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New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
25 Fears Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date

Daniel Frohman's comedy, "A Colonial Girl" was presented at the Lyceum theater this evening. Every piece of scenery. furniture, and properties is carried by the com- pany.
 Companies E and I held their first practice shoot of the season at Colts meadows yesterday afternoon. Captain Bullen and Lieutenant Smith were high guns.
 Members of Company I voted to march in the Dewey parade in New York city. Company E voted against participating last night but efforts are being made to have the men change their minds.
 The semi in the golf match were played today. M. s. Hart de- feated M. Pease and H H. Pease won from M. P. Felt.
 w. l.. Hatch and T. W. Mitchell were nominated for the office of subway commissioners. George Cooley has returned rom ten days visit at his old home Germantown, Pa. While in Phila- delphia he inspected the subway system.
 Selectman Hurlburt, bidding fol the town, was awarded the contrac' for macadamizing the road tc Pennington.
 Electric Field has been moved and marked out in preparation fol the high school football game Sat urday with Middletown. Some O. the candidates for the team prac tice in the yard at noon, and hsv' been put on their good behavior b! a nearby property owner int whose garden the ball was kicked
 A small surveying class is beinl started at the high school.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
PLANS 10
 HAVE REAL REST
Remainder Of His Visit to Be
 More Quiet

Syosset, N. T., Sept. 15.-After a round of golf yesterday and having been saved from annoyance last night by an intruder who climbed the fence of the James A. Burden estate. the Prince of Wales today was prepared to quietly enjoy him. self during the concluding days of his visit to the United States, Here after his program of activities prob ably will be less formal than during the first period of his visit, which was filled with dinner and dance en- agreements which had been arranged in advance of his arrival in the United States.
 The prince was away from the Burden home, where he is living while in this country, when a man entered the gate last night and an nounced that he wanted to see the royal visitor lon personal. business" " State troopers stopped the man and, after searching him for weapons, es- corted him from the grounds. The intruder, who said he formerly was Canadian soldier, made no resis- tance when he was led away.
 An hour later another trooper on guard in the rear of the Burden home saw figure moving among the gloom in the trees and bushes. When the trooper ran to the scene he found the man to be the same who had earlier entered by the gate. He had climbed the fence at dis tance from the front gate and had started for the house again. Finally the state troopers put him on train for New York. Trey were convinced he was shell shocked.
 Unless the British polo team wins tomorrow's game, the prince prob ably will leave for/ Canada next
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
NOT BRITAIN'S BEST
London Press Explains That Polo Team Does Not Represent Strong est Aggregation.

London, Sept. 16.-The commen- tators in the morning newspapers express chagrin over the crushing defeat of the British in the first of the international polo matches at Meadow Brook. They say they were not surprised that the Americans won but they were not prepared for such an overwhelming score. The sporting public here will be con- cerned less about the defeat than the fact that the British team is in no wise the best available, this due to a series of unfortunate events which have long agitated polo en- thusiasts and which are alleged to be traceable to a personal antag- onism.
 The Daily News ruefully recalls the long series of British failures in international sports, of which the Meadow Brook polo and Walker cup golf events are only the latest examples. Nevertheless it declines to believe that the British empire is in danger of disruption by moral or physical decay, and hopefully looks to the day when the tables will be turned.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
STREETS, CARS AND PAVING


 It has been noticeable to ali obs serving citizens that there has been repairing of street surfaces abutting ear tracks in various parts of New Britain, particularly on the West Main street line,
 Work of this kind is relic of the day when street cars were drawn by horses and the imprints from the hoofs of the animals caused the thoroughfares to be furrowed and damaged, Originally street car com panies were compelled to construct and maintain paVements between their rails and two feet on each side. This system remained until the financial condition of the Connecti- cut company induced the state au- thorities to lessen the paving de- mands to eight inches on each side of the rails, This amounted to re- duction of the paving assessment against the companies, just reduc- tion considering that electric rail- ways do not injure the paving in the manner of the old horse cars.
 The cost of such paving and bridge assessments constitutes the most di- rect local taxes paid by the street car companies. Their regular taxes constitute three per cent levy upon their gross receipts which goes to the state. Until quite recently the tax rate was 1-2 per cent.
 Busses are relieved of a tax on gross receipts, merely paying fees to the motor vehicle department for registration, which with other such fees from automobile owners are used to keep up the state highways. They also pay local license fees.
 The cost of street upkeep from both cars and busses is nothing to alarm the car and bus interests; 1t is something, however, that citizens are interested in. Busses are believed to injure the streets more than the street cars, but exactly how much it is probable no one can determine.
 The cities are left high and dry to pay for and maintain the major portion of their streets irrespective i of motor bus fees automobile fees and street car paving costs. The bus 1 license fees, which are comparatively | light, go to the city and probably are enough to maintain few blocks of pavement every year; the street car company paves between the tracks and eight inches on each side when the highway gets too rough; and the automobile fees and licenses for the most part go to the state, the city receiving but a small comeback
 Meantime thousands of autos and trucks from elsewhere pass over the
 city streets while en route to points
 beyond, adding their quota of veal
 and tear.
 In spite of the handicaps of th'
 state law, and of which we do no
 complain, the streets Of New Britain
 are comparatively well paved com
 pared with almost any other city 1T
 the state. The city government hal
 looked after the needs of the clty' population in this respect. There Il ; no other city, no matter what th' size, that has larger percentage O permanent paving than New Britain . and most of them considerably less The large proportion of permanentl' paved streets in the city is favorabl
 commented upon by visitors Wh take back to their own cities storie f of how New Britain manages it l having problems so effectually.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
SHOWER FOR MISS DYER

