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New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
SHOOTS TWO; A SUICIDE
Inmate of Home For Aged At Phila- delphia Brandishes Gun After Be- coming Suddenly Insane.

Philadelphia, July 27.-Suddenly becoming insane yesterday William Smith, an inmate of the Presbyterian Home for Aged Couples and Single Men, shot two women, one of them being Mrs. Lillian Pierce, superinten- dent of the institution. He then fled to his room and took his own life by |slashing his throat with razor and firing a bullet into his head
 Mrs. Pierce had just bowed her head to say grace at the noon meal, with the 120 inmates. most of them women. assembled in the dining room. when Smith appeared in the doorway brandishing a revolver, and with a loud yell began shooting. Mrs. Pierce fell with a bullet wound in her neck Her assistant, Miss Eliza beth Wise was struck in the right arm.
 The aged and feeble men and wom- en stricken with terror fled from the room as best they could as Smith fired three more shots, none of which took effect.
 Shouting "I'll kill any one who comes near me-" Smith made his way to the third floor, the inmates and the help being too frightened to pursue him. Some one summoned the police and patrolman entered Smiths room just in time to see the man take his life.
 Despite the two wounds he struggled with the officer several min utes before he fell.
 The condition of neither of the in- jured women is serious.
 Miss Adeline Graham. another as- sistant to Mrs. Pierce. said that Smith had shown symptoms Of insanity be- fore, hut had not been considered dangerous. He had been an inmate of the institution two years. Little is known about his past.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
CONFERENCE CONTINUES
Penn, Ohio and Indiana Mine Work CTS and Owners Seeking Settlement

Philadelphia, July 27.-Strike con- ferences between international off cers of the united mine workers and district leaders of the anthracite and soft coal fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana continued today.
 Although the district representa- tives were summoned by President John l.. Lewis primarily to report on conditions in their districts it is eX- pected the situation generally prob ably will be discussed before the meetings finally adjourn. =l-
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
DISTILLERS SATISFIED
Conference Held to Agree on Plan for
 Medicinal Whiskey Seems Favorable to Manufacturers.

Louisville, July 27-Distillers ot the country departing today after 3 meeting held yesterday to select q committee to work with the treasury department in relation to the concen- tration of medicinal whiskey and grain alcohol expressed entire satisfaction with the results of the gathering.
 Resolutions appealing to the presi. dent, secretary of the treasury and commissioner of internal revenue to see that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes properly conducts his office ir conformity with the legal regulations were passed.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
SURSIDIZING PRESS

Berlin, July 27.-Provincial news papers throughout Prussia which heretofore have been serving as of gans for local governments will have to conform in their editorial at- titude to the demands of the German republic or forego their revenues from official advertising.
 A decree to this effect issued to- day by the Prussian minister of the interior affects numerous local news papers which have been out of sym pathy with the republican government
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
E. B. C. NIGHT
Eyerylnan's Bible Class to Motor to Plainville Camp Meeting Tomorrow Evening.

At least 100 members of Every mans Bible class with their wives are expected to meet at the Methodist church tomorrow evening at 6:3O o'clock and drive to the Plainville Camp Grounds, where Rev. John L. Davis will deliver an address
 At a recent meeting of the class it vas voted to attend this service and volunteers to transport the men and their wives were requested Chair man Charles F. Robertson, of the transportation committee has pro- cured number of automobiles and is looking for more. Those who intend going have notified Mir, Robertson, and others will notify him tonight
 Rev. A. B. Taylor, musical director of the Bible class, will lead the sing irg. A special place has been set aside to seat the New Britain delega- tion. and surprise program has been arranged.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
OBREGOS BETTER.

Mexico City, July 27 (By (Asso- ciated Press) .-Presiden Obregon's s condition was reported improved to- day, the high temperature of the last few days having almost entirely dis appeared. The president received several members of the cabinet yes- terday. He is still in bed.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
TRADE BOYS LOSE
 BRIDGEPORT GAME
Park City Ball TosSerS on Long
 End Of 6-2 Score

The Bridgeport Trade school de. feated New Britain ( to at Bridge port yesterday in the first game of the state championship series. The game was closely played throughout. Bridgeport tallied five runs in the first two innings, when the New Brit ain battery seemed to be d little un- settled. However, the local traders settled down after the second inning and held the Park City boys to one run for the remainder of the game Both pitchers played good ball. Ku- hEowski and Eric Anderson put up good brand of ball for New Britain. French and Petrino starred for Brideenort
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
City Items
Hear the fight by Radio at Morans

