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The Washington times., 1925-05-04

Captains H. p. Rutan and L. c..
Vannan and Lieutenants John
David Biery, Louis Henry Esler,
Oswald Chew, John Thomas Clark,
H. T. Green and Max Livingston,
jr., qualified as swordsmen.
Colonel Hamilton s. Hawkins and
Mrs. Hawkins received the reserve
officers yesterday afternoon at their
quarters.
Lieutenant Colonel William Innes.
Forbes, o. r. c., reported for the
last week OF the camp.
The Washington times., 1925-05-04
TWO DISTANT EARTHQUAKES
ARE RECORDED IN CAPITAL

Two very distant earthquakes
were recorded yesterday by seismo-
graphs at Georgetown University,
examination of the records showed
today.
The first was at a distance Of
5000 miles from washington and
the record Of the second was so
indistinct that the distance could
not be computed.
The first continued for a period
OF more than two hours and the
second nearly two hours.
The Washington times., 1925-05-04
PARIS ELECTIONS BLOW
TO COMMUNIST PARTY

PARIS, May 4.-Communists lost
number Of offices in the municipal
election Sunday, official figures dis
closed today. They lost three seats
in the municipal council. This was
surprise to political observers.
Among the Communist candidates
defeated was Marcel Cachin. promi-
nent in French politics.
This was construed as victory
for the Left Bloc, which believed it
had lost prestige because Of the
overthrow Of Edouard Herriot as
premier.
The Washington times., 1925-05-04
letter on "why I Like Hahn shoes

letter on why I Like Hahn Shoes
Best"
Watch The Times tomorrow for
the first publication of the pictures
which you are to color in this big
pony contest. This pony Is well
worth trying for, because it cost
$500 and will be a wonderful pet
and companion for some Wash.
ington boy or girl. Be sure to join
In this contest because IL you
don't win the pony you may win
a free ticket to the best Wild West
show now touring the United States
More details tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-05-04
THE PRESIDENTS
ENGAGEMENTS.

1890 a. m.-SenatOr Willis of
Ohio.
11:l5 a. m.-Burt ID. Cady, of
Michigan.
11:45 a. me-. Finley john
son.
IL nOOn-WashingtOn Base
ball Club.
1915 D. m.-Albert Blum.
12:3O-Party of 100 boys from
BayOnne, n. j.
The Washington times., 1925-05-04
w. Va. Society Election

The West Virginia Society will
elect officers at a meeting Wednes-
day evening at Fourteenth and
Kenyon streets northwest Sew
eral amendments to bylaws also
will be considered.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

appropriate slO.OOo more for tho new fire and police headquarters be tabled, A, s, Sloper rose and at lacked the motion, and the two had a long argument over recessity nd economy, Tho motion was finally carried, Although New Britain is the only city in the state which does not provide law books in the police court, such proposal was voted down,
 Edward Prior has beon appointed salutatorian at tho high school,
 Ernest Wheeler Is on the honor
 list.
 Speaking of bicycles, are yni go- ing to buy new wheel this year? If you want first class mount, just take look at the "Picrce." It is made from the best stock the mar ket affords and IS fully fuaranteed by the manufacturers and by s. II. Wood, 273 Main street. Officer English found an unknown man wedgcd in between the fence and stone wall on the Church street approach to the depot this morning, pricd him out with difficulty end arrested him for drunkenness. A. B, Goodrich adVertises the best flour at s435 a barrel. shredded codrish at three cents package and 26 bars of Fairy soap for $l'
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

as the duty of drivers, When both pedestrians and driver are careful tho possibility of accident Is TO- duccd to the minimum; when tho driver Is careful and the pedestrian Is not. or when tho pedestriA7A Is careful and the driver Is not rrob- ability of accident is increased at least 80 per cent; when both driver and pedestrian are careless the situ- alton Is well night hopeless,
 Parents like 10 see their children begin gaining their education as early in life as possible No part of their education nowadays Is as im- portant as the medication Of care tuIness In crossing streets, Such om- phnsis Is a paramount necessity in our modern urc Il bchooyos both parents and school authorities to im- rrrss 1t upon tho youthful mind, Crossing highways from behind cars, even at regular crossings, requires a technique of wachfuncss and care that no child is too young to lca"n,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
Observations On The Weather

