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New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Foreign Exchange

New York, March 21.-Foreign ex- changes steady. Quotations in cents: Great Britain: demand 477S; cables ITS; 50day bills on banks, A 5-S. France, demand SIS; cables 5:1Sia. Italy: demand 4.06 1-4; cables .4.06A. Belgium: demand 5.o6. Ger many: demand 2S.SO. Holland; de- mand S9,s6. Norway demand 1850. Sweden; demand 26.eS. Denmark: demand 1S.14. Switzerland: demand 1928 Spain: demand l4.29. Greece: demand 1.62. Poland: demand l9 l-4. Czecho-S -Slovakia: demand 2,9e IA. Jugoslavia: demand 1.5Sh. Austria: demand .0O14ls. Rumania: demand .4Sis. Argentina; demand %s.62. Brazil: demand 1120. Tokio: demand 4lS. Shanghai; demand 74 Ia, Montreal: 9s 29.32.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
City Items

r. V, Burkarth of this city was elected sergeant at the annual state convention of tho Maccabees in Bridgeport yesterday.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. T. coholan are receiving congratulations on thu birth of a daughter.
 Jehuda Halevl lodge, No. ITO, will hold an open meeting in the lodge rooms In tho Odd Fellows building on Arch street tomorrow evening at s o'clock. General topics will be dis- cussed and smokes will be furnished. Members are asked to bring their lady friends.
 A son has been born to Mir and Mrs. N. Reinholdt of 159 Kensey street.
 Rudolph Lundell is home from Pratt Institute for the Easter. recess.
 Joseph Menousek of 44 Cottage place will leave in May for Bohe- mia to visit relatives whom he has not seen for 10 years. He will be away several weeks.
 The Boy Scout bugle band will hold its first practice of the season at the state ,armory Monday eveRing lat 6:30 o'clock. William Baker and Leon Bradley will again be in charge of the corps.
 Mir. and Mrs George A. Andrews of Akron. O.. who accompanied the remains of their daughter to Plain- vile for burial, have returned to their home.
 Mattabassett Hayloft, number 14 1-2. will meet Monday evening in Judd's hall. Deputy State Chief Haymaker Bowling and staff of Middletown will install officers. Re- treatments will be served.
 Star of Good Will lodge, No. 9, o. s. of B., will hold its regular meet ing in Jr. o. U. A. M. hall Monday evening. After the meeting the Deputies association will meet. Deputies from New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, Southington and other places are planning to attend.
 Bitten in the lip by a dog at his home yesterday afternoon, Manuel Beatrice, 4 years old, was taken to the New Britain General hospital for treatment.
 The police have been notified by the commissioner of motor vehicles that the operators license of Will liam Domurat of 164 Grove street and Paul Donnelly of Grove Hill have been restored.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
BOND PRICES.

New York, March 21.-Bond prices worked moderately higher in today's trading, which was extreme ly quiet. The initial dealings were featured by furthcr recovery of the St. Paul obligations, which averaged gains of about a point, and by an- other spurt in the oil issues under the leadership of Pan-Amcrican 6s and Skelly 61as. The revival of re- ports regarding a proposed lease of the road to the Pennsylvania and possible segregation of its coal hold ings carried the Norfolk 1 per cent bonds 10 a new high for the year. following a previous rise in the con- 6S.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
N. H. ROAD WRECK IS BEING PROBED Weather Conditions Playing
 Prominent Part

Now Haven, March 21.--The pulp lie utilities commission and railroad officials sitting jointly today contin- ued the Inquiry into Thursdays freight wreck in the railroad cut here. Coroner Mix concluded his ex- animation of witnesses yesterday.
 IT, A. Howard of the interstate commerce commission representing that body also sat at the hearing. Many employees of the company had been summoned. Most of the ques- tioning today was as to the condi- ton of the signals and of the amos- phere at the time the freight drawn by an electric engine crashed into the rear of the freight which was standing in the "cut." The inquiry Is behind closed doors.
 |. Coroner Mix. 1t was stated at his office. today was following up some evidence that he had taken as to weather and signal conditions.
 In the wreck the crew of the elec- tric engine were killed.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Banker Drops
 Dead After Meeting