Hear the hght by Radio at Morans -advt.
 A meeting of St. Mary's Ladies' T. A. B. society will be held at s o'clock this evening in St. Mary s school hall. Following the meeting there will be social session.
 A daughter, Jean Adelaide, was born Monday, July A, to Mir and Mrs. John T. Porter, Jr.. of New London, at the Lawrence Memorial Associated hospital in that city Mrs Porter be- fore her marriage was Miss Edith l.. Sparks, daughter of Mrs. Wilfred R. Sparks of this city
 The Cardinals of Washington street defeated the Aces of Beaver street in a fast game which ended with a a score of 19 to (.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
BORDEAUX MIXTURE.

Due to a Typographical error, in- structions on how to make Bordeaux Mixture for spraying potato plants, printed last night read that 50 pounds Of lime and 50 pounds of blue vitriol be used The proper proportions are five pounds of lime to 50 gallons of water and 5 pounds of blue vitrol in solution mixed and used generously as spray.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
II. S. IS NOSED OFT.

Ottawa, July 27-The United States which in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, was Canada's best customer, by a wide margin, has been nosed out by Great Britain 1t was disclosed when the books were balanced on June 30 of this year.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
34 2 6 BRIDGEPORT T. s.

Two base hit Glynn; struck out. by seahers 5 by Carrano |; base on balls of seaberg 5; double plays Q. Anderson to H. Anderson; hit by pitcher balls Dore by seaberg; Herald batted for R. Vance in 9th inning; umpire, Dewey.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27

T don't know what would do without the Herald classified columns at my disposal" said Mrs. B. to MT. H.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27

Farmers and mental workers especially orators, artists, and mathe maticians, are said to enjoy the long est lives.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27

The Herald classified columns favor young and old alike. The older you get, the more your appreciation.
 Water bills not paid on or before July 31 will be assessed 10 per cent eXtra-adyt.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27

Every week there are more and more people realizing that Herald classified advertising pays.
New Britain herald., 1922-07-27

Herald classified ads fairly bristle with opportunities.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
CHAPTER XIV.
Applied Hydraulics.

