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New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
LAPS REPORTED ANXIOUS
 TO GET LEAGUE TO AID
Attempted to Get French Premier pr League of Nations to Mediate in
 |. .. Government.
By The Associated Pres..

Paris, April i7.-Nscount 1shii's visit 10 Premier Poincare yesterday is given much prominence and various interpretations in the French press. where the belief is expressed that the Japanese ambassador tried to get Poincare 10 offer mediation in the difficulty between Japan and the United States over the immigration question or al least refer it to the League of Nations. This is denied on the authority of the Japanese en- bassy.
 The visit was originally intended. it is explained. az one Of the periodical couresies from the ambassadors 10 the premier. Resumption Of negoti- ations for renewal or he commercial treaties between France and Japan was discussed. as well as the Ruhr. the experts reparation report and the general European situation, but not one word was sair regarding United States and Japan affairs" it is de- clared
 This afternoon the semi-official IIaras agency issued denial, inspired by the foreign office. that Niscount Ishii's visit concerned the Japanese question.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Argentinean Is Winner
 Of Harvard Fellowship

Cambridge. Mass. April 17.-rron- lice Nan N. bu"ll of Hnenos Aires. Argentina, was announced today as 'h" winner of the Charles Eliot Nor ton Fellowship at Harvard for study next year at the American School Of Classical Studies al Athens. He is g graduate Of the University of Califor- nia a former student at the Eniser- slty Of Arizona and second year stu don't in the School of Agriculture al Ilars ard.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
STATE MAY LEGALLY PAY
 FARE OF VOCATIONAL BOYS
Attorney General Says Common. wealth May Use Profits from
 Labor of students.

About 50 boys studying st tho state trade school will benefit by tho ruling handed down yesterday by At torney General Frank l.. Healy that the stat. board Of education is war ranted in paying a portion of the transportation of students in state trade schools who must come from other towns
 The opinion ratifes custom which has been followed 10 2 certain extent for some time. Many towns pay half Of the transportation ex. penses and the state the other half. Recently the question of the legality of this was raised and Dr. \. IT. Mefe- dith. state commissioner or education. asked for A ruling.
 The ruling is said 10 be based on q statute which states that in towns where no high school is provided, the town and state shall provide transportation 10 and from tho near est high school. 10 an amount npt cs- eeedlng ts5 year. The state trade school ranks as a vocational high school.
 The opinion provides that tho state board Of education may provide the states share Of this cost from the profits of the labor Of students
 Tn New Britain there arc probably 50 boys who come here to study from RensinRton, Berlin, SouthinPton, simsbury, Avon. Forestviile, Plain vile. Bristol Beckley, Higganum. Ifaddam, wcthersfcld, Hartford and West Hartford.
 Heretofore the city of Hartford has refused to pay it's half Whether the new ruling by inc attorney gen. eral will make any difference is mol known.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
SPEEDY CRUISER READY
 FOR LAUNCHING TODAY
Chri>tcncd Memphis" Has GTat speed and Also l. Heavily
 armell.

Phlade' phia. Apri 1.-The foUft h , or five light cruisers of tremendous speed built or under construction at Cramps shipyarI for the United States navy will be chrisi encd the Mem pnis" by fiYc year oiJ Elizabeth Row att Pain.. daughter of the mayor ot Memphis, Tenn. al launching e&eT- ciscs today. Mayor and Mrs. kowleit Paine an4 party of their towRsfolk were among the many guests here for the ceremonies.
 The Memphis. d sister ship of the Treiiton, which was delivered to the government Tuesday and which will be commissioned Sal urdas, com pines the duties ot d scout cruiser fiotilla leader, mine layer and airship carrier. It's main turbines are designed 10 de 'elop 14o.o0V horse power and speed of 5 knots an hour Twelve great water tube boilers. burning oit. Hill supply steam for the turpines. which are among jhe most powerful ever built.
 The main battery consists CT twelve six inch rapid fire guns, four of which Ht V hApAilAFh III lAS IDblASfilllE III twin mounts with revolving shields. The other eight are mounted in two stories on the broa1siie In sponsons, having fore, aft and beam fire. The secondary battery consists or two 5-inch anti-aircraft guns and two nounders Two triple and two twin above water torpedo mounts also are provided.
 The Memphis is b95 feet six inches over all and it's breadth at the water- line is 55 feet. It will have a dts placement Of about ..l00 tons and mean draft Of l3 feet six inches.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
GUILTY CONSCIENCE LANDS MAN IN CELL
SHatlicki, With Bottle Of HoOcb,
 Sees Policeman and Runs

