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New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
25 Fears Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date

The first concert of the ApollI club held in the First CongregaI tional church last night proved
 big success.
 David Watson of St. Johns, N. B is the guest of Harry Jones. Il
 Two employees of the P. & F. Cor bin Co.,, John Bergman and Mrs Tyson, had fingers crushed today.
 A. J. Sloper was reelected a di rector of the American Knitting Cd at the annual meeting this forenoon
 There was lively fire in salooi early this morning. It was cause when an employe lighted the gad which set fire to an umbrella. Thl man made no attempt to put out thI flames and no attention was paid Il them until special officer dis covered them.
 Sergeant c. A. Anderson is i'll al his home on Chapman street. James M. Burdick has purchase ! the house at 125 Camp street fror a Saybrook man through the E. W Schultz agency.
 The Young Mems Temperanci society had a pleasant anniversari celebration in it's hall on BeaveI street last evening. Songs weri sung by E. l. Sheehy, J. W. Man ming and Thomas Ryan. Professo Kenney prompted.
 Principal Marcus White will sal for Europe Saturday. He vii leave New York tomorrow and spenl several weeks in England. MI White was presented with bouqud of roses by his pupils yesterday af ternoon, this being a token of grate fitness at his series of musicales.
 The Elroy Stock Co.,, at the Ly ceum, will put on The Cotto Spinnerj" a story of the industrit age, this evening. Tomorrow ever ing they will present "sappho.I Every man, woman, and child ha heard of "sappho" during the las six weeks, many condemning an others praising the play. Ne7 Britainites will now have chanc to see 1t for themselves.
 At the 21st anniversary celebratioI of the Vega society tomorrow Joseph Hultgren will make Reclamation. MT. and Mrs. Willis Rockwell ar the guests of MT. and Mrs. Fran Porter of West Main street.
 Carl J. Youngblad entertained large number of friends at a Valen tine party at his home in KensingtoI last evening. Mrs. L. P. Hart rerl dered a musical selection and reading was given by Arthur UpsoII
 New Britain Council, o. U. A. MI met last evening and made up it Washington's Birthday program Those in charge include Mayor NJ. q Webster, A. L. Thompson, Arthu Mercy and c. J. SVmonds. Beside the speakers and regular musicf program, there will be an added at traction, several numbers beinl graphophone selections.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Feb. 17.-Forecas for southern New England: Gen erally fair and much colder tonigh and Wednesday preceded by ligli rain pr snow on Massachusetts coas tonight. Moderate to fresh mort and northwest winds.
 Forecast for eastern New York Mostly cloudy and much colder i'd night; cold wave in extreme nortl portion; Wednesday fair, colder il southeast portion; moderate fires north and northwest winds.
 Conditions: The pressure is loI along the coast and high betweeI the Rocky mountains and the Ms sissippi river, Cloudy weather pr,l vails in all the eastern districts wit rain as far north as New JerseI and snow in the Lake region anI the St. Lawrence valley. PleasarI weather with low temperature prd walls fin the central and western dis trlets. Freezing temperatures eS tend as far south as Texas.
 Conditions favor for this, vicinit unsettled weather with rain or snoI followed by fair and colder.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
BUSSES AND TRUCKS IN THE FUTURE

