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New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
IPO|NCAREEXPLAINS
HIS VIEW OF PLAN
Processes 10 See German Plot 10
Gain Military Strength

Paris. Jan, I fBy Associated
Pressl Premier Poineare sent a
cable message today 10 Ambassador
Jusserand in Washington asking him
10 see Secretary Hughes In eonnee-
ton with the statement made 10 the
Associated Press yesterday by Baron
Won Rosenberg. the German foreign
minister on the German truce pro-
posal which Premier Poineare con-
tends showed that the principal OBJ
ieet OF the nan-war pact proposed by
Germany was 10 obtain the eyaeua-
tlon OF the Rhineland without the
payment of Preparations,
Premier Poineare's message asked
Ambassador Jusserand in taking up
the Rosenberg statement with seere.
tary Hughes 10 make the following
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
KNOX MURDER CASE
SENSATIONAL ONE
Defense Seeks to Show Man
Threatened Suicide

Hemphill. Tex. Jan. 4,-With the
reopening here today of the prelimin.
airy hearing of Mrs. Lillian Knox
charged by complaint with the muir
der of her husband Hiram Knox
wealthy east Texas lumberman, or
Nov. IS last. both the defense and
prosecution were expected to play
their trump cards.
The defendant and her husband
were widely known throughout the en-
tire section and the case probably has
caused more excitement than has been
experienced in this part of the state
in decades. Always the subject of COM
ment because of her lavish expendi-
lures the unusual splendor in which
she lived and gifts to workers and the
populace in general Mrs. Knoxs name
now is literally on every tongue in
east Texas.
1t was expected the state would seek
Immediately to have Mrs. Knox re-
manded to Jail without bail to await
the March term of the court.
The state was expected to introduce
today the report of the 81 day cor
oner's inquest and investigation into
the Knox death.
Favorable to Accused
The main point regarded as favor
ing the defense was said to be letters
written allegedly by the lumberman
shortly before his body was found
with a bullet hole in his head.
Although her family physician stat
ed Mrs. Knox was suffering from high
blood pressure, she maintained an
animated appearance. often chatting
with and smiling at her relatives and
counsel during yesterdays hearing.
Susie Hodo and John Hodo, her
husband, servants in the Knox home
testified Mr.. Knox had threatened
suicide and complained that he had
gone through all his money. Hodo
testified also that Knox has protested
that he would either keep Chester Col
Inns away from the Knox home or kill
him. Collins is one of the attorneys
defending Mrs. Knox.
The testimony of T. c. Carson, sec
rotary to Mrs Knox, was regarded
as probably the most important of
any taken yesterday. Carson admitted
having bought a vial OF powerful
sleeping potion at the request of Mrs.
Knox. He also testified he called at
the Hemphill express office for pack
age containing a black dress sent to
Mrs. Knox on the day the body was
found
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
MAY RETURN AMERICAN Gun.
Quebec Refers to Ottawa Boston,
Request for 1875 Trophy.

