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Evening star., 1925-05-11
ENJOYS TO ATTEND
/ JAMESTOWN FETE
Fourteen Pan-American Dip
Iomats to Be Guests at An
!. niversary Celebration.

Diplomatic representatives. of IA
pan-American countries win leave
Washington tonight for Richmond,
Va, where they will be the personal
guests of Gov. f. Lee Trinkle during
the observance of jamestown day. the
3lSth anniversary of the founding of
the first permanent English colony in
North America. The party will leave
tonight at $50 o'clock and go by boat
to Norfolk.
They win be met there by Brig. Gen.
Samuel B. Waller and a party repre-
senting cities of the State and the
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.
Richmond officials will tender an in
formal reception to the diplomats to-
morrow morning, after which the
party will board a naval boat for an
inspection trip to the Portsmouth
water front and the United States
navy yard. At the navy yard the
South Americans will be the guests of
Commandant o. 8. kempff, who will
conduct them through the navy yard
and later take them for another boat
inspection trip.
Will Visit Flying Field.
The early Afternoon will be spent
in shipbuilding plants at Newport
News, after which the party will go
lus LdlSiey L leu anu view eAtcHSlNc
air maneuvers, which have been ar
ranged specially for the visitors.
From Langley Field the diplomats
will go to Fort Monroe, where an
inspection tour has been arranged
under the direction of Brig. Gen. r. E.
Callan, commanding the 3rd Coast
Artillery district.
The party will then take boats again
and will go to Old Point Comfort and
to the United States naval operating
base in Hampton Roads. There Rear
Admiral Roger Welles, commanding
the 5th naval district, will meet the
party and escort it through the base.
Chiefs of Mission to Attend.
1ne chiefs of mission who have ac-
cepted the governors invitation in.
clude Senior Don Beltran Matthew.
Chilean Ambassador and dean of the
Pan American diplomatic corps: Senior
DIR. Ricardo Jaimes F'reyre, Minister
of Bolivia: Snhr. Samuel de Sousa
Leao Oracle, Brazilian charge: Senior
DR.. Enrique Olaya. Colombian Min
lister: Senor Don j. Rafael Oreamuno,
Costa Rican Minister: Senior DR..
Arturo Padro, Cuban charge: Senior
Don Jose del Carmen Aria, minister
Of the Dominican Republic: Senior DR..
Francisco Sanchez Latour. Guate-
malan Minister; Senior Don Luis Bog
ran, Honduran Minister: Senior Don
Manuel c. Tellez, Mexican Ambassa
dor: Senior DR.. Jose Antonio Tigerino,
Nicaraguan charge: Senor Dr. Ricardo
j. Alfaro, Panaman Minister: Senior
DR.. Hector David Castro, Salvadoran
Evening star., 1925-05-11

aviation section OF the project. was in.
formed today by Grover Looming, the
manufacturer. Lieut.. Comdr. Byrd
and Lieut.. NJ. A. Schur, one of the
two pilots selected to hy In the Arctic.
win go TO New York, where the planes
are being built, Wednesday.
When they are ready for delivery
they viii be nown BY the officers to
the naval aircraft factory 1t Phila.
deiphia, where they will undergo rigid
tests. s2es.
The National Geographic Society
yesterday received details Of the Row
ena, q steam yacht purchased by
Comdr. Donald b. Mcmillan TO carry
the planes. Negotiations had been un-
Evening star., 1925-05-11
NO CASH
PAYMENT

A down payment is un-
necessary, and there is no
red tape. Just purchase
the customary few records
and the machine is deliv-
cred Immediately.
Evening star., 1925-05-11
Console illustrated

A popular model with
space for practically any size
radio. Note the special fea-
ture on the illustration.
Evening star., 1925-05-11
COMMUNITY CHEST PLAN
WILL BE DISCUSSED
Commissioner Rudolph Invites 200
Interested in Charities to
Attend Meeting.

