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New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
PRISON SLAYER
 TRIES SUICIDE
KTauSer, Who Murdered Cell
 mate, Fails

Chicago, July 1--Walter Kraus- cr charged with the murh,r It county jail of Eyerhard Grant, an uccomplice in the murder of the pa trolman, for which he is awaiting a scccnd trial, attempted to IIrl him s"lf here yesterday afternoon by setting fire 10 his clothing. lie was scrou)y burned before prisoners and guards succeeded in smothering the flames.
 Found Pocket Knife
 Earlier in the day a pocket knife had been found in Krauscrs cell. it was reported. It was with a pocket knife that he stabbed Grant while the two were in the visitors room to meet relatives.
 krauser set fire 10 his clothes and to his mattress and then lay down on the mattress while the names licked about him and guards tried frantically to open his cell door. Finally the cell was flooded with water and the flames extin- suished.
 Serious Condition krauscr was taken 10 the Jail Hospital where his condition is con- sidored serious As Nrauser was Icing taken to the hospital, he moancd repeatedly, my enemies did it."
 Warden Westbrook said he be. iievcd Krauscr is insane. sErause. and Grant were both found guilty and sentenced to death for the mur- der of Policeman Ralph Saunders during the holdup of a tea store two years ago.
 Grant, youth of 19, was refused new trial but Krauser obtained one. Grant, however, succeeded j obtaining several reprieves. A few days after Grant death Krausor was also indicted for this staying and is now awaiting trial on two charges of murder.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
MRS. HUCK ORDERED TO SHARE
 BED WITH SUSPECTED KILLER

Winnifred Mason liuck, former congrcsswoman and the first wom- An to preside over the house Of rep rcscntatives, got herself sentenced 10 prison.
 Guiluess of any crime. she sought answers 10 the questions
 Are our prisons humane?
 Can girl, crushed by fellow men, regain her place in society?
 This Is the fourth story written for the Hearld.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
A Bad Case of Nerves Relieved

Denver, Colorado. - '1 was very Respondent, blue and sad all the time, which IS worse than real pain, and extremely nervous, with no appetite. l was this way for about two years and thought no one cared for me. My mother had had the same trouble and had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for it. I tried everything else, then began to take it. soon had better appetite and restored mental condition. fmoved to a bright, sunny house, began calling on, different people, and changed many other things. also used Lydia E. Pinkham's s Sanative Wash for my female weakness. With the aid of your medicines I am now a fairly healthy, happy and contented woman. I've used the Vegetable Compound at different times and will say it always helps me over the bad spells that come to every woman past 40 years" Mrs. HELEN FINE, 35 South Wash lngton Street, Denver, Colorado.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
MRS, BORGEL|N'S
 REMARKABLE RECOVERY
Gives Credit for Restored Health to Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound. All
 Women Interested

table Compound now and I do all my housework and help with the milking, and taking care of chickens and gar den. Besides 1 have a fine baby girl eight months old, just the picture of health, and am feeling fine myself. You may use this letter as a testi- monial and will answer any letters asking about the Vegetable Com- pound. Mrs. OSCAR F. BoRGELIN, Route No. 5, Forest City, Iowa,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-01
OPPOSING UNDERWOOD

Birmingham, July 1 Pl-Hugo L. Black, Birmingham attorney, filed notice of his candidacy yesterday for the scat in the United states senate held by Oscar W. Underwood.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-01

Forest City. Iowa. My first child lived only a short time and was sick for year after. When I bent over and raised myself up again 1 could almost scream with pain in my back.
 One day Lwas so bad that l had to leave my washing and get ready to go to the doctor. He gave me medi- cine, but it did no more good than if drank just water. Once when we had been in town a little book telling about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was left in our car. I have taken five bottles of the Vege-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Experiment in Radio
Reporting

