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New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
City Items
Open alleys at the Casino tonight.

Open alleys at the Casino tonight
-advt.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
No. 1 will hold its social tomorrow
afternoon from 2.15 to o'clock
Supper will be served at $3.50 o'clock
The regular meeting will be held at
o'clock.
Viking Minstrels at Toner Hail.
Friday, March ., shepard's Orch
.-aSvt.
The school committee will meet
Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
A permit has been issued to JOSS
Kunz to build three tenement house
at 40 Wilcox street, at a cost OF
$4,000.
Rachmaninoff Records at Morans'
-advt.
+. c. Mackay and Charles A. Wal
lin have leased from Morris CON- a
store at 43 Main street. for two years.
For the first year $1,000 is the rental
and for the second, $500.
Hallinan's open Saturday night.
---advt.
The registrars of voters will be in
session next Thursday to receive APP
plications to be made voters. The
session will open at a. IN. and close
at p. m.
Improvement has been noted in the
condition of Building Inspector John
c. Gilchreest, who has been confined
to his home for the past two weeks.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
Capacity Will BE $50 With
Enrolment of 365-State
Maximum Annual Re-
quirement is no, White
Says.

State Normal schools in Connccti-
cut must graduate between 600 and
40 teachers each year to keep up
with the demand for teachers, accord
ing to Marcus White, principal Of the
New Britain State Normal school, at
q hearing before the legislative ap-
preparations committee In Hartford
yesterday. Mr., White said that bet
ter salaries now being paid teachers
served to reduce the number leaving
the profession, but added that there
is no salary on earth that will keep a
woman from getting married"
With the completion of the new
Normal school in New Britain the
local school will have a capacity of
ESQ with a possible enrolment of
SOS. accordingto Secretary of Educa-
ton Meredith. This would make
New Britain's Normal school the
largest in the state.
New Haven has capacity of 500
with an enrolment of 402, the sur
plus being caused by the closing of
the Bridgeport school. This condition
has made it necessary for a provision
for additional accommodations in that
city Danbury has a capacity of $50
with an enrolment of 227 and Will
,limantic has a capacity of ESQ with
an enrolment of 1874. The New Brit
ain institution will be ready for oc-
cupancy this coming fall or winter, it
was reported.
A request was made for an increase
of 100000 in the allowance for the
maintenance of State Normal schools,
which would bring that amount up to
$1,000
Approximately DC per cent of the
teachers in the public schools of
Connecticut of five years experience
and over are daughters of foreign
born parents, according to statement
made by Francis z. Harrison, chief of
the bureau of tests and investigations
of the state board of education
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
City items
Open alleys at the Casino tonight.

Open alleys at the Casino tonight
-advt.
The Holy Family circle of st.
Marys church will hold a st. Pat
rick's whist at st. Mary's school hall
Friday afternoon, February 16, at
$3.50 O'Clock.
Gulbransen Player Pianos. Morans.
--advt.
Felix Zoroslii pleaded guilty to
non-support yesterday in superior
court and was ordered to pay his
wife IS week or go to jail for three
months.
Meet me at Schmarrs for dinner
advt.
Patrolman Charles Johnson and
Waldo E. Gilbert left today for a
short trip to New York. Mr.. John
son will stop at Stamford to visit
his daughter.
Edisons and Sonoras. C. L. Pierce
e. Co.--advt.
New Britain Nest No. 154S, Order
of Owls, will go to Bristol Friday
night to play the third game of their
card series. Members will leave on
the 1880 trolley.
Rachmaninoff Records. at Morans'.
--advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
New Britain Will Have Largest
Normal School in Connecticut