William swatiicki attempted to
 break a bottle containing alcohol
 when he saw Policemen Thomas J. ! l'eeney and Nj. Joseph Moore enter
 his store at 3s Orange street yestcr-
 day, but the bottle refused to break. so SWatlicki dropped it into q barrel Of prime from which the police fished ; 1t out, placing the storekecper under arrest after examining tine contents. swatlicki was found guilty Of yio-
 lating the liquor law by Judge Ben
 iamin W. Aliing today and sentenced
 10 70 days in iail and fined s20e.
 sWatiicki was in court month ago
 today and was found guilty Of the same offcnsc. A fine Of sI50 was im- posed at that time and Judge AllinG
 warned him that if he did not keep liquor out of his store, whether for his own use or for sale, he would have to go 10 jail.
 feeney told the court that he was on Orange street yesterday afternoon when he saw Swatlicki come out Of his store. and upon seeing the police. mn back in again. Feeney, accom- panied by Moore went in after him and saw him pick the bottle off the conn tcr and attempt 10 break it on the side Of barrel. When the bottle didn't break, Swatlicki threw il into the brine.
 SUatlsela told the court that 1e had the liquor for his own use and that he did not sell any of ii.
 He Topped" Him With Gas Hose
 George r.. Darrow of 2 Buell. street was discharged when he was ar faignel on charge Of assaultinG An drew Orsie at the Corbin garage Sat urday night. Judge Alling saying that ir hitting orsie. narrow only did what anybody would have been jus tnnI in doing under tho circufk stances. Darrew was represented by Judge William r. Mangan.
 orsie told the court that he and party Of his friends drove 10 the Cor hin garage Saturday night about ii:3o o'clock 10 get some gasoline and that when Darrow came out te serve them, he told him that they wanted nine gallons of gas. addressing him by railing him "por." Darrow took of- fenre a; heinz called "pop" so Orsic told him that hn would not usn tho term any more, according 10 his testimony,
 Darrow went about getting the gas ollno and 0rsin thought that the ar- rument was all over. until he elaine he was given push hy narrow. who tho push hy calling him !. \ nnma. orsio then berame offended . and taking off his oyercoat. and dropping il on tho sidewalk. was going to bta. m narrow. William g. Chamberlain, who was in tho ma ehine at tho time. jumped out and . held 0rsie hack. While he was being held by Chamberlain, orsie alleged that Darrow picked up the hose of Inc gasoline pump and struck him nn Inc head with the metal nozzle. l
 Darrow told tho court that the ma shine drove ID in front Of tho garage md when he went out. Orsie called him "por" and he told him 10 ''eut
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
IF SKIN BREAKS
 OUT AND ITCHES
 APPLY SULPHUR

Just the moment you apply N"ntho- Sulphur 10 an itching, burning or broken out skin. the itching stops anI healing begins, says noted spin spe- eialist, This sulphur preparation, made into a pleasant cold cream, gives such quick relief. even to fiery eczema, that nothing has ever been found 10 take its place.
 Because of it's germ destroying properties, it quickly suhdue the itch ing. cools the irritation and heals the eczema right up. leaving a clear, smooth skin in place of ugly eruptions. rash, pimples or roughness.
 You do not have to wait for inn proyement. II quickly shows. You can get a little jar of Rowlos Mentho.Snl- phur at any drug store.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
1910 Census Would Give
 Italians 10000 More

Rome. April iT.-Decision Of th. United States congress as to the basis for quotas under the new immigra- ton law is being anxiously awaited here. Ii is pointed out that if the 1910 census is accepted as the basis, as was incorporated in the senate bill. approximately 9e.0o0 more Italians may enter the United States yearly than under the 1890 census basis which was incorporated in the measure as passed by the house.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Bridgeport Child Dies
 After Being Hit by Auto

Bridgeport. April IT. - Harold Briggs, six, struck by the automobile of Mrs Norman Leeds. wife of the treasurer Of the Automatic Machine Co. yesterday noon in Raiston street, died during last night al the hospital The coroner will hold an inquest Sat urday and Mrs. Leeds. who is held in se.0oo bond. will appear in court to- r,1nrrou
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
LAPS HAVE TROUBLES
Spirit of Times" Blamrd for Many Of the i5.0o0 to 1s,o00 Suicides in U. <. Last Year.

