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Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
Not In Favor of Jail Sentence
For All Liquor Law Offenders
CHIEF JUSTICE WHEELER MEETS WITH OPPOSITION
HERE TO HIS PLAN OF IMPOSING JAIL TERM
on EVERY vfoLAToR
Resolutions Are Adopted However. Recommending failing of
Such Offenders When Circumstances Warrant 1t

re srats ir srQan< y crimes e.
s5a.asaa q te eighteenth amend
eEt, ste Eels-er Act sad cur oHn
state statutes Ard We request state 2
Attorney SezrHs - vigorously prose
cate a. oriEinzi ard appealed cases
Resolved That We urge apon All
citizens az Win1aarg County that trey
support the eighteenth amendment
because i s the supreme Law q the
lard. and fkHs fEsg szaaa behind the
loeai law enforcing officials n Their
Effort - support 8ar lasE passed iu All
= ms anfenamen-.
Fines Net Adequate
Resolved. That the system = 6aea
for those foun9 guilty q trafflcking
= CT Transporting intoxicating liquor
hzs proved 3 failure TIE criminal
has charged - the ane 10 expense
and kept or wsh rs business q glo-
latlng me Law Every violater q this
lzw sets VIII fua knowledge that he
IS violating IRE az i i our judg-
Eens that experience mas shown that
q 80 ntenoe winch vas confined 70 g
mere fine was a mere license 20 con
tinge II the violation = tins Law and
that the only effective way % deal
with criminals xho trasfic "a or trans
port Intoxicating liqaor Is 70 impose
a jail sentence IN addition % heavy
fine. except r exceptional cases, and
that u the more serious q this class
q crimes the criminal should be
bound over 70 the Superior court. The
iaw infiicts penalties not only % pun
ish the guilty but a. a deterrent 70
those who are criminaiiy inclined.
When jail sentences N addition to
heavy fines are imposed, ~ genera
rule. upon al found guilty Of irafhck
ing in or Transporting intoxicating Il
quor. they vii serve as a deterrent 20
this class Of crime. r. ms opinion
We understand al the states attor-
neys q the state are agreed.
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
BOOK ROBIN HOOD"
Newest Photoplay of Douglas Fair.
banks to Be Seen at Bradley

Douglas Fairbanks IN Robin
Hood represents a real literature OF
the screen. genuine and historically
accurate in costume and setting. and
truthful IN every small detail as vel
as in important basis Il viii be seen
al the Bradley Theatre next week
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Il blends fact and fantasy. history
and legend. and combines the glories
II poetic and artistic beauty with an
authoritative Interpretation II the
spirit 81 romance and adventure pre-
vaiilne IN the twelfth century
II gives wildly real impression Of
the romance. the conflict q emotions
ana the aspirations which made So
memorable the period TIA which *Rich=
ard the Lion-hcarted" ruled.
II visualizes the drama - life and
its living when Robin Hood was con
fronted By supreme tests II his ad-
migable valor in behalf Of the Maid
Marian. and the downtroiden, uufor
iunate victims Of q feudHl age
Il gives. above ALL the utmost in
entertainment replete with all those
qualities Of euthralhng drama, breath
taking suspense. and wholesome re
iievne. dvcrtinE humar.
Il Is q scenic replica as nearly
accurate Is humanity POSSIBLE present
lnE recreation ~ life and IFS en-
xironments ia those day af knight
hood
II presents au historical background
CLEANED with Defines from al. avail
ahff. records Irs months ~ the tfilt4f
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05