Busses are figuring in news dis patches virtually every day. Some issues of newspapers have columns devoted to controversies over bus routes, court cases arising from them, and demands for new routes.
 Busses are being held in check by railroad and trolley lines through the operation of laws that are re- garded as favoring their interests. In many of the states such laws have not yet been tested as to their constitutionality. Some of the bus companies, aided and stimulated by the great motor companies manu- featuring the busses, are showing an inclination to bring about such tests. There may be changes in some states in the future.
 In Connecticut bus lines are as popular as in any other state, and there would be more of such lines if there were "a fair field and no favors." The Connecticut company, with a charter from the Legislature that gives 1t almost plenary powers in the fields where it operates, at first pooh-poohed the bus business and now embraces it, At the same time no independent bus lines are allowed to compete with it. accord ing to its rights secured from the Legislature.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, which owns the Connecticut company, although the latter is operated through puoic trustees. is likewise at war with the bus business if any such lines can ba construed as interfering with its preserves. AS the railroad criss- crosses the state like the weather beaten lines in a seaman's face there are a paucity of desirable routes between important com munities that can be served wl'n husses without competing" witf tbe sacred vested rights of the rail' road. Yet in spite of being compelled to dodge railroad and trolley terri tories. the busses have been fairi! well established.
 In Massachusetts the Legislature came to the aid of the established transportation companies in nooi' fashion when the law was passed that no motor vehicle not operate' on tracks will be permitted to com pete with street or steam railways Rus owners operating between Bos ton and Brocton, and betwee' Brockton and Providence wer' fined and filed appeals. It is prob
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

His name is Tobe Egan ani he Is big 'uu-- Cblcagoan Tobe Egan,' Bale IIo- gan told Higgin; If Tobe hears your braggin' Of Babe Hogan's leggin. And such lollygaggin' with gags about huggin', Tobe Egan, the big 'un. will crack your big noggin. And, further, Tobe Egan will bust your toboggan."
 Bernie shantz. Reckless Bernie: Here's a magasine arr ticle that says most rich men be- come so by accident" Richard: "Then why all this talk about safety first?"
 --Frieda Halderson. Copyright, 1925, Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Fqcts and Fancies
BY RoBEKT CULLEN

Naturally a sock will stay put II vou roll it down to the shoe top
 There are few tolerant men and most of them are merely lndiller- ent.
 Killing the leaders may save Her rin. but it never worked well In Russia.
 The grand manner is charming In a book. but it's u little annoying behind a counter.
 If there isn't much to the town except Main street it isn't so nara to reach Easy street.
 Correct greeting when meeting lady friend after a separation of years; How isthe old pain?"
 Troubles are a blessing to some people. They keep them too busy to worry about their sins.
 At any rate all men are born equal so far as the per capita in- debtedness is concerned The easiest way to make your vocabulary impressive is to refrain from working 1t too hard.
 You may call him typical Amer ican if he enjoys telling what he eats for breakfast.
 Why not place the license num- Der on the front bumper so it will be stamped on the pedestrian as evidence?
 Those who tell us how to run our business may not be efficiency ex- perts. They may be neighbors.
 Hint to reactionaries: A volcano wouldn't shake things up if it could get to the top without it.
 America can provide enough air. l craft in case of war if somebody will hold the enemy for a year.
 Knowledge is power. The moro you know about a car, the less you'll pay to have a spark plug cleaned
 Correct this sentence: "I'll clear house this spring" said she, but won't rearrange the furniture" 1 (Protected by Associated Editors,
 Inc.1
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
MANUFACTURING A HARBOR
 FOR NEW HAVEN

