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New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
NEW BRITAIN IS SECOND
Everymans Bible Glass Beats staten Islanders in Contest But Loses Out to Mount Vernon Aggregation.

Everyman's Bible class of New Britain was second in the contest be- tween Bible classes of the eastern part of the United States, which open cd Sunday. according to reports which reached this city today. The three classes competing all of which have Il more or less equal membership. rang ing between 1.50o to 2,20o men. are. Everyman's Bible class of New Britain. which is the largest: the Bar. tholow Bible class Of Mount Vernon. x. Y.. which is the oldest, and the Trinity Mems Bible class, of West Brighten, Staten Island.
 A silver loving cup donated by w. w. Leland and known as "The Leland cup" has been offered as the prize, Sunday the Bartholow class had the largest attendance. SPA, the New Britain class was second with 3St, and the Staten Island class was third with 356.
 Many of the members of the New Britain class attended services in the First Lutheran church last Sunday and went early in order to get seat thus the local attendance was smaller than usual.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
SAVED FROM DEATH CHAIR
Tumhercllo E>claims "Tbat's Good!''
 When sentence is GommUted.

New York, Dec. a.-"Gee, that's good." exclaimed Angelo Tumberello, after two years and six months con- fnement in Sing Sings death house when informed by Warden Lawes yes- tcrday that Gov smith had inst spared him from going 10 his death in the electric chair Thursday night The governor commnted his sentence to life Imprisonment at noon.
 Tumberelo had had six repriotes and once was saved by former Gov. Miller three hours before the time set for his execution. He killed Louis Balsamo In Brooklyn.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
COULDN'T EXPLAIN
 CHICKEN MYSTERY
Delaney Found One in Hall; One
 Flew Into Ryan'S Arms

Probable cause was found in the cases of Michael Ryan and James Delaney, alleged chicken thieves. and they were bound over to the March term of the superior court when ar raigned before Judge William c. Hungerford in police court this morn ing. Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods presented the states case.
 The two men were arrested early this morning by Sergeant Michael Flynn, Policeman Peter McEvoy. Dart, Graheck and Kennedy after Sergeant Fiyna had seen Ryan on Hartford aNanu'. It Inc intersection or North street with a black chicken under his arm. Sergeant Flynn testified that it Was about o'clock this morning when he saw Ryan who is alleged to have told the officer that he purchas- oa tho chicken from Delaney At S:30 o'clock Policeman McEvoy reported at police headquarters that the chick cu market at &2 Hartford avenue had been entered and some chickens stol- on. Delaney and Ryan were then ar rested and according to Sergeant
 
 sponsible for the break. Ryan said that he waited outside while Delaney entered the store and handed him the chickens. A chicken was found in the doorway Of D"laney's home Mrs. Nal ] amud testified that the chickens were stolen from her market.
 Delaney testified that he was not with Ryan after o'clock last night and did not know that any chickens had been stolen until the police came to his house.
 He said that he was home at S:S0 o'clock and that Ryan must have dropped the chicken in his hallway. He admitted that he was in court about I0 wars ago on q charge of a'ralne ,aeh,us Ryan said that he Va. vth l'. ln"> at about ? o'clock this momnU~ 1ad was standing on tho street whom all of a sudden a chicken Was thrust under his arm. Bonds were fixed al $i,000 each.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

poured some liquor into sink as ht
 entered.
 The case of Walter Pawloski
 charged with drunkenness and breach
 of the peace, was continued until to-
 morrow morning.
 Bottle Cases Up Again The cases of four New Britain milk dealers, charged with violating the trademark law, were heard before
 Judges Alling and Hungerford. Judge filling discharged Samuel Falk while Judge Hungerford reserved decision
 until Friday in the case of Jacob Shapiro. Attorney Michael Sexton, who represented the milkmen, con- sented to allow the decision in the cases of Andrew Truhan and John Walco, who were not heard this morn ing. also be given on Friday without putting the men on trial today.
 Prosecutor Joseph c. Woods and John J. Howard of Hartford, repre- sentative for several Capital city dealers. introduced certified copies of certificates of registration from the of hce of the county clerk showing that the Hartford dealers had registered their trademarks. These were intro duced as evidence in the Falk case hut Judge filling ruled that no evil l fence had been presented to show hat Falk had intentionally violated | he trademark law by knowing that l hose bottles were in his possession . md being used in his dairy. Similar | :, idence was used in the Shapiro case although Mir. Howard said here that . 10th he and Policeman O'Mara had . cen Shapiro fill bottles and among hese bottles were found some belong ng to the Hartford men.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Boy Operates Automobile