Washington, April 20.-Forccast for Southern New Englanl; Fair tonight and Tuesday. Slowly rising temperature Tuesday, Strong north and northeast winds diminish ing
 Forecast for Eastern Now York: Fair tonight and Tuesday; slowly rising temperature Tuesday; strong north and northeast winds diminish ing.
 Conditions. The disturbance which was central over Kansas on Saturday passed over New England yesterday. It caused high winds with heavy fall of snow in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Several places reported more than a foot Of snow. Gen era1 rails with thunder storms occurred along the coast from Nir- ginia 10 Rhode Island, The storm is followed by an area of high pressure now central over Ontario whic his producing pleasant Teather with low temperatures in the Lake region and New England, The tcmpera.Sre is rising in the western and central regions.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with cool nights with probably frosts.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
WHERE THE EMBATTLED
 FARMERS STOOD.

Lexington and Concord today are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the shot heard round the world. A. though Patriots Day is not a holi- day outside Massachusetts, the na- ton today in spirit aids in celebrat- ing the historic days of '75, letting their minds eye revert to the scenes when the embattled farmers laid the first stones of American liberty con- tcmplating the growth of the nation since that time, and making vow to preserve in the future those prin- clplcs and ideals of government which were there so nobly set in mo- ton,
 One hundred and fifty years ago today Paul Revere and William Dawes raced upon trusty steeds to apprise the MiddleseX patriots of the contemplated approach of the British hosts. Both achieved their objective; but because @ great poet saw fit only to tell of the ride of Revere, ignor- ing that of Dawes, hundreds know of the ride of Revere to one having eX- act knowledge of the similar haz- ardous trip of the other.
 Faneuil hall-cradle of liberty has been redcdicated to the ideals Of the nation, with General John J Pershing and Vice e-President Charles 6. Dawes--a Iineal descendant Of one of the heroic messengers of 1775 --present in the capacity oG speak ars.
 The people today rededicate them selves to the ideals born at LeXing ton and Concord; to the maintenance of the tried, tested and exalted in stitutions of their native land; to the destiny from on high which lat made of this country leader among nations, a conscrvator of lib erty, and model of fair and jus dealing before all mankind.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

fifty thASe should be no difficulty in securing such an attendance.
 Ii it be granted that there should be a final check on the common council in the matter of collection and expenditure of public funds, the alternative to the city meeting board would be public rcfercn- dunn. This would be expensive and, 10 those who recall the last few town meetings, very unsatisfactory Measures good and bad alike get Scant consideration at the hands Of the taxpayer when he gets a chance ot reduce the demands on his pock- ct book.
 The city meeting board provides for reasonable non-pClitical discus sion and final action on matters af- fecting public expenditures and tho writer fails to see that the case for It's abolition has been proved.
 G. B. TAYLOR.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
THE COACH WHICH C\ERITD LINCOLN

Relies by Jygono day. if pos sess,ng associations with great namHe or famous cpochs, accumulate a veneer of historic interest that in ,rigncs widespread pubiic acclaim and adIs 10 their worth far in 'N- ross of thrir intrinsic value.
 Thus ta. finding of tho rat1oal coach in which Lincoln roje '' Go,,ysmrg 10 Ioli,or his famous rrss-rhe coach in which h" t~ s,id to have written his immortal snoocb on rhc back of aa envelope instantly brought pleasing r'- action in tho public mind. We keep in,act homes of famous Americans in which they wrote famous essays penncd famous poems or where they put up for a day during il famous occasion. Why moi, then, railroad coach in which the Great Emanclpa- tor formed the phrases Of a great human document while en route to inc place of its delivcrancc;
 The coach. was found on a sidlns in a freight yard in Baltimore, At tbe lime Lincoln used # the coach was the finest thing on wheels on the Western Maryland railroad II com parcs but dimly with the most ordinary of day coaches Of the pres ru, day. But the old battered re- mains zul be taken lo GcIt!sOurs'
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

