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New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
'ERIE PLAN FOR
 TEACHING ENGLISH
Volunteer Workers Employed for Instruction Of Immigrants

The Erie Plan" for the educa- tion of foreign speaking women, which will be discussed at the meet ing of the United Parents and Teach CTS association in the Central junior high school auditorium tonight, dif- fers from the scheme originally pro posed in that, instead of calling for the employment of paid instructors, 1t makes the proposition a commun- ity one with volunteer workers and allows the foreign women to teach as well as learn. This plan was first worked out in Erie, Pa, but has since been enlarged in Chicago.
 In Erie the school authorities got Italian mothers to attend night schools by hiring Italian girls to look after the babies, while ma tron was hired to canvass each block and endeavor to keep the attendance up. Daytime classes are also conducted, but were not begun with sending out formal invitations, as this was thought to scare off the prospective pupils. Coffee or soup were served to the women and, while someone attended to the babies, a short lesson was given. At first an interpreter was required, but the coming together and effort to speak English soon obviated this.
 In Chicago the Woman's City club and the Infant Welfare society has been conducting classes for two years along the following lines:
 The food of the child, by a trained domestic-science woman who was also a mother and housekeeper.
 The clothing of the child. in which actual garments were made, the training being provided by friends of the club.
 Keepnig the child well, by wom- an physician who taught the dan gers of measles and scarlet fever. and what quarantine meant. The mind of a cmld, by a kindergartner who taught f1agcr plays, lullabys. stories, proper and improper punishment, and the cut ting of toys out of paper.
 The lagal status of mother and child.
 One of these turned automatically into an English class.
 The artistic inheritance of the i'm migrants is recognized by this plan, and skilled foreign women are hired to teach intricate crochet and knit lace work to Americans.
 The Parent Teacher association is utilized to bring the foreign speak ing and English speaking mothers together and develop common feeling through their common inter est their children. The lack of
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
TAX RATE OF 2S S-4 MILLS
 EFFECTIVE FOR ts25-26
Martin J. Kelly Only Member or
 City Meeting Board op- posing Schedules.
posing Schedules.

Despite an effort by Martin J. Kelly to have changes made in mis- cellaneous, emergency and incidental accounts, the budget prepared by the board of finance and taxation and approved by the common coun- cil was adopted by the city meeting board by unanimous vote last night and a tax rte of 25% mills Is effec- tive for the next fiscal year.
 Kelly claimed discrimination against certain city employees was evident in the last salary adjustment. No specific instances were mention ed. He wanted items for incidentals and emergencies eliminated to pro- vide what he would consider a bet ter salary schedule.
 Chairman F. F. Hall of the board of finance explained the necessity for these items to the apparent satis- faction of the remaining members of the board and on his motion the es- inmates were adopted.
 Several transfers recommended by the finance board and approved by the common council were also voted.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
LEAD PRICES LOWERED.

New York. March 3.-The Amerl- can Smelting and Refining company today reduced the price of lead from 9:25 to 300 cents per pound.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03

Harmony Lodge Past Masters Night
 Another big time in Masonic af- fairs will be tho 10th annual Past Masters Night to be held by liar mony lodge, A, F. and A. M, on Monday evening, March 2S. There will be Il banquet at 6;30 D. m. which will be followed by the con- ferring of the Master Mason de- gree in full form. Past Master Frank A, Goddard will preside.
 Last evening the entered appren- tice degree was worked by Harmony lodge in stated communication. Next Monday at q special communication the Master Mason degree will bo worked and on March l6, at a stated communication the Fellow Craft de. gree will be worked,
 Tomorrow evening Centennial lodge A. F. and A. NJ, will work the entered apprentice degree.
 Banquet For s. II. Raymond
 Friday evening of this week will be the big night for the Fifth Ma sonic district, when a banquet will be given to Sherwood II. Raymond grand junior steward. by Masons of the district, under the auspices of Centennial lodge, This is the first time in more than 80 years that New Britain has had a grand officer. Mir, Raymond has just completed a term as deputy grand master of the Fifth district. Between 75 and 100 men are expected 10 be present. Among the speakers will be Walter Y. Arnold of Merlden, grand master of the state Of Connecticut: Thomas A. Desmond Of Simsbury. who sue ceedcd Mir. Raymond as deputy grand master, and Rev. Samuel A. fiske of Berlin, deputy grand chap lain, Mir. Raymond will speak and Edward A. Prior, master of Centen- nial lodge. will he toastmaster.
 On Wednesday, March IS. Cen tcnnial lodge will work the Fellow Craft degree at o'clock and again at 7;30, and on March o5 the Mas ter Mason degree will be worked
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
Three Teams Still Lead
 In Six Day Bike Races

