davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

In the eyes Of some people. this Re.
publican congress vii! bc failure II
1 doem't hx things 40 the Democrats
will have to pay all the war taxes.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

The world is kept going by men who
are 20 hard up that they can't even
hink about striking.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

When some men tell the truth 1t Is
stranger than fiction.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

You have noticed. Of course, that
the knocker objects to being Knocked.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

The German mark has now become
mere scrap Of paper
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

Prices are coming lawn, In. We
haven't yet got rid Of excess political
prophets.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

1t may be all right. bnt why call the
disarmament program an agenda?
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

You can also Judge a man by the
habits he keeps.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

There are plenty of self-made men.
hat women usually go to beauty par
lOr.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

You can't always make people look
up to you by looking down on them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

Modern government is the whit
mans burden.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

Some people have been getting ahead
by not trying to keep up with the fas-
hionable set.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

The hest thing to do about most Of
the gossip that you hear is to forget
1t.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

Two heads nre better than one, Of
course. but wife will seldom admit
It
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

subscyibe for The Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

In times of pence. recover from war
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
FIRE BOARD MEMBERS MUST CONSULT MAYOR OR, ZOKzEy
 OFF WILL GO THEIR HEADS
MEADOW STREET RAZOR WIELDER IS FINED S25 Boarding-House Brawl Has Sequel in Police
 Court.

A free-for-all fight in a boarding house at 15 Meadow street. tenanted by Portuguese negroes, resulted in the appearance of James Names before Judge B. w. filling in police court this morning on charge of welding a rag or and breach of the peace, and Frank Silva and James Lopez on charges of breach of the peace. During the melee Raymond Silva was stabbed in the back and was taken to the hospital where pr. Fleming found two wounds, four and five inches respectively. behind the left shoulder. Names was fined $25 and costs for his part in the affair while Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods entered nolles in the other two cases.
 The trouble occurred shortly before midnight last night. Police Sergeant George c. Ellinger and Patrolman Day id Moore received a report of a free for-all brawl and both policemen rushed found the injured man at the house and arranged for his transportation to the hospital. Shortly afterward Names was captured in the back yard of a Li- lac street home. He admitted having taken part in the fracas and implicated the other two men who were then ar- rested.
 In explanation of the trouble Silva said he had requested that Names go to bed since he was intoxicated and
 (Continued on Sixth Page
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
COUNCIL ACTION ILLEGAL
New Iondon's Vote For Added Ap- propriatiou For New Bridgc Declar- ed Void by Corporation Counsel.

< New London, Aug. 15.--The action of New London's common council 1t the special meeting Saturday ntsht in voting by six to five to ask for As 1pe~s cial appropriation of S12.00O addi- tional for an appropriation to erect new bridge in Crystal avenue over which the new trolley line from Gro-
 ton over the state highway bridge must pass, has been declared void by the corporation counsel as two thirds vote on special appropriations
 is required Protests of two or three fishermen, upheld by the war depart. ment, prevented the closing of the upper end of Winthrop Cove aboue this bridge, which would have en- abled the city to make needful i'm
 provements at about $12,000 less ex- pense. Opposition to the special ap- propriation in the council was based on grounds of economy as it would have to be charged against next years taxes
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
Rev. w. A. Burch Also Goes to His Son, Accused i1, Los Angeles Murder Mys- tery.

