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New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
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Mrs. Fred Rackliffe and children oi kensington street have left for the shore, where they will spend the l summer.
 | William Edwards was quite com l fortable and William Abetz who was also injured during the celebration Monday night is able to be about the house without the assistance of crutches.
 In obedience to instructions from the council Superintendent of Wires Cooley climbed up pole at the park on Main street this morning and cut the wire belonging to the New Britain Telephone company, which stretched across it.
 H. l.. Mills, the Main street hard were dealer, has in contemplation the improvement of his lot on Curtis street by the erection of first class house
 At meeting of Company I held in the state armory last night Corporal 4. H. Griswold was elected first lieu tenant. He is a native Of this city and was educated in the public schools. He was q star halfbaek of several championship teams and was a member of the team which first won the Yale cup~in '93.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
THOUSANDS OF ELKS AT
 CONVENTION IN BOSTON
City Is Oyer-run With B. P. 0. E. and 25,O00 Ahe Expected There by
 Thursday
Thursday.

Boston, July This city was over- run today by Eks. Gathering for the 60th annual convention of the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks,ths antlered hosts swarmed in by boat, by rail and by motor. Registrations al- readN,made included state delegations from Arizona, Iowa, California, Canal Zone, New Mexico, Connecticut, New York, Washington. Virginia, New Jersey, Florida and Louisana--and with the arrival of the steamers Vol taire and Ontario, the Philadelphia and Baltimore parties began arriving today.
 With 10000 visiting Elks and their friends here, there were indications that the parade Thursday would have turnout in excess of 25,oO0. Re- ports show that the total membership of the order is s39,429. VI, ,
 In the advance of the opening exer- cises tonight, the delegates during mil- itary and naval onstrations and outings today discussed the contest for election as grand exalted ruler, in which John c. Price of Columbus, Ohio, and Charles F. J. McCue of are being most prominent- y mentioned.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
THE WONDER PASSES

Charles Murphy of Tammany Hal fame once said that everything ir New York was only a nine days won. der. The Democratic convention has zone considerably beyond the nine days and as q consequence New York CTS have arrived at the point where isssitude has taken place Of the thrill.
 Feryid partisanship has been dying down: the galleries have become tame; delegates 10 the convention no longer are being pointed out as honor- cd guests of the city. New Workers, In common with everybody else, heartily wish the convention would get over its thorny road and depart.
 Whether the convention gets any where after the Sunday siesta remains to be seen. The proposal signed by pears fair. It was that all delegates be released from instructions as to can uiuhtcs, siNiiR rhih iNlfEhtS hi op- portunity to vote according 10 conpic- tions. Manag gers of candidates and Gov. Smith personally signed the reso- lution--except Mir. McAdoo, who at this writing had not yet put his name on the dotted line. McAdoo's failure to sign was taken as meaning he places his personal ambition above the welfare of the party.
 Gov. Smith now controls more than a third of the delegates. His standing in the totals has been improving, al- though far from two-thirds majority. If the convention managers do not succeed in getting somewhere this week the situation will be unparallel- ed in party history. It is claimed that many of the delegates are nearly "broke" from paying expenses inci- dent to their protracted stay in New | York, and it would not be surprising | to see many of them start for home, leaving the fate of the gathering in the hands of those living nearer to New York. This would be an advan- tage to Smith and distinct disad- vantage to McAdoo and some of the other candidates.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
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New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
BOYS CLUB HAS CAR

The members of the Boys club are
 entitled, or perhaps doomed, to learn
 the tricks of garage men this sum-
 mer. The club has purchased con- vertible runabout, which will be used
 in connection with the club camp in
 Berlin. Food, blankets and other supplies will be brought to camp in the car, which will also be available in case of emergency There Is a class in chair caning at the club, and the auto will save time and trouble in transporting the chairs to and from their owners. The boys are keeping the car in shape, and this morning had progressed as far as talk ing two wheels off, with fair prospects of replacing them. The shack at Ber-
 lin is practically ready, second group having completed the work of papering the roof and screening the porch which was begun week ago by members of the kiwanis club. The first group of boys will go to camp next Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
THOMAS l. REILLY

