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New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
FIVE DIRECTORS ADDED
 TO BOARD OF NEW BANK
Dunn, Contaras, Erickson, Paicwski and SChupaCk to Become Officials
 of Hardware City Nationals.

Announcement was made today of the addition of the following direc- tors to the Hardware City National bank; Dr. George w. Dunn, physi- clan and surgeon; John s. Contaras, member of the firm of Contaras
 Brothers X Perokas; John A. Brick son, of the furniture firm of Brick
 son X Carlson; Peter J. Pajewski.
 member of the firm of Curran &- 1 Pajewski druggists; Henry Schu- pack, real estate dealer.
 The banking house has taken 9 l lease on a store on Main street near
 East Main street, and hopes 10 be i ahle 10 begin business about Novem- l her 1. The bank was incorporated
 with a capital of S2OO, o0o and q paid | in surplus of s5O.O00. The original
 corporators, to which the five named
 above were added today, are: Nor
 timer H. Camp, attorney and assist
 ant corporation counsel of the city of New Britain; Ernest W. Christ INiCe-preSident and secretary of the
 stanley Works; Joseph r. Lamb, ,Nice-president and superintendent of
 Landers, Frary (; Clark: Reuben C. lTwitchell, vice-president and treas iurer of Hart X Cooley: Arthur P.
 Whyte, credit manager of Russell G-
 Erwin division of the American Hardware Corporation; F.. NJ.
 Wightman, vce-president and sec
 rotary of the North X Judd Mfg. Co.,; Paul K. Rogers, vice president and treasurer Of the Skinner Chuck Co.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
MAYOR INSISTS HE
 CAN'T PUT ON LID
Writes to C, Of (. Refusing to
 Close Stores Sunday
EXPLAINS LAWS OF STATE
Declares It Is "Not Province Of Chamber of Commerce of This Office To Pass Order Conflicting With Statutes"

Mayor A, NJ, Paonessa today wrote Secretary K. L. Gould Of the chamber of commerce reminding the secretary that it is not the func- ton of the mayors office or the chamber 10 pass an order in direct ! conflict with state statutes" and de clining to take official action to close stores on Sunday
 In spite of the statements made by Chairman George II. Dyson of i the mercantile bureau of the cham Der, that stores can be closed by law on S'saday, the navor writes: 1 "l find. as a result of this investi- gation, that my original contention is correct and that there is no law under which We can eliminate Sun day business. although there are statutes which appear 10 give us some controlling power"
 The mayors letter to Secretary Gould follows;
 Dear Sir.
 Since receiving a copy of the resolutions which were adopted at q meeting of storeicep pers at the Chamer of Commerce, I have given further consideration to the question Of Sunday closing, anl I have seCur- ed legal advice thereon.
 "I find. as a result of this investi- eation, that my original contention is correct and that there is no law under which we can eliminate Sun day business, although thore are statutes which appear to give us some controlling power. Statutes provide that only certain articles may be sold on Sunday, but there is an absence of any law-at least so far as I have been able to lcarn- which would permit us to clamp down the lid tightly.
 When l received the petition of storekecpers for tho establishment of two hours of business on Sunday morning, I recognized that the Chamber of Commerce should be the agency through which store keepers could come together and reach an agreement. Accordingly, I forwarded the petition 10 you office. It appears to me that the Chamber should be able to adjust the matter among the merchants.
 If, however, this is not possible, then 1t seems that, under existing laws, the matter must end. lt is neither the province of the Chamber of Commerce nor this office to pass an order in direct conflict with state statutes.
 "1t the Chamber of Commerce or any other agency had a legal right to order the closing of stores for the entire day or with the exception of a few hours, I would bn glad 10 offer my cooperation. But tho situation as 1t presents itself today is one ir which we find ourselves cmpowcrod ! organization such as the Chamhcl Of Commerce created for the pur- pose of regulating trade. would seem to be the ideal place for thc settlement of this disnuto. but ran, not see where official action or Or, der can cmanate from this office.
 Tt is my hore that you vii find it possible to make an adjust, ment pleasing to the majority would be pleased tn he Font in tou"h with the progress of this movement so may advise tho petitioners who consulted with mo.
 Respectfully
 "A. NJ. PAONESSA.
 Mayor"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17

near their beds. The father and son occupied one bed, the young daugh- ter another and the two older daugh- ters slept together.
 The four walls of the two-story stucco house were blown out from the bottom of the house and the sec- ond oflor and roof settled on the foundation from the violence of the eXplosion,felt plainly at Reedley, sev. eral miles away. In Just an instant after the explosion, the debris broke into flames and burned.
 Pieces of the walls, particularly the windows, were blown nearly two hundred feet from the house, as were bits of bric-a-brac and portions Of window curtains, while a row oi trees on the south side of the house alongside the driveway to the barn were studded with bits of glass and pieces of furniture and kitchcr utensils,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
LAST MINUTE RETRIEVE HAS
 SAVED SCOTT FROM GALLONS
Gov. Small Acts on Receipt of Telegram Supposedly From Condemned Mans Brother Admitting Guilt and Promising to Sur render.

