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New Britain herald., 1921-10-20
SHORTAGE OF TICKETS

New Haven, Oct 20. - No public sale of tickets to the Yale-Princeton game will be likely, the ticket man. agement announced today. Applica- tions of college men made in advance may have to be cut down.
New Britain herald., 1921-10-20
JUNIOR HIGH OFFICERS.
Elihu Burritt School Elects Members
 of Staff for Coming Year.

The Elhu Burritt Junior High has eIected the following officers for it's class: Fresldent, Charles Haber; vice. president, Barbara Troope and secre- tary, Florence Murray.
 An lmpromptu program was held Tn the auditorium of the Junior High school this morning and was in charge of Class 9A.
New Britain herald., 1921-10-20
Miss Anna M. Lyons,

The funeral of Miss Anna M Lyons will be held at g o'clock tomorrow morning at the church of St. John the Evangelist. The burial will be in St. Mary's new, cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1921-10-20

There are more than 100000 900 believers in Confucianism
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
AIaakan voIeanlc Elres.

At a recent meeting Of the American
Society for the Advancement Of Sci
ence, DIR. Robert F. Griggs described
a fiery food which occurred In Alaska
In the valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes" Here he found traces of the
food Of fire which, issuing from fis-
sure In the earth, swept roaring tor
rent of molten sand through the fertile
valley, devastating all in its path for
distance of more than fifteen miles.
From thousands of assures live
steam, heated gas and smoke issued.
One could do ones cooking in any Of
the smaller holes. And that was the
only salvation Of the expedition, for
all fuel had been destroyed by the
flood of fire. 1t is only few steps
from the steaming assures to a cave In
the side Of the glacier, in order to have
the most perfect refrigeration in the
world.
The explorers tents were steam
heated, as 1t were, and the bathing con-
ditions were of the best, for q stream
from the glacier fed crystal pure
lake. In the middle of this lake a
steam Jet bubbled, and 1t was possible
to get any desired temperature.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
BANKING HAS ITS ROMANCE
Quiet Spot In London Where Monetary
Transactions Of Immense lmpor-
tance Are Ordinary.

Romance Is hidden away IN all
kinds of old corners of the city Of
London, and some Of 1t is to be found
within half minutes walk Of the
vortex of traffic outside the Mansion
house, London Tit-Bits states.
Here, In a secluded building that few
persons ever see, is the beating heart
of one of the greatest r0mances in the
world-the romance Of banking.
In and out Of this almost unknown
building flows, minute by minute, the
life stream of the trade and commerce
of the land. Last year the almost in
credible river of thirty-nine thousand
million pounds passed In at one door
and out by the other.
1t is not the Bank Of England that
pulses with this current Of fabulous
wealth. but 1t Is the London clearing
house, that nestles In a corner Of Post
Office court, tucked away In the wedge
of buildings between Lombard street
and King William street, with an In
surance building hiding 1t at one side
and Lubbock's bank at the other.
Every time one Of its doors, marked
"Private-In" and "Private-Out," T"
swings fortune goes in or comes out
An average Of f127. 7.512,700 a day
last year.
The river consists not of silver or
gold, but Of pieces of paper-"bills,
checks and so on''--and 1t Is carried
by messengers from the banks. Each
bank associated with the clearing
house has its own desk In the build
ing.
Year by year the river increases.
In 1868 it topped three thousand mil
lions. BY 1908 1t was over twelve
thousand millions. In 1913 it rose to
more than sixteen thousand millions.
The second year of the war saw 1t
down by trifie of three thousand
millions. Since then it has leaped up
each year.
Now Its volume is so great that the
clearing house has to find more room.
and the Standard Life Assurance COM
pany's offices, facing King William
street, have been bought for 100000.
Part of the building has for some time
been annexed to the clearing house,
Now the whole is to be taken In.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Asphalt Much Used in sulldino.

Roofing" constitutes an important
branch Of a much broader field of
engineering, known as "waterproofing,"
In which asphalt has for thousands of
years played an important part. The
ancient Egyptians were able to pre-
serve their mummies In good condition
to the present day by wrapping them
In fabric saturated and made water
proof and weather resisting with as
phalt. Modern ingenuity has discov-
cred no material better adapted to
waterproofing and preserving its pres
ent day structures than asphalt. 1t
is not surprising, therefore, that in re-
cent years the production Of asphalt
In large quantities has been rendered
possible by refining crude petroleum.
It's use for roofing and waterproofing
has developed rapidly. In many struc-
lures from roof to cellar asphalt plays
an important part, first as roofing,
then as sheathing and insulating and
finally as a waterproofing membrane
for the underground portion.-Ex-
change.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Four Drowned in Ontario.

