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New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain eHrald, Washington Bureau, 1929 New York avenue, Washington. D. c. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medica, legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential Editor.
 c. When it. Is l2 o'clock noon in New York city what time is it in Berlin, Germany?
 A. Six o'clock in the evening.
 c. What is the inscription on the tombstone of Thomas Jefferson?
 A. Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author if the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious free dom and the father of the University of Virginia"
 C. What is the difference be- tween dramatic soprano, a lyric soprano and a coIoratura soprano?
 A. A dramatic soprano voice ad- justs itself to action especially on the stage in grand opera or musical comedy. A lyric voice is especially adapted to love songs and sacred music. Coloratura refers to runs
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

take orders, He first became prominent as the leader of a rebel lion that broke out in 1869. He was responsible for the execution of Thomas Scott, one of n group of malcontents who opposed the forma- ton of the new government in tho Northwest Territory. The new government was comprised of metis l or half breeds of that section who formed council to insist on their claims to lands Riel was secretary of this council and actual leader of i the movement, He was finally brought to trial at Regina for high treason. His lawyers pleaded in his defense that he was insane and this plea to certain extent was borne out by the peculiar religious ideas that he had announced, but ho was nevertheless condemned to death and on November 16, 1885 was hanged.
 c. What was the first national bank to receive charter and open Its doors?
 A. Tho First National Bank of
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

Philadelphia which is National Bank No. 1 It was chartered on June 20, 1863 and opened on July Ii, 1SGS, Another bank, however, was the first to open its doors as "a National Bank, It is National Bank No, IS, the First National Bank of Davenport, Iowa, which Was chartered on June ?f, 1868 and opened for business on Juno 20, 1863.
 Q, What is the botanical name for the cottonwood tree?
 A. Populus.
 Q. Can you give mo the names Of two institutions of bigher learn. ing in Cairo, Egypt?
 A. MuSulman University Of El- A2har and the Egyptian University.
 Q. Want is tho value of gold in Alaska?
 A. The United States Geological Survey estimates the value of the placer gold reserve in Alaska to be at least sSGO, 0.0Oe, this in addition to gold In veins that could not be estimated,
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

and thrills and the fancy notes that some singers make q speciality Of,
 c. When does War Risk insur- ance expire?
 A, July 2, 1926,
 Q, How long did the recent coal strike last and how many men were on strike2
 A. The strike lasted lG5 days from September l. 1925, to February 12, 1926, The number of men on strike was l5S,OOO.
 Q, What was the first bicycle ever made?
 A, About the year 1S16 Baron von Drais devised a vehicle to as sist him in the performance of his daily duties as chief forester to the Grand Duke of Baden. This ma chine, which was named "draisinc," :" after the inventor, and was exhibited and patented in France shortly af- forwards, is claimed to have been rudlmentary bicycle. Tho first English high wheel bicycle ap- peared in 1873 and marked the be- ginning of cycling as popular pastimc.
 Q, When did the motto Tn God We Trust first appear on United States money and who was respon- sible for having it put there?
 A. This motto first appeared on coins in 1864 and owes It's presence there largely 10 an increased re- ligtous sentiment preceding the deraded crisis of the Civil war. Hon, $. r, Chase, then secretary of the treasury received a number of appeals from devout persons throughout the country, suggesting and urging that the Deity be recog- nized suitably on our coins in q manner similar to that of other nations. On November 30, 1861 he wrote the director of the mint at Philadelphia as follows; No na- ton can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins" He ordered a motto to be stamped upon coins expressing in the fewest words pos stble such recognition. Patterns for the helf-dollar and half-eagle prepared in 1862 have God oul Trust" and a pattern for a bronze two cent piece made in 1863 has the bust of Washington and on the obverse the legend God and Oul Country" but the familiar form oi the motto was finally decided on, and 1t first appeared on the new two cent piece in 1864.
 Q. What is the national wealth of Germany?
 A. It was estimated In 1924 at $40, 900, O00,O0O.
 Q. Who are some of the spit ball pitchers still remaining in the Major baseball leagues?
 A. Urban Shocker Stanley Covalcskie. Jack Quinn and Urban l Faber.
 Q. What are the Chats of India ?
 A. These are the principal mountain ranges of India. The eastern Chats are 500 miles long, the highest point 5000 feet The western Chats are 1000 miles long, the highest point 8,7OO feet.
 Q. How much tobacco may a tourist take into England free of duty?
 A. One half pound. It may be in the form of cigars, cigarettes or loose tobacco.
 c. Who Is Louis Riel?
 A. The leader of the so-called ! Riel's Rebellion in Canada. He was born at St. Bonface, Manitoba, October 23, 1S44 and was of Indian and French Canadian descent. He is said to have been educated for the priesthood in a Roman Catho- lie seminary at Quebec, but did not
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26
VINEGAR LICENSE
 IS NOT ADVISED
putney Recommends Against
 DOyleS of ClintOnVilIe