the building when the explosions oc-
cured, One was gathering OF spir-
| itualists and the other meeting OF
the craftsmen's, union, Men, women
and children leaped from the second
and third floor windows without wait
ing for the firemen to.spread life nets,
Pedestrians, fremen, and police res
cued many by entering the second
floor of the building whore the crowd
was herded and carrying them along
window lodges TO the building Of the
Dollar Savings and Trust company on
one side and the Diamond Coffee
House building on the other. a dozen
or more leaped from the windows into
nets spread In Diamond street by fire.
men. Others. crazed by the heat and
smoke, could be seen by the light Of
the fire running aimlessly about the
room just before the second floor OF
the building sagged and collapsed.
Explosions Cut on Lights
The streets and alleys OF the nigh
borhood were chokod with thousands
of persons who rushed to the scene
and were lighted only by the dun rcd
glow of the fire. All lights in the
district went out as the force OF the
explosion tore down every wire in
South Diamont street.
One Victim Dies
Gust Bickel, who leaped from the
third story of the building died in the
Allegheny General hospital at 11:10
o'clock last night from fractured
skull, internal injuries and burns.
The police believe that several per-
sons were unable to escape from the
auditorium where the spiritualists
were holding their meeting and were
burned to death.
So great was the force Of the ex-
plosions that every window within
several hundred yards of the scene
weer broken. Every window in The
big Boggs & Bull department store
on Federal street directly opposite
were smashed. None of those who
were able to make their way from the
building, or who were rescued. have
so far been able to give clear, con-
nected story of their experience.
When the first explosion occurred
and the side of the lodge room in
which they were holding their meet
ing became enveloped in flames, more
than 80 members of the Stone Cutters
union hurried toward safety. The ma
iority of them escaped uniniured, al
though several were burned and
others were slightly injured in leap
ing to safety.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
Mrs. Hurd Meets Mrs. Fox
In Tennis Finals Today

Belleair Heights, Fla, March s.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd Of the
Merton Cricket club who yesterday
defeated Miss Glenna Collett, national
womens champion, in the semi final
round of the Beleair championship
was scheduled to meet Mrs. Caleb
Fox of Huntington Valley in the
finals today. To Mrs. Fox was given
the, honor of winning over Miss Col
lett in the only other match the
women's champion lost on the Bel
leaire links this season. That was sew
eral weeks ago. Mrs. Fox won her
place in the finals by her victory yes
terday over Mrs. Alex Smith of Shen-
ecossett.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
DIR. GRANT DERIDES
Fathers OF CHURCH
''They Thought World Flat" De-
ClareS Rector in Sermon

= New York, March S.-Dr. Percy
Stickney Grant renewed yesterday his
plea for the modernization of religion
in the third of his Lenten sermons
in the Church of the Ascension. He
read excerpts from the doctrines Of
st. Augustine and declared that
theological writer somewhat cloudy in
meaning.
why should we use the languages
of the fourth century," DR.. Grant
asked. They thought the world was
fiat gt
He traced the work of the four
councils which, framed Christianity in
the period between 3S1 and $50 A. d.
and turned to the development of
what he termed Mary idolatry,"
which he found began in the time of
Bishop Apollinaris, who submerged
the human side of Jesus for the d.
vine side, theologians then beginning
to lay stress or the Virgin Birth.
DR.. Grant said that if I'VE want to
know about the soul we don't sit
under tree and take little opium
and have a pipe dream; we go to a
man who understands the personality
of man." He added that it lis no use
talking about the soul as if it we're a
mist or little wrath over a grave
yard somewhere"
Toward the end of his sermon DIR.
Grant said woman had written to
him complaining that his personal ap-
pearance had changed since she saw
him preach as young clergyman.
Mr.. Grant now, in the opinion of the
writer, looked too well fed" DIR.
Grant smilingly said he did not think
three meals a day lowered ones
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08

Many Leap From Windows
Two meetings were being held in
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
PITTSBURGH fire
TAKES Death TOLL
Three Others Missing After
Flames Do Damage Of $4,000

Pittsburgh, Pa, March S.--Poiice
and firemen today were searching the
ruins of the Shelton hall building for
the bodies of three persons reported
missing after the fire last night in
which one man was known to have
been killed. The fire was brought I'M
der control early this morning after it
had burned for five hours. The dam
age was estimated at sl50,000.
IS Persons Trapped.
Seventy-five or more men, women
and children were trapped by the fire
after three explosions converted the
building into fiery furnace. Many
OF the unfortunate occupants leaped
from windows and of these twenty
We're taken to hospitals suffering from
burns and injuries.
Many Leap From Windows
Two meetings were being held in
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08

spirituality. At one time he had had
a young assistant at the churh of
the Ascension. he added, who had
light yellow hair and very fhite
skin, the ensemble conveying AM ap-
pearance OF spirituality that gaf the
young assistant quite reputation.
DR.. Grant said that 1t was mistaken
and amusing idea that fairness of
\eomplexion must denote spirituality
end cited the Popes as proof that
Aalian or other dark skinned persons
might be spiritual.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-08
Three More Pitchers
Join Pirates Today

