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New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
BABES AND THEIR
 MOTHERS RESCUED
Maternity Hospital at Jersey City Destroyed by Flames
SEVERAL SERIOUS FIRES
Thirteen Rescued at Somcrvillc, Mnss,-t00 Families Homeless in New York Blazc-Ncwburyport, Mass, Bremen Work in Ten Bclow-ZcrO Weather.

Jersey City, \, J. Dec, 2S PI- Twenty babivs and IS maternity pa uents today were carried to safety in freezing wrathcr by police and lremcn when fire partially destroyed the wooden building housing the Hope Women's home and maternity hospital of tho Salvation army. Seven staff workers also were driven 10 the street.
 As fast as they were carried down ladders the women and babies were removed 10 private houses across the street. Flames spread from an over heated furnace in the basement and destroyed the first floor, eating through into the second floor, where ;ha babies wards were located,
 Although Adiutant Ada Holstender ainted as she gave the alarm over ;he telephone, the operator sum- moned police, flrcmcn and three ambulances ten minutes before a box llarm was flashed.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
FEWER WHITE PEOPLE
 HAVE MENTAL DISEASE
Insanity More Prevalent
 Among Negroes, Ac- c0rding to Records

Albany x. I. Doc. 2S LPl- Mental disease, or insanity, is more prevalent among negroes than whites in the United States according to q study of unpublished data made public today by Dr. Horatio NJ. Pol lock, director of the statistical bu- reau of the state hospital commits sion.
 The study, which is said to be unique in institutional history, deals with data from the special census Of institutions for mental disease taken by the federal census bureau on January i, 1928. and from the sta tlstiCal records of the commission.
 Factors contributing to the high rate of mental disease among ne Erocs are listed by pr. Pollock as follows:
 The Negro race may be less stable than the white race. Because negroes live a marginal existence" it is probable that when mental dis | 'l7' 'N S tl S' u'lllllNSltll NO bll illNNll u- lion, if one is available, is resorted to more frequently than in the case Of whites
 The negroes In the north especial iy are city dWcllcrs and are subjected to the stresses of city life which many of them are unable to with stand.
 Tn" climate Of the north brings an added stress to the negro racr which originally developed in warm l TT regions.
 Resident negro patients in hos | pitals numbered gonS4 or 7.6 per cent of the total resident patients. ! Dr. Pollock found.
 White patients numbered 244,96S, 1 or 9S,2 DOT cent of the total The rate Of negro resident patients is greater than that of white patients in 31 of of the 4 states for which 1 data are given.
 The rate of resident white patients l exceeds the rate of resident negro patients only in the southern section Of the country in which institutions for the care Of negro patients arc in- adequate from which Dr. Pollock concludes that it seems more prob able that were oQual insttutiona care afforded patients of tho two races the rate Of negro resident pa. ticnts would everywhere exceed tha' os white resident patients. From the date studied he concluded tha' the rate of resident negro patients was much higher In the northern 1 geographic divisions than in th, southern.
 Ii is noted that the general rccov cry rate in 1922 was higher among ncgra patients than among whit, patients although the improvement rate among whites was the higher.
 Tho general death rate in 192. was much higher among negro pa ticnts than among white patients The rates for males were highe than those for females in bot races.
 Death rates in most Of tho psy choloEic groups in 1922 were highc among negro patients than amonl white patients.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
1926 DUE ON WAVE
 OF JAZZ AND HYMNS
Dances and Church Services to
 Welcome New Year
SOCIAL AFFAIRS PLANNED
fircmcns Ball Expected to Attract Large Throng-Dinncr Parties At Elks' Club And Burritt Hotcl- Holiday In City,