Hartford. Conn, March 26 -- Frank T. PutneH United States pro. hibition enforcement agent for this district has recommended to the dis trlct headquarters in New York that tho license 10 manufacture vinegar be withdrawn from Frank and Herb ert Doyle of Cnntonville whose place was raided last month. A still was found in operation and a quantity ol liquor was seized al that time.
 Mr. Putney explained that in cases such as this one the facts of the ease are presented 10 him and If he finds that the prohibition law has been violated he recommends that the license to manufacture vinegar be revoked. He said that after n hearing yesterday on the details of the case he had recommended the revocation of the license but it would not become effective until the New York headquarters had accept cd his ruling. He said that further prosecution of the case would be taken up through the regular crimi- nal court channels.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26
Federal Compensation
 To Veterans Everywhere

Washington, March 26 Rl-Two thousand native veterans of Uncle Sam's dependencies or their benofi- charles are receiving from the Vet erans' Bureau compensation due them for services in tho World War.
 There arc in these possessions B. OSO persons receiving either death or disability compensations and G51 either death or disability insurance.
 The Philippines leads the list of dependencies with 5l7 disability and 3S7 death cases for which the inJur- cd or their dependents arc now re- ceiving compensation. The Canal Zone Is last with only four disability cases. Porto Rico has 3S0 disability and S23 death cases being cared for; Hawaii seventy-three disability and thirty-fivc death cases, Virgin Is- lands two disability and four death cases,
 Porto Rico, with oo5, has the highest number receiving insurance
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26
Only One Man May Keep
 His Hat on Before King

London, March 20 Rl-Michael el Constantine dc Courey, Baron King sale, is the only man in the United Kingdom who may, If he wishes, keep on his hat in tho presence of the King,
 The peer enjoys this curious privi- lego by virtue of an hereditary pre- rogative granted to Sir John de Courcy in the reign of King John. for conquering Ulster, History rec ords that this privilege has been ex- orcised five times. the last occasion being 1859 when John de Courcy, successor to Gerald. Lord Kingsale. stood with his head covered In the presence of Queen Victoria,N
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money The Philippines are second with 1855. Hawaii has eighty-four and uam and Panama each have eight.
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Bride-Elect Honor Guest
At PRETTY Afternoon Tea

Mrs. Fred T. Dubois. wife of former
Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho,
and her daughter, Miss Toussaint
Dubois, entertained at tea yesterday
in their home at 3114 r street north
west, in honor of Miss Catherine
Hays, daughter of former Repre-
sentative and Mrs. E. D. Hays of Mis-
souri, who is to be married Wednes-
day. Assisting the hostesses We're
Mrs. William L. Borab. wife of the
senior Senator from Idaho; Mrs. Ad-
Olson T. Smith, wife of Representa-
tive Smith of Idaho; Mrs. Joshua
Evans, jr.: Mrs. James William
Bryan, Mrs. Frederick Horne, Mrs.
Henry Smalley. Mrs. Harvey d.
Jacobs and Miss Eleanor Judd. Mem
bers of the Alumni Chapter of Alpha
Delta ri, the SORORITY to which Miss
Hays, Miss Judd and Miss Dubois
belong, were present, many of them
June brides whose husbands accom-
panied them. Those of the younger
congressional set, who are still in
Washington. were invited.
Mrs. E. ID. Hays, mother of the
honor guest, and Mrs. John Arnold
Cannon, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, received with
the hostesses.
Refreshments were served in the
dining room of the old house and on
the-spacioust porch.
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Society Breaking Ranks
For Fashionable Resorts
Rppon Lodge. the Ellis Country Place Lure
for Those Remaining Here-Seaside and
Mountain Resorts Equally Popular.

daughter, Miss Helena Lodge, are at
Edgehill in Beverly, Mass, until after
the marriage of the formers son. Mr..
Henry Cabot Lodge, TO Miss Emily
Sears, which will take place Thursday
in Beverly. After the wedding Mrs.
Lodge and her daughter will go to
Nahant, Mass. where they will, as
usual, occupy their Summer home.
Mrs. George Thorpe, accompanied by
Miss Jane Thorpe and Mr.. George
Thorpe, jr., left last evening for Lake
Minnewaska, at GlenWoOd, Mimi, to
spend the Summer. Mrs. Thorpe will
go to Newport, R. l., the latter part of
September and will return to Wash
ington October I.
DR.. Ludwig Sebastian, DIR. Adolf
Sonnenschein and DR.. Alexander
Tauber are among the German dele
gates to the Eucharistic Congress in
Chicago, who arrived in Washington
yesterday morning, where the entire
delegation, numbering about 35, Is
being housed at the Mayf1ower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Cafusi have
taken a cottage at White Sulphur
Springs for the Summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Titus have
closed their house and gone to their
Summer home at Vancouver Island.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Wells, with
their daughters. Miss Eleanor Wells
and Miss Marian Wells, are now in
Florence. Italy. and on their return
to this country will go to Newport
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Department of State -.
Prepares Young Men
For Foreign Posts
Graduates of Classes As
signed to Duty In Old
World Capitals.