Pittsburgh, March S.-Three more
pitchers are expected today to aug
ment Manager McKechnie's crew Of
Pirate batterymen in their spring
training at Hot Springs, Ark, accord
ing to advices received here. Babe
Adams, Falk and kunz are the play
ers due to arrive today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-23
NATIONAL PISTOL LAW

TRO YOU revolveri It's amazing many Americans
II do. For instance gun-tong owning is severely
srced in New York City And yet New York has been issuing
legal permits 10000 people year possess carry pistols
So far this year. the Indianapolis police department has is
sued 352 permits licensing citizens acquire firearms
year the total for twelve months SIS.
Pistol permits of course issued known
But legally owned pistols frequently stolen by housebreakers
That's how the underworld gets part of its firearms
Mail order purchase the method by which
crooks themselves This method requires police regis
atiOn criminal only get pistol easily and steahiy
he get many he and desires-by
mail order.
Authorities in Buffalo the other day revoked all pistol
licenses and the surrounding country Fifteen thousand
permits carry firearms affected by the Buffalo action
Ehh resulted from discovery that murderer wanted by police
the holder of county pistol permit.
New York City is attacking the pistol in another
Applicants for guntotng permits being printed
the prints then checked up make the applicants haven
a criminal record.
AS long able get firearms shoot
ing.
Local restrictions cannot be other than puny until the
6ona Government prohibits interstate commerce. the sale
shipment Of revovers for officers of the law Legislation
to that end is before Congress.
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Science

The use Of spectacles has grown
enormously in the last ten years.
Formerly only old persons whose
light was failing resorted to glasses.
Now 1t is not uncommon to correct
slight defects in the eyesight of chill
dren by the use Of scientifically
adjusted spectacles.
The discovery and use of spectacles
was made possible by an Arabian
astronomer named Alhazen. He was
born at Bassor, Turkey, about 1000
A. D., but spent most of his life in
Spain. Alhazen was the discoverer
of the facts of animal vision He
was the first to learn that we see
things because the rays of light from
objects around us strike upon our
Cetinas and the impression is carried
to the brain by a nerve. He explained
why, with two eyes, we do not see
two pictures and discovered the rea-
son why a convex lens magnifies or
makes objects seem larger. Many
centuries before Alhazen it was Gus
tomary for the very rich in Greece
and Rome to use certain polished jew
els to look through, partly as an
affectation, as some use monocles and
eyeglasses today. and partly because
t aided eyesight by resting the eye,
Large polished emeralds especially
were in demand for this purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-23
Not So Worse
By BERTON BRALEY

"a dogs life!" Why should that ex-
press
The depths of human wretchedness?
The troubles of a dog are few,
He gets his board and lodging, too,
For simply being on the spot
No matter if he works or not.
The cost of living doesn't fret him
And human worries don't beset him.
He has no clothes-and needn't
patch EN-;
If he has feas, why he can scratch
EN-.
While woes with which OUR souls
are tried
We cannot scratch, for they're
inside.
dogs content, he needn't mix
In business, war of politics.
And II he happens to grow i'll,
His master pays the doctors bill.
And if he ever thinks about
Life problems, which he does, no
doubt,
He probably would cogitate.
How lucky is my canine fatei
No bills to pay, no rent to meet.
| sleep. | romp, drink and eat,
A dogs life suits me we'll enough,
A mans life must be pretty tough"
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Incl
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CHILDREN TODAY, CITIZENS TOMORROW