Stamford, March 21.--Hezekiah Weed, yice-president and director of the Citizens Saving Bank, dropped dead shortly after a directors meet ing this noon at the bank. Dr. Sherrill, the medical examiner, gave an opinion that death was due to heart trouble.
 Mir. Weed, who was 55, was in the insurance and real estate business and also for years was president of the S. N. F. Insurance Exchange. He for some years had charge of the estate here of James I. Raymond, a New York merchant. He is sur vived by a wife, son, Hugh, who lives in St. Louis and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret W. Douglas, of this city.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Girl Shot, Two Men and
 Two Women Are Arrested

New York, March 21.-Despite their story that their automobile was fired upon from the dark this morn ing near the Hudson river water front. two men and two women were arrested after another girl in their party had been shot and wounded twice in the head.
 The wounded girl is Ellen Porter, IS years old, of Brooklyn. The pris- oners, charged with felonious as- sault, are Florence Struller of Brook lyn and Josephine Dunphy, Charles Miller and John Cosgrove of Man hattan. They were arrested after they had taken the wounded girl to a hospital, where 1t is said she will recover.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Husband Has Brother
 And His Wife Held.

Mrs. Rose Wazzicata and her brother-in-law, Paul Wazzicata, were arrested this afternoon at the woman's home, s2 Franklin street, by Policeman Patrick J. O'Mara on charges of misconduct. The arrest was made after the woman's hus- band complained that his brother and wife were at the house to- gether.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Kane Demands $2OO,OOO
 For GibbOns-Wills Bout

Chicago, March 21.--Eddie Kane, manager of Tom. Gibbons, today de- manded guarantee of $2OO, ,o00 for Gibbons to box Harry Wills, negro heavyweight in show for the Ital- ian hospital fund in New York, June 1e. Gibbons terms were made known in a telegram replying to an offer which Kane said he received from Herbert J. Fugacy of New York.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Mrs. Conway Seeking
 News of Her Husband

Chief William c. Hart today re- ceived a letter from Mrs. Michael J. Conway of Providence. K. l., ask ing him to aid in the search for her husband, from whom she SC ba- rated here about three years ago. The letter said that Conway was employed at the time by the sewer department and they lived at 427 Glen street. She said that she Is anxious to hear from him as she has had no communication with him since their separation:
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Porch Climbers Get Loot
 Valued at Large Amount

Greenwich, March 21.--The resi- dence of Theodore L. Pomeroy, on Maple avenue, was entered by porch climbers some time during the night and jewelry belonging to Mrs. Pom- eroy said to be valued at several thousand dollars taken. Entrance was gained by climbing a porch and forcing the window. The bur glar in his haste to get away left bureau drawer containing several pieces of jewelry on the porch roof. The local police sent list of stolen jewels to the New York police.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Eight Students, } Cops
 Hurt in Havana Riot

Havana, March 2t. - Eight stu dents and three policemen were in iured at noon today when several hundred students gathered in front of the presidential palace as pro- test against fines given three stu dents this morning as a result of ar rests in connection with q propo- ganda against the Hay-Quesada treaty celebration last Wednesday.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
WILLIAM WINFIELD SCOTT

William Winfield Scott, age IS years, well known clocksmith, died last night in New Haven, after an illness of pneumonia. He was the son of George and Ellen Blake Scott, who were formerly residents of this city. He was a member of St. Elmo lodge, No. 2l, K. of F., for over 40
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
BOWLING RECORD

Buffalo, March 21. Charles Brown and Jack Binsely of Toledo rolled 1,25S for second place in the two-man event of the American bowling congress tournament this afternoon. They replaced the Peter son-Devries team of Chicago, who go to third place.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Special Features on
 Elks' Lodge Program

Among the features of the enter tainment at the ladies' night of New Britain lodge. B. P. O. F., next Thursday night will be the Arlon quartet, which broadcast a program of songs from WTIC. Hartford. last night. Miss Mary Magnell, harpist, will also appear on the program. Luncheon will be served and dancing will be enjoyed. The Romaine Foun- tain orchestra of Middletown will play for dancing. The affair will be for members of the lodge and their families.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

Stocks: Heavy; lnterborough breaks 6% to new low.
 Bonds: Irregular; St. Pauls re- cover: fractions weak.
 Foreign Exchanges; Steady; Nor' weeian kroner at new high.
 Cotton: Lower: mills curtaihng. Sugar: Featureless.
 Coffee: Higher; importers buying.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere thanks to our relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy to us during the illness and death of our beloved little daughter.
 Signed: Mir. and Mrs. Edward J. Dorsey and Family.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
DrathH
Mrs. Stella BoroMi