Chicago, July IT Rt-These were aces in the hand of Russell Scott as he played what he thought his last game of cards early this morning in death row in the county jail while awaiting his hanging at dawn for murder
 Before he could play them he got a new deal in the form of d seven day reprieve from the governor after he had abandoned all hope.
 The reprieve was really a message from Scott's missing brother Robert, the man whom Scott always has said did the killing for which he was sentenced to death and who he pre- dcted would step out of obscurity to save him from the galows. Governor Small, resting in a sani- taMum, actually wrote the reprieve, | hut based it on the telegram. Ten hours previously he had refused the application of SCott's young wife and aged father for executive clemency.
 Scott vas to hang at 6;30 o'clock this morning Instead the hour found him sleeping soundly In his prison bunk in death row.
 Authorities today began an in 1quiry to determine if the telegram was a fraud. One report which came to them was that the message had been given 10 a messenger boy in the street.
 Scotts penchant for writing found expression in works on business ethics and books on how to succeed Among his titles are Mind Your Continued on Page 12)
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
DAUGHTER TURNS SWITCH ELECTRIC
 SPARK IGNlTES GASOLINE HAPORS
 AND FAMILY OF 5 $ WIPED OUT

Fresno, Calf, July IT P)-Explo- sion of gasoline vapors, ignited when an electric light was turned on. cost the lives of H. D. Schroeder and his four children and ra2ed the Schroe- der hime in Piper Colony, between Reedley and Dinuba, yesterday. It was believed at first that a bomb had been placed in the home.
 The dead are:
 H. D. Schroeder. so, vineyardist; Sarah Schroeder. 21, fruit packer: Myrtle Schroeder, 24, fruit packer; Louis Schroeder. 13, and Arnold Schroeder, s.
 With the exception of Sarah Schroeder, believed to have turned on an electric light which provided the necessary spark for the explo- sion. the entire family was asleep, and 1t is believed, never knew what took place. Their bodies. charred al- most beyond recognition, were found
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
P. U. (. RULES FOR CITY IN
 DISPUTE OVER REMOVAL OF
 MYRTLE STREET TURNOUT
FRENCH CASUALTIES SAID 10 TOTAL 4,I4S 7O7 Known Killed, 2,775 Wounded; 666 Missing
 Men Believed Dead

Paris, July Y R,-Total French casualties so far in the Moroccan war with Abd- -Krim's Riffians are given by the Petit Journal in Il Tex dispatch as 4,14S. or these TOY were killed, 2,775 wounded and CSC missing, The latter may almost cer- tainly bo considered dead.
 French authorities estimate Abd- El-Krim has not more than 30 French prisoners. Therefore those technically listed missing" arc re- garded as dead.
 These are the first dtailed figures published of French casualties. Premier PainIeve, upon his recent return from Morocco, assured the chamber of deputies French losses were not so great as rumored, but he avoided giving figures.
 The Petit Journals Fez cores pondent says Abd- Fl Krim has so reduced the French effectlvcs in Mo rocco that they are daily becoming less efficient. French troops, be- cause their numbers are insufficinet, are compelled to be in the fighting line constantly, with no rest periods whatever. They are carrying on un- der terrific heat and the cores pondent insists it Is imperative that they be relieved soon. He demands additional aviation units and says the present French bombing planes In Morocco have a radius of only eighteen miles over the enemy lines and that pursuit planes are badly needed.
 The correspondent declares Ger man ayistors are fighting with Abd- El-Krim. One, he says, is named Won Dietrich. a former member of General Non Hindenburg's staff. Adjier, Abd- Fl -Krim's headquarters, Adler, Abd Fl Krim's headquarters, by the Spanish fleet or by French airplanes, and declares it necessary for the French to use native meth ods of warfare against the Riffians meaning the destruction of prop erty and confiscation of harvests, the penalizing of tribes who do not assist the French and the taking of host ages from tribes whose fidelity Tavers.
 He says Abd Fl Krim took 2ot hostages from the Beni zeroua clan, shot half of them and inflicted fine of 2,O00.0oo francs upon the tribe in addition to confiscatine quantities of its goods.
 The writer says Marshal Lyautey French active commander In Moroc- co, has "seen the necessity of this procedure" and that he is organiz. ing a force to put 1t into practice,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY IS BARRED IN SCOPES TRIAL,
 JUDGE AND DARROW ARGUE
GOVT. WILL TAKE HAND
 IF COAL MEN STRIKE
President and Sec. Davis Do Not Disclose De-
 tails, However
By Tho Assoclnted press.