Ottawa, Ont.-In an unsuccessful
attempt to save his 9-year-Old daugh-
ter, Laura, Thomas TOohey, age 53,
and three other members of his fam
fly were drowned in Otter lake. Laura,
the youngest, waded beyond her depth
while bathing a few feet from shore.
Kathleen and Dorothy, trying to reach
Laura, soon got beyond their depth
and sank. Mr.. Toohey and his son,
Bernard, who were nearby, jumped in
to the water and swan to where the
girls had disappeared. They succeeded
in bringing them to the surface, but
were unable to conduct them safely
TO the shallow waters. They all sank
together.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
.S488 FOUND ON
STARVING Girl
Prisoner Put Under Observation
When Mental Quirk Is
Scented.
FAINTs IN STATION
Police Ratron Finds Roll OF Bills on
Girl After She Had Made an Out
cry About Being Robbed
Looking for Work.

New YOrk.-Lieutenant Putz looked
IN from his work behind the desk In
the West Forty-seventh street police
station one day to see a white faced
young woman clinging to the rail-, re-
Karding him timidly.
"Please," she said haltingly. Il am
hungry. All / have had in two weeks
has been a piece Of pie and bottle
Of ginger ale. / am very hung and
her voice trailed on and she sank to
the floor.
Had Gone Without Food.
BY the time the lieutenant reached
the front of the desk she was uncon-
sciOus.
Policemen cared for the visitor un-
til the arrival of doctor. He dag
nosed the case as malnutrition.
After she had been revived, the girl
told the police she was Millie Renner,
twenty-four years old. She said she
had formerly lived with an aunt In Jer-
sey City. Three weeks ago she came
here, hoping to find employment. She
had never worked before, she added
What little money Miss Renner had
was soon gone, and since she had
walked the streets in the day and slept
In Railways and parks at night.
Find Roll Of Bills.
Miss Renner was booked on charge
of vagrancy and sent to the West
Thirty-eighth street station, where
there is a matron. At that station
there came a surprise for the police
The prisoner made an outcry. declar
ing she had lost her money. The
matron, believing that lack Of foot
had brought hallucination, sought Il
quiet her by telling her she had nj
money. The prisoner insisted, ant
raised such an outcry that the matrOI
searched her. Wrapped in a newspa
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
sIxteen.wheeIed AusomobIIes2

Hippolyte w. Romanoff, Russian
inventor residing in New York, has
been granted a patent on sixteen
wheel vehicle for which he claims more
riding comfort and greater economy Of
tires than at present available in the
four-wheeled vehicle. According to
Motor World the inventor plans four
four-wheeled trucks, one at each cor
ner of the car, each wheel turning on
an Independent spindle and four spin.
dies supported by linked parallelo-
gram, so that If one wheel rises over
an obstruction all Of the wheels re-
main vertical.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
NOTHING DIFFICULT ABOUT IT
Little Matter Of Tactics No Problem
at All in the Mind Of That
Sergeant.

The squad was working out some
tactical problems in the field. The
scene was laid at Quantico on par
ticularly hot July afternoon.
Lieutenant Ito sergeant)-It Is pre-
sumed the enemy is advancing in the
general direction of that HILL. 1t Is
also presumed that your machine gun
squad has been detailed to delay the
enemy's advance as much as possible.
Proceed to take the Necessary action.
Sergeant (wiping his brow)-It Is
presumed that we have advanced to
the sheltered side of that hill; got
our machine gun into action; wiped
out the enemy and returned to our
original position. VIII that be all for
this afternoon, sir?-The Leatherneck.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19

explosion which shook the station
house, the soda parlor and the whole
district. Finger felt something heavy
strike him on the leg, which he later
discovered to be a piece Of the carbonic
tank. He also saw the remainder Of
the tank go twisting, whirllng and
shooting upwards.
Inside the station Policeman Frank
Hilbert, who was writing at desk,
was hurled backward from his chair ;
John Daugherty, detective, was
knocked from his comfort on stoop
nearby, and Lieutenant Lenahan was
awakened from a deep sleep.
When the policemen and detectives
picked themselves up after the blast
they found the driver in the road in a
daZed condition. They started in search
of the missing carbonlc tank. They
found 1t had Travelled seven stories
up, knocked a 20-pound ball from a
fagpole and, circling over the build
ing In which the station house is sit
uated, had landed three flights down
on a rear fire escape.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
FINDS SNAKE IN BATHROOM
Reptile Discovered by Seven-year-old
Child Had Climbed Tree and
Crawled Through Window.