Plans have been completed for the
meeting to be held in the board room
Of the District Building at $50 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to discuss
whether it would be advisable 10
establish a community chest for rails
ing necessary funds for the chart
table organizations of Washington.
Commissioner Rudolph has sent in
vitations to attend the meeting to
approximately 200 social workers and
citizens who take an active part in
charities.
Evening star., 1925-05-11

der way for the Thetis. q former coast
guard vessel, but Macmillan found
that the vessel could not carry q third
plane IL the Navy desires to send it.
The Rowena has q gross register of
3l6 tons and q net register Of 129. She
Is 143 feet over all, z2.7 beam and IA.
foot draft. There are II staterooms.
The ship Is q coal burner and consider
alton is being. given to converting 1t
into an oil burner, which will give 1t
10 cruising radius Of 5000 miles.
Evening star., 1925-05-11
Then and Only Then Will
You Hdue the BEST

The name itself implies the
Z finest to be had in phono-
graphs. Don't be misled-
insist on q, VICTROLA.
Evening star., 1925-05-11
REGULATIONS AMENDED.
Order by War Secretary Relating
to Army Contracts.

Army regulations have been amend
ed by order Of the Secretary Of War
so as to require that all contracts
made by the various bureaus and all
purchases made by q quartermaster
after public notice Of seven days shall
be certified to the general accounting
officer, accompanied by certificates
that each award was made to the low
est bidder, and IL not made to the
lowest bidder. with a statement "giv-
ing the reasons in adequate detail why
award was not made to the lowest bid
der Or bidders"
Evening star., 1925-05-11

Straw. from which most straw hats
are made, is grown from special varie.
ties Of wheat in China, Japan and
Italy.
Evening star., 1925-05-11

The Canadian mounted police are
laying out new routes in unexplored
territory toward the Arctic.
Evening star., 1925-05-11
GEN. PATRICK GIVES
THIRD PLANE TOWARD
MACMILLAN EXPEDITION

Continued from First Puge.}
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
25 Fears Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date

The local employees of the Pru- dential Life Insurance Co. held a banquet at the Russwin hotel this afternoon. Superintendent Morans was commended by the company officials for his good work.
 Frank E. Rhodes has been cutting ice on the pond at the foot of Arch street and will have 2,000 tons housed by tonight, he says. The ice is ten inches thick and, in his opinion, the dearest he has seen in his 25 years as an ice dealer.
 AS a result of the shake-up in the fire department W. H. Scheuy was made assistant foreman at Co. No. 1, and Alfred H. Griswold, Horace Saunders and George A. Stark were made regular hosemen.
 The South Congregational church now has 2 membership of 1.00S, ac- cording to records made public at the annual meeting last night. Officers were elected, F, Allen Moore being chosen auditor and w. E. Latham and J. H. kirkham trustees for five years.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND AUTO MARKERS

The Hartford Courant remarks that local officials have no authority to enunciate regulations in conflict with the state law regarding aulo- mobile markers, statement with which we are glad to agree.
 But the trouble is, they have been doing it, in Hartford as well as in New Britain-and Hartford as well as New Britain is still in the state of Connecticut, although the officials of both cities may be in a state of coma as regards the law.
 Here are the available facts:
 The state law provides that new markers must be on automobiles after midnight, December 31.
 The authorities of New Britain gave motorists until a. m. on Jan. uary 1 to change from '24 to '25 markers.
 \ Hartford authorities, according to testimony in the New Britain police court, permitted '25 Lee ige7s 10 be
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
Work and Plezzure Pv Kid Roots


 No matter how hard a thing is to do, its plezzure if it don't seem like work.
 Most fellows would think they was having a grate time if they ran for a hour without stopping in a jimnazium with running pants on, but as soon as you expect them to run a errand even for 5 minnits they wawk there and back as slow as they can and even then they feel mizzerable. This shows as soon as you half to do thing 1t stops be- ing plezzure.
 Wen your father comes home at nite and wont take anybody to the movies because he says he feels too bum after working all day, if some- body calls him up after supper he's libel to go erround to the bowling alley and bowl for 3 hours with fearse heavy balls and never stop smiling. This shows as long as you think you're having a good time, maybe you are.
 Werk is no diskrace, and by the way some people act that's all there Is in favor of it.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07

