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New Britain herald., 1924-02-06

There's no accounting for tastes. Dear or Lunnon likes those things. It gives the Dukes and Dukesses who attend chance to engage in a bit of gossip between the exchange of blows.
New Britain herald., 1924-02-06
FRATERNITY ALLEYS

Hs iis .s5-1272
New Britain herald., 1924-02-06

Our idea of substitute for bed time story is a twenty-round fight be- tween heavyweights. Wed as soon visit the packing houses at Chicago and watch the huslies wrestle sides of beef into the refrigerator.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
FRENCH PAPER
.CARR|EDF|RST
ADVERTISING
Gazette de France Carried
Ad on Mineral Waters
July 4, 1851
By ALICE LANGELIER,
International News Service.

PARIS, Aug. 16.-American ad.
vertising men recently on a visit
to the French capital were sur.
prised to learn that the French,
and not the English, are responsible
for the first advertisement printed
in a newspaper.
That was on July A, 1881. when
the sixth number of the Gazette de
France contained the following pac.
sage: From st. German. en.L,aye.
July 2, 1631-The dry season has
greatly increased the value of min.
eral waters, among which those of
Forges are here in general use
Thirty years ago Mr.. Martin. a
great physician, made them the
vogue; the public approved them,
Today M. BOnnard, the Kings
cnlef physician, has set them on
the pinnacle of popularity which
his great loyalty. skill and experi
ence can give by recommending to
HIS Majesty whatever deserves the
honor, and the King and nearly
all the court are now drinking these
waters daily as precaution. -
though written nearly 900 Years
ago, 1t is more than likely that this
little advertisement helped to keen
the water of FORCES famous until
the present day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
BUILDINGS NEAR
STATION ARE
OPPOSED
Citizens Asked To Act For
Development of
Parkway

The trade bodies and other civic
societies of the District have been
asked by the Mid-City Citizens AS.
ISOLATION to aid in the fight to pre-.
vent erection of any new buildings,
between the Capitol and the Union
Station, which may prevent the de.
velopment of a parkway between
those two points.
A resolution passed by the ex.
ecutive committee Of the associa.
ton, and forwarded to various or.
CARNATIONS in the city states that
the association wishes to be under.
stood as opposing erection of any
additional buildings on the grounds
between the Union Station and the
United States Capitol and it is felt
that at the earliest possible mo-
ment earnest consideration should
be given the desirability of acquir.
ing property lying between these
two buildings, so that is may be
converted into a public park or
reservation"
The letter accompanying the
resolution, calls upon other civic
bodies to take similar action, and
suggests that such action must be
taken quickly in order that the
opinion of the great body of Wash
ington citizens may be transmitted
to the Commissioners before the
hearing of the Public Utilities Com
mission on the question is held
in September.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
FLEE
A|RPLANE IN
TERROR
Niihao Natives Are Touched
But Little BY Modern
Life
By JOHN F. STONE,
International News Service,