Quebec, Jan. A request made by
Mayor Curey of Boston for the re-
turn OF the small gun said to have
been captured by the British on June
II, 1775, at the Battle of Bunker Hill,
and which now stands on the square
at the Quebec Citadel, was referred
today to the minister of militia at
Ottawa.
In Quebec military circles opinion
as to the advisability OF returning
the gun is divided. Some officials be-
lieve it would be a bad precedent,
while others consider it a matter to
be settled by the department of mil
tia.
There is some doubt here as to the
origin of the gun. which is a small
niece of artillery that could be packed
under the arm. There are no au-
thentic records to prove that the gun
was ever actually captured at Bunker
Hill, but it is shown to tourists as
such, and it has been generally ac-
cepted as a trophy of war captured
by the British troops.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
Bill Provides $4,000 to Buy Land
For Addition to Post Office Here
Remainder of S225,OOO APP.
preparation Is Intended
for Extension and Re-
modelling of Building.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 4.--Ths
urgent need for purchasing addition.
al land and extending and remodel.
ling the New Britain post office build.
ing was called to the attention OF
congress today by Postmaster Gener-
al Work and Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon.
They addressed Joint letter to the
house recommending appropriation
of s225.000 for this purpose, of which
$4,000 is to be spent for purchasing
additional ground and $4,000 for
extension and remodelling of the
building.
The Works-Mellon letter reviews
the congested situation at 165 cities
where the population has doubled
and tripled since the federal building
was built or enlarged. 1t gives esti-
mates of cost of new buildings or
new sites and extensions and remod :
cling necessary at 140 of these cities
and states that the survey has not
been completed for the other %
cities.
Among the 40 cities in addition
to New Britain are Bridgeport, Hart
ford. New London, Torrngton and
Waterbury.
For Hartford, appropriation Of 81
600, 900 is recommended. S1,00O,000
for a new site and s1,000000 for a
post office and office building; Tor
rington, 100000 for a new site and
$4,000 for building; Bridgeport,
$500, 000V for a new site and $1,000
600 for new building; New Lon
don. $4,000 for additional land and
S225.000 for extension and remodel
ling, and Waterbury, 100000 for adj
ditional and s325,000 for extension
and remodelling,
Congressman Fem has not intro
duced any bill for an appropriation
for improving the New Britain post
office but may now do so in view Of
the firm recommendation for extern
sion and remodelling made Jointly by
Postmaster General Work and Secre-
tary Mellon.
1t is now probable this appropria-
ton of s225.000 recommended for
New Britain may be included in the
omnibus buildings bill it is proposed
to have congress pass this session.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04

they feared they were IN q recent
m over a stream bed, The wood gai
quite fresh, The scientists, haw'
ever. assured them that the colossal
expresses grew away hack in ths
geologic past even before the age Of
the last advance Of the great Ice sheet
that once covered the entire north
eFn part Of the continent,
Many Of the trees were Of huge
dimensions, scores were found in the
excavation, which covers an area af
an acre and a half that were more
than six feet In diameter, Many
ranged as large as IA feet, and the
wnrkmen thought stump fragments
| indicated some OF the trees must have
been twenty-five feet thick. These,
however, il was said, must have been
elumps instead OF single trunks,
slumps, knees. trunks, seeds. small
branches and even leaves were found
intact. The remains were found In
three more or less distinct horizontal
zones in what was one time a swamp,
Thus II appears that first one. then
another and finally a third generation
OF the giant trees, probably zoo years
old, followed each other as the
swamp gradually filled In,
The fibre of the wood was we'll pre-,
served and easily recognizable, Roth
sapwead and heartwood remained
and in some eases even the bark.
When first taken out. the wood was
found TO be heavy, being thoroughly
saturated with water, II was hrm
aud compact. and split evenly After
a few days exposure the water evap-
GRATED and the wood became light.
dry and cracked.
For its records the National Lum-
Der Manufacturers Association made
photographs OF the discovery and has
preserved a number OF cross sections
OF part Of one OF the largest trees.
One Is to be mounted as a memo
rial" OF the find. The preservation
through such an immense period Is
afforded by the water and ooze that
once filled the swamp. The trees,
after dying. decsyed to the water
level, which preserved them from
that point down.
Fossil trees OF much greater an
tinuity are not uncommon. 1t was
said, but remains OF trees still In
their original condition after lapse
of so long period are very rare.
and wooden houses and boats at
least a thousand years old have been
found elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
ICY SIDEWALKS TAKE TOLL

William P. Young. of 252 Marke,
street. has a fractured wrist due to q
fall on the sidewalk in front of city
hall; William Fall. Of LaSalle street
is in the New Britain general hospital
with fractured ankle sustained in a
similar manner and Nathan Google.
of 5o7 East street, has an injured leg,
the result of a fall at 494 East street.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
LJONESS HAD RABIES.

Paris, Jan. Am autopsy on the
body of young lioness which sick
ened and died of a mysterious disease
soon after its arrival from Abyssina,
has disclosed that death was due to
hydrophobia. The case has stirred
medical circles. inasmuch as 1t has
been generally accepted that wild ami
mails are immune from rabies.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04
JACK THE HUGGER, AGAIN?

An unidentified woman has COM
planned to Lieutenant Samuel BAN
forth, at the police station. that a
partly clad man accosted her at the
corner of Ellis and Bassett streets,
about o'clock Tuesday night He
disappeared when she screamed.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-04

Normal tidal variations of New
York harbor are about four feet
those of Liverpool 20 feet.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Citizens Associations.