New Br!tainites will celebrate in traditional fashion the hour Thurs day night al which the ringing of chimes will announce the arrival of 1928.
 Dinner dances, house parties, and sorioIs in large numbers are on the calendar of events for the new year, Hundreds will pass the last hours of 1925 in prayer, attending 'watch-night services which have been planned by several congroga- tiOns.
 The most largely attended social will probably be the Flremcn's ball. The State Armory on Arch street will be the scene of this popular dance and the snOke-caters have been mindful of the growing number of New Years eve attractions and have accordingly set out to make this years the best on their calen- dar. Proceeds Of the event serve to swell the pension fund held by the fire department.
 At the home of the New Britain Lodge of Elks on Washington street the annual dinner dance and entertainment will be in progress when the old year passes on its way and the new is welcomed. Frank Clynes is chairman of the committee for this event. Dancing will continue well into the New Year, It was expected that before the close of the day the limited res ervations, the remaining portion of which is rapidly dwndling. would be entirely used up. Because of the absence of facilities it has been necessary each year for scores ot requests for reservations 10 be re. | jeCtcd.
 The Burritt hotel Is likewise ex. pectcd to welcome a capacity cr0wG at it's dinner dance, reservations fol which are being eagerly sought,
 Many New Britain people vii take customary trips to Hartford and elsewhere to take part in social' marking the New Year.
 The Shuttle Meadow Club vii have a dance from p. n., 10 r m,, which will be preceded by din ner parties in the homes of mem bers.
 Several theatres have planned spe cial midnight shows and will intro duce features with their vaudcyiIl and moving picture presentations.
 New Years day will be observe' with a general cessation of bushes and many are the events of 6 soCia nature Calendared.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
Work At 10 Below Zero

N1wburyport, Massn Dec. 2S P)-- Fire believed to have started from yn overloaded stove carly today damaged two tenement blocks sit uajed opposite the mali here and forced the Hrcmen to battle for more than four hours in freezing !, uporatur,s, Tnu damage was raccd in carly estimates at $5o,O0o.
 Families occupying the upper toors of the I"o blocks were driven u3f with the thermometer marking 'o degrees below zero. John Hall, |. no was overcome by smoke, was rlrri,i down a ladder by lircmen.
 The fire started on the second anur ot q new three story brick ,Iork and spread 10 three story good building adjoining, The inter- .ors o( both buildings were swept by .o.Gli.S
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
SCIENTISTS HEAR OF CHANGING SEX
 OFANLMAL, 7RANSPLANTING HEARTS,
 TESTS W EYE- TRANSPLANTAT TYON

New Haven, Dec. 2S tP-Sincc time immemorial the chameleon has changed it's color, but it remained for the salamandcr, with the aid of science. to achieve the distinction of being the first creature to change it's sex. the American Society of Xoolo- gists, learned today during the first meeting Of it's two day session at Yale university. Other scientific achievements reported at the morn ling session were the successful trans plantation of hearts and eyes from one species of saiamander to an other and the amputation of fore limbs from living rat embryos while still unborn.
 Dr. Robert K Burns, IT, Of the
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
CROSSING FATALITY
Car Slids At BridgcWatcr. Mass, And Is Hit By Train-One Fatally Injured.

Bridgewater, Mass, Dec. GS Pl- One man was killed and another suffered probably fatal injury today when an automobile in which four Pawtucket, k. l., hricklayers were going to their work at North Ahing- ton skiddcd to the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad tracks here and was struck by train.
 Adon Bernardino was killed in stantly. Charles Steyis had hoth legs cut off, and al the Moore hos pital in Brockton physicians said he probably would die. James Morris and Joseph Whatnought jumped and escaped serious injury.
 The men were driving east on Broad street as the express train from Boston to Hyannis was passing through Rridgewatcr shortly after 9 o'clock. The gates at the station crossing were closed, and the driver of the automobile swerycd suddenly to avoid crashing into them. The car skidded on the icy street and was carried sideways across the sta tion platform, landing on the tracks directly in front of the train.
 The four men were employed on the construction of q new factory in ! North Arlington and were driving 10 work from their homes in Paw i tuCket.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
HEARING FOR POLICEMEN
 ON BREAKING OF RULES
Ticrney and Jones To Explain Con. duct At Meeting of Disci-
 pline Committee

Two New Britain policemen wnl appear before the committee on rules and discipline of the polio, commission when that body meets tomorrow evening at : o'clock tu consider infractions of rules. Police. man Thomas Tierney, who is under suspension, is alleged to have been intoxicated while on duty Wednes- day night.
 Policeman Freddie Jones will also explain to the discipline commlttev why he was asleep in a school housv a month ago, when he should have been on duty. Policeman James Sul livan, who, it was first rumored. was involved with Policeman Tierney is not under fire. according to Chicf of Police William C. Hart.
 The committee on rules and dis Cipline is composed of Commission CTS Y. r. Jackson and r.. A, Parker.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
SHINGLE DEPARTING,
 BARBARIC BOB COMING
Fuzzy Effect Is Outstanding Feature of New Form of Female
 COiGIurC.