mo it estimated there 1871 children in
TODAYH
you 52034 persons in the State who have
had schooling whaever9
you know that of the 1886 examined for military
service in the World War 20545 physically disqualified?
complimentary facts Progress in society
has been made by ignoring truth by compacent
eepting the present just good enough"
Child labor is still a vital condition in Indiana.
Despite the fact that the State has "chd labor law
hidden serpent that spreading poison into future citizen
ship deadenng the minds of boys and girls and creating
greater need for prison cells reformaoy confinement
hospitals and all these, is alive TODAY.
Child labor iteracy go handnhand IL little children
ere denied education Ill results only follow
The problem Is not limited to Indiana, however.
By decision the United States Supreme Court held
Sd the national child labor law passed after long effort in
Congress Many children only industrial slaves nurng
their young bodies in daily labor becoming tera and grow
ing be objects of control by politicians often of
ou motives and be physically unfit duties of armed
defense In times Of
Lax school law attendance is blame in of the
country less than inadequate enforcement of good laws In
others.
Of child labor In Indiana obtained by the Federal
Government in the 1920 They should be studied sare
WHAT WILL BE lNDIANA'S ANSWERR
Think it Somebody eses child may be paying TO-
MORROW for your neglect TODAY.
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ALETS and buffers and men,
" servants generally were the
- subjects in the smoking-room.
The man with the large stomach and
the 'unmistakable air OF affuence was
telling about James, his head butler.
James was Of the old stock-an i'm
maculate servant. He knew to a
to their rank and everything, and
when it came to serving a big din
ner he was an artist and nothing eAse.
But, a night or two ago, James blew
up Courses were served in wrong
order, wine was split and finally and
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Heard in the Smoking Room

horribly, salt was upset on very su
perstitious and important old man. u
managed to whisper to James and ask
him what was wrong, and he replied
as he set his jaw, that there was moth
ing-no, sir, nothing. Things kept go
ing badly, however, and l felt great
relief when the meal was finished and
the ladies had retired. Then jane
came to me and gave the whole thing
away. In a respectful undertone, hi
nurmured:
at beg your pardon, sir, bu'
might I leave for a few moments
now? My house is on fire
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-23
HIGH WASTE OF GENIUS

m E inventive genius that is wrongly employed going
absolute waste in this country is appalling Still is
remarkable what telling incentive and spur mental pro-
cesses is the moral and written ''Thou shalt not
the Michigan who employed the
of his carriers for bootleg liquor and got away with
for months, until he had inoppOrtune blowout.
And the Missouri who made his household chandeliers
safety depository for his illicit drinks And the Eastern
dealer who invented fourinhand necke
a thousand dollars worth of prohibited drugs
And the Oregon who conceived butsecton BAN
boo fish rod that would full and highly stimulating quart
output still cunnngy concealed in DID, abandoned
In his main living
And the who made imitation cigar with gilt
everything that had filler 1886 grain
ph tablets And that other who bought
of discarded Kentucky whisky barrels S. apiece and steamed
$50 gallon And and of the kind
What might happen of benefit to the world if Edison
Ford other wizards could corral all this
genius and set it the right counsel
EXPLORER RASMUSSEN has discovered poets among the
EskmOs. That's what comes of steady blubber diet
the blanks simpler and not
the payments.
THE WHEAT may approve of AM
bassador Frank Kellogg but they deny him the right
feeling his oats
SENATOR LA TOILETTE Europe with
hyseven pieces of baggage Evidently he gathered all
!, facts.
- ARGENTINE petroleum department has just
covering oil drilling activities for the three years
the end of which time government field alone will pro
100000 barrels annually Our Government is for
= et relieved of this kind of work worry by
s,r<>d Falls, Sinclairs and Dohenys
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%Hzz3zY

cat.
You can always spot a man who
drinks coffee out Of a saucer, be-
cause he spots himself.
The nice thing about two autos
crashing is you often find whisky in
one for the injured.
The hubby of Princess Mary is
collector Of old glass. So are the
autoists in this country.
Dictionary is what you use when
you can't think of what TO use in
place of word you cant spell.
Lots of lips just made to kiss are
made over just afterward.
If at first you don't succeed, take
her box OF candy.
A college professor is a man who
speaks volumes.
Oldest town in the world is Da-
mascus. Now guess where we
bought some Of our street cars.
Things can be too good to be true.
Books can be too true TO be good.
Everybody is digging up prehis-
toric stuff everywhere. All We have
TO offer is a few street cars.
Los Angeles is where people go to
find something to do until they can
get into the movies.
Reformers say the modern dance
looks more like race. We say it
usually ends neck and neck.
The proof of the pudding is in di-
gestion
One Chicago man, probably a coai
dealer or landlord or bOotlegger, pald
S400 900 income tax.
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Business
(Plymouth Dailv Pilotl