Whsr Chef Jzs-iee Gsorye ~
Wheeler = t1s Connecticut Supreme
e5zrt he'd conference lass EE1ay
afsesnsan 81 ere Superior ra1rt e1az-
tefs- tris city. WITH 1u1Eea aen4tE
afsF prosecutors. ss-i-ss of tE=
He azs grad argEs = naaam
county, - found arutstssarle 1p7a-
sisien - Has plan q imposing sl sen-
terces. fn1lscrsr.i sIstelT, Grrr those
Eho are brought into cclrt Tor tie
6rs. tus foF selling Intoxicating T.
sae-s.
There was large attendance -
re conference - these invited - ~
present. ard ire question q how s2eh
ao-eaIled he1af eases Should BE- han
died D. courts ard justices was th5r-
eaEaIy discussed. Prosecuting A.
torneF Samuel 3 Harvey = VIII
mantle. Attorney z l. Darhie q
Daniels0n. ard Judge 4. Il GeissleF
q Putnam wsre among those report
Cd a. uafaverabie . imposing iail
sentence regardless II the cIrcun-
stances surrounding eaea Ease. The
opinion was expressed that each case
should Be considered and disposed q
CT Is meFits-that the presiding
judge or prosecutor should have the
snneserved privilege he enjoys TO
dag. q using Ms oan judgment as %
what would o. would not BE- justice
in each case as i comes Up before
him
Chief Justice Wheeler Presidet
The conference opened with the
roll call BY the chairman. Chief jus
tee George " Wheeler.
An address b. Chief Justice Wheel.
er followed. A. is conclusion the
nesting was open for general discus
sion The speakers were: Judge y
X Geissler Of Putnam. Frank r.
Foss Of willimzntic, " Fenner
Woodward q Danieison, Archibald
Macdonald. Jr.. y Putnam. Prescott
INK Attorneys Arthur g BIZ q Dan
ieison. Samuel Harvey = Whitman
tic and Howard G Bradford q Put
nam. Justices Il the Peace z I. Oar
bic = Danieison. Susan # Bowen u
Easfford {. b Montgomery q One
co. Arthur H. Aathewson q Plain
field Walter Dryden u p0mfret am
William g Oliver - Hampton; Grand
Jurors A Hale Bennett, Canterbury.
Frank " Hazard. County Invesfiga-
tor William r Jackson. States A.
torney Charles r Searls
On motion, the chair appointed a
committee on resolutions consisting
If Prosecutor A 9 BIZ q Kiilingig.
Judge Foss q HHhmantie and Justice
Arthur Fl Mathewson IF Plsnfeid
The committee reported the follow
iHs resolutions. which were adopted
b. vote II 90 % II.
Revolutions COMMITTEES Reports
TIE committee named by the chair
man - present q she conference zhe
sentiment - al the judges II So
eitg ard town courts ard their prose
euterz. ard all trial Justices and grand
jurors ir the County % Wiadhaml
relative 10 the enforcement n the
eighteenth amendment 20 the eonsti-
tuition 81 the United States. the NaE
stead act. ard oar oaH state statute
Ia tHeir=ai#. report the following.
Resolved That this conference en-
d1rzes ihe HeeuHiuenagt5 present
ed - it by the Honorable George ".
Wheeler. ehief Justice - the Sa
preme Gourtof Errors II Connecticut.
looking - tHe more stringent enforce
meBt ~ the eighteenth amendment
the Nolstead act and our own stat.
statute
Resolved: That we follow the
course Of action u the Superior court
Judges and the states attorneys %
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
PUTNAM MEN HOME
Return After Serving 10 Jsa.-Ar-
rive Ia Time to ssss

Following an enforced stay q g.
teen days st the coantg saN a
Brooklyn. ten Putnam men zFtaraea
10 this city o. Monday Afternoon. 81
irving here in ample time 60 east
their ballots II he srnsa. town ezec-
ton. They finished serving theif aen-
fences for selling intaNieaEsHa haa1fa
and we're released about : e.eleeA.
WAITING after ss carried Them
swifty hoUe#af8 Before iea4Ia.
they made FArker gft q IS
- an expression = tseir appreciate
for tha kindly manner 30 Wascn -
treated them
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS

After having maintained fraterual
headquarters in a downtown business
block for many years, Court City u
Putnam. Foresters Of America, have
moved 70 new quarters on Marshall
street. The hrst meeting in the new
rooms was held on Monday evening
Members expressed themselves a
gratifed with the change.
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
RALPH GIBSON TO TRANSPORT
CHILDREN TO HIGH SCHOOL,

RALPH Gibson has been seesrei -
Hsa Putnam sehI eeraasistss tn
trarsns eight eaGea= tHsm M
Pntnaza Is ~ kixk sehooH TIE i0nE
aaik g. sekoo aa4 1aek bone agasn
has beer hafdsaip. Psrtle4lag4g in
tire winter uunt1s arH ire le@ ar
sangeness 8 welcomed Proper STEPS
aili = takeH e safezsara tse r9Na e
ever sneFe st8ziz T. &c aeeiaerz- -
asfanzlaa fsr ianlftV Insurance.
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
William s. Walker Of

William $. Walker of Fremont
street. who, with Mrs. Walker and
daughter. Miss Jean, have been resi-
dents for one and ene-haf years, viii
remove from this city about Novem-
Der ist Mr.. Walker has been pro-
noted from assistant superintendent
Of the A & p. stores in northeastern
Connecticut and northern Rhode Is
land, and will be superintendent Of
the district OF northeastern MasSa-
ehusetts and southern section of New
Hampshire
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05

Mr. ard Hra. J A D@dy. Mrs.. joan
B.mga aat M.ss Geraldine rE2sz
3ere a. We. HaTen sunday cslirE
= rel.slEe..
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05

