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New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

a parliamentary house should Hose dignity in order to secure efficiency by admitting women?"
 But what has made women Of England--in politics and out of politics-mad as March hares was Lord Banbury's accusation that women made an unfair exercise of the privilege Of sex in their partici- patton in politics.
 Where are we going to stop if we begin this way" queried Lord Banbury. Men and women are diff ferent and you cannot prevent q woman from exercising in Parlia- ment the privilege Of her scN which she had been aecust omed to exercise. Women exercise their fascination unwittingly, and men could not treat them as equals in Parliament"
 All nonsense, said Dorothy Jew son. labor member or Parliament from Norwich. Lord Bahbury has opposed all progressive measures ali his life"
 "The noble Lords speech is most ungallant and had fl come from any one else it might have been taken seriously" said Lady Terrington. another woman NJ. r.
 Lady Astor declined 10 make any comment on Lord Banbury's out burst. When he was in the House of Commons Lord Banbury antagonizeh virtually every reform measlir" which Lady Astor put forward and the parliamentary tits between the
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25
FEARS FOR DIGNITY OF LORDS HOUSE
Banbury Opposes Seating Wom- en to Sit in Their Own Right

London, Aug. 25.--Lord Banbury who as Sir Frederick Banbury, was among the most consistent diehards who ever sat in the House of Com- mons, has lost none of his conserva- tism since he shifted to the House Of Lords.
 His Lordship stirred up hornet s nest by declaring. in opposition to ord Astor's bill to permit peeresses in their own right to sit in the House of Lords. that the contemplated ac- .tion would lower the dignity of the upper chamber The right which the bill would confer would affect only about a dozen peeresses, but it has always elicited strenuous opposition because of it's supposed revolutionary tendency.
 Did their lordships propose, Lord Bsnbury asked. that the body which for centuries had been a model Of
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25
Unidentified Man
 in Niagara Gorge

Niagara Falls, \. Y Aug 25.- The body of an unidentified man was found today on the rocks m gorge about half mile north of the .alis. IL was brought to the top ot the Eank, a distance of leo feet in ,a basket 10 which ropes were attached hy city firenen and policemen.
 \ ear ticket for Buffalo. punched on Aug a2, was found in the mana; clothing and hat found at the top of the bank just over the spot where the body was found. bore Huches- fer clothing dealers name.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25
Fifth District Meet tin1
 Is Called for S

Waterbury. Aug. 2s. TT district congressional convo| be held in Waterbury o1 < 2. at II o'clock daylight 1a@ The committee appointed k convention to select fb6 place for this year's eel morning in the office of James NJ. Lynch in tho { ing and agree upon th9 as the meeting place ton will most likely - aldermanic Chamber Id
 Attorney Lynch pro committee meeting thk5 those present were M Ansonia. Tax Coll< Cooke of Derby. Bu|< of Winsted. Edward gatuck. Patrick Wa11I ford. William Clark and Martin SculIy o'Leary of this city
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

venerable diehard and the vivaciouS American woman cnliNened many sessions of the House of Commons. liul they are the best ol friends out - side of politics and Lady Astor ask ed to he excused from engaging in q controversy, with an old friend.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

teacher rural schools h <.0o1y Y about 20 per cent of tho IT total school enrollment. 9I
 Dr. Ernest Burnham of tlS, amazoo, Mich.. Normal echooI that there was lack ok m ton of teachers by farInor2 average annual salary ok rum CTS was only $729. y {; Y 'z I
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25
WANTS TO ABANDON RAILROAD

Washington. Aug 25--The lios- lon and Maine railroad toIay ap- piled 10 he interstate commerce commission for authority to aban- yon thc Nashua and ArtDn ra:lrcad 2o-miIe line fr1m Naahua 10 North Acfpn. Maas.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

The trans. buses and railways of Inc London Underground Co. carry an average Of t1.noo.ono passengers every week end
New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

\ thoroughbred Shetland pony Is no more than io inches high. yet it is capable of carrying fuIl-grown man OH it's back.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

plane Is not strong. This type Of air.
ship failed to fulfill the promises and
meet the hopes Of its promoters as a
destructive agent in the World War.
It Is believed that the percentage Of
accidents to dirigibles, measured
against the number Of ships and i'm.
portant tests in which they have been
employed, Ii large. Their speed Is far
below that Of planes. Their bulk
makes them a prey to storms and ad-
verse winds. But the dirigible has
great carrying capacity. and buoyed
by non-inflammable gas it is much
safer than the older dirigibles. Nu-
merous experts In aviation hold that
the dirigible will be developed to the
point where it will be able to de
liver the goods" and these are mat.
ters on which laymen who have no
particular knowledge Of aviation
might we'll withhold opinions.
The effort to steer this giant ship
through the sky from Europe to
America is one Of the big experiments
in this age Of aviation. and all wish
good luck to the venture.
Evening star., 1924-09-09
Awning Fires.