Reading, Pa.-Virginia Funk, seven
years old, daughter of Oscar A. Funk
discovered black snake five feet nine
inches long in the bathroom Of her
home at Esterly. The snake climbed q
tree near the house. dropped on q
rear portico and then crawled in the
bathroom window.
The child closed the bathroom and
called her father, Oscar A. Funk, 9
big game hunter in Canada for sew
eral years. He opened the bathroom
door, threw towel over the reptile
and carried 1t to the yard, where
his guest, Wesley E. Conklin Of
Philadelphia shot the snake.
Mrs. Conklin, wife of the Phila
delphian, was with the child when she
entered the bathroom.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Reduction in crop Yield.

Washington.-Pra every i'm
portant farm crop showed a loss in
prospective production as result of
adverse conditions during July. The
Department of Agriculture's report
forecasts 100000 bushels less wheat
than estimated month ago, 91,000,-
600 bushels less corn, 192,000,000 BUSH
els less oats and 61,000,000 bushels less
potatOeS
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
HIS WIVES BEST OF PALS
Two Young Women Married to Same
Man, on Friendly Terms as Hus-
band Awaits Trial.

Chicago.-Two pretty young women,
wives Of Edward Breuer, await the
trial of their husband on a charge Of
bigamy. The wives are the best Of
pals.
Breuer, formerly an army sergeant,
left his first wife to go west. In Evans
ton, H., he met, wooed and won Miss
Frieda Sheen.
whats the use of being jealousT'
asked wife No. l, who was Miss So
phie Daehr of Syracuse, N. Y.
1T would not do one bit of good to
get angry and, besides, could not dis
like Frieda. She Is dear"
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19

pain at all. / recommend your medi-
cine to everyone and you may publish
my testimonial, hoping that the Vege-
table Compound does some other girl
the good it has done me. Mrs. GEORGE
TEGARDEN, 916 Third Street, Mounds
vile, w. Va.
How many young girls suffer as Mrs.
Tegarden did and do not know where to
turn for advice or help. They often are
obliged to earn their living by toiling
day In and day out no matter how hard
the pain they have to bear. Every girl
who suffers in this way should try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
If she does not get prompt relief write
to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Massachusetts, about her health.
Such letters are held in strict conf
denc,.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
100000 Facing Starvation.

LondOn.-Eighteen millions of Rus
slams are facing death in the famine
district, according to the latest esti-
mates from Riga. The starvation zone
is 800 miles long, stretching along the
middle and lower Volga valley. The
Poles have discussed closing the from
tier but the fact that 100000 Poles
held prisoner in Russia are being re-
turned makes the closing difficult even
II politically advisable.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
chIId saved Amer Seven Hours.

Eureka, Calif.-Four-year-old Betty
Jean Sanders of Garfield, Wash,
girded with big life belt, was tossed
about on the oil-coated sea for seven
hours after the sinking of the Alaska
before she was picked up by rescuers.
The child was in charge of her grand
mother. The woman placed the life
belt about the little one and took her
with her in one of the lifeboats. The
boat upset in launching, and the child
was thrown into the sea.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
SODA TANK LEAPS
OVER BUILDING
Carbonic Gas Receptacle Does
Queer Antics When Driver
Treats 1t Rough.

New York.-Policeman Fred Finger
saw a man drive up to the soda water
parlor adjoining the station house and
start unloading a carbonic gas tank.
"Where you goin' with thatf' he
asked the driver.
"Inside," was the answer.
"Well, have a care" warned Finger.
you never can tell"
At precisely that moment Policeman
Fingers words were drowned In an
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Not Acoualnted with shyIock.

1t was debt case and attorney for
the defendant made an impassiOned
plea for his client.
Like Shylock of the Merchant Of
Venice this gasping creditor de-
mands his pound of fiesh," he shouted.
Attorney for the plaintiff rose at
once.
"Who was this merchant of Ennis?''
he demanded. "A little Ennis county
merchant should not be regarded as
an authority in deciding lawsuit"
"Case dismissed" gasped Judge Bar
nett.-Texas Newspaper Clipping.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Business Conditions Improving.