London, Dec. $ lPl- The bar barrie bob" has been imported from Paris by hairdrcssers who are try ing to knock out the shinglo.
 This is the fuzziest effect which has yet been introduced since wom- cn began to bob their hair. and it requires a skilfull professional ma nipulator to produce it. l. is far bc. yond the ordinary barber who has reaped a fortune out of the boyish effects.
 "The barbaric bob" carries with it Q parting of the hair on the right side. Two combs are used to raise the hair off the ears and drapc it back of them so long curly locks en- circle the ear and hang well forward underneath it.
 The hair still has a shineled line at the back 10 give it a smart and modern touch.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
DEMAND STRIKE ENDING

Scranton. Pa, Dec. 2S PI-Reso- lutions calling upon anthracite miners and operators to settle tho coal strike without further delay to end the suffering now existing in the hard coal fields were adopted at a meeting of the Scranton Min isterial association today. Copies Of the resolutions were sent to N woinglis, spokesman for the opera tors, and John L. Lewis president of the miners union.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
GENERAL BUTLER BAJA '''
 WITH HIS OLD BUDDIES
Withdraws Resignation From MarincS--Says He's Through
 Making Public Statements.

Washington, Dee, 2S P>-Brga- dler General smedley Butler today withdrew his resignation from the marine corps.
 A!thoug the leave under which'ne had been serving os director Of pub Iic safety of Philadelphia would not expire until December 31, General Butler immediately reported for duty He will return to philadcl- phia for few days to arrange his private affairs and then come back to Washington. Late in January he will go to San Diego to take com mand of the marine base there.
 General Butler came here from Pittsburgh this morning and after a conference with Major General Lc- Jomo, commandant Of the Maine corpse, ho presented q letter asking that his resignation be returned to him. The resignation was submitted last week al a time General Butler believed he was 70 remain as direc- tor of public safety at Philadelphia. The request for withdrawal was complied with Immediately.
 General Lejeune had held the res ignation on his desk in accordance with a practice he has followed of personally talking the question over with officers who have announced their purpose of leaynig the servce
 "l am back in the service and have nothing to say" General But. fer said on leaving headquarters.
 Asked if this meant he would henceforth make no statements ol speeches, he said there would be nc more anything"
 General Lejeunc's only comment was an expression of pleasure al having General Butler back in tht service.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
HOUSE AFIRE, CHILD'S
 CRIES AWAKE FAMILY
Bristol Department Covers Three and One-Half
 Miles in 10 Minutes
...----ul tn 1la IlnraIdN

Bristol. Dec. @S-The family Of otto Ncuman Oi Chinpins Hill was saved from death from suilocation hv the cries of their tcn-ycar-oId child at 8 o'clock this morning. They found their room was filled with ,moke coming from a roaring chim- ury fire which had broken out W-Hile the family was asleep.
 The house is the first house over ihe town line in Burlington, but the Rrist i fire department, which was summoned by telephone, made the three and one-haif mile trip in ten minutes When the firemcn arrived, frev found the fire just breaking through the partition into the room whore Mir. and Mrs Neuman had b en asleep. The fire was eN- ijnruishcd with chemicals, although 2ad the firemen been much delayed he whole house would have been destvoyed. Squad A. the Incas Hose Company and the chiefs car made the trip
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
COACHES PUTTING LID DOWN TIGHTLY
Football Men Declare War on
 Professional Game
WANT TO LIMIT PRACTICE
Likewise Adopts Resolutions Barring Coaches From Selecting AII- Amer iCan or All-Star Teams For Any News Agencies.

