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New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
Si,OOO DOG BITE SUIT
Thomas Grant Says His Son, Joseph Grant, Was Bitten by William A. Kinne's German Police Dog.

William A. kinne, owner of a brass foundry on Whiting street, has heen sued for s1,oOO by Thomas Grant of Hartford, acting for his son, Joseph Grant, who is alleged to have been bitten by a German po- lice dog owned by Kinne. The dog is alleged to have bitten the boy when he entered a yard on Win throp street where young Grant was visiting. The action, returnable in the court of common pleas, on the first Tuesday of November, is through the office of John C. Blockall of Hartford Judge Ber- nard F. Gaffney represents the de fendant. Constable Fred Winklt served papers on Rnne this morn ing,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24

New York, Oct. 24.-"Big busi- ness" is by no means the only source of yearly incomes which bring their recipients to the revenue offices an- nually with thousands upon thous- ands in taxes, perusal of the pub lished lists of taxpayers in the sec ond and third internal revenue dis tricts reveals.
 The arts-singers, writers and actors, in, the main-book and news paper publishers, lecturers, prize fighters, lawyers and auctioneers vie with bankers, railroad builders, merchants, princes, brewers and mine owners in income taxes that run into thousands.
 The younger Rockefeller, John D. Jr,, heads the list in the matter of amount of 1923 income tax paid. The sum total he poured into Uncle Sam's coffers stands at the head of the column like a beacon light. Hit father, John D. Sr., paid a sum foi less than the amount paid the gov ernment by the younger man.
 There follows a glittering array oi names compiled into what might be termed Americas blue book of the gilded ones, for the second and third districts, comprising all of rich Man. hattan, has more big money receiv. CTS than any similar area in the world,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
Dominion-Wide Prohibition Now Aim h Canada As Ontario Puts
 -Ouer Substantial Dry Majority
Rural Districts Turn Tide But As Cities Generally .. Voted Wet Many Canadians Doubt Law Can Be
 Enforced-Wets Lose By More Than 30,OOO Votes.

a majority of sO,1s7 for the tenn perance act. The figures in the dry" column continued to mount as returns were received from the rural sections.
 The revised figures from 5,s63 of the 7,332 sub divisions were; for the temperance act 477,324: for gov- ernment control. 447,157. Virtually all of the sub divisions yet to be heard from are in rural districts and 1t is generally conceded that the dry" majority will continue to mount to higher figures as the re- turns are completed.
 The women's votes, especially in the rural districts, constituted the principle deciding factor in the bal loting in favor of the temperance act. Their votes reversed the lead of the "wets" in virtually all of the larger towns and cities.
 Moderation leaders who led the | fight to have the temperance act repealed and substitute for itta sys- tenn of liquor distribution under government license and control, in- dicated that they would next under take to achieve some measure of local option. Only under local op- ton, they said, could the citizen of towns and cities escape being ruled by the rural communities.
 When early returns had been re- ceived last night the "wets" were ahead by wide margin. At one time their lead reached majority of 10000. As struggling returns from the rural districts came in, however, the "wet" majority was gradually cut down and by midnight the tide had turned in favor of the ' "drys".
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
UNTERMYER PLANS
 MORE SENSATIONS Ia Follettes Lawyer Hints at
 Startling Fund Disclosures ASKS SECRET SESSION
Declares He Does Not Want Re-
 sponsibility of Effect on Republi-
 can Campaign in Case Stories by Two Witnesses Are Not Accurate.

Washington. Oct. 24.-Senate campaign fund investigators were asked today to hear in executive session, two witnesses from Chicago who 1t was indicated had informa- ton bearing on expenditures on be- half of the republican national ticket.
 Samuel Untermyer of counsel for Senator Robert M. LaFollette. said in making the request that he was not willing to take the responsibil- ity of having the testimony made public before full corroboration of the possible effect on the republican campaign.
 T don't care to take the respon- sibility in the absence of corrobo- rative testimony readily available tc the committee of spreading this be- fore the country" Untermyer said until the committee has run dowr the leads these men will be able tc give"
 A charge that millions of dollar' are being spent in advertising ant other means on behalf of the repub' lican national ticket, and not ac' counted for through the republican national committee, was made bN MT. Untermyer.
 As evidence of thls, the Now York lawyed offered several full p"g' newspaper md magazine advtrds" ments, in one of which, the nant of Chairman Butler of the republican national comittoe appeared at th' bottom. The aovertiseaent said | was paid for by epubI,cars.
 MT. Untermyer also said he woulc ask that Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Hhila delphia publisher, be summoned Ie fore the committee,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
LA TOILETTE RALLY

