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New Britain herald., 1924-07-25

the keN Britain police after hsyins been in custody during the day. He aas found unconscious on East Main street apparently from "hOo,eh" and Rss sent upon the orders Of Dr. I, c, Tanner of Plalnstlle, Co the New Bri- tain General hospital for treatment, After being given restOratiges there. he heeame restless and Eas trans teEred to the New Bntaln police station, He works with the gang Of Aorkmen employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co, which has Tss gently arrived In town on repair work, The company will pay the costs Of his eseanade and the plainyille police will not hold him,
 starts ti,eis i,laie,
 4 pot of chocolate mixture which Joseph AeFi Of Neri Bros store was boiling on the range in the kitchen of Collins lunch, ran over this msrnr ing about iols0 o'clock and started a lively blaze, In a short time. the place was filled with dense smoke. Quick action on the part of Allen nemlhg, local taxi driver, who ran to the kitchen with fire eNtinguisher. confined the ire to the top of the stove and no damage was Sone, Few people were attracted by the eSeite- ment,
 Enters Training school
 Miss Ruth Morgan Of Maple street has been accepted as a candidate for the nurses training school at the Meriden city hospital. She will enter the institution to take up her duties in the September class.
 Catholic Church Notes
 Services will he held at the usual hours in the church Of Our Lady or Mercy sunday morning with masses at and 10 o'clock, Subscriptions for the Catholic Transcript. the official organ for the diocese. will be taken up at all the services. There will be no session of the Sunday school.
 Prayer Meeting Held
 The regular weekly prayer meeting of the Plainville Baptist church was held last evening at the home of Miss Anna Graniss on Whiting street. Many parishioners attended because of the popularity of the hostess. There will be no services in the church on Sum day for some time because of repairs which are being made there. but the weekly prayer meetings will be held | at the usual hour on Thursday eve- nings at the home of some member of the church.
 Laying Sidewalk
 The long postponed sidewalk at the corner of Broad and Whiting streets Is being laid and the work is progress ing rapidly. A full line of the cement walk has been laid on Broad street and the Whiting street side will be lone within a few days. This will im- prove conditions at this corner very much during the winter months and turing wet days.
 Many residents have questioned the axity of the town in not laying side- walks around the lot at the corner 'f Maple and Whiting streets. This pot Is one of the worst in the town I when the snows start melting in the T bring and suggestions have been for- ( varded to the selectman to have ! walks installed there. Several other I ,laces near the center of the town s eed walks badly. t
 Plainvflle Briefs \ Mir. and Mrs. Henry Trumbull and laughter, Esther. are at their cottage t Sachem's Head. r Mrs. Charles W. Litz of Maple street C 5 recovering from an attack of the s rip and nervous trouble. T
New Britain herald., 1924-07-25
NOTICE.

NOTICE. The Registrars of Voters will be in session at the Town Hall on August i and August 3, 1924. From 1z o'clock until g p. m. For the purpose of re- ceiving names for caucus registration and to correct the lists. (Signed)
 H. c. DEMING,
 F. E. McKEON,
 Registrars Dated at Berlin, July 2s. 1924.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-25
Enters Training school

Miss Ruth Morgan Of Maple street has been accepted as a candidate for the nurses training school at the Meriden city hospital, She will enter the institution to take up her duties in the September class.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-25
CatholIe Clnrrh Nnles

Services will be held at the usual hours in the church Of Our Lady Of Mercy Sunday morning with masses at s and 10 o'clock. Subscriptions for the Catholic Transcript. the official organ for the diocese. will be taken up at all the services. There will be no session of the Sunday school.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-25
Family Reunion

The annual reunion of the North rup family will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the community house, Berlin street. It is expected that members of the family from all parts
Evening star., 1924-07-25

and helpful and always comic. They
taught good lessons without being
p1gxish.f
Palmer Cox loved children, and he
had q world full Of children friends.
though none Of hts own. He had an
immense correspondence, mostly in
coming. for he could not begin to an
swer all the letters that reached him
from the youngsters who loved his
Brownies and believed in them. He
has told OF one occasion when he got
the Brownies into a terrible predica-
ment on q remote island where they
had been shipwrecked, and with no
means Of making ship or a raft to
get away. Immediately upon the pub
lication Of this tale he was in receipt
of letters from many countries be-
seeching him to get the Brownies out
of their plight and not to let them
perish on the desert isle. So he finally
hit upon the scheme Of having them
borne to the mainland by the seafowl
that frequented the island. Then the
children were happy again.
It is a great thing to have made
friends with the youngsters of 40
years and more. Palmer Cox, now
dead at "a, has left record OF achieve
ment Of which any man might we'll
be proud. He has created a character
that will live in American pictorial
and he has given great hap
piness to millions Of boys and girls.
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Wheat News From Kansas.