Albert Hsssa, John and Henry Au-
ger and Charles Ryan attended the
Brockton Fair Monday.
Putnam patriot., 1923-10-05
Quote Presidents

Resolved That the law enforcing
officials Of the courts q tnis state -
ne course they are taking are up
holding the views q ooth cur lament
81 RESIDENT haL-ii's ana - $50 q
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Evening star., 1923-07-29
Catching Baby Planets. "

THOSE who imagine that astron-
orny is a hnisheds science win. be
astonished to- learn. that at the naval
observatory there are daily calcula-
tions and photographs taken. of tiny
planets whose number Is not yet as
certained. These, called asteroids. spin
about in our solar system like wee
beeds each in its own orbit, but fol-
low in between the, track of. Mars
and that of Jupiter.
+ Studying these asteroids and dis
covering new ones is the work of
photographic-telesco The finest in
struments are those in the possession
of the naval observatory, and are the
work of George Peters. In taking
negatives, there is a new exposure
about once a minute, So that the
course of. the planet, or rather as
teroid. is plainly shown by success
sive negatives. -,
These negatives are studied under
a microscope and then compared with
maps of the heavens. II any new lit
tie planet or asteriod appears, It is
at once named by the dfscoverer. AT
present there are more than roo, but
the number is increasing every year.
Any day Uncle Sam Is aikely to
catch new one in his naval OBJ
servatory net with its magnificent
lens. Planet photography 10 now a
.spec1al1y. - ! @sg5e, =. ~. q =
Evening star., 1923-07-29

entrain. Suddenly two soldiers fell
upon me, took me prisoner, and
hauled me through the streets. fol-
lowed by a yelling crowd. Speaking
only Serbian, they paid no heed to
my protests in English, French and
German In the police Headquarters
1 had the same. difficulty with the
conamandant, who had one language
and perfect convictions that was
an Austrian and a spy. After
weary time, when 1 thought of
white wall and a firing party. an in
terpreter appeared and listened to
my, efforts at explanation in bad
German. The sketch was what
Alarmed them, as we'll it might have
done, If they had any artistic sense.
Finally, ! was allowed to go, after
a close investigation of my papers.
That night news came that the
Montenegrins had fired the first shots
in a war that was now certain,
though still undeclared. and the
streets were thronged with crowds
drunk with emotion I went to
cafe filled with Serbian officers, most
of--whom were amateur soldiers who
had been professors, lawyers, doctors.
and business men In civil life. They
drank innumerable toasts. shouted
and cheered, even wept little,
At my table one, who spoke. Eng
llish, raised his glass and said; Here's
to our first meal in Constantinople. !"
Later. having drunk much wine he
confided. to me in a whisper, that he
was deeply anxious. No one knew
the power of the Turk, and he added
glooniiiy: War is an uncertain
thing"
There was an immense rally of
correspondents, photographers and
cinema men in Belgrade. all desper-
ate. to get to the front with the
serbians, or the Bulgarians. or the
Evening star., 1923-07-29

toms most popular ,thoroughfares. the
writer met u score OF cars whose
headlamps were so dazzling, even
when the dim lights were switched
on, as to make the going rather
risky for the approaching cars.
The Washington automobile oper-
ating fraternity does not stand alone
on this matter of automobile illumi-
nation disadvantages. The same is
try where automobiles are used and
where the efficient maintenance and
adjustment of headlights are neg
lected.
Admittedly dirty lenses and reflec-
tors are not outstanding sources OF
danger unless the lights are SO low
as render safe driving impossible. In
many instances, the dirty lenses and
ref1ectors merely reduce the efficiency
of illumination and waste a part of
tthe illumination energy of the au-
tomobile. Headlamps that are not
parallel are extravagant wasters of
light. using it to illuminate the sur
rounding scenery instead of the high
way ahead of the car. Lack Of focus,
twisted lenses and uptilted lamps re-
suit in waste of light, and generally
are productive of Objectionable blind
ing glare that complicates car guild
ance for the oncoming motorists.
Headlamps that are TWISTED down
ward illuminate the paved pathway
only for short distance In front of
the car and produce a narrow zone
Of Hight about eighty feet deep, ex-
tending from 20 to 100 feet ahead
of the car instead of the desired
breadth zone.extending from forty feet
in front Of the machine to a point ESQ
feet or farther down the road.
Uncle Sans representatives report
Evening star., 1923-07-29