The merchant who could make back
his investment in his business within
one year would be a wonder.
We are told on good authority that
a really good dairy COW that costs
from $50 to 500 and is worth it. will
produce annually butterfat worth that
amount over the cost of feed.
The farmer With dairy herd has
what we might cali factory" right
on his own farm operating the year
round in which he can convert the
raw materials he raises on his farm
into an easily marketable product.
We would like to see a multiplied
ton and expansion Of these butterfat
factories in Marshall County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-23

ct. WAYNE News sentineD

If something could be done to insure
the fabrication Of the wheels of JUS
tice throughout the State,{it would be
a momentous event in the annals Of
Indiana justice. The delays which con-
tinue to characterize the proceedings
of many courts are outrageous and
utterly inexcusable.
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UNUSUAL PEOPLE $500
Home Strange
to Boy

BV NEA Serufce
Is LEVELAND, Nov. 23.-An the
IL way from far-off Rumania, 10
- year-old Frank Boros has come
home again.
But it is home he doesn't re-
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liiGitlbSl 4 "
when he was a
wee baby his
mother took him
back to the old
country on a
visit.
She died be-
fore that visit
e n d g d. Then
came the war.
And there was
no chance Of
getting Frank
started on the
homeward trip.
The other day,
however, he ar
rived aboard the
4 M m o ration
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In what country did the navel
orange originate and to what ex-
tent Is II produced7
The Department OF Agriculture
brought this fruit from Brazil. There
were less than twenty trees N the orig
inal shipment and only a very few OF
them lived OF the original shipment
enc tree is stu growing in the green
houses OF the department in Wash.
ington, where great efforts have had
to be made to keep 1t alive. Another
one Of the trees Is still growing in
California The navel orange now
constitutes the larger part of the
orange industry N California with the
average annual production running
over 100000 boxes during the past
Eve years.
Are there more children on the
farms or In cities?
There are Approximately 7,7oo, 900
children under 10 years OF uge on the
farms and $500, 900 In cities having
equivalent total population.
What is tho basis Of the ail0t-
ment Of the mith-Lever funds
made to State agricultural col
lege9
There is directly appropriated the
sum Of $3.50, 900 for each year, $40. 900
Of which is paid annually to each
State. All other Federal Smith-Lever
funds are allotted annually to the
States by the Secretary of Agriculture
in the proportion which the rural
population of each State bears to the
rural population OF all the States, but,
to be available to any State, an equal
sum must have been appropriated for
the work for the year by the Legis-
lature OF the State. or provided by
State. county. college. local authority
or individual contributions within the
State.
How many potatoes were raised
in the world last Year,
over FIVE billion bushels exclusive
Of Russia
What country produces the
most potatoes2
Germany, with Poland ranking sec
ond.
Does tho United States export
porkt
Yes, the United States has led the
nations of the world in this respect.
For the five years ending In 1919
pork exports averaged 1.179, 900 900
pounds. In 1921 exports Of pork and
pork products increased over 1913 per
cent over previous figures.
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A Thought

Whosoever shall offend one of these
little ones that believe in me. it is
better for him that a milestone were
hanged about his neck, and he were
cast into the sea.-Mark s:42.
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special. He had come in accompanied.
Now he is busy getting acquaint-
ed with his father and his new
mother, here in his new home.
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Family Fun
The Modern Beau

Our engagement Is off foreverl
Shall 1 return your love letters?"
Never mind 'em, dear. l have
carbon copies. Judge.
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What Editors
Are Saying
Rough
frankfort Evening News

IFTanKIOTL Evening NeWsJ
Just wait until that bricklayers'
University organizes a football team
and gets into action. There II be some
lodging then.
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Time for Dad to Stop

Papa, are you still growing?"
mo, my dear. Why"
Because the top of your head is
;oEning through your hair. Boston
transcript.