They've skipped" l reported to
Daddy, as l climbed down from the
earth sacks, "and that shows us the
quality of the humanity stuff we have
TO deal with. Bullerton will never get
that bunch 10 rush us in the Open."
That's something gained, anyway, "
said the old man; land ever li'f bit
helps. But if they amt gOin' to take
it standin' up. we got to look out for
Injin doin's; the snake-in-the- grass
kind. Charley Bullerton amt goin' to
quit none so easy"
Nevertheless, for an hour or more,
it looked as if the jumpers had quit.
In due time the cooking fire in the lit
tie glade burned out and no one
came to rekindle it. Around and about
the solemn silence of the mountain
wilderness ringed US in, and it was
hard 10 realize that the siege had not
been abandOned-thoug we knew well
enough it hadn't
We put in the time as best we could,
tinkering up our defenses and trying
to provide for all the contingencies.
For one thing, Daddy found big
auger and used it to bore lOophOles at
various places through the wall, by
means Of which we could command the
approaches to the shaft-hOuse on two
of the three exposed sides. Eastward
ly, the blacksmith shop intervened be-
tween US and the boiler shed-it was
built as a lean-tO against that side of
the shaft-hOuse-and in that direction
we were necessarily blind. The fourth
side, as 1 have said, faced an abrupt
cliff of the mountain, a rocky wall
rising TO maybe twice the height of
the buildings and almost overhang
ing them. AT its summit this cliff
tapered off into a steep upward slope,
bare of timber; hence we were COM
paratively secure from attack in that
quarter.
AS to provisioning we were not so
badly off. Daddy Hiram, well used in
his long experience as a prospector to
figuring upon the longevity of grub
stakes" estimated that. what with the
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doorstep: DO you suppose they could
is there any way they could have
/ been married yesterday, Daddy?"
! "Uh-huh; l reckon there was. They
might "a gone on down to Angels.
I There's a justice O the peace down
! there"
1t still lacked a full hour of noon
when we got our preparations made
/ and were ready to stand a siege. Then
we waited, and waited some more; and
after a while 1 began to grin. What
| if we had stampeded ourselves need
| lessly? After all, the men we had seen
/ in the deep gulch might really have
/ been tramps, and not Bullerton army.
Would the mining engineer, unprinci-
pied as he doubtless was, go TO the
/ length of trying to dispOssess us by
force? The more 1 thought of it, the
more unlikely it seemed.
Il guess maybe we were scared Of
a shadow, after all, Daddy" 1 said.
''BulIerton has had time enough to
bring up his army, if he has one"
II amt countin' much on his backin'
/ down." was the drawing rejoinder.
'Ye see, l know Charley Bullerton of
| old; keen knowin' him ever since he
/ first busted into the minin game.
That was over in the Sagauche. He's
an all-'round cuss, but he's slayer Be
sides, you roughed him up sort o. hurt
full this mOrnin', and he's got that to
make him spitey. Well be hearin'
from him as soon as he gets things
yanked round into shape TO suit him"
Still, as time passed and nothing
happened, 1t looked less and less like
| ly that we were going to have to fight
for our holding ground l don't know
to this good day what made Bullerton
so slow in bringing up his army, but
| it was high noon, and Daddy and /
were eating a cold luncheon, with the
| shaft-house door-sill for seat, when
we saw tie army coming. 1t was
struggling gang of perhaps a dozen
men: we couldn't count them accurate
| ly because the road on the bench
wound in and out among the trees.
They came up within easy rifle shot
and pitched their camp, If you could
call it that, in little glade. At that
distance we could see that they were
armed, but, of course, we couldn't tell
what kind of guns they had After
they had taken possession of the small
open space, two of them set to work
to build a cooking fire.
At the halt in the glade one of the
party-Bullerton. we guessed it was
broke a branch from a pine, stripped
the twigs from it. and made ii a flag
staff for his white handkerchief. Un-
der this flag of truce he and two of his
1 hot
hind. There was a climb of about
thirty feet, maybe, coming up from
the bench 70 the ledge upon which the
mine buildings stood, so we got a fair
| " good look at the peace party before
1t came within talking distance. Bull
lerton still had a slight touch of the
wry-neck. and the devil-may-care
| jauntiness which had been his chief
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
Woman Writer So Asserts, and Says
Ii Usually Crops Out After
His Marriage.

All feminine creatures, from the
cradle to the grave, proceed on the
basis that all men are conceited. This
is perhaps particularly true Of the
man who is no longer lover, but hus-
band. As lover he had wide streak
of humility in his composition; a hus-
band mostly regards humility as n
waste product, writes a Woman of
Forty in Harper's.
More than once I have seen some
dull woman fiattering my husband, and
have had him tell me afterward what
fine, keen, warm-hearted little per-
son she is. have yet TO meet the man
who fails to feel that the woman who
admires him has something sound and
right about her. More than once
have flattered a man just to see him
expand.
Indeed, it is a stupid or inexperi-
enced woman who has not done this.
and usually because she wanted TO get
something out of him. In his dealing
with a woman it is quite easy TO sell
a man a gold brick. Doubtless, the
well-known law of compensation
works here; If men get plenty of self
satisfaction out of theiI self-conti-
dence, it is something for which they
have TO pay the piper.
ASwoman of my age knows that q
certain amount of self-satisfaction has
befn necessary to keep the race going,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
AERIAL POLO IS NEW SPORT
Airplane-Toy Balloon Game One Of
Features at Recent Legion Enter
tainment in Florida.