Golden wheat news comes from
Kansas. The Associated Press sends
from Kansas City report that sud
den prosperity has come to farmers
in that region and that poor tenant
farmers who have struggled for years
and who were compelled to appeal to
the public for seed wheat loans last
Fall today find themselves wealthy"
Kansas was in the news a few months
ago as one of the stricken agricul-
tural States, loaded with farm mort
cages and other loans and ruined
by the low price of money crops"
All people will rejoice that prosperity
has come to this section, which a short
time ago was lamenting hard times.
II conditions in Kansas have been so
changed by the recent rise in the price
Of wheat and other grains, it must
be that things are brighter in the
wheat States of the Northwest. 1t is
unthinkable that Kansas should be
rich because of wheat and the North
west poor. We want all the pros
perity we can get, and that the peo-
ple who create wealth out Of land are
prospering is good news.
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Toppers at the Kings Party.

King George and Queen Mary gave
a garden party yesterday afternoon
at Buckingham Palace, in London, in
honor Of the American delegates to
the Bar Association meeting. Realiz-
ing that many of the Americans had
gone to England not expecting to par
ucipate in formal social functions.
the King had graciously informed his
guests in advance that it would not
be necessary to comply with the pal
ace custom which requires formal
afternoon dress. But the Americans
were not to be denied the rare priv
ilege Of indulgence in that almost
forgotten article Of masculine wear,
the "silk hat" There was only one
straw hat to be observed in the gar
dens. Practically every other Ameri-
can head was covered by a topper
The delegates and other guests had
gone forth and bought, borrowed and
hired all the "stove pipes" they could
find. Though description is lacking,
imagination supplies a picture Of
great variety in quality, and some
failures Of fit. To make matters a bit
less satisfactory than they would
otherwise have been, the garden party
was held mostly in the rain. A silk
hat and a shower do not go we'll to-
gether. 1t is stated that the guests
stood about under umbrellas, doubt
less more than usually anxious to pro-
tect their headgear, in view of the
fact that most Of it was rented or
borrowed.
On this side OF the Atlantic the silk
hat has practically gone out Of use,
save on the most extremely formal
occasions. 1t is worn at weddings of
a fashionable character. In some parts
Of the country it is worn to church
on Sundays. but there is probably not
one silk hat worn today in this coun-
try to fifty worn 20 years ago. Many
men have them in their cupboards
and clothes closets, kept for some re-
mote chance OF imperative need, and
when they are taken out for possible
use they are found to be out of style,
and often are put back, not with en-
tire regret, in the hope that maybe
by chance when the next occa sion
comes around they will once more
be in style.
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Near the Top.

After a long stretch Of games on
the home lot, during a part Of which
time the Nationals held the American
League leadership Washington's rep
resentative base ball club goes West
for its second tour, occupying an ad-
vanced and promising position in the
league race. Although it has lost the
lead it is now tied for second place
and only half game behind the
leader. Tomorrow's play may put it
in the van. Should New York lose to
Chicago and Detroit lose to Philadel.
phia and Washington win from Cleve-
land the Nationals would regain the
position they acquired by leading New
York a few weeks ago in the latter's
own city.
On the last western invasion the
local team did well, winning out of
Is games. This was good record for
touring club, though Detroit has
just lately bettered it. winning IS and
losing games on eastern soil. Wash
ington has II games to play in the
West on this trip. four regularly
scheduled in each of the four cities
and one postponed game in st. Louis
TO improve its present percentage It
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Palmer Cox.

