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New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
r. " (. A.. NOTES

The annual meeting supper. which Is to be served tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock, will take place in the main building, instead of tho gymnasium. owing to repairs in the latter place. Those who intend to come are asked to let the Y. W. c. A. office know by Wednesday noon at the latest so that ample provision may be made. The name of Mrs. Harold l.. Judd was omitted from the lost of those who have been presented by the nominating committee for service as director. The list to be voted upon tomorrow by the membership is as follows: Mrs. John s, Black, Miss p. R. Eastman, Mrs. w. P. Felt, Miss Flora Humphrey. Mrs, H. l.. Judd, Mrs. A. G. Kimball, Mrs. P. B. Stan- ley, Mrs. E. E. stone, Mrs. Frank l.. Traut. .,,,....
 Voting may be done any time dur ing the day at the Y. w. c. A. by those who find 1t impossible to at- tend the evening meeting. It Is hoped that the membership will par ticipate In the vote for directors as we'll as In consideration of the amendment proposed by the board which is to be brought up at the meeting. This amendment allows director to serve two terms of three yeaYs each, instead of as the consti' tution Is at present and an interva of one year must elapse before tho director is again eligible for suct service.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
DEMEINDL ON WAY BACK TO AMERICA
Had Unpleasant Experiences in
 War Camp in Siberia

Louis Demeindl, & former local resident, after an absence of several years during which time he has been detained In Siberia, is now on the way to this county and is expected to arrive in New York within a few days. He will have a tale to tell which not many can equal as he has been forced to undergo the most severe treatment and endure the prlvations and hardships of a war ridden country.
 Whilesa resident of this city he was an employe of Landers, Frary & Clark, and also worked at times for T. W. O'Connor. Just before the outbreak of the war he, with his wife and children, sailed for Austria for the purpose of disposing of his property there, after which he in- tended to return to this country to make his permanent residence here With the start of the war, which found him in Austria, he was pressed into the service and in one of the first engagements was taker captive. He was sent to a prison camb In Siberia, where he was de. tained after the close.
 Upon his release from the deten. ton camp Demeindl returned te Austria and rejoined his wife and children, from whom he had beer separated for several years. He commenced to make plans for the re. turn to this country but numerous delays made progress slow. New i'm. migration laws made the possibility of his admittance to this country more remote. Recently word was received here that he is on the seas and if he Is successful in obtaining admittance he will return to Austria and bring his wife and family tc this country.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
WARNS WOMEN HE WILL NOT MARRY
Wealthy Western Inventor
 Gives Out His Status

Gothenburg, Sweden. April 7.-- per Is going to snare George Camp bell Carson, elderly self-styled "des- ert rat" who became, theoretically at least, multi i-millionaire as the result of a decision of the United States circuit court of appeals here recently upholding his claims to profits for the use of inventions for treating copper. Asked what he in- tended to do with his millions, when he gets them, he said he expected to do lot of things involving chem- istry which laymen wouldn't under- stand, but one thing sure, he wasn't going to get married.
 The decision in favor of Carson was rendered on appeal from a fed- eral district court in the state of Washington. He had sued the American Smelling & Refining com pany, which he accused of appro- priating illegally patent of his that improves and speeds up the smelt- ing of copper.
 According to counsel in the case, several other companies are involved in the ruling, which, if not upset by the supreme court may net him as
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gling to patent and market his in- vention.
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Crossword puzzles are now being included fin packages of British cigarets instead of picture cards.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
JAZZ DANGERS BARRED

Edmonton, England, April 7.-- Jazz music has been barred at all municipal dances by the Edmonton Urban Council, this being the first London surburb to take such action.
 The council took this step because of numerous complaints from citi- zens who objected to dances of the wild. body-waggling type" T. J. Harrington. council chairman, said jazz would not be permitted hereaft- CT at the town dances chiefly be- cause jazz dancers during waltzee took up too much space, their move- ments interfering with the orthodox dancers and, besides, "jazzing was neither graceful nor dignified."
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high as s2o.Ooo.ooo. officials of the American Smelting S Refining com panjes, however, say that they arc not involved to the extent of more. than s2bO,0OO, They expect to ap- peal. a*
 Meanwhile Carson continues to live in the modest water front hotel that has lodged him in recent months. Since the news of the de- oision has spread, he has been re- ceiving more mail than he can read. He said he was getting many letters from women who complained Of loneliness and enclosed addresses and telephone numbers.
 Usually Carson prefers to talk of laboratories, test tubes and such. Lately, since the high court sided with him, he has been more atten- tive to neglected social ameni- ties. The walls Of his room arc adorned with photographs of movie actresses, but that doesn't mean anything, he explains.
 None of these fappers are going to get me-" he affirms.
 Carson is 5S. At the age of II he ran away from the family farm in Kansas. He had but two years of schooling.
 In 1886 he discovered the Wonder full mine, cropping of surface sil4 yer ore near Clifton, ,Ariz. He sold bis claim for s1.500. In his pros pecting he absorbed great deal of metallurgy and geology.
 For time he digressed from min ing to join an expedition sent into Mexico by the American Geographi- cal society. He left the expedition in the wilds of the Sierra Madre mountains year later and drifted to Chihuahua, where he worked at the smelting end of mining.
 Later Carson wandered over Colorado, Idaho and Oregon, follow ing the gold camps. For while he ran an assay office. He got beck as far as Birmingham, Ala, and then, In Pittsburgh. began an intensive study of metallurgy, but lacked the funds to pursue 1t His invention Jagged for eight years. It took him all that time to get the papers
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Special Notice