The Southeast Citizens Association
Is the latest Of these organizations to
60 on record in favor Of an additional
Police Court Judge In order that the
court may be in session from 10 in the
morning till 10 at night. that prisoners
OF the police may have prompt trial
In many more cases than at present.
The need for more manpower in the
Police Court. as we'll as on the police
force, has often been pointed out, but
not 80 much emphasis has been put
on the needs Of the Police Court as
on the needs Of the police force. The
point which attracts attention in the
action Of the Southeast Association is
the interest in public affairs taken by
the organizations Of the citizens. It is
q point that is not always appreciated
by the public. and perhaps is under
stood by only q small part Of the pub.
lie. These citizens associations are
like lookouts on the watchtowers Of
the city. They are always bringing
under public discussion some better.
nient for the city. Each is forum in
which District affairs are discussed.
They are such valuable civic centers
that every Washingtonian should be a
member Of the association In the ter
ritory in which he lives.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

great mistake was being made in
putting the new Eastern" 80 far out
on the outskirts, 20 distant from the
sectional center OF population. Now
that center has moved appreciably
nearer to the school site, and thou.
sands more people are living within q
radius OF three or four blocks. So the
delay has not been wholly fruitless.
1t has brought the community which
the school is to serve closer through
growth.
Ii al the public schools in Wash.
ington were evolved at. the rate Of
the new Eastern High School the CAPT.
tai would indeed be in a very bad way
for educational housing. But, though
not an average. this case may be cited
as good reason for a systematic con.
struction program covering long
period OF the years with a definite
provision for annual additions to the
school plant. Only thus can Washing.
ton make good its arrears with some
measure Of assurance for future de.
velopment.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

them they could hold any convention
spellbound for hours II need be, and
on the stump in campaigns they were
marvels at votemaking.
But Bourke Cockran's abilities were
not measured alone by his gift OF
speech. He was q legislator OF ability.
He had keen mind. q sharp intellect,
with ability to analyze q subject thor
oughly. When he spoke It was with
information. He never went unpre.
pared into the arena, and In a debate
he was formidable Antagonist.
It has been said that Bourke Cock.
ran should have gone up the line to
the Senate from the House. in which
he sat on several returns for a good
many years. But 1t IL questionable
whether he would have shown as
brightly in the Senate as he did In the
House. He needed the larger audience
for his best effects. He liked close con.
facts with men. Though himself a
man Of dignity, he rather shrank from
the more austere atmosphere Of sena-
torial procedure.
His silver voice is stilled. 1t was
heard only q few hours ago in the
House in a ringing speech that showed
no impairment Of powers Of reasoning
or of expression. and those who knew
and loved Bourke Cochran as friend
are glad to know that he went out
v-ifb M sIackanfn1 NJ his capacity,
and that his last scene in life was a
birthday party in celebration Of his
sixty-ninth year. He will be mourned
as a good friend. and long remembered
as one who left his mark on the rec.
ords OF American affairs.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Warm Welcome Voiced Over
Matthewson's Return.
''Matty. that's ALI"