New York, March 3.-Three teams still lead the field this morning at the 32nd hour of the siX-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden. They were Georgetti and Beloni, Me Namara and Horan and Brocco and Egg, with 515 miles and four laps compared with the record of roc miles and l lap for the same period, made by Lawson and Root in 1915.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
HUGHES HAS PLAN
 FOR CODIFYINGLAW
PresideS for Last Time Over
 Pan-AmeriCan Union

Washington, March 3.--socretary Hughes, appeared yesterday for the last time as chairman of the govern ing board of Pap-Amerlcan Union presented to it 3l projects, drawn up by the American institute of in- ternational law for the codidcation of international law as oftcctinE this hemisphere. The projects will be transmitted by the members Of the board to their respective govern ments and will form the basis of discussions at the forthcoming in- Dernational congress Of jurists In Rio de Jeneiro,
 Secretary Hughes, asserting the projects mark 0 definite step toward the formulation of an American in- ternational law" declared that thanks 10 American initiesive, We are on the threshold of accomplish ment in the most important en- deayor Of the human race to lift itself out of the sayagery of strife into the domain Of law breathing the oplilL OL dlilIlN anu lNHkINts
 Thirty-Onc Projects Described
 The thlrty-one protests were de- scribed by the secretary as en- hracing a "declaration of tho rights and duties of nations, statements Of the fundamental bases of intcrna- tional law and Of the fundamental rights Of the American republics and the formulation of rules with respect 10 Jurisdiction interna- tional rights and duties and the pacific settlement of international disputes" He pointed out that the recommendation besides including the law universal contain not a few rules of American origin and adapted to American cxigencics."
 Mr. Hughes explained that the projects, or draft conventions were not submitted to the governing board" either for approval or for criticisms at this time"
 Tn expressing our qualification. We are not dealing with texts of passing up on particular proposals" " he said. Those projects. or draft proposals are submitted to the gov ernins board with the recommnnda-
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
Nevada Would Put Heavy
 Tax on Gaming Tables

Reno, New. March S.-A bill was introduced in the state legislature at Carson City yesterday providing for the collection of s1,000 license fee from each table operated for various games, such as faro, rou- lette, fan tan, big iniun, twenty-one stud and draw poker.
 Poker games are already per- mitted under the state law.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
Country's Crude Oil
 Supply Near Exhaustion

New York, March S.-Exhaustion of the country's crude oil reserves by the end of 1926, with prospects of smaller production and increased consumption this year. was said to be a possibility by Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the Sinclair Consolidat- ed oil Corporation. Mr. Sinclair placed the amount which could be classed as reserve" at 100000 barrels, or the equivalent of 1So days supply at the anticipated rate of consumption during 1925.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03

ton which l take pleasure in mak- ing that they be transmitted by the members of the governing board to their respective governments for their consideration with an express sion of our gratitude for the high minded and expert endeavors which have so happily attained this point of achievement"
 Law of Peace"
 "It Is significant that the eXecu- tive committee Of the American in- sttute of international law has stated that their projects relate to the international law of peace. Their members were a unit in be- Ueving that the law of war should find no place in the relations of the American republics, We have dedicated ourselves to the law Of peace. Fortunately We have no grievances which could furnish any Just ground for the war.
 "lf We respect each others rights as We intend 10 do, if we cooperate in friendly efforts to promote our common prosperity as it will be our privilege 10 do there will he no such grievances in the future. There were no differences now and there should he nore which do not lend themselves readily to the amicable adjustment of nations bent on main tQinlng friendship,
 T do believe that this day, with the submission of concrete pro- posals which take the question the development of international law, out of mere amIabe aspiration, marks definite step in the progress of civilization and the promotion Of peace and for that reason will long be remembered.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
Two Polish Officers
 Are Ordered Executed