TOT very many years ago newspaper reporters in
M common with business and professional men
were forced to do all their writing by the labor-
Gus longhand method
The first typewriter introduced to the newspaper
fraternity here inspired much comment and must be
said some derison The enterprsng reporter respon-
sble for the first crude tipping machine in The Light
office has lived to the day when the typewriter is
regarded indispensable part of office equipment
Last Friday morning there another innovation
in The Light office news event was covered by voice
over radio, probably for the first time in history.
Three thousand feet high an arpane circled north
east of the city Below $50 citizen soldiers were on
practice march AS the troops Unanswered the observer
above watched their movements and in conversational
pitch of voice, described the activities
As he spoke his voice, reduced in volume but clear
and distinct was heard in The Light office where his
report was taken down word for word and published
shortly thereafter
Two-way communication maintained, and from
time to time the reporter in the office conversed with
the observer in the airplane.
Thus The Light with the able and indispensable CO.
operation of Brigadier General Paul B. Malone, the
army and the Southern Radio Corporation conducted
most successful experiment in radio reporting.
1t may be that the experiment last Friday morning
will be significant was that experiment years ago
when newspaper threw away his soft lead pencil
and puzzled over the intricacies of typewriter.
Anyhow the experiment in radio reporting was Of
value The impetus of progress is maintained by expert
ment. The life of progress is innovation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
SAN ANTONIO,
AUGUST "a, 1925
Rasshr . OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A5%a &o
An American Humorist
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

Style is like a flavor. You can
weigh an apple and then if you take
its flavor from it you might weigh
it again and the difference would
be imperceptible. The odor of the
rose seems to be small thing, yet
this rare and delicate fragrance is
transmitted from generation to gen.
GRAFTON and is somehow locked up
in every seed or slip.
We pass this way but once and
the best we can do is to cheer up
the lot of our fellow men as we
are passing. We can make the
world smile with us or weep with
us.
Surely the lot Of one who caused
gladness and happiness while he
was upon earth Is to be envied and
the grave Of such one should be
properly decorated. Bill Nye is
gone, but his successors remain to
cheer UP the world. This vale of
tears is sad enough what with
pessimists and realists. We sadly
need the assistance of those whose
gifts lie in the way of the imagina-
ton and of talent to relieve the
constant humdrum situation.
Copyright, 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
ABDOMINAL ORGANS NEED CARE
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner of Health, New York City.

This makes them liable to sag and
to become displaced.
The colon" is the name given the
large intestine, the most dependent
part of the intestinal tract. Since
part Of the colon runs upward and
> another part runs downward, we
need not consider these portions in
connection with sagging, but the
middle part, called the transverse
Colon" runs crosswise af the body.
This position renders it peculiarly
liable to sagging or dropping and
even to rolling upon its axis, pro-
ducing a kink in the intestine. Since
the colon is frequently quite filled
with the waste products of digestion,
it may become so heavy that the
supports give way. =
There is a general term applied
to the condition and to the ssmp-
toms resulting from relaxation and
stretching of the natural support Of
the digestive organs within the alb
dominal cavity. This is "enterop-
tosis," or dropping of the visera, as
the organs are called. Prolapse of
the kidneys or of the uterus may BE-
met. Indeed, any of the organs may
become displaced through neglect,
disease, or as the result of accident.
Discomfort is the chief symptom.
There may be dragging pains in
the back. Sometimes there are no
apparent symptoms, but, Of course,
a misplaced organ is not an efficient
organ. On this account any form
of entsroptosis requires the atten-
ton Of your doctor.
Copyright, 1925. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24

Nature has done wonderful things
in building the body and planning
for its safety and preservation. II
man would do his part in guarding
against diseases by proper treat
ment of this wonderfully constructed
mechanism, the span of life would
be materially increased.
The abdominal cavity is an i'm
portant region. 1t is divided from
he chest cavity, containing the
heart and lungs, by the diaphragm.
This is a firm muscular wall which
you never think of till you have the
hiccoughs. Then it takes on vio-
lent spasm and makes you painfully
aware Of its existence.
Within the abdominal cavity are
the organs which have to do with
digestion, notably the stomach, liver,
gall bladder and intestines. The
spleen is here, too, and just outside
the main cavity are the kidneys.
Immediately connected with the
abdominal cavity and really a part
of it, is the space bounded by the
pelyis, the bones of the middle Of
the body. In this cavity is the blad-
der and, in women, it contains the
generative organs-the uterus and
ovaries.
The mere recital Of this list Of
vital organs show how necessary it
is to protect this region against
neglect and abuse.
Man has a posture different from
the lower animals. He stands up
right. This places a peculiar strain
upon the tissues which hold the or
gans in place. Some of the organs
are heavy, notably heavy at times.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
What's and Why's
By "The Spectator"