An awning broke into flames at the
window of the maternity ward at Sib-
ley Hospital, caused fright and
threatened danger. Forty-five babies
were removed from the ward as the
smoke blew in. Firemen put out the
blaze. The awning fire is frequent.
The usual cause of such a fire is the
live butt Of a cigarette f1icked from a
window above the awning. Perhaps a
live cigar butt may also be cause,
but there are so many more cigarette
stubs than cigar butts that it is prob
ably reasonable to lay the blame for
most awning fires on the cigarette
The lighted match may also be an
other important cause. A smoker
strikes a match, lights his Smoke
and tosses the match through the
window without taking care that it is
out 1t all goes back to human
carelessness or thoughtlessness or in
difference or ignorance. The fellow
who throws a lighted match or a
burning cigar or cigarette end from
a window has some vacancy in his
upper story.
Evening star., 1924-09-09
Voyage Of the ZR-3.

Interest is growing in the forth
coming transatlantic venture Of the
dirigible ZR-3, built in Germany by
the Zeppelin Company for the Ameri-
can Government. A dispatch says
that departure Of this Zeppelin for
America now depends upon the de-
livery Of her engines. The plan is
that the airship will make the flight
from Europe by the far northern
route, following in part the course
taken by the worldcircling planes.
The American ship Patoka, which has
served as tender for our own dirigi-
Bile Shenandoah, has orders to be at q
point at sea 800 miles south Of Cape
Farewell, Greenland, not later than
September Is. and the expectation is
that the ZR-3 will leave Friederichs-
haven about September 20.
The transatlantic effort Of this
dirigible will take a place as ''bie
news and, the world night Of the
American planes ended, the cross
sea fight Of the Zeppelin will hold a
great deal Of public attention. Wishes
for good luck and q prosperous, voy-
age for the ship will 60 out from hun.
dreds Of millions of people on both
sides Of the Atlantic.
Popular faith in the utility Of the
.dirigible as compared with the air.
Evening star., 1924-09-09
Tomorrow's Sentence,

Tomorrow Judge Caverly, in Chi
ckgo, will render his decision as to
the punishment to be imposed and in
fiicted upon two young men recently
tried on confession in his court for a
shocking crime, the murder Of a little
boy whom they had, kidnapped for
..se original intention of asking ran
sum. An intense interest is felt
throughout the country in this case,
and concern is also felt on the score
Of the punishment Judge Caverly will
pronounce. The case is without
parallel in the history Of this country.
There is no approach in any Of the
1scords of Che past to the anxiety
Vith which the sentence is awaited.
Back Of this feeling on the part of
eAe people of this country is a realiza-
eion that crime, particularly among
the younger members OF society, has
reached a point endangering public
safety and the morals Of the Nation.
L is the universal feeling, with but
few exceptions, that the extreme pun
ishnent should be administered in
this instance as a means of preven-
t1ce lnasngh warning.
- yDA Of the families of thete
Evening star., 1924-09-09
The Maine Result.