Forty-four years ago a cartoonist
who had started in life as a railroad
clerk and then drifted into drawing
was commissioned to illustrate a story
for children called The Rebellion of
the Alphabet" Each of the letters
was borne by a queer little creature
with a large head. round tummy and
spindling legs. They were called the
Brownies. Immediately they caught
the fancy of the children, and Of
was then editor of the ST. Nicholas
Magazine. and she. with her keen per-
ception of what the children like, and
what is good for them as we'll, en-
gagged the artist to do series of pic
lures for that periodical. Thus Palmer
Cox made his bow to the world Of
juvenile raeders, and he has been
bowling ever Gince, until his last ILL.,
ness, which ended yesterday at CRANKY,
Quebec. in Brownie Castle, his home
for many years.
Middle-aged men and women Of to-
day will remember their first Joy at
meeting the Brownies. And they kept
their love for the Brownies through
out the years. For the Brownies were
never tiresome. They were always
welcome. They did funny things. and
yet never were they destructively mis-
chis1ous. They were always kindly
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Religious Rites Urged
For ID. C.. UnfOrtunates
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
May I ask you to bring the following
occurrence before the public You are
everready to help good cause, and will
feel a pride, 1 believe, in averting a
repetition of like nature in our Ma
tional City.
l refer to the burial of Mrs. Margaret
Kelley without any religious ceremony
at the grave.
Because one is old, eccentric and out
of touch with humanity generally is no
excuse for an unblessed, prayerless in
terment. 1t is not too late for one of our
ministers of God to go to this lonely
grave and have a simple service for one
who was once some ones dear child.
those who have loved ones, who may
some day through loss of money and
friends be in a like predicament; how
comforting would be the thought that in
the District of Columbia no unfortunate
could go to eternal sleep without prayer
If few will volunteer to form such a
society 1 will become an active MEM
Der. Through such a medium the youth
of our city would be taught to respect
and honor the dead, by so doing
emulate the lonely one who fought for
life alone and uncontrolled.
BERTHA AUKAM JARBOE.
Evening star., 1924-07-25
The Glad-Handers.

These are the days of the glad hand
for the presidential candidates, the
time when the incoming politicians
from back home" call joyously upon
John w. Davis, President Coolidge
and Senator La Toilette to say that
every prospect pleases and victory is
assured. Everything is lovely and the
goose honks high. 1t was ever thus
at this stage of the game, and nat
urally enough; the visiting leaders
their candidates and the party out
look.
There is nothing to it," they as
sure their candidate; you will carry
my State, hands down." At later pc
riods these enthusiasts get cold feet"
There comes the panic stage, when all
looks dark and there is no hope. The
pendulum swings back and forth, and
the depression period is as inevitable
as the hours Of earlier uplift.
But welcome the glad handlers as
they come, and blessed be those who
bring glad tidings. They help to start
off the campaign with pep" even
though estimates may have to be
sharply revised thereafter.
There is nothing like a little infu-
sion of confidence at the hop-off. The
three candidates, it falls out, are old
campaigners and no doubt receive the
glad-handers with Il grim smile and
take their effusions with a grain of
salt.
Evening star., 1924-07-25