used after noon, December Sl. Some Of those who abided by this local Hartford regulation were arrested when they drove to New Britain, just as New Britain drivers with '2i markers on their cars up to 9 a. m. on New Years might have been ar- rested had they travelled to Hartford with their cars
 Some motorists, eager, as they thought to abide by the law and local regulations at the same time, displayed both '25 and "A markers on their cars the afternoon of De- ccmbcr 5l and part of New Years day But this method of playing safe likewise is against the law, which says mot more than one number plate shall be displayed on the front or rear upon any motor vehicle im operation upon the public highways Of the state"
 To confirm with the state law strictly 1t evidently is necessary for an autoist who is using his car at midnight December Sl-and there are many snch-to step from his ma chine when the bells ring and the whistles blow, pry loose the old markers and substitute the new.
 The legislature could amend the law to permit slight twilight zone and thus make it easier 10 comply with the law and avoid the urge to infiict special local regulations which, as the Courant rightly ob- serves, can have no legal standing in a court unless the judge happens 10 sympathize with the exasperated autoists.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
Observations On He Weather

Washington, Jan. 7.-Forecast for Southern New England; Partly cloudy and slightly warmer tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, warmer in east portion. Variable winds be- coming fresh southwest.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair in south, partly cloudy, possibly light rain or snow in north portion tonight and Thursday, slightly warmer in central and south portion tonight, fresh southwest winds.
 Conditions: A well defined area of low pressure over Lake Su- perior is causing unsettled weather with fiurries Of snow in the northern lake region. Pleasant weather pre- walls generally in other sections east Of the Rocky Mountains. The temperature is higher from Michi- gan eastward to Vermont. Frosts reported as far south as Florida.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair followed by unsettled weather and not much change in tempera- ture,
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
WHaSs ; Isun I'A nSI'Aob
 MaxS0N RxKaIL Jtuux

7 A Golden Rule of Matrlmony
 By Wallace Nj, Bayliss I've always had profound respect For those who do our teaching, Contending that their true effect Is lasting and far reaching; And so when Mary Ann, my niece, Took up her normal training. ] said; That girls as slick as
 grease,
 Much honor she'll be gaining" One day when to a friend of mine About her I was growing, He said: Alas, you should repine Instead of silly blowing; P For know you not that teachers get Left in the marriage gamble? Men pass them by; they let them
 sweat: Alone through life they ramble." At once about poor Mary Ann spent much time in worry. But Deedlessly. She found q man And grabbed him in a hurry. Said l: Dear niece, pride of my
 lFart,
 Pray tell me how you mated." Said she, T made men think they're
 smart And l was empty pated,"
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
north of Tifty-thlrd street.

north of Fifty-third street.
 The idea of the theatrical promo. ters that radio is going to knock tho big metropolitan productions 10 pieces seems not to be borne out by their own actions in constantly build ing new thcaters in city that al- ready can seat million or more people in it's playhouses at one time. Not only are more theaters being planned for New York, however, but syndicate Is to rush construction of additional playhouscs in PhiladeI- phia, Chicago and Boston.
 A radio dealer in New York took 1t upon himself 10 make an investi- gation among hIs customers as 10 whether radio was keeping them from attending the legitimate thea ters, Ho relates that he found q majority of radio fans did not at- tend such high priced shows as the Zicgfeld Follies and productions of that class, and not because of the radio at home, but because of tho cost of admission. When they went to theater it was to vaudeville or the picture shows, and they still attend- ed quite regularly which was proven by the fact that there are as many moving picture thcaters of good quality as ever before and that the attendance appears to remain at top notch, and whenever there is a fall in attendance it is not due 10 radio but to conditions generally.
 To argue about the alleged "evil effects of radio" is no fit employment by the big New York theater man. agers: what they say doesn't fit in with the new theaters being built. And anyway. they know very well, as everyone else does, that radio is here to stay and no amount of talk will alter that fact.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
TALKS HIMSELF INTO
 25 YR. PRISON TERM
iG Year old Hobo Insists He Was Robhcr, But officials
 Doubt His Word

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. Kay Snodderly, 16 year old hobo, who talked himself into 25-year peni- tentiary sentence for a Council Bluffs robbery and shooting, will be taken to prison today, although off, cers are convinced he had no part in the crime.
 snodderly entered full and vol untary confession" of the robbery and shooting of two men, represent ing himself as "Scar Finger Ted" a member of a gang of robbers oper- ating in and about Council Bluffs and Omaha, Neb., across the Missouri river from here. He started talking after he had applied for lodging at the city jail a cold night recently.
 Percy Lainso, sheriff, said he had established that the boy was in kan- sas City, Mo-, when the robbery oc- cured. An effort will be made to obtain a pardon.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
WHEN SEEING SNAKES,
 PLAY SAFE