their lights and where they can have
these errors rectif1ed.
The testing processes are simple
and do not consume much time. Each
car, in turn. is placed with its lenses
about twenty-five feet from large
white screen on which a horizontal
line is drawn at the level of the
lamps (about thirty-six inches) as
we'll as two vertical lines spaced
the same distance as the headlamps
(about twenty-eight inches). The
Intersections of these vertical lines
with the horizontal line represent
the projections of the centers of
the lamps to the screen along a
line parallel to the surface on
which the car stands. The lamps
are then focused and the lenses prop
erly pointed, SO that defects In the
position of the lamps may be OBJ
served and corrected.
A suitable headlight properly ad-
justed should throw on a screen an
oval or elliptical pattern with the
long axis horizontal. Any light that
screen in such tests would never
reach level roadway Light that
impinges on the screen four inches
below the horizontal line would
strike the road about 225 feet ahead
Of the car. while light reaching the
screen eighteen inches below the
zone line would illuminate the high
way, fifty feet in front OF the car
Adequate gutter lighting is provided
by light that impinges on the screen
twenty-four inches to the sides of
the vertical lines and nine inches
below the horizontal line. In order
to obtain some light above the road
as a protection against overhanging
limbs and similar obstructions the
pattern on the screen should come
Evening star., 1923-07-29

that at least one-half of the District
glaring lights in direct violation of
the Washington traffic regulations
Their Investigations showed that this
condition was due almost entirely to
lack of proper adjustment and
care and attention on the part of the
drivers. Proper adjustment is Il rela-
lively simple matter once one gets
the hang of the operations. 1t pays
big dividends Immediately in IN
creased safety and road illumination
The national automotive engineers
say that time spent in checking and
adjusting headlights offers better
return than could be secured from a
similar amount of work on any other
part OF the car with the possible ex-
ception of the brakes.
= X x j:
THE public headlight tests at the
i bureau of standards were open
to any one who would drive his car
to the testing laboratory at the de-
sired time and submit 1T to the offl-
cial "once-over' Of tie federal eX-
perts. The fact that only approx
imately one-half of / per, cent OF
the automobile owners in the Dis
trict of Columbia availed themselves
of this free service pretty well fndl-
Gates that the majority of Washing
ton car drivers take it for granted
that their lamps are satisfactory
and within the letter of the law.
Such, however. is not the case
Without question. more will come
of this matter later on. The WASH
ington Safety Comedian efficient
organization designed to reduce
traffic accidents and to take the dan
ger out of automobile operations
already promoting a movement to es-
tablish number of headlamp-t test
ing stations at various parts of the
city where owners may secure ex
pert advice on the ills and evils of
Evening star., 1923-07-29

folk. and serving as soldiers. Bull
locks and buffaloes roamed in the out
skirts Of their camps, and when
mountains the light of camp fires
I: 4 i
NNE night in Sofia few of us
" heard that the Turkish ambas-
sador had handed in his papers, and
driven to the station, where a train
was waiting for him. That meant
war. A few hours later King Fer
dinand signed a manifesto proclaim
ing il to his people, and then delayed
its publication for tWenty-four hours
while he stole away from his capital,
leaving his flag flying above tho
palace, to his headquarters at Stara
Zagora. 1t was as though he was
frightened of his people.
He need not have been. Those Bull
garian folk, whose sons and brothers
were already on their way to the
front, behaved as all people do when
the spell of war first comes to them,
before its disillusion and it's horror.
They greeted it as joyful tidings. The
great bell OF the cathedral doomed
out above the peals of innumerable
bells with vaguely clashing notes.
That morning in the cathedral a TIE
Deum was sung before Queen Eleanor
and all the ministers of state. 1t
was market day. and thousands of
women had come in from the coun-
try districts. with market produce
and great milk cans slung across
their shoulders on big poles, glisten-
ing like quicksilver in the brilliant
sunlight. In their white headdresses,
short embroidered kirtles, and lace
Evening star., 1923-07-29
How Correspondents Fought Their Way
To the Front During the Balkan War
Lived in Filth Hunted for Encountered Al Kinds PobWnes
WereU edtoR Obstacles