citizenry seems to have become sati-
ated with overfull prosperity and
gone to sleep. If some shock could
startle the millions of slackers and
rouse them to a realization of in
Justice and danger they would fight
for their constitutional right to
register and cast their votes.
There has been eloquent wrath ex-
pressed by orators because in some
States millions of legal voters are
deprived of their constitutional rights.
For every 100 votes cast in Missis-
reasons satisfactory to the citizens,
refrain from voting. In Pennsyl-
vania for every 100 votes cast there
are 133 others not cast. In Maine for
every 100 votes there 113 slack ers.
In Vermont 120 slackcrs. In Cali
fornia Ill slackers to every 100 votes.
In Maryland there are only so slack
ers to each 100 votes cast. but in
Virginia 347 slackers per 100 votes
In North Carolina, after eliminating
the illiterates, there are only Sc
voluntary Slackers to every 100
voters, but just across the boundary.
in South Carolina, for every 100
votes counted there are $50 legal
voters who refrained from voting.
The failure to vote has not always
been the evil and national menace
that it is today In 1896 four men
voted one other was n Stacker. In
1900 three men voted, another was a
Stacker. In 1908 two voted. another
was a Stacker. In 1912, owing to the
Progressive split Of the Republican
party, 1T was expected to arouse
preference, but for every o. votes
east there were 3S voters who re-
mained silent. In 1920 there were 100
who voted and 96 who did not
1t is alleged that native born Amer
leans constitute disproportionate
part OF the 25,705, ,O63 slack crs. Immi-
grant citizens, Trained in Europe, ap-
pear TO appreciate their duty or their
privilege more dearly than do Amer
leans. to whom the vote has always
been free. American natives willfully
let our adopted citizens outdo them
at the ballot box. One immigrant
thereby exercises as much influence
upon our government as two natives
one patriot and the other
Stacker.
In most States. when a voter regis
ters. he is required to give his age,
birthplace and occupation. These
There is no record of those who fai!
to register. The names of the regis
tered voters are posted for public
inspection and challenge, but nowhere
Such A posting would shame many
a delinquent into having his name
removed by his attending to regis
tration and voting. No method of
penaliZing non-voters has been found
practicable. Only by education in
patriotic duty and the force of public
sentiment against neglect of so SIM
pie yet important duty promise
reform.
There is being organized an asso-
citation to take up the work of in
ducing citizens to vote. No political
party has any part in the organiza-
tion-just plain American patriots
will form in all communities Get
out-the-vote clubs"
The coming political campaign, by
means of the radio, will come closer
to the minds and interests of the
masses than any preceding one ever
could.
The RienZi great bell is pealing!
fCopyrigh" 1924. by Paul V. CoIlinsl
Evening star., 1924-07-25
Rams Identity Queried.
Ironclad Virginia Had Two Ap-
pendages, Writer Recalls.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF Inc Star:
The interesting communication In
The Star about the ram of the Con-
federate ironclad Virginia, commonly
called the Merrimac, leads me to Won
der whether it refers to the ram which
sunk the United States sloop Cumber-
land, and was broken off in the hull
of that vessel, or is the ram that was
put on the Virginia after her fight
with the Cumberland and the other
Union warShipS on the same day and
the following morning.
never read that the ram which
sunk the Cumberland was recovered.
The channel where that vessel sank
was 54 feet deep, opposite Newport
News Point in the James River.
While on the subject of boats, am
reminded of another item in The Star
on the subject of the delay in putting
lifeboats overheard in cases of acci-
dent to the vessels to which they be-
lnog.
Several years ago + was on one of
our Potomac River steamers when a
sunk large two-masted "bugeye" in
the channel just ahead of us.
1t took at least a half hour for the
officers and crew of our steamboat to
get its lifeboat overheard, and to find
one of the steamboat crew competent
to take it over to the rescue of two of
the bugeye'S crew who were clinging
to one of the topmasts that barely
protruded above the top of the water,
as the sunken boat was nearly on her
beam.
1 wrote to the proper department Of
the government. about it, but did not
notice much improvement. 1t would
not be too much to require every pas
senger boats crew to be trained in
the use OF the 1ifeboats frequently
enough to avoid such criminal delays
in that respect.
WILLIAM TINDALL.
Evening star., 1924-07-25
COURAGE
81 an, the master OF my fate,
l am the captain OF my soul"
-HENLEY.

Will II. Hays is a home lover; he
knows everybody in his home town
of Sullivan, Ind, and he likes to live
there, but he has had to be away
most of the time since he graduated
from high school.
In Sullivan, where Will Hays was
born, his father was a prominent
citizen. and the boy grew up know
ing practically every one of the 5000
persons there. He went to public
school. took part in public movements.
was a teacher in Sunday school and an
elder in the church.
AS a. reward for high marks in
school he was taken by his father to
the Republican national convention
in st. Louis Soon afterward he left
home at 16 and entered Wabash Col
Iege, at Charlottesville, Ind. Before
he was graduated, tour years latel'
he was a precinct committeeman.
Admitted to the bar at 21, he stud
led two years more, returned to Sui
livan and was married. Then he was
elected Republican county commit
speakers bureau of the Republican
State advisory committee, which re-
uuired him to be away frequently.
At 81 he was chosen city attorney
and served three years, but as dls-
trict chairman of the party State
committee, and later as chairman OF
the State central committee, he had
to be on the road a great part of the
time.
when the United States entered
the World War his application to be
a soldier was rejected, because he did
not weigh enough. Then he was
chosen to head the Indiana state
Council of Defense, and his whiri-
wind Statewide campaign made that
organization famous.
Hays was not Il candidate lot
chairman of the Republican national
committee in 1920, because the posi-
ton required constant travelling, out
he was elected and conducted an ac-
tive campaign. The next year he was
appointed Postmaster General. Twelve
months later he resigned to become
president of the Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors of America,
At a salary of $150,000 a year.
Hays still has to travel. but there
Is a home a pew and a law practice
Awaiting him back in Sullivan. and
he is earning enough to provide a
fund that will permit him to live
there without financial worry when
he chooses to.
(Copyright.)
Evening star., 1924-07-25
New Tammany Chieftain Rated
Worthy Successor of Murphy