Los Angeles, Aug. 15.-When Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain is taken into court today to answer to a murder charge involving the death here Aug ust of J. Belton Kennedy, broker, Ralph B. obenchain, her former hus- band will be sitting at the counsers ta- ble as her attorney.
 MT. Obenchain arrived here yester- day and after conference in private with the prisoner emphatically declared Himself sure of his former wife's in- nocence.
 On the same train from the east was the Rev. William A. Burch of Evans ton. H.. who came to be at the side of his son. Arthur c. Burch, friend of Mrs. Obenchain and the dead man. also facing arraisnment on the same charge.
 The two principals in the case will meet in court for the first time since their incarceration. Mrs. Obenchain has heen held since the night of tho .xlayipg, h her presence. of the man whom s1se@ said was her hAncee. Bsrch, who became involved in gradually ac- cunlnlating evidence supplied by in- vestiEators, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, on his way east the day fol- lowing the shooting.
 MT. Obenchain had little to say con- corning his talk with his former wife. He said he tried to cheer her up and assured her of his determination to fight for her despite the fact, he said, that she had once turned from him to receive the love of the young broker who was slain and for whose death Dis trict Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine expects her to account at the trial F. Ask Extension of Time
 Burch and Mrs. Obenchain asked for an extension of time in which to plead. They were granted until August p.
 Miss Thelma Smith, cousin of Mrs. Obenchain, told newspapernen today she was prepared to testify for the de- fense at the trial. She said she knew that Kennedy wished to marry Mrs. Obenchain and that she knew of her own knowledge recent occasions when he had pressed his suit. The district attorneys office has announced as it's theory in the case that it was Mrs. Obenchain who was urging the mar riage.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
STATE DEFICIT MORE THAN TWO MILLL1N ATEND OF FISCAL FEAR, REPORT SHOWS
Motor Vehicle Department Receipts Are Largest Totang
 $2,o35, 5,O9O1O and S9 1,682.78 From Fines.

Hartford, Aug. 15.-The state treas urer and the state comptroller have prepared for the printer their reports of the receipts and expenditures of the for the fiscal year ending June 30. The receipts amounted to $17,248,- 834.65 and the expenditures to $19,- 238,022.05.
 The deficit at the close of the year was-$2, ,039, ,1S7.4O
 The deficit at the close of the fiscal year of 1920 was $4,284,688.s1 but that amount include bonds to the amount of $2,5O0,00O for the soldiers relief fund. The receipts include the following items:
 Motor vehicle department $2,035,- 090.10 and $91,682.78 from fines inn posed by courts; inheritance tax, $1,855, ,856.34, a. falling off of little more than $132,o00 from the previous year. The income tax from corpora
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
RLSH QUESTION REACHES NEW CRISIS AS DE VALERA
 REFUSES BRI7ZSH OFFERS
EMERY PAYS GLOWING
 TRIBUTE TO GEN. FOCH
Predicts Marshall of France Will Be Given Great !
 Reception in U. s.

Tarbes, France, Aug. 15. (By Asso- ciated Press)-A tablet to commemor- ate the achievements of Marshal Foch, was placed today oh the house here where Marshal Foch was born, by the 25O members of the American Legion who came to/France for the dedication peditionary force, presented to the United States by the inhabitants of Flirey and liberated Lorraine.
 Major John G. Emery, national com mander of the American Legion paid tribute to Marshal Foch's accomplish ments in the war as worthy of intim- ate comparison with those of the great Napoleon and also laid stress on the post war work of the marshal.
 ''The world will owe him a more per- manent debt,'' Major Emery declared. because of his understanding that through progress is made in the devel- opment of friendly relations between peoples, rather than in strife, no mat ter how victorious"
 Major Emery prophesized that the welcome to Marshal Foch in the United States when he attends Gthe national convention of the American Legion in Kansas City in October next twill stand forth as the most signal tribute of respect and affection our country ever has given an honored guest. =
 Five million who bore arms each expecting to serve France" Major En- cry said, twill get particular thrill in the reception of the great French man who has become one of the great moral and ethical leaders of the world. '
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
LAWYER TO DEFEND FORMER WIFE WHO
 ONCE SPURNED EZM FOR MAN MURDERED
BIG BILL EDWARDS
 OUT AS COLLECTOR
Is Succeeded By Frank K. Bowers As Official At Port of
 New York.

New York, Aug. 15.-William H. (Big BfIt) Edwards retired today as collector of internal revenue for ths richest district in the country hav- ing harvested almost $5.000, 00O, ,000 for Uncle Sam during fuor years and four months in office. Ceremonies were held in his office at the custom house to bid him good bye and well come his republican successor. Frank K. Bowers.
 T hope you make . much better collector than I have been,'' the former Princeton football star told Mr. Bowers. Then casting a glance in the direction of feet hidden from his eyes by . waist line of great circum- ference Mr. Edwards added:
 @Hut you Wtll never make . bix- ger collector"
 Nr. Edwards today received . let ter from Woodrow Wilson which satd: "
 1t wss | matter oe dssp sati.ese- ton to no to - AAle to pahow my eo1aNdefsce in you by the appofnt- ment as collector. You have entire ly fulfilled my expectations and my most cordial friendship will always follow you.''
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15