We read with some interest in the columns of the observing Observer in the Herald that safe way to distinguish betycen a poisonous and a non-poisonous snake in Connecu- cut is that in a poisonous snake the pupil of the eye has a narrow slit but that in the poisonous snake the pupil is "pcrfectly round''
 We also note that H. S, Woiley, Nutmeg naturalist, remarks that in a poisonous snake the plates on the bottom of the body run straight around from the head to the tip ot the tail, while in the harmless snake they are of "herringbone pattern"
 The naturalist says that by these two things it is easy to tell the nature of the reptile one may face on taking a taunt through the woods in the summer time,
 It probably is an easy thing Tor MT. Woolley or other nature students and Boy Scouts, but we Of average citizenship and naturalistic attain mcnts are not inclined to stand Tn front or near snake and like an en- tranced pupil, study the appearance of the snakes eye or the particular ramifications of the mosaic upon the snakes belly. The instinct for self preservation remains strong in such an emergency and to play safe we generally keep a comfortable dis tance between the flesh of our tender legs and the fangs of all snakes whatsoever.
 The other night, after heavy meal, we dreamt about snakes and do not remember standing idly by studying their pupils or their skins In fact, we did everything but that.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
JUGGLING WITH FIGURES
 OVER GASOLINE

According to the report of the U. s. Department of the Interior, records were broken in the pro- duction of gasoline during Novem- Der, the last month for which figures are at hand. The production was 25,400,OOO gallons a day.
 The daily average of consumption during the month was 2S,359,0OO gallons day.
 And then, despite the fact that records were broken" the report adds that the high record produc- tion was for May. 1924, when the production was 17,0OO,OOo gallons a day more than in November.
 Production, it appears, continued 100000 gallons in excess of con- sumption during November. But despite this, the report says, stocks of gasoline on hand at retineries' De- cember 1 ,totalled a decline of 19,- GOO. 900 gallons, which represented only an 1S-day supply at the current rate of domestic demand.
 A year ago. the report indicates, there was a to-day supply on hand, and on November 1, 1924, a 47-day supply.
 By the time you have read this far some mystery will dawn in connec- ton with these figures. How, for instance, can the surplus supply de- crease so radically if "all records for production were broken since May? And how can the surplus de- crease from 47-day supply at the start of November to an 1Sday sup ply at ths enid of the month when the production was @,Ooo,OOO gallons a day more than consumption? Are we exporting huge quantities?
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
BUILD MORE THEATERS
 DESPITE RADIO

A the moment when the theatri- cal managers in New York are looking askance al the supposed de- predations of the radio, which is supposed to induce a part Of the.r potential audiences to remain al home, comes the announcement that more theaters will be built in the metropolis.
 The theatrical district. il appears. is also moving further north. In- stead Of centering in and about the roaring forties," the district is talk ing to the nifty fifties. This develop mrnt is is'ascribed to the removal of the Sis.sA avenue elevated stru-. .~-t
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
NEW HAVEN SHOULD KEEP HANDS OFF

