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Evening star., 1924-10-12

famous egg stand on end with the
shell on or Off but / know he made
a flop of it. and that decided him the
world was round.
Another thing probably worried
poor old Mrs. Columbus a lot was
that Spanish woman, Isabella.
Queen or no queen, l bet the old
lady didn't like the way Chris stuck
around, hooking her jewels and
everything. 1t didn't look good. and
how could the old lady guess the
price of y. \. real estate was gong
to justify it some day? 1t takes d
terrible broad minded mother TO
raise a great man without worrying
but luckily it only takes a mother
to believe in one.
l dunno, too, but it does seem to
mo that what with the tunny way
Columbus dressed. in that art stu
dent hat ladies bathing suit, bed
room slippers and bobbed hair, we'll,
it's no real wonder the King of Spain
thought he was a Greenwich Village
nut and turned him down.
His frau, Queen Isabella, more then
likely stuck to Chris just for cussed-
ness, you know how some wives are;
they get bunch of friends that
stick around the house a lot generally
eating quite a few free meals, and
when the wife can't think of any
other way to excuse them to her hus-
band. why she calls 'em highbrow.
Only in Bella's case, she was right
about Chris.
x !. X =
WELL, after the Queen bought
w Chris them yachts and he had
sailed the ocean blue, just think of
the terrible time his Ma must of put
in! I'll bet she sit up nights Won
dering if he had remembered to take
his sea-sick remedy and who would
darn his socks. And 1 guess she
was terrified for fear the Indians
would scalp and tommyhawk him
when he hit the American customs
house.
And yet to dear old Mrs. Column
bus, Chris was probably always
nothing but boy. After all, mothers
have always been mothers, and in
their eyes the difference between
Buster Brown and Buster Columbus
is principally matter of where the
belt is wore. Anyways, 1 could
imagine how / would feel if Junior
was setting out to discover America.
I know I'd be worried to death for
fear America would discover him
first.
Whether Chris's mother attended
to it or not / don't know, but the
publicity he got was something Won
derful. Why, the way that man was
advertised I bet if he wanted it he
could of been President Of the u. s..
Evening star., 1924-10-12

penetrating absorption. above al
things. it indicated vision. The speech
and the movements were incisive: the
wiry body Il compact tissue Of ncrv-
Gus energy.
The secretary was saying:
THE third reading of the national
ization of paper industries bill comes
on at $3.50. sir. Boneham will be up
and I do not think you will be called
till I. You will. however, wish to
hear what he has to say
Il know what he'll say. You can
cut that out, Roberts. Get Libby to
give me a precis at 6:45."
Very good sir. Then there will
, be time after the Associated News
Service board at to see the minister
with regard to this question of pack
ing meetings in East Riding. Lord
Lampreys has some information"
Right. What line are Jennins and
Castwell taking over this"
They're trying to side-track the
! issue. They have every uHassociated
newspaper in the north against YOU"
HIM, HIM. Well, We've fought them
before.
Yes. sir. The pressure is going TO
be greater this time"
The great mans eyes sparkled
Roberts, get through on the private
wire to-Lamb; no, get through to all
OF them, and make it quite clear. This
Evening star., 1924-10-12
THE TRAMP WATCHED HIM
ENTER A COTTAGE AND HE
HEARD A WOMAN'S VOICE.

oh, dear.-only a temporary dis
ability l trust, sir
Everything is temporary, Roberts"
He walked abstractedly out of the
room. A little clock in the outer cor
ridor indicated 20 minutes to 1. The
car was due at 1:l5. Thirty-five
minuteEoh, to escape for only that
brief periodi Through the glass doors
he could see his sister, talking to two
men. He turned sharply, and wen
through a corridor leading out to the
rear Of the garage. He passed
through shrubbery, and came to Il
clearing, walked across it and got
among some trees. The trees OF
Crawshay Park-his trees. u"
looked up at the towering oaks anu
Gins.
They were there years before h"
was born. They would be there year.
after his death. He was only passine
through them-a fugitive. every
thing is temporary, Roberts" Se-.
even life itself. Jennins and Cast
well, OF course they wanted to get
him down. Does one get to the ton
without making enemies? The park
sloped down to d low stone wall, with
an opening where one could obtain q
glorious view across the weald cj
Sussex.
AS nc SlcOI tneTe ne sd" d tramp
Chamber down a bank and stand hes
tating in the middle of the road. III
his hand he carried "A red handker-
chief containing his worldly belong
ingS.
Sir Septimus observed him hesitate
look up at the sky and set out with
long. swinging strides down the whit.
road. There stirred within the breast
of the millionaire a curious, wistfu
longing. Oh. to be free. To be free
To walk across those hills without y
care without a responsibility. With
a groan Sir Septimus Letter mur-
INJURED:
Lucky devil Lucky devil, o Got
If ! could die.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-10-12