What good is a harbor without ships? The city of New Haven hasn't yet reached the point where it is apropos to make the query--t still lacks the lure for large ocean steamers. But New London is in oet- fer circumstances; it has the harbor' the only trouble being the steamers for the most part are still heading for New York and other rival mar bors down the coast.
 New Haven remains ambitious however. It has plenty of water q wide expanse of it. In the matter of depth, however, the circumstances ore mt SD admirable. It would re- nuire 8 deal of dredging to make IL nossible for vessels of large size to glide their dignified hulks into the great harbor of New Haven; but the muni fcent and benevolent state IS believed prosperous enough to oo the dredging. Only $15O,0Q0 would he needed at first; but before the barhor is really fit to attract big sbins in a modern way about $l'- mn 900 could be spent. This little matter of spending the million how ever doesn't bother New Haven, as +ba state, it is hoped in New Haven will pay the bills.
 It no doubt would be a splehdlu material development by Connecti- ,r+ if New London and New Haven could be turned into rivals of Boston or New York as harbors. But ho" to do it-thats the question Per ! verse corporations operating ocean steamers don't seem to see the point at all.
 Being a harbor and being sue oossfpI harbor are two entirely dlt- ferent matters. Economic conditions over which the harbors have no control have a habit of protruding themselves in an embarrassing man. ner. The city of Boston is a case in point. It has a harbor of surpasslng excellence. one of it's supposed ad- vantages being that it is nearer to Europe than New York. II is lm- nossible to convince a Bostonian that this isn't a marked advantage; il is useless to tell him that if it were an advantage, Portland, Me, would be better off as a harbor than Bos' ton. or that Halifax has the edge upon both of them.
 In Philadelphia and Baltimore they claim that the fact their cities provide a longer ships run and shorter railroad haul from interiol points as compared with Boston il greatly to their advantage. The In
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terstate Commerce Commission agrees with these more southern ports and has just allowed the more 'aVoraole rates upon import and import traffic to stand in their favor, In other words, western shin pers can ship to Europe cheaper through Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk than through Boston be- cause ot the longer ships haul and the shorter rail haul. As transporta- ton by boat is usually much cheaper than by railroad 1t is hard to be impartial and accept the New Eng land attitude at the same time, but as this is q free country, New Eng flanders will continue to disagree with the I. c. c.
 The cheaper cost of marine trans portation has made" several har- bors in the past few decades. Gulf ports are much oftener heard from as shipping centers than in the old days, and New Orleans has com pletcly recovered from the blow dealt her by the Civil War. Norfolk, Va, has gone ahead rapidly, but its chief difficulty is that 1t does not offer as short rail haul from the west as its chief rival. Baltimore, at the head of the lordly Chesa peake. Washington could turn itself into Q very fine harbor, it is said, but they have no such ambitions in that city, its ambitions running into other channels.
 Returning to New Haven,-as a great harbor, what chance would it have for being anything but 9, local shipping point? Such goods as go overseas from Connecticut could make use of it, as they can make use of New London today; but it is doubtful if there would be enough such goods to justify regular steam ship service. The ships are going to New York because freight from all points inland is transhipped there, as well as that which originates nearby.
 The influence of trunk line rail- roads upon harbors is not to be overlooked, either. The New York Central favors New York; the Penn- sylvania originally favored Philadel- phia, but is now equally adept at planting freight into New York; the Baltimore and Ohio strongly favors Baltimore and provides most of the export freight shipped through that port. The Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio have favored the Norfolk route. What trunk line railroad from the west is favoring any New England port The Boston and Albany, by being part of the New York Central sys- tenn, is trunk line between the west and Boston, but how much freight is it diverting to Boston from New York? None that they can notice in Boston. The other New England lines are not trunk lines, but sec tional systems.
 The city of New Haven is to be congratulated upon its ambitions; it is good to have ambitions. But in this case the ambition, of New Haven, carried out,' would be too costly to the remainder of the state.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

