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New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
BRITISH SHIP LEAKING

Manila, July q Pl--Tho BriUeh steamship Egremont Castle is aground on Pubhateha reef in the Sulu sea and is leaking badly. The vessel grounded because the reef hght was not burning. Salvage tugs have been sent 10 her assistance
 but it is feared that she will he a total wreck. The ship has a cargo of sugar and is bound for New York
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
Deaths a 8
Mrs. Erwin Milton Morwar

Mrs Minnie Sarah Norway. aged i4, wife of Erwin Milton Norway of S2 Central street Forestyille, died this morning at the home of q sis ter Mrs. John Loney of 77 Pleasant street. this city.
 Mrs. Norway was born in Union City and vas member Of the First Congregational church of Water bury
 Resides her husband she is sur vived by her mother Mrs. Charles NJ. Hubbard Of 76 Franklin square, this city; three sisters, Mrs. John Hand of Torrington, Mrs. John I.oney Of this city. and Mrs Charles Boyle of this city. and brother. Edward C. scheiblin, also of New | Fritain
 The funeral will he held from the home Of Mrs Hubbard Thursday afternoon at o'clock Services will be conducted by Re-. Charles Wvck- off, pastor of the Plainville Congre- catioral church. Intcrment will he Tn FairyleW cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
RUSSIA ACCEPTS TERMS

Warsaw. July T lH9 - Foreign Minister Tchtcherin of Russia has written the Polish government ac- ceptinE the latter's proposal for a mixed commission 10 investigate re cent clashes between Russian and Polish patrols along the border of the two countries. nurinE the last few weeks there have been several minor conflicts between Polish and Russian frontier guards. arising, it Is said. from vasueness of the from tier line).
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
WORLD NIRSES NETT

Helsingfors Finland, July q tF'- About twelve hundred women are attending the sixth worlds congress of the International Council of Nurses which began here yesterday under the presidency Of Baroness Nannerheim The American is the largest foreign delegation. + is m der the leadership of Miss Ada FL dredEh. Miss C. Moves. Miss Tsahnl1e Stewart, Miss Annie Goodrich, Miss Mary Gardner and Miss Stimson Tn all 30 states are represented
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
nTYORCES OBTAINED
Two American Women Are Given

nCCrCCS
 Paris, July @l IP) Mrs. Wilnm Graham EoWdoin, who hrrore her marriage in 1918 at Baltimore was Miss Eleanor Maclauo has been granted divorce on the grounds Of her husbands indifference and fn- sulting attitude She charged that his manner compelled her 10 take up her residence with her two chI- dron in q hotel.
 Mrs. Frederick Nwinuror was granted a divorce on tho grounds of niid"lity. MT, and Mrs Nirinnger were married in Thir1irlrrir in September, 1912 She waa Miss Laura Nackruna.
 Mrs. Arnold Wcthrrhrs r. r,ltel q divorce on the grounds rt Iooartion. Before her marrac in WMte Plains. x. T., in July 1918, she vas Miss Marjorie Foley
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
800 ACRES BJRSEn OVER

Wallace, Idaho July 2l-Nearly 500 acres in the timber district along the north fork of the Occur D'Alene river. 40 miles north Of Wallace have been bulned over by q forest fire which started Sunday night.
 Famed by high winds the blaze jumped the river and vas burning southnard late last night. More han 200 men were fighting the fire.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
MNY GET SALARY rIGrRrs

Aflan1lc Clty. N. J., July 2l IPl- Anthracite miners today should hear what salaries coal company prssi- dents. directors and general counsel receive. if company representatives here negotiating the new wage scale necessary August sl are Of the same mind as on adjournment Friday.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
Personals

Miss Munro Of Toronto Ont, Is spending her vacation with her uncle and aunt Mir. and Mrs. John Grant Of 45 Whiting street.
 Mrs. Philip Bratton aud Miss Margaret Mcclure of Stanley street are stopping at Momauguin.
 Vice Principal James c. Moody of the Senior High school, and Mrs. Moody, will leave tomorrow morning on a motor trip to sheepscott, Me, where they will spend their vacation.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
EnUCATIoNAIISrS WITT

Edinburgh, July T CP- Several hundred educators who are here ae dHleEates 10 the biennial mcotine of the World Federation of Education associations met in groups today 'o discuss th' best methods for ad- rancinE the general plan for an in ternational education scheme.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
LONG RADIO RECEPTION