Mrs. Stella Borowi, age 40 years, died this morning at her home, 55 Lexington street, Bristol. She leaves her husband, Teofil Borowi and three children.
 The funeral will be held Monday morning at o'clock from St. Stanis- laus church and interment will be in St. Thomas's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank out friends and neighbors for the kindness and sym pathy shown us during our recent bereavement in the death of our be- loved daughter, Mildred F. Andrews, also for the beautiful floral offerings received.
 Signed: MT. and Mrs. George G. Andrews.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21

years George W, Scott. n brother of Newcastle, Englapd. and follow Ing children survive him: Mrs. E. c. Wood of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Margaret McCollum of New Haven, Mrs. c, R, Watkins of Camp Euetis, Va, Walter W, Scott and Robert E. Scott of New Haven.
 Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs, Margaret McCol- lum of New Haven on Tuesday af- ternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be In Fairviow cemetery. this city.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
SPRING IS HERE
Hsrdboil<d Reporters Break Into Song and Rave With Sentimental Poets as Winter Declines.

The sun shone brightly on New Britain homes this morning. Despite the fact that last night was a cold night this morning arrived with a warm glow of promise and a world full of optimism. Song sparrows, robins, blue birds and little Miss Jennie Wren hoped about on tho lawns, just beginning to grow green and looked for the early Gin the season) worm.
 Rose bushes about town show signs of sprouting. pussy willows and crocuses have been seen. Boys are playing marbles on the sidewalks, Roller skates are popular. Little misses are wheeling their new doll carriages about. A hurdy gurdy has been seen and milliners are beg ging to advertise new styles in Easter bonnets.
 You've guessed 1t, Today Is the first day of spring.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Gltt1praIa
Peter TonlSheck

The funeral of Peter Tomsheck will be held Monday morning at g o'clock from St. Mary's church, h. terment will be in St. Mary's ccme- tery.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
SnknLLA. C. LOSES

The Sokol X. c. went to Cromwell last night to play a postponed game with the Northwest team. The Cromwell team won by a score of 2s 10 IS. A. Ramy starred for the local team.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT

New York-EXchanges, 9S6,0Qo.- 00o; balances. 97,0O0,0O0.
 Boston -- Exchanges, 79,0Oo, 900; balances, S4,00O,0 ,00O.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING
Chamber of Commerce and Allied Organizations to Discuss Rcduc- ton of Hazards Monday.

There will be public meeting and dinner at the Burritt hotel Monday evening under the auspices of the Chamber Of Commerce to discuss the proposed safety council in this city. The council has been under consid- rration for some time and is expecta "d to materialize in this city in the near future.
 The speakers Monday evening will include F. Jewell Raymond. busi- ness expert from East Orange, N. J., and Lloyd Blanchard. manager of inc Springfield safety council.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21

|. s. TREASURY STATEMENT U. S. treasury balance. $444,9OI, 039
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21

: The February report of the St, Louis-san Francisco Railway shows an increase of s137,000 in net oper- ating income, to s1,s01,000, com pared with the same month last year. Gross revenues gained $312,O0O to $6,93s,O0o. Surplus after charges was SS3s,000, an increase of $125,o00.
 -
 Bank clearings throughout the United States for the week amount ed to $10,215,sS2,262 in compari- son with sS,572,604,O6S Q year ago, an increase of 19,2 per cent, accord ing to 8 compilation by the Financial and Commercial Chronicle. An in- crease of 27 per cent was recorded fin New York city.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
KaN Street Briefs

The February report of the St. Louis-san Francisco Railway shows an increase of sis7.0O0 fin net op6r- ating income, to s1,601 ,0o0. compar- cd with the same month last year. Gross revenues gained ssi2,000 to $6,sS9,000. Surplus after charges was sass,oo, an increase of si25.OOo.
 Bank clearings throughout tho United States for the week amounted to sio.215,ss2,262 in comparison with ss,572,sOi,O6S. an increase of l9'2 per cent, according to a com pilation by the Financial and Com mercial Chronicle.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
Reform the Reformers.