The question, What is that?"
symbolizes childmindedness the
question, why is that?" adult
mindedness.
AS soon as a child is able to talk
he wants to know what things are
When he learns that the pink thing
he has tried to get in his mouth is
called "toen he Is satisfied.
An through childhood questions
concern themselves primarily with
finding out what things are.
A man becomes Of age when he
reaches 81. His mind becomes Of age
when he begins to question beyond
the what stage" and asks why
things are.
Many people all their lives are
satisfied with finding out what
things are called. They never pierce
beyond to the question why arc
they what they are?" They retain
the characteristics Of childminded-
ness through life.
Yet all the improvement in the
human race has come in answer to
to the question "Why?" and not
just WHAT"
"What" touches the surface:
"Why" probes to the bottom and
finds causes.
Innumerable people had seen an
apple fall from a tree before New
ton. They had asked themselves I'M
consciously. what is that?" and
the answer, at is an apple falling"
sufficed. But il did not satisfy
Newton. He asked. why does the
apple fall?" And the answer that
finally evolved was his theory Of
gravitHtion.
Most men are satisfied when they
are told that one man they see is
boss" and another man they see is
a "laborer" under him. When they
begin to ask themselves why one
man is the boss and the other man
is under him they begin to dis
cover what will do them lasting
benefit.
Real thinking always begins with
the question WHY"
The question WHAT" implies ac-
ceptance; "Why" investigation and
thought.
Someone has said the great mass
Of people act merely as a transmit
ting medium for the ideas Of tn,
few.
The many are the askers OF
What" questions; the few adult
minded people are the askers Of
Why?"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24

Inside the body are a number of
glands-small but powerful-which,
until recently, were quite neglected.
But at last they have come into
their own. They are now receiving
a tremendous amount Of experiment
al attention. The glands l refer to
are the so-callcd "ductless glands"
or glands of internal secretion"
The most important of these
glands are the thyroid, situated in
the neck behind the adams apple, +"
the pituitary and pineal in the
brain, and the adrenals or suprare-
mails, one of which rests on the top
of each kidney. And in children we
have a curious gland called the
thymus, which at birth reaches from
the root of the lungs TO the base Of
the neck, but gradually gets small
err and smaller as the child grows
until, at the age of puberty, this
gland almost entirely disappears.
Each of these ductless glands
manufactures one or more powerful
chemical substances which are circu.
lated in the blOod-stream and are abb
soIutely essential to the growth,
strength and health of body and
mind.
II one gland oversecretes or I'M
dersecrets it seems to throw the re-
naming glands out Of balance-that
is, they also may oyersecrete or
undersecrcte in order to compensate
for the failure of the first gland.
It's like a system Of wheels within
wheels. The result Of unbalance, Of
course, is some body disturbance
that reveals itself in symptoms.
The diagnosis of gland unbalance
and Of gland treatment is still in the
experimental stage, but some Of the
facts already known are interest
ing.
Undersecretion Of the thyroid pro-
duces in children a stunted stature,
dry skin, large head, enfeebled men
tally and other unfortunate condi-
tons. In adults there is also a dry
skin, together with mental and mo.
tor sluggishness.
Oversecretion of the thyroid pro-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24

A movement Is on In Fletcher,
North Carolina, close to Ashevillc,
to dedicate a monument to the name
and fame of Bill Nye. There will
be appropriate exercises and
boulder and tablet at his grave in
the churchyard will be set up.
Bill Nye was a fun maker. He
never contributed anything to his
country or his fellow citizens ex-
cept good humor.
As Arnold Bennett said of GER
tain character in his writing, "He
cheered US up a Bit"
All he had was his style. He
could say things in way that
made people smile. But we are
mistaken if we suppose that style
is a fleeing gift. All there is to
Shakespeare is his style, and the
basis of the reputation of Homer
and Horace rests more than any
thing else.
The monuments Of the past have
crumbled into decay. The mauso-
leums and other proud edifices are
gone but the stories told by Horace
the poetic wanderer along the
forum, are today upon the desk
of every school boy in the world.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Their First Jobs
By Philip Nolan
Finds Success in Railroadins

