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New Britain herald., 1925-12-21

Sullivan told him to move, he re- fused. The third time Officer suln- van remonstrated, 1t is claimed that Noreh struck him across the face, Officer McCue assisted in the ar. rest.
 Admitting that he was drunk and committed breach of peace Sat urday night, John Peffercook, age is, of 24 Chapman street was fined s5 by Judge Hungerford. He was arrested by Officer Hellberg.
 Mike Rotztoff. 519 Arch street was arrested yesterday by officer Riley. charged with violation Of pro. bation and IS days of his suspen. sion was revoked by Judge Hunger ford.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-21

With appicator attached to cork, just brush Fleet" over the pain area, whether in knees. hands. shoulders, feet, legs, back, neck or body. Instantly, you feel this harmless, glorious, penetrating heat draw the pain right out of inc aching or swollen joint, mus cle or nerve. Besides Fleet" scat
New Britain herald., 1925-12-21
congestion and establishes

ters the congestion and establishes a cure.
 Fleet" contains two soothing, penetrating ingredients, too ex- pensive to use in ordinary lini- ments or analgesics. Fleet" is 8 clean, fragrant liquid. doesn't stain, blister or irritate the skin. Druggists guarantee each 60-cent bottle.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-21
SANTA BREAKS UP
 PEACEFUL SUNDAY
Avalanche Of Mail SVOOps Down
 on Post Office

R-r-r-r-rlng,' "r-r-r-r-ng The Herald reporter awoke from Sun day afternoon snooze as the clarion tones of the telephone resounded throughout the house. It vas Postmaster Erwin telling about package of "paun haus" (scrapple), which had just arrived from the Backwoods of the Keystone state among the Pennsylvania Dutch Come on down, we've got some thing to show you." said the postal official.
 And truly there was something to see, It was about ? o'clock on a peaceful Sunday afternoo nwhen the postmaster received d telegram from the postal department that an entire carload of Christmas pack ages would arrive in New Britain
 by 1 o'clock. Postmaster Erwin and Superintendent James B. Grace nloblized force of 10 men | and when Edward McAloon met the car and began his deliveries to
 the post office the helpers were there to meet It.
 The car contained more than 450 full sacks of Christmas mail, rep | Irosenting total of more than 5000 different packages which had to be
 sorted out and placed for delivery When the journalist arrived there certainly was a Christmas suggestion
 tn the air. Packages. beginning
 four or five feet deep banked up
 behind the front doors gradually , ascended into mountains of eight or
 10 feet behind the counter. Pack ages were piled wherever there was
 room for package, TWenty-four
 bins, each bin having nine cubic
 feet capacity were filled. Four
 wheeled trucks were jammed like a movie queens stocking on Christ
 mas morning Packags formed q barrcado from the front door to the loading platform on the rear and oyertlowed into the postmaster's office.
 The emergency force worked until late last night and q relief crew
 went on the job. This morning i everything was sorted and ready for delivery by o'clock and seven
 large trucke backed up to the
 parcel post station on Court street, loaded Up the avalanche Of parcels and long before this article appears in print the last parcel will have reached it's destination.
 With the Christmas mai! increas- ing every minute the post office had i eight trucks with two and three men on a truck delivering parcels by noon today with the possibilities of more as rapidly as they are needed
 Four additional clerks and 12 addi- tional carriers went on duty this morning and even before the day is out there is a poss. biity of this number being increased.
 Every possible effort is being made to keep mail going through the post office and the parcel post
 station 50 that there shall be no de-
 lay. We are going to do every
 thing possible to have all deliveries
 finished by midnight the night be- fore Christmas" said Postmaster Err win. Mails already are much ahead
 of last year in volume and are in creasing hourly.
 ! Five windows are open at the general post office. and for the first time in years no one has been fore
 d 10 wait longer than five minutes in the inevitable line. One more
 window will be opened if necessary
New Britain herald., 1925-12-21

IN THREE SERIES In three world series Ty Cobb made q total of 17 hits in 65 tinaee at bat and scored seven runs.
Evening star., 1925-11-28