\. Pretty near body. even today,
knows he discovered Columbus. Ohio.
They can tell it by the name. And
Chris discovered it on a detour He
was all set for Calcutta or some
place. but had TO take a detour and
hit the States instead.
However. Chris sure deserved his
big success. The mere fact that he
stuck TO his ship all them months on
the way over makes him hero. OF
course, he didn't have no other place
to go. the walking not being so very
good, but still he deserves a lot of
credit just the same.
My. I can just picture old Chris
on IA moonlight night sitting up on
deck playing softly on his anti-pasto.
or whatever the antique equivalent
of the ukulelc was, and singing
"Whatl ! Do or something. but
trying to keep his spirits UP, on ac-
count maybe the Italian quota
wasn't filled Yet and wouldn't be by
the time the boat got in. All of
which time his old ma at home was
praying for her wandering boy.
1t seems Columbus planted the
first garlic tree in this country. and
on account of that. why on Colum-
bus day the Italians still turn out
and hang wreaths of spaghetti on
all his statues. Honest. there is so
many statues of Columbus all over
this country ] don't see where he
got the time to pose for them all,
what with the busy life he led!
WELL, we certainly owe a big debt
w to Christopher Columbus. Let
him try and collect it. And seeing
that he can't very well. why the least
we can do is tell the world what we
owe him. Without Christopher Co.
lumbus we wouldn't of had any Co
lumbus Circle. y. Y, no *. of c.. no
Italian table d'hotes. and no holiday
on Oct 18th. And when a man had
all that rating, why his mother must
of been awful proud of him.
got to pointing out some of the
above facts to Geo. that's my husband,
and / says say George, l says, who
was Columbia? Why do they call this
country Columbia when it was a he?
Could Columbia of been Chris mother
dyer think? Gee, I'll like Junior to
do something that would get me
called after it. And Geo. says they
are quite likely to call you after
something he's done that he shouldn't
do.
Well anyways, just then the door
bell rung and it was the Joe Bushes.
Well, we all set in the, parlor and
says Il few conventional remarks to
the effect, yes, this is Columbus day,
great day for the country, isn't it,
and etc. while that Joe Bush pranced
all around the room slamming things
Evening star., 1924-10-12

sighed
Lucky devil" he murmured. BLAST
it all: 1 suppose must co.
:; :; = x
NNOU don't seem to realize the i'm
portance of it," said Gwendolen
st. John Burnaby to her hus band as
they sat on the terrace. There's Lal,
wasting his talents at that wretched
little embassy at Oporto, and all
you've got 10 do is TO drive three
miles TO Crawshay Park and put the
matter before Sir Septimus.
"These things always seem so sim
pie to women" answered Sir John,
little peevishly.
well. do YOU deny that he has the
power
"Of course he has power. my dear.
but you may not realize the kind OF
life a man like that lives. He deals
in movements in which men are only
pawns. IF | told him about I.al he
would make note of it, and forget
about it directly ] turned my back"
Mrs. ST. John Burnaby stamped her
ele giant Louis heels.
rs nothing ever worth trying"
Don't be foolish. Gwen. haven't !
tried? Letter knows I've backed his
party for all I'm worth. When ] get
elected will be the moment. | shall
then have a tiny atom Of power. For
a man without even Il vote in Par
lament do you think Letter is going
to waste his timer'
"ObStinate.' muttered Mrs. Burn
aby. The little lines round the eyes
and mouth of face that had once
! been beautiful became accentuated in
the clear sunlight. She knew that
her husband was ambitious, but there
was always just that little something
he lacked. just that little special ef-
! fort that might have landed him
among the Cods-or in the House OF
. Lords. He had made money! hum
! drcd thousand o. So-but he had not
| even attained seat in Parliament.
! His heavy. dark face betok"ned power
! and courage. but not vision.
! At the approach of butler fol-
lowed by a gentleman in a check suit
and white stock. Mrs. ST. John
t Burnaby raised her lorgnette.
'Onc of these local people" she re-
| fected.
! ON being announced the gentleman
in the check suit exclaimed rapidly:
Excuse the liberty I take--neigh-
/ bors. don't YOU know. Remember me
at the Constitutional, Mr.. Burnaby
| Thought | would drop in and pay my
! respects"
| st. John Burnaby nodded.
"Oh. yes. yes, quite. 1 remember,
Mr.-er-Mr-"
"Wonnicott''
"Oh. yes. of course. How do you
do? My wife-Mr. Wonnicott."
! The wife and the Wonnicott bowed
to each other. Mr.. Wonnicott man
aged to say:
| We live over al Wimpstone, just
across the valley-my wife, the girls
are at school. boys up at Rugby"
"Oh yes-really?' This was Mrs.
Burnaby, who was thinking to her
self:
"The man looks like q dog fancier.'
"Very good school, said st. John
Burnaby. Hot today. isn't it,"
Eyes, it's exceedingly warm
do you golf?"
"No. ! don't golf / ride q Bit
You must excuse me-" said Mrs.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Professional Tea=Tasters.