Professor Wilbur Snow of Wesley an university and Attorney Lewis somers of Meriden will address a rally in the interests Of the La Fol- lette- Wheeler ticket tomorrow eve ming at 8 o'clock at the corner of Main and East Main streets.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
SEC. WALLACE FAILING
Condition of Secretary of Agricul- ture is Reported Today as Critical Suffers Relapse.

Washington, Oct. 24.-secretary Wallace of the agricultural depart ment has suffered further compli- cations from the operation he un- derwent last week for the removal of his appendix and gall bladder, and his condition is regarded as serious
 Toxaemia resulting from an infec- ton of the intestines has set in and pr. John NJ. T. Finney of Johns Hop kins university was called today for consultation.
 While concern is felt by physi- clans over the condition of MT. Wal lace, Dr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician, one of those at- tending him, said hope Is held for his recovery.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
HINTS AT TOWERING UP"
Democratic Nominee For State Treasurer Thinks Republicans Are Protecting Former Treasurer.

Greenwich, Oct. 24.-William S, Meany, nominee of the democratic party for state treasurer, at dem ocratic rally here last night in an address said that should he be elect ed state treasurer he would under take as one of his first duties the investigation of the condition of the state treasury. He said he believed that G:lpatrie's accounts were not all right, and thAt men higher up were shielding" the late treasurer. Mir. Meany also said that If he found the state treasury accounts were no, right he would feel it his duty to prosecute, if possible, the men who were saving their own skins"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
AusTIN SLED FOR s7so.

S. c. Austin has been named de- fendant in a suit brought by Will liam H. Van oppen for s75O. The action was brought over the alleged non-payment of a note. Alfred Le Witt issued the writ, which has been served by Deputy Sheriff Martin H
 Horwitz.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
FOUR EXECUTED, TWO GIVEN LIFE Morel, Gambino, Serafni and
 Frank Pay Death Penalty ALL GO TO FATE CALMLY
One Tells Executioner to "Go Easy" Leader of Montreal Bandit Murderer Gang Leaves Note fin Which He Repents of Sins.

Montreal, Oct. 24.-Louis Morel and Frank Gambino. murderers of Henri Cleroux, were hanged at Bor- deaux Jail at 4;56 this morning. Giuseppe Serafini and Tony Frank followed them to the scaffold and were executed three minutes later at 4:59 a. m.
 Gambino's last words on the scaffold were addressed to Execu- tioner Ellis, who he enjoined to "go easy"
 Mass was said for the condemned men shortly before they walked to the scaffold. All the men spent the hours immediately preceding the execution in prayer. They had a light lunch at midnight.
 Leaves Two Letters
 Morel wrote two letters, one to his daughters and one for publica- tion in the newspapers after his death. The letter penned by the ex-detective in the grim prison cell and headed with the words, For the Journalists" follows:
 ITO My Creator: l offer you my death in a spirit of reparation for all the sins of my life. Lastly, l offer you my death az an act of perfect love, as last act of love for earth. l pardon all and implore the Holy Virgin to appease the anger of God, and' to preserve ;ieri from eternal malediction."
 The letter was written with g steady hand.
 Go to Death in Pairs
 The men went to their deaths in pairs, Serafini and Frank being executed simultaneously on one scaffold. Gambino and Morel were put to death on another scaffold on the other side of the courtyard. Gambino was pinioned first because he was in a state of collapse. The last rites of the Roman Catholic church were given the men at tn. scaffolds in the turn of their hanging. ... s..
 With the crucifix held to his lip. by the priest and his eyes ayertet from the work at his side, More stared steadfastly ahead until Gam bino had been plunged to his death Church bells nearby sounded o'clock shortly after Morel hat dropped through the scaffold. Throughout the night the wift and mother of Frank sat in an au tomobile stationed near the big en trance to the jail. At times tn, sound of their weeping could bt heard from the jail courtyard earlier in the evening Mrs. Gam bino had paid her last visit to he husband in company with Mrs Valentino, whose husband earlie had been granted 6 communication t. life sentence.
 Letter to Children
 The letter written by Morel t his daughters was made public. l was as follows:
 To my Children: I write yo my last thoughts before leaving tht earth. My heart is torn with grie and remorse at the miseries I hay caused you. I beg God to kee you and I also pray to Him to pro long your lives and to keep you souls and your hearts charitable 6 you have been since giving me tn eternal kiss. I love you, my chi dren and I pray to God to brin you beside me in Heaven"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
Chinese President Now
 Orders War to Cease