WashingtOn.-MOre active buying
by retail dealers in some sections of
the country during July indicates q
slight improvement in the business sit
uation, according to Archer Wall
Douglas, chairman of the committee
on statistics and standards of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, in monthly review of busi-
ness conditions.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
WORsTs BEAR IN BATTLE
Mother Bear With Three Cubs Attacks
cattleman Armed Only With
Pocket Knife.

Asheville, N. C.-Walter Poster, a
cattleman, on a roundup in the Blue
Ridge mountains, met mother bear
and three cubs.
Poster, who is suffering with badly
mangled arm, encountered the bear
suddenly in dense underbrush anG
was forced to rely upon pocket knife
when the animal attacked him.
The bear, getting the worst Of the
melee retreated about 200 yards,
where II wss later found dead.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Learn to Soar. s12o.

Croydon, Engand.-Forty dollars
an hour is the cost of learning to fly
at an airplane school just opened here.
II you're quick, you can learn to op-
crate a "ship" in three hours. Then,
II you have more coin, you can take
d postgraduate course, including loop
the-loop and other stunts.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19

because my perloos
were irregular, came
|every two weeks,
and / would suffer
with bearing-down
pains. A lady told
|me of Lydia E. Pink
| hams v eg Q { able
| Compound and how
|rnuch good it had
! done her daughter,
sol took it and now
II am regular every
Imonth and have no
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
what,a N. Penalty for .ThIs2

"Ahl" exclaimed the facetious "cub"
reporter, as he slid into a hammock
with the seasons most beautiful flap
per. "This reminds me OF typewriter
keyboard"
"How?" asked the lovely creature.
Because U and l are so close to
gether."-Birmingh Age-Herald.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
cvtIcura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum arc used
for all toilet purposes. Advertisement.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
She was Unconscious.

per about the young woman's waist
she found roll of bills amounting to
$4S8.
This last phase Of the case was told
in the West side court where Miss
Renner was taken. The magistrate
sent her to Bellevue hospital for ten
days, during which time she will be
under observation.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Olympic Makes Fast Trip.

New York.-The liner Olympic COM
pleted her fastest transatlantic voy-
age, having made the trip from South
ampton and Cherbourg in five days, IS
hours and IS minutes. Sir Bertram
Hayes, her commander, said the big
boat would have done better had she
not been delayed longer than usual at
the French port.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
DR.. Harding Marries Nurse.

Monroe, Mich.-Dr.. George 7. Hard
ing, father of President Warren G..
Harding, came to Monroe, married Miss
Alice Severns, for many years nurse
in his office at Marion, Ohio, and left
the city before more than score Of
Monroe citizens had guessed his iden-
tity. DR.. Harding is 76 years old,
while his bride is 81.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Raeino to Port prohibited.

Washington.-Midnight racing Of i'm
migrant-laden steamers into American
harbors to land the monthly quotas In
the first minutes of the first day Of
the new month, may be done away with
If ship line officers and migration Of
ficials can get together and formulate
a new agreement. The difficulty Is
said to be with the smaller lines.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Extravaoant Hope,

81 understand robbery is on the in.
crease"
81 hope So" replied Bill the Burg.
Maybe in the course of time it'll be-
come so fashionable that there'll be no
use tryin' to enforce the laws agIn It."
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
SURGEON. close safety pIn IN Stomach

Uncas, Okla.-An open safety pin
swallowed by the eight-month-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Jacquires, was
removed from the baby's stomach
without an operation. Physicians
closed the pin by the use of instru'
ments and then lifted 1t out through
the child's mouth.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
4stoIen" Gems FOUND Under Mat.ress

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-Mrs. Thomas
Lewis, has found the jewels upon the
quest of which she had set officers Of
three cities. Mrs. Lewis left the
gems under mattress in Philadel-
phia hotel and forgot all about them
until she had returned home. Then
she didn't remember having left them
at the hotel, and decided she had been
robbed.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
Farmer ShoWered With
Burning Whisky Dies

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-The ex-
ploslon Of private still in his
cellar resulted in the death Of
Joseph A. Fryer of Parsons,
near here, who was showered
with the burning whisky, 1t be-
came known here today through
physicians report.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19
ONE NEIGHBOR
TELLS ANOTHER
Points the Way to Comfort
and Health. Other Women
Please Read

Moundsville, w. Va.-"I had taken
doctors medicine for nearly two years
Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-19

There are days when even the phi
losopher is unable to derive any real
comfort from his philosophy.
New Britain herald., 1921-03-19
SENT TO REFORMATORY
 FOR STORE BURGLARY
Man Who Entered Farrell & o'connor and Greens
 Stores is Committed.