Maine has voted once more for
Republican governor, despite factional
differences in that party. Brewster
wins by d ma ajority of between. 80, 900
and $4,000 over Pattangall, who waged
furious campaign on the issue of
the ku Klux klan. If the Nation
votes as does Maine, according to the
old adage of American politics, this
result is comfortless for the Demo
cratic leaders, who have been stress
ing the prospect of a Republican de-
feat due 10 that issue and the sharp
party division manifest in the pri-
maries.
But, as has been noted in the course
of the campaign in Maine, the fight
there was on a strictly local question.
The factionism of the Republicans
was of local character. There was
no national political factor in the
fight, unless the Klan question might
he so regarded. Effort was made by
the Democratic speakers and writer's
to give it that character, but without
success. Had Maine voted Pattangall
into office, however, doubtless there
would have been an outbreak of
Democratic joy on the ground that
this result indicated a national trend
toward Democracy. The fact that the
State has remained in the Republican
column on a State question does not
necessarily mean, on the other hand,
that the nationwide trend at present
is Republican.
One striking fact about yesterdays
election is the size of the vote that
was cast. At this mornings figures,
with only 40 out of 633 precincts to
report, Brewster had 136,648 votes
and Pattangall 103,273, a total Of
2S9,921. In 1915 Hughes narrowly car
ried the State with a vote of 69,506 to
64,11S, a total balloting of 133,624. In
1920 Harding polled 1885 and Cox
received 58,961, a total of 195,316. The
total Of the Pattangall- Brewster vote
yesterday was, therefore, with incom-
plete returns, at least 44.6o5 greater
than the total of the Harding Cox
vote of 1920.
A State election usually does not
arouse as much interest as one for
national officers. In this case, how
ever, there was rouSing campaign,
and a special appeal was made by
both sides to get the voters to the
polls. The response may be hearten-
ing to those who are this year seek
ing to secure the fullest possible at
tendance of the voters at the polling
places in November. Organized move
ments are in progress, of non
partisan character as well as partisan,
to bring out the vote. What Maine
has done in State election other
States should do in the presidential
contest two months hence.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

young criminals, with many instances
in the past Of the use Of money for
the successful defense OF f1agrantly
guilty lawbreakers, adds an element
of concern to the public feeling. Can
large means be employed to the end
Of thwarting justice? There Is moth.
ing in Judge Caverly's career or in
his bearing in this case to indicate that
he has been Influenced in the least by
this factor, or by the means Of de.
tense permitted by the resources
available. Yet in a certain degree
mind on this score, doubt so definite
as to accentuate the anxiety with
which the final disposition Of the case
is awaited.
Another element enters. The en-
ploymerlt Of psychologists to establish
mental unbalance-the word insanity
was carefully avoided by the defense
throughout the hearing-has caused
a fear lest justice be thwarted
through an evasion Of responsibility.
Finespun analyses of character and
motive and tendencies going to show
a lack of judgment and realization on
the part Of the slayers caused a sharp
reaction in the public mind.
That, so far as it has been mani
tested, the public demand is for the
inf1iction of the death penalty does
not signify a reversion to the old
spirit of cruelty which prevailed in
the past. 1t means that in the opinion
of most people only this punishment
is suitable and is likely to serve the
purpose Of punishment in general, to
warn and to prevent. But there is
also back of this feeling. which is vir-
tually a demand, that sentence of
Imprisonment, even for life, would not
guarantee society against the ulti-
mate. perhaps the early. release Of
these youth, with their diabolical
tendencies uncured.
Evening star., 1924-09-09
The World Flyers.

Washington regrets that it could
not welcome the homing world flyers
with brighter skies and more clement
air. Coming from Mitchell Field in the
teeth Of a southwest wind, they have
faced veritable storm, but unde-
tered by such adverse conditions
they have pushed on for the Capital.
They have faced much worse than
this in the flight that has carried
them to nearly round the world. They
have crossed long mountain ranges
and long stretches Of sea. They have
passed over great areas of uninhab-
tied territory, to fall in which would
leave them helpless, if they survived.
They have made much longer hops
than that which ends today. But the
spirit that has brought them on
through those perils has been needed
for this advance to Washington.
The fact that these intrepid men
have not flown according to an exact
schedule does not lessen the signif-
icance Of their achievement. They
have had to feel their way. They
have been required in this experiment
to advance with caution, adjusting to
conditions. While they have persisted
with so per cent Of their original
force to this point, other representa-
tives of the nations attempting the
same accomplishment have failed
Only one other is still on his way
around the globe.
The American flyers have, it is true,
had the advantage Of numbers. Two
of the planes have failed, one by
crashing against a mountain in the
Aleutian Archipelago and one by fall.
ing into the sea off Iceland. Probably
if the other nations had sent forth
equal numbers at least one of each
team would still be flying. 1t was the
foresight and ample provision Of the
United States that sent four planes
instead of one that has brought the
experiment to this present success in
it's last phase.
A high degree of skill and unf1inch-
ing courage have been needed in this
round-world flight. These four men
who have carried the flag over seas
and mountains and continents have
blazed a trail for untold future de-
velopment. They have brought honor
to the American people.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

