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New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
COMPASS MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED NOW
Observations Taken by Mac
 Mllan'S Party Important
By The Assoelnted .rless.

Fly The Associated Press.
 Wiscasset, Maine, Sept, 25.--oD- servations made in the vicinity of the magnetic North Pole by Richard II. Goddard of Winthrop, Mass, who was a member Of the MacAillan Arctic expedition, may reveal some of the underlying causes for the mysterious currents that keep the compass needle pointed north, 1t was announced here today,
 While there is still some doubt as to their exact value, pending more thorough analysis, pr. j. A. Fleming, assistant director of the department of terrestrial magnetism, Carnegie Institute, predicted today that eventually such investigations would contribute 10 the work of correcting the charts used by mar iners,
 During eight months of the period that the expedition was frozen in the ice at Refuge HaIVor, North Green land, Dr. Fleming explained, con- tinuous record of the movements of a compass needle was made on sheets of sensitized photographic paper.
 The instrument used for making the observations was set up in a specially constructed hut about three hundred yards from the schooner Bowdoiu, and between 500 and 600 miles north of the magnetic pole.
 The apparatus operated automa- tically, except for intervals of 10 minutes every 24 hours, when the recording paper was replenished.
 In such close proximity 10 the source of the mysterious magnetic currents. which keep navigators the world over on their course, the slightest disturbance, whether it i' caused by the variation of the cur. rent itself or an electrical storm, ha: a pronounced effect upon the fiuc tuations of the needle, Dr. Fleming said. Changes that make a differ ence of only one degree at the equa tor. there show a distinct variation of between 10 and 20 degrees, h. added.
 In order to obtain a wide range 0 effect of the currents, Goddard stat ed that other points of observation had been used by him including Sydney, N. &. Cape Sabine, Files mere Land, as well as four il Labrador.
 The observatory at winter quar ters was believed both by Dr. Elem ing and Goddard to be the mos northerly continuous recording mag netic observatory ever established Magnetic disturbances are particu larly present at intervals of Il years Dr. Fleming declared, and a com plete magnetic survey of the earth magnetism required total perio of 30 years research.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
Conn. Is Represented
 At Phila. Celebration

Waterbury. Sept. 25.-Connecticut is not to be without q representative at the celebration today of the 15oth anniversary of the first continental congress. John Barr of this city has been named by Governor Templeton as his official representative, Mir. Barr left this city last night bear ing letters from the governor as credentials for his official mission.
 Through a misunderstanding, Gov ernor Templeton, after declining the invitation to attend in person, fail ed to appoint an ambassador, leaving Connecticut the only state in the union without a presentative.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
WASHINGTON PLANS
 BASEBALL WELCOME
Great Reception for Team if
 It Wins Flag

Washington, Sept. 25.-Washing- ton is going to make the most of it's first opportunity to do honor to a winning baseball team. if the local American league entry brings the flag back with it next "Wednesday.
 The program Of ceremonies mapped out by the board of con- nissioners of the district at lengthy session yesterday would ex- cite the envy of visiting potentate and it is planned to go through with it whether the team wins the pCnnant or not, just to reward it for the best race a Washington ball club has yet made.
 Al official welcome by commit. tee of the city government heads at American league park will start the ceremonies. Then there will be parade up Pennsylvania avenue which Washington for once can claim as exclusively its own, when "BUchy' Harries and his followers are jed Up the historic thorough fare by an escort of mounted po- lice, foiolwed by scarlet coated contingent from a local hunt club. M,n' orous bands and other colortui ponents,
 President Coolidge is expected to review the parade from a point near the White House elIipse, where the returning yaliants will be officially met by District Com missioner Rudolph to be handed a key signalizing possession of the capital city. A banquet to the 1 players that night attended by all the city celebries who are for
 tunate enough to gain admission will add the finishing touch.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
TEST CRUISE FOR
 zR.3|S ON TODAY
Giant Dirigible to Remain AlOlt
 S4 Hours