New York, Dec. 2S-Ncmb"rs of the American Football Coaches as soriation in annual session today launched an attack upon the profos- sional game and also approved meas ures designed to curb the ''ovcr-em- phasis" of college football,
 Upon tn" recommendation of Hugo Bezdck of Penn State, as chairman of the trustees committco. the asso- citation voted 10 refuse membership after September ], 1926 10 any in divjdual actively engaged in any ca pacity with professional football. adopted q resolution preventing coaches hereafter from selecting All-Anlcrican or other all-star teams for any agency and also went on rec ord as favoring restriction of football practice during the college year to two hours daily, starting not earlier than September :.
 Practice Restrictions
 The move to restrict practice, which amounts only to a rccOln- mendatiOn so far as the coaches are concerned, at first vas framed to cover only the length of daily work outs but the provision that drilling not he started before september l 3. was inserted on the recommendation of William ". Roper, Princetons s head coach.
 Such a rule was in effect among the big three" last season anI Roper iutimated that a number of other colleges, including some west ern conference schools, already had ; agreed to such limitation. Exception would be made, however, in the case of a college starting it's academic work before September i5.
 Roper condemned preseason praC- tice as "uncthical and unsportsman- | like" adding his belief that it tends ! 10 ovcr-emphasizc the importance of 1 the college game more than any [ other factor.
 "ONcr- Emphasis" Study
 Robert c. Zuppke of Illinois, pres idcnt of the Coaches association recommended that the National Col | lego A. A., which will hold its annual meeting here later this week, b, asked to investigate the "oycr-cm. i phasis" of football as it relates tc coaches and to charges made direct. 1 ly or indirectly against the game
 ZupDke did not mention his former
 pupil, Red Grange, directly, but die
 so by inference when he mentioned pro" football and the press agent
 ing of star college players as being among current problems.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
PINCH0T GRATIFIED AT
 COAL STRIKE SITUATION
Thinks Settlement Just to All With out Increase In Price Is
 Possible.

Harrisburg, Pan Dec. 2S P(-Gov. ernor Pinchot in statement today expressed qualification at the re- sumption of negotiations between the anthracite operators and miners and declared the negotiations should 10 the operators and miners, but one which will give the public coal with out an increased price.
 "I am particularly gratiiied that the conference of mayors and bur- gesscs held in Harrisburg on Dec. 16 has resulted in the resumption of ne- gotiations between the miners and operators" the governor said, Mayor Durkan of Scranton deserves particular credit for his efforts to bring this about,
 "The negotiations ought 10 result In settlement which will not only be just as far as the miners and opera tors are concerned, but which will also fully safeguard the rights of the public 10 get coal and to get it without an increase in price"
 At the conference of mayors and | hurgesses a resolution adopted au- thorized the governor to appoint a committee of seven to invite the op- orators and miners 10 resume nego- nations at the point where they broke off last August with the un- derstanding that any plans for set tlement that may he offered may he considered. This committee imme- diately started 10 work with Mayor Durkan as its chairman, it's efforts resulting in the meeting between the operators and miners wage scale committee in New York tomorrow
 The governor today also was tc see Rinaldo Capellini. president ot 1 District No. 1, United mine workers
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28

University of Cincinnati, read naper reporting the results of cxperi- mcnts in grating different species of salamanders in the manner of Siamese twins while still in the egg stage. The sex of the stronger in- variably predominated to the exclu- sion of the sex of the weaker in such tusionS. he demonstrated.
 Dr. W. NJ. Copenhaver Of the Uni versity of Rochester Medical school told of the transplantation of hearts, an experiment only partly success 'ul in that ii resulted in death for one species, although the heart Of the other species was accelerated by such operations. pr. Ross G. liar rison, of Yale announced the results of eye-transplantation experiments.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
MOTHER SHOOTS TWO
New York Woman Wounds Two Children, Then Tries 10 Commit SuiCidc-HuSband Arrested.

New York, Dec @S L49 - Mrs, Catherine Cumbres, 82 years old, of Queens Village. in a fit of dcspond- cncy. shot her eight months old baby Alfred and her four year old son Richard and then fired a bul- let into her own breast today. All three are in a hospital and report cd dying as result of the wounds Mrs. Cumbrcs, who had been in ill health for some time, told police before she lapscd into unconscious ness that she had done the shoot ing. Detectives arrested her hus- band. Richard. on charges Of hay ing a revolver without a permit.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
C00lidge's Father Once
 More Confined to His Bed

Plymouth, Vermont, Dec. 29 Pl-- Col, John C. Coolidge, father of the president was confined to his bed today because he had lost the use of his right leg due 10 faulty circu- lation. Dr. Albert c. Cram of Bridgcwater, his personal physician, said his patients condition was not to he considered serious.
 Dr. Cram visited the Coolidge home here twice yesterday and twice today. Shortly after noon today in leaving for his home in Bridgewatcr the physician said he had found the condition of Colonel Coolidge about the same
 Colonel Coolidge has been con- fined to his house seevral days and has been in bed since Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
100 Families Homeless

New York, Dec. 2S jPl-More than 100 families many ot them scantily dad, were driven into the street to- day when fire which destroyed a noaI pocket of l'leor Brothers in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, threatened their tenement houses.
 ono woman was overcome by smoke and q man suffered a heart attack brought on by the excitement ot police reserves routing the resi- dents of the houses when they were threatened by the fire, A policeman also got a broken arm. The estl- mated loss was Sl00,VQU.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
OLD MAN SOUGHT
 IN MURDER CASE
Bridgeport Police Free Para
 m0ur Of Slain Woman
VICTIM HAS BAD RECORD
Lussier Woman Herself Had Served
 Time In Prison For Killing Mall
 Came From Well-To-Do Family Also Was Circus Performer.