John w. Davis is scoring with his un-
commonly nfmble wit on the stump.
He has a knack Of interlardine Sc
rious argument and immaculate Eng
lish with a merry quip in the YER
nacular, which invariably "gets
across" Mr.. Davis entered the cam
paign with a reputation for being
high-browed, aristocratic and exclu-
sive. Those who know him best say
that such reputation libels him and
that he is champion mixer When
the West virginian was in Congress
he was one of the shining lights in
that famed organization of Washing
ton good fellows known as the AL
falfa Club. Nobody who is not a past
master in mixing ever becomes an
Alfalfan. George White of Ohio, one
of the Davis high command now on
tour with the Democratic candidate
in the transmississippi country, struck
up his acquaintance with him while
they were brother Alfalfans.
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Mr.. Coolidge's hour-by-hour activi-
ties in Washington have the place of
honor in the publicity issued daily by
the Republican national committee.
The subtle purpose Is to show that
"Caf' is attending strictly to his
presidential knitting and not neglect
ing it for anything so unseemly as a
sordid scramble for votes. When there
are callers at the White House, whose
identities speak for themselves at
this more or less witching hour, Mr..
Buffers vigi1ant young men mimeo-
graph it to the world post haste. The
other day a rabbi paid his respects
to the President. That was one in
the eye for the Klan, and it was duly
bulletined.
Herbert Hoover isn't often guilty
Of an inconsistency, but he committed
a glaring one during the recent week.
end. The Secretary of Commerce
went to Atlantic City to deliver an
address in favor of conserving the
diminishing contents of our coastal
fisheries. Then he proceeded to come
homo by the way of a fishing trip
through Chesapeake Bay and hooked
everything that nibbled. Fishing is
Hoover's grand passion. He does
waiting for bites. Hoover says the
IEOuplc Win the WOTlu 40 lAdI lHCIc
are too few fishermen and CORES
pondingly too little thinking.
>
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle, Washing
toms chief policewoman, has joined
the faculty Of George Washington
University as its director of social
studies. She has just completed the
coming years curriculum, which deals
in brass-tacks fashion-caliing spades
spades-with all Of the problems that
come under the eye Of the police in
great cities. The course is based
largely on Mrs. Van Wrinkles own
experience as woman cop and is
designed to interest university won,-
en- in craftsmanship as career,
but men are also eligible to 1t. Mrs.
Van Wrinkles theory Is that people
ought to be educated for police work
just as they are trained for other
public service. George Washin2ton's
course 10 saiA 70 b. . pioneer effort
In that dtroceioo.
l. Copyright, 19c4.)
Evening star., 1924-09-09
Buying q Big Diamond,

A man named Stehlin, representing
q New York syndicate, recently went
down into North Africa to buy dia.
mond. It was owned by Muley Haf1d.
former Sultan of Morocco, who needed
the money more than the fiawless
143-carat stone. Stehlin got the dia-
mond. paid the price and started back
for New York. A commonplace sort
of business transaction up to that
point, but just the kind Of an affair
stories have been written about such
experiences, thrilling hair-breadth es-
capes from death, persistent pursuit
by thieves, the trailing Of the dia-
mond buyer by fanatical natives seek
ing to restore the precious stone to it's
sacred setting. Evidently Stehlin had
read some Of these stories. At any
rate, he went through all the tradi-
tional procedure. He disguised him.
self as native, he used fast horses.
yachts and racing automobiles, and
every device known to the fictionist
in order to get the gem out Of the
country. At latest reports he had
reached Paris with it, and he sailed
from France Saturday for his last
lap of an exciting journey. The stone,
it is stated, has never left his person
since he took it from the hands of
Muley Hafid. There is no mention of
faithful attendants or strong-arm
bodyguard. So far as the report goes,
Stehlin Is playing a lone hand. 1t
would seem that once on board the
liner all would be well. But every.
body who has read adventure fiction
knows that it is just there that some
Of the trickiest things are done. Ac-
cording to all practical reckoning, the
chances are all in favor of Mr..
Stehlir putting the big stone safely
into the hands of his principals in
New York in q few days. According
to the standards OF literature, how
ever, the chances are against him.
But, in any case, probably Mr.. Stehlin
will be a much happier man when he
has got that dangerous lump Of car.
bon off his person.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

