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New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
ROOMS, BOARD, HOTELS
Rooms For Rent

| LEDGE COURT. Large pleasant room | with all conveniences suitable for 1 oi l 2 gentlemen m private family.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

5 ROOM HOUSE-acre of land new gar age 30 fruit trees, : minutes walk from train and trolley Write, Box 1S5, Ken sington. Can be seen Sat. or Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

MAIN ST, 4s-newly furnished rooms 1 Mrs. O'Dell 1st floor
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

PIAINVILLE--S room, new house. city water, electricity. garage. Price s4.400. Inquire J. Dudoick, Prentice St. Tel. 261-lS
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

PARK PLACE, 2S-desirabls furnished room for gentleman only. Phone 20.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

1 PROSPECT ST, 51--room to rent, fol
 storage CT business. Not furnished ! Phone s2T9.w,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
EMPLOYMENT
Wanted--Agents

$1O0 WEEkLY-Man wanted with ambi- ton. industry and small capital. You can make above amount or more, dis trtbuting Rawleigh's Quality Products to steady consumers. Several fine open ings now available. We teach and help you do biz business and mako more money than you ever made before. Give age. occupation references W. T. Raw. leigh Co.,, Dept. CU-4O1S, Freeport, Ill.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
EDUCATIONAL

MANDOLIN--banjo and u1ulele instruc- tion. Ruth A. Ferguson, Booth Block Tel. 3390.t Tues. Wed. Fri.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

PLAlNVILLE-14 room house. car gar age, large lot. John E. Cunlon, Plain vile. Conn.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

COMMONWEALTH AVE.-cottage of I
 rooms. all Improvements. Price s7,ooo. J. j. Watson, 29a Main St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

Text: 'Unto you is born Savior,
Luke ell.
@1 HERE are stories of whose
telling we never tire. Let
them DO told as often as they
may, they have a charm about them
that always attracts and pleases us,
and each time they are told they
bring new inspiration and hope
to our hearts.
Among these stories is that of the
birth Of Jesus. A soften as we have
heard the story of His nativity we
have never grown weary or tired Of
it. 1t retains its hold on our hearts
and is ever fresh and sweet to our
souls.
Nineteen centuries ago, an angel
messenger, appeared to some shep-
herds as they were minding their
.flocks by night out on the plains of
Judea and said unto them: Fear
not, for, behold, r bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be
to oil the people. For unto you is
born this day in the city of David
Savior, which is Christ the Lord. ;"
Thrilled with this announcement, the
shepherds went to Bethlehem, and
with wondering eyes and Worship
ing hearts, looked upon and saw the
Christ Child. and then returned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

Baker to turn over 100 millions dol
lars worth of auto trucks and road
machinery after the war to the
State road departments, instead of
selling them as old sunk. The way
he did it was to challenge the War
Department to send a test ex-
peditionary force by motor from the
East coast to the Pacific. The ex-
peditionary force was two months
behind it's schedule and DIR. Johnson
wired Secretary Baker: 1.-THE Ameri-
can Army which was victorious over
all obstacles in the World War sur
rendered to mud and said. We
must have better roads"
1t was Dr. Johnson who is large
ly responsible for thu $4,000, 900
Memorial bridge now being built
across the Potomac connecting the
Lincoln Memorial and Arlington
Cemetery Robert f. Lees old home),
and it is now DIR. Johnson who has
undertaken to persuade Congress to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

clarifying and praising God for all
the things that they had heard and
SEEN" AS proclaimed by the angel.
it was, indeed, an hour Of glad It'd
ings and great joy. The thrill of
that hour has not spent itself yet,
but is still vibrating in human
hearts the world over.
Today we unite with these shep-
herds of old in clarifying and prais-
ing our heavenly Father for this
great gift of His love-the gift Of
His only begotten Son. With them
we worship the sweet Babe, born
unto us as a Savior, Christ our Lord.
We crown and worship Him as the
Lord from heaven. And, believing
that He is worthy to be universally
crowned and worshipped, we lift our
voices in the presence Of all heaven
and earth and sing unto Him our
coronation hymn:
'AlI hail the power of Jesus name,
Let angels PROSTATE fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Let ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tribe
On. this terrestrial ball
TO Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lori of ALL
Copyright, 1925. by Jphn r. Gunnl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
SEN FENCED
TO CHURCH