Minsk, Russia, March 3.-Two Polish officers named Tarnovsky and Gaidouk, accused by the soviet authorities of leading an attack across the Russian frontier at Kaidonov last January. today were ordered shot within 72 hours. A third officer killed himself to avoid capture.
 The soviet government holds the second section of the Polish general staff responsible for the alleged attack.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03

Joint Ease is for joint troubles only and is clean, penetrating preparation that The Fair and drug gists everywhere are recommending. Always remember, when Joint Ease gets In joint agony gets out quick.
 Limbers 'Em Up
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
Bridgeport Man Jumps to
 Death in Front of Train

Bridgeport, March 3.-John J. Bilton, 57, of this city was killed by the Springfield express, westbound, as it was coming to a stop at the railroad station here at 10 o'clock today. Bilton, according to wit nesses jumped in front of the train. HA body was decapitated.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03

progress in Americanlzing them selves Is laid to the fact that for elgn speaking women have little contact with the outside world, and this is changed by the parent-teaeher body.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-03
For Rheumatism
 Try .Joint-Ease

When rheumatism settles in any of your joints and causes agony, dis tress or misery, please remember that Joint Ease is the one remedy that brings quick and lasting relief,
 It matters not how chronic or az gravated a case may be-rub on Joint-Ease and relief is sure to fol- low.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
27 NATIONS BIND
SELVES TO PEACE
WORLD POWERS, BOTH BIG
AND LITTLE, SIGN PACT TO
CURB WARFARE.

Twenty-sev nations OF the old and
new worlds have banded together for
peace and good will Eighteen coun-
tries have approved the arms traffic
convention and u nations the proto-
col out1awing the use OF bacteria and
poison gas in warfare, both agree
ments being the result of the interna-
tional conference on control OF the
traffic in arms and munitions, in Ge-
neva, Switzerland. The American rep
resentatives signed both documents.
Agree to Curb Arms Traffic.
The IS nations which signed the
agreement calling for strict control OF
the traffic in tools of war between diff
ferent nations included the United
States, England, Italy, Japan, Spain,
and France. The signers OF the gas
protocol included the United States,
England, Germany, Canada, Spain,
Italy, Japan and Turkey. France is
expected to sign later. 4.sszss
Germany, incidentally, has made
good its sole conference promise
that to agree to outlaw gas in war
fare. The arms convention becomes Ell
fective as soon as it is formally rati-
fed by any IA states, and the gas pro-
tocol Immediately.
See Era of Good Will
Representatives who attended the
conference see the signing of the two
pacts as an evidence of worldwide
good will and the desire on the part
of all nations for peace and the end
of warfare. Smaller states, by the
agreements, have been placed on an
equality with larger states
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
LIFE IS INCREASED
20 YEARS IN 100
SCIENTIST SAYS IN CENTURY
FROM NOW MAN MAY LIVE
TO AGE OF $50 YEARS.

Twenty years have been added to
the span of human life during the last
eighty years, and the end is not yet
One hundred years from now man
NAV confidently expect to live to the
ripe age of $50 years and a few cen
turtles later he may even hope, with
some chance of his hope materializ1ng,
to be immortal.
This is the rosy picture of the tu-
ture painted by Sir Ronald Ross, ia
nous British scientist, says the CleVe-
land Plain Dealer, who claims that the
length of human life has been increas-
ed BY fifty per cent during the last
century. largely by medical science IN
the treatment and prevention OF dis
ease. .
Sir Ronald, "the average London man
lived thirty-four years and seven
months and the average London ,Wo-
man thirty-eight years and 1our
months. ~.
To-day the average length OF LIE
of the London man is fltty-three years
and, nine months and of the London
woman ffty-nine years. These are the
figures l have CLEANED from the oihclal
statistics"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
288, 745 WOMEN
WORK IN GEORGIA
GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS
THAT NUMBER EMPLOYED
IN VARIOUS AVOCATIONS.

Georgia ranks eighth among states
of the union in the percentage OF its
women employed in industry, and
fourth in the average salary paid wo-
men workers, it is shown in a survey
made public by the labor department.
OF the 1,O80976 women in Georgia
over 10 years OF age, as shown by
the census of 1920, '288,745 are EN-
ployed. This means that POI per cent
of the women living in the state are
working, in business or industry or in
other capacities. South Carolina leads
among the states with 33.4 per cent
of its women employed, followed by
Rhode Island with 32.7 per cent; Mas
sachusetts, $40 per cent; Mississippi
POI; New Hampshire, 27.3; Connecti-
cut, I'll; New York, 300 and then
Georgia.
The average salary paid women in
Georgia is $1295 a week. States pay
ing higher average salaries are Rhode
Island $1685; New Jersey $l4.95 and
Ohio $3.50
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
'OUAKE KILLS TWELVE;
TEN MILLION DAMAGE
PLENTY. OF BOTH IN GREAT
METROPOLIS, BUT SOUSE IS
NOT NOW AS NUMEROUS.