Aerial polo is the latest sport one
Of the chief features OF an entertain
ment given by the American Legion at
Miami. Fla. was a game of polo
staged high in the air. sans uaIIers.
sans ponies. sans bali. sans everything
except a dozen nimhle ayiators and
several dozen toy balloons.
Every sort of twist from the Tuuel-
mann turn 10 the mapIe-leaf drop fs
called into play during the contest
Here is what happens A mororhoar
loaded with the many-coI7red balloons
Of the proverbial country fair uIows
out into the harbor and drops anchor.
From nearby hangars come EaIlouinE
dozen Pegasuses. They take the
air, and when they are equi5isrant
from the launch. AT a safe altitude.
the little balloons are released and go
soaring upward in great confusion on
the wind
The air rider who captures the
greatest number is declared the win
ner. The Legion pilots who uie5 II
said that It used to De easier catching
Taubes.
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decoration only as a tribute to ALI
Legionnaires-and when The medal ar
rives it viii be deposited iu the ar
chives of the Legion.
When he received the notification
of the award. he cabIed Marshal Foch=
In the name of 100000 service
men and women represented by the
American Legion. we extend through
YOU TO the President Of the French re-
public our gratitude ever the tribute
proffered. Realizing that this is not
awarded TO me personally we accept
it for every man and woman uf our
organization and iB extending DUR deep
thanks pledge TO France our continued
love and devotion"
Mr. MacNider was made gEarlI.er
of the Legion of Honor Oh the battle
field in 1913.
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had been killed in action I'm France
Mrs. Donohue intends this year -
erect a new newspaper buildiuE in
Cokato as a memorial 70 MY BiI."
and then she intends As p distant
dream TO write a book of his life.
Last year she visited her husbands
grave at RomanEe. where 22.0o0 were
buried in the heart Of the ArEonue
wood.
Probably no paper In the country
gives more sympathetic treatment To-
the problem of the returned soldier
than does the weekly at Cokato. "The
tragedy of war has broadened my
viewpoint" says Mrs. DOnohue-
There Is much 10 be done, and Tm
frank to say that expect great
things Of the American Legion MS an
organization representing men who
know what the word service means
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high-pcwered bullet on the iron roof
over our heads speeded things up
do your do" Daddy muttered and
1 struck a match, sheltered the tiny
flame in my followed hands until il
got going good, and then. with silent
prayer that Daddy might not miss the
hole, stuck the blaze TO the frayed end
OF the powder string.
Coming all three together as 1t
seemed TO me, there were spittings like
those of an angry cat, a puff of chok-
ing powder smoke, and the crack of
the rife. For just about three seconds
nothing further happened; but at the
fourth second or thereabouts-Oh.b boy
The cabin was Stoutly and solidly
built of logs. as I may have mentioned,
but in the flash of the rending eXplo-
sion we had q glimpse of doors and
windows caving inward and a section
of the split-shingle roof leaping toward
the spacious armament on high.
Now, durn ye,' was Daddy Hiram's
moroSe comment made with an eye to
a peep-hole, now, durn We, maybe
you'll let folks sleep peaceable for a
little spell :"
OF course, in the darkness, made
thicker by the cloud of dust the explo-
sion had kicked up. we couldn't tell
what had become of the cabin gar
riSon, or whether or no we'd killed all
or any of il. But the immediate re-
suit was PERFECTLY sOul-satisfying.
There were no more roof lombard
ments, and after we had remained on
watch together for perhaps half an
hour. Daddy sent me TO the blankets
for my forty winks; did this. and after
ward played a low-down trick on me.
For. what with the previous nights
broken rest, and the more or less ex-
citing and strenuous day, / slept like
a tired baby. and when I awoke the
sun was shining in at the two high
window holes at something more than
an acute angle, and Daddy Hiram was
making coffee and frying bacon and
baking pan-bread over a chip fire
built on a piece of boiler iron we had
turned down for hearth purposes the
previous evening.
The old angel took my reproach-
ful abuse for his unselfiShneSS quite
good-naturedly, as he did most things,
and made his report of the nights
dOings. Up TO midnight there had
been nothing stirring; but after that
there had been noises on the black
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21

of the fuse. There was fizZ, cloud
of acrid smoke to make me turn my
face away and cough. and then a
frenzied yell from the old man.
Throw it d-gosh-to-Frid =
throw it :"
I contrived to get it out through the
window opening in some way, and lost
my balance on the earth bags doing it,
tumbling awkwardly into Daddy's
arms as 1 fell. Coincident with the
tumble, the stout old shaft-hOuse
rocked TO the crash of an explosion
that was still echoing from the cliffs
OF the mountain above when the sour
fumes of the dynamite rose TO float in
at the window holes.
"G-gOod giZzardsr suffered Daddy
Hiram, did you reckon l cut them
fuses long enough so Z you could hold
'em in your hands and watch 'em
burn?'
''What do I know about fuses?"
asked, grinning at him. Then mount
ed the breastwork again and looked
out, prepared TO see the entire land
scape blown into shreds.
Aside from a few sheets of CORFU
gated iron torn from the roof of the
adjacent ore shed. the landscape ap-
peared to be fairly intact and still
with US. But down ON the bench be-
low, the lately kindled cooking fire
was burning in solitary confinement.
The raiders, TO a man, had disap-
peared.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
"PLL GET YouI"