By The Associated Press.
 Swampscott, Mass, July l7 P-- The government will take a hand in the anthracite coal field wage nego- tiations should an agreement not be reached and a strike called on Sep tembnr 1.
 The program which the govern ment will pursue in the event of q strike was discussed at q three-hour conference here today by President Coolidge and Secretary Davis.
 The specific plan of the govern mcnt was not disclosed, Secretary Davis ventured no opinion as to the outcome of the wage negotiations now under way. He pointed out, however, that the department of la bor. through two mediators, was keeping in close touch with the dis cu6sion of the operators and the miners and was hoping that an agreement would be reached before the present wage contracts expire on August S1,
 secretary DaVls came 10 White Court to discuss departmental mat ters before sailing for Eng. land tomorrow but the coal sit. nation received particular emphasis during his conference with the ex. ecutivc. There was no hint by the president of the plan of procedure by the government in case strike is called. MT Davis will, however return to this country on August 25 q week before the expiration of the present wage agreement in the an. thracite field.
 While in England the secretary expects 10 study industrial condi 1 tions, study which was interrupted two years ago when he was called back by the death Of presiden 1 Harding,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
Middle West Utilities Co.
 Buys Maine Power Plant

Chicago, July II R-Acquisition of the controlling interest in the Central Maine Power Company was announced today hy the Niddlowest Utilities Company. The Maine or ranization has approximately S30,- 100000 invested in hydro-clcctric projects, serving 1a3 communities, about one-third Of the states popu- lation.
 Through subsidiary operating companies the Mid Utilities Com panv now furnishes utility services to i.269 communities ln IS states.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
STEAMER pEARY PROCEEDS

Washington. July r P-The steamer Peary Of the MacMillan Arctic expedition reached Godhaven. Disko Island, Greenland. yesterday. A dispatch to the navy department said the Bowdoin with Commander MacMillan aboard had not left Hope dale. Labrador, when she was un- der repairs, hut expected to leave today. The Pearv needed coal, but was having a difficult time in getting fl at Godhavcn,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
Hartford Elevator Drops Six Stories

Hartford, July r Fl-Fred Met ty. 62, elevatorman in a Main street store was badly injured when the elevator fell from the top of the building into the pit, Q drop of six floors, this morning. The accident came when the cable on the elevator broke.
 Working on top Of the elevator at the time was another man who was fixing It. and who fell with it, and is said to have sustained a sprained ankle.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
Three AviatOrs Killed
 In Collision in France

Chalon Sur Saone, France. July l7 R'-Three aviators were killed to- day in a mid-air collision of two training planes at an aviation school here.
 The accident occurred when a student flier cut cross tho route Of an instructors machine, ramming it amidships,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
NEW ANAESTHETIC

Bath, England, July 17 P,-At the ninty-third conference of the British Medical association session. ing here it was announced that the medical world as a result of re- search work done by pr. A. ]. Copeland of Cambridge university soon would be in possession of a new anaesthetic possessing the yir- tues of cocaine with none of its perils.
 In recognition of his work, Dr. Copeland has been granted the Cr- nest-Hart Memorial scholarship valued al 200 pounds sterling.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
FoUND NOT GTHT

Cross City, Fla. July 17 Pl- Thomas Walter Higginbotham, for mer Dixie county lumber camp whipping boss" today was found not guilty hy a circuit court jury on a second degree murder charge in connection with the staying of Martin Tahert. North Dakota youth.
 A year ago Higginhotham vas found guilty as charged but a now trial was granted by supreme court decision.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
SIh.nnn. 900 LOAN

New York, July F tP,-Flotation of a S75.0oO,oOo loan for the Com monwoalth of Australia was an nounced today by J. P. Morgan X Co. Public offering of SO-ycar per cent gold bonds will be made in the New York market next Monday al a price Of go 1-2. Simultaneous offering Of 5000 pounds of the same bonds will be made in Lon- dnn
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
TWO MORE SUSPECTS
Charlotte, N. C., and Wabash. Ind. Both Report Arrest of Phillip Knapp.