By The Associated Press.
 Picking. Oct. 24.-Prestdent Tsao Kun issued a proclamation today or dering the immediate cessation of hostilities and dismissing Wu Pei Flu, commander of the Picking mili- tary forces. from his present post.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
CONNECTICUT @. 10 EXTEND LINES
 - May Furnish Service to Elm- wood Via Stanley Quarter BUSSES TO BE OPERATED
Motors May Be Used for Improved Transportation on Chestnut Street and Pennington Avenue Routes Paonessa and Bryan Confer.

Mayor A. NJ. Paonessa and Supt. William J. Bryan of the Connecti- cut Co. conferred this morning rela- tive to proposed betterments in transportation, and the mayor later. issued a statement in which he de- clared that marked improvements will probably be made soon.
 The changes expected by the mayor would come in the form of extensions of present routes and establishment of new lines, to be served by busses controlled by the Connecticut Go.
 Extensions Proposed.
 Of especial interest to the mayor is the establishment of route serv- ing Elmwood by way of Stanley Quarter. extehsion of the Chestnut street and Farmington avenue routes and a change from the trolley cars to busses.
 There is no trolley or bus service now going into Elmwood by way of Stanley Quarter and there is a vast expansa of territory, much of which is partly built up, that is not fur nished with some form of public carrier.
 The Chestnut street line, the mayor believes, should be extended to the South street crossing. That section of the city has been built up in recent years but there has been no extension in trolley service. The same condition holds true of the Commonwealth avenue district which is in the area through which the Pennington avenue trolley oper- ates.
 To Protect Independent Lines.
 Discussing the transportation mat ter. MayoE Paonessa said:
 "Of course the City of New Brit ain will welcome any improvements that may be made. But we owe much to the present jitney oper- ators and hope the Connecticut Co., does not expect 10 interfere with them because if they do, I believe the citizens of our city should pro- tect the jitney operators as the pub lie utilities commission has protect ed the Connecticut Go. in the past that is, provided they continue to give good and efficient service"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
MUST GIVE NAME AND
 ADDRESS AT OFFICE
Otherwise Tax Lists Can not Be Had in Hartford
 Sources of Income
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firm In Connecticut Was open Io the public at the internal revenue office here today, the information could be copied in the office only after the applicant had given his name and address and had been informed that in view of instructions received to- day the office holds that the copying of any part of the lists or the pub lication of the tax figures is illegal and punishable by fine of not more than s1,0OO or imprisonment for not more than one year or both. The first applicant for figures this morn. ing wanted to know the amount paid by eight taxpayers but left without the figures after being told the interpretation placed upon the law. There were few inquiries for figures.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24
THE WEATHER

Hartford, Oct. 24--ForeCast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change tn tempera- ture.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24

Vets Lose Ontario
 Toronto, Oct, 24.-Revised figures in the Ontario liquor plebiscite up to 9:30 o'clock this morning gave
New Britain herald., 1924-10-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Senior Sth Grade, Lakeview
A HIKE TO ROCK HOUSE

Miss Brown, jolly crowd of boys and girls and big sack of apples left I.akeview school at ? o'clock Tuesday afternoon to take a hike to Rock House. We had fine time going over the mountain, for the weather was ideal for hiking When we got there we climbed on the rocks and played. Some would get on one rock and others on an other and signal back and forth to each other.
 For a while apples were served and there were a few weiners brought by one of the girls. We started for home about o'clock. Everybody had fine time and went home happy, but tired.
 CHARLOTTE MATHEWS,
 Senior 9th, Lakeview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
HEALTH WEEK

h the auditorium we keep health chores. There are eleven chores to keep each day. To get star we have to keep 54 chores each week for six weeks. To for IS weeks. CT. Some of the chores are: We have to stay in bed eleven hours each night; ]; we have to drink four glasses of water day.
 We had health play not long ago. hope every child in my room is healthy.
 JOHN HOLCOMB,
 Junior 9th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Lakeviiew
THE STUDENT COUNCIL