GEVEN families at Seattle, Wash,
- do not serve tea, especially when
father is home. These men are paid
by Uncle Sam 70 t.-tA all tea that ar
rives from abroad to establish i4
value, age and amount of colorine
They are expert tea bibbers, and after
to IL hours of it disdain doing the
same thing at home.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
First Quartz Window.

THE first clear fused quartz window
glass ever made Will be used in
the sunroom of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital at Baltimore, Md. 1T eAcels
ordinary window glass in that II
transmits ultraviolet or health Civ
ing rays.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

CIR SEPTIMUS LETTER stood in his
~ cool library and conversed with
his private secretary. Sir Septimus
was wearing what appeared to be d
ready-made navy serge suit and a low
collar. His Sallow face was heavily
marked; the strangely restless eyes
peered searchingly beneath dark
brows. The face had power. but of
the kind which has been mellowed by
the friction of every human expe-
rience. 1t had alert intelligence, a
Evening star., 1924-10-12

st. John Burnaby, II have got 10 get
a trunk call to London"
She flrttered into the house. st.
John Burnaby was preoccupied and
monosyilabic and the visitor was re-
lieved to make his escape. Walking
down the drive, he thought:
It's no good. He dslikes me-
But St John Burnaby was only
thinking of Sir Septimus Letter, the
big man he would have liked to be.
He ground his teeth and clenched his
fists:
Il will not appeal for young Lal."
he muttered Let him fight his own
battles.'
Evening star., 1924-10-12

five red gables among the elms, and
sighed
Lucky devil he Inurmured. BLAST
ii all. / suppose l must 60"
Evening star., 1924-10-12

" YER since the days when Mr.. |
l. & Mrs. Columbus used to
quarrel over whether little |
IL Chris would grow up to be
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
KILLS WIFE AND WOUNDS
 COMPANION, SHOOTS SELF
Hartford, N. Y. Doctor Begins Firing as Couple Return Prom
 Sleigh Hide

Hartford, N. Y, Jan. s.-Greeted b, a hall Of bullets from the revolver Of Dr. Robert Lee of this hamlet as they were returning from sleigh ride. Mrs. Lee. the wife of pr. Leo was kill. cd and Fred Norcross of Dorset. Vt, was critically wounded yesterday. pr. Lee then shot himself to death. Today Norcross was In Glens Falls hospital having been operated on for the re- moval of bullet from his abdomen.
 The physician is said to have en- tered the yard Of his home at tho same time that his wife, Norcross and the Lees four year old daughter drove in after having been out for sleigh ride. Several shots were fired at Mrs. Lee. one of which proved fatal. The child escaped uninjured. Norcross was shot down as he sat in the sleigh. Dr Lee then ran short distance through the yard, stopped and shot himself to death.
 Dr. Lee was 44 years old while his wife was several years younger. They had two children, one four years old and one ten. The Lee family lived in Dorset the home of Norcross. Rela- lives and friends of Dr. Lee advanced the theory that his act was due to sud- den insanity from oyerwork. Norcross had been employed at the Lee home for some time.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
CHEAPER COAL RATES
Manufacturers Association to Urge Through Hates From West Virginia To Connecticut Points.