tions yielded a revenue of $2,944,- 737.19 or a little more than $1,1OO, 100 over that of 1920. The steam rail- roads paid $1,750,oo0 or s234,0Oo more than they paid the state in 1920. The Mutual Life Insurance companies paid $437, ,708.40 or about $3,0OO less than they paid the previous year. The state tax was the same as that of 1920, $1,750,000. The Mutual Fire Ins. companies added the sum of $4,961 to the receipts of the state of $82, less than last year. The stock insurance companies $352,533.13 while last year they paid $475,049.15; and the tele- phone and telepragh companies $372,- 621.45 or a trif1e over $63,O0O more than they paid in 1920.
 The bonded debt of the state was $14 4,291, 100 exactly the same as it was in 1920. The state paid in inter est on the bonded debt and loans $461,804.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
Falls Under Express
 Train, His Leg Cut Off

New London. Aug. 15.-Antone Di Bragga of Stonington is at Lawrence hospital here as a result of having his left leg cut off when he fell under an express train while alighting at his home town Saturday night before the train stopped.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
ON HUNGER STRIKE
Man Under Arrest in Canada for Mur. der in United States Now Too Weak To Walk by Himself.

Calgary. Alberta. Aug. 15.-Dr, R. M. Brumfield. in jail here awaiting transportation to Roseburg, Ore, on a charge of murder in connection with the alleged staying of Dennis Russell. July 14, declined food today and is So weak that he may have to be taken back to Oregon on stretcher.
 Brumfleld has eaten nothing since Saturday noon. He refuses to say a word about the crime of which he is charged. Roseburg officers were expect ed here today to take him back. He is being closely guarded.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
FIRE BREAKS OUT AGAIN

Atlantic Refining Company at
 Point Breeze Near Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia, Aug. 15.-Fire which yesterday caused the death of five persons and the injury of nearly a score of others at Point Breeze plant of the Atlantic Rfg Co. broke out again shortly before noon today
 Three alarms summoned weary f1remen back from the fire houses to which they had returned only few hours previously to combat a roar ing pillar of flame shooting 100 feet into the air from a sewer fed by 20,- 900 gallons of oil by-products All of this it was feared, would be des- troyed, adding several thousand dol lars to the estimated loss of $1,OOo.- 0Oo..
 The second blaze was extinguished after it had burned about two hours. It was confined to the sewer contain ing the oil by-products.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED
Home of Police Chief at Groton Destroyed-Alarm Broken and We'll Ropes Are Found Cut.

New London. Aug. The de- struction by fire of the home of Po- lice Captain George O. Vincent of Groton borough early Sunday morn ing was apparently the work of an incendiary Efforts to sound an alarm failed to get any response from the alarm system. The we'll rope on the premises was cut. There had been no fire in the stove for several days and no one had been smoking on the premises for many hours. When the fire apparatus arrived a half hour after the blaze started, after being called by messenger, the house was nearly destroyed as we'll as all it's contents, even to the captains uni- form. Mrs. Vincent and two children were taken out of a second story win dow by neighbor who found lad der. MT. Vincent was not at home.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
NEW REPUBLIC FORMED

Magyar and Jugo-Slavs. in South
 western Hungary Said to Have
 Formed New. Govt. of Their Own.
 Belgrade. Aug. IS (By Associated Press) Magyar and Jugo-Slav ele- ments in southwestern Hungary held a monster meeting at F'unfkirchen (Pecs) a hundred miles south of Budapest last night and it is report ed that the republic of Baranya (the name of the province of which Pecs is the capitaD has been proclaimed, with the presidency offered to Count Karolyl.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
Floating Bar Reality,
 Customs Officials Say

Boston, Aug. 15.-Three customs in- spectors returned today from Mar thas Vineyard and New Bedford where they went to investigate the alleged rHm running activities of the former fishing schooner ArethusA They said they found positive evil dence the vessel had been moored off No Mans Land.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
YOUTHFUL ROBBERS HELD

16 Year Old Boys, Arrested For Try
 ing to Rob New London Store. to
 Face Superior Court.
 New London, Aug. 15.-Herbert Hanson and Frank Codowski, l6 years old youths of Montville, were bound over to the criminal superior court this morning on charge of att tempting to rob Smiths grocery Friday night, when it was left. in charge of Smiths young daughter. One of the boys seized her about the waist while the other pointed what she thought was a revolver at her. She recognized one youth and when she called his name both fled. They told Justice Snyddy they attempted the robbery because they lacked food.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
BREAKS RECORD; ALSO NECK
Toledo Motorcycle Racer Sets New Mark for Mile-Half Hour Later Loses His Life.