About 20 friends of Miss Ruth Dyer attended q pantry shower in her honor Friday evening at the home O. Mrs. Walter Burce of Pearl Court. Guests were present from East Berlin, Berlin, Southington and tIis city. The Bunce home was decorated with pink and white as a color scheme. Miss Dyer will be- come the bride of George Rawlings, Friday, September 20.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Facts and Fancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN


 The test of the political party Is In the eating.
 Too many who stop smoking" merely stop buying.
 The less he has to do when he gets there, the faster he goes,
 Very frequently a man-about-to town Is a man-about-broke.
 It may be that the senate will choose the next president. Let us pray. .
 The jack lifts up car; the desire for 1t prevents the uplift of the stage.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

to each bit of humor'that you send in, So that. if we lift" out one item, that contribution will be credited to the proper person at the proper ad- dress.
 And then, although we do not know why. there are some contribu- tors who do not give us their correct address. The result is that we have some 15 checks which have been re- turned to us with the statement: Wrong address" NO longer there"
 Have you sent in that joke today?
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
As The Season Opens

Leaving a political rally, where he had heard one of the prominent candidates speak, Uncle Rastus was accosted by ward leader.
 "Well. uncle, what do you think of our man?" he was asked.
 q dunno, boss. But he sho' do recommen' hisself mos highly"
 Charles s. Robinson
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Catch as Catch Can

A bachelor leads lonesome life, Deprived of the joys of home and wife;
 He never knows, the poor old bum, Where the next kiss is coming from.
 George w. Lyon.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
THE BRASsCOs PARADE

The value of having professional baseball club in the Eastern league is thus summarized by the Water bury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.

Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation, The A. B. c. Is national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tlsers with a strictly honest analysis Of circulation. our circulation statistics are based upon this audit. This iusures protection against fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
The RIow that Killed

May:-"what do you think? My prize fighter friend proposed last night"
 Fay:-"And did you accept him?" May:-"Don't be silly. l told him to count me out, of course"
 -L. !. Childers
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Maine street is Main street and Wall street is Wall street and never the twain shall meet.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Foch's strategy consisted in an elastic resistance; the suggestion is passed on to pedestrians.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
And John Spoke For Himself

AIII JUIIn SpUkC T TUT IIIIII5CH With all my faults, you love me still, don't you John, dear" she ask ed her husband.
 T don't know" wearily responded John, T never saw you that way"
 E. P. Milbank.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Thursday night, not waiting to see the concluding polo game on Satur- day.
 No confirmation could be made of a report that the prince had sold his eight polo ponies to Julius Fleisch- mann for $30,000. 's
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The radicals of yesteryear are un- changed, except that they are called conservatives now.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Every wife who thinks honestly knows she would spank her husband if he were smaller.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

What has become of the old fashioned author who could tell a story without delving in psychology?
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Member Inf the Assoeioted l,ress

Tho Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication Of all news credited to 1t or not otherwise credited fin this paper and also local news published herein.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Said young man to his wife at a. state fair: Give me the lunch basket. dear. We might lose each other in this crowd"
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

ing little. but perhaps Is thinking much,
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Page Wallyl

Jones:-'How can I reduce my weight?" Bones:-"Write for a living"
 W. L. Benjamin.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Not a Bad Idea

she:-"I sent three contributions to the editor of The Fun Shop, and he didn't accept any of them." He:-'Why don't yon send your picture?" '
 Lillian Rebsamen.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