Hartford. Jan. s. i.uwct coal tor New England and especially for Con nceticut may Dc secured by means or through rail rates from the West Nir- ginia coal fields, in the opinion Of inc traffic committee Of the Manufac- turers' association of Connecticut
 Today the association made the an- nouncement that in behalf Of it's members and their employees rt will appear before the interstate conn mcrec commission at hearing in Washington. January "A tO urge es- tablishment Of through rail rates on coal from West Virginia to New Eng land points. New River and other districts in West Virginia produce high grade Of bituminous coal for in- dustrial purposes and a high grade of smokeless and almost odorless coal for domestic nse. The association states that fl through rail rates were secured this coal will he made avail able Co Connecticut and other New England points at q price well below the cost of fuel from other districts.
 The association will be represented st the Washington hearing by mem bers of the traffic committee and t has requested aii industries in tbs state which are interested to wire At- torney J. ]. Hickey of the interstate commerce commission and a1so urge the establishment 0f thesH rates.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
BAD BUSINESS DECLINE
Mills m sbodc Island Are Going On Short Time, Owing To Falling on In Demand For Products

Providence, Jan. S.-.All of the mills of the B. B. and R. Knight Co. in this state, except the plants at Natick and the Clinton mill Woon- socket will go on three days a week schedule this week according Co no- tices posted today. The Natick and Clinton mills will be put ,on the same schedule after January 2f. About four thousand hands will be affected. The notices state that the curtailment will continue until there is an im- proyement in fthe business situation. Mills affected by this order are the Arctic, Centerville, Grant, Noting ham, Pontiac, Royal. Valley Queen and White Rock.
 Other mills in Rhode Island which are already on short time schedule include the plants of the Goddard Bros. At Ashton and Berkeley on three day a week schedule and the Ann and Hope at Lonsdale on a four day schedule. The Hope Webbing Go. of Pawtucket and the Interlaken Mills at Hope and Arkwright are on a five day schedule. The Slater Yarn Mfg. Co. of Pawtucket may curtail to four days a week within a couple Of weeks. according to the Rhode Island textile association. The Warren Mfg. Co. is running only four days a week.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
,,rr ,,,nn,on,,,~r ny spn LIFE lMPklSUNp :.,ds0
 30 LASHES .,,,a ss'sss ~
This Is Penalty Mete Out to Rcd Ryan, Bank Bandit-Changcs
 Plea to Guilty.

Toronto, Jan. S.-Norman Red" Ryan. bank bandit and escaped con. vict, who recently was captured with confederates in q street battle with Minneapolis police. today was sentenc- ed by County Judge Coatsworth to imprisonment for life. with thirty lashes 10 be given at the rate of 10 q month for three months.
 Ryan was hurriedly tried and sen tenced this morning after he had re- ceived a letter from his brother, as he was being taken to Portsmouth pen itentiary to await trial, which so an- gered him that he demanded an i'm mediate trial. He changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.
 Ryan, handcuffed between two de- puties. received the letter as he paced the Union station platform, awaiting train.
 He tore open the letter. read a few lines of it, and his face flushed with wrath.
 Take me back" he said. "I want to change my plea 10 guilty. Gimme a quick trial and send me up. That's all I want now"
 The charges concerned the robbery of a local branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia which occurred after Ryan escaped from Dominion peniten- tiary.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
WAS FIRST DEFENSE
So Saratoga Springs Man, in williman- tic Court as Rum Runner, Gets on
 With s200 Tinc-.Iail suspended.

willimantic, Jan. S.--James w. Gilbert of Saratoga Springs. N. Y. threw himself on the mercy of the court after pleading guilty to rum running today. and was fined s200 and costs with a suspended jail sentence of Is days. He claimed that this was his first attempt at transportation.
 About last midnight the local po- lice got word that two machines had been driven through Manchester, the drivers ignoring orders of officers to stop. Frank Mclean and Officer Will liam Hurley intercepted the machines here but the first one got away. The officers got on the running board of the second car and made Gilbert, the drives. take them to the station. Con- cealed in the machine were wines and spirits from Canada.
 Gilbert will be taken to Manchester charged with violation of the traffic laws.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
SEKA TOR COPELAND ASSERTS BOTH BONUS AND REDUCTION
 OF NX H QUITE POSSIBLE
FARMER AND SOLDIER ISSUES IN CONGRESS- Farm and Bonus Fights Coming to Head
 Rapidly