AA sas ss6St
 New York, April iT.-Piscing the number of deaths by suicide in tho United States last year at between l5.00D and 10000. Dr. Harry M. War ren. president Of the sayc-a-lifc league. in his annual report atirib- urd the maiority Of efforts at s"if- destruction 10 Tho jazz spirit of the times" and the failure of many par ents. teachers and clergymen to in- press upon children the s8nctitg Of human life
 During the past fivc years" Mir. Warren says. about 4.bog children. between the ages of fyr and IS have been on the suicide iist. One girl made Iz different attempts 10 die. Most of thrse children and young people ended their lives because of unhappy home conditions. Unplcas- ant school experiences. youthful mar riagcs T59b last year in the United states at the age of I5 being listed as ridop cd pr diyorccdj and the jazz spirit of ihe times. The lives of many arc highly emotional. iife itaconlas OTTO whfrl of gayrty and cTcrsses. so long as puopio voting or old. continue at this high pare of iitiug ~e may not ho surprised a' even greater l1arvrst Of sutcidcs
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

will arrive al the hotel al s o'clock and an informal reception will be held by the patronesses and box hold- ITS in the reception rooms on the sec ond floor. Shortly after 2 o'clock the governor will proceed to the armory for the formal military reception and the opening Of the ball.
 Much interest has been created by
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
GOV. TENPLET0NAT
 MILITARY FUNCTION
States Chief Executive 10 Be
 Rendered Reception Here

PJans are practically comri'te gor tie governors r"ca piieA an4 a,ail lO b. hcId next Mynda} aighf at the slate armory by tHp Eatjo.at Guard Several parties have be~n maIe up for dinners at the Eurrift hotel prior to the reception at that place,
 The governor and his mlitary stall
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
BUILD SAND PILE ROOF

The local Junior Achievement Foundation started work today on the construction of a roof over the sand pile at the day nursery on Win ter street. Heretofore the children using the sand pile have been exposed io the glare Of tho sun. An extension of the baby carriage shed is also be- ing built hy the members Of the achievement foundation.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Weeks, Wife Slayer, Sent
 To State Insane Asylum

Bridgeport, April IT. - George Weeks held on the charge Of murder of his wife at South Norwalk recent ly was committed to the Connecticut hospital for tho insane at Middlotown today. Sheriff Simeon Pease took tho man to the institution after W. NJ. Marbie had signed the papers. Three physicians appeared as a commission yesterday decided Weeks was insane.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
PROVIDES NECESSARY BAIL.

London. April 17,--Sa' lsfactory sur eties being assured the magistrate in the Row street court today accepted hail for ]. N. De Kay. and the latter was released Two sureties Of si.0o0 Cach were put up for De Kay, who also supplied one or sl.oh0 himself. be Kay is wanted in Providence, R. l., in connection with m!sapplication Of bank funds.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
poroHkTEpsIE MAN DIES.

Pougnkeepsie. N. r.. April i7.--- William H. Frank. sr,. former mayor and brewer. died suddenly today. He vas chairman of the local intercolle- giate regatta committee and was . member Of the original committee which brought the regatta here in 1895.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
IRISH TO FLOAT LOAN

London, April i7.-A second loan will be necessary to balance the 1924 accohnts Of the Irish Free State gov trnment says the Morning Posts Dub lin correspondent, The loan, he adds, will be floated in America probably about midsummer,
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
AGAINST INLLISION PLAN

Tokio. April l7.--The American Baptist Mission of Jspan today adopt ed a resolution condemning the pro- posed exclusion of Japanese from the nited States hs Unnecessary and un- { Ihristan."
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
TO RECOGNIZE GREECE

Paris. April 17.-France has sent instructions 10 its minister in Athens to extend recognition 10 the Greek republic as soon as h" is officially notified that it has been established.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
MAKING EXCELLENT TIME

Athens, April i7.-Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator who arrived yes terday on his attempted round the world flight. hopped off today for Cairo where he is expected to arrive about 4S0 D. m.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Special Notice

Barber shops will close all day Good Friday, will remain open untll 2 o'clock Thursday evening.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
rJIsI, IN CONVENT

Se@ York. April I1.-Fjra laet night swept inc top floor of the I:n- usnr t'sthuiie ruugrni Uf st. Syitia and 1.nrned through fine roof before # was brought under control The nuns or tHh convent were attnHding eespers In fita unarht ehHrch of st. Gregory Inc Grnat and did mat know of the fire until Inc srrtieps anrc ot"r.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

rarada TON has tnorc titan iga. .ag8 FafiG Hs1rs
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
His Third Appearance.