Sleep. one of the unSolVed mysteries
OF life, may be nothing more complex
than a natural state of intoXication
plunged nightly by the poisons their
systems absorbed during the much
longer hours of wakefulness. Such is
the theory indicated, at least. by the
findings of the scientists who con-
Quoted experiments with voluntary In
somnia at George Washington Univer-
sity last Spring.
In a paper issued today. discussing
both psychological and physiological
conditions that developed in the eight
students who subjected themselves to
the sleepless test. the directing scien-
fists pointed out that changes found
in the blood and other secretionS of
the students were similar in every
single case to the changes found in
various states of intoXication.
If our findings point to any one
theory of sleep" the paper continued,
the drunkard becomes intoxicated,
what does he do" Sleeps, And, as a
rule, wakes up detoXiiNd. So in the
case of our experiments, when the
subjects retired after so hours OF in
somnia. the chemical and micro
scopical analyses of both their blood
and urine. pointed to a state of in.
toXication, which was cured by short
period of sleep
Should this theory be further sub
stantiated by additional tests and
given a fair degree of definiteness, the
Evening star., 1925-11-28
SLEEP is INTOXICATION CAUSED
BY POISONS, TESTS INDICATE
G. W. U. Experiments Reveal Close Analogy Between
Sleeper and ''Drunk' Illusions
Reported by Volunteer Subjects.

scientists agreed, the length of time
that people sleep Is exposed as largely
Il question of habit and may be reSu-
lated to ar extraordinary degree.
There are strong indications. 1t was
added, that by deliberately encouraS-
ing better habits, humanity can reduce
the number of hours necessary to
sleep to a maximum of six.
Prolonged insomnia, however. is
not without disturbing temporary
effects. One student. for instance,
reported that after 40 consecutive
hours Of wakefulness he was walking
along the street at night when he
clearly saw a man watering some
plants, although he was sure i'll his
mind at the time that no creature
would stand on the ledge where the
phantom worked. Then the illusion
turned to posts, flowers and other
familiar objects as the deluded stu
dent approached closer.
Later" wrote the student. report
ing the incidents that occurred on
that walk In the vicinity of George
Washington University, ION that
same trip, ! saw what seemed to be
father sitting in his front yard. pat
ting his little daughter on the head.
Some other vague figure was standing
near. When I approached the group
turned into a clump of shrubs.
"1n full daylight, Sunday morning.
out of the headquarters of the test
and wondered what little colored boy
Continued on Page ,, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-11-28
LANGLEY INDICTMENT
OUASHED BY GORDON
Action Taken in View of Sentence
Of Representative by Court
in Kentucky.

United States Attorney Gordon to-
day quashed the indictment for alleged
conspiracy returned here in March,
1924, against Representative John W.
Langley of Kentucky. in connection
with the withdrawal of whisky from a
distillery in Pennsylvania in May,
1921. Mr.. Langley has been convicted
in KentuckyAen a similar charge and
his sentence of two years has been ap-
proved by the appellate court there.
Maj. Gordon also entered nolle
pros in reference to Millard F. West
former deputy commissioner of in
ternal revenue, who was indicted joint
ly with Mr.. Langley.
Ben L. Moses and Henry Sattler of
Pittsburgh, who were also named as
conspirators in the Indictment pleaded
guilty some months ago and were fined
$4,000 each and placed on probation
for two years.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
GUNMEN SHOOT Z
SITTING At RADIO
Strangers Attacked, One
Killed, Other Dying-Motive
Is Mystery.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS. Wis, No
vember 2S.-Two mysterious masked
gunmen stalked into a roadhouse half
a mile from this city last night and
shot two men as they sat listening to
a radio concert.
r. A. Davis, a farmer, was killed
instantly. a bullet plowed through his
brain.
William Bauer. also a farmer. was
shot in the abdomen and was not eX-
pected to live.
The killers challenged their intended
victims before firing:
Davis. we want you.' calmly an
nounced the taller of the two. Then
he fired from the hip.
Bauer, you're next" said the other
as he fired.
The gunmen then backed out and
escaped in an automobile.
Frank Flatoff. proprietor of the
roadhouse, was sitting between Davis
and Bauer when the killers began
shooting.
Mystery was added to the case by
the fact that apparently Bauer and
Davis were strangers.
Bauer declared he had never seen
Davis until last night. when he met
him at the roadhouse. Robbery was
not attempted.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
WOMAN KILLS MATE
TO SAVE OWN LIFE
Shoots Jeremiah Byrd at Hagsrs-
town After He Slashes Her
With Knife.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dlspatcn 10 Inc SsAi.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. November IS
Mrs. Lille Byrd. 80 years old. shot
and instantly killed her husband, Jere-
miah Byrd. 81, in their home, ut
Boonsboro, 10 miles south of here. this
morning when he attacked her with a
knife.
Byrd, a shoemaker. had come home
drunk and was slashing his wife, she
said, when she seized a pistol and
fired once, the bullet penetrating his
heart.
Mrs. Byrd, bleeding from cuts in her
throat and arms, summoned a physi-
clan, who, finding Byrd dead, notified
the police.
The woman was not taken into Gus.
tody, however, the authorities allow
ing her to remain home with her two
small children. A coroner's inquest
will be held tonight.
Byrd, according to the police, had
frequently beaten his wife, and the
tragedy this morning was the out.
growth of a quarrel occasioned by her
resentment at Byrd bringing COM
panion to the house last night, whom
the woman blamed for her husband's s
conduct.
Still dazed from the struggle with
Byrd, the wife was unable to tell the
police where she procured the pistol
used In the killing. saying she either
had seized 1t from her husband or had
picked it up some Dlace In the room.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
WALL STREET RULE
Of BELGIUM IS HIT
Premier Admits Truth of
Charge Widely Heard
Throughout Country.
BY the Associated Pres.