Mdtly. tndt y ALI.
The return of Big Six" to organ.
ized base ball. even though he does
enter the ranks Of the rnagnates. has
sent q thrill throughout the coun-
try's sport-loving populace. When
the ancient recorder voiced the slo-
gan that "a good name is better
than great riches" he probably had
in mind a b. c. "Matthewson." mas
much as il seems TO be fully agreed
that such an appellation is the only
one possible in this instance.
Christy Matthewson is welcomed
back to organized base ball as repre-
senting all that is best in IL. AS q
player he was square writers
agree. and there Is a general accept
between the fans and the profteers
and will do much TO remove the bad
taste left by such charges OF CONNER
cialism as resulted when both the
Giants and Yankees strengthened
teams in midseason last year.
"Matty's life" the Dayton News
points out, has been an inspiration
in the great national sport. His
triumphs on the diamond have beer
the theme of many a well writer
yarn. He has fought valiantly, like
the good soldier he is, to overcome
the physical ailments which took
him away from his chosen life work
1t must be a vast pleasure to know
no Co ipyn
he loved so much and where hi
gained such universal attention ant
respect" In addition the Brooklyn
Eagle feels certain that "he woulc
rather pull the Boston Braves our
OF the ditch and build up winning
spirit that makes base ball a grea
sport His playing days are over, but
he still has one of the best bast
ball brains in the sport and lot o.
heart to put into his new work"
Thousands of followers will "gree'
him with enthusiasm" as the Lynch.
burg Advance sees it, because INC
moro picturesque player ever per-
formed in base ball. No player has
ever been any more popular with the
fans. Matthewson has always beer
gentleman both on and off the fielc
and that has been an invaluable as
set to him. His most recent f1ght
against the white plague was a bat
tie with heaVy OddS against MIN. Bu'
Matthewson has won and his thou.
sands of admirers in every section OF
the base ball-loving world Will wish
him success in his new undertaking.
The fact that he had to leave New
York is cause for sincere regret there
which is voiced by the New York
Evening World, saying: There Is big
place in the heart Of New York fol
him. He earned 1t fair and square
New York congratulates Boston
Quite without regard for the base
ball end Of 1t, Boston gains a goo6
citizen
hase ball player that the diamond
has ever produced" is the way the
Roanoke Times characterizes the new
head Of the Braves. "It was beyond
a doubt a shrewd and popular move
Evening star., 1923-03-02
ECHOES FROM CAPITOL HILL
WHY THE DISCRIMINATION.

WHY THE DETERMINATIONS.
1t is a strange thing that boy
who is eighteen years old is thought
to be old enough to learn a trade
which he is to- follow all the days
of his life, because nobody objects
to his being an apprentice to learn a
trade. But il he says he wants to
go into the Army, which Is another
trade. then we find that he is t, o
young and that somebody 10 taking
advantage of his inexperience.-Rep-
resentative Greene, Vermont, repub-
lican.
WHAT THE RESERVE
OFFICERS GIVE UP.
There is no attraction for a reserve
offlcer to go to sand dump like
Camp Meade and spend fifteen days
in the middle of the summer in the
hot sun when he would like to go
Oft on a pleasant vacation elsewhere.
Representative Hill, Maryland, re-
publican.
A PATHETIC
BELIEF. -
One of the pathetically false beliefs
of the country Is that the war gave
Ig merchant martne.-Senator FIRE.
linEhuysen, New Jersey, republican.
THE WORLD LOOKING TO
THE UNITED STATES.
The world Is looking for the moral
leadership OF the one great, disinter-
ested,. .self-EoyexnipE .nation.-Sena&or
OTene OKLAHOMA. democrat
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Defends Her
Sex i'm Public Life
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
With your permission would like
to answer a question propounded by
a. correspondent of your widely cir
culated and reliable paper In the
issue Of February 10, 1923.
'1Why is a congresswoman" From
the standpoint of experience ! would
say, the congresswoman Is because of
the failure of the congressman. Your
correspondent, in his attempt to rele-
gate woman to the realms of the
ridiculous. has, because of his ig-
norance Of the recognition the world
is according to equality OF woman,
mentallr morally and spiritually. with
man only succeeded in placing himself
in such realm.
This gentleman is evidently a CEN
tury behind his time--a sort of Rip
Van Wrinkle product. The day Of
woman is here-woman lawyers, doc
tors, preachers. policewomen and
even congresswomen. From tho
standpoint of personal opinion,
would say. as this correspondent evil
IDENTIFY thinks, that woman's peculiar
sphere Is in the home.
The Bible, the only authority on
any subject. past, present or future.
accords her this place. Abnormal con-
ditions have forced woman into pub
lie life. Many. many women are out
In the workaday world today, not
from choice but because OF the fall
ure of man to provide for the home
he has brought into existence. One
outstanding fact in her favor is, she
has always accomplished whatever
she has undertaken when that was
based upon necessity and under
standing. MRS. E. BURKS.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Defends Muzzy's History
Book Is Fair and Concise, Says
Correspondent, Answering Critics