Washington. July q tFl-l.o" power. high frequency radio signals from the United states fleet at Honolulu, were heard during May and June consistently and clearly hv amateurs at Johannesburg South Africa, distance equal to half the length around the world
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
STOCK MARKET IS SHOWING STRENGTH
J, s, Steel and CruCible Lead in
 Steel Advances

New York, July :t CF-Wan Street Having withstood the test imposed by yesterdays profit taking, the stock market pro ceeded on lis upward course with a fresh showing Of strength of trad ing was resumed today Renewed buying of the oil shares fin response 10 a series Of favorable earnings re- ports was a feature Of the initial dealings. l.. s, Steel and CrucibIe led an advance in the steel issues.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
Patrick H. TICEnrOe

The funeral of Patrick II. NcEn- Toe will be held tomorrow morning at 3;S0 o'clock at the home of his brother William F. McEnroe, 27 Harrison avenue. and at Q o'clock in St. Marys church Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
ENDS LONG HIKE

oneco, Conn, July ? P-GeorEo E. Trayer, 7S, of Hartford, yester- day completed hike from Prov incetor'n, Mass to the family home stead hero, His last stretch was from Westerly, R. |, a distance of 26 miles
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
J1lnncr HOlnlquist

The funeral of Jalmer Holmqnist will ho held tomorror afternoon at @;&n o'clock at the home of his father in Kcnsington Re-, Dr. Ahel
 \. Ahlauist will officiate and burial will he in FairvieW cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

Mrs. LnennIl RnN

The funeral of Mrs Joseph Roy will be held tomorrow morning at A o'clock in st Joseph's church. B"rial will he in St. Marys ceme- terv
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

The infant son of Mir and Mrs. Alexander Fatcalakos died at his home on Olive street this morning. The funeral vas held this afternoon at o'clock from Haffey's funeral parlors Burial was in Feir,ieW cemetery
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

Steam, heated to 1,lpo degrees Fahrenheit and suhtectea at lsep0 pounds pressure, is being used to renew ths flow of oil in .sll wells.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

The Rihle Is now translated Into i72 languages
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
CLEARING Hor>r STATEMENT

New York - Exchanges, 1o6G,- ooh oh". balances. STo0n.onn
 Roston -- Exchanges, i3.o0o .ooo; balances, 22.oo0.ooo,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

year to maintain q child in an or. phans' home.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

[. 6. TErASTRY STATEMFNr [. z treasury balance. S15n,05nol2
New Britain herald., 1925-07-21

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New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
Official Hartford Stock Exchange Quotations
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
- SCIENCE
EINSTEIN

THE evidence in favor OF all
three OF Einstein's predictions is
now 20 strong there is no good
reason for regarding the suostan.
tial correctness OF his principles
as any longer in doubt. Henry
Norris Russell. Phi, D., in a re-
cent scientific article,
Similar evidences OF the adop.
ton OF Einstein's theories con.
stantly occur. A great many
scientists follow his teachings.
Tho far.rcaching Importance OF
this gradual change in maternal
icnl conceptions is shown by its
effect upon geometry Element
AIRY geometry has come down
from Euclid, practically un.
changed. All tho physical sciences
have depended upon It. With ac-
ceptanco of Elnstein, EuclIdian
geometry Is obsolete. Some other
system OF geometry must come
into use. In It n straight line
would not be. necessarily. the
shortest distance between two
points, and two parallel lines, II
continued, might mcot-whtch is
contrary 10 Euclidian geometry
The geometry of Euclid Is used
all over the world. and trains the
mind IN rigid thinking. Tho new
geometry will not be rigid, and It
win require Imagination as we'll
us figures TO use It,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
A Vacation TIP

IF YOU Seattleites, surrounded con-
L tinuouSly by natural beauties. still are
worrying about where TO spend your vaca-
ton. why not try Alaska? One of the
most beautiful trips in the world is that
inside passage voyage, from Seattle or
Vancouver. up TO old-world Sitka.
For years Alaska has been pouring her
wealth into Seattle
And for years the movies have been
painting our northern neghbor as land
of snowy wastes, peopled only by huskies
and EskimoS. It's not Man. you ought
to see the dahliaS in Skagway. And the
spudS and strawberries they raise up
there.
But more than anything, you ought to
see some of natures finest scenery-right
at your doors.
Try Alaska once You won't regret il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
How Tests Were
Made of Geniuses