Barber shops will keep open un- til 9 o'clock Thursday night and will be closed all day Good Friday.
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ready for the patent office. Carson's diary. which figured In the evidence at the trial, is long recital of seml- starvation. of ill-clothed wanderings during years of reyerses.
 He offered testimony intended to show that his contrivance found in- stant acceptance in smelters and were widely used. while he received no compensation, He said that 1t was possible under his process to treat 700 tons of ore in furnace in 2 hours, whereas under the old sys- tenn but 24O tons could be treated.
 Two years ago Carson lost his case in the federal court at Seattle. | The reversal of this finding was his 1 first victory in Is years of strug-
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had spells as if my heart was affected, and 1t helped me . lot. The doctors told me at one time that lwould have to have an operation. thought l wouldtry 'Pinkham's, 'asl callit, frst; In two months I was all right and had no operation. I firmly believe Pink hams cured me. Every one who saw me after that remarked that looked SO well. 1 only have to take medicine occasionally, not but always keep 2 couple of bottles by me. lrecommend 1t to women who speak to me about their health. I have also used your Sanatiye Wash and like 1t verymuch: " = Mrs. E. GOULD, 40O0 East Side Boulevard, Los Angeles, Cat.
 Many letters have been received from women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound after operations have been advised.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
CORTLAND KNOWN
 AS MODERN RHODES
Ancient Name Applied to This
 Baltic City

Washington, April :. -- Vtsoy Sweden, which is planning 10 cele- brate the 7O0th anniversary Of It's founding next July. is conservative in It's claim 10 its age, says buIle- fin from the Washington, D. C. hcadduarters of the National Geo. graphic society.
 "Gottland Island of which Visby IS the principal city, was peopled In he Stone Age, possibly men were there when the Battle still was a fresh water lake. Coins of Arabia Rome, and the Anglo-Saxons be- token its trading importance when mid. Europe still was primitive, Culturally. if not politically, the island was the Rhodes, or Crete, Of the Baltic.
 Built on Rock Terraces
 "Visby ciings to terraces of natural rock, around 1t still is it's medieval wall. more than 6 mile long, with SS towers intact. From them one gazes over the vast expanse Of the Baltic and coniures visions of the old Vikings, pyramid builders of the North, and their spectacular funerals when their dead were given up 10 the remorseless elements of fire and the sea.
 Simple faith in the ancient Morse legends survives among the islanders. It seems like sacrilege to question the Thielvar, the first settler, found a land which was sub merged by day and habitable only hy night. Thjelvar drove out the trolls ,or evil spirits, who protected their dwelling place. and thus en- abled men to live there.
 Inside the walls of Visby are ample evidences of it's medieval greatness. On its narrow, crooked streets, shaded by walnut trees, and frightened by the many rose gardens, are vine-covered walls built when the IIanseatic League fourished. Those were the times described by an old ballad which sings, The Gottlanders weighed out gold with stone weights and played with the choicest jewels. The swine ate from silver troughs and the women spun with diStaffs of gold
 Conquest and Shipwreck
 Then Valdemar of Denmark cast a covetous eye on all this wealth and, In 1861, plundered the city. The islanders have 1t that Valde- mars booty-ladeu ships met heavy storm not far off their coast, and the conqueror narrowly escaped with his life. There had been set in the walls of St. Nicholas church two carbuncles which glowed so radiantly by night that they were beacons to mariners. They went down with other treasure yet, such was their brightness, that they still cast. a peculiar light over the smooth waters of Visby harbor.
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piled that 6 mare just had three foals.
 "'What does the third one do while two are suckling?' asked the king,
 "'Just as I am doing the Gott- lander replied, The stands by and looks on.'"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
Two.HEADED SNAKE FOUND

Detroit, Mich, April 3. - An en- snake with two distinct heads was caught on Mount Diablo by cattle herder recently The reptile is on exhibition at the University of Cali fornia museum.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs. Florence Talmay of this city was granted divorce from Fred Talmay of Breton Woods, N. H.. to- dayain superior court on the ground of, cruelty and desertion.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
AN OPERATION
 RECOMMENDED
Avoided by Taking Lydia E. Pink
 hams Vegetable Compound
Los Angeles, Cal. .-.Icannotgivetoo much praiseto LydiaE. Pinkhamsveg,