Tas illustriaus career of one Of th'
 staiwart sons of New Britain endet
 when Thomas L., Reilly. former con
 eressman and sheriff of New Hafer county, repesed into the folds of ever lasting sleep,
 Hls life record is given elsewhere it betokens A career of honest activity we'll performed.
 New Britain gave Reilly his schnoi- ing and local teachers impregnated the high idealism and rugged eoneop' tions Of right that were a sterling characteristic of his makeup. After his graduation from the state normal in 1878 he was well fitted 10 embark in the field Of Journalism. which he did year later, at the same time moving with his parents to Meriden, where he also studied law. Dusty tonnes of legal lore failed to maintain his interest, however. and neither did his employment as a hookkeeper. He returned 10 journalism and ultimately was instrumental in organizing the Meriden Journal.
 As mayor of Mefiden for three terms, from 1906 to 1912. he gave the city high class government. But his activities for Meriden did not cease there. he serving on the board of ed- ucation and as director of the pub lie library.
 As a congressman from the old sec end district in 1911 to 1913, and the third district from 1913 to 1915, his record engendered public confidence. Later he became sheriff of New Haven county and died during his second term.
 Reilly's death followed fall. It is indeed a pity that 8 man of such sterling qualities, of rugged constitu- ton and vigor, should be taken off IS the result of an accident.
 Although the New Haven sheriff | eft New Britain in his early years, the | ,ity never forgot him and his popu- arity here never waned.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
SAVING DAYLIGHT

Despite the fact that public clock. I-dawde along with standard time there is no law compelling individua citizens to follow suit. so that we are getting along very nicely with day light saving time.
 The objections of farmers against daylight saving time is thus happily met; they can continue to ship milk according to railroad time, but we on the receiving end in our homes prefer to get 1t on "fast time"
 The Connecticut system is consider ably superior to that of Massachu- setts where by the autocracy of a state law everybody and everything is placed on daylight saving time except the railroads, who, however have changed their suburban train service in parts of the state throughout the summer to conform to the faster time.
 So far as can be ascertained, scarcely anyone at present enjoying the benefits of daylight saving time in summer would care to return to the former standard time. Those who don't care for it, and are in a position to follow standard, time-largely con- posed of farmers-need pay no atten- ton to it, thus suting themselves and bothering no one else.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
SAVING THE INFANTS

The infant mortality rate for New
 Britain during 1923 was 79 per 1000
 or two more than the average for the
 entire state of Connecticut. The report
 is based upon statistics gathered by
 the American Child Health association l and serves to remind the state that
 there is important life saving yet to be done.
 New Britain's baby death rate is as good-or as bad--as that of Hartford, while at Wa1lingford the rate is only S3, the lowest in the state.
 One New England city, Winchester. Mass, shares with Santa Cruz, Cal, the honor of having the lowest infant mortality in the United States, only 2s infants out of every 1000 born dying in either place the first year of life.
 IL is a comparatively easy task to analyze infant mortality figures. The story is everywhere the same-in cities where most of the population is ex- ceedingly welt-to-do and obtains good medical care for their offspring, the rate is lowest; in cities where part of the population is not educated into placing extreme confidence in doctors. or where false idea of economy turks and physicians are not called unless absolutely necessary" which often means when too late, the infant death rate is higher
 Winchester, Mass, Is one of the highest class suburban cities of Bos- ton. Most of it's residences are wonders of beauty and refinement. There are not as many children as in the foreign sections Of Boston. but what there are Of them receive every | medical care and physicians are paid | Q keep them well as much as to make hem well when sick.
 Conditions in Winchester arc much different than in New Britain. where | large working population naturally annot expend money for health pre- autions in such a lavish manner. But hat isn't saying that conditions should lot be improved. Being on par with
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
Observations On He Weather