N IONALD BLACKBURN. "a,
of South Bend, was ordered
I-- to prison the other day to
serve two to fourteen-year term
because he failed to attend church.
Some time ago the young man
was convicted on a forgery charge.
The judge before whom he was
tried, in a moment of oft-hearted-
ness, suspended sentence during
good behavior and on condition
that the culprit regularly attend
church. The latter failed to per-
form that simple penance.
Regular church attendance is a
molder of character-a crime pre-
tentative. To be effective the
habit must be acquired young. To
impose 1t as a penalty on full
grown miscreant is a silly judicial
performance.
Nevertheless, judges continue to
impose such sentences on offenders
under the delusion that compul-
oOiS ChuICH dllciiudDCe VIII Work
miracles and will automatically re-
gild human nature. Usually the
one so sentenced never sprouts hui
man nature. Usually the one so
sentenced never sprouts a moral
pinfeather as result.
Wrongdoers frequently reform,
discard their wicked ways and be-
come pious. But 1t is in response
to an inward urge, not forced
church attendance or external
compulsion.
A mature, convicted criminal
might as well be sentenced to
stand on a prominent street cor
ner and chew gum eight hours a
day as to be sentenced to attend
church regularly. so far as the
moral effect of the punishment is
concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
BONDS FOR
POOLROOMS
7UDGE COLLINS OF Criminal
Court, suggests high bonds
for indianapolis poolroom

7UDGE COLLINS OF Criminal
1 Court. suggests high bonds
0 for indianapolis poolroom
proprietors, to be forfeited when
law violations are permitted in
their places, as an effective
method of cleaning up poolrooms
and reducing Juvenile crime.
The proposal sounds all right.
Theoretically the requirement of
high bonds would limit poolroom
proprietorship to reputable. re-
sponsible persons. Fear of for
fixture would make them operate
law-abiding establishments.
But in practice the plan might
not work so brilliantly.
In the old, wicked days when
the brass rail, the swinging door
and the foaming seidel legally
adorned municipal landscapes,
high license fees and large bonds
were frequently prescribed for
saloon regulation. Some saloon
keepers ran decent. lawful places;
other did not The character of
the proprietor, not the size OF the
bond. determined the sort of
saloon operated.
Putting poolrom owners under
heavy bonds would be a sort of
law-enforcing bark without much
bite. Bonds are scraps of paper,
easily given but seldom collected
on. How many forfeited bonds
have actually been collected by
Marion County, and Indianapolis
city, courts in the past year?
Frequent and unexpected in
spections of poolrooms by patrol
men and other police officials will
do more to keep the proprietors of
such places in the straight and
narrow path and more effectively
discourage them from running
crime schools than q high bond.
of uncertain value. gathering dust
in the archives at city hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
Railway Labor Board
to Go

[D lAILWAY presidents and railway workers
IN are reaching agreement that is expect
ed to result in abolshing the United States rail
way labor board. In its stead it is expected
that machinery of adjustment and cancellation,
under the sanction of Congress, will be set up,
approximating to some extent the plan pro-
posed by the Howell-Barkley bill
The picture of management and men get
ting together is encouraging. 1t offers hope
for continually improving relations, even
though it by no means eliminates the possibil-
ity of labor difficulties
The railway labor board has hardly been a
success. 1t has been source of irritation
rather than good will in the transportation
field. The men led the attack on the board,
but management has now joined in the as
sault and with assurances from the Admins
tration that it would look kindly on any pro-
posal that had the Endorsement of both sides,
elimination of this irritant appears certain.
A weakness of the labor board has been it's
inability to obtain obedience to its orders The
railroads were first to fout it, Atterbury of the
Pennsylvania taking the lead. When it became
clear that the board would or could do moth
ing to discipline the railroads, it's influence
over the men rapidly passed. Daugherty, as
Attorney General, obtained his famous Wilker-
son injunction in an effort to force the men to
accept the boards findings. But the Govern
ment having shown no such disposition to en-
force the board S decisions on the railroads, the
workers ignored the court s injunction as well
as the board IS ruling.
This state of affairs could not last. The
present move is in The direction of better
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