TN September of 1912 war broke
| out in. thes Balkans, and. though
we knew it not at the time, it
was the overture to, another war
in which the whole world would be
involved. ~ ~
This seemed to be.no more than a
gathering of semi-civihzed peoples
Serbia. Bulgaria, Greece, Monte
negro-joined together IN military
alliance and by an old heritage of
hatred against the Turk in Europe.
Behind that combination, however,
there were great powers, watching
this. affair with jealous hostility,
with brooding anxiety. and with
racial, dynastic and financial inter-
ests closely touched.
Russia was behind Serbia, whose
hatred Of Austria was equaled only
by its fear that Austria might attack
1t in the rear when 1t marched
against the Turks. Germany was
behind the Turks. afraid of Russian
intervention. Serbia's claim for IAN
open window" on the Adriatic would
not be tolerated by the Austrian
empire. The Greek claim to Crete
and the dream Of getting back to
Asia Minor would arouse the jealousy
of France and Italy. There was in
this Balkan business a DEVILS brew
to poison the system Of international
relations, and behind the scenes cor
rupt interests Of armament firms,
money lenders. international finan-
ciers were working in secret ways
for great stakes.
Before war was actually declared
1 set out for Serbia, on the way to
Bulgaria, as artist correspondent"
Of the Graphic and Daily Graphic,
title that amused me a good deal.
as my artistic talent was of a most
elementary kind. All was required
to do, however. was to provide the
toughest sketches to be worked up
by artists at home.
THE city of Belgrade. perched high
L above the Danube, with old, mar
row, filthy streets within its walls,
was filled with crowds of peasants
mobilized for the var which had not
yet been declared. Many OF them
had come from remote villages, and
looked as IL they had come from the
middle ages. Some wore sheepskin
coats with the shaggy wool inside
and the skin decorated with crude
paintings or garish embroideries.
Others had wooden vests and a loose
undergarment reaching like kilt to
their knees. Nearly all of them
wore loose CATERS. worked with red
stitches, or white wooden buskins.
Others wore fiat. oval sandals, al
most as big as a tennis racquet, or
shoes turned up at the toes with
sharp peaks
A wild cavalcade came riding down
from the hills, like the hordes of
Ghengis Khan. Their black hair was
i long and matted. beneath sheepskin
caps or broad-brimmed hats. Pistols
bristled in their red sashes. and they
stood up. yelling. above saddles made
Of fagots tied to 4 piece of SIX in.
cracking long whips, anu urging on
hairy little horses with rope reins
and stirrups.
l had not been in Belgrade more
than a few hours when / was ar
rested as an Austrian spy. Anxious
to begin work as an artist corre-
spondent," I made Il rough sketch
of a crowd of reservists waiting to
Evening star., 1923-07-29

ments of many of these lamps are
so faulty as to markedly reduce their
effectiveness as sources of depend
able illumination. On account of i'm
half of the approved devices on the
best cars were productive of binding
glare Only one of every fourteen
Of these cars was in good adjust
ment, while the balance of the cars
in this class had lamps that were
defective through lack of attention
on the part of the driver which
caused reduced road illumination. OF
the second-class devices, 55.5 per
cent were glaring and only per
cent was satisfactorily adjusted,
while all the headlamps in the third
class were of the dangerous glaring
variety
Under the traffic regulations of the
District of Columbia and most Of the
states, 1t is now obligatory that mo-
torists equip their cars with approved
lleadlamp devices that take the dan
ger out of night driving. These nom
glare appurtenances are eminently
satisfactory If they are maintained
in efficient operating condition. Un-
satisfactory results obtain when
owners and drivers neglect, their
lights and permit them to get out
of adjustment. Most of the automo-
bile illumination difficulties in the
District of Columbia result from such
causes. The problem of securing
proper adjustment of headlight de-
vices is, at present, the most inn
portant and the most difficult step
toward safe lighting.
Under present circumstances, If a
strict enforcement of the glaring
headlamp regulation were practiced,
the District traffic courts would 1T
Evening star., 1923-07-29

Greeks. Some of the 'old guard"
were there. like Frederic Villiers.
Henry Nevinson and Bennett Bur-
leigh, who had been in many cam
paigns before / was born. Frederic
Villiers had a wonderful kit, with a
glorious leather coat, and looked q
romantic old figure. His pencil. his
pocket knife, his compass, were
fastened to his waist belt by steel
chains. He still played the part of
the war correspondent familiar in
romantic melodrama. Among the
younger crowd was Perciva1 Phil
lips, afterward my comrade from
first to last in a greater and longer
war. II was then that / first be-
come acquainted with his rapid way
on a typewriter. on which he ratified
out words like bursts of machine
gun fire.
4 FTER waiting about Belgrade for
"A some days. left Serbia and trav-
eled to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria,
where I hoped to be attached to the
Bulgarian army. 1t was a horrible
experience. Before the train started
there was wild stampede by a bat
talon of reservists and Bulgarian
peasants. l narrowly escaped get
ting jabbed by long bayonets. as the
men scrambled on to the train, storm
ing the doorways and clambering on
the roof. When at last l got on
board, l found myself wedged in the
corridor between piles of baggage.
peasants and soldiers. ! had only a
piece of cheese and little drop of
brandy, and I cursed myself for my
folly when i found that the journey
was likely to take two days. We
stopped at every wayside station, and