Frank Sedott was arraigned before Judge B. w Alling on charge of driving an automobile without an op- erator's license and without cortifi- cate. Of registration. He was arrested yesterday by Policeman Patrick o'Mara, who with Officer Feency. saw the youngster operating delivery cur on Lafayette street Because his school record showed the boy to be only l5 years Of age, Judge. Alling recommended that the case be heard in tho juvenile court. Later Probation Officer Edward C. Connolly learned that his true age Is tG years and Judge llunEerfor1 continued the case untn tomorrnM morning.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
INDIAN GIRL GETS LICENSE

Lydia Prince, Indian girl who ap- piled yesterday with Furtano Rose, a Portuguese negro, for a license to marry, today secured the consent of Seleetman l.. w. Lawyer to the mar riage and City Clerk A. L. Thompson issued the license. The selectman's consent was required because the girl is only 19 years of age. The couple will be married Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Sore Throat, Chest Colds and
 Coughs Conquered Over Night

covery will do the work of 50 mustard plasters. In two minutes Earache, Headache, Toothache and Neuralgia vanish.
 Tonsilitis, Bronchitis, Pleurisy and deep-seated Coughs go over night. Rheumatic sufferers joyfully praise if for the way it speedily stops the agony and reduce the swollen joints.
 After all other remedies have failed thousands have overcome the misery caused by Sore, Burning Feet, Corns, Bunions and Callouses. Ask for MUS TARINE. 30 cents in yellow box.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
GO TO FLORIDA BY AUTO

Russell o. Elliot of 30 South High street and Howard Smart of Fairview street left this morning by automobile for Tampa, Florida. Both are well known among the younger residents of the city. They expects to make the trip in about 10 days and will re-
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Xelrowsl>y Fined SI5B

Tony Z"broNsk., charged with yio. lafiug the liquor law al 3l Lyman street, was fined s15o and costs Pc. hceman I'eoney testified that he ar- after ho had conducted a raid at his placc Of business. He said that he found pint bottle or alcohol in the mans possession and another man
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
ADAAfS-PERRY

MT. and Mrs. Clayson Scott Perry have announced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Eleanor May Perry, to Emory Ely Adams, which took place in Bristol, Tuesday, November 20. Mrs. Adams was formerly chief clerk in the office of the board of assessors. She resigned last month.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
EXTRA DIVIDEND

New York, Dec. 4-Thc Hercules Powder company today declared an extra per cent dividend on its com- mon stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of l l-2 per cent both payable December 2i to stock on record December l5.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Richmond, Missouri, Has
 Fire Loss of SlOO.OOO

Richmond. Missouri, Dec. Fire early today destroyed the J. S. Hughes and company banking house building here and for time threatened the downtown district, but was brought under control with losses held to be approximately s100,000.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
WILL VISIT |. \.

Bucharest, Rumania. Dee. l. Grown Prince Charles is planning 10 tour the United states next spring or in the early summer.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Just Rub on a Little Mustarine ant Away Goes Backache, Headache,
 PIeurisy and Neuralgia.

The minute you rub on MUSTAR- NE for an any pain, ache or soreness you'll know that all the misery and agony has started to go. It is very penetrating and won't blister.
 Any druggist anywhere will recom- mend it; praise it; guarantee it. He will tell you that it is better than any liniment, poultice, hot water bottle or ointment.
 4 30 cent box of this wonderful dis
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

main until April. A farewell party was rendered them last evening at Mir. Smart's home, large gathering of his friends being present.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

One game hunter, aged 70. has a record of having killed 500 mountain lions.
, 1923-01-28

