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New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

The three famous screen stars are seen from new angle, through their mothers eyes, Movie fans will find particular delight in her account of their youthful escapades. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF IN
 GREAT BRITAIN by Felix
 Morley.
 Tho author has the same sense for easy prose which has made his brother, Christopher Morley, so popular His book gives the first au- thoritative account of the carefully planned British system of unem- ployment relief during the period of postwar strain,
 CNMAILED LETTERS by Joseph
 H. Oder.
 Wise and delightful comments on life which will appeal 10 all true lovers of the leisurely essay. WINDOWS OF WESTMINSTER
 by gentleman with a dustor,
 A new series of studies from tho incisire characteristic pen of the author of Mirrors Of Downing street He deals with the leaders and some of the more important members of the Tory party in the British Parliament, such men as stanley Baldwin and Neville Cham herlain.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

FEEDING PETER hy Caroline
 Ingenious guideposts along the old road to q mans heart.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
DROWNED IN HUDSON,

CatSkill, Y, Y, Dec. Miss Cath crime Kingston g., Of New Haven. Conn, vas drowned yesterday when she jumped or fell from the ferry plying the Hudson river between here and Greondsle. The body vas not recovered last night.
 Investigation disclosed Miss King eton was en route with her parents from Windham, where they had passed the summer, to their home in New Haven. The parents said Miss Kingston had been noticAably des- Spondent and worried yesterday over 2 pending operation for appendicitis and it Is believed this condition may have led her 10 commit suicide,
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

this morning shortly after o'clock when police visited the place and found a bottle of liquor In a back room.
 Annoyed, Chased Girls
 Peter Skrysurpas and John Au- senka, both of l6S West street. were found guilty of assaulting two little girls who live in the next house last Thursday Judge Hungerford sus- pending sentence in the case. The men were arrested after they are al- leged to have chased the little girls and struck and kicked them because they were playing on the sidewalk in front of the defendants house,
 The defendants claimed that they chased the girls because they had been ringing the doorbells. but tho girls denied this, Atty. Alfred F. Le- Witt appeared for the defendants.
 Joseph Jacobs of Newington, ar raigned on a charge of drunkenness and assault had his case continued until tomorrow morning for trial. He was arrested last night by Super numerary Policeman James Rap panotu.
 Second Exam For Noboris The case of Julius Noboris, charg- cd with breach Of the peace, was continued until tomorrow morning 10 give the police an opportunity to have second physician examine him as to his sanity, One doctor has examined the man and declared that he should be committed to an institution. but the court decided , that the opinion Of two doctors should be obtained before commit ting the defendant.
 Nobors was arrested last week on charge of breach of the peace as a result of attentions he Is alleged to have been paying a woman. The woman's husband complained to the police. Atty. Thomas Cabelus ap- peared for Noboris.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
PEDAGOGICAL PEP. A BOOK OF HELP AND INSPIRATION FOR TEACHERS

FOR TEACHERS.
 Lively and human papers SC loctcd from those submitted in a nationwide contest for teachers The articles deal with the teaching Of school subjects, with the chil- dren, with the community and with the schoolroom itself.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
FIRST AID TO ANIMALS by J. L.

FRANCIS WILSON'S $ LIFE OF
 HIMSELF.
 A great comedian and a lover and collector Of books describes his long
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
AT YOUR LIBRARY

The most attractive and worth while of the seasons urW books adn some old fa,orl'rs in now dress will be on exhibition in the directors room or the library dur ing tho enDirc week. A member 'i the library staff win h4 there es- pecially to answer your questions, She will be glad to tell you what they are like, how much they cost and what kind o' people would par ttcularly enjoy them us Christmas gifts,
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
RECENT LABOR PROGRESS [

T H F TALNADCF SIS T E F s. NORMA. CONSTANCE. NA- TALE hy Margaret L, Tal- msdge.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

LuITENUE IN LONDON by Helen
 Henderson,
 'London in sense belongs to US al" No happier way to arrive at 'No grand destination" can be found ;han through thesc chapters which are illustrated with really artistic photographs of places you always wanted to see.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
WOODROW WILSON; THE MAN; HIS TIME AND HIS TASK lA,. NN.illin n, AM.,, AL.l.a.-

NIT, White has not permitted Wilson's shortcomings, errors and failures to send him recling from a great faith to a violent grouch. He has told the story of a man whom he obviously regards with great affection on his personal side, and in his public career as one Of the great leaders Of all time.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
 INDIA by J NJ Macno Quaint and characteristic narra- tives from the rich folklore of In dia.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
NIM MOONS
AMATEUR ELECTRICIAN $
 HANDY BOOK by A, Frcd-

