eight years
and I've had no luck yet"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
"Movies" in Education.

Prof. Giacomo Boni, noted Italian
archeologist, has suggested to the
government the use Of moving pic
lures to promote the study of history
In the schools and among all classes
Of the people.
He declared that moving pictures
were better than books or lectures,
and recalled that after the Roman
peace the Emperor Augustus, wishing
to induce the people to return to the
land, called upon the poets to sing Of
agriculture, and Virgil wrote the
Georges"
Moving pictures, according to Pro
fessor Boni, must be employed in a
similar manner to educate the people
to a knowledge and appreciation of
italian history.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19

thick and scanned with lines. few of the young
err carried bows and arrows and clubs, but with
out exception the older men carried rifles.
Mr. Johnson should have been warned right
there that such savage aninal-like beings couid
not be trusted. But he had heard of a chief who
had 30 wives, and he wanted to photograph him.
These people told him their chief was close by,
so he decided to get to him.
Following the lead of their guides the Johnson
party climbed up and up first through heavy
Jungle on the side of hill and then on top of a
plateau. While they stood there four bushmen
made their appearance another ridge q short
distance away. BY this time Johnson was get
ting little frightened.
When they reached the bushmen they saw that
their cruel faces were made more hideous with
big plugs through their noses. The bushmen
gared Mt Johnson and his party and then started
a fierce iabber with Johnsons savages Fin
ally one stepped on large boulder and started
a queer shouting chant that was so shr it
seemed to carry for miles In short time he
was answered by a like sound from away back in
the hills
johnson and his party were about three miles
from the sea. 1t was 80 and he was afraid 1t
would be dark before they could get back again.
SO he told his natives to pick up his parapher-
MALTA and they would go back.
Then on top Of the ridge there burst into view
the biggest, most savage and most impressive
savage that Johnson had ever seen. He was more
than six feet tall ana a mass OF muscle lie came
toward the party with bearing which indicated
Tint he thought he owned the earth When he
stoned in front of them they face that had
a great deal of character in 1t. cruel brutal char
acter.
At first he stood and glared at the little party
one by one Finally he fastened his eyes Mrs.
Johnson and then Johnson became more fright
ened than ever before in his life However. John
son handed the chief package he had prepared
beforehand, consisting Of four yards of coored
calico fifty sticks of tobacco, twelve boxes of
matches. Il sheath knife and large mirror. The
cannibal chief however showed signs OF
friendliness, merely handing the things to one
of his men, and keeping his eyes glued on Mrs.
Johnson whose face was drawn with terror.
Since he had put up some pretense of photo
graphing johnson got out his apparatus and went
TO work and in IS minutes exposed more films
than he had ever done In twice that time. He
SAYS ne Just photographed to be doing something,
but every action was mechanical, and when he
finished the Big Numbers savages were still glar-
ing at them. Finally he packed his apparatus
and made signs to his savages to pick 1t up and
that they would leave He stretched out his hand
to say goodby to the chief, and mechanically the
latter gave him his hand. which was
his wife to do the same which she did. But the
chief did not let go. Instead, he stretched out
his other hand felt Mrs. Jshnsons arms and face
and his hand her body
Finally the chief let her go and for the first
time took his eyes off her, and then turning 70
Johnson's men commanded them to drop the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
DQZY Gz4RD IT. SlG NZzZ2E7ay

r HERE. oh where, was the movie
man?
OF course, after the expert
ences of the photographers In the
Great Warm the mir, on the
firing line and Among the u
boats-almost any other pho
tographing adventure is bound
to seem tame. Just the same,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Johnson
had an experience in the Solo
4,a.A.a Lin ..1.asts--
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Avoid the Cvnjc.

II you want to retain wholesome
faith in mankind, If you want to have
enduring peace of mind, keep away
from cynics. Should any such be
among your acquaintance, give them
a wide berth. They may be bright,
often are. But they are poisonous
eople.-Chicago News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
To Tap Well of the Gods

The Greek governments proposal to supply the
city of Athens with water from Mount Parnas
sus 80 miles away, will cost about $40 100000
and take four years to complete, according to Thad.
deus Merrman. deputy chief engineer of the New
York department of water supply, who arrived
here recently from Piraeus the steamship Pan
nonia. lie to Athens with w. E. Smith last
August to work the plan.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infu-
enced by constitutional conditions 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation OF the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing its work $4,000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Poor Peck!

Friends your brother still the lev
el-headed, sensible fellow he used to
be?
Peck-Yes, he's still a bachelor
Boston Transcript.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Vices Aftermath,

He (despairing)-Oh why did ever
learn gambling?
She-Thats the trouble; you never
learned.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
Whippets Beat Mules.

The whippet tank, which roared and
banked and clanked its way to vic
tory In the war against Germany, Is
putting horses and mules out of bust
ness in the great pine forests of north
ern Arizona. One big lumber concern
at Flagstaff has just put two tanks to
work. having bought them from the
war department. Each tank has dis
placed thirty horses and fourteen
men, according to company officials.
Using horses it was impossible for the
company to haul during the winter
months. The tanks, however, take no
account of weather conditions.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19
FRECkLES
Now h the Time to Get Rid Of
There lJ.lv Snota.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othins
double strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots
Simply get ounce Of Othine-doubls
streng th-from your druggist. and apply =
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t Is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine, as this Is sold under guarantee OF
money back II 1t fails to remove freckles
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19

Lots Of people would rather say
than speak kind word.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-03-19

When a man is in trouble two-thirds
Of his alleged friends are willing to
help him stay in 1t.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-04-22
A Busy Hen.

Profiteers in eggs would have their
difficulties if all hens were as in
dustriously prolific as Ida U, white
Orpington pullet owned by the poul-
try department of the University of
Idaho Two eggs day on six differ
ent days and 81 eggs in 49 days is this
extraordinary hens carefully anthem
ticated record. Until February II, Ida
U was kept in a pen with a number
of other pullets, but on that date she
was separated and trapnested in order
that an accurate production record
might be kept. The Industrious pull
let missed laying three days in the
period Of her test, but promptly made
her derelictions forgotten by produe-
ing two eggs on succeeding days. All
of Ida US eggs have been saved for
tests in the poultry department incu-
bator. II it can be demonstrated that
her tendencies are heritable there may
be = tremendous demand for White
Orpfngton chicks from the university
flock.