By The Associated Press.
 Friedrichshafen, Germany Sept. 25.--The Zeppelin ZR-S, built here for the United States navy, left her hangar this morning on another test cruise which is expected to consume 34 hours.
 Dr. Huga Eckener, president of the Zeppelin Airship company, who is conducting the trial trip of the giant dirigibIe. started the airship on it's long endurance test today with the intention of sweeping around Germany in great circle, spending the night over the Baltic, and reaching Berlin Friday morn- ing.
 This afternoon the dirigible was expected to approach the occupied territory of the Rhineland and the Ruhr, pass Frankfort and thence proceed over Helgoland and on to Flensburg, in Schlcswig, where pr. Eckencr was born and thee paE Hamburg and Bremen. The route mapped out for the big fiier called for its passage over some 200 towns Upon the performance of the Zeppelin's motors on this trip de- bends the date of its starting on its transatlantic flight to Lakehurst N. J., for delivery to the United States navy. If the motors come up to expectations her builders plan to start her for America with in five days.
 The Americans on board the 1 ZR-9 are Captain George w. Steele, Commander Jacob H. Klein, Jr., and Lieutenant Commander Sidney i NJ. Krauss, of the United States
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
DUTY OF COLLEGE
 TOLD AT COLGATE
Graduate Should Be Physically
 and Mentally Fit
Rr Tha Assnclated press.

By The Associated Press.
 Hamilton, N, 'Y., Sept. 25.-When a college degree means "here is a man, physically fit, mentally sound, enthusiastically competent, and nor ally clean" then the college will have arrived" President George Barton Cutten of Colgate university said today at the convocation exer- cises in Memorial chapel which marked the opening of the rniver- sity for it's 10Gth year.
 The Franks murder case was mentioned as, substantiating his position that college education should be given only to those who are able to receive and profit by it.
 Even before the attention of the whole civilized world was called to the atrocious crime committed by two educated moral degenerates,' he said, people were insisting that the great power which education undoubtedly gave should not be entrusted to any except those of the highest character. It seems rcason- able that society should demand this.
 If this is done it will mean that greater care will have to be exercis- cd in the choice of students who shall enter college, and continued igilance to see that no unworthy ones remain. The public is demand ing this, and through the pressure for entrance into colleges the latter are in a position 10 carry out the de- mand."
 The president denied charges that | he advocated education only for the ! intellectual aristocracy.
 'I have advocated college educat- 1 ion only for those who are able to receive and profit by it-that is for about one-tenth of the population of this country" he said. But l be licve and advocate just as strongly the kind and amount of education which the other nine tenths can re- ceive with profit.
 "One mistake in the past has been 10 try and force higher educat- ion upon some of the nine~tenths 1 who are not intelligently able to re- ! ceive it and to deny it to a portion { of the onc-tenth who could profit by it. In the past there may have been some excuse for this, now with modern appliances and tests there IS none.
 He said the four tests for admis- sion in college should be prepara- tory, phSical, mental (ability and balanced and moral and religious He declared the matter of mcnta tests was not a matter of capitalism nor snobbishncss, nor of social clas' distinction, but was simply TecOg nizing and recording a distinction which nature had already made.
 He declared that what is needed is a More careful sitting of mater ial not only for entrance but fo l gra1uauOn, so that d uesreo lIOul college or university shall in future mean not simply the fact that cer tain courses in Latin or Greek or mathematics or physics have beef completed, but it should say in n' uncertain way, Here is a man
 physically fit, mentally sound enthusiastically competent morall.
 clean when college degree mean
 that, then the college will have ar
 rived"
 The total registration this year
 S06, the largest enrolment in tn
 university's history although fewe
 than half the applicants for admis
 sion to the freshman class were ac
 ceptcd.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
Declares La Toilette
 Ignores His Challenge

New York; Sept. 25.-Frank T, Johns, presidential candidate of fine socialist labor party, annourced to- day that he had challenged Sena- tor La Toilette. independent candi- date, to debate on the proposi- ton :"ResoIvcd, that there can be no progress in the onward march of the human race unless there is a revolutionary change in the pre- vailing system of production"
 NIT. Johns said that similar challenge had been sent to Sena- tor La Toilette in August, but that although its receipt was acknowl- edged the challenge itself is still unanswered and unaccepted."
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
Canned Goods From us.
 To Abroad Is Increasing