In I.aIseview school we have & student council organization that is, room chooses boy and girl to represent it in the council. The boy is usually elected as president and the girl as sec retary.
 When wo go to the meeting we take notes and report the meeting to the class. The notes are on how to keep the grounds clean and the lines in order.
 think we keep the rules fine. But, of course. we should strive to keep the rules all the time. The student council has decided that there must be no run ming or pushing in the lines when we are having fire drills.
 If we try hard, I think Lakexiew could be 4 perfect school.
 ELIZABETH NORMENT,
 Junior 9th, Lakeview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
TWO LITTLE GIRLS

tHayre, AElDdHd Dear Children's Editor:
 I am Il years old. l go to Sayre school. I have n sweet teacher; her name is Miss Simpson.
 I have been in Sayre for three years. I came from the orphans home and was adopted; so I now have q father and mother.
 I am now going to send all my toys and dolls to the little orphan children. How many of you little boys and girls, who read this in the Sundays paper, will send q box to the place where came from, where sc many little boys and girls have no father or mother to help make them happy and buy them toys?
 Send box to this address! Alabama Child Welfare Department, COG Lyric building, Birmingham. Ala.
 My mother says it is more blessed to give than to receive.
 I have a dear little sister. We both came from the orphans home. We found happy home and dear father and mother.
 We take your paper every day. I hope to see this letter in Sundays paper.
 LOT ELLA ARNOLD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
BRUSSELS

Brussels is the capital of Belgium. It has many fine buildings. Anspack boulevard is the finest in the world. It is as large as Pennsylvania avenue in Washington. It is over a river. We visited the palace where the king resides. Brussels has constitutional monarch. The United States sells Brus- sels several times as many goods as Brussels sells us.
 Brussels is noted for its cotton and beautiful rugs. Most of the people speak Flemish, but the rest speak Ger man and even French.
 RUTH MILLER,
 Senior Sth, Lakeview
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
A HIKE IN THE WOODS

What is more fun than a hike in the woods in such delightful time of the year as this? Our whole class had been looking forward to spending an after noon together in this way.
 Last. Tuesday was decided upon as the eventfu1 day to go to our favorite place, Rock House. We got out of school a lit tie early and then started on our way.
 Oh, what fun we had when hiking When we got to the rocks we had such a good time climbing on them and especially daring each other to go down Devil Slide. Not forgetting that we would get hungry, we brought refresh ments. This was the finishing touch to perfect afternoon.
 HELEN NICE. Senior Sth Grade, Lakeyiew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
MY TRIP TO ROCK HOUSE

on his bicycle and l carried my foot ball.
 accident. The first thing did was to climb on some large rocks. then played football with one of the boys. We had some refreshments, which consisted of weiners, rolls, apples and marshmallows. After eating our refreshments we came home. Everybody almost froze to death coming home. 1t was cold, but our fun was worth a freeze.
 SAM F. M'DONOUGH,
 Senior Sth, Lakeview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
EDUCATION WEEK

Visitors came to visit our school dur ing Education Week. They were espe- cially interested in our platoon system. People come from other schools to see how we do our work. All the schools are observing Education Week. In the platoon system we move to another room every half hour, until we get to our home room. We stay in our home room one hour and a half. We have our major subjects in our home room They are arithmetic, reading, spelling and language. My home room teacher is Miss Mohns. like the platoon system.
 JANET RIDDLE,
 Senior 9th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
SEIF-GOVERNNIENT

Most of the students of LakeView school have self-control. Those who have self-control try to help the ones that have not to be better. We want all students to have self-control. I.akeyiew has marshals to keep the lines straight. Most of us do not have to have teacher watching to see that we behave.
 We try not to let our tempers get the gest of us. If we get mad, we do not fight, but settle the argument in a peaceful way.
 All of our teachers at Lakeyiew tell us about self-control and the laws of seIf-control This work is continued in the auditorium.
 GLADYS LONG,
 Junior 9th, Lakeview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
OUR SERVICE CLUB