AMATEUR ELECT RlClAN \ S
 HANDY BOOK by A. Frcd-
 erlck Collins,
 Of scwlcc hot only 10 ta, u#- aided amateur whether hoY or man. bu, 10 every Householder who oft't needs to know handy facts about his house vfrias ol various Na@s such as brus or !h" rIor.rlcaI slI' ot his automoUi', The Illustrations arc clear cut and numerous. AuTUMN by laus'as St, EHaao. The urH part ot noN5 "HcH won the Nohcl prize for lNomtur" this year. More 'h4a a noNc, it Is a paucrama of 'he whole round of peasan. lfo of Poland. \ truly epic tnpartial,y IS associated with th" trag'r srnse uf 'No elemental forces which dominate the efforts Of the 1l.lers Of the sol.
 RvsHRANGERS ly Charles Fin-
 ger.
 Nr. Finger con uros ap t7r rcad- PTS ot all ages tho figures of half . dozen valiant advon'ur"rs If the last century whose exploits are still legend in parts os Australia and South America It Is a fas- cinaunr book rcop1el with rascals and cut-throafe and told with the hearty swing that the material de- mands.
 ECONOMICS FOR HELEN by
 Fnaire Bcloc.
 Tn perfectly simple language which Helen, aged sixteen, or any cre else could. understand without perp}eHjty Mr. Belloc explains the 1ntricactes of economies and what is meant by such terms as wealth, capital. exchange, money and labor FEEDING PETER hy Caroline,
 Ingenious guideposts along the old road to mans heart. FIRST AID TO ANIMALS by J. L
 Leonard.
 Indispensable to every one who owns any sort Of animal, from 2 domestic pet to farm stock, Ii tell' clearly and authoritatively in Ian Eusge which the layman can m derstand. how to care for any sicl or injured animal. There is a fna chapter on the common ailments O poultry and q complete index which makes the hook instantly useful r time of need,
 FRANCIS WILSON'S 5 LIFE or
 HIMSELF.
 great comedian and lover anr collector Of hooks describes his lori
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

Corn brings q greater total re- turn 10 the farmers than any other crop.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

Two French operators have ob- tained X-ray motion pictures Of a beating heart.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

and distinguished career spices his pages with choice stories, and shows himself to he as entertaining on the printed page as across the foot lights.
 LAST OF THE HERETlCS by AL
 gorron Crapscy
 Autobiography of very human appeal by man who in 1906 was tried, pronounced hercuc and cast out of tho church, LITERARY SPOTLIGHT edited by
 John Farrar
 These anonymous essays umning famous American literary figures are really mirrors oi literature, Humorous, penetrating, sometimes bitter, thrsc brilliant studies have hyyN written by a score or more Of famous American critics, who ac- cupt the cloak of anonymity. LITTLE BOOK OF MODERN
 RElrISH VERSE by Jessie
 Nturuhouse,
 Charming both in selection and arrar cement; well worthy 10 stand beside Miss Rittcuhousc's other an tlologlrS.
 LuITENUE IN LONDON by Helen
 Henderson,
 "London in sense belongs to US a3" No happier way to arrive at 'ro grand destination" can be found ;han through these chapters which are illustrated with really artistic photographs of places you always wanted 10 see. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
 INDIA by J. M Maclio.
 Quaint and characteristic nara tives from the rich folklore of h. dia.
 1 PEDAGOGICAL PEP: A BOOK OF HELP AND INSPIRATION i FOR TEACHERS. ! Lively and human papers SC locted from those submitted in 6 nationwide contest for teachers The articles deal with the teaching Of school subjects, with the chil dren, with the community and witt the schooroom itself,
  IPRAC T1CAL PAINTING A NJ
 PAPER NGING b.
 Charles L. Young.
 A comprehensive manual fo painters. written in non-tochnica language. Among the topics that arr thoroughly explained and discussed are estimating and surfaces, ma terials. special processes, colors wall paper and dangers and safe 2 guards.
 1 RECENT LABOR PROGRESS b.
 Roger Babson.
 The eminent statistician an, business prophet describes in an in structiYe and entertaining fashio the work of the U, s, department o Labor and recent developments i the fields of labor legislation, i'm migration, child welfare. trad unions, and profit-sharing in in dustrv.
 SHIPS LOG AND OTHER POEMi
 by Grace Hazard Conkling
 The latest and best book of vers from the pm of the well know , poet lecturer, poetry teacher 3 Smith college and mother of th child poetess, Hilda Conkltng. THE TALMADGF SYST E F
 NORMA, CONSTANCE, NA
 TALIE hv Margaret L, Ia
 msdge,
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
TANCURSKI, FINED
 S25 FOR ASSAULT
Beat Man Whose Tip Resulted
 in Police Raid