there to be added to the exhibition of things oommemorating that great passage at arms,
 Tho car Is Q wooden combination passenger and baggage coach, and once had stove in the center. In our day wooden combination pas sengcr aud baggage coaches are re- gardcd as tho lowlicst of coaches, used only on branch lines, or on short runs, tho passenger compart- mcnts therein usually being used us the smoker" Stoves In coaches nowadays are nassc, although there Is evidence 10 the effect that many passengers in the winter tima would regard the warmth Of a stove as pre- fcrabe 10 the steam heating system which over-zealous ideas of economy causes to be turned off part of the time,
 some Old-timcrs remember when oil lamps were the regular method of lighting passenger coaches; and when these gave way 10 pinch gas the progress was regarded as re- markablc, Nowadays nothing but incandescent electric bulbs will do As for wooden coaches-well, even our late model modern electric cars arc of steel construction. But there are some wooden coaches left, anC these ancient contraptions, appear ing to date from the Civil war days are to be found on committing run! OH such railroads as have not seer | fit to install all modern equipment 1 How far one needs to travel from New Britain to meet with then needs not be specially emphasized
 One can draw upon ones imagina tion as 10 the scene when LincolI entered the beautiful combination passenger and baggage coach, witt a stove in the center. Nothing wa too good for the president, and 1 certainly was a 1inc-looking railwa' coach he travelled in. But since tha day thecoach perhaps saw many eVi days; and after q term of years ol the milk rum the old box oi wheels, with all its former glorle
 forgotten, was shunted to a side track in the railroad yards, ther' to rot. It is a good thing, however that the coach was not turned int kindling. In the future its old bat tered hulls will be viewed with aW
 by tourists visiting Gettysburg,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
SONIE. CONSOLATION ON THE WEATHER.

Few things are of such universal interest as the weather. When it is talmy and pleasant there is not only general satisfaction, but almost everyone has kind word to say about it. But when 1t is raw, chilly and wet, there is such deeprootcd resentment that no conversation is complete without the sllngs and ar rows of pointed comments
 The past few days have been of a rcrt to eagonI"r deep disgust at Aprirs wilcs in this climate. < few weeks ago W. had weather Of which any Florjdian-we mean any New ngIandcr-might have been proud; today We havc something that is a frigid reminder that winter refuses to give way 10 h}ithosome spring.
 At a time when discorIant re- marks about the climate appears rather easy to make, thore should be some consolation in comparisons. The rains and chilly wra,hyr in southern New England were parts Of a storm that seemed to center 7t points further north. Dispatches in- dicate the storm Was Of fair dimrn- sions.
 Bu, while this mild New England storm was under way the middle west had another Of the brand of storms that happily are rar" in New England. Three sratrs were visited and considerable property was iam- aged. Just d f~w days ago reports came oG another scyore storm in those states, closely following 'hp recent tornado.
 It is when "r make comparative estimate Of weather conditions that the conviction presents itself NC arc by no moons suffering from the worst spring weather in inc com. try.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
FAMILY TICKETS" FOR
 CAR RIDERS

The Worcester Consolidated rail- way, which is trolley system operating on the wholesale plan in that part of Massachusetts pretty much like the Connecticut company operates in these parts, had been confronted with similar difficulties from private automobile and bus competition. Last fall it decided to abandon certain suburban lines be- cause of lack of traffic. Buses had inc field for six months, and now the trolley lines are being revampcd for q revival of service. The reason is interesting.
 The company has originated family tickets" whereby upon pay mon of 75 cents every week a per son is granted a ticket upon when any member of his family may travel during the week, and as often ,s thov please. The truth is that few families travel upon the trolleys more than is necessary, and as sufficient pumbcr of families arc willing to pay 75 cents a week for unlimited trolley service upon specl' fled lines and within specified areas the system has been found satistac- tory to the company and the publlc'
 Before the lines went out of conn mission last fall the fares were seven cro,s between Worcester and the ,..,tgr ur certain suburban towns Scarcely anyone thought it was ,,o,,b the money and the busses got ,bn msjncss with 8 cheaper rate rn with installation of the family ticket system fares are not only rcdurad. hut the company is assured of 75 Couts a week IiOiii '
 number of families along the route Rus owners are being forced also 10 install family tickets to retain DOT lion of the business. The public IS the gatner-Dut also the trolley com, nany and the busses. There is more riding all around,
 wv pass the system on to the Con- rccticut company. It might be good way to transfer some ot the foot traffic from the sidewalks into in. ,roIloys in this city, where th' distance from many heavily p'pu' lated residences sections to the Gen. fer is lo1ug regarded as "easy "a'N
 sns"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
TEACH CHILDREN CARE
 IN CROSSING STREETS.