that tho groves were not Of maple
and oak and hickory, but OF euoa.
lyptus and palm and pepper,
Watcher Mem had come to hsr
ruinauon or her redemption, she had
como to q new world. Before she
learned how freely, with what mas
culine franchise, these women con
Quoted their lives. before she could
reccdl from such perilous associa-
tons, she vas entrapped in their cor.
dlallty, their vlvaeity. their lavish
kindliness.
Leva, the third one home, well
coined Mem as II she were a returned
prodigal sister instead of n passing
acquaintance met in the desert. She
would listen to nothing but the ua-
packing of the suitcase and he &c
ceptance of a little bed covered with
a gaudy Navajo blanket. There
were flowers at Mems plate In a
lavish heap. And Il big basket of
fruit was set in her room. Ca.iforn.
ians are prompt and frequent with
gifts of flowers.
The other women came in various
~. One walked. One drove her W
car IN Into a garage just u little
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peration and finally with gayety.
adapting herself like a beach com.
ber to h customs of a tribe OF self.
supporting women who compromised
themselves 30 freely that the critics
gave them up as hopeless. One does
not fret much over the conventional.
tiles OF Eypses.
At first she supposed that all Los
Angeles was Hollywood. But h
would learn that to a large portion of
the city's population the word Holly
wood was a synonym for riotous
outiawry, a plague spot. a kind of
spendthrift sums. And in Hollywood
Itself she would find a large. old
fashion village element dnzed by its
gypsies. Furthermore tho city, which
her father had damned with such
wholesale horror. was nIne.tenths
composed OF mic.westerners like him.
self, people who had brought their
churches and churchliness with them.
There were hundreds of thousands OF
Iowans, Missourians, Kansans there;
and they held picnics constantly
enormous reunions which differed
from tho camp meetings and barbe.
cues of the midwest only in the fact
, 1923-01-28
Great Novel of Hollywood Lite

the auto stage. It carried her and a
few other passengers across a bad
lands. pallic as a conviat's cheek
and with the Same unshaven look.
AT Whitewater she caught n train
that sped her gradually into the
wales of plenty, through leagues Of
citrus oye in flower and IN fruit
at once.
Seeing orange blossoms ahloom in.
leagues h flushed to think that she
had eve worn them. She marveled
at the alleys Of green, polka-dotted
with golden oranges, with lemons
and grapefruit hanging like gifts in
tinseled Christmas trees. Long
reaches Of walnut groves went by in
wheel sDokes. The walnuts made the
neatest n shspeliest of orchards.
There were olives. almonte-roses
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bigger than the ear. One was set
Gown by a big studio touring a
delivered its passengers Of
nights and gathered them Up again
OF mornings, for Los Angeles is a
city OF malifIoent distances. Every
place is a Sabbath-day'B Journey from
every place else. And there is no
Sabbath-at least no legal Sabbath,
Yet the people seemed to be extra
ordinarily good and kindly. They
seemed to get the sun into their
lives. Their hearts felt as big and
golden n juicy as their own
oranges. Even the lemons had a
sweeter scridity than at home.
At home California fruit had
been a byword for hiEneBs. high
color int l~nspidI.y OF taste. some
thing a little better than Deal Sea.
fruit. The smrqler, palmer native.
apples, e anil peaches n pcs
sessed a better flavor.
But California fruit had reached.
Calverly after a long. dark journey
and It was eaten in a foreign air.
Out here. however, where the oranges
could be lifted warm from the tree.
Continued Next Sunday =
, 1923-01-28