Inappropriate for a grand memorial
avenue between George Washing
toms home at Mt. Vernon and the
Virginia terminal of the Memorial
bridge. Or. Johnson is an unimpos-
ing little scrap Of a man, but he
is q wiz.
Showing how good things often go
to waste. 1t was only when
sailor-man who had enjoyed hashish
smoking in Oriental ports, saw it
growing on the Jersey flats where
the ever-ready and Sherwin Williams
ply their trade that it was learned
that these Jersey flats were grow
ing a fine crop of East Indian hemp
from which hashish is made-the
same being accidentally sown by the
rope factory which also does bust
ness in that vicinity. The hashish
did not know that it was against the
law to grow there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
Not Even a Marine
Could Do 1t

1.-THE honest burgers of Philadelphia may
again sip their beer in peace and the
thugs NAV come out of their holes. Gen.
Smedley D. Butler is going and it will be long
before Philadelphia sees another like him. He
rode into the Quaker town on high wind and
he rides out on bowling gale. Everybody's
blessing goes with him, but they aren't asking
him to come back.
Life has been too strenuous the past two
years to suit your average Philadelphian. Law
enforcement has beautiful sound and every
BODY, of course, believes in it, but there is such
thing as taking it too seriously General But
Ter did that. He WASH t content to enforce just
those laws that Philadelphia likes; he wanted
to enforce them ALL He tried to keep Phlla-
delphians from having their drinks, just be-
cause the law said they shouldn't have them.
He had sworn his fidelity to the United States
Constitution he didn' t mean maybe!
There s where the famous fghtin marine
made his great mistake He didn't mean
maybe
Before his two years had ended, he not
only had the whole town in stew, but he had
the Governor Of the State hopping with glee
and the President of the United States stepping
sidewise Thus does little pebble of law en-
forcement thrown into the national pond dis
turb the frogs on the outermost edges.
In Philadelphia General Butler tried the
experiment of divorcing the police from poll
tics. That is, he tried the experiment of try
ing to divorce the police from politics. He
came nearer succeeding than any one ever be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
AN OLD
SETTLER

ACKSON EVANS. 90-year-
old Civil War veteran and
81 pioneer settler of north
ern Indiana. died in South Bend
the other day IfeNis said to have
been the first white man to build
a house in Riverpark, now a part
of the city of South Bend.
He settled In a primeval wilder
ness. In his lifetime he saw
civilization, commerce. industry
and agriculture grow up around
him and transform the region.
During the span Of his life South
Bend grew from nothing to a
commercial and industrial center,
a community of Ir0,0 people,
from which manufactured prod
ucts are shipped all over the
world.
We think OF Indiana as an old,
long settled State. Compared with
some newer parts of the country 1t
Is old. But Indiana is still so new
that il creaks. The development
and progress now evident in the
State have been accomplished in
a period no longer than a human
life.
What changes will the next fifty
or seventy-five years bring about?
The truth is the Hoosier pioneer
epoch is barely past and the State
is Just beginning to grow up. Get
hold of a piece of Indiana and
hold on. Time will do the rest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
True Christmas Spirit

stTnasmuch as we have done it unto one Of
the least of these my brethren, ye have done it
unto me- :
r 7ORE than one hundred Of the deserving
IlVll needy families of Indianapolis are hav+
ING merry Christmas toda ythrough the gen
crosby Of readers of The Indianapolis Times.
About three weeks ago The Times began
publishing descriptions of families who were
in need. There were scores of little children
whom Santa would not have remembered
There were old men and oldNwomen mothers
and fathers who had been hurt in accidents and
who were unable to work. All these were in
need of food and clothing and the little extra
luxuries that make Christmas something more
than Just day in the calendar.
The response was wonderful. There was a
constant ringing of telephones and q constant
stream Of visitors to The Times office as the
neople Of indianapolis responded They re-
sponded out Of the goodness Of their hearts,
for there was no other reward than that\ OF
making some one little happier
Neither the names Of the families who were
helped nor the names Of the benefactors were
printed The Times did not wish anybody to
rive who had any other motive than that OF
making Christmas brighter for some unfortu-
nate.
The Times has exercised every precaution
to see that every family for whom this paper
agreed to find friend was adequately taken
care Of 1t has been big job, but we are sure
that those who had charge of it will agree that
It was very much worth while
\ We heartily thank every man, woman and
Achld who contributed to the families and in
! dviduals listed. And we particularly thank
the personnel Of the Christmas clearing house
for their cooperation.
Merry Christmas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
LOW FINES AND
HIGH SPEED