Part of the education Of every child should be not to eros the street from behind a parked auto mobile without carefully looking in both directions. An extraordinary number Of fatalities arise though violation Of this basic principle.
 An autoist can be ever so watch ful but he can scarcely take into ac- count the possibility that from aHs Of the numerous parked automobiles he passes some child may dart in his path
 To prevent automobile accidents is part ol a pedestrian's duty as well
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
The Plant and the Porkcr

GA Barnyard Bit.) Near the pig-sty, in the shade Grew q butter-cup. Little Lucy. with spade, Came and dug it up, While the gross and greedy pig Laughed when he saw Lucy dig. Laugh" the butter-cup cried out, Laugh, you creature rude, With your horrid turned-up snout GuzzlinS in your food;~ I'm a potted plant, am; All you'll be Is a potted-ham."
 Ernest Fisher.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
BY CHARLES r. STEWART
 NEA Service Writer

Washington, April 20, - q think prohibition is pretty well lived up to. I don't see any drunken men, United States Attorney General John c. Sargent told me recently. That same day tho clerk of the Dis trict of Columbia police court re- ported 1929 arrests for intoXication in the district during March, one of the largest figures for a single month in the courts whole history he added.
 Not all public officials arc so un- sophisticated. Some time ago I ask cd one of them, whose nanln l can't mention, but who's on the federal supreme bench now and who for merly hell the same post Attorney General Sargent holds at present, what his solution of the prohibit ton problem was. In reply he ad- vised me to read a certain article by Clarence Darrow, in the Ameri- can Mercury,
 I did read it. It was called The Ordeal of Prohibition" In it the Chicagoan told the story of many laws which public opinion didn't support but which. for one reason or another, couldn't be repealed. Invariably, he asserted, after a period of vain effort at enforce ment, the government gave up regu- lations, while still in the statute books, presently were forgotten. eX- cept possibly by q few antiquaries, as curiosities. That, Darrow pre- dictcd, will be prohibiton's fate.
 My anonymous official didn't say he thought so, too, but he did re- commend me to read the Darrow article when I put my question. Conversations which 1t seems i'm possible can lead up 10 the subject 1 of prohibition nevertheless do leat | up to it.
 Another official can't refer tc by name. but a very well-knowr one, and a Methodist bishops sor at that, was discussing American education for my benefit lately. "It'' strength he said, "lies in the fac
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
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that no attempt ever has been made in this country to force schools on any community. When they were wanted, the people who wanted them established them. Having wanted them, these same people, naturally supported them.
 But early in our history there were communities which opposed public education. They'd have re- bclled if the central government had tried 10 cram 1t down their throats, just as certain communities virtually are in rebellion now against prohibition. That wouldn't have promoted education. It would have retarded it, just as national prohibition has retarded temper ancc."
 Even General Lincoln c. An drcws, new secretary of the treas- ury especially n charge of dry law enforcement, seems none too sure of himself not yet, at any rate. When I asked him for an interview concerning his plans, here's what he answered;
 As I see my task, perhaps it's most difficult element is the one that is engaging me right now 10 analyZe the situation and try ts determine the answer to your question. What enforcement ought 10 be and is going to be like When have determined my answer to that, I feel that the problem will be more than half solved and that my course from then on will be quite clear.
 "When that time comAs will; be very glad to talk it over" h
 Bolivia has abolished legal cdu-- cation. The student-lawycrs Of to- day will be allowed to finish m. Then no moro lawyers until some of the present crop die of Thtre are so many that th4 minister Of education says too i2W oth'r. m- habitants remain 10 do the rrst of the work of the country. So the United States charge d'affairrs in- forms the State Department. "A display of eminent common sense, he calls it.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
25 Years Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date
ICnr Monday. April 20.)