Toledo, O., Aug. 15.--Less than half ,anF hour after he had broken the vorid's dirt track mutsrcycle with side- car record for ono mile, covering tho distance in 51 1-5 seconds, Albert ". Burns, 27, of Oakland. Cal, WAS fa- tally injured, when in the first lap of q p mile race at the fair grounds here yesterday. fellow rider crowded him, forcing his machine to skid and crash through a fence. Burns neck was broken and he died en route to a hos pital.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
TWO BITS" RETURNS.

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Aug. 15.-The 1.-two bit" piece came back into it's own here when the largest restaurant in the city announced "ham and eggs' back at the old pre-war price. Other price cuts that attracted the hungry ones at the 1.-two bit' price were ''beef and gravy and pork chops; prices for all these had been 50 cents.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
DELAY TAX BILL.

Washington, Aug. h5.-Repubn- cans of the house and ways means committee have decided not to for nially introduce the Administration l tax revision bill until after five o'clock this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
$2, ,5OO,OO0 Worth of
 Cars Stolen in 6 Mos.

New York, Aug. 15.-Automobile tnefts in New York have almost doubled in the last six months, accord ing to police figures for the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, made public today. Since February 20, 2, 491 cars valued at $2,500,O0O have been stolen.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
Final Vote On Tolls
 To Be Taken October 10

Washington, Aug. IS. .- Agreement for a final vote October 10 on Sena- tor Borah's bill, providing free tolls for American ships passing through the Panama canal was reached today by the senate.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
TO TRY TO "COME-BACK".

St. Paul, Aug. 15.-Johnny tKew pie) Ertle, St. Paul Bantamweight boxer who retired several years ago, will launch, his come back in Sioux City, Ia., on Labor Day it was announced today. His opponent will be either Johnny Ritchie of Chicago or Frankie Mason
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
KING PETER VERY ILL.

aWshington, AugT 15.-The condi- ton of King Peter of Serbia con tinues to be very serious and he is still unconscious according to mes sage today from Belgrade to the Ser bian legation here.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
L0RENZ AUTO VICTIM
Local Garage Proprietor in New


 Haven Hospital Following Acci-
 dent in Elm City Last Night
 Richard Lorenz, whose home is in Elmwood, and who is proprietor of the Standard Garage on Corbin Place, is in the New Haven hospital today suffering from injuries received in the Elm city last night. His son Charles, and Richard Dixon of Arch street, are also in New Haven where they went this morning to see the elder Lorenz. The three men are re- ported to have been in Lorenx' Chalmers car when the accident .oc- cured. Charles Lorenz and Dixon were reported as shaken up and shocked but not injured. The extent of the injuries to the parent is not known nor are any details of the &C., cident itself.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
CREEKS OPEN OFFENSIVE.

Smyrna, Aug. IS (By Associated Press) Greeks have begun a second offensive against the Turkish NationaMsts who are retiring rapidly towards the Sakaria river without offering resistance.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
LITTLE GIRL IS KILLED
Crushed to Death When Wagon in Which She Is Riding in Columbia Is Struck By An Automobile.