DROFESsOR LEWIS NJ. TER
L MAN or Stanford university
has just concluded Investigations
with youthful Eeniuscs which be.
gan in 1919, His conclusions
are based on tests put to l.4Oo
pupils, Each child took this ex.
animation.
TWO intelligence tests.
a two.hour educational test.
A Commute test Of general In.
formation IN science. history.
literature and tho urts.
a Commute test OF knowledge
OF and interest In plays. games
and amusemcnts.
Filled In n rourpago blank.
indicating his particular inter,
caiE.
Kept a record OF what he read
for two months.
And his parents filled out
i6.pago homo information blank.
including ratings on 20 tnits,
and hlr teacher filled out nm
cight-paEc school information
blank, including ratings on the
same 25 traits NJ reported by tho
parents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
SSssh! Ssssh!

JHTE DON'T know if the tourist bureau
wv and the Chamber of Commerce will
approve of this: But, Seattle is one of
the nearest cities in the world, airline, TO
the Macmillan Arctic expedition. now seek
ing new continents in the Arctic.
Now, supposing Macmillan does discover
new continent, rich in minerals. And
suppose air freighters become popular.
Well, of course, that's all fantastic.
isn't it?
Let's talk about the weather
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
Good While It Lasted

T Asst session Of the state legislature
l. passed very few laws. Since then the
state seems to have been doing fair to
middlin' Some optimists even claim that
the absence of forty-'leven new laws has
never been noticed.
But it begins to look rs if the November
session would repair the breach in the wall
and pass enough laws to make up for the
omissions of the spring term. Already
there are rumblings and heavings among
the legislators, each with pet dozen new
acts to save the state.
Anyway, it was good while il lasted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.
Aug. You need not 90 n freak
to have genius.
You need no, 10 long and Eaunt,
siclSly. the idea that your hair
should hang to your shoulders; well.
in pointed language OF the wise
cracker. you need not DO a nut 10
he intellectual.
quite to the contrary, your &c.
MUS Is more often OF sounder mind
and Of sounder health than tho
average
This much. and more. has been
found out by Professor Lewis VI
Tcrman. head Of tho psychology
department OF Stanford University.
and II associates. A quarter OF n
million California children we're can.
vassed in their research. and about
i.4O0 OF the intellectual ones were
studied for traits. characteristics,
background.
Besides having better mental
equipment than children OF average
or normal intelligence. they also
arc a sturdIer lot" Professor Ter.
man reports I'm their studies they
show no mysterious or strange
traits. Their difference from the
sandy-haired boys and freckle.faced
girls who would rather play all day
on tho back lot is largely ono OF a
degree; they arc better all along
the line and not by any alarming
ecccntricIties."
The research began when Profes.
sor Termnn was n graduate gtudcnt
at Stanford in 1902. He took II up
again when he came back ms fac.
ulty member eight years later. Four
years ago the Commonwealth fund
OF New York supplied $4,000 for
the research. To dnte It has cost
s42, 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
TRY GOLDEN RULE
ON YOUR SIDE

Abs,ractly. everybody is for
tho Golden Rule. But apply ii
concrcteiy TO these Industrial
disputes and see how II works
out. Labor regards blacklist.
ing" as wrong when done by
capital
Therefore II viii abolish It's
own "scab" and unfair" lists.
Capital objects 10 boyeotts and
tho closed shop"
Therefore II will itself quit
boycottInE, and win deal cor.
dlally with the business cstab.
lishment that refuses 10 join
It's trade association.
Labor demands the right 10
organize. Therefore Il will deal
with employers associations.
and not play one employer
against another. Capital claims
tho right 20 choose its own at
,orucys. Therefore, II will deal
with whatever representatives
labor doslEnatcs. without i'm.
posing limitations on the field
OF that choice.
And 20 on. Whatever we
think wrong when tho other
fellow docs IL. we will not do
ourselves,
Whatever VIC wish he would
do TO us, We will first do 10
him. Try this out. on your
own side Of your own disputes,
as a test OF what sort of re-
ligion you got"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
On Giving Rides
Editor The STAR