Washington, July 7.--Forecast for Southern New England: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably show CTS, not much change in temperature, general southeast to south winds.
 Eastern New York: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, probably show CTS; not much change in tempera- ture: gentle southeast and south winds.
 Conditions: A disturbance cen- tral over Ohio is causing unsettled showers weather in the Ohio valley and the eastern portion of the Lake region. Showers have occurred from Florida northward to New Jer- sey and inland as far as Indiana. Considerable cloudy and unsettled weather prevails this morning in all eastern districts. The temperature is moderately low in all northern sections.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather probably followed by local thunder storms this afternoon or tonight. ,.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
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SEEN THINGS

By l., A, Lawreneel Have san heard of What=yeu-may- eallstl land,
 Where The Mhesit gaily sings, And the moxie sits in the golden sand And plays with his diamond rings Where the moon comes np from the eerlse sea And wanders about the sky, And baritone fFegs. from their saline
 hogs,
 Groom their nlaintFe lullaby? Strange things I've seen, in this land
 Of green,
 Where the roaring oysters grow, On maple twigs with purple wigs And amber eyes that glewi From deep rakine. the wild sardlne Laughs loud in fiendish glee, Al hairy monks with scarlet trunks. Who swing from tree 10 tree, From a lake of wine the fierce clans
 dine. To the strains of rubber band, And then they dance. in a drunken
 trance, On a beach Of beaten sand l cannot tell, all that befell, Else you would think l lie; You'll see these tricks if you will mix Home brew and old minee pie.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
CALVIN. JR.

President and Mrs. Coolidge are spending their days and nights in a hospital, in an ante-room and along side the bedside of their son. Calvin, Jr., who is suffering from poisoning, the result of blister received during a game of tennis. Calvin Jr.s life is all but despaired of by surgeons.
 The sympathy of the nation goes out to the president and his devoted wife. Other parents who have finger ed at the bedside of sick children will understand the terrible strain that bears down upon the White House parents in this dread hour.
 Despite the unfavorable news from the hospital, every man, woman and child in the United States will main- tain the hope that young Calvin will pull through.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
Hints for Motorists

Look out for yourself and make the other fellow look out for you.
 Do not hit and run down a cripple. Make new one.
 Cheer up the invalids and shut-ins by using your cut out when passing a hospital.
 Be very careful to strike pedestrians in such a way that there will be no danger of breaking your headlights. Use a little judgment when you are tempted to bump large heavy pedestrian. He may dent up your lenders.
 If there is a pool of water in the street and a man in a light suit near by, don't fail to let him know that you own car.
 Never pass street cars when they are standing still. Wait until they get started and then pass them like they were standing still.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
AMERICAN BAR ASSN. IS
 HOLDING ITS CONVENTION
Three nass' Session Begins Tomorrow Many Topics to he con-
 sideHed
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Philadelphia, July f,-LaHysFs and lurlsts from all parts of the country began assembling here today for the convention of the American Bar asso, elstien, which opens a three days meeting tomorrow, Chief Justice Taft ad Hughes are among the speak, CTS on the program.
 Topics for consideration by the cons rentien include many plans for uni- form state laws new federal laws, simplifieation of legal procedure, rais- ing the standards Of legal education, and elimination of legal delays, Rec ammendstian of procedure designed to ahYiale the laws delay and to in- sure the widest application of judicial hearing will he made In one Of the committee reports,
 4 number of committee meetings and conferences on special topics are scheduled for today.
 At the delegates conference, Charles A. Boston, of New York, will discuss Cooperation Of The preas with the bar in the administration of justice" Addresses on the relations of press and bar also will he given by Dr. Tal- colt Williams. New York, and Casper <. fost. editor Of the st. Louis Globe Democrat. and president of the Amer- iean Society of Newspaper Editors.
 The meeting Of the national body is preliminary to the special meeting to be held in London from July 20 to 2s, when the American lawyers will hs the gnests of the English bench and har and will participate In many events overseas, They will present A statue of Sir William Blackstone, au- thor of the famous commentaries. to the English people and will take a leading part in it's unveling in Lon nop
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
Y. $. FINGERS WIN
The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press FG
 Paris, July 1.-The United States Olympic fencing team this forenoon went into the semi-fii a round by de- feating the Swiss team from whom they won by close margin. The score was matches to 7 with 2 matches tied but. the United States fencers received. three fewer touches.
 Great Britain, Holland, Cuba and Switzerland, with two defeats each in the second round, were eliminated so that only the United states, France, Spain. Belgium, Portugal and Italy remained in the team competition.
 The Americans showed good fight ing qualities, Miner, Breed and Cal nan winning two matches each while Shore won one of his matches and Milner and Shore fought tie matches. Calnan lost two, Breed two, Shore two and Miner one.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
LA TOILETTE THE DARK HORSE,