In this careless age Sunday means little more than day to cultivate a case of indigestion.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Tt provides opportunity for indulgence of sporting interest in a clean, honest pastime and allows a considerable portion of the population to work off part it's excess by 'razzing' the visit ing players, cheering the home team and jeering the umpire"
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The only profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation books and press Foom always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The Herald Is on sale daily in New York at Hotaliug's News Stand. Times Square; Schultz News Stand. Entrance Grand Central 42nd street.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The oldest book in the world is the Rig veda.s which was in ex- istence 1900 years before Christ.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Dark Finance

 | A darlSy named Sam borrowed s25 from his friend. Tom, and gave his note for the amount.
 Time went on. the note became long past due, and Tom was very im- patient. for its payment. , One day the men met on the street. Tom stopped and said with determination: Look heah. man, when ah you-all t gwine t pay thet note?"
 T ain't got no money now" re- piled Sam, but I'm goin' to pay it soon as kin"
 ''Yo' been sayin' thet fer months," retorted Tom, but 1t don't git me no money. Yer gwine t pay that money here and now. that's whut yer gwine t do. Elf y don't, y know whut I'm goin' t do? I'm goin' to burn yer old note, then whar'll yo' be at?" "Yas yo' will. Yas yo' will" Sam shouted. "Jes yo' burn dat note O mine and I'll pop a law suit onto you"
 --Tillie M. Smith.
 Excuse That was a poor
 Excuse of kiss" He sighed, as he pecked At the lips of miss Mas watching us," She warned, "but, Paul, A poor excuse
 Beats none at all"
 K. D. F.. 4 -
 The fiapper of today may know nothing about baking, but what she cant do with pile of dough is a shame.
 Copyright 1924. Reproduction
 forbidden).
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
r1,e E.diinr.s Gossln Shor

We must not forget to emphasize: Please sign your name and address
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The Waterbury team has succeed ed in winning the league pennant. Yet success for the local team this year has been crowned with few if any dollars" says the editor.
 The Brasscos grasped the lead on the first day of the season, and with the exception of one day when it yielded first place to Hartford, the team retained it throughout.
 It wasn't really a race, but pro- cession.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Republican phrase: Can any good thing come out of the Bryan family?"
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Dawes may be objectionable to labor, but he will get the mule- driver vote.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Auto masher:-"Hello girlie, won't you jump in for a spin? You have such wonderful eyes-beautiful hair--inviting lips 1! ]" Cautious maiden:-"Yes, yes go on."
 Waiter Marvin
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

 Nk M4xS0N HxKlu JUDnx
WALLY THE MYSTIC He'll Answer Your Questions
 Somehow.

WALLY THE MYSTIC He'll Answer Your Questions
 Somehow. Maid, widow, man or blushing bride, If you've a problem to decide, Just drop a note to Wally, who Will solve whatever's troubling you.
 No Rush Dear Wally:-- For six solid years I've courted one of scotland's dears My love had grown so great I'm dotty. .. Shall propose? Yours truly,
 scoTTY. Dear Scotty:-- Hoot man, but you're brash Be careful now; do nothing rash. Court five years more; there is no hurry You'll have that much less time to
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Dear Mrs, Smith:

Smith:-"You surely have fine lot of stenographers here, Where do you find them?"
 Head stenographer:-"Usually back in the corner, arranging their hair"
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

The president knows his stuff. Nearly all good Calvinists are con- servative.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

And so Japan is no longer mad at us? Those chaps usually show good judgment if given time.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

It is especially easy to despise the movies after you have had a scenario rejected.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
A Puzzlcr

Dear Wally:- I'm a loving maid;
 I'm not too free nor yet too staid. I smoke bit, but not too much. Why don't boys like mel,
 BEATS THE DUTCH.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
Dear Beats the Dutch:--

Dear Beats the Dutch:- It's hard, dear Miss, To tell, off-hand, the cause of this, When fellows see you. do they
 laugh? Please mall your latest photo
 graph.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

It takes tact to keep a cook and a vivid imagination to call her a cook.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

A nick town 's place where peo- pie are considered unorthodox if they don't pull down the shades at [ p. m.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15
TELEpnONN cALLs

A#hsA AAN''A - Business Onice ,,,.,,. 92b Editorial Rooms ...... e2B
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

-Roselle L. Kassel,
New Britain herald., 1924-09-15

Issued Daily Sunday Exeepted) At Herald Bldg. CT Church Street
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
NEW FIND SILVER ORE
 IN BRITISH COLlMBI.i

Vancouver, E. C., Oct. 13. (AP) A. B. Trites, director of the Pre- mier Mine returned here Saturday with samples of night grade silver ore from the strike called Gold Cliff two and one half miles from the head of the Portland Canal, almost directly opposite the town of Stewart and across the ridge on the Bear river side from the Premier Mine. The discovery is reported to be wide Assure vein with five feet of high grade ore. Eighteen claims in two groups. ex- tending from the river bank to an elevation of four thousand feet al the International boundary have been laid out. The main traceable surface, twelve hundred feet is said to strike diagonal!y up the noun tain and dips at an angle of sixty five degrees.
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
FURNISHES THRILLS