 Found guilty on two counts of burglary, Albert Graybeck,e aged 22, was committed to the reformatory at Cheshire by Judge George w. Klett this morning, while the case of his accompliee. Stanley Jerzeski, a half brother, aged Is, was continued until Monday in bonds of $500. Two valu- able plush coats are being sought by the police and it is believed that they are hidden away at the home of the accused. An opportunity will be fur nished the boy to return the missing apparel .
 Graybeck, through his attorney, Judge F. B. Hungerford, entered a plea of guilty to charge of entering the Farrell & O'Connor store on Main street on the night of March IT, and similar plea to a charge of break ing into Greens store near the New Britain Savings bank about one week previous. Tn the latter store the loot taken was to the value of $21O.4O, part of which was recovered. Mems furnishings to the amount of
 (Continued on Fifth Page.)
New Britain herald., 1921-03-19
INDIANA FARMER BOY COMPRISING TO
 SHAVING CHJN, PUTS BLAME ON DEKzL
Tells of Inspiration to Hit Sleeping Youth With Iron Bar Then Leave Unconscious Victim in Wagon in Path of Oncoming Train.

Warsaw, Ind. March 1e.-Oficials today continued their efforts to draw from Virgil Decker. 19 years old farm for the attack upon his chum Leroy Lovett of Elkhart, Ind, which led to the latter's death. Early today Deck CT confessed he had struck his chum on the head with an iron bar in a cottage on the Tippecanoe river near here. while Lovett was asleep, and several hours later returned to the cottage with a horse and buggy, talk ing Lovett's unconscious form to a
New Britain herald., 1921-03-19
JAPAN WILL NOT BACK
 DOWN ON TAP MANDATE
Chicago Man Accused d@ of Fostering Anti-Jap Senti-
 ment For Revenge.

Toleio. March IS. (By Associated Pross) Japan will stand firmly on her mandate over the island of Yap. in the South Pacific. viscount Uchida. the. foreign minister. declared at a meeting of the budget committee of the Diet today in reply to question by Representative Etsujiro Uehara.
 Representative Uehara said that agitation in the United States was spreading to other states besides California. He also charged John F. Stevens Of Chicago. head of the American railway mission in Si- bcria with carrying on anti-Japanese movement as result of the clashing of his views with those of the Jap anese army in Siberia
 viscount Uchida replied that he knew nothing of the allegations against Mir. Stevens but said the gov- ernment was adopting every possible means to prevent the passage of laws similar to those adopted in California.
New Britain herald., 1921-03-19
"HINKY DINK" FEELS
 PINCH oFtPovERTY
Famous Chicago Politician Compelled to Close up His Business
 Rent Too High

1ASh
 Chicago. March 19.-The high rent wave has wiped out another Chicago landmark, known as the "hangout for the boys operated in the vicinity of Clark and Jackson streets for 40 years by Alderman "Hinky Dink' Kenna.
 I'm paying $500 a month and the new tenant, a restaurant man I un- derstand is to pay $1,000. I probably would have stood for some increase but not for a boast such as that.
 Since prohibition went into effect I have been losing money every day but I had to have a hangout for the boys. I'm going to find some place not far away and open up a cigar store."
 Alderman Bath House John'' Coughlin, Kenna's co-boss of the first ward for many years, heard of the order to move May 1.
 You should have taken my advice" Coughlin told Kenna, 'tand opened a drug store. You and I could have cleaned up s5o,000 or s1oo,000 since prohibition went into effect"
 Yes" said Kenna, 'and maybe wed be explaining it to Judge Landis. G'wan home before I call the police and have you tossed out .
 The workingman's exchange also conducted by Kenna was closed by the owner last summer following the ad- vent of prohibition.
New Britain herald., 1921-03-19
IMPROVED TIMES NOTED

Connecticut Builders Exchange Feels
 That Costs of Building VIII Be at
 Lowest Mark Soon.
 At a meeting. of the board of di- rectors of the Connecticut Builders exchange at New Haven yesterday aft ernoon. the following vote was passed:
 ''It is the opinion of this association that wages in the building trades will be lowered about 20 per cent, within 60 days. We are also of the opinion that this. with large decreases talk ing place in material prices, will con- stitute the low point in building costs for some time to come and 1t is our recommendation to all prospectiHn