Ii reform is needed today to meet the
conditions of life let it be used the re-
formers themselves who have undertakn to
regulate the styles the habits, the customs
and the manners of everybody else Which
is not to say that there are no extremes which
should be discouraged, but to suggest that it
is inadvisabe to attempt interference in ev-
cry direction with what the majority wishes
to do In the first place that majority is go
ing to live just as it pleases, especially when
its indulgences are within the law In the
second place it surely has the right so to live,
whereas the reformers who seek a special
privilege in their own interests are treading
on dangerous ground themselves.
There comes report from Stoney Creek,
L. l., where a Bible conference was in ses-
sion, that Rev. DR.. Harry G. Bowlby, sec
retary OF the Lords Day Alliance, has as
sailed the theatre, the motion picture indus
try and professional sporting interests as
"the greatest enemies to proper observation
of the Sabbath" There comes also another
report that church dignitaries in Madrid,
Spain, have published ukase against bobbed
hair. Women who have cut their hair in the
prevailing mode are forcibly prevented from
entering churches, and gendarmes have been
stationed at the church doors to bar them
Both statements are sufficient ground on
which to base the earlier statement that if
reform is needed the reformers need it more
than anyone else. 1t is not transgression
of law nor sinful act to attend motion
picture theatre, a game of ball or other rec
.ognized sporting event. Also, the manner in
which woman does her hair is no index to
her character. womans hair is her own to
dress and wear as she pleases, and she may
do so and still be good, or bad or indiffer-
ent kind OF woman.
These two instances show how the reform
ers long to regulate and contfol other peo-
ple's affairs, their methods of living, theii
recreation, their vogue, their thinking and
their freedom. Civilization would come to q
pretty pass if handful Of fanatics shoulc
have the power to tell the rest Of mankind
what to do and how to do it.
Let the reformer himself be reformed.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22

From the New Orleans Picayune.

The latest addition to lists of ten bests'
are as suggested by the above caption, the
ten most efficient pests with which American
agriculturists have to wrestle. These were Sc
lected and classified by vote OF eleven noted
entomologists in the United States service.
1t is not difficult for us of the south to name
the highest ranking insect nuisance, which
could be none other than odr boil weevil.
Younger by far than most of the others the
little insect has rushed to championship form
at rapid pace, although now we are begin
ming to see his finish, or at least his subJu-
cation to a condition of moderate harm.
Next to the weevil comes the time-honored
Hessian fly that in its day has done enormous
harm to the American wheat crop. 1t was
believed to have been imported in straw bed
ding brought to America by the Hessian sol
ders during the revolutionary war, but it is
not improbable that it was local desire to
blacken the German mercenarleS rather than
strict historical accuracy that saddled the
Teutons with the blame. Whatever its source
the fly has done far greater harm than. did
the flesh and blood HesSians during the cen
tury and half it has operated in our helds
The next pest in order is the codling moth
Perhaps many of us don't know much OF him
by name, but by his works do we know him
He is in short the insect that puts the worm
in the apple Also he does that disservlce
for the pear and ounce. Then there's the
corn ear worm, destructive creature that
cuts down the corn supply. Following the
corn ear worm the scientists have placed the
mosquito. How they made the comparison
is none too evident, for the mosquito is not a
crop destroyer, save as to the crop of human
happiness which the insect often assais, as
during the spring of the present year, with
terrible efficiency. Next comes the unpleas-
ant chinch bug followed by the Colorado
potato beetle, the grasshopper, the house fly,
and the San Jacinto scale.
There are plenty more, but those ten are
masters in harm doing. On them science is
concentrating its fire, with every prospect OF
victory.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
What Constitutes Beauty?

A California girl won the title OF Miss
America at Atlantic City, but that does not
mean that the most beautiful woman in the
country, or even in California, has thus been
identified No Miss America" yet crowned
was the most beautiful girl that could be
found. More beautiful girls who never heard
of Atlantic City could be located if search
were made.
At a recent event in a Georgia town they
picked another representative American girl.
The judges in this case weren't particularly
beauty experts, and yet one wonders whether
their first choice wasn't more nearly the real
standard of beauty than the Atlantic City
choice. The reason why we think that is
because the judges at this Georgia affair were
picking the beauty of perfect health a sound
mind in a sound body and all that The
winner in this contest scored 900 per cent.
And the next FIVE were all above 81 per cent.
We submit that it means more to the coun-
Try to produce that kind of young people
than it does the kind of Venus adjudged
most beautiful by persons whose only critic
rion is what they can see.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22

From the Atlanta Georgian.