Suddenly the car swerved to tho
right and scooted up a little avenue
of low houses, not white only. but
pink or mnuye or yellow. with roofs
Of varicolored tile and awnings Of
gaudy stripe.
In a city so widespread, and made
up of SO many small houses so far
apart that, when the man was at
his work and the wife In the Kitchen
or shopping, there was nobody Wis,
ible she had the impression of Los
Angeles that Arthur Somers Roche
ezpressed-"a million white houses
and not a soul going in or coming
out of one Of themr'
The cab jolted to a stop before a
tiny palace OF four or five rooms
Mem got down, paid the pirate her
ransom, and toted her suitcase vi
10 the quaint little door.
This was Leva's home! She had a
palm tree, a pepper tree, a few true.
ulent cactuses, grass and a touu.
tain. Along tho walk stood a row
OF palms. their trunks studded or
Tapped in many facets where leat
stalks had been cut off. A gorgeous
vine of bougainvilea was flung up
over the cornice with the effect of a
vast carnival shawl.
Leva was not at home. A servant
who opened h door said hat "she
would not git back from the stoodlo
befo' six or happast.'
Nom asked permission I o wait,
knowing nowhere else to turn; she
studied the bright rooms as If they
were chambers in ~fSarEland. She
could hardly comprehend the patio.
and the walls of concrete Cshe did not
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realize that she could almost have
poked her thumb through them), the
garden built into tho house, the trail
and many-tinted furniture. the pho
togranhs OF famous painting that
she had never heard of. The whole
spirit of the plnce was foreign TO
Mem. It looked gonle-buIlt.
The servant wns glad to relieve her
loneliness with chatter. She ex-
planned that Mics Lemaire lived there
with three other ladies, all Of them
in the movies. and none OF them get
ting their pictures took.
They lived here with no more
thought OF c"haperonage than a crowd
Of bachelors. Mems greatest shock
was the abrupt arrival in O world
where the enjoyment of life was
made its chief business. She had
been brought IN to believe in duty
first in se.f-cenial. a~bstentlon,
modesty, demurity. simplicity. meek
ness. prayer. remorse. Here people
w~urshiped HI sun, flowers. dancing,
speed. hilarity, laughter and love.
They worked hard, but at the man
ufaeture of pretty things, of stories,
paintings. music. To her there was
ar inconceivable recklessness Of con
sequence. They thought no more of
respectable appearance than South
Sea islanders.
Yet they seemed to be as happy as
they tried to be. They had their dis
appointments, ~jealousies, scandals,
Eossips. griefs and shames, but so
had the era village people she had
left. These Utopians had no winter
in their climate or In their souls
only a little rainy seasons. a Bit of
sn'll.
When Leva and her friends came
in at anner time they came like
young business men home from of.
fices, tired OF shop. yet ull of its
talk; eager for amusement, knowing
no law except their own self-respect
for health or reputation or efficiency.
Tho first one in set a victrpla to play
'ng a tazz tune before she noticed
Mem. The second one in Joined the
First in a dance. They quarreled
I'VE a new step with laughing vlo-
lence.
Mem was aghast at their contempt
for conventions. They despised the
Puritans who abhorred them. They
snapped their fingers at appearances
and regarded caution not as an evI.
dcncu Of decercy but as a proof OF
ny pocrlsy.
They had in their time known all
Of Mems computations, but had
abandoned them one by one az a
soldier throws off all baggage that
hampers the freedom and range of
his march: as a swimmer in strong
currents casts away everything that
weighs, including clothes. She would
learn that many of those who loved
to break the rules of outward pro.
priety were solid as white marble In
their standards, She had already
learned AT home that many of the
most sootless exteriors are only
whltei sepulrhers.
She would conform herself with
%trepidation at first and with much
backsliding into respectability as she
understood 1t. But she would soon
embrace tho new paganism with des-
, 1923-01-28

Mem would not leave Terry Dock
while he was ILL.,"
blowing in red miles along the coun.
try roads. She was coming up into
Eden.
And eventually she reached the
new Babel, which her father had de-
nounced as the last capital OF pagan.
ism. No city could be so wicked as
her father and she had thought Los
Angeles, and be anything else. And
Los Angeles was everything else.
Scanty as her were. Mem
had to pay a taxicab to take her to
Leva's home. 1t was the first taxi
cab she had ever ridden in, and she
was hysterical with fear as It shot
and spun through streets so thick
with traffic and so wild that this
city's record OF accidents had achiev-
ed supremacy in the world.
The driver mauled his gears so
recklessly that the cab was i~ncessant.
ly snariing and splitting, a very beast
of prey. Yet Mem was almost more
afraid Of the taximeter, as she watch
ed it adding dimes to her fare at q
spendthrift rate. She was likely to
, 1923-01-28
BY RUPERT HUGHES

be destroyed by bankruptcy If not ny
collision.
The street sid through n hong,
long tunnel and then swooped up anf.
away to Sunset boulevard she loved
the namo). then gradually into a do.
main Of tiny houses with large gar
dens, each Of a luxuriance that
struck Mem as almost fantastic. All
of these people must be grand viziers
the way they surrounded themselves
with tropical splendors.
The Spanish names of many of the
streets made literature to her eve
and she was dazed by the number of
them. She thought hat Los Ange-
les nus have extended its limits al
most to San Francisco, San Frar-
ciscans often made the same accu.
satlon.
, 1923-01-28
CHAPTER XIV.