Charlotte. N, C., July r LP-The Charlotte police today reported the arrest of a man suspected of being Phillip Knapp alleged slayer of a New York taxicab driver.
 The arrest was made as a result of search that began yesterday when the authorities received word that a suspect had been given au auto mobile ride from Charlotte 10 Calf ney, s, C., near here by a salesman, The police started their search in the belief that the suspect would return to Charlotte under cover Of dark ness.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
CHAMP MAKES PENCT.

Now York, July 17 tPl-Jack Dempsey today visited the New York state athletic commission and said after the conference that he had made peace and that the commis- sioners had agreed 10 two or three bouts before he meets the negro. Harry Wills.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
|. $. ATHLETE WINS

London, July 17 P-H. H. Schwarze of the Illinois Athletic club won the weight putting event in the annual British Amateur Ath- letic association championships to- 'sv by hurl of t7 feet inches.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17

Wabash, Ind, July IT (P-Police had in custody today man giving the name of Bob Jackson and his address at Kansas City, Mo, and be- gan an attempt to identify him as Phillip Knapp alleged murderer or a taxi driver at Minoola, N. Y.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
SARGENT GOES TO VERMONT

Washington, July F P,-Attorncv General Sargent left today for his home in Ludlow. Vermont. to be near his little granddaughter, Mary Gordon Pearsons. who is il.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17
HIGH TIDE
THE WEATHER

Hartford, July I7.-Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in tempera- ture.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-17

Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 10 OO7 July 11th .. lZ,UUS \
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I'll promise to keep It weeded-Dlrk
and l. He'll be a big boy by that time.
Let me try 1t, Pervus. Let me try"
In the end she had her way, partly
because Pervus was too occupied with
his own endless work to oppose her;
and partly because he was, in his I'M
administrative way, still in love with
his ~vivacious, nimble-witted, high
spirited wife, though to her frantic
goadlngs and %proddings he was as
phlegmatically obllvious as an elephant
to a pin prick.
Though she worked as hard as any
woman in High Prairie. had as little,
dressed as badly, he still regarded her
as a luxury; an exquisite toy which,
in a moment of madness, he had taken
for himself. Little Lina"-tolerantly,
fondly. You would have thought that
he spoiled her, pampered her. Per-
haps he even thought he did.
That was Pervus. Thrifty, like his
kind, but unlike them In shrewdness.
Penny wise. pound foolish a charac-
t~erlstic that brought him his death.
September, usually a succession of
golden days and hazy opalescent eve
nings on the Illinois prairie land, was
disastrously cold and rainy thai year.
Pervus' great frame was racked by
rheumatism. He was forty now, and
over, still of magnificent physique, so
that to see him suffering gave Selma
the pangs of pity that one has at sight
of the very strong or the very weak
in pain. He drove the weary miles to
market three times n week. for Sep
TENDER was the last big month of the
truck farmers season. Selma would
watch him drive off down the road in
the creaking old market wagon, the
green stuff protected by canvas. but
Pervus wet before w he climbed into
the seat. There never seemed to be
enough waterproof canvas for both.
"Pervus, take 1t off those sacks and
put 1t over your shoulders"
THAT'S them white globe onions.
The last of EN-. I can get a fancy
price for them, but not If they're all
wetted down"
Don't sleep on the wagon tonight,
Pervus. Sleep in. Be sure. 1t saves
in the end. You know the last time
you were laid up for a week"
It'll clear. Breaking now over there
in the west"
The clouds did break late in the af-
ternoon; the false SUI came out hot
and bright. Pervus slept out In the
Haymarket, for the night was close
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CHAPTER VI-Continued