The major parties this election year will be plagued by La Folletteism The Progressive convention at Cleve- land was his convention and no other person was considered as its candi- date for president.
 La Policies followers staged this Progressive convention at an oppor- tune time. Everyone Is aware of the fact that the Democratic party is split. west and south being against the east. Part of it is wet and the other part dry; part of it is kan and the other part anti-klan. Many Democrats profess they are mad enough to vote for LaFoilette. Republican dissension Is not so apparent, but in view of the rough-shod manner in which the presidents followers and organization rode over the other apostles of regu- larity at the recent convention. il rec quires considefa ble of an optimist 10 imagine that everything in the q. 0. P. is 100 per cent perfect.
 The Progressive convention aimed to put third ticket in inc field next January and IaFollette is to head it. Meantime he will run as an inde- pendent All victims of dscontent with the two major parties throughout the west will be inclined to submcrge their sorrows in this third candidate. EIec- tion returns in important western states may he seriously affected, Most | of these states are normally Republi- l can. Lafollette. then. may injure the i Republicans more than he harms the | Democrats, which may tend to even
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
COMMUNICATED
On nnr Editorial Concerning
 iiaiiraads

To The Editor of the New Britain
 Heraldl-
 The editorial in Wednesdays Herald denFeeating the efforts Of the city oI Waterbury 10 have the New York New Haven < Hartford railroad put Waterbury on the main trunk line, does not seem to beht your usual sensible editorial columns, Ii reads more like the weak argument of a railroad official trying to conserve the resources of his company than the writing of an editor of q newspaper Tn a city which suffers by virtue of a similar unfortunate position off the main railroad line.
 That New Britain and Waterbury have prospered and have developed large industries In spite Of their side track location is 10 their credit. Ii certainly is not an argument against more advantageous railroad eonnec- lions. It seems foolish to have to call your attention to tho fact that nracti- eally every one Of the larger industrial eenters of the country owes it de- velopment almost entirely to its po- sition on imheftant transportation routes.
 There is only one railroad system In New England. but regardless Of Its financial embarrassment. 1t Is an im- portant and heavily trafileked route which links up some of the iarest cities in the country. understand that for some years the business peo- pie of New Britain have been attempt ing 10 get depot connection on the main line of this route and I cannot understand why your paper should not endorse something which would so greatly benefit the city. l need only point out the advertising value to the main line. the convenience to pas senger traffic and in moving freight to and from the city and the business which would inevitably come to New Britain If it were on the main line.
 Yours truly,
 EDWARD A. MAG. New Britain. July 5, 1924.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
Poor Ann

Now Ann is witching beauty When she golfs upon the green, And Ann in her riding habit Is sight worth being seen. Or when Ann goes out a-shopping She's a small bit of all right, And in simple tennis costume She's the "cats pajamas' When our Ann dolls up for dinner She's lovely, piquant and cute But Ann cuts a woeful figure In a one-piece bathing suit!
 --Eelma West Sykes,
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
MAY CHANGE HYDRANTS