Her chief dismay was her inability
to get rid of the lie she had begun.
She found It always ahead OF and
ways behind her with new reminders.
She stole out of the drug store
with the prescription untitled and.
fastening down the street, asked n
young Indian girl who came along
to finish her errand for her. She
waiteG in the shelter OF a fat palm
tree, ready to AXE flight II the Yu-
ma man should come out and fol-
low her.
But he was evidently still telling
the weary druggist his unsolicited ex.
periences. for, after o time the In
dian girl returned bringing the medl-
cine and explaining that her delay
was due to the much palaver OF a
man who could not stop talking.
on the way back to the Dack COZ.
tage Mem thought fast. She had hid.
den herself in a tiny hamlet. the
nearest thing to solitude. She had
hidden herself in vain. The only
OlltE Iupb was u HNth puletdlLltlll
in a crowd, as Tom Hobby had sug.
gested.
And now coercion was added to the
allurements OF Los Angeles. She
told Mrs. Dack and Mrs. Reddick
that she had received a call to go
to Los Angeles ut once.
Mrs. ReddIck protested md plead
ed with all tho hospitality hat is
bestowed on a good servant where
servants Of any sort are hard TO get
and keep. Mrs. Dack could only re-
greet her departure. and her meek des-
olation of mien almost overcame
Mems resolution. The boy Terry
was out Of danger but his arms
around Mems neck were whites abe
could hardly break. The soft hands,
tho dswy cheeks. the lonely eyes OF
the child were letters cruelty tyrnn.
nouE.
The next morning Mem lusged her
old suitcase 10 the starting point Of
Evening star., 1923-07-08

Iowa has 10,337 motor trucks on
farms, as compared with 8,91O the
end of 1919. Kansas has over 5.4O0
motor trucks registered in rural sec
tions. as compared with 3,92S at the
end of 1919,
Evening star., 1923-07-08

, my country Gasoline, for example,
now costs so cents a gallon. During
the war 1t was 90 cents a gallon.
That is close to Senator LaFollette's
prediction that gasoline in the United
States would some day reach the dol
lar mark. However, 1t must be re-
membered that we use the imperial
gallon. which is approximately one
fifth greater than the gallon measure
ment here. 1t is also of a better
grade. Naturally, on account of the
high cost of gasoline. ii is the aim
of every motorist to economize in it's
use and the majority of motorists are
more or less experts in the study of
carburetion.
Australia is building many new
roads. In most of the states there
are good roads associations. whose
endeavor 1t is to promote the i'm
proyement of road conditions Some
of the states are setting aside lib
eral proportions of the automobile
taxation and registration fees for
the purpose of subsidiZing the vari-
Gus municipalities in connection with
a road improvement work. Natural
iy. number of roads of various types
of construction have been laid down
for test purposes. the most successful
of which being the concrete covered
with asphalt, similar to those used in
this country. but so far. Of course,
they cover only a very limited area.
In the cities the wood blocks find
most favor.
1.-The laws regulating speed vary
considerably in the different states
and again in the different municipal
tiles. For instance, one rather pc
culiar condition prevails in Adelaide.
South Australia. where IT is possible
for a motorist to travel At twenty-five
miles per hour on one side of the
street without breach of regula-
tions. but on the other side, which is
under the control Of separate mu-
nicipality, fifteen miles is the limit
allowed These regulations come up
for rigid enforcement periodically
and occasionally very heavy fines are
inflicted
Evening star., 1923-07-08
Road Conditions From D. C..

i and Stoyeslown for small stretches.
one side of the road being oiled at
time.
Washington to Pittsburgh Follow
Gettysburgh connection as cited
above. thence direct west on Lincoln
| highway Excellent road conditions.
Southern Reports.
Washington to Richmond-Best
connection is via Alexandria. Fred :
erick sburg and Bowling Green. The
conventional route via Spotsylvania
y0ill be under construction for the
tour. This route is in excellent CON
dition. but subject to weather con-
ditions in many sections.
Washington. to Norfolk. via Fred
ericksburg. Yorktown Ferry and New
port News-This road is reported in fair
, shape, but is subject. however, to
weather conditions.
andoah valley is in excellent condi-
ton. One detour. however. exists be
tween Staunton and Fairfield. nine
teen miles of which is fair macadam
dleb, ook and Brownsville, as shown
on y. NJ. A. map. Another detour is
south of Lexington. leaving the pike
and going via Fincastle and Clover
dale.
Washington to Leesburg = Best
Whites via rerrs a slae eseeen ing
provement with the exception of a
few miles of fair dirt road in Virginia
in the vicinity of the ferry.
Washington to Solomons-No de-
tours. Road good throughout.
Washington to Leonardstown aAd
Point Lookout-Good road through
out.
Washington to Rock Point-Fair
macadam and gravel.
In the immediate vicinity of Wash
ington the following roads are being
oiled: Woodmont to Cabin John; CO.
hasset to d. C. line; Chevy Chase
Lake to ID. c. line, and Rockville to-
ward n. c. line.