upic tiioy VIII tuht thc tuoth to tno Supreme court. There is said to be grave doubt regarding the consti- tutionality of such laws. a..
 It Is not in the carrying of pas sengers that the gravest danger to the railroads lies, however, but in the carrying of freight. The rail- roads have been attempting to fight" the transportation of freight by motor trucks for several years, but with no visible results. Short hauls are being made by trucks in virtually all industries, and the dis quieting feature to the railroads is that such "short" hauls are being constantly extended into longer hauls. The railroads remain su- preme, however, in the case of long hauls; but that doesn't help the New England railroads much in the case of business originating and terminating in New England, as the hauls in most of New England are not excessively long. Were 1t not for the fact that the railroads are obtaining such high rates for trans portation, the changing of deficits into net earnings would be much more difficult.
 The plan of the New Haven rail- road in getting New England ship pers financially interested in the property has been more than clever. Such an interest has several objec- tives, including a willingness to see the rates remain high enough to produce a return upon the invest ment, the stimulation of good will toward the railroad, and a readi- ness to lend material assistance through the traffic departments. A manufacturing institution, having subscribed to the financing of the railroad, may be less inclined to ship as much goods by truck as would be the case otherwise, fact that will not be news to the rail- road management.
 Among the late developments in the railroad motor wrangle is that the railroads themselves are now inclined to go both in the trucking and bus business, just like the Con- necticut company has changed front and is plunging into the bus busl- l ness, The railroads are now among | the most extensive buyers of mo- torized equipment; attempts are be- 1 ing made to substitute busses TOT branch line passenger travel that doesn't pay; railroadowned motor trucks are being thrown into serv- ice for short hauls. In some states this development has been much more pronounced than in New Eng land: but even in this section Of the country the new light has been seen. The time may not be far distant when the New England lines will he running motor trucks. between all the cities and touching at the smaller points between. This VIII he an improvement, both from the standpoint of economy and con- venience, over the present system
 Asa factor in modern methods or +ransnortation, neither the bus nor tho motor truck can be swept aside by sophistry. Both have eaFiieu recognition after making headWay against high odds. They are here to stay: they may be developed to a mnch greater extent than is at pres ent imagined; and the transports +ion companies do well to sWim with the tide rather than attempt ing vainly to swim against it.
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and order and punish, if necessary malefactors generally. However with Porto Rico and the Virgil Isles as U. S. possessions and pos sible fleet and army bases in tim of war we can see no particular ad vantage to be gained through con trol of Haiti, though it would be disadvantage to have another natioi control it.
 We hope that this will aid to thorough understanding of tn situation.-[Ed.l
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other explorer has done before him. His name will go down in the annals of exploration as one of those who gave his life in pursuit of achieve ment.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
The Infantry, the Infantry,
 With the

The young man of the house was i'll of pneumonia and sympathizing friends had sent many flowers which seemed to be quite a source of wonderment to Harold, a little cousin of four years.
 Soon a caller came to ask about the young mans condition. Little Harold met him at the door and the caller asked: How is Clarie to- day"
 Well" said Harold, ''he ain't dead yet but the flowers are nearly all here"
 Mrs. F V P
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
The Readers Mistake

A country editor in the North west printed nothing but local hap penings in his little weekly paper. But for the sake of balanced head lines he had three big heads stand ing on the front page:
 LOCAL HAPPENINGS
 ITEMS HERE AND THERE THINGS WORTH NOTING
 Every once in a while some of his foreign subscribers would get angry at him and he didn't know why. But it always happened when a news item about them had got in the column called THINGS WORTH NOTING.
 "Why do you put news about me in der column named NEWS NOT WORT NOTTING?" an angry sub scriber asked.
 Then the editor changed the name of the column to Items Worth While"
 P. J. Baird.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation

Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation. Tho A. B. c. is a national organlzatio lion which furnishes newspapers and adver. tisers with . strictly honest analysis Of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon this audit. This nsures protection against fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Queered It!

Mahler: 50 that secret society you belonged to has disbanded, eh? What was the trouble ?" Patek: "They added a Women's auxiliary"
 Gertrude.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Kidding Somebody

Fastener: You say that the mine was nearly full of blood! Hor- rible! But how did it happen?" Westerner: oh, one of the miners picked into a vein."
 Mrs. B. T. McNichol.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
The Tricky Triolet Counter

Ringing the Belle l gave her ring, And I felt rather grand, sir. She was such sweet thing That l gave her a ring, For~1 wanted to cling To my darling entrancer. l gave her ring But they told me: "No answer"
 Joseph Staats.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

Tho only profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation books ane press roor always open to advertisers
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Only one man in a thousand is leader of men.
 The other 999 are followers of women!
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

The Herald ts on sale daily in New York at Hotallngs News Stand. Times Square; Schultz News Stand. Entrance Grand Central. 42nd street.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday Exceptedl At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
The Interrupted Lover