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 orwhatithasdone
 forme. Mymother gave it tomewhen' |lwasagirl ll4years
 old, and since then II have taken 1t 1 when I feel run l down or tired. l
 | took it for three | months before my | two babies were
 | born for l suffered i with my back and
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aIn plain fact, Visby never re- covered from Valdemar's conquest. For the next century or so It was the trysting place of sea-rovers and pirates. Hanseatie privateers known as the 'Victuals Brothers made 1t their base of operations, then the Teutonic Knights drove them out. Many years later Olaf and Ivar Thott, the Captain kidds of the northern seas, made their stronghold there,
 Peace and renewed prosperity dawned with the islands restoration to Sweden in 1645 and It's mild climate and fertile soil have made it a watering place and a vegetable farm for Sweden in recent yers. The island Is less than 60 miles from tho mainland coast; Visby Is about 16O miles from Stockholm.
 Eye of the Baltic"
 "The islands area Is little less than that of our state of Rhode Island. Its shape, as well as its strategic location Is suggested in its nickname, The Eye of the Baltic It's coasts are rugged and have an interest to oceanographers because marine deposits show how the Bal tic formerly had a much higher level. The interior of the island lacks rivers and valleys, but there are numerous lakes. The thirsty limestone swallows many of the brooks before they course very far and, in summer. dries many of them up altogether.
 Mariners and cattle fanciers know Gottland by name. The Gott- land sea laws formed one Of the earliest codes of the sea, and Gott- land ponies and sheep are held in high esteem.
 While the interior island lacks the lure of scenery it's churches att tract visitors who love mellow beauty. In yisby are churches dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries which preserve practically every architectural form of that period. Through the countryside are village churches, mostly of the thirteenth century, whose architec- ture is so beautiful and original that they, too, have memorialized the islands name in their special desig- nation, the Gottland style. The massive towers of these churches frequently are detached, and in some of the churches are fine specimens of stained glass.
 Intermarriage Forbidden
 Like isolated island people the world over the Gottlanders are noted for their independence. Gen. turies after they were restored to Sweden they held to the form of paying nominal annual tribute witt, the declaration that they did so by their own consent. AS early as the thirteenth century the island had its own popular assembly and Sweden was not permitted to veto the en- actments of this body. During the days of It's Hanseatic prosperity in- termarriage of Gottlanders with aliens was prohibited.
 Tt is related that the islanders sent one of their number 10 Cpsala to make a treaty with the king The monarch was feasting when the emissary arrived and kept his visi- tor waiting at the thresho old. When the king finally unbent to ask news of the island the ambassador re-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
Railroad Question
Not Settled

Continued From Page One)
lowed by bankruptcies of these prop
critics.
Farmers oppose the increase, which
will approximate $90,O0O,O00 annu-
ally. The interstate commerce com
mission is moving cautiously, and the
carriers hint that if their request is
denied they will appeal to the fed
eral courts for relief.
The question has been complicated
by an interesting proposal by Mark
". Potter, former member of the in
terstate commerce commission, and
now a received for the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad. He fav-
ors placing the 5 per cent increase in
a coma fund to be divided among
railroads in ratio based on the eX-
tent to which they fail to earn the
official ga per cent "fair return" "
This, according to Mr.. Potter, will
aid weaker roads.
Opponents of the Potter plan say
it is "socialistic" and that it is SIM
liar to the "recapture" clause of the
present transportation act This
clause provides that one-half of the
carriers profits in excess of 6 per
cent shall be turned over to the gov
ernment to aid weaker roads.
This clause was accepted by the
carriers when the Esch-Cummins law
was passed. Later, however, they
challenged its validity in the supreme
court, but were defeated.
Opponents of the Potter plan also
insist that it will penalize profits, but
its friends point to the supreme
courts decision in the "recapture"
case, that while profits in a private
business can not be limited, this is
not true where common carriers are
Involved.
All parties to this controversy are
preparing for an extensive propagan-
Ga campaign, and the railroad ques
ton will again be subject for much
discussion in congress and through
out the nation during the coming
year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO tt
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO
THE
ARTICLE VIII. SECTION IS

PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE VIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
OHIO BY THE ADDITION OF NEW
SECTION, TO BE DESlGNAIEED r,x4S AS
ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 13, RELATIVE
TO THE INCURRING OF INDEBTEDNESS
BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
State c Constabulary and Liberty
Do Not and Can Not Work Together