~0HIEF RIKHOFF is peeved.
IL A young speeder over
- hauled by the chief him
self in personals the movies say
after an exciting chase of a mile
through busy Washington ST., dur
ing which the police car speedo-
meter registered 20 miles per hour,
drew only SIS fine in city court
Tuesday.
During the chase the culprit
drove through an intersection with
the stop sign against him without
slackening. "If any one had
stepped out in front Of that fell
low said the Chief, 1T would
have meant death. If he had tried
to put on his brakes suddenly his
car would have turned over"
And this law-breaking driver
who endangered life and limb on
one of the busiest streets in In
dianapolis was only fined SIS.
Perhaps the Judge also shook his
finger at him.
Yet we wonder why we have
three score deaths and hundreds of
non-fatal accidents q year due to
reckless automobile driving In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

indianapolis. Low fines and high
speeds are partly responsible.
What's the use of police at
tempting to suppress speeding by
oft-proclaimed war, If the city
courts fail TO get excited about
speeding unless the guilty driver
spatters a pedestrian over a mile
of pavement or wraps himself
about light post7
If the streets are to be made
safe the heavy hand of the law
must fall on the speeder while he
is alive and regardless of whether
or not his recklessness has caused
an accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

1tnem now we VIII.
So thinks DIR. S. NJ. johnson. gen.
eral director of the Lee Highway
Association. DIR. Johnson was born
in India, lived in Tennessee, was
educated in a western university:
took postgraduate work in an east
ern university, practiced his profess
sion in Chicago, suffered a nervous
breakdown and sought health and
a living on a ranch in New Mexico.
And that is how he became the
most expert promoter Of good roads
In America
1t was this way. On his ranch
in Emerson Hough's Land Of
Hearts Desire" DIR. Johnson grew
apples-apples five inches in diameter
apples like the apples of the
Hesperides; but he had to feed them
to his hogs. East Of his ranch were
unreclaimed government desert
lands; west were the lands of a huge
Indian reservation. Only faint rough
wagon trails to get out. to get to
market. Or. Johnson began to or
ganize his community to get a. road
But there was no money to build
through Indian reservations and no
money then to get roads built by
the Federal Government.
There is a string hanging out
somewhere in Washington, D. c."
somebody told DR.. Johnson, which.
II you can find and pull, you can
get what you want" DIR. johnson
came to Washington. found the
string and pulled it. Now the Gov
eminent spends millions on "arterial
highways" across the continent and
the Lee Highway is one of them.
II was DR.. Johnson who per.
suaded Secretary OF War Newton
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
fore had done and nearer than any one else
probably ever will in Philadelphia.
One thing defeated him: Beer.


And by beer, in this case, is meant human
nature. Had Butler been called in in the days
before prohibition it is almost certainty that
his efforts would have been marked by success.
This despite the fact that Philadelphia wasn't
nicknamed Corrupt and Contented for nothing
The police were completely controlled by no.
toriously vicious political machine. The police
department. was in an alliance with crime. But
Ter could have busted that alliance, in the old
days. He came so near doing it under present
conditions that there can be little doubt of this
The present condition is that Philadelphia
has tens of thousands of good citizens who
simply cannot understand that there is any
thing wrong in taking drink now and then.
They'd have been behind Butler to man if it
hadn t meant the breaking of lifelong habit
in which they saw nothing sinful Eighteenth
Amendment or no Eighteenth Amendment
They'd have cowed Philade phia's rubber
mayor into keeping Butler; they'd have per-
suaded President Coolidge to let him remain,
but for this one thing.
In way it's pity. It would have been
a wholesome thing for the country if General
Butler had been allowed to see his experiment
through. He came so near divorcing the po-
lice from politics-he licked the local politi-
clans in their own bailiwicks he revealed who
controlled the courts, he chilled the marrow of
eminent and respectable benefciaries of the sys-
tenn, he restored their own souls to such police
officers as wanted them-but the native thirst
of the good citizens undid him.
1t was gallant attempt, General We
wish the familiar lines could be written: 'sThe'
Marines have landed and have the situation
well in hand" But you can It sweep back the
tide with broom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
FIRM GIVES DINNER