Aboard the Shenandoah, Oct. 10 GAP Few voyages in history fur nished more thrills than the pass age of the giant Shenandoah over the Rocky Mountains last night, driving seventy four miles an hour with the wind roaring through the canyons below. The craft rose gradually at times until between the highest peaks it reached the altitude of siXty-eight hundred feet following an uncharted course with only the winding white ribbon of highway or the glistenng black tracks as uncertain guides. At times they skinned the ground so closely that the mountains almost walled in the giant leviathian of he skies
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
NORWEGIAN SHIP, LIQUOR
 LADEN IS CAPTURED

New York. Oct. 13, CAP)-The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca yester- day seized off New York the Nor wegian Steamship Sagatind with forty-three thousand cases of as sorted liquors, which remained of a hundred thousand case shipment which left Antwerp with crew composed of derelicts. The cap tain of the vessel was found locked in his cabin with twelve rifles and six pistols beside his bunk and twen:y-six thousand dollars in American money in his safe The balance of the crew were found below in d stupor showing many wounds. The skipper said they be- gan drinking and fighting the first day out. The Coast Guard boarded the vessel when they found her floating aimlessly on the seas.
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To CONRAD JOHNSON. your heirs. administrators, successors and assigns;
 You and each of yon are hereby | notified that the undersigned as CO., partner therein has expended the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) during the year ending December 31, 1920, and One Hun dred Dollars for the year ending July 1st.. 1924 for labor and i'm provements upon and for the bone fit of the NUMBER BENCH OP- POSITE CREEK CLAIM NUMBER 3, being a Bench On the Right Limit of PELUK CREEK. and being a placer mining claim, in the Cape Nome Recording District and Pre- c'nct. Territory of Alaska: the or isinal location notice of which claim is recorded in Vol. 199. at Page 13l, of the Records of Locations. in the office of the Recorder of said Precinct. tn'
 That said labor was performed and improvements were made in development of said claim. and in the performance of the Annual La hcr required by Section 2324, Re- vised Statutes of the United States and legislation supplemental there to. in order to hold said claim.
 And you and each of you are here- hy required to contribute to the undersigned co-owner your propor- tionate share of such expenditure. according to your interest in said claim. within ninety days after the service of this notice upon you by publication thereof. or your interest in said mining claim will become forfeited to nnd vest in the under signed co-owner who has made such expenditure.
 Dated at Nome Alaska. this 18th. day of July. 1924.
 H. J. HALDORSEN.
 Co-owner. Publish July 12, 1s. 26, Aug. 2. 9, 16,. g, 30. Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27. Oct l. 1924.
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
SHI,N CROSSES
 COUNTRY IN q HOURS

San Diego, Cal, Oct. II. tAP)- The giant dirigible Shenandoah successfully completed the cross country span of her flight when she arrived here at 10:5o last night. the flight time being less than seventy-four hours. The spanning of the continent by rigid aircraft demonstrated the airworth- mess of this type of ship for trans portation according to Rear Admi- ral w A MofEt, passenger ship chief of Navy Aeronautics. Lieut. Com. Lansdawne. captain of the Shenandoah said that the cruise testing the ship across the ocean was 'easy in comparison to cross- ing the Rocky Mountains
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
MONDAY
 ESRhpAfCI
WOEE'S REMOVAL iS
 WARRA ANTED--Bll.LAiN

Seattle Oct. II. tAP) - John E. Rallaine today telegraphed to Cam paicn manager Nelson of the La Toilette party, declaring that See retary Work in transmitting copies of contracts between the Alaska Railroad and the Alaska Steamship Con pany, withheld one of the date of March 10. 1922 reading "It is understood by the Alaska Engin- eering Commission and the Alaska Steamship Company, parties to the through rate, that they will treat all division arrangements as confi- dentia' and promulgate the infor- nation to interested employees only Ballainc stated that copy of this contract was supplied by John Rustgard. attorney general of Alaska. in his own handwriting, and calls attention to the fact that Rustgard is q Republican He declares that the removal of Sec retary Work from office is war ranted.
The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
MOST SPECTACULAR
 GAME EVER PLAYED

Griffith Stadium. Oct II, tAP) Washington defeated the Giants, four times the national champions, four to three in q twelve inning series-deciding game. one of the most spectacular ever played Me- Nicely drove in Ruel with a double, scoring the winning run. Walter Johnson, relief pitcher, held the Giants scoreless from the eighth on and is accredited with the victory ,t is said to have been the widest and most frenzied demonstration ever following a world series when with the winning run President Coolidge and thirty-five thousand other spectators swept down on the fields with mad outbursts of en- thusiasm over the climax This ia Washington first pennant vic tory and first world title.