Found guilty of assaulting lgnatz Pustilnik because ho had complained 10 the police that there was card game in progress at 2l Silver steret early Sunday morning, Peter Tan curski was fined s25 and costs by Judge William C, Hungerford in po- lice court this morning. Pustilnik was also arraigned on charge of assaulting Tancurski, the court sus- pending judgment in his case.
 The assault is alleged to have oc- cured Sunday night in the yard at 29 Albany avenue where Pustilnik lives, the man claiming that when he was about to enter his house he met Tancurski, who attacked him with blackjack, Pustilnik told the court that he had been playing cards with Tancurski and four other men at Tancurski's house Sunday morn Ing and had lost Sl50. After losing the money he told the police about the game and a raid was made, six mon being arrested.
 Pustilnik's had was swathed in bandages, when he appeared in court, a doctor testitying that q number of stitches were required 10 close four flashes caused by blunt instrument.
 Tarcurski told the court that hc met Pustilnik near his house and told him that he was a fine friend 10 go and squeal 10 the police about the card game, Pustilnik 1t is then alleged by Tancurski 10 have at- tackled him, making him defend him self Tancurski had a cut on his head and one on his forehead 10 show that he had been struck.
 Fine Liquor In Shine Stand
 Angelo Gagliardi of 40 North street, proprietor of hootblacking shop at 315 Main street, was ar- raigned before the court on a charge Of violating the liquor law, and his case was continued until Saturday for trial at the request Of Judge William F. Mangan, who appeared for him.
 Gagiardl was arrested al his shop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
REAL ESTATE-SALE K BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE 9S
HERE ARE THREE GOOD BUYS IN WEST END-EVERY ONE
 A SELECT HOME

$6, 6,S00-Beautiful Groom bunga- low, facing south on Cotton Ave. on lot 50x190, has oak floors throughout, tile bath, breakfast room, nice electric fixtures and built-in features, No. Arcola, garage and side drive; splendid chicken houses all fenced in; terms, 5000, balance to suit. $6,800 - Excellent 2-story resi- dence on Princeton Ave. in Al condition; on lot 50x170; has 9 rooms and bath suitable for congenial families, or can be easily turned into 2 apartments with separate entrances; has all conveniences-you will have to see this to appreciate it's real value. Terms, $1,000 and $50 per month.
 $s,0O0-For immediate sale by owner leaving city, a 7-room bungalow facing south on Cot ton Ave-; lot 50x190; in addition to all modern conveniences, has garage and side drive, large basement with 2 stationary laun- dry tubs, tile bath and oak floors, beautiful shade tree in front and young fruit trees in rear. Terms, $1,000 cash, bal ance $50 per month.
 For additional details with ref erence to above as well as other splendid listings call J. A. Tur- nipseed, 2119 1st Ave, Main 2157. dITH-sCHULTz-HoDo REALTY c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
REAL ES1rATE-SALE K

REAL ES1'ATE-SALE l HOUSES FOR SALE 10 SOUTHSIDE SPECIALS
 $42,5OO
 20th St., near e." 2-story brick building, 40x100; quick action necessary.
 $30,000 100x14O, near "C" and 22d, lots '' with some rental.
 $15,000 Ave e." between 18th and 20th, good house.
 S7,250 Near "C" and 2Sd, vacant but mighty cheap.
 S50,000
 
 corner, 1O0x14O. This is good.
 $25,OOO 18th St, 1Oox1oo, good corner, old price.
 $45,000 100X100 corner, close in on 18th, good improvements.
 $35,0OO 23d St., corner 100x190, safe and sound, old price, worth the money any time.
 $37,500 190 feet frontage, "B" and 2Sd, good income and Improvements.
 $20,O00 Between Fist and 22d, close in, excellent new improvements, rents better than $1,5OO yearly. 70
 $45,OOO Near "C" and on 2oth, 1.r5 g. .,. story building. This is go.. Macke R. E. & Inv to. MAIN 21a 211s9s 1sT h..r. ORWOOD-Five-room bungs oW. go1 condition; practically new; baT3woe, floors throughout, large tile ath. as elevated lot 50x190; beautiful sarubh~r" near car line and school; terr ,. 4 " ock 1265-W. TOTS EOR SALE IOI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