Editor The Star:
Replying TO L. W. Carlberg's
letter in your July 30 issue. in
which he regrets the passing Of
the good samaritans OF the
automobile. who used 10 give a
friendly lift now and then. ! do
not understand how Mr. Carl.
berg can fail 10 see why they
are passing.
Referring 20 your cripple be.
ing refused a ride, you will
probably find that is more
case Of law than kindness.
AZ the motor car represented
n greater wealth than the bug.
Ey. Il became the target Of
the tax gatherers and OF the
lawmakers. The way the law
stands now. any auto owner
who picks up a passenger,
whether It be for pay or court
csy, Is just as liable to that
passenger that nothing will
happen 70 him. as II the car
owner were TO bond himself for
all he possessed, that said
passenger would not suffer any
accident.
SO. had your cripple been
picked up by some motorist,
and had they met with some
accident. tho obliEing car.owner
would not only have been laid
up himself. but could have also
deprived mis- family and him
SELF OF all lie possessed in set.
Ting a lawsuit brought by the
man he had tried 10 do a kind.
ness 10.
No one sympathizes with
your cripple more than tho
nutolst who has 10 pass him.
but he Is responsible TO other.
too. and cannot take large
chances where there is every.
thing 20 lose and nothing to
gain. W. y. BLACKETT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04

Ike bird. h6piu1 an almost straight
compressed sharp pointed bin. com
pact waterproof piuma0o and cr-
iraordiHdrV habits. II frequenfs
clear. pcbbiy streams and lakes.
feeding chiefly on moliusks and on
aquatic insects aud their iarrdc.
l5hich IL seeks under trdicr, dirinO
Nth great facility aud mouiu0 about
for short time at the bottom OF
the tcdtcr. II carries its rather
short tai eieUdied after the manner
Of tgreHs. The common European
dipper Is generally dark broion IN
color, uith throat and upper part
Of breast pure irhitc. II is found
chiefly Ia haiv or mountainous dis
tricts 10 builds ueTU curious
nest Of iHteri1oUen moss, domcd, and
icith The entrance In the side.
usually in some niossy bank close
bV stream. and often near or
under cascade The eggs arc
pure ichifc. About ~ species Of dip
per are knotcn.
Q. How are students admitted 10
the United States Coast Guard
academy at New London, Conn. and
how long is the course DO the
students get pay while taking the
course?
A. The Coast Guard academy al
Net0 London has about GO students
l1ho arc admitted as The result OF
competitive examinations. Tho course
coUers three years during ,rhioh
period students train as deck Of
ficers or engineers. At least a high
school course Is required IN order
10 pass the necessary entrance cr-
aminnHons. Graduates are commits
stoned as enSiOns In the United
states coast guard OF tho same pay
as a HdUdl officer OF Ike OrGdc. A
part Of the training includes sum
mer cruises on the coast guard gun
boat, 1chich Is used az training
ship. The academy Is conducted on
military lines, and duo 10 The lin
tied number Of Students the boDs
arc 0ircn iHdiridudi attention Each
applicant for entrance must be Ger.
Titled as 10 good moral character
and The class Of TOYS Is IN general
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04

'HE evening meal and the amys tho
spell Of quiet drumming cys old pianos nny
and the notes kinda fiat vlrgInny like
good,
Dad gets TO feeln tunef his favr played
takes his old mouth joins While mother
her ewn suEgs n as they tan TO plny
II, she's hummin' right along
II isn't long TIL cousin her fiddle frankly
tells them all shc hasn't practiced for
ygor to the rhythm Of the uno By jonn tho family
saxophone.
The neghbors cit in silence they willing ear There's
something quite A
gathrng hard Perhaps Just that thought
MAX the sweet
Copyright 1895, for starr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
Letters F sF2R Readers
On Careless Autoists
All letters to The Star must have nam. and address,
Editor The Star:

Editor Tho Star:
II would seem that Il there ia
any foolishncss In man Il is
sure 20 come 10 the front when
he drives an automobile.
Thursday night at Second ave.
and Madison ST. the traffic off.
Ger had his hands full. He man.
aged 20 stop the north and south.
bound traffic 10 let the pedes.
trians across. but the cars drove
onto the rails Of the street cars
and forced the cuble cars to stop
on the west side until the autos
got out Of the way.
Some drivers. who think their
time is very valuable, drive clear
across the space marked off for
pedestrians. They seem TO think
they viii lose a hundredth part
OF second while waiting for the
signal to ring.
The other evening, while cross
Ing the street, ! was about two.
thirds OF the way over when an
automobile, coming around a
corner, made no effort 10 slacken
speed or sound a warning. I
barely escaped.
] am upwards OF 10 years Of
age and not very tall. I weigh
over 200 pounds and am not &C.
customed TO Jump around like
kangaroo or a grasshopper, 30 !
found It difficult to get out OF
the way.
II. c. CROCKETT,
5sl Madison ST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
SMOKING ROOM
STORIES