BRUSSELS. Belgium. November %.
That Wall Street is debating the
Belgian governments domestic f1nan-
ciai policy is the accusation which the
cabinet will be called upon to answer
when Parliament reassembles.
A bitter controversy on this subject
now Is raging in political circles and
the newspapers. 1t began with a re-
cent meeting of the finance commit
tee of the Chamber of Deputies when
former Foreign Minister Jaspar in
-quired Of NJ Vandervelde whether the
government was acting under pressure
in cutting its budget expenses by
100000, 900 francs =
NJ. Jaspar emphasized the fact that
the government had previously de-
clared no further reductions could be
made in the budget. He added: IF
the governments answer is in the af-
firmative these facts are of the utmost
gravity and permit the conclusion that
Belgium is in the grip Of American
and British financiers, who are die
tating their conditions, and that the
belgian fdTHdIneHl ilO lOHSST Is III
control Of the situation
NJ. Vandervelde was quoted as re-
plying:
The statements in the press to
that effect are exactly true. The
government had its choice between
two alternatives, either to obtain a
loan or give up stabiliZation of the
Belgian franc. The ministers were
una nimous in the opinion that. in
spite of the unpopularity of the pro-
posed measures and the crisis which
might result from them, the best thing
to do was to submit to the require
ments OF the foreign capitalists and
obtain stabilization OF the Belgia n
currency.
The newspapers of influence such
as the Nation Beige, Independence
Beige and Etoilc Beige, the three con
servative organs. allude to the state
of IVA assalage and servitude" in
which the country has been placed by
foreign capital.
The Libre Belgique and the Der.
Mere Heure. respectively Conserva
:ive-Catholic and Liberal-Radical. re
proach the government for it's sub
mission to foreign finance and make
illusions to the laws of Belgium be
ing dictated from abroad.
The only paper supporting the gov
ernment is LIE Metropole of Antwerp
but that organ qualities it's support by
warning against further foreign in
tervention, which it refers to as "a
regrettable and unpleasant fact"
Evening star., 1925-11-28
CABARET BUILDING FALL
CAUSES INJURY TO 10
None Are Seriously Hurt When
Structure Collapses After Night
Crowd Has Departed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 2S.-At.
taches of cabaret escaped with
minor injuries when a four story build.
ing collapsed early today on West
Thirty.ninth. street near Eighth ave-
nue.. One male performer was dug
out of the debris by policemen and
firemen.
Ten persons were injured, none seri-
ously. Two Of them were owners Of
the Arena Club, which occupied the
first two stories OF the brick building,
converted residence. The others
hurt were performers or other en-
ployes.
The club. which catered to whites,
was in a residential district largely
occupied by negroes. Nearby houses
recently have been razed and the
clubs building was about to be torn
down. The upper floors were vacant.
The place was about to close for the
night and all patrons had gone. A
farewell song was being sung to piano
accompaniment when the crash came.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
ANOTHER SUSPECT HELD
AS "MANIACAL CLUBBER"

By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio. November 2S.-To-
iedo police held another suspect to-
day in their efforts to find the
maniacal "clubber" whose activities
have resulted in the death of two
women and the injury of half dozen.
Robert August, 40. with bloody
hammer in his hands, was arrested in
a woods near the city yesterday. He
was seen by two hunters whom he
defied when they tried to bring him
here.
Police say the man has the same
sneering laugh the 'clubber" Is sup
posed to have. August excited atten.
ton by his clothes. He was wearing
three overcoats and three pairs of
trousers. He declared he had been
killing chickens with the hammer
and that he had lived in the woods
for a week.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
GAME
DRAWS THOUSANDS
Service Foot Ball Forces
MarshaI|ed in New York for
Annual Game.
By the Associated Press.