HONOLULU. Aug. 16.-Natives
OF the Island Of Niihau, 12O miles
northwest of Honolulu, saw their
first airplane recently and lived to
tell the tale. .
Modern life touches that tiny
Pacific kingdom, situated as 1t Is in
the lee OF Kauai and far off the
beaten track Of steamers, but little.
The residents of the island, mostly
Hawaiians of pure blood, spend
their days in the endless task of
caring for the sheep herds of
Aubrey Robinson and Francis Cav.
owners OF the land. Occasionally a
N1ihau Hawaiian journeys to Homo.
lulu, but he doesn't stay long, The
clamor, the swirl, the hustle of a
modern city are too much for him.
He utters prayer of THANKSGIVING
when the steamship he boards trails
out or the harbor and he is on his
way back to the reaches of the
grazing grounds, where he watches
his masters flocks.
Progress Went There.
But since Niihau in general re.
fuses to come to progress, progress
went to it. Army air service of.
ficers, DESTROYS of having photo.
graphs OF the coast lines of Kauai
and OF the vast rock of Kaula. an
ancient volcanic headland which
looms up out Of the Pacific south
and slightly west of Niihau, went to
the port of Ahukini, on Kauai, TAX.
ing with them aboard their steamer
an airpbance equipped for aerial
camera work.
After completing their mission on
Kauai, the pilot and his photog.
Rapher set out on a fine morning
for Kaula, which they reached at
1900 feet, and circled around until
they had a dozen pictures taken.
Crossing Niihau on the way back
to Kauai, the pilot decided that il
would be worth while landing on
the former block of land. Accord.
ingly. he nosed his ship down until
he was flying low over the country.
side, chose likely field, circled to
come into the wind and set his
wheels down in a great cloud of
dust.
Sheep and natives alike scattered
The former ran wildly. They had
no idea what had come to visit
them, but apparently they were not
anxious to stay and see. The ma
tives, many of whom had heard of
airplanes, followed the lead of then
sheep. None. however, could quite
overcome the curiosity winch
surged within their minds, and,
after running for a quarter of a
mile, they came to a stop, faced
about and watched.
COaxing UnavaiIing.
Coaxing by the pilot and his
camera man was uuayailing. None
of them wanted to come a bit
closer. In fact, several thought
they were still too near.
After a stay of an hour and a
half, the plane took off and con.
tinued on its way to Kauai, where
it landed safely.
Business men of the territory,
who have been planning to estab-
lish an airline connecting the vari.
Gus islands since hearing the story,
have decided to leave Niihau to its
own fate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
DESIGNS DRAWN
''BY R. s. W"
BEST
Authorities Disagree As To
Who Made These Old
Ceramic Wares

Perhaps the most artistic and the
hest drawn designs of American
subjects weres produced by manu-
facturer or firm. designated on the
ware by the letters r. s. w. and
sometimes r. s. & W.,
Several explanations of these
initials have been given by ceramic
students. Some believe that they
stood for the firm of Ridgway, Son
& Wear, but the most probable
supposition is that they were the
initials Of Ralph Stevenson and
Williams, Of Cobridge.
A dark-blue plate with medallion
portraits of Washington and La.
fayette was discovered not many
years ago, bearing in full the firm
name of r. Stevenson & Williams.
While this particular piece possesses
a different border from that which
|characterizes the series issued by
X. s. W., there are certain peculi-
arities in the engraved work which
seem to indicate common origin.
1t seems, therefore, justifiable in
attributing to r. Stevenson & viii.
liams the designs which bear the
mark r. s.. w. These latter possess
an artistic border pattern Of oak
leaves and acorns. especially pleas.
Ing because of its simplicity and
truthfulness to nature.
Among the more promiHent de.
signs in dark blue bearing these
Initials are: Baltimore Exchange,
Nahant Hotel near Boston. Colum.
oia College, Harvard College, Ameri.
can Museum, New York; City Hotel,
New York; Park Theater, New York;
st. PauFs, New York; Water Works,
Philadelphia; Capitol at Washing.
ton' also with white edge; Washing.
ton and Lafayette, portrait busts;
Almshouse at Boston; hospital with
canal in foreground, Boston: Law
renee Mansion, Boston; Esplanade,
Castle Garden, New York; Capitol
1t Washington, designed by r. S.,
who also designed Erie Canal at
Buffalo and view of city of New
Orleans.
Another well-known firm was that
Of Joseph Heath & CO., who were
making goods for the American
market at Tunstall, England, in
1929. They were the makers of the
weH-known residence of Richard
JOtudu ucSlSH, WHICH Is among the
most abundant of old English pat
terms in eastern Pennsylvania and
In New Jersey. 1t is found on entire
table services and on every size
of plate then made, and was printed
In a greater variety of colors and
shades, perhaps, than any other
American view. 1t was drawn by
w. Mason. q drawing teacher of
Philadelphia. and engraved by f.
Kearney. by order of some of the
friends Of Richard Jordan, the emf
nent Quaker preacher, after his
death. which occurred in 1926. On
the backs of pieces bearing this
print is the descriptive title in an
irregular framework surrounded by
an umbrella-shaped device. The
Jordan residence was at Newton,
Gloucester county. New Jersey. The
designs of this firm were printed
in red, pink, black. brown, mul.
berry, gray, green. light blue, lilac,
purple, etc, with a handsome floral
design border.
fIIE CONNoISSEUR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
CHARGES UNDERWORLD
PUT HER IN ASSEMBLY

AsBURY PARK, N. j., Aug. 10
A declaration that Miss May Carly,
Jersey City assemblywoman, was
elected mainly by the underworld
of her section upon her promise to
support an amendment for open
Sunday legislation" was made by
the Reverend Harvey l.. Wyatt, Of
Jersey City, at the annual one-day
meeting of the Lords Day Alliance
of New Jersey.
He said that Miss Carty's bill in.
troduced in the legislature on the
subject of Sunday motion pictures
was iniquitous.
The Reverend F. w. johnson, Of
Newark, secretary of the league
said that the motion picture bust
ness has decreed the death of Sun.
day observance Secretary johnson
has been a leader in the movement
to secure Legislation for observance
of the Sunday Blue laws" in New
Jersey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
TWO ACCUSEDOF
Taxing.
LABELS
Arrest Made on Seldom In
Voked Clause of
Dry Act

Police invoked a seldom used
clause Of the national prohibit
ton act in arresting Albert j.
Gross and Soloman Gordon, at 1926
Benning road northeast yesterday.
Captain Stohl and Detectives
Davis and Kuehling, of the Ninth
precinct, obtained a warrant on
assertions that Gross and Gordon
were counterfeiting revenue stamps
and labels Of many famous brands
of imported liquors. The law pro-
hibits the manufacture of con-
trivances intended for use in the
manufacture of Intoxicating liquor"
With the arrest of the two men,
police believe they have stopped
one of the large sources of So
called bottled in. bond" whiskey
sold in the Capital. Besides the
labels and stamps, the raid yielded
a large assortment Of flavoring ex-
tracts.
Gross and Gordon were arraigned
before Commissioner Turnage, who
continued the case for further hear
ing. Gross was released under a
bail bond of $4,000, while Gordon
was permitted to, go on 1000 bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
VETERANS!
THE TIMES CAN
SOLVE YOUR
.BonusProblens
ASK. US!

Questions regarding the world
UGr bonus ar q1tsWered daily IN
this column. Questions on State
bonuses are not Gnswered. If
unGbIe to call personally at the
bonus information bureau in the
Hearst Building, 1917 H street
northwest, mail your inquiry.
ANSWERS are based on the most
authoritative Information obtain
able. No full legal interpretG-
ton of the bonus act has been
issued.
@. Is it necessary to file some
kind of proof of soldiers death
with an application for the bonus
made by a dependent, If the SOL
der died in France? 1t seems
to me that the War Department
would have his death on the Of
ficial records. III. l..
A. 1t is necessary to file a
death certificate, or other docu.
mentary proof, of the veterans
death. 1t is also necessary to
give documentary proof of de-
tendency. The Government has
not yet decided how strong this
proof must be.
O. Can a veteran, who is now
in a penitentiary apply for the
bonus, or is he kept from getting
it on account of being in. prison?
/ A. A. l.
A. The fact that the veteran is
in a penitentiary has no bearing
on his eligibility for the bonus.
He may file an application.
@. Is it possible for a veteran
who stands to get just about 800
worth Of insurance to take the
$50 cash bonus instead of the in
surance? E. r. N.
A. The bonus law makes no
such provision. 1t is possible
that changes ana notifications
in l. the present act may be made
later by Congress, but nothing Of
the sort is now in prospect.
Q. / was held in reserve after
the trouble on, the Mexican bor-
der and was called back into &C.
tive service. After the war, l
was put back In reserve. How
much Of this service counts, in
GLIDING the reserve duty? r. C. E.
A. Only your active service is
computable. The reserve service
does not count. In, answer to the
question as to entry into World
War Service, on your application,
give the date when you were
called into active service; in an
swer to the question on separa-
ton from the sirvice, give the
date when you were furloughed
to the reserve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
NFESSION Of
Staying HELD
BASELESS
Boy Victim of HalIucination Is
Sent to Home for Feeble
Minded