Southside Opportunity We have all kinds of investment prop critics ranging in value from S12,5 800 to S115,000 in the heart of the coming in dustrial district from 18th to 14th Sts. See A. D. Stalcup, with
 WOOD & LESLIE REALTY co. 221 N. 22D ST. MAIN S272
The Washington times., 1924-07-05

Missouri herself Joined in defeat
ing the resolution to take the con.
vention to the Kaw river. The Mis-
sourians agreed to abrogate the
unit rule on this one pertinent
question and allow members to vote
their individual preferences, result
in TX aye and 2Sh no.
When New York's name was
called Franklin ID. Roosevelt said:
N. Y. Asks to Be Excused.
New York asks 10 be excused
from voting"
Gavin McNab, Of San Francisco
objected to New York's being en-
cused.
"Well, in that case, New York has
no other choice than to vote 30
noes" said Roosevelt.
The move to Kansas City was
favored, solidly by only one delega,
tion-South Carolina.
McAdoo Undecided.
The McAdoo delegations were un.
decided just how to go at the out
set Of the roll call. Arizona played
safe by splitting her vote, but when
California, one OF the original Nc
Adoo States, chimed In with %
against the move, the other Nc
Adoo States took their cue from
this and fell into line.
Prior to the roll call, however
the convention had refused to lay
the transfer resolution on the table
This was a vive voce vote. indicat
ing that majority OF the ccnyen
ton, II not actually In favor Of the
resolution, ut least was In favor Of
voting on II.
The minutes OF reflection between
the vive voce vote and the record
vote, however, apparently convinced
them they didn't want to move.
This business accomplished, Judge
The Washington times., 1924-07-05

T. III. Ball, Of Texas, was recog-
nized and moved an unusual reso-
luton.
Drop Lowest Candidate.
Judge Ball proposed that from
now on the lowest candidate on each
ballot be dropped from considera.
ton until only two are left and
that when this condition was
reached only five ballots could be
taken. II at the end of those five
ballots no one was able to get two
thirds OF the convention then the
unit rule would be abolished and on
the sixth ballot the candidate re-
ceiving the majority should be de-
clared to be the nominee OF this
convention. The proposition was
lost almost unanimously on viva
voce vote.
Delegates Objections
Delegate DAILY, Of Massachusetts.
objected to the resolution and raised
point Of order against 1t, decIar.
ing that there was no way under
the law or under the rules for cRYa.
didates to be dropped by order 81
the convention and no way to
compel delegates to confine their
choice to two candidates or twenty
candidates.
mo one but Massachusetts, can
tell Massachusetts how to vote" he
shouted.
Chairman Walsh overrulod his
point Of order. which evoked from
the Bay State delegate some more
objection.
William Jennings Bryan dashed
down the center aisle and demanded
TO have the resolution read again.
j. Bruce Kremer, one OF the Mc.
Adoo leaders, raised point Of or,
der that this convention has no
right to abrogate the unit rule,
The Washington times., 1924-07-05
.GR|FFMEN FACE
TEST IN FIGHT
TODAY
Double Loss Will Put Cham
pions Back at Top Of
League
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Bucky Harris and his gang Of
fighting Griffs today face a real
test. Opposing two of the Yankees
best pitchers, they must at least
break even to retain their grip
upon first place.
If the Yankees come through
with two victories today, they will
lead the Griffmen by single point,
.563 to .562.
If the Griffs break even, they
will hold their lead, though it has
been chopped considerably since the
champions came to town.
"A double win for the Griffmen
today viii put them right back
where they were before mixing up
with the Yankees.
Walter johnson Is going to face
the Yankees today. probably in the
first combat. beginning at 1870
O'Clock Fred ,Marberry probably
win get busy in the second tilt.
Miller Higgins expects to send
Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock
after today's victories. They are
right now his most dependable
fingers and the Yankees have high
hopes Tor sweeping the series.
The Washington times., 1924-07-05

Has Excellent Chance.
The sixteen-year-old son Of the
President. whose attack of blood
poisoning came from a blister on
his heel developed in tennis
game on the White House courts,
has a store Of youthful strength
and vitality to draw upon. while
no attempt is made to minimize the
possibility Of untoward develop
ments in his case. vet It Is indicated
that he is approaching the crisis in
his malady with an excellent chance
OF coming through without danger
Gus complications.
President At His Side.
President Coolidge remained at
the side Of his son for a considera-
BILE time this morning, be did his
mother. The physicians also were
in constant attendance.
1t 10 felt that II the boy goes
through the day and night holding
The Washington times., 1924-07-05
TWO Dill. As
STEAMER
BURNS
Eight others Are Missing and
100 Rescued From the Three
Rivers OFF Cove Point, Md.