You can't run far enough" Maartje
had said. Except you stop living you
can't IL away from life"
Well, she had run far enough this
time.
Roelf was sixteen now, Geertje
twelve, Jozina eleven. What would
this household do now, Selma Won
dered, without the woman who had
been so faithful a slave to 1t? Who
would keep the pigtails-no longer
giggling-in clean ginghams and de
cent s~quare-toed shoes? Who, when
klaas broke out in rumbling Dutch
wrath against what he termed Roelf's
dumb" ways, would say, "Og, Pool.
leave the boy alone once. He does
nothing" Who would keep Klaas him
self in order; cook his meals, wash his
clothes, iron his shirts, take a pride in
the great ruddy childlike giant?
Klaas answered these questions Just
nine months later by marrying the
Widow Paarlenberg, High Prairie
was rocked with surprise. For months
this marriage was the talk of the dis
trict. So Unsuitable was High Prai-
rie's curiosity that every scrap of
news was swallowed at a gulp. When
."e "o,u went 'ou"" VI noeiS n's"'
run u'e i"rnh' NJ que hnew "here'
II sef,eu onlS us sauce u inc sre"'
"ish OF GOSSIP
Selma had known Pervus was
away Ut the market wheh lSoelt had
knocked at the FARMHOUSE loot one
night at s.ght' hau turned the knoo
n entered, as usual But there was
nothing OF INC usual about his appear
anee' lie wore ms best suit-his hrst
SUIT OF store ciothes' bought at the
ulihe OF ms mother funeral IL never
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1%~'"
Judge Ignorant of LoU

Judge G. r. Hargreaves Of Brentford
County court in England. decided to
get married himself the other day. but
his ignorance of the law held up the
wedding for a day. The judges bride
had been divorced previously and a
certificate regarding the divorce had
to be filed prior to the license request.
The episode brought to light that Eng
lish judges frequently cause litigation
after they are dead due TO the loose
way In which they draw up their own
Wills.
, 1925-04-15
Chapter VII

Dirk was eight; Little Soblg DeJong.
In a suit made of bean.sacking sewed
together by his mother. A brown blond
boy with mosquito bites on his legs
and his legs never stlll. Nothing OF the
dreamer about this lad. The one-room
schoolhouse OF Sellna's day had been
replaced by n twO-story brick struc-
iure, very fine, Of which High Prairie
was vastly proud. The rusty iron
stove had been dethroned by n central
hsnter. Dirk went to school from DC.
tVber until June. Peryus protested
nint this wus foolish. The boy could
h Of sreAA help In the 1elds from the
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and humid. At midnight the lake wind
sprang up, cold and t~reacherous, and
with 1t came the rain again. Pervus
was drenched by morning, chilled,
thoroughly miserable. A hot cup Of
coffee at four and another ut ten when
the rush Of trading was over stimu-
lated him but little. When he reached
home 1t was mId-afternoon. Selma
put him to bed against his half hearted
protests. Banked him with hot water
jars, a hot iron wrapped in flannel at
his feet. But later came fever instead
OF thc expected relief Of perspiration.
Ill though he was, he looked more ruddy
and hale than most men In health /;
but suddenly Selma. startled. saw
black lines like gashes etched under
his eyes. about his mouth, In his
cheeks.
In a day when pneumonia was
known as lung fever and in n locality
that advised closed windows and hot
mir as n remedy, Pervus' battle was
lost before the doctors hooded buggy
was seen standing In the yard for long
hours through the night. Toward
morning the doctor had Jan Steen
stable the horse. II was n sultry
night, with flashes OF heat lightning In
the west.
81 should think II you opened the
windows" Selma said TO the old High
Prairie doctor over and over. embold-
med by terror, at would help him to
breathe. He-he's breathing so-he's
breathing So" She could no bring
herself to say. $50 terribly" The
sound OF the words wrung her MS did
the sound of his terrible breathing.
Perhaps the most poignant and
touching feature OF the dnys that fol.
lowed was not the sight OF this stricken
giant, lying majestic and aloOf In his
unwonted black nor OF the boy Dirk
mystliied but elated. too. with the un
accustomed stir and excitement; nor
OF the shabby little farm that seemed
to shrink and dwlndle Into further In.
Significance beneath the sudden pub.
llclty turned upon II. No; 1t was the
sight OF Selma. widowed. but having no
time for decent tears. The farm was
there: Il M be tended. Illness.
death. sorrow--the garden must be
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the Vegetable Compound home to me.
In a few days began to improve and l
passing through the Change of Life and
still stick by it and am enjoying won
derful health. When l first started with
your medicines l was a mere shadow.
My health seemed to be gone. The
last doctor l had said he would give me
no more local treatments unless l went
to the Hospital and was operated on.
That was when / gave the doctors up.
/, Now I am a healthy robust woman. i
wish / could tell the world what a won
derful medicine Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is. will be only
too glad to answer letters from any
where. / wish all sick women would
take il. Mrs. ]. A. JONES. 317 Colley
Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia