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New Britain herald., 1923-04-27
KILBANE ANNOUNCES
 PLANS OF RETIRING
Mill Quit, He Says, After Beating
 CTiqui and Dundee

New York. April 27.-Johnny Kil- bane is planning to retire from the ring. This became known definitely yesterday when he issued q formal statement in which he declares that if he is successful in his bout with Eugene Criqui for the worlds feather weight championship at the Polo Grounds on June 2 he will box Johnny Dundee and then hang up his gloves for all time. The statement also di- Sulged the fact that Kilbane seriously was considering announcing his re- tirement when Matchmaker Tom O'Rourke entered into negotiations with him for a bout with Dundee and subsequently, for a bout with Criqui.
 Kibane issued the statement in order to explain how he came to ac- cept the bout with Criqu. He first agreed to match with Dundee for early in May. That was last January but he asserts that O'Rourke later mo- tified him that Dundee refused to contract for a match at that time. It was then that the Criqui match was proposed.
 In the same statement kilbane took occasion to thank the license commit tee of the New York state athletic as- sociation for granting him license to tox in this state
 kilbanes Statement
 Kibane's statement follows:
 "I wish to state how l came to | match myself against Eugene Criqui, | European champion, at the Polo | Grounds, June 2, 1923.
 Tom O'Rourke came to Cleveland | last January and asked me If l would box Johnny Dundee about the 9th of May. replied that I would be pleased to, and signed articles for the match. few days later I received a long distance telephone message from New York. Mir. O'Rourke notified me that Dundee refused to make a match, say ing it was too far off to sign for a match He said Dundee told him that ] would not be allowed to box in New York. MT. O'Rourke then asked me if would box Criqui if he could in- duce him to make the trip from France I replied, Yes, anybody that was an attraction would suit me Five days later Mir. O'Rourke !. again talked to me over the long dis : tance phone from New York and told , me that he had closed with Criqui's : manager by cable to box me for the z worlds championship at the Polo '
New Britain herald., 1923-04-27

estimated to be about five miles from Point St. Esprit on the Cape Breton coast.
 The government steamer Sydney picked up distress signals from the Cymric Queen but could not respond as she was bottled up by drift ice. The cymric Queen is 2,4o0 ton vessel.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-27
GIRLS TROUNCE MEN
special T. & II. Match Between Two Sexes Results in Fair Damscls Talk ing Two Games.

In n special bowling match at Rogers alleys last night team com posed of girls from the Traut & Hine factory took couple of games from the men employed at the same con- cern, sending them home to their wives if they had 'em, with diff cult job not only of telling where they had spent the evening, but also of ex-
New Britain herald., 1923-04-27
STEAMER IS ASHORE
British Craft Hemmed in by Ice Pack
 on Breton Coast.

Halifax, N. s., April 27.--Wireless messages today reported the British steamer Cymric Queen ashore and hemmed in by an ice pack in latitude 45.35 north and longitude 60.36 west,
New Britain herald., 1923-04-27

blaming how come they were unable to beat bunch of mere girls" The scores:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
WALKING TOURS

Student walking tours through Europe III
der the guidance OF members OF the faculty
are being arranged as part OF the course OF
the University of New York These tours
are said to be patterned somewhat after these
taken by the old Greek philosophers and their
students. except that the modern field OF
travel will be much more extensive.
1t is not new Tor college professors Icy take
parties OF students abroad, but this scheme
differs in that each route is TO be carefully
planned as a background for the study OF a
special topic and credits toward college de
cree will be given the students who atcdlnpl
lish the work required during the tnl4r,
Doubtless this adventure i'll education will
set the fashion for other educational illStltu-
tons Students who can avail themselves OF
the privileges offered will be post fortunate;
Ii for nothing else, the experiment VIII be
valuable in arorlsing fresh interest i'll the: sub
iect of walking tours generally. These have
so much to recommend them i'll healthiulneSS,
economy. leisurely observation and the reach
ING OF little frequented places that 1t is a pity
they are not more commonly enjoyed, both
at home and abroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
THE BUILDING BOOM

Wages are rising again. In the building
trades they are going To about as high, TAX
ing the country as whole as they were dur
ing the late boom And since materials cost
nearly as much as they did al their boom
level this is going to be an expensive year
to build.
Not that people seem to mind. Building
plans are going ahead regardless OF price,
and wages 1t is going to be big year III
construction, in every sense. And nobody
wants to stop ii. 1t is just as we'll however
to try to realize what all this means.
MI the new houses, apartment buildings
office buildings and stores going up will cost
nearly as much as those built during the
boom. and so the OWNERS may be expected to
ask a corresponding rate OF rent for them
in order to come out even Thus the out
look for a drop in rents is not good
On the other hand, multiplication OF homes
and business structures will bring more com
petition among them which should force
rents down sooner or later And il rents g
down. a lot OF investors are going to lose
money Real estate prices, too, would 90
down with rents.
The balance will be struck sooner or later.
For the present there IS little thought of a
check The boom is on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
ABRAHAM'S CHURCH

1t may seem but a small Jump from Egyp-
tan Thebes to the chaldear city OF Cr, and
from the antiquity of Tutanklnnen tomb TO
that OF the newly discovered Temple of the
Moon. Far places and times look pretty much
alike to us. Yet to Tutanldinlen, Chaldea
was farther away than Egypt is from Amerl-
ca, and the temple referred to antedated his
time as much as he antedates ours.
Seven thousand years, the reputed age OF
the temple is long time. What men Wor-
shipped there, and by what rites, in the long
centuries during which it served a human
need: 1t would be worth knowing, ii we
could know, 1t is al darkness
Yet there may be direct ink between that
Temple OF the Moon and our own churches.
For it was from Ur OF the Chaldees that
Abram, afterwards called Abraham. Came
when he set forth with his father for the
far land OF Canaan And the faith of Abra-
ham has entered into otlr own 1t may be
that the great Hebrew patriarch himself ac-
tually worshipped in that temple, before he
turned ito the One True God Ii not, we
may assume that his ancestors did
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

animal OF dignity, deserving respect lnsti e
mich as the wilder brutes
A humorous poet summarizes the argu-
merts Tor bossys right to show place IN
the zoo in these words;
Just SO the brutes are strange and queer
They'll tickle the youngsters - never
fear" .asss,t
II tickling youngsters. as well as educating
them. is purpose OF the. 200, there is little
more to be said on the subject.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

COLLEGE DRINKING

There has been much careless talk about
how greatly drinking has increased among
Young people under prohibition, The Ladies
Home Journal sent man to investigate tins
His findings make comfortable reading to
parents OF students at colleges distant from
their homes, as we'll as to the great m9iority
Nyho,Soted in favor OF prohibition and have
seen nothing since TO cause them to change
their minds
vt Brown University. in Rhode Island,
which never ratified the amendment PreSi-
dent Faunce said There is less drinking
among college students in this part OF the
country than ever before within the memory
of man. The word from Northwestern
was Faculty and student, believe in prohi-
bition in theory and believe that no form OF
crime was ever reduced 50 rapidly as that OF
drunkenness. There is practically no drink
ing among our students Harvard, Nale,
Syracuse Dartmouth, Michigan were in agree
ment SAYS the writer. Syracuse under the
liQuor regime was a city full OF evil inilu-
ences, against which the college authorities
had to wage continuous warfare. There is
now not trace OF anything OF that sort. V
Out of o0o0 students there, two were known
to be using liquor i'll 1922 and were expelled.
Alumn OF wetter days still make some
trouble by bringing liquor with them to foot
ball games and reunions Drinking among
present students is negligible. Deans OF wo-
men in separate and coeducational instt,l-
tons both said drinking was too Slight among
women student, TO he worth considering.
Youth has come back quickly from the
jazz-and-lizz period succeeding the war Four
years IS Whole school generation, and these
new generations find plenty of fun to be en-
joyed by cool heads, and no need to resort
to artificial stinuauts for their own exuber-
ant spirits,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
Virginia Hens Rally
To Aid of Near East

Richmond, March 5-Virginia',
mems have rallied to the aid OF
the Near East Relief, and hund-
reds of chickens will lay in Tx
interest of the 5000 little chi.
dren in Asia Minor dependen.
upon Virginia for their existence
during the coming year. Thi.
plan originated with Virginia
county chairmen, who have asked
that eggs laid on Sunday during
the next three months be sod
and the proceeds given to Near
East Relief. The first experiment
of the kind, made in the Valley
of Virginia by a county chair
man, resulted in donations OF
enough funds to support two lit
tie children fo- a year.
IF every county in Virginia
donated its Sunday-laid eggs with
similar success" Claude w. Hop
per, regional director OF the Near
East Relief, in charge during the
absence Of Oliver J. Sands, State
chairman, who is overseas. said
yesterday, this would mean goo
additional youngsters could he
taken into our orphanages and
their lives saved, while, under
conditions, they face
death through hunger aud cold"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
Two Petersburg Men
Are Held as Robbers

Petersburg, March 5.-Aftei
three weeks of clever detective
work leading through two States
to Philadelphia. the police de-
partment of this city believes
that with the arrests last night
of Mike Falson and Melville Ar
cher, both of this city, by Detec-
tive McGee, that the solution to
the robbery of the Petersburg
Luggage Company. ard possibly
a later robbery. is in hand.
Chief of Police John o. Walk
er refused to state last night
whether the two men held in
Philadelphia were wanted for the
Seward Trunk and Bag Company
robbery. but asserted that they
were held in connection with the
theft of material from the Peters
burg Luggage Company. some
months ago.
Archer and Fals0n were ar
rested in Philadelphia by detec-
tive from the central office there
accompanied by Detective MCGEE
of this city. The men were taken
to headquarters. and remanded
to await the necessary papers to
extradite them to Virginia. Both
men refused to talk about the
robbery, or to give any account
of themselves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
MISS OR MRS.

The Lucy Stone League, which
seeks to encourage women to use
their maiden names after marrl-
age. has asked a number of well
known men for their opinion of
the practice, George f. Wicker
sham. whose reply has strayed in
to print before the others thinks
that the movement is "misguid-
ed"
A shorter and perhaps . bet
ter word with which to charac-
terize it is "silly." Women are
under no restriction regarding
the names by which they choose
to be known, unless it be that of
the common sense attitude OF
most members of the community
Legally they are at liberty to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
THE MEMORIES OF MONTH
CELLO

For nation not particularly
rich in historic relics America
has been strangely indifferent to
the preservation of its irreplaca-
bile meorials. An exception to
the general rule of eradication or
neglect. such as is seen in the
proposal of the National Monti-
cello Association to make Month
cello a national shrine similar to
Mount Vernon, is therefore the
more pleasing because it is unus-
ual.
Although the long record of
service to his country forced
Thomas Jefferson 10 be absent
from Monticello for years at a
time, it is around this "little hill"
near Charlottesville that memoir
les of the man will always clus-
ten, most thickly. Here it was
thst as a youth he planned and
started the Colonial home which
came to be recognized by foreign
visitors as the equal in architectu
raj beauty of any French or Eng
lish mansion. Here, through the
collaboration of jefferson and the
Italian Mazzei, the at of land
scape gardening in America may
be said to have originated. Here
Jefferson established the little
household industries from the
careful supervision of which even
the excitement of a most bitter
ly contested Presidential cam
paign could not deter him. Here
were conducted those painstaking
esearches as to the relative eff
ficiency of the two-wheeled and
0n-e-wheeled wheelbarrow and
other pastoral studies which have
done so much to endear his men,
DRY as a lover of the small and
homely things which count So
much in life.
The work of Jefferson chroni-
led in history books was for the
most part done away from Mon
tlcello--in williamsburg, Phila-
delphia, Paris. New York and
Washington. But it was on this
estate near Charlottesville that
ell his private aspirations center
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05


take their grandmother's name
and stick by it for life if they
like, whether tney marry once,
twice or, any number of times,
1t issobvious enough that if a
woman. has been successful on
the stage, or as a writer, or in
any work. for which her name
has come to mean something, she
avoids confusion by adhering to
that name in her work. 1t is her
trademark. But it is equally OBJ
yious that, whether she chooses
TO be known socially by her pro
fsssional name or her husbands
name she must be ready to make
many explanations and pardon
many blunders. That is part OF
the price she must pay for her
fame.
Why any woman should choose
to invite such confusion except
any matter of necessity-why
she should go out of her way to
meet it, as the Lucy Stone
League urges her to dds hard
to see.
1t is easy to recall the names
of many women who somehow
managed to keep their PERSONAL
ties from submergence while still
bearing the names of their hus-
bands. Mrs. Grover Cleveland
would not have won her way to
the hearts of the American peo-
nile any quicker as Miss Folsom.
Mrs. Edith Wharton would not
have reached fame any sooner as
Miss jones. T.,
There is something hystericai
in the attitude of the Lucy Stone
League. Let us preserve our
personalities at all costs" cry Its
members, forgetting that person
atty is something that takes care
of itself. And there is really no
conspiracy 'on the part OF the
male sex to keep women III OBJ
security.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

The Darymeu'S League oi New York has
started neutrality-suspicious. a custom or only
a discussion remains 10 he seen-bv the do
nation OF a fine COW to a public zoo in that
city, DR.. W. Z. Hornaday, director of the
New York Geological Park, thinks It is a
good idea, because there are many city chill
dren who have never seen 4 COW, a pig, a
goat, or a chicken. Ii the purpose OF the
zoo IS interest and education, these domestic
animals have rightiul place there
No doubt the eager youngster from the
small town or the country would feel biz
disappointed il. after thrilling journey to
some BIC city zoo, he should find his humble
farm friends there on plane Of equality
with the lion. the elephant and the aoudad.
Even So he might profit something by learn
ing that the commonplace COW or pig IS an
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

ed, and to it that he always re-
turned whenever the infant re-
public which he did so much to
establish could spare his guiding
hand. Just as Jefferson was al
ways much more approachable
and sympathetic man than Wash
ington, so is his home at Month
cello a better expression of per-
sonality, a spot more rich in in
cident and memories, than is Mt.
Vernon. A pilgrimage to the la,
ter shrine is made with rever-
ence and respect. But visit to
Monticello, now as at the time
when Jefferson kept open house
there for all corners, is an oppor-
tunity to refresh oneself with the
spirit of honest and honorable
democracy which has made Amer
lea great among nations.
If, as it is to be hoped, Month
cello is to be made national me
mortal, no effort should be spared
to restore the furniture and set
tings of Jefferson's occupancy.
Yet even as an empty shell it
would be rich with memories well
worth the saving. 1t is when
historic buildings are swept away
and commemorated only by tab
lets on the walls of ugly modern
structures that, as many a Balti-
morean must have realized, the
old associations are dissipated
beyond observation-disclosures
Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
GRASS FIRE CAUSES ALARM

The fire department at $40
O'Clock last night was called OUT
by report of a grass fire at Brad
dock, and City Manager Rich
says that the report was to the
effect that several houses were in
danger. When the fremen ar
rived they were unable to find
any fire according to the city
nanapsr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
,Toice
of the PRESS
EXIT MR.. SLEMP

Twenty years ago Colonel
( Campbell Slemp took his seat in
Congress- from the Ninth Vir-
ginia District, to be succeeded 5
years later by his son. Since
Judge William F.. Rhea retired
on March 4, 1903 the district
has been represented by the two
Republicans. Today, with the
retirement of Bascom Slemp and
with the expiration of the short
lived service of Captain John
Paul from the Seventh District,
Virginia is represented by a SOL
id Democratic delegation.
Mr.. Slemp has had it in his
power to WELD great Influence in
the. national councils. The sole
representative of his party from
his State nearly all of fifteen
years, with long service and Sc
niority TO his credit, of undoubt-
ed ability and great political in
genuity, he might have well
made name, especially with a
party extremely DESTROYS of
Strengthening its position in the
South. As State chairman even
in the lifetime of his father, he
has held control in the days 6f
Roosevelt, Taft and Harding, of
all the Federal patronage. He
has had as much to say about ting
postmastership of an Eastern
Shore town as Of the district at
torneyship for the Western Dis
trict. Unable to secure the APP
pointment of all candidates for
postoffice, he could place the los
ers in the collection of internal
revenue and elsewhere.
What has he done with his OPP
portunities Memory fails in the
effort to credit him with a single
pieces of constructive legislation,
He has been regular enough on
party measures. He has secured
appropriations for handsome
postofIice buildings in sundry
Ninth District towns. He has
taken good care of his friends
and supporters when he could,
and. no doubt. he has disposed
capably of routine business for
his constituents.
Perhaps his measure may best be
taken by his failure to add to the
prestige of the Republican party
in his State and in the South. A
leadership of dignity and con
structive service might have done
much. His public record stands
out in retrospect as one of sue
cessful county and precinct as
sortmeht of applicants at the
Feedral pie counter. Judge Har-
rison's expose of the method Of
distributing officers is "a striking
commentary on the lengths to
which public man go, even be-
yond his intent, when he makes
the immediate advantage of the
moment instead of service to the
public the motive of his career.
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

often proves low fighting-power IN the
BODY. 1t often means you are minus
nerve power. minus red-cells IN your
blood, minus health, minus energy
minus vitality. 1t IS serious t. be
minus, but the moment You increase
the number of your red hiood-cells.
YOU begin TO become plus. That's WY
S. s. s.. since 1926. has meant to tnou-
sands Of underweight men and women,
a plus in sheir strength. Hollow
cheeks fill ont You stop being a ca
lamity-looker. Tou inspire confidence.
Your holy fills to the point OF power
your flesh becomes firmer. the ag'
lines that come from thinness disap-
bear. You look younger. firmer. hap
bier, and yeu feel it, too, all over your
body. More red -blood-eells! >. ,. ,.
will build them. Ladies and gentle
incn, a peaky. bony face doesn't make
you look very important or pretty,
does It? Take S. s. S. 1t contains only
pure vegetable medicinal ingredients.
S. S. s. Is sold at all drug stores IN
two sizes. The larger size bottle -
the more economical.
q q q makes ycu feeb
q. - a. Hike yourself dscS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

The plans have been prepared by
the Architect Bureau Of Mime
apolis. and work will start at
once. +. c. Goodnow Company
Realtors represented Mr.. Green
in the purchase and viii also
have charge Of the construction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
GOES TO ROSEMONT

Mr.. Robert F. Green has pur-
chased the large corner lot,
Maple street and Russell Road
and will have erected thereon a
most attractive Colonial home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05
Thin? Rundown?
Sure Way TO
Get Right Weight
Increase our Rec Blood Cells. That's
the Sure Way! S. S. s. Builds Blood
Cells; This Means Strength!

Do you know why insurance com
panies refuse to insure great many
men because they are under weight
Simply because to be under weight
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

Ererybody's busy figuring out new ways
to lend the farmer money The idea seems
to be a mortgage on every farm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-05

The new fad for old Egyptian fashions
may be all right for the women, but we don't
believe they can persuade men to go around
like that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-04
SEEKS 4-POWER PACT
Germany Asks U. S. to Sound
the Allies.
Would Have European Powers Agree
to a Thirty-Year Peace
Treaty.

Washington, Dec 27. = Germany
has suggested informally that the
United States sound the European
powers on their disposition to enter
into four-power pact to preserve the
peace similar to the four-power Pa
cific treaty. The four European pow
ers would be Great Britain, France,
Italy and Germany.
Under the terms Great Britain,
France, Italy and Germany would en-
ter into an agreement not to make
war for a period Of years, probably
thirty. The United States would not
be party to the agreement and its
connection would be merely that OF
intermediary.
The proposed agreement would De
particularly acceptable to Germany
inasmuch as it is calculated not only
to give France guarantees against any
possible aggression by Germany and
thus would deprive her of main ar
gument against a large standing army
but would also guarantee Germany
against further occupation of German
territory.
The proposal of the German gov
eminent presumably was commune
Gated to the United States through
the American ambassador at Berlin
the German embassy here stating that
it was not the channel of communities
ton.