REIDSVILLE, N. c., Aug. 49,
Palmer Mulwe, the eighteen-yea
old "bond boy" today was on his
way to the State asylum for the
feeble minded near Lynchburg,
Va, leaving the murder, three
years ago, of Mrs. William E.
Sullivan, fifty, as much Of a
mystery as it was when the
woman's bullet-riddled body was
found by neighbors in her home
two miles west Of Mayodan, this
county.
The trial of the boy before
Judge ]. B. McElroy in the county
court house at Wentworth, near
here, came to an abrupt end
Thursday when his confession to
the murder Of the woman was
proved by the testimony of alien
lists to be an hallucination.
Similar to Chicago Trial.
In many respects the Mulwe trial
bore marked similarity to the
trial in Chicago of Richard Loeb
and Nathan Leopold, jr., confessed
slayers of little Bobby Franks.
While the drama in one case is
being staged in a throbbing metro
polls with the use of unlimited
wealth in an effort to prove the
two defendants mentally irresponsi.
BILE, the Mulwe case had q rural
setting with farm folk composing
the spectators. In the Mulwe case,
as in the Franks case, the import.
ant roles were taken by alienists.
While the alienists for Loeb and
Leopold are seeking to prove the
defendant were possessed of an eb.
normal intellect the alienists in the
Mulwe case proved an opposite con.
dition existed-that of subnormal
intellect. The leading defense
alienist was DIR. L. w. Pritty, of
Lynchburg, Va. Other testimony
that exploded the youths confess
sion was given by w. M. Jones,
who several years ago had been
the bond boys master. Young
Mulwe had been "farmed out" to
Jones, a merchant from Virginia
orphanage.
never appeared quite right" men,
tally. Doctor L. w. Anderson, Of
Raleigh, N. c., another defense
alienist, stressed the subnormal the.
DRY, chasing Mulwe as suffering
from arrested mental development,
CHASING him as a moron. The star
witness for the defense proved to
be Doctor A. H. Maybee, secretary
of the Virginia Rreforn1atory, whose
testimony showed that Mulwe was
an inmate OF the institution at the
time Mrs. Sullivan was slain, the
date of the murder being March 30,
1921.
With the preponderance of evil
dence against it, the State through
Solicitor Porter Graves, rendered to
the court the plea that sufficient
evidence had not developed 10 send
the case to the jury.
Judge ,McElroy ordered the clerk
of the court to substitute a plea of
not guilty as to the charge of MUIR
der, holding that the defendant be
committed to the State asylum for
the feeble minded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
POLICE HEAD COMMENDED
FOR NOTIFICATION POLICING

major Daniel Sullivan, superin.
tendent OF police, today received a
personal letter from President Cool.
loge expressing pleasure at the
eIIicient policing at the notification
exercises at Continental Memorial
want to express to you nv
thanks for the extremely efficient
police arrangements in connection
with the notification exercises" the
President wrote. 1.-THE men undar
your charge evidently carried
through the plans without a hitch
OF any sort, and it was an example
OF competent management of which
you may we'll be proud"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
BOGUS HEALTH EXAMINER
ATTACKS SCHOOL GIRL

A man who had visited several
homes in Perth Amboy, N. j., in
the guise of physician sent by the
board of health to exemine children
and had mumbled excuses and
skunk away on learning adults were
at home, found twelve.year-old
Mary Cardofsky alone with her
younger brother and sister in their
home.
After a pretense at examining
her throat, he seized her. The girl
screamed for help and the man
fled. Detectives and the State pc.
lice are searching for him aided by
a posse of neighbors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
G|RLSDESERTED
AS WA|FSS SEEK
MO I HER
Twins Have Become Rich
Were Abandoned %
Years Ago

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Twin
sisters of White Plains advertised
in the White Plains Reporter as
follows:
Information wanted concerning
the mother Of the twins left on a
local farm about twenty-eight years
ago. Write BOX E-3S."
At dusk on the evening Of Aug.
26, 1896, a wan-faced woman left
the twins on the front lawn Of
Gabriel Purdy's farm, near White
Plains. The woman had been
noticed wandering about the vicin-
lty earlier in the day. Purdy
turned the children over to John
Snedeker. then OvNrseer Of the poor
They were placed in an orphan
asylum.
About two years later one OF the
little girls was adopted into a
wealthy family OF Poundridge, near
White Plains. The other was taken
by a well-to-do White Plains family.
When the girl who had gone with
the Poundridge family was ten she
was told the circumstances of her
entrance into the family, and also
that she had twin sister.
The other, however, knew nothing
Of her history until two years ago
when on the eve OF her marriage,
her foster mother felt she should be
told.
A short time after. the sisters
found each other through a search
Of the adoption records. They then
decided they wanted tiding of their
mother and wanted to care for her,
since prosperity has made them
able to do 1t.
John Snedeker. now an insurance
broker, is acting as agent for the
twins. He refuses to divulge their
names or present residences.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Lotsa Folks So Busy Trying to Be Like
Someone Else They Never
Get Anywhere.