Finds Success in Railroading
One of the leading railroad fig
ures Of New England had no equip
ment but a high school education
when he got his first job, in the en-
cheering corps of the Kentucky *
Indiana Bridge Company, at the
age Of 1S.
But he left this concern to 60
with the Ii 'sville, Evansville 4
st. Louis railN...y, Of which he be-
came successfully the paymnster,
assistant treasurer, chief clerk to
the superintendent, trainmaster and
then superintendent of transporta-
ton, a wide range Of experience
gained, all in a period Of seven
years.
Then he made a new connection
as chief clerk TO the superintendent
of the Central Railroad Of Georgia,
for which he became assistant train
master in charge of the Savannah
division.
About 10 years later he went to
New England, where he became sec
rotary to the general manager and
then general superintendent Of the
Maine Central railroad. Today he
is thc president Of this road.
His name is Morris Mcdonald.
Copyright, 1925. King Feature Syn. Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Wayside Wisdom
You Can't Keep a Thrifty
Man Down.
By S. E. Kiser

AAoA WYNN
He endeavored all his life
To get on by being thrifty.
When he picked himself wife,
Which he did when he was fifty,
He was careful, ere he fell
Into marital relations,
That the lady would think well
Of his thrifty inclinations.
She assured him she was not
One who squandcred money
lightly;
Cash was something that she
thought
Well worth gripping very tightly;
She possessed no wish TO wear
Clothes that would be costing
dearly,
So he took her when his hair
Was becoming thinner yearly.
Wedding journeys, he remarked,
Were eztrnvagant and silly;
On the day when they embarked
1t was wet and rather chilly;
She believed in omens; he
Said: "Pooh.pooh :" with proud
assurance:
For three years that followed she
Bore the strain with brave en-
durance.
Then there came a dismal day
When the doctors operated;
she will live" be heard them say,
And she did, it may b. stated.
All. the wonderful relief.
Oh, the happiness that filled him
But the Joy he had was brief,
For the bill they sent him killed
him.
Still, the darkest cloud, you know,
May possess a silver lining;
She invested all his dough
IN a bunch Of bum stock (min-
ing).
Did the mining sharks behave?
No. they made off with their
plumber;
Then he tore up from his grave,
Much alive, and raising thunder.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
YE TOWNE GOSSIP *: c 3:

AND 1 found it out.
I'D PUNISH him.
But NEVER.
WOULD 1 punish him.
IF HE told the truth.
AND HE'S done some thi"~7.
THAT He shouldn't do.
AND HAS come to me.
BUT so many things.
THAT HE might have done.
HE HASN'T done.
BECAUSE HE knows.
THAT BOTH Of u:.
WOULD FEEL so badly.
WHEN HE came and told.
AND HE'S come to know.
THAT WHATEVER the trouble.
HE MAY get in;
THERE'S ALWAYS someone.
HE CAN bring it to.
AND SHARE it with.
AND THOUGH he knows.
THAT 1T may mean.
A PLAYTIME hour.
SPENT IN his room.
THE GREATEST thing.
is THAT he knows.
HE HAS cleaned his slate.
AND HAS no fear.
AND HE'S learned to know.
THAT IT'S Just silly.
TO TELL a lie.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Cost of Bread

~ I'VE thought to the cost of bread Then ponder.
1 What is the cost of loaf of bread from the
- wheat fields to the family table?
Government investigators give an answer that may
be Illuminating 1t illustrates the fact that distribution
is the weak point in our economic life
Out of every dollar spent by the householder for
bread 296 cents goes to the farm To get the wheat
ready for baking S4 cents is required and 1O16 cents
goes for manufacture.
Then the expense of distribution absorbs SO cents
or one-half
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
OVER LIES HURDLES
Your Gland. Must Balance to Keep You in Health
By LOUIS E. BISCH
Copyright, 1925. Premier synd.. In

duces nerYOuness, moist skin, ana
motor unrest. In severe cases it
may effect the eyeballs, making them
large and bulging.
Many obscure and pulling all
ments have been traced to an unbal-
ance Of the endocrine glands.
Marvellous results have also been
obtained through the judicious and
scientific administration Of gland ex-
tracts which are usually taken from
sheep.
Copyright, 1925, Premier synd.. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Saphead Sisters