Grade six has a club that we have named the Service club. Our club days are every other Friday. We E<ve plays for our room and sometimes we have q party. The students always get up the plays.
 We have a president and secretary. I am president. We had a Thanksgiving play. Service club means that we serve our school, the best in Birmingham.
 NORVEIL TURNER,
 Junior 6th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Junior Fire Department

Captain Cummings of the Birming- ham Fire department made n speech on Fire Prevention Day, upon the request of our principal.
 He told the danger of playing with matches and having ashes, oily rags and paper in the basement.
 After that the children of T,akeyiew school saw the danger of playing with fire, and organized a junior fire depart ment, The department consists of a fire chief, 6 captain and a lieutenant, which are elected by the class. Each grade has it's own department.
 The three officers see that the lines are straight and that no one is disor- derly. They also make reports each Friday. Captain Cummings suggested this idea to us and it has proved sue cessful.
 MCDONNELL GALLON,
 Junior fire chief, senior 7th grade.
 Clean Grounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
GLASS MOTTOE'.,

How nice it is for e-Ars room in . school to have q motto tn try 10 live UT to! That is what the roo.us in Soutf Highland school are doing, Here art some of the notices they have chosen t, guide them in work and play: "On t, Victory" (Sectior 2%D; "Persercvanc' Brings Success" (Section 2D; "Bf Prepared ut all Times" (Section 13) "End Way or Make II" (Section 19) , "Do Your Duty (Section i4}; "Dili eence Leads to Fe.ac!' Sections l. and t7}.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14

special pride. The HbraFy has long tables and book cases. We get books from the public library, which help out q great deal.
 There are two connecting rooms for art. One is to keep the supplies in and the other is to draw in. Everybody likes the platoon system I think, and so far it has been q great success at Ullman school.
 Your friend,
 MINNIE ELLIOT,
 I'llman school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
LOU ELLA ARNOLD.
Junior Police Squad

Lakeview school has adopted a plan for the safety of all children at Lake view. This plan is the organization of the Junior Traffic squad. This squad is composed of a group of ten of the oldest Boy Scouts. These have been selected by the principal and the teach CTS.
 These boys are legally made junior policemen and have the authority to report any person that might not con- form strictly to traffic rules. These rules are to be printed in the paper so that no one will misunderstood the authority of these junior policemen. Lakeview is one of the first schools to take this safety first step.
 Lakeview has also a group of trained Boy Scouts so that in case of an acci- dent first aid can be administered i'm mediately.
 The names of the boys that were selected are: Hartwell Gary, Jr., cap tain; John Tucker, lieutenant; Mac Roundtree, Walter Martin, William Jackson, Jack Yeatman, Robert Will lingham, Bob Ellis, Charles Horst, Nel- son Snow.
 FAREWELL GARY, JR.
 Senior 9th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
GOODHEALTH

At Lakeview we have started health chores so that the children will be healthy and able to work. Miss Privett, our auditorium teacher, helps US plan our health chores. Miss Privett gave us each a little card with things like this on it: I washed my hands before each meal, I cleaned my teeth at least once day, took bath today. And we fill out little spaces telling whether we did it or not.
 Our auditorium teacher ordered six hundred tooth brushes and the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
STUDENT. ACTIVITIES

We have many plays and tabIeaux at Lakeyiew. They are mostly gotten up by the children. Most of our plays are health plays, for we are endeavoring to make Lakeview students healthy.
 At present many Thanksgiving plays are going on. Nearly every Friday one class puts on a play in the auditorium. It is good experience for the pupils.
 DOROTHY SCHULTZ,
 Senior 9th, Lakeview.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Ullnnan
Dear Children's Editor

Dear Children's Editor: am a girl 12 years old. In 'The Land of Health" is this law: Sickness germs I must defeat, And so I wash before I eat; l never touch my nose or lips With pencils, coins or fincertips. I keep away from those who sneeze For they may have germ disease ; And when 1 cough or sneeze or sniff, I do it in handkerchief"
 ROSA MfHERAMY.