Synonsis. - Under his grand
fathers will, Stanford Broughton
society idler, finds his share Of the
estate, valued at something like
$40 90, lies in a safe repository"
latitude and longitude described.
and that is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby OF
brown haired, blue-eyed girl, a pie
bald horse, and a dog with split
face. half black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the be-
quest as a joke. but after consider
alton sets out to find his legacy
On his way TO Denver Stanford
hears from fellow traveller,
Charles Bullerton, mining engi-
ueer a story having to do with
flooded mine. He has a 'hunch"
this mine is the safe repository
Of the will Fullerton refuses him
Information. On the station plat
form at Atropia. just as the train
pulls out. Stanford sees what ap-
pear TO be the Identical horse and
dog described in his grandfather's
Will Impressed, he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. Unable
TO secure a conveyance. Broughton
seizes a track-inspection car and
ESCAPES lEdNlNB the IN ItSSioAA OAA
the town marshal, Beasley, that he
is demented. Pursued, he aban-
dons the car, which is wrecked,
and escapes on foot In the dark
ness he is overtaken by the girl,
the horse and the dog. After he
explains his presence. she invites
him TO her home. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker Of the
mine. and his daughter Jeanie.
Stanford does not reveal his iden-
tity. Hiram and Stanford go put
tering about the mine. Stanford
gets Interested in the work and
falls in love with Jeanie, who saves
his life. BullertOn shows up at the
mine. He offers $4,000 for the Gin
nabar. Stanford says No" Bull
lertOn makes threats. Somebody
throws a monkey-wrench into the
pumping machinery. Jeanie disap-
pears SO does the deed of the
Cinnabar. Stanford does up Bull
lerton In a go-as-you- please scrap.
Bullerton says he and Jeanie went
away to get married and she dis
appeared.
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smith shop side, and indications that
the jumpers were at work on some
thing in the boiler shed. Since this
lay beyond our field of vision, we
couldn't see what was going on, nor
could we apply the dynamite remedy.
Shortly after we had finished break
fast the work noises began again, but
with the blanketing blacksmith shop in
the way we couldn't see a thing and
could only make wild guesses at what
the raiders were up TO. Along about
the middle of the forenoon they fired
up one or more of the boilers; a whiff
of wind coming along the side of the
mountain blew the smoke over so that
some of il drifted into the shaft-house
through the high windows. Still we
were completely lost in the guessing
wilderness.
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Chautauoua.

Chautauqua is the name of a beau
tiful lake in New York state, is miles
long and One-third Of a mile broad.
726 feet above Lake Erie, from which
il is eight miles distant. On its banks
is the village of Chautauqua, the cen
ter of a religious and educational
movement of large and growing in
terest. This originated In 1874, when
the village was selected as a summer
place OF meeting for all interested il
Sunday schools and missions. Since
then the ChautauQua Literary and
Scientific Circle has taken origin there.
consisting of regular and systematic
course of reading, extending over four
years, and emitting the student to a
diploma. The name Chautar Iua is
evidently of Indian origin
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
Would POSTPONE This Expense.

The dome of the proposed Victory
Memorial building in Washington
would be virtually huge service flag
II would be studded with five million
stars-gold for those who died blue
for those who served The plan is
70 have each star engraved with the
initials Of the soldier il stands for.
so that future visitors VIII be able TO
distinguish them. with the aid Of a
telescope, from the floor below. The
American Legion has taken the stand
that the erection of the expensive me-
mortal should be withheld until there
are fewer suffering veterans on the
streets.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1922-04-21
E9II5N4A2A g95HA1ISSM5
CONCETT Is A MASCULINE TRAIT

and that the self-satisfed type that
appreciates itself most highly has been
the most successful type The trait
has been very valuable to the race, at
any rate In the rough-and-tumble con-
ditiOns through which men have lived
and struggled in evolving from the
days of Pithecanthropus.
Women have done their bit in simu-
lating this quality of conceit and self
satisfaction because they like success
full men and have married them when
they had the chance-which is the
same thing as saying that they have
married conceited men and bred con-
ceited boys, whose conceit they fos-
tered by praise.