Bridgeport, Dec. 2S P--Convinced that Joseph Decresante was not responsible for the murder Saturday of Sarah L. Lussier Il, of G1 Evitts Lane. the woman with whom he is said to have been living for three Eears, police today recommended that he be released.
 Judge Ralph T, Beers in city court noIed the technical charge of breach of the peace and released Decresante. Judge Beers also noled technical charges of breach of the peace in the eases of Tony Greco and Anna Gray, who had been held as material witnesses ill the cases Tony Lupo is still held as a material witness without bonds.
 Quarrel Ends In Killing
 Lupo, together with the Lussier woman and an old man known as "Gialormo" were in the house when DeCresante left there shortly after accompanying Greco to the latter's apartment at 166 Pembroke street, where he spent the afternoon and evening Decresante told police that there had been no trouble at the house in Eyitts Lane up 10 the time he left there. The old man had pro- duced a bottle Of wine however, to treat Lupo and the old man and LupO are believed to have finished the bottle of wine together. A quar- 1 rel followed and the shooting is pre- stunned to have been the culmination Of the brawl.
 Autopsy Is Performed While there was evidence in the shape of partly filled wine glasses and an empty bottle that there had been drinking at the scene of the murder, the autopsy performed by Medical Examiner H. Lebaron Peters failed to show that the mur- dered woman had hal any Of the wine. The autopsy disclosed that a bullet which penetrated her stomaCE severed a major artery, causing in. stantancOus paralysis of her legs anc almost immediate death. A second bullet entered her neck. An inter. esting fact revealed in the autopsy was that the woman had at on, time had tuberculosis, but had beer cured.
 While Lupo is held without bal at police headquarters, police toda! are continuing their search for thu old man who shared the house witt i Decresante and the woman.
 WOman's Record Bad
 Investigation today revealed fact about the murdered woman's past She had shot one man who rocov cred, and stabbed another fatally The man shot was her second hus band, Napoleon Lussicr of Provi dence, R. l. She was living wit him in Plainfeld, Conn.,, in 191E He recovered from the wound an Mrs Lussier received a suSpende sentence A short time later sh fatally stabbed George Mccarthy c Moosup, employed as watchman i a mill at Olneyvillc. She said sh killed Mccarthy because the latte had committed an indecent assaul upon her young son. For killin Mccarthy she was arrested on
 charge Of murder. this charge late
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
Fails to Make Curve,
 Crashes Into Factory

Mcridcn, Conn, Dec. 2S lE9 -- Frank H. Russell, Of 96 Mellon street, Bristol. was received at tho Mcriden hospital early this morn ing following an accident at Mill dale junction when, as he was homeward hound on Cheshire road, he failed 10 make the sharp turn into Southington road and crashed into the Ellis Mfg, company fac tory. He apparently is not badly hurt. The property damage Is con- siderable
New Britain herald., 1925-12-28
S750, 900 Fire in Danyillc, Va.

Danyil'r, Va. Dec. 2S - Two .+.~ip. $, blocks in South Boston, a .ubacco center nea" here, were de- %.royed hy fire carly yesterday. s;ayor James Wilborn estimated :. loss at S75U,00O, about tWo- drds covered by insurance. Thir- .n business enterprises were ,.incl out as wore the Garland ho- ,-I and the First National bank, ..e vault Of which is believed to 'n intact Whipped by high gale 3t a t.lnpcraure Of fifteen degr' es .;o,vc. the fir" got beyond control.
 Two Women Killed
 Rensselaer, Falls, N. I.. Dec. 2H P, -- Two persons were burned to almh and q third was injured .u.n a stove exploded and de- ..raye their home here yesterday.
 Tho dead were Mrs. Otis T. Gran, fl years old, and her moth .r-in-Iap.. Mrs. Viola Crane, 0l years old.
 E,rtrlui Crane 1G years old, a son Of Mrs. Otis T. Crane, suffered
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