Molly-Who were you writing 70
in Washington?
COrdclis-I was just asking Con
gresham spriEgins II he couldn't
have them apply the law Of grav-
ity 70 the cost Of Iivlng.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Domestic Felicity

~ HE Brooklyn wife who devised fourteen points to
insure matrimonial happiness displayed skill in
= compiling them but lacked tact in commanding
her husband to accept them The points included gentle
ness non-nterference, division of responsibility, fair
support no drudgery, reasonable allowance personal
independence cooperation leisure truth, fidelity and
similar rights which most wives should possess.
But her husband objected because she dictated the
conditions like cOnquering general serving an ulti
matum on defeated foe. So the fourteen points fell
and the marriage is on the rocks.
Wiser wives may gain every of the points with
out difficulty by winning them by one. Women
know far about men than know about women.
Many a domestic diplomat has carried the fourteen
points deity that her husband is that he has
conceded anything. A husband does not need to be
head of the house to be happy He only needs to think
he isl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Shines Fortune

TUGO SHINES. during his life, amassed great
RI fortune and at time said to hold the des-
- - tiny of Germany in his hand.
Sudden fortunes, however do not often last long
II is hard to keep them together
Now Hugo Shines sons Hugo Jr., and Edmond,
quarreng the estate, which is being sold piece
meal to others.
A syndicate of German and American bankers
have recently bought the SHINES coal holdings in the
Ruhr
The SHINES steamship lines will be the next to go.
The Berlin Handelgesellschaft bank has bought the
electric works and these together with other units have
already passed out of the possession of the family.
The Americans have saying that it is only three
generations from shirt sleeves to wealth and back to
shirt sleeves again 1t is taking less than generation
to dsspate and disperSe the great SHINES property
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
Daily Good Deed

Clean the mental slate every
morning Of all grudges Of the day
before. Kind deeds will bring their
own reward.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24
BucoGc Press

Fireman George II. Mcclure laid
an egg on the editors desk at the
J.. !. Daily Press office today
Long Island IN. " Daily Press.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-24

Dear K. c. B.-Can you help a
mother to cure her boy of lying!
l always know when my boy is tel
ing me an untruth, and when l ac-
cuse him of It he still goes on with
his foolish little lies, and there
seems nothing l can do to cure him
of it. 1t worries me because be-
yond all things / hate most a liar.
Of course, he is oAly eight years old
and he may get over it. What can
| do?
WORRIED MOTHER.
DEAR MOTHER.
IF HIS lies.
ARE FOOLISH lies.
AND YOU always know.
WHEN HE'S telling them.
$50
AND YOU let him know.
THAT YOU always know.
1T WON'T be long.
BEFORE HE will see.
HOW SILLY it is.
TO TELL untruths.
WHEN EVERY one knows.
THEY ARE untruths.
But FOR the present
I'D TALK to him;
AS A year ago.
l TALKED to a boy.
AND SAID to him.
WHEN HE did something
HE SHOULDN'T do.
THAT HE should come.
RIGHT STRAIGHT to me-.
AND TELL M Of it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-11
A NEW WAY TO DIE@
BY BOOTLEG BOOZE

Experiments in the Harvard Med
ical School laboratories demonstrate
that tn e new German synthetic
methanol is exactly as poisonous as
the more familiar American dis
titled wood alcohol. And the me.
thanol is the more dangerous, be.
cause it is cheap and pure.
Wood alcohol when made contain:
impurities which make it undrink-
ably offensive. and it is expensive
to deodorize. Methanol is pure and
inoffensive to begin with, and it is
very cheap.
1t makes q. palatabIe drink, not
distinguishable by the taste from a
similar drink made with grain alec.
hol.
But little of that drink will poi
son you; a little more will blind
you, and any considerable dose will
kill you.
Whoever, therefore, sells it for
beverage purposes is more than a
bootleggcr. He is a murderer.