1t has been the fashion here in Georgia
and the south for many years to make good
natured fun of New England's fondness tor
pie and its alleged taste for the same for
breakfast WE'LL there is, it seems something
to be said on its side of the question.
R. H. Shaw, nutrition expert for the Amer
lean Baking Association, has found' out a
good many interesting and significant things
about pie He has been experimenting rath-
er extensively with that gastronomic lnstltu-
ton on rats Some of them were led tor q
time on nothing but custard pie; others had
rice potatoes, cabbage, spinach and bread
The pie rats won in weight
This proves that American pie is sound
institution Little Willie has known that all
along, but it is hard to make other people
understand it.
Little Willie has always insisted that pie
should be eaten at the first end of the meal,
when you have an appetite for it and can
appreciate it, and not at the latter end when
you are full, anyhow.
Mr.. Shaw says Willie is right, and that the
childs stomach is better guide than grown
up peoples minds.
SO, those people who eat pie for breakfast
are not so bad after all The great American
institution has been properly defended.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
Nature Taking Care of Us.
From the Wiregrass Farmer.

Nature has again been very kind this year
to the cotton farmers in some sections of the
south. Whereas we sympathize with our fell
low farmers in drought stricken sections yet
if there has been crop on all the area plant
ed in cotton in the southern states that there
is in Turner county there would have been so
much cotton made we would be on the verge
of begging people to Buy Bale" again and
glad to get ten cents pound for it.
However, the world" viii be put in cotton
again next year and there will be danger of
the south getting back in the ditch, where
she has been for a number of years The wise
thing for the farmers to do with any surplus
money they may have this year is 10 invest
in few cows, hogs and hens if they have
none, and if they have spend some money
in installing conveniences to handle them to
better advantage in improving pastures, pre-
pairing to save manure, etc. There is no dan
ger in investing money along these lines, for
let it be bad or good years there is always a
permanency of reasonable prosperity where
diversified farming is followed
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
South Georgia Will Aid.
From the Pearson Tribune.

The hearts Of south Georgians are moved
just now in sympathy for their unfortunate
fellow citizens of north Georgia whose crops,
ON account of the unprecedented drouth, are
failure and the people facing a situation
that is positively distressing. What can south
Georgians do to relieve the direful situation
that will surely follow such conditions should
be the uppermost thought in their minds?
From the abundance with which God has
blessed them they must go to the relief of
those who will need their succor. 1t is stat
ed that there are large numbers of farm
stock-horses, mules, cattle, hogs-that will
have to be turned out because there will be
no feedstuf with which to feed and fatten
them, and it is suggested that our farmers
who have the feedstuf and not enough cat
tie and hogs to consume it buy as many
of these cattle and hogs as they can use,
bring them here and save them from waste
by starvation. There may be other ways our
south Georgia people may help to relieve
the situation. Think about it.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
BooUET FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

From the Sylvester Local.
The recent session of the legislature per-
formed we'll. In fact it was about the sound
est legislature that has assembled in several
years 1t refused to do anything radical or
to impose upon the people additional burdens
in the form of new and untried tax measures.
1t killed a score of dangerous proposals such
as calling a constitutional convention, levy
ing a sales tax or submitting an amendment
proposing an income tax. OF course, it did
some fool things, but that always happens at
every session.
The Dawson news., 1925-09-22
The Legislative Flood.
From the Manufacturer.

Reviewing the work of legislatures in diff
ferent states there is ray of light-in a
few the high water mark of new laws has
been reached and the food is receding.
The Illinois legislature, recently adjourned,
enacted only three hundred and two new laws,
and thrty-eght of these were appropriation
and enabling acts.
In spite of having hundreds of statutes that
are absolutely dead letters on the law books
Illinois added two hundred and eighty more
rules Of conduct
But the tide has turned, and the Illinois
legislature enacted ffty-six less bills than
were ground out in the Legislative grist two
years before.
Several other states have made a similar
record, and it must be satisfactory feeling
to know that as time goes on not only fewer
new laws may be enacted but more and more
old ones may be repealed.