Ohio State Federation of Labor)
the trade union movement has won
are found in the measures which or
ganized labor has been able to de-
feat.
A police force is a necessary part
Of every community, but the officers
Of the local police department and the
police themselves, should not only be
members of the community which en-
poys them, but should be immediate
~ responsible to the public.
A state cOnstabulary creates a po-
lice body within the state answerable
to no community; answerable only to
the state legislature and the chief
officer in command. Under a state
constabulary there are two police
forces; one ansWerable to the com
munity in which it functions, and the
other so superior in authority to To-
cal government that its members go
into communities where the local au-
thorties object to their presence,
serve warrants, and carry out all 9th
er functions authorized by their su-
Periors without direct responsibility
10 tne members OF lhe community.
A state constabulary violates the
principle of home rule, self-govern-
ment, and the guarantees of human
liberty in much the same manner as
these would be violated if the law Of
ficials of one section of the state
could go into the territory Of another,
make arrests and try the accused in
territory outside of the place where
the alleged ofRnse occurred.
\ state constabulary is little else
than the creation of a body Of Hes
slams, a band of mercenaries who re-
spond to the wishes of those who
made their employment possible-the
employers who oppose collective bar
gaining.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
Ladies Auxiliary
Tol. A. M. Adopts
Educational Plan
Annual Convention in Chicago
Ready For Wider Activity
And Begins Campaign

ChicagO-The eighth interna-
tional convention of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the International
Association of Machinists was
held at the Machinists' district
headquarters in Chicago last
week. The outstanding accom-
plishment of the convention was
adoption of what will be known
as the workers Educational
Program" providing for a ma
tion-wide campaign to inform
the trade unionists on industrial,
economic and political affairs.
The plan provides for the estab-
lishment of circulating Libraries, for
nation of study classes, promotion Of
open forums, joint debates and in fact
any method that will further educa-
tional work along these lines. The
convention also made it clear that the
auxiliary would work with the aux
iliaries of other railroad organiza-
tions in promoting these plans.
Mrs. May Peake, Of Denver, inter-
natioanl president asid:
Owe have come to realize that
the time is past when a women's
auxiliary to a trades union can
Justify its existence merely as
an insurance society While
death benefits are a splendid
thing, nevertheless it is vastly
more important that we equip
ourselves for the struggles Of
this life to the end that we will
be Of real service to our trades
union brothers."
The convention also revised its
beneficiary features and changed it's
dues so that with the financial sup
port granted to the auxiliary by the
last convention of the International
Association Of Machinists it is now in
position to advance its new policies.
Among those who addressed the
meeting were E. c. Dawson, general
secretary y-treasurer of the |. A. Of
M; James O'Connell, president Of the
Metal Trades Department, A. F. of
L., and Kate Richards O'Hare, who
appealed for the sunport Of the ladies
in driving prison-made articles off
the market.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
(By JOHN P. FREY, Preside

Employing interests who desire to
have at their disposal an independent
police force are constinually endeav-
oring to create state constabularies.
In several states hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been spent by
some employing interests in propa-
ganda favoring the establishment of a
state constabulary, and in securing
the election to the Legislature of those
who would actively support such a
proposition.
In recent years state constabulary
bills have been vigorously pressed,
particularly in Illinois and Ohio. In
each state the State Federation of
Labor has succeeded in preventing the
enactment of such a law. This year
in both states the employers made a
determined effort to secure the pass
age of their pet measure. In both
cases the attempt met with defeat
The defeat Of the bills, however,
would have been impossible except
for the active, intelligent opposition
which the State Federation Of Labor
presented.
Sometimes trade unionists, in mind
to criticise, find fault because all OF
the legislation which labor desires is
not Immediately secured. What they
fail to realize is that some of the
greatest legislative victories which
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-02
All Convict Goods Is
Menace to Workers
Continued from Page One)

(COnIluueQ from rage OneJ
convicts exceeded $75,OOO,OOO per.
year.
"All of these goods are sold in
competition with free labor" said
he.
Secretary Davis denounced this
country's prison system and declared
that "when these cOnvicts are unjust
ly treated they return to society full
of suspicion and hatred-and no
wonder"
The prison survey and report to
which Secretary Davis refers was
made by the Labor Department in
1923. 1t shows that convict-made
goods in a number of different lines
are placed upon the market at so low
a price that many manufacturers en-
ploying free labor are driven out of
business. Particularly is this true in
the manufacture of bungalow aprons
and house dresses, work shirts and
overals, binder twine, boots and shoes,
stoves, hollow ware, fiber furniture,
wooden chairs and brooms.
The report discloses that prisoners
in contract factories are paid at the
rate of from 10 cents to $1.50 per
day, the latter being only in an ex-
ceptional case. All sorts of speed
ing-up devices are employed to en-
large the prison output of these help
less convicts.
The report cites a number of in
stances where factories employing
free labor had been compelled to shut
down because they could not compete
with the product of convicts.