Washington, Sept. o5,--An in crease of 27 per cent in the eXporta- ton of canned foods for the first eight months of the current year over the corresponding period year ago was reported today by the de- partment of commerce. The figures were said to indicate not only full recovery from the 1923 slump in ex- ports but a considerable increase over the 1922 total of 545,000,00O pounds. Canned fruits exported dur ing July and August showed an in- crease of nearly 100 per cent over those months last year, while ex- ports in dried and evaporated fruits for the first eight months of 1924 show an increase of TT per cent.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25

Natural minerals and rocks have been manufactured by means Of extreme heat and pressure.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
International Prizes


 First Prize
 SIS, 900 Model Electrical Home To be buiif on lot provided by winner) Two Second Prizes Il Boy--1 Girl SI1O0 scbolarship In American or Canadian College Or University of accepted
 standard. Two Third Prizes Boy-1 Girl shN0 scholarship in American or Canadian Col. ~~~ lege or University of accepted standard. Tpo Fourth Prizes Boy-T Girl ShNs seholarship In American or Canadian Col.
 lege or University of accepted standard. TWo Fifth Prizes Boy-1 Girl s1NN scholarship in American or Canadian Col. lege or University of accepted standard. Tpo Sixth Prises-1 Boy--1 Girl S3O0 scholarship in American or Canadian Col iese or University of accepted standard.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25

navy; Major Harold Geiger, U. s. A., Lieutenant Karl Schmidt, U. S. N, and Jack Yolton, construction superintendent of the aeronautical department of the Goodrich Rubber company.
Evening star., 1924-11-23
Tropics Lured Rex Beach.

ALTHOUGH Rex Beach, the Ameri-
- can novelist, achieved his first
success as a writer of Alaskan tales.
his own confessions" and several
later novels indicate that the tropics
have ever lured him as a locale for
fiction endeavors. Beach himself de-
clares that it was purely accident,
chance, that made him chronicler of
the Klondike.
AS young man, with the four
winds of the world calling, he chose
to be carried away by the Alaskan
gold-rush fever, and as one of that
famous caravan that braved Alaska
in 1897 he laid the groundwork of
experience and contact which result
ed in such stories as THE Spoilers"
and "The Silver Horde" that brought
him fame almost overnight.
However. Beach was by no means
ready to settle down to a country
house on Long Island and with the
elsewhere. His attention was next
turned to the geographical opposite
of Alaska - the tropics - and he
brought out 1.-The Ne'er-Do-Well."
which clinched the fame he had won
with his Alaskan tales. The glamour
of New York then caught his fancy,
and 1.-THE Auction Block" was one of
the results of this temporary infatu-
alton.
But the tropics never released their
grip. They still lured him, and just
recently he succumbed to their call
by writing a story of the Argentine
and Buenos Aires, called Ropes
End"
And Ropes End" becomes a Ru-
dolph Valentino photoplay under the
title of "a Sainted Devil"
Evening star., 1924-11-23
Notes of Art and Artists

to collectors through previous show
ing, but quite number are new
plates, and these show an advance
over even the best of the old ones.
Mr.. Burr's etching has always been
characterized by robustness. firmness
of line, bigness of conception. In
some of his later works, however. he
shows more delicacy of handling and
an added power of simplification in
the matter of detail. A few Of his
city pictures and architectural sub
jects are extremely fine.
THE graphic arts department of the
United States National Museum
has prepared and sent out an exhibi-
ton explaining the various processes
used in the making of blocks and
plates and in printing from them
wood cuts, engrayings. etchings.
mezzo-tints, halftones, etc. This ex-
hibition was on view in the Cincin-
natl Art Museum during November,
creating a very favorable impression.
With the exhibition is sent hand
book prepared by Ralph c.. Smith.
setting forth not only the purpose of
the exhibit. but describing the meth
DDS of making early wood cuts, Jap
Evening star., 1924-11-23