was the helpless prey Of SIAN
der and was probably the permanent
virgin she boasted OF being So,
Betty's mother was quite too ideal
wretch to be possible" There must
have been moments Of winsomeness,
of pathos, Of regret, Of generosity
Perhaps all her crime was her too
lavish generosity of herself. Else, how
could she have borne a child of such
high spirit as Betty?"
1t is when. turning away in char
acterisuc fashion from the immediate
business in hand. Rupert Hughes faces
squarely upon certain historic figures
of that period-Washington Jefferson,
Adams, Hamilton-thath he Goes violence
wholesonely. to some Of our long
standing generations. Jarring, but
good for US. I G.. u
Evening star., 1924-09-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Gen. Winter defeated Napoleon at
MOSCOW, and Gen. Apathy is playing
havoc with all the plans of the three
major political parties in the United
States. The presidential campaign
of 1924 to date has been about as
exciting as Red Cross drive. Lead
ers in every camp call it the dreariest
and dullest contest in many years A
common explanation is that the fight
is being waged with kid gloves No
body has "got mad" There is no
mudslinging of the good old-fash-
ioned kind. No dramatic issue, capa-
BILE of generating passions, like "16
to l." separates the Republicans and
the Democrats. Mr.. Coolidge's "com-
mon sense" slogan, and Mr.. Davis
common honesty rejoinder are not
the sort OF battle cries that send men
and women hotly into the fray. Mr..
La Follette's fireworks have been
shot off so often that they fail nova
days either to excite or enthuse. The
net result is almost universal indif-
ference. This will diminish as No
vember 4 approaches. At this writ
ing the base ball championships, the
Prince of Wales, the world flyers and
campaign backed completely Off the
popular map.
Patriots and taxpayers who feel the
quadrennial urge to tear their hair
blame the boards of strategy" at the
various party headquarters for the
absence of campaign pep and punch.
These geniuses seem to have dis
covered absolutely nothing new un-
der the sun. They are pursuing the
same moth-eaten methods that were
in vogue when Mckinley and Bryan
! were candidates in 1896. If Mars
had established communication with
the earth the other day, 1t would
have observed that the campaign
game is being played just about as
it was % years ago, except that mod
ern politics has not developed a
Mark Hanna The radio and the
movies are supposed to introduce q
revolution in presidential campaign
ing. But the timeworn and weary
battle of mimeographed claims, bonn
bastic prophecies and stereotyped ar
gument is raging in the same old
way. II the strategists in the Cool
idge, Davis and La Toilette camps
gave birth to a real idea, the coun-
try might awaken to the fact that a
presidential campaign Is on.
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Secretary Hughes is anxiously
awaiting the arrival of DR.. Jacob G.
Schurman, American minister to
China, who will be in Washington
J this week. DR.. Schurman thinks
that Gen. Chang-Tso-Iin who has
now declared war on Peking, will
wipe out Gen. Wu-Pei-Fu this time.
wu whipped Chang in 1929. when the
Manchurian war lord tried to unity
China by fire and sword. Meantime
! the latter has been thirsting for re-
venge, and DR.. Schurman's opinion
is that when he moves he will be
sure of victory. The minister has so
expressed himself since arrival In
| this, country last week. WI Is a
| better general, but Chang has q su-
perior war chest. China's soldiers
have q passion for fighting on the
| side of the man with the biggest
money bags.
| 4 \ \
! From the west com the word that
Evening star., 1924-09-09

Those who accuse Washington, D.
c., of being a city engaged in treading
the primrose path of dalliance, regard
less Of constitutional amendments or
the mandates Of Chief of Police Sulli-
van, should remember that its regu
lar citizenship has no political au-
thority whatever.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

Intimations that the Prince of
Wales is not the best-dressed man
now in America lead to the fear. that
our experts in haberdashery are not
doing their duty.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

No matter how profound his
thought or earnest his expression, the
campaign orator cannot feel sure that
he will be a successful radio COM
petitor with the tenor singer or the
saxophone soloist.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

The more recent expressions of
President Coolidge call attention to
the fact that when he was earning
his reputation as a silent man he was
also a thoughtful one.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

The work Of Gen. Smedley Butler
in Philadelphia has taken more time
than was expected. Nobody doubts
that the generals work will represent
a thorough job when finished.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

Those who are not inclined to keep
cool with Coolidge can turn to the
vice presidential candidacy and warm
up with Dawes.