To Editor OF The Star:
have been much interested in tho
comments concerning Muzzy's HIS
tory which ! have read from time
to time In your paper. Again Last
night read Mr.. Russell's attack upon
this history. He speaks OF Muzzy's
demonstrates his own. Mr.. Muzzy
makes very pronounced mention or
the battle of Lexington. not In one
line as was affirmed. but In page
description which includes a map OF
the battle itself. 1t Is true that the
revolutionary war are few, but they
are a part Of a good-sized section OF
the book which Is devoted to q de-
tailed account Of the separation OF the
colonies from England. Mr. Muzzy
made his description of the war Itself
short and concise. knowing full well
that the young men and women OF
high school age knew the history or
that war. and knew the story OF the
lives and activities of the noble men
and women who made IL possiple
that our nation be born.
Mr.. Muzzy wrote his history Tor
the advanced student. He Is concerned
that the causes and underlying
principles which led to the war be
known. and he describes them IN
| duu Col 0i oCSoiAs
tory Is the history of the develop.
ment Of our political existence, and
in no other school history Is this
better done.
Surely the great conflicts which
ragged concerning the interpret etation
of our Constitution. the forming OF
a national policy. both domestic and
foreign. the questions involving the
declaration Of wars that threatened
and materialized, the issues at STAKE
which led TO our own internal con-
fict cannot be called "trifling pollt-
cal conflicts"
I have read and studied histories
and am much impressed with MuzZy
impartial presentation Of the two
sides OF the question involved. Are
Muzzys critics afraid that our
youth be told the truth? To know
the truth will not make young men
and women less loyal or patriotic
That spirit cannot be fostered ai9hs 3hs
In the schools. But TO hno" ehe
truth will make them just.
FLORENCE G. MILLER.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Auto Placard Scored.
mo Use Telling Careless Drivers
They Are Criminal" Says Citizen.

To the Editor Of The Star;
A short time since. much to my
wonderment and surprise, there ap-
peared on the streets of our fair city
a prominent legend, in the Spanish
national colors, proclatning 10 tne
populace the fact that The Careless
Driver Is a Criminal" lnasmuch as
drivers, careless or otherwise. never
read signs unless a trafhc cop stanos
beneath them I know, for / am at
times 4 driver). the essential purpose
Of this decorative display mas peer
worrying me ever since. can II De
that there is any one so foolish as 70
imagine that a careless driver teTen
II he reads the sign) VIII be struck
with remorse for his carelessness ano
imm ediately reform? One might ST
as well expect a sign asserting that
Mad Dogs Are MurdererS to Queli
an epidemic Of rabies, or one insist
ers" to sweep away those pests in the
twinkling of an eye. True, the dogs
and mosquitoes cannot read and the
motorist can. but the situations are
otherwise identical If label boot
logger a scoundrel for preylng upon
the weakness of his fellows, or de-
nounce a politician as bonehead, the
first will still gather in the shekels
and the latter will attribute my re-
marks to spleen.
Assuming. however. that am
wrong and that there is merit in this
method OF checking traffic mishaps,
then its application is too limited. We
should not conflne our attention sole
ly to the careless driver. The care
less pedestrian deserves our earnest
consideration, and we can do no bet
ter than to proclaim In letters six
feet high that The JayW alker Is An
ASS" The traffic officer, likewise. who
permits a lady's smile or gentle
mans good cigar to influence his
judgment might be commemorate in
a billboard epigram as The Osling
officer Is An idiot"
Again, If this method of reducing
reckless driving is really efficacious.
why should It apply only to censure
of the guilty? Certainly a judicious
administration of praise once IN so
often has a tendency to improve mo-
rsle Why not, therefore, place a lit
tie emphasis on the other side of the
picture? For instance, l should like
to see the merits of the considerate
driver proclaimed in some such fash
ion as "The Careful Chauffeur De-
serves a Crown" and the pedestrian
recoKnized as The Patient Pedes-
trian Should Live Long and Prosper"
But when this plan is carried out, I
tremble to think of the appearance of
our principal thoroughfares. No one
will imagine that he is living in the
capital Of the nation. His one thought
will be that he is far out on the Lin
coin or National highway, where one
billboard follows another and the
beauties of nature are enhanced by
mans art ARTHUR VAN METER.