AleNandor rhilicki Of 'S Fair'ie" street. before the court for tho third time on q charge Of violating the liquor laws, had his ease continued until Tuesday. His store was raided yesterday hy the police and about five gallons Of alcohol seiznd.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
CANOE PASS AND SEA
FOOD CANNERYS UNITE

The Shepard Point Packing Com
pany recently Incorporated at eSattle
with capitalization of $150,000 is a
consolidation of the Canoe Pass Pack
ing Company and the Alaska Sea Food
company, Milton Henderson of Port
land, Ore, head Of the former concern
is president, with ]. B. Reagh, of the
Alaska Sea Food company is vice
president.
The Unakwik Packing Company has
been incorporated with capital of fiji
ty thousand dollars by E. B. Hanley,
Joe E. Most and VIM. r. Gilbert of the
Copper Rievr Packing Company. The
new corporation will place the King
Salmon cannery, purchased last fall,
in first class condition, to be operated
during the pink run of salmon the
coming season.
The Carlisle Packing Company has
chartered the steamer Cadaretta, of
the Nelson Steamship Company, for
four months during the salmon season.
She is due in Seattle to outfit for the
company's Bristol Bay cannery.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
bELOT MAN HELD FOR
Staying OF DEPUTY
L. C. HANKS ARRESTED WITHIN
THREE MILES OF FIGHT

NOCOGODOCHES, Texas, April Is
L. G. Hanks, %, of Belot, Houston
county, Vas arrested early today by
Deputy Sheriffs of Angelina county
and brought here to await action of
the grand jury in connection with the
killing of Deputy Sheriff John Martin
and Bud Dixon, negro, 26, and wound
ing of Sheriff t. G. Vaught, last even
ing. District Judge CHM called the
grand jury to sit Immediately to con-
duct the investigation. Hanks was ar
rested about three miles from the
scene Of the shooting.
The fight was staged nine miles to
the south of here between officers and
a number Of obotleggers it is said. The
white man sought is alleged to have
fired at the officers from an automo-
bile he was driving. One negro was
arrested and nine gallons of liquor
seized.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
JAPANESE STAMPS WORTH
MORE SINCE EARTHQUAKE

TOXIC, April 25-The great earth
quake Of last September has set stamp
collectors seeking certain specimens of
postage stamps which were choice
even before issued. The stamps were
prepared to commemorate the wedding
of the Prince Regent and Princess Ma
gako Kuni.
When the quake and fire visited To-
kio September /, nearly all the issue
then held by the postal authorities in
Toxic were destroyed. By accident a
few stamps were saved. These had
been allotted for sale in the Caroline
and Marshall Islands in the equatorial
Pacific, held by Japan under mandate
and had been shipped to the islands
Just before the quake, SO that they
might be placed on sale the date of the
wedding.
The disaster caused postponement
Of the wedding and the stamps were
ordered returned to Toxic. When the
nuptials finally were celebrated Janu-
airy 26, the few remaining stamps
were issued in denominations of l IL,
8, s, and 20 yen. Philatelists all over
the world are trying to secure them
for their collections.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
SIKH too GENEROUS
WITH EXHIBITIONS

HAVANA, April 25-George Law
renee, fight promoter is going back to
the United States.
"When the fighter you are supposed
to promote puts on five bouts in as
many weeks and you don't get a
chance to promote any of them, what's
the use of sticking around?" Lawrence
asked tonight. Then he announced that
next week he would return to New
York and start promoting for some
body else than Battling Sikh.
The restaurant bout" here last mite
in which Sikh got knocked out with a
sugar bowl in the hands of a brawny
stevedore, coming after four other
fights which were not serious enough
for the police to interfere, was the
"last straw, Lawrence said. Sikh is
carrying around seven stitches in his
scalp from his affair with the steve
dOre.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
200 LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS
SENTENCED IN TWO DAYS

ATLANTA, Ga, April 25-Eleven
more convicted at special term of
the U. S. District court at Saw
annah called to dispose of larger
number of prohibition cases in which
pleas had been entered, arrived at the
federal penitentiary here today to be-
gin serving prison terms.
Judge William H. Barrett imposed
sentences on nearly 200 persons charg-
ed with liquor law violations during
the two-day term of court. The heav-
lest penalty was drawn by Richard A.
Bailey, who pleaded guilty to thirteen
indictments charging conspiracy to
violate the national prohibition law.
Several of the defendants had re-
ceived partial fines and jail sentences
at a previous term of court last Nov
ember.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
PATRICIA RAY LEADING
FOR queen OF THE May