boosts the other fellow, not you!
Imitation may be the greatest
fIattery, but it is flattering for
the imitatOr!
/ knOW-a man that would be
right nice and get ON great with
the ladies, but he thinks because
he is over six feet tall he ought
to be a caVeman and he losses
the porch furniture around and
makes everyone quite miserable!
Now there's Daisy.
She was a sweet young thing
until she. started to take language
lessons with a foreign nObleman.
Now can't understand a thing
she says.
These indigestures she makes
don't mean anything to me or
anybody else, but she gets by with
1t in the tea rooms.
A phOney personality is a flaw
that will show you up sooner or
later.
Play safe and be yourself!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
ADJUTANT PAXTON LEAVES
FOR SERVICE IN ATLANTA

Adjutant George Paxton, who for
the past three years has been in
charge of the. social service center
of the Salvation Army, leaves to-.
day with Mrs. Paxton to take charge
of the social service department Of
Atlanta, Ga.
Adjutant Paxton's territory also
includes South Carolina and Florida
Many improvements in the methods
of the Salvation Army have been
due to the efforts Of Adjutant Pax.
ton, he being responsible for the
installation Of systems which re.
duced apprcciably the overhead of
the army here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
BY FAY KING.

We can't all be beauties, or
handsome, but we can AN be our
selves!
The trouble with a lOtta folks
is that they are so busy trying
to be Hike somebody else, they
miss. the mark so far that they
are sOrta caught between bases
and put out.
/ know a dame that would be
q delight to know if she'd act
natural, but somebody once told
her that she looked like a pfOmi-
nent actress and she's been pull.
ing such q bad imitation of her
ever since, she doesn't get any
where.
What's the use of springing a
studied personality and thinking
so much about what you are say
ing and how you are saying It,
that it doesn't ring true. just to
remind folks of somebody else
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
DENVER HIGH SCHOOLS
REVISING CURRICULUM

DENVER, Colo. Aug. 16. - in
curriculum revision for her junior
and senior high schools, Denver Is
procuring professional aid from the
big universities. Educators who
have given practically all their time
to a particular field have gone to
Denver to aid the local committee
and to make suggestions which it
is hoped will meet the demands OF
modern scientific education,
Specialists from Harvard, Column.
bia, Michigan, Chicago, and other
universities and teachers colleges
are assisting in the organization Of
courses in the various departments
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
FIVE MEN ARE JAILED AS
MENACE TO COMMUNITY

Five men. all arrested at the same
time at Massachusetts, and New
Jersey avenues northwest, and each
described as menace to the com.
munity," were sent to Jail for thirty
days by Judge Mcmahon in Police
Court today.
The men were John Holohan,
torty.eight; Joseph Cocker, thirty.
eight; Frank Smith, +hirty.nine:
Edward p. Ryan, thirty.five; and
Thomas d. Curtin, twenty.nine.
They were all charged with intoxi.
cation and Holohan was charged
with breaking glass in the street.
Policeman j. R. Jeffries made the
arrest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
FRIGHTENED DEER RUNS
INTO CROWD, Is KILLED

wILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Aug. 10
A doe chased by dogs from the
mountains on the opposite side of
the Bald Eagle creek swan the
creek and ran through a crowd of
people waiting for train at the
Pennsylvania railroad station in
Lock Haven.
Frightened by the crowd, the ami.
NAL crawled under a train standing
at the station, and ran to it's death
when 1t struck a fence along the
track.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
PoIiceman's Slayer Convicted

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 49,
Harry c. Jones was convicted of
murder in the first degree today
for the killing of Patrolman Charles
F.. Frank, last June. Frank was
killed when he entered Jones' home
at the request OF Mrs. Jones, who
said her husband had beaten her.
During the trial she refused to
testify against her husband.