II never knew that had so
many friends until recently"
said n smoker, with a smile. ~
was delayed in the city ono night,
and sent my wife q wire saying
that ] could not got home until
late, Some way the wire missed
fire, and vito commenced to do
lttlo wiring herself, She wlrcd
several of my friends and hers,
and asked them II were there.
JuBt as | walked in tho door she
was reading THREE wires all IT
which said, Yes, Ned Ia here WITH
us. and then she road me mine,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
Men Are Funniest Things
BY MRS. WAITER FERGUSON

7 WILL grant you that Their.
are any number or women
who. By tho aid Of cosmstlrs and
other ray ruses, hope 10 create
the impression Of perennial
youth. but they are not one BIT
funnIsr than the sight Of an
aged msn trying 10 kid himself
back 10 boyhood By having a
love affair.
Plump mlddls.sz.d fathers ca
vortlng about and preenIug
themselves Ike cockntoos. At
tempting 20 fool the world into
believing them gay young dogs.
nre about the most amusing
thing that life offers for our
diversion.
T.
A Nd the strange thing about
n this Joke II that the men
can never see II. They are for
ever p0kinG fun AZ us because
we attempt 20 stop the ravagss
Of time By artificial aid They
admonish us 20 resign ourselves
10 the Inevitable and grow old
gracefully But how about their
growing old morBlly7
A man is never 40 ancient that
be does not nurse the fond de-
fusion that II he were foolish
enough 20 do II. he could step
right out and fasclnats any
woman who happened 10 take his
eye. lie actually believes that
any member Of tho feminine sex
would not only receive gracious
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-04
/? !? ANSWERS to Your Questions , F?

Q. What are the oldest records OF
the use Of petroleum. and what
methods were used in early times
in obtaining &?
A. among the first historic records
Of petroleum Is that Of its use on
the rails Of BGbphon and NiHeudh
about 1000 d. c.. and for ages secp-
ages Of crude oil had been draiCn on
and used by the people Of Egypt.
Mesopotamid, India and China. For
many centuries hdHd-du0 IcIis and
pits tcere used for the collection OF
petroleum. tChile the modern method
Of cable tool drilling nor IN use IN
oil fields is belieued to harc origin
afsd mith the Chinese centuries
ago, aud their drilled lroIls hare
yielded small quantities Of oil and
gas as icoH as Of brine. Commerce
III oil Is kHoiCn to hare cristcd In
the Baku district Of Russia as carly
as the f0th century. but The mod
ern Industry really began tohcH the
Drake tccIl traS drilled near TITUS
tile, PG., IN August. 1859.
Q. or what book is Janice Mercd-
it'll the heroine?
A. This Is The title and also the
name Of the heroine Of romance
published In 1900 bU Pam Leicester
Ford. Janice Is the daughter Of an
uncom promising tory t1ho falls In
iore Nth Charles Fot1ncs, a man Of
gentle birth but fallen fortunes. toho
has been iHdentured By her father
as one Of shipload Of coHUicts
brought ouer from England to NeD
Brunswick. ". J. Her fidelity to
her loUer and 10 the American cqyse
land her captive first In one camp
and then in the other, until her
status Is officially recognised bv
Gen. Washington. Her loUer. whose
real name turns out to be Brercton.
cnllsts under Washington. ard has
risen to the rank Of general tchen
they are formally affianced.
Q. What is the basis for the
superstition that four-leafed clover
is good luck?
a. THIS Is UcrV old superstition,
md IT'S origin Is lost In antiquity.
The old legend Is that Ere, upon
being elected from Paradise. took a
four-ledfed cborcr icith her. Be
cause the cloUcr tens BIT Of green
from the garden Of Paradise. It's
presence In ones ot0n garden came
10 be looked upon as an omen Of
good luck.
Q. What kind Of bird is the
rdipper"?
A. II Is small. somewhat thrush