The Interrupted Lover Twas late one night he spoke to
 her; He voiced his love with eloquence. He hoped her tenderness to stir When late that night he spoke to
 her, Nor reckoned not what did occur Her folks o'erheard and drove him
 hence. Twas late one night he spoke to
 her. That tom cat on the backyard fence.
 Byron Frederickson.
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New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
STH::.::2!:S. H::.::2!: z1az z%Szob M4xSON ExHAll JlQux Winter Willics
 By George s. ChappelI

By George s. Chappell Skating where the Ice was thin, Little Willie tumbled in. "Never mind" I heard him say, This is bath night. anyway" Willie, with his hockey-stick, Hit the puck an awful lick. Straight 1t sped toward Papa's face; They can't find Pas tooth any
 place. Willie, on the icy slide, Asked his Aunt Estelle to ride. "Sit in front, dear Aunt" said he, Like as not we'll hit a tree."
 " Little Willie, in the yard, Threw a snow-ball round and hard. Dr. Titus, driving by, Got some wind shield in his eye.
 V Little Willie found fuse Such as quarry-workmen use. This he rammed in Papa's pipe. Papa's face looks awful ripe.
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Member oI the Associated press.

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New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
Dividing It

Mrs. Preston (bitterly): You're a fool"
 Preston (victoriously): Well, you're my better half"
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
TELEPHONE CALLS

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 As Second Glass Mai Matter.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
The Editor,s Gnssin Shnn

The Editors Gossip Shop Read the winter Willies very carefully today.
 Because, within a few weeks, we shall launch Wild Willies as a regu- lar feature in the Fun Shop, and a series to which you will be asked to contribute.
 You may start sending some now, if you wish, but more detailed in structions will accompany Wild Willies when officially presented as a series.
 Note todays tongue-twister poem. These poems have proved tre- mendously popular - ih fact they are developing something Of a vogue" or "craze."
 We can't get too many of them from you. remember.
 Three Champions
 GA Tongue Twistcr) Babe Hogan, shaking a speedy leg, Was champion skater of Winnipeg; She met Cap Higgin (and his to-
 boggan) The champion slider, from Copen-
 hagen. q greatly admire you Winne-
 pegans," Higgin said, "in your shapcly leg
 gins" . Co slide your toboggan," Bab'
 Hogan bade Higgin, For l am rngaged to Fl iea.oli Chiesgoan;
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Knowledge is power. The more you know about car, the less you'll pay to have a spark plug cleaned.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

Naturally sock will stay put II vou roll it down to the shoe top.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

Correct this sentence: "I1i clean house this spring" said she, but l won't rearrange the furniture" (Protected by Associated Editors,
 Incl
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

Killing the leaders may save Her rim but it never worked well in Russia.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

There are few tolerant men ana most of them are merely lnollel ent.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

America can provide enough air craft in case of war if somebody will hold the enemy for a year.
Evening star., 1925-10-14
CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY
TO MEET TOMORROW
Sixteenth Annual Gathering to Be
Held Here at New Will
lard Hotel.

The sixteenth annual gathering of
the American Clan Gregor Society
will open with a meeting of the Coun-
Gil at II am. tomorrow at the New
Willard Hotel.
Magruder, Colorado Building. will call
the society together for the first regu-
lar business session. Invocation will
be pronounced by the chaplain, Rev.
Enoch Magruder Thompson.
Reports from the various officers
and committees will be read and old
and new business will be taken up
The convention will then adjourn
until pm.
The secor.d session will be devoted
to a series OF varied entertainment
followed by the election of officers
for the coming year.
A short meeting will be held Fri
day morning at 1890. when a letter
from George G. w. Magruder OF
Oklahoma will be read by the scribe
An invitation to attend the unveiling
at pm. of a bronze tablet placed
in st. PauPs Church here as a memo
rial to Maj. Samuel w. Magruder
from the Magruder Chapter, D. A. r.,
will also be read.
The final business session will be
opened at pm. with invocation pro-
nounced by the chaplain. This ses-
sion will be devoted to the reading
of resolutions and rendering of
musical selections. The gathering
will finally adjourn after the chap
lain gives the benediction.