Ell Lilly & Co. gave q turkey
dinner for 1000 employees Thursday.
]. X. Lilly, president, personally
passed out cigars.
The cafeteriaywas decorated with
holly and mistletoe. The employees
ate in eight shifts at fifteen minute
intervals.
Harry Noel, advertising manager,
said 1t took $50 pounds Of turkey to
feed the crowd. A band and choir
furnished music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
EARLY TEST

Twenty years ago national inter
est was aroused by announcement
that an attempt would be made to
drive autos to the summit of Pixies
Peak. This was to demonstrate that
a motor car could negotiate any road
that a horse and wagon could travel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
Ask The Times

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to The Indian apolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1892 New York Ave, Wash
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stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
martial advice cannot be given nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will received a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are conhden-
tial -Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

How are butter creams made?
BY working the finest kind of con-
fectioner's sugar into butter. The
mixture should be kneaded for a long
time. a little vanilla added and the
creams then nodded and allowed to
stand for awhile before being dipped
into chocolate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25
The
SAFETY
VALVE
1t Blows When the Pressure Is
Too Great.
BY The Stoker-

a divinity that
III shapes our ends. rough-hew
Jthem how we will"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

Who is the leader of the United
States Marine Band and of how
many men is the band composed?
William Henry Santelmann is the
leader. The band is composed of
seventy men at the present time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-25

Can you describe the national
ensign of Denmark?
It consists of a swallow-ta red
fly with the dannebrog or silver
cross upon 1t. The origin of this
cross is SAID to date from 1918, when
King Waldemar, at critical mo-
ment in his career, averred that he
had seen it in the heavens. He as
serted that 1t gave him strength
and saved Denmark.
, 1925-01-21
Slayton Scores
Prohibition Methods

Washington, December 31.-Scor-
ing the extreme methods employed by
the Federal Prohibition enforcement
agents 10 obtain evidence upon which
TO base Volstead Act violations, Cap
tain w. II. Stayton, founder and ex-
ecutive head of the Association n
gainst the Prohibition Amendment,
in a statement issued today, pointed
to n report received from Lexington,
Kentucky, which tells of the en-
ployment of a young girl, 20 years
old, as bait by agents.
According 10 the report received
from Lexington, a girl 20 years old
was taken before Judge J. II. Bullock.
Of the police court, on n charge Of
intoxication," Captain Shyton de-
clared. "The testimony developed
that tho girl, Miss Gladys Shown, wcf
, 1925-01-21

acting in the capacity of n prohibition
agent when she obtained the liquor
on which she became intoxicated. This
statement was corroborated by Theo-
dore DIETRICH, prohibition agent. Miss
Shown further testified that she pur-
chased the liquor from n negro who
forced her to take u drink before sell
ling il to her.
"If this case were the first moral
crime chalked up against the enforce
ment agents, and It is far from that,
il furnishes, in itself, ample warrant
for modification of the Volstead Act
as advocated by this association. Con-
tributing to the delinquency Of young
girls is SO deplorable a practice that
the Federal Prohibition head for the
State Of Kentucky should dismiss the
responsible agent Immediately. True,
IL Is unlikely that 10 will do 40, for
prohibition agents apparently have no
scruples in the gathering of evidence
The Prohibition Enforcement Unit
, 1925-01-21

constantly goes to extremes, as evi-
denced by this case and by the large
number of reports Of invasions Of
homes without search warrants, shoot
ings of innocent people, etc."