BY the AssOCiated Press
NEW YORK, November oS.-The
Army and Navy were marshaled to-
day for their twenty eighth foot ball
game and a colorful ending of the
Eastern gridiron season.
Two days of rain had made the
weather a factor. although straw had
been piled high on the Polo Grounds.
Indications this morning We're for fair
and cold weather. Speculation had
favored the Army by a slight margin,
but critics believed that poor footing
might hamper the Cadets fleet backs.
Rain, snow or cold, the stage was
set for a great gathering of military
and nava. dignitaries, including Sec
retary of the Navy Wilbur.
The advance guard crowded hotels
last night. Hundreds prominent In
the social. political. naval and mill
tary life of the Nation were here.
Although. on paper the Army rated
the better of the two teams. experts
considered that traditional rivalry
would bring the elevens on the field
at about even terms. Both have been
saving their star backs for more than
Two weeks III oTueT 10 nave tnem nt
for this battle, and they looked in per-
feet condition yesterday as they ran
through signals on the battlefield.
To many the game itself was :.
minor attraction compared with the
parade of Cadets and Midshipmen.
the antics of the Army mule and the
Navy goat and cheers and songs
which many cOllegianS envy
Army, victor last year by II to 0,
has won 13 games to II for the Mid =
shipmen. There have been two ties.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Childless Divorces Will Be Denied
Alimony, Chicago Judge Asserts

divorced husband is beyond my COM
prehension," he says. If he wants
to marry again he Is forced to con-
slider the burden of the payments to
his first wife. Yet she is free to
remarry when she wishes.
THE. alimony automatically stops
then, but il she so desires she may
remain single and force her former
husband to support her until old age.
THE idea of the marriage institu-
ton is that man and wife shall live
together and propagate the race.
When they separate both cease, in
that regard, to be any benefit to the
community. Most of the women who
come before me have positions of
their own and earn almost as much
as their husbands.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
JAPAN SENDS WARSHlP
TO CHINWANGTAO, CHINA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC, November 2s.-The Jap
anese destroyer Tachibana has been
ordered from Port Arthur, japanese
territory, to Chinwangtao, China. for
the purpose of protecting Japanese
nationals employed there who are
threatened by the present factional
fighting in the ranks of the Chinese
military leaders.
The same official announcement to-
day added that the cruiser Hirado
probably will be ordered to Port
Arthur soon, but it was denied that
this move was made on account of the
Chinese situation. The cause, 1t was
explained. was the entire reorganiza-
tion of Japanese fleet assignments in
China. A statement concerning this
REORGANIZATION will be made soon.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
$4,000 IN RUBBER
STOLEN FROM TRUCK
Bandits Kidnap Driver in Brook.
lyn-Pay Roll of S., 300 Loot
in Rochester Hold.Up.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 2S-Kid
naping the driver of motor truck
five robbers in Brooklyn today escaped
with a truck load Of crude rubber
valued at between $50. 900 and $50, 900
After the driver had been bound and
gagged he was carried in an automo-
bile to the Bronx, approximately Is
miles from the scene of the robbery.
before he was released.
Although several pedestrians saw
the KIDNAPPING. the holdup men made
good their escape with the truck. 1t
later was found in another section of
Brooklyn. The rubber had been re-
moved. The kidnapped driver. William
McManus, was employed by a Ho-
boken trucking company.
ROCHESTER,. y. Y, November 2S
R).-Four masked bandits using a
stolen taxi. and ut the points of re-
volvers, today stole 5000 cash from
Conrad r. Ward. head of G. P. Ward.
Inc, general contractors. The money
was for a pay roll.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
JAPAN ASKS AGREEMENT
ON RUSSIA OIL ISSUE
Indications of Compromise Be-
tween the Two Nations on Divi-
sion Under Concessions.
py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. November 2S.-After a
meeting today between Premier kato.
Minister of Marine Takarabe and For
aign Minister Shidehara it was under.
stood that the Japanese foreign office
telegraphed to T. Tanaka, Japanese
Ambassador at Moscow. instructing
him to attempt to obtain an agree.
ment with reference to the Saghalien
concessions before December l.
1t was also indicated today that
Russia and Japan have effected some
compromise with reference to the divi-
sion of oil deposits in SaShalien. Other
phases of the Saghalien situation still
unsettled will be left for diplomatic
settlement later.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 2S.-No
longer will the plaintive and pretty
petitioner who tells of short and
unhappy married life in which no
children figured be given alimony,
as long as she does not remarry.
bv Superior Court Judge Harry
Lewis.
He has no aid for what he calls
professional alimony diggers."
There's no reason for alimony in such
cases in this age of equal rights, he
thinks. Judge Lewis hears about
half the divorce petitions filed in
Cook County (Chicagol.
why a healthy, childless woman
should receive alimony from a
Evening star., 1925-11-28
CH|LEANS PREDICT
PLEB|SC|TE FAILURE
Launch Bitter Attack on Per-
shing and Others of
u. S. Mission.
BY CLAUDE o. PIKE.