Todays returns show Miss Patsy
Ray in the lead as Queen of the May
with many other contestants entered
Those receiving votes and their stand
ings are as follows:
Patricia Ray Al, Cecil Leslie %
Thelma Tallasen 10, Joseph Badger A
Marie Eide A, Carrie Eamon4, Thelma
Ellsworth 8, Beatrice Baughman 2
Clara Perry 2, Miss Waugh 2, Myrtle
Tallasen 8, Virginia Hawkins 1, Melba
Johnsrud 1, Elsie Leslie /, Roberta Nc
Intosh /, Edith Mcintosh 1, Alice Muir
ply /, Marjorie Neville 1, Miss Ras-
mussen 1.
The polling places are The Northern
The Club, Alaska Shop, Seward Drug,
Banbury and Ogle, Sylvia's, Van Gill
der Hotel, Ellsworths.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
LIBRARY BOOKS
DAMAGED BY STORM

WASHINGTON, D. c., April rs
Congressman and senators with pre-
deliction for musty and yellow old
tones will find 5000 of them in the
Library of Congress, for which no one
connected with that institution is
thanking the weather man.
Water dripping through the roof of
the library after the Capitals last rain
and slush storm so damaged some of
the rare and in some instances, near
ly priceless volumes, that many of
them have been stained from cover to
cover. Great secrecy was maintained
in an effort to keep the news out Of
the papers, but it was finally brought
to the attention of David Lynn, archi-
tect of the Capitol buildings. It was
said that the incident was the first of
its kind in the twenty-seven years of
the library's existence.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
RECLAMATION LOSSES
ARE QUITE HEAVY

WASHINGTON, D. c., April Is
A comprehensive overhauling Of the
governments reclamation projects in
volving the charging of a total loss
S27,391,146, of approximate expen-
ditures Of s15O,OOO,OOO which have
been invested in irrigation projects
and like enterprises and providing for
measures for relief of thousands of
farmers and the protection of purther
federal expenditures on irrigation of
the arid and waste lands of the west,
was urged in a report submitted yes
terday to Secretary of the Interior
Work. The report represents the re-
suits of six months labor and study
on the part Of a special advisory re-
clamation commission, which has been
appointed by the secretary.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
LEGION POST SUSPENDED
FOR ANTI-BON SENTIMENT

SAN FRANCISCO April 25-Pro-
test against the posts suspension was
forwarded today by telegram to Nat
ional Commander John R. Quinn, Of
the American Legion, by Daylight post
No. 299 of the American Legion here
The post was suspended ten days ago,
following publicity given to anti-bon-
US resolutions sponsored by it.
Reviewing events leading to the
suspension order, which was declared
can 'un-American act" the telegram
declared that the effect Of the order
was to give the impression that mem
bership in the American Legion is con-
ditional upon holding view in favor
of granting a cash bonus to able-bod-
led ex-service men,"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
CIGARETTE SMOKING HELD
NO GROUND FOR DIVORCE

UTICA, N. Y, April 25-Cigarette
smoking women today is neither q
badge of disgrace nor ground for di-
vorce, according to Supreme Court
Justice Ernest /. Edgcomb.
In an opinion given in the action Of
Ligi Volpe, Of Rome, to obtain a di-
vorce from Letizia Volpe, whom he
found in a hotel room in Rome smok-
ing fag." Justice Edgcomb said:
"While the Court will not put its
stamp Of approval upon the custom,
which is quite prevalent of late, of
women smoking cigarettes, it is COM
mon knowledge that it is not consider
ed either a badge of disgrace or an i'm
proper thing to do by women of cul-
ture and refinement. Neither is cigar
cite smoking a ground for divorce"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
DIES SOON after
EAT INC PLANT ROOT
CLAY COUNTY FARMER BELIEV-
ED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
BY EATING BUCKEYE

PIGGOTT, April 25-Albert Weller,
aged 20 farmer, who lived northwest
of Pollard, this county, died Wednes-
day of commissions as the result of
eating the root of plant that he be-
lieved to be spikenard .
Weller was blowing, and just be-
fore leaving for dinner he found the
plant and dug up some of the root,
eating it. After reaching his home he
suddenly became i'll, went into convul-
sions, and before the doctor could get
to his side, died. The plant root which
is believed to have caused his death is
that of buckeye.
Weller is survived by his wife.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-25
SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1924
SAYS KILLING WAS
IN SELF DEFENSE
HOT SPRINGS COLLECTOR SEEKS
TO JUSTIFY THE SHOOTING
OF BOY

HOT SPRINGS, April 25-Henry
Williamson, well-known local collector,
testifying in his behalf Of a charge
Of second degree homicide, this after
noon, said that when he shot Clarence
Caldwell, who had been paying atten-
ton to one of his daughters he believ-
ed Caldwell intended to kill him.
His daughter had been missing from
home for three days previous to the
shooting which took place December
%, and Williamson said he believed
Caldwell had killed the girl and in
tended to take the life of the witness.
The state rested its case today, and
the defense is expected to conclude to-
morrow.