anese prints. wood engravinks, etch-
ings, aquatints. mezzotints. photo
engraving, collotypes, Woodbury.
types. photographers. Autographs,
etc, and concluding with q biblic-
graphy on the whole subject.
u X II
CAMERON BURNSIDE, now of this
~ city, but for q number of years
member of the American colony in
Paris. is exhibiting at the Vandyck
Galleries. Mr.. Burnside was repre-
sented in the Corcoran Gallery's lat
est contemporary exhibition by a
composition, and small but very
charming landscape study. The first of
these. which was study for a mural,
is included in the present exhibition.
In the current Winter exhibition of
the National Academy of Design he
Is represented by a painting entitled
Canal Martiques," which is well
hung in the first of the series Of gal
leries.
Mr.. Burnside paints commonly in a
high key and his large canvases have
unusual decorative quality derived
partly through skillful use of pattern
In design and partly because of what
would seem to be almost perfect tone
values. He has undoubtedly felt the
influence of the impressionist school,
but he is by no means close follow
er of Monet. Whatever he does shows
the assurance gained by study and
command of medium, but the domi-
Evening star., 1924-11-23
They Register No More

THE motion picture vocabulary has
i lost the word Register"
"It used to be Register this" and
Register thatv" a beautiful star
reminisced the other day. Now you
never hear the word any more.
"The reason, I think, is that the
screen is getting around to natural
acting. Exaggerated pantomime is
gone, and the screen is becoming
more human.
1.-THE word register always meant
to me an extra effort to get over the
emotion needed for the scene. and I
am afraid that conscious effort has
spoiled a great many pictures. We
are finding that unconscious acting
really feeling the emotions without
particularly trying to explain them
with gestures-is much stronger than
desperate effort to get some. idea
across with the aid of exaggerated
pantomime."
Register" is one Of the motion
picture words that was "kidded to
DEATH Betty, Compson believes
Humorists and satirists took it up
and made it sort of synonym for
motion picture nonsense. 1t has en-
tirely disappeared from the studio
vocabulary.
Evening star., 1924-11-23
Sir James Delighted.

CIR JAMES M. BERRIE has. seen
- the first three reels Of the Para
mount production Of Peter Pan"
and is said to be SO delighted with
them that he has abrogated the
agreement which stipulated that he
was to approve the entire picture be-
fore 1t was released. He feels that
Herbert Brenon, director of the pic
ture, has SO completely caught and
placed on the screen the spirit Of the
story that he need not feel the slight
est concern about the finished prod
uct. This information was contained
in a cablegram received by Jesse L.
Lasky of the Famous Players-Laskey
Corporation. The famous Scottish
author expressed himself as being
particularly pleased with the nursery
scenes and declared Betty Bronson in
the Little role was delightful"
Evening star., 1924-11-23
BLESSED Isle" in Early Days.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Iona, one of the smaller Of the
Inner Hebrides, was the blessed
Isle" of early Christian days in the
British Islands. st. Columbia, noted
Irish missionary, made it the center
Of Celtic Christianity. From there
missionaries went out to convert
Scotland and northern England to
Christianity.
Kings were brought to be buried in
the soil of the sacred island. The i'm
portance Of Iona was ended, however,
by the Danes, who swept down about
the beginning Of the ninth century
and seized the Hebrides from the
Scotch. The islands were returned to
ScotIandS overlord in 1926
Evening star., 1924-11-23

nant characteristic Of his work is a
subtle Interpretation of beauty which,
alas, in so much of the painting to-
day seems to have no place at all.
A small collection Of Mr.. Burnside's
paintings was shown at the Arts Club
a year or more ago, while he was still
abroad. The present exhibition, which
comprises about 80 paintings, includes
quite a number that have not here
tofore been exhibited in this country.
The exhibition will continue until
December 3. LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1924-11-23

Marion Harlan, the 16-year-old
daughter Of Otis Harlan, stage and
screen comedian for many years. is
playing an important role in, BUS
ter Keaton.s next comedy Seven
Chances"
Evening star., 1924-11-23

TN the arts and industries building
J. of the Smithsonian Institution.
section Of photography, Is now to be
seen an exhibition of pictorial photo
graphs by Mrs. Minna Keene, fellow
Of the Royal Photographers Society
pf Oakvflle, Ontario, Canada. These
prints are portraits and genre, ana
the latter bring to mind the interiors
painted Us or 80 years ago by the So
called modern Dutch water colorists.
IN the matter of composition ana
lighting they are interesting. The
prints are mostly carbon, and though
they have much to commend them
they seem to lack in spontaneity, to
kall into the error of dullness which
characterized for so long the efforts
nj Photographic pictorialists, those
who, at the sacrifice of definition,
ktrove to attain subtlety of effect.
n 4
IN the Smithsonian Building col
4 lection of etchings by George Ell
bert Burr of Colorado is on view, and
IL is- we'll worthy OF notice. Some OF
the prints were produced several
yNaxs ago anl have, become familiar
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
Falls Are Deadly

Wilmington, Del, Feb o.-More people are killed in our large cities by falls. than by street cars, fires and ele- vators combined, said Frank E. Nor ris, safety expert, in discussing acci- dental deaths at safety-hrst meeting in this city.
 Out of an average group of 25,ooo people, we know that in the next I2 months 2I will be killed by accidents, " said Mr. Morris. "We can go further and foretell in what way they will probably meet death. Three will be killed by falls, four by automobiles, two by burns ,one by firearms, one by machinery and the rest in miscellane- ous ways.
 We do not need to stop there," he continued We can even go further and say that one of the three to be killed by falls will be person over 75 years old; one of the four to be killed by auto will be child between five and nine years old, and the number of innocent children to be sacrificed on the altar of fire every year IS so great that we can almost predict that one of the two people killed by burns will be child under five years old '
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
Notable Gains Made
 By N. Y. Furriers

New York, Feb. o-Establishmen of an unemployment fund, a I2H per cent. increase on all minimum rates, an apprentice system and regulations for contracting shops are features of an agreement between officers of the organized fur workers and the New York Fur Manufacturers Association. Foth parties have submitted the con tract to their membership for ap- proval
 This is a splendid victory" said General President Kaufman of the International Fur Workers. Our con ference with the manufacturers has also resulted in an understanding that in addition to the three-months' pro- vision for division of work, the con ference committee in the fur industry is to devise means in emergency sltu- ations in the trade to mitigate or re- duce employment.
 This agreement not only calls for substantial gains, but is along con- structive lines. It is industrial states manship, and indicates what workers may accomplish and what problems they may consider when thoroughly organized"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
Paying Poll Tax
 Is Not High Ideal

Fairhope, Ala, Feb Ex-Governor Brandon's appeal that citizens pay their poll tax in the name of the highest ideals of democracy fails. to impress Editor Gaston of the Fairhope Courier. The newspaper man declines to concede that there is any high deal of democ- racy" associated with this tax.
 The payment of poll tax as con- dition of voting" says the editor, was for the purpose of shutting the colored man from the ballot, and it is probably true that 1t was i'll the back of the heads of many who put 1t in the constitution to also disfranchise a large part of the working class whites, though they kept this to themselves.
 Tt has helped to make Alabama one of the states with the lowest number of voters in proportion to poplation, which denotes anything but high ideal ot democracy"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23

Wherever there Is sincere desire on the part of management to cooperate, the shoprnen quickly respond to con- structive program. Assurance of a square deal to employees is the best in- vestnent any railroad management can make Today it is paying good dividends on number of railroad properties.
 Those many months of warfare be- tween the shopmen and management were not in vain. The light is breaking to show the way to better understanding and relationship Ill the future. To be sure, some few railroad managements are still hopelessly engaged in an attempt to destroy organized labor, and other homogeneous are wearing smoked glass es when looking toward the light, but none the less the bona fde unions and the spirit of cooperation mark progress from day to day.
 Railroad workers gained their free dom during the period of government operation, and will never again consent to return to a master and man" status. There is no substitute for the regular organization and collective bargaining Not a single company union' formed by "hard-boi1ed' management has been of benefit to the workers, and never will be. The day of the mailed fist has gone Ill the railroad industry as whole. The shopmen's strike has forever es- tablished economic freedom as the fun damental principle of the railroad work CTS. It also has opened the way to po1i- tical freedom.
 Those railroad homogeneous which refuse to concede the economic and po- litical freedom of their employees may retard progress in their immediate spheres for a brief time, but no for any long period can they withstand the on ward march of industrial progress. These "hard-boiled' homogeneous are recognized as obstacles to the industry and a hindrance to obtaining that es- sential cooperation on the part of the public as we'll as. of employees which spells success.
 The railroad industry must and will within itself establish the ibetry of rail road workers as a whole, approximately two million of them, and then there is