. Z p IS
BALTIMORE, July 5. - Fire
swept the steamer Three Rivers
off Cove Point, sixty-eight miles
from here, early today. and Of the
100 passengers and crew who were
compelled to take to the lifeboats
or jump into the bay, two are
dead and eight are missing.
Five Of the missing are boy
members Of the Baltimore, Eve
ning's Suns Newsboy Band.
The two dead are:
Evelyn Parker, cOIOred, wife Of
J. H. Parker, believed to live IN
| Washington.
Elijah BrOgden, cOlOred, waiter
on the Three Rivers.
The other three missing are two
colored deckhands and Robert Wat.
kins, also colored.
standing by off Cove Point as the
made by the steamer Piankatank.
The Middlesex, Of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Company, which was following the
Three Rivers, Of the same line, into
Baltimore. docked here shortly be-
fore noon with the survivors OF the
disaster, many Of whom were re-
moved to local hospitals for treat.
ment.
Nurses and physicians were
rushed to the Middlesex when word
reached Baltimore that the sur.
vivors were being taken aboard
that ship.
Returning From Races.
The tragedy occurred at 1915
o'clock this morning while the
Three Rivers was returning to Bal
timore from the workboat races at
Crisfield.
Thirty Of the passengers were
members Of the newsbOys band.
The remainder were mostly Ba1ti.
who had attended the races.
The fire that swept the ship is
believed to have started In the hole.
whence It spread rapidly over the
entire vessel.
As the ship was not equipped
with wireless, distress signals were
sounded by Captain Spence d. Hall
on the ships siren.
The Middlesex, which was about
four miles east OF the Three Rivers.
hastened to the aid Of the burning
ship, but did not arrive until after
all of the passengers and crew had
taken to the life boats or jumped
into the water with life belts.
Vessel is Total Wreck.
The Three Rivers was only n
hulk, burned to the waters edge.
The survivors. nearly all OF them
in their underclothes or night
clothes, were swimming or rowing
away from the scene OF the disaster.
Several other vessels which had
heard the distress signals and seen
the blazing ship also hurried to
Continued on Page 3. Column ~
The Washington times., 1924-07-05
CLEVELAND
. HAS KHAN
FIGHT
Group Demands Adoption Of.
Plank BY La Toilette
Convention
BY KENNETH CLARK,
International News Service.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 81
The resolutions committee Of the
Conference for Progressive Politi-
cal Action, engaged in drafting
q platform upon, which Senator
Robert Marion La Toilette will
make his independent Presidential
race, unexpectedly found itself
confronted today with one of the
most troublesome of all political
questions the Ku Klux Khan.
Just as the committee members
were congratulating themselves
that they had avoided the en-
barrassment Of dealing with this
problem, small group Of men
appeared with a proposed plank
denouncing the khan by name
Failure to incorporate it in the
platform, they warned, would re-
suit in the taking of the fight
directly to the floor of the con-
vention as the Democrats did in
New York.
Quote a. #. Of L. Plank.
The anti-klan advocates, headed
by Nicholas Klein, Of Cincinnati,
included N. Chanin, of the Jewish
Society Verhund, Of New York city;
Max j. Sillinsky, of the tailors'
union. Cleveland; Ernest Ettlinger,
Of Chicago, and Carl Mullen, Of
Hammond, Ind, The proposed
plank follows:
Whereas the American Fedora
ton of Labor at the Portland con-
vention condemned the Ku Klux
Khan as a menace to organized
labor and urged all workers to keep
out of it, and, = Whereas, the Ku
Klux Klan is 3rousing race and re.
ligious hatreds and violating the
right of freedom Of expression
which lie fundamental in our con-
stitution, and this Organization also
violates the principles in regard to
the rights of immigrants and for
eign-born enunciated in the Decla-
ration of Independence. which were
SO unanimously approved when
read before this convention, there.
fore be it,
Resolved, that this convention
of the conference FOR progressive
political action denounces the Ku
Continued on Page ., Column 81
The Washington times., 1924-07-05
AND NICK
VISIT BOYS
At MEADE
Best Mimics Of Genial Ait
rock viii Compete for Times
Prize at Ball Game

Citizen soldiers at Camp Meade,
a majority Of whom are Washing
tonians, are this morning being en-
tertained by Babe" Ruth and Nick
Altrock, through the courtesy of
The Washington Times and at the
invitation Of the War Department.
Despite the fact that the Griff-
men and Yankees have double.
header on their hands starting at
1:30 o'clock today, the Bambino and
Continued on Page 2. Column 81