A fat man and another not so fat began selling shad at the cor lrr of Main and Commercial streets lat, y,stcrday afternoon at two for a quarter. A local dealer immediate
 " sent a man to tue opposite cor nor to sell shad at 10 cents apiece Both began cutting and soon the fish were going at five cents anu tbr wggons were quickly emptled'
 , resident of Hart street thought ha had lost his fox terrier last eve ming and. with his family and nelgh- | ors spent several hours searching ror inc animal. The hunt was beng eorrowfuuy given up when the ter rjar quietly walked out of a clothes ,,ogct in the house, where 1t had ! ron comfurtahiv snoozing.
 The annual city meeting was he'a raqt night. It was a regular business meeting and thc negative won al most every yotc. Alderman O.. F. Curtis moyrA that the proposal to
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
THIS KIND OF WAR NEVER CEASES

A scientist the other day told the ! world that insect pests may yet con- QUOT the human race by destroying so much of the food supply that there will not be enough left for humans to eat. To most people this seemed a little far-fctched but q little diagnosis of the number and quantity of pests that are already operating throughout the country is enough to convince anyone that there is plenty of reason to accept the scientists word as a reasonable warning.
 In tho south the cotton boil weeyil which originally came from Mexico, has done so much damage to the cotton fields that the produc- ton of this staple is seriously inter- fercd with. That the pest is menace against the entire cotton in dustry has long ago been conceded and no fight in the south approaches in intensity the efforts of planters to control the ravages of this parasite.
 In the northern states the Euro pean corn borcr has become a menace of the first magnitude, and throushout all the rural districts in- formation to farmers as to how 10 combat the corn borcr is plentiful; but in spite of everything the pest continues to dcvastatc large areas.
 Many kinds of trees are being at tackled by blight, and fruit pests have made orcharding a hazardous occupation except in the cases ot ! large orchards which being usually owned by large organizations, arc able to spray trees repeatedly in the battle with the enemy. Orchardlsts buy more machinery and chemicals
 to fight fruit pests than any other
 single purchase.
 Recently the potato growers oi Maine were thundcrstruck to dis
 cover that inc British government
 had set an embargo against the inn
 Dorta,ion of American potatoes. and later a similar embargo was placed
 against those imported from Nova
 Scotia. The reason was that the
 British authorities, although the
 Britons badly needed American po-
 ta,ocs, could not concede the ad-
 yantages of importing bugs from
 America at the same time
 Entomologists have just an nounced that the Japanese Beetle
 which was first discovered in thlS country only ten years ago, is the newest pest 10 worry about ITS gruD lives underground and is immune from spraying attacks. The adul' beetle is enormously destructive. us
 hold in New Jersey and Penns%I- vasia is strong and it is spreading al rapid rate. Tho only way 10 1'S'''
 it is to import insect parasite" 'HaI are it's natural cnemI"s and Icthhs [ them attack the pests in the affect : cd districts,
 The battle agmnst agriculture nests goes on constantly. Thos'
 energetic citizens who tried to rais'
 potatocs on city lots during the earl! wears of the war are well able t' understand some of the difficulties j. ii they lad their share of hardshlp with the ''pcsl<y critters and 'n' "blight" which seems to come all 'o' naturally with the tub"rs-
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
Another Stocking Rolled

What is hamburger asked the man from England when he found every American roadhouse offering hot dog and hamburger sandwiches. "Well," said the chef as he as- sembled a hot dog for another cus- tcmer, If a wienie is a hamburger in tights, guess a hamburger is a bare legged wienie."
 Mrs. C. l., Edson,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
NO CRIME NEWS
 IS NOT POPULAR
North Carolina Paper AbandOns
 Experiment

Fayetteville, N. C., April 2o,-- After one week of scheduled ex- pertinent of not printing crime news, the Fayetteville Observer has announced abandonment of the ex- pertinent 'in response to an over- whelming public demand"
 Editors of the paper said the sen- timent Of its readers, as determined by poll. was SO to 1 in favor of publishing crime items. The state ment added that the weeks experi- ment had had an apprcciable effect on circulation.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
BI.ANTE-BOIsSONNATIT

Victor Albert Joseph Blante of Quebec, Canada, and Miss Margaret Boissonnault, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Henri Boissonnault of 40 Pearl court, wccr married at St. Peters church at 8 o'clock this morning by the pastor Rev, Charles Coppens Mary Anne Boissonnault, q sister of the brido. was brides maid, and Uric Broulx acted as best mau.