Columbia, Aug. 15.-Dorothy May Taylor, aged 4, riding. in a wagon with an uncle, Elliott Stiles of Andover, was fatally hurt today after an auto mobile hit the vehicle. The child was thrown from her seat and In front of the machine. P. M. Davey of Simsbury, owner, was driving the car which crushed the child. MT. Stiles was only slightly hurt. James A. Cav anaugh of Hartford, whc was passing through took the girl into Williman- tic but death came before the hos pital was reached.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
DARING BURGLARY
Thieves Rob Waterbury Fur Store

Located Within 300 Yards of Police
 Station.
 Waterbury, Aug. 15.-One of the most daring burglaries perpetrated in the history of this city was successfully engineered some time Sunday night when burglars entered the fur estab- lishment of Charles B. Roodman, To- cated directly in the heart of the city and within 300 yards of police heaJ quarters. The loot cared off by the intruders is conservatively estimated at $20.OO0 and included 65 fur coats and other articles of value. The theory is advanced that the burglars used a motor truck to carry off the loot.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
FREIGHT RATES TOO HIGH

xe Os Os 1OCCO11uAClAASS x1OWSV0Xs 1SCNS@AC.
 ton on Livestock-Grain Prices Also
 Said To Be High.
 Washington, Aug. 15.-Freight rates on livestock in western and mountain Pacific territory were found by the in- terstate commerce commission today to be not unjust and unreasonable. balt the commission suggested to the railroads that present rates shnu1d be reduced voluntarily to 60 per cent of tho pres- ent, rates, the reduction net to ihe les than 50 cents hundred pounds.
 Washington. Aug. 15.-Rate experts statisticians and economists were on hand today to testify before the inter state commerce commission as to the necessity for reductions in freight rates on grain products and hay in the vest ern states. Twenty states, through. their railroad commissions have join ed with organizations and bankers in urging the reductions on the grounds that present rates are so high as to make it impossible for the producers to realize reasonable profit from theiri products.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
Deadlock Is Reached.


 Riga, Aug. 15, (By Associated Press) "A deadlock was reached to- day in the negotiations relative to American relief for Russia's famine sufferers between the American relief administration and Maxim Litvinor. acting on behalf of soviet famine re- lief committee. Action by Washing ton and Moscow will be necessary to decide the issue.
 Whether the American relief ad- administration and Maxim Ltvinoff, of it's usual methods and permit the soviets greater control of the per- sonnel and distribution of American food than has been granted any oth- CT country which has been aided has been put up to Herbert Hoover, head of tho relief administration by Wal ter Lyman Brown. European director of the administrations. Pending re- ply from MT. Hoover the conferees will discuss minor points, but Litvin- off, it is understood. will stand firm in his refusal to sign some of the American conditions unless ordered to do so by the Moscow government.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
NOVELIST DIES TO-DAY.

Newburyport, Mass, Aug. 15- Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford,
 novelist and poet, died at her home on Deer Island early today
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
GOOD ROADS BILL PASSED.

Washington, Aug. 15.-The federal good roads bill was favorably report ed to the senate today and effort will
 be made to pass it before recess.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
WIRELESS MAN DIES
Vance HI. Nelson of Whtneyville One of First to Catch s O Calls From Titanic Away Back in 1912.

New Haven, Aug. 15.-vance H. Nelson. 31, who died at his home in Whitneyville today from the effects of an operation was one of the earliest amateur radio operators in this sec tion. When the Titanic hit an ice- berg in 1912 and sent out distress calls Nelson caught the messages and notified local newspapers He was also considered an expert in operation of gas engnes and was so rated by the government durng Nelson's war serv- ice.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
HOOVER REFUSES TO
 ALTER RELIEF PLAN Americans Will Distribute Food
 or Russia Will Get None NEGOTIATIONS ARE HELD UP United States Gives Prompt and Def- mite Reply to Clubbing of Soviets Over Method of Handing Out Food for Starving.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Conditions laid down at Riga by the American Relief Administration for famine re- lief work in Russia will not be varied from the principle of American con trol of distribution in Russia, Sec- retary Hoover said today.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15
AMMONIA FUMES FATAL
Ansonia and Derby Brewery Company Employe, Pinned Under Broken Pipe, is Rescued But Dies Later.

Derby. Aug. 15.-Charles P. Evank an employe of the Ansonia and Derby brewery pinned under broken am monia pipe at the brewery Saturday night, when one of the pipes exploded was rescued by employees of the brewery and members of a fire com pany after half an hours work in the strangling fumes. He was rushed to Griffin hospital but died there Sunday noon. Death was due to inhalation of ammonia fumes
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15

tconttnusd on -hird Pase.>
New Britain herald., 1921-08-15

tconrinued on Eleventh Page,