A meeting of the water board will be held tonight and consideration will be given changes in hydrants to meet the requirements of the fire depart ment's standardized equipment. The work will probably be started at once. It is believed that more than a month will be required to complete the job.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
On Way to Visit Sick
 Husband: Hit by Car

Mrs. Mary Karpan of White Oak sustained painful injuries yesterday afternoon when she was struck by a West Main street trolley car. She was on her way to the hospital to see her husband and had alighted from the trolley but did not get out of the way in time when it started up and struck her. She was attended by Dr. Water man Lyon.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07

az The chances betsfsn she tne maiar paritfs laFelisi'e- heading 8 strong ReF- soasl l0ilpAlng and passFssiag a per- sanal organization sreeRd ia Rane, is inc reel aark hersa of the presidential AtaE
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
SMITHS rRAAKAEss

h Is nearly lFusm of ans hfaRf
 af poliiies that whenever there | marked di,isiaa fY the public upal
 any important lssue, especially he
 tResH he Rrafessea members ef am pariN it Is good political suhteFfug'
 n slFaddle inc issae and faal half
 sides
 In nathing has this suMeFraneau plan hesn more effective than an line vet and dry issue and on the later issue originating rom the activities of the kn klug klan,
 Thousands of candidates far public office The country over have let their real attitude en these questions remain nndiselased, In dry territories eandir dates who personally remained ad- dietei 10 their taddY, gave the impress sion they were dry ali the while di- Fectly CT indirectly patranizlng the hoptleggins business Tn wet territories this suhterfnge has not been so nee- essary, hut where occasionally rer- sonally dry candidate sought office in wet constituency he took care to keep his dryness under cover perhaps taking a drink with the boys when the occasion demanded this kind Of sociahiliiy.
 In Klux territories the anti-Kluxer candidates made no effort to take a stand against the hordes of blgntry, resulting in their being regarded as favorable to the cause. In anti-Klux territories candidates who lean toward the Klux idea have fooled the anti kluxers while secretly letting the kluxers understand their actual state of mind.
 This hypocritieal attitude in politics is so widespread that 1t has been re- garded as natural outgrowth of our system of politics, in which the first plank of success is to fool the voters
 Gov. Al Smith of New York owes i much of his popularity 10 the fact | that he has never hedged, has not stradded, and is no trimmer on public | questions. He opposed the eighteenth amendment from the start: likewise looking with disfavor upon the Vol stead act. He enunciated his opin- ions openly: but at the same time let 1t be known that as law bidlng American citizen, he felt it his duty to abide by and enforce all avs as passed and suggested others 10 the same.
 The governors attitude toward the iu klux klan at once was one of toursquare opposition. With profit to himself politically he could have gnored 1t and thus possibly avoided he concentration of it's wrath against jim. But he chose to take a course ully in line with his conscience, ir- espective of its political effect upon is future. Comparisons need not be detailed 0 paint the difference between the overnors open methods and some of hose who are seeking high office.
 
 Everyone has respect for the man { -ho stays put where he is placed; 'ho takes public course based upon ( onest convictions; and who is will $ ng to rise or fall upon the merits of l is personal conceptions of right or rong. q Gov, Smiths 5fmnkness has been r is greatest asset. He will remain a reat governor and great man ire [ 1ective of whether he is nominated t IF the presidency.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-07
NEW COURSE AT U, OF r,

Philadelphia, July '. - Combined courses in business methods and en- glneering will be offered by the Uni versity of Pennsylvania next fall for the first time, President Penniman an- nounced today.
 Each of the engineering depart ments will offer one of the new courses. Special technical subjects will be placed by those dealing with industrial management, transporta- ton, marketing and accounting,