Washington, Jan. S.--The farmer and the former service man, who per sonify many millions of votes back home, cast ever-lengthening shadows t jay over Capitol Hill.
 0Under the urge of the farm bloc he senate pushed through resolu- tion 10 ascertain -.hat spectators are doing on the grai market while two committees wero ening with eager interest to plea n' more substantial farm relief in fife northwest.
 In the house Representative Leav- itt, once a homesteader and forest ranger in Montana. told his colleagues that something must be done quickly for agriculture.
 Soldier bonus advocates carried another salient by forcing a republic house conference for Thursday night to vote on their demand that the com tax revision. On the senate floor Senator Copeland, democrat, of New York charged Secretary Mellon with sandbagging the bonus.
 There was no attempt 10 transact any business in the house which is waiting on its committees, and the Senate did little but talk. Both in and out of committees in both house and senate there was another outpouring of opiniSns on subjects encircling the whole legislative globe.
 The democratic senate leader, Rob inson. of Arkansas assailed President coolidge's Mexican policy while Re- prcsentative Beedy, Maine repuhli- can just back from Russia, told the public he hoped the President would not recognize the Goddess govern ment" of the Soviet. Governor Far rington of Hawaii related 10 com mittee how much his Island needed new harbors and new Qualifications.
 Another committee, specially em- powered. reached down into Texas to claim the ballots in the celebrated Mayfield contest for a recount. at which the 1iu kluN klan win be an interested bystandcA
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
Regards Its Surtax Pro- vision As Rather Dis- couraging Investment Of Capital In Business Enterprises.
Also Thinks Plan Would
 Place Payment of Levies In Hands of Few, Instead Of the Many.

Washington. Jan. S.-President Coolidge regards the surtax proyi- sions of the Garner democratic tax program as disregarding the principle that the government would encourage investment of capital in business en- terprises rather than in tax free se- curities.
 In the presidents opinion the Gar ner plan would tend also to place the payment of taxes in the hands of the few and it is the presidents view that when few pay the taxes they charge q round sum for it and there fore 1t Is to the advantage of the many to pay their own taxes.
 The president told visitors today that although he had not made a de- tailed study or received the advice of experts on the Garner program, he believed the high surtax rates pro- posed would tend to continue the present objectionable practice on the part of capital to invest in such se- cnrities as would escape tax pay mcnts.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
KILLED HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Lou China Today Admits That it Was She Who Shot Him to DcatI, in Bathroom Yesterday.

Sumter, s. C., Jan. S.--Alrs. Lou China has confessed that she shot and killed her husband. Dr. Archie China. prominent physician and banker, Sum day morning. according to statement made to officers here today by Dr. II. M. Stuckey. the physician who has been attending her since she was dis covered in a state of apparent uncon- sciousness early yesterday.
 Dr. China was shot in a scuffle in his room Sunday morning, Mrs. China was quoted by Dr. Stuckey as saying. She did not give details The physician said Mrs. China had not taken poison as was first reported. She is in a hos pital here and has not been placed under arrest. although Sheriff Hurst announced that he would place a guard over her bed. Aside from mani festing signs of nervous strain, she apeared to be normal Dr. Stuckey said.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
Residents Along Chapman Street Line Prepare Pe- tition to Halt Alleged Reckless Driving.

A campaign against speeding Jitney drivers and operators who overcrowd their busses has been inaugurated by Chief William C. Hart Of the police department as the result Of letter received by former State Policeman Arthur \. Rutherford in which it is stated that a petition is being circu- lated by residents along the route of the Chapman street bus to be sent to the common council and office of the commissioner Of motor vehicles in Hartford protesting against the rate Of speed at which the busses are often times operated and the fact that they are oyercrowded during cer- tain hours Of the day. Chief Hart has instructed all policemen to be on the lookout for violations of these laws not only on the Chapman street line but all other bus lines in New Britain.
 The letter was sent and the petition circulated as the result Of an acci- dent at the corner of Stanley and Pleasant streets last night in which the Chapman street bus figured. In the accident a smaller car was dam aged and two uninterested bystand- CTS were victims. Mir. Rutherford's letter states that the manner in which the Chapman street busses are operated is menace to the children of the Smith school. II further as- serts that the busses pass intersecting uf rants at f,afTvecn gn and n ruiIrs an hour and that they are most always at noon and around si o'clock in the evening.
 The letter closes with the follow ing sentence: as many persons as it Is possible are crowded Into the busscs and all the speed that can be given to them is used
 Chief Hart told the representatives of the press that the las in reference
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