C. l.. Bardo, general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad, is quoted as saying that his road is willing to again take over the management of its Con- necticut company. which although owned by the New Haven, is in the hands of trustees appointed by the |. s. district court
 Four hundred thousand shares of the Connecticut company in stock, owned by the railroad, with a par and book value of S40,0O0,OO0 were pledged with the U. S. secretary of the treasury as partial security for loan of s7,400,00O under the fed eral transportation act.
 The Connecticut company has been in the market to be sold to some willing purchaser, but either willing purchasers have been scarce, or they have not been particularly impressed with the future of the trolley car industry, or they have regarded the price asked for the property too high, or they have feared profits might be lacking anyway, there has been no line of anxious buyers at the counter.
 Yet 1t is difficult to think that nobody, or no corporation, would buy the Connecticut company and its rights under it's charter if the price asked for it were not too high. That probably is the crux of the situation.
 Ten years from now may see tre- mendous changes in the Connecticut company; 1t may be operating more buses than trolleys for instance. Were a purchaser possessing the elements of popular esteem operat- ing it, the business would probably be satisfactory
 It would be virtually impossible for any corporation to operate the Connecticut company profitably if a high price were paid for the rights of ownership. Fares are as high as they can be iacked up without ruin- ing the business altogether, and a high investment charge could not be met under such conditions.
 Trolley companies, it is claimed. arc recovering from q period of de- pression. How far the Connecticut company has recovered remains to be seen. A favorable showing might induce some purchasers to make themselves known.
 1 Until the alleged revivldus of prosperity is actually shown to be developing in the case of the Con nccticut company it would be unwise 10 change the present trustee status and hand the concern back 10 the New Haven railroad to operate, If the latter were done and then favorable trolley report were made, the rrpercussion throughout tho state would be anything but favora- bic.
 If things are shaping better for the Connecticut company 1t is very good reason to continue the status quo. A favorable trolley report will be almost certain 10 stimulate ac- tivity in an effort 10 acquire the propcry. It Is the wrong time to consider handing back the property to the railroad owners. The lcgisla- ture will do well not to lend it's in- fucnce toward such a consumma- ton.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
KOretz Believed to Be
 Dying in Penitentiary

stateville, Ill.,, Jan. 7.-Recovery of Leo Koretz. promoter of the Bay ano oil scheme in which relatives and friends invested S2,OO0, ,00o and who is suffering from diabetes in the Penitentiary here, is doubtful. but lis death is not imminent. prison hospital attaches said today.
 In the few weeks of confinement Koretz has lost twenty pounds and hts voice has dropped 10 a whisper according to the prison physician.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following realty deals have been consummated: Santi Cianci 10 Stanisiaw and Wladyslaw Piochar- czyk. High street; Louis MaXen to Frederick and Emma Kowalski, Summer street; Charles and Kate Sidvic to Stasis Valukcnis, 259 Stan Icy street; Maria Tugnialli 10 Ame- dio Bonola, one-half interest iD property at Industrial Park,
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
COMMUNICATED
WOULD LIKE TO LAY HANDS ON
 IDIOT INTERFERING WITH RADIO

ssAsDAS
 Editor New Britain Herald,
 New Britain, Conn.
 Dear Sir:---
 In the interest Of radio, and radio fans in the vicinity of Church and Stanley streets, who like to listen in, enjoy good concert, and mind their own business. will you kindly publish this letter.
 Someone, apparently located in the above neighborhood. is certainly doing all he can--and succeeding in putting almost every receiving set out of business.
 Apparently he has some sort of a spark coil arrangement in operation and is laboring under, the deluslon that he is sending code of some sort, He's on the job every night without fail. Generally he starts about an hour after Springfield has commence ed to send-that is, one can get Springfield in nice shape for about an hour. Then at or 7:30 he starts in with his devilish work with short stabs in the ears which he gradually varies into long drawn out flendish shrieks.
 Along about the time when the nearby stations are signing off, and one thinks he might be able to pick up some lone station In the far west this bird Is at the height of his pleas ure. By that time 1t is one con- stant roar like waterfall. One might just as we'll throw his receiv- ing set out of the window. I've thought of doing it many 'times-- so disgusted do I get.
 Don't let anyone tell me it is bat tery noises or the fault of my set. There are times when everything is quiet-probably when this maniac is called to supper, or goes downstairs for a pail of coal. Any other time, however-well try to shake him!
 Very truly yours,
 DIsGUSTED.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
Thc Edltor,s GossIn shon

We still get about three or four cheeks week from the post office marked: Not listed in the direc- tory"
 Why some contributors should be so careless as to leave off their ad- dress or, in writing an address make 1t incorrect, is something we can not, frankly, understand,
 When we receive an envelope back we look again at the original contribution to see who was wrong. When the address on the envelope corresponds with the address on the contribution. and the check comes back, then we are frank 10 say that the contributors who are SO careless are fast asleep with
New Britain herald., 1925-01-07
ELECT NEW OFFICERS

The Children of Mary of St. Joscph's church held the first meet ing of the year Monday evening in St. Joseph's hall. The following officers were elected: President, Marguerite Kenney; vice. president, Catherine Fitzpatrick; secretary, Catherine Doyle; Treasurer Agnes Sullivan.