Earthquake shocks, felt throughout
southern California, centered in Santa
Barbara beautiful little city perched
high above the ocean, Wednesday took
a toll of twelve dead and caused dam
age estimated at $10000,000.
All brick buildings in that city were
demolished and the main street buck
led and upheaved.
Survivors of the San Francisco
earthquake, residing in the resort
town, said the shocks were more Sc
we're than the disastrous quake OF 1906.
Tremors Felt Many Miles.
The twisting of the earth broke
water and gas mains. Several fires
broke out, but no great damage was
done from that source.
Tremors were felt as far north as
Bakersfield, at the head OF the San
Joaquin valley. Buildings were swayed
in Los Angeles and the tumbler was
felt in Hollywood and surrounding
towns.
The main scene OF destruction is
State street, the principal thorough
fare. 1t extends from the beach for a
distance of several miles. Business
blocks ranging in height from two
stories to ten line each side of the
street. These buildings were mainly OF
brick and concrete construction. The
Arlington hotel, one of the famous re-
sorts. is on upper State street, about
a mile from the beach All brick build
ings were demolished.
Residences Tilted Topsy Turvy.
Throughout the residential section
of the east side houses were tilted IN
topsy turvy angles.
The tremor started with a steady
slow east-west motion which cracked
brick walls and then the next moment
the movement turned to northeast
southwest movement OF greater sever
itv. which created great havoc.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
19 BIG EARTHQUAKE
LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEA. !,

Nineteen great earthquakes and
eruptions have caused loss of life
and property in various parts of
the world in the last quarter of
century. Only one of these was in
the United States.
San Francisco, Cal, April 18th,
1906: 452 lives lost; $350,000,000 in
property lost; 265,000 persons made
homeless.
Japan, near Toxic and Yokoha-
ma, September /, 1928: 10000
people dead and missing; 100000
injured; $4,000 houses destroyed.
Kingston, Jamaica, January IA,
1907: LOO lives lost; $25,000,000 in
property damage
Sicily and Calabria, December
18, 1908: 76,483 lives lost; 100000
persons made homeless.
Central Italy, January IS, 1915:
29,978 lives lost; Avezano destroy
ed
China, December 10, 1920: 20O,-
900 lives lost; ten cities destroyed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
THE THIRD LARGEST COTTON CROP EVER KNOWN IS FORECAS
PERFUME SNIFFER HAS
NOSE INSURED FOR $4,000

NEW YORK, N VA $4,000
nose from Oklahoma City is sniff
ing the air of Manhattan prelimi-
nary to the enjoyment of the tang
of sea breezes.
Mrs. Blanche Cavitt, before leav-
ing home for a three-months' tour
of Europe, had her sense of smell
insured for $4,000 at cost Of $500
She is a specialist, able to detect
the base of complicated perfumes
by the odor.
With her husband, R. c. Cavitt,
she left on July 4th for three
months tour of Europe. Among
other things she expects to have
sniff in Egypt at perfume 5000
years old and to act as judge at an
exposition in Paris attended by per-
tuners from all over the world,
The Oklahoma woman is widely
known for her aesthetic probiscis,
and her services are in wide de
mand as a smeller par excellent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
EIGHT KINDS OF NEW
PEACHES PRODUCED
EXPERIMENT I'm PROGRESS 10
YEARS WITH TREES FROM
EVERY PART OF WORLD.