Olvany had been for ten years a
member of the Tammany executive
committee, and for four years chair
man of its law committee. SO he
thoroughly understands New York
politics and the workings of the wig
wan in Fourteenth street. and there
is every reason why he should be
faithful supporter of the Empire
States governor"
AS the Detroit News Gndependent)
sees it, Judge Olvany becomes the
most powerful unofficial figure in the
official life of American municipali-
ties" and his influence ought to play
an important part in the govern
mental development of American
cities during the next generation.
and if he is the right man in the
right place it will"
Considering him practical man,
the Newark News independently
maintains "if he lacks something of
the inspirational qualities of Surro-
gate James A. Foley, at least the
successor of Charles F. Murphy by
long experience knows the duties of
the District leader and all the rami-
fcations of the organization"
Evening star., 1924-07-25
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

In the early days of Rienzi the
| people of Rome were quick to re-
| spond to the great alarm bell calling
them to rally to the defense of the
| Eternal City and to safeguard their
| liberties. Rienzi was a pebeian Of the
humblest birth: his zeal for liberty
had made him the tribune; he might
have been emperor il he had accepted
the full honors thrust upon him. But,
| in prosperity and power, he became
| naughty and Indifferent to the cause
of popular veal, and gradually his
| followers ceased to listen to the toll
| ing of the great bell. Rienzi fell:
| reaction restored the mobiles who had
oppressed the plebeians, and Roman
| liberties were again abused.
There were greater than Rienzi
amongst the early American patriots.
Liberty bell rang out mightier notes
| of freedom than ever did the great
bell Of Rome. But Liberty bell is no
| America-heirs of the freedom of
Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Thomas
| Jefferson, John Adams and George
Washington-have grown so accus-
| of patriotic duty that they are be-
coming deaf to it's loudest peals.
With peace at home and abroad,
with all parties eloquent in promises
of continued prosperity, millions are
asking:
WHAT will one vote, more or less,
| count in the total of 52,4lS,S95 votes
| to be cast"
that politics has grown so corrupt
and complicated. so aloof from infu-
ence Of the people, so completely IN
| the hands of organized professional
bosses, and the government itself is
so efficient" with it's multitudinous
bureaus, systematiZed to handle every
need of the nation, that no outsider can
possibly be intelligent upon the many
great issues. Therefore, in the NJ
mility of the popular ''inferiority
complex" the average citizen is ready
| to let those who understand what
| the country needs attend to the mat
ter, provided only that they do not
interfere with business. Life is no
| in the days OF Benjamin Franklin and
his compatriotS.
Women worked valiantly to secure
the right of franchise, but there is
said TO be a far greater percentage
of woman slackerS than OF men,
Were the women interested only IN
the excitement of pursuit, and not In
the serious obligation of possession
OF the ballot? Was the sex really
ready for the great responsibility?
Are not women Intelligent in the
great iSsueS-the chlid laDor ameHu-
ment, for example?
Hark. Renzi's great bell is tolling!
Half the legal voters Of America
are ballot slack In the presi-
Dental election of 1920 25,705,063 cit
izens neglected to vote, and as a con-
sequence they are taxed without
representation" They took no action
| that liberty should not perish from
the earth"
Next November there Is to be a
decisive election Of a President OF the
United States, together with that of
members of both branches of Con-
gress. Are those ballot slackers OF
1920 any more interested than they
were then? Will their numbers in
crease? The spirit of our early
patriots which permeated the entire