BY Cable TO The Star and Chic-go Dauv News.
SANTIAGO. Chile. November 2S.-
The Chilean capital would not be sur.
prised to learn shortly of the collapse
of the plebiscite proceedings unless
Gen. Pershing comedies to Chilean
demands.
The local press is leading its readers
to believe that Gen. Pershing is ex-
ceeding his authority. The public
has been given a strong anti-Pershing
and anti-American feeling by a violent
propaganda campaign conducted by
Augustin Edwards important string of
dailies. The Edwards attack charges
Gen. Pershing with Incompetence
Today's attack. appearing in Ell
Mercurio, alleges that Gen. Pershins
came under the influence OF Peruvian
diplomacy when he reached africa,
and that he was prejudiced against
Chilean administration of the province.
! 1t also charges that Gen. Pershing's
advisers are incompetent. unfamiliar
with the language and unable to un-
derstand the people.
Calls Mission Incompetent.
In short. Ell Mercurio now finds the
entire American mission incompetent,
although in the early days of the
plebiscite proceedings, when it was
thought that Chilean success was
certain FL Mercurio was enthusiastic
about the personnel
II is not improba BILE that Chilean
diplomats are seeking a way to with
draw from the plebiscite. or bring on
delays, possibly with the design of
shifting the deliberations to WASH
ington or of permitting the creation
of a political situation which could
be solved only by division of the dis
puted province.
Already certain administration Off
cials are asserted to be willing to
consider division of the province, but
the Peruvians are not interested. be-
lieving that success for them is
ahead.
Defends Pershing's Course.
Americans residing here, who are
friendly to Chile, are resenting the de-
lberate attempts of the Edwards
papers to discredit Gen. Pershing.
| They recall that the United States
undertook the arbitration at the invi
tation OF Chile's former President,
AlesSandri.
The Americans also are confident
that Gen. Pershing has not proceeded
in the plebiscite thus far without the
approval of President Coolidge and
! Secretary of State Kellogg, and that
he will receive the full backing Of the
American Government.
If Chile withdraws. they say, she
! must accept full responsibility before
! the world for her action.
! Copyright. 1925. by Chicaso Daily News Coz
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Heads British Oil Concern.

LONDON, November IS PD.-Lord
Buckmaster, formerly lord. chancel-
lor, has been elected to the chair
manship of the British-controlled Oil
Fields. Ltd. which has vast conces-
sions In various parts of South Amer
lea. He will succeed Sir Edward
Mackay Edgar.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Bandit Gets $4,000 Pay Roll.

PEORIA, ILL.,, November % CP.-
An armed man today held up A. w.
Talbot. assistant cashier of the Peoria
Evening Star, and Mike Lloyd. driver
of an automobile carrying Talbot from
hank getting the newspapers pay
roll of between $1,000 and $4,000.
The robbery occurred in the business
district
Evening star., 1925-11-28
ANOTHER COLD SNAP
DUE HERE TONIGHT
Freezing Weather Also in Prospect
for Tomorrow. Says Bu-
reau Forecast.

Freezing weather is in prospect for
Washington tonight and tomorrow
with Il minimum temperature of 20
degrees. il was announced today at
the Weather Bureau.
While the bureau declares ii Will be
fair and colder" tonight, and still
colder tomorrow. with moderate
northwesterly winds. it is contided that
II will be no colder than it has been
on several occa sions already this
month.