Eight new varieties of peaches have
been produced by the New Jersey ag-
ricultural experiment station at New
Brunswick, which will supply year-old
seedlings at cost to New Jersey resi-
dents as long as the supply holds out,
says the New York Times. The new
species, obtained by cross breeding
thousands of peach seedlings, are de-
scribed as all yellow-feshed and OF
high quality for their season. All, with
one exception, are free-stone.
The development of the new peach
es is the result of work that has been
going on for ten years with peach
trees from every part OF the world
where peaches are grown. The work
has attained such proportions that the
experiment stations peach-breeding
orchard is now the largest in the
world. Thousands of peach trees were
cross-bred and rejected before the
pomologists obtained the eight salts
factory varieties.
AS soon as a tree having desirable
fruit was developed it was carefully
observed as to its soil and climate re-
quirements and the date Of ripening OF
its fruit. Only varieties superior to ex-
listing peaches were considered worthy
of naming and distribution.
The eight kinds selected ripen on
successive dates, from early IN August
to the first week in September, and
have been given the names OF Mari
gold, Oriole, Sunbeam, Massasoit,
Goldfnch, Eclispe, Primrose and Me
teor. The horticultural division of the
experiment station says they are all
we'll adapted to home orchards.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
SOUTH HAS BOOZE
WAR OF HER OWN
DRY" NAVY is DRIVING RUM
ROW FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST. DIFFICULT TASK.

The south is having booze war all
of its own just now. The dry" navy,
which has been engaged sometime in
an effort to rout rum row from the
north Atlantic coast, is also giving at
tention to the rum row(o the Missis-
sippi coast, which for more than two
years has supplied large section OF
the south with. foreign liquors. The
seat of the war is Biloxi, Miss.
Make Dent in Rum Trade.
The campaign there is only month
old, and there are only FIVE boats in
the prohibition navy, but a big dent
has been pounded into the rum trade.
Most of the ram running now is done
under cover of darkness, but formerly
it was done bodily in broad daylight.
Many boats and their cargoes have
been conhscated, and number of ar
rests have been made, however.
The character of the shore line, on
the other hand, makes the battle slow.
There are many small bays in swampy
regions that make ideal landing places
for bootleg cargoes and which stran-
gers hesitate to navigate. There also
are scores of boats engaged in the
fishing business, so catching the rum
runners is not so easy.
Cooperate on Land.
Land authorities, however, are CO.
operating closely with the federal
men. Several bootleg rings have been
exposed, and scores of arrests have
been made Frequently bootleggers
escaping from the dry" navy have
been arrested ashore by county au-
thorities, it is reported.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
STORMS NUMBER 1900
EACH MINUTE EVERY DAY

There are, on an average, 1880
thunderstorms in progress in the
world at any one moment, giving
100000 lightning flashes an hour, or
100 a second. These surprising fig
ures are contained in a report is
sued by the air service meteorolog-
ical office. The earth experiences
100000 thunderstorms annually,
$4,000 daily, it has been computed.
Arctic and Antarctic regions are pc
culiarly free from thunderstorms,
while Java is probably the most
thundery region in the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
Witch Doctors Steal Boy and Butcher
Him to Get Medicine to Enrich Crops

mutilated. One man cut the lads
throat crosswise. Another made a cir
cular cut around the Adams apple.
Meanwhile the child "cried like an
animal"
When the child was cut down the
center OF the body and the hands and
feet we're sawed off The gall of the
child was sprinkled over the heads of
the five ITO prevent discovery" The
marrow was extracted from the child's
bones.
Then the blood and flesh OF the boy
were boiled in a huge pot and the
medicine manufactured and later dis
posed of to credulous natives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
Owners of Vehicles Have Paid Bilhon
Dollars Since 1901, But Most OF
1t Goes for Highways.

The automobile has proved itsei d
profitable source OF revenue Tor t9e
state treasures and even Tor the 1ed-
eral government Fees collected lo o
motor vehicle licenses and perIlits
and in gasoline taxes by the states
anu aII'ornted 70 S305. 100000 last year:
During the last fiscal year the the led iedeTal
l1overnment collected $l6O-OOO,OOO as
Internal revenue from the sale OF au-
tomobiIes and accessories. -,
From 1901, the first year IN which
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
Blood and Flesh Boiled in Huge Pot
And Distributed to Credulous
Natives of South Africa.

Because they cut fve-year-old boy
TO pieces after stealing him from his
parents FIVE natives, one OF them a
woman. are on trial for their lives in
court at Capetown, South Africa The
object OF the cutting, it is said, was
to obtain medicine by which doctors
believed they could enrich the crops.
The boy was stolen from his home
and taken to a cave, where he was
kept for FIVE days. He was then taken
to rock on a moonlight night and