When the former Secretary of State,
Mr.. Charles Evans Hughes, opened
the Foreign Service School, his ulti-
mate intention was to provide
period of vocational and probatiOnal
training for the young men who had
successfully passed the requisite eX-
animation to enter the diplomatic
service, and who by SO doing had be-
come attaches of the State Depart
ment. All this the erudite former
head of the American foreign office
has accomplished, and more besides.
For he has opened social opportunities
of the most significant character in
the National Capital, and scanning
the names of the men who completed
the course a few weeks ago and who
already have been assigned to their
first foreign duty is to see how de-
lightfully social ends from all parts
of the country have become knit to-
gether.
There were 10 members of this class,
which is the first to have been tried
and proven in the final test which is
applied to. them by a regular board
of directors and instructors, all hold.
ing prominent posts under Secretary
Kellogg. OF these Is, David Kirk
patrick Estes Bruce, who married Miss
AllSa MellOn, mas centereO mucn lime
light before and since his appointment
as vice consul in Rome. But the
others made the same record as Mr.
Bruce and start their careers on equal
terms. Mr.. Ellis 0. Briggs Of New
York City, who entered the school on
it's opening day, April 20. 1925, has
been appointed vice consul to Lima,
Peru. MIR. Early B. Christian of
Shreveport. La, has gone to the
Irish Free State. and is now attached
to the consular once In Dublin. Mr..
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Late June Days Show
Important Weddings
Washington Brides Display Originality in AR
rangement of Detail-Sears-Lodge Wedding
and Other Out-of- IT own Nuptial Events

ence Blackburn at 1525 q street, the
Rev. John &. MILAN Of Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church offictat-
ing. at 4 o'clock. Miss Grace Biddle.
soprano, sang preceding and during
the ceremony, and was accompanied
by Miss Grace Wanita Gardner. sis
ter of the bridegroom. who also play
ed the wedding music.
The brides costume was of white
georgette trimmed with lace and she
wore a picture hat of white horse
hair braid trimmed with white flow
ers. She carried bride roses and lilies
Of the valley.
Miss Lois stiles was maid of honor
for her sister and wore pink georgette
CONTINUED on Seventh Page)
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Vacations for Members
OF Congressional Set

Representative and Mrs. Henry Al
len Cooper closed their apartment at
the Rochambeau yesterday and are
leaving for their home at Racine. Wis.
where they will attend Homecoming
week.
Representative and Mrs. Louis 7.
McFadden have with them for a brief
time their son. Mr.. Lester Il. Mead
den, who has just graduated from
Dartmouth College. Mr.. McFadden
will sail from New York July with
party of his classmates to spend sew
eral weeks in travel abroad.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward B. Horen and
their daughter. Miss Verona Horen.
will go to New York tomorrow to see
the son-in-law and daughter Of DIR. and
Mrs. Horen, Lieut.. and Mrs. William
c. Bennett, jr., sail July for the
Canal Zone, where the lieutenant goes
for station.
Miss Jacqueline Du Puy will leave
tomorrow for Winthrop, Me-, where
she will visit Mr.. and Mrs Clinton
Brainard. Mr.. and Mrs. Du Puy and
Miss Seine Du Puy will motor to
Winthrop late in July to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Brainard.
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Gle, but in official and resident society
as we'll.
The second secretary of the Peru
Wan embassy and Sonora de Bedoya
will go to Philadelphia the end of the
week to remain 10 days and will re-
turn to their apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel for several weeks before
leaving for Peru.
The assistant military attache of the
French embassy and Nine. Thenault
started yesterday morning for a 10
day motor trip through the North.
They will be guests for short time
of Nine. Thenault's mother, Mrs.
Spencer, in her Summer home at
Osterville, L. l.
The attache of the Cuban embassy,
Senior Don Cayetano de Queseda, will
leave Tuesday for Cuba to spend sew
eral weeks.
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nounced the engagement Of their
daughter Doris Elizabeth to Mr..
William Frederick Sonnekalb, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sonnekalb Of Wash
ington and Summit. N. j.. the wed.
ding to take place the middle of Sep.
tomber. Miss Dalton graduated from
Wellesley College in the class of 1924,
ard has since then been active in
dramatics. Mr.. Sonnekalb is a gradu-
ate Of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in the class of 1925.
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The interstate commerce commits
sioner and Mrs. Frederick Irving Cox
and the commissioner of internal rev.
enue and Mrs. David II. Blair will mo-.
tor today to Rippon Lodge on the
Potomac, the country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis, where a
luncheon is being given.
land of Washington have taken the
Edgehill cottage at Nahant for the sea-
son. They have been on the Massa-
chusetts coast in other years and have
many friends in the colonies.
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge and her
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Ohcialdom Seeking
Summer Rest and Change

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Kellogg. who are entertaining Crown
Prince Gustavus AdolphuS and Crown
Princess Louise of Sweden in their
home in st. Paul, will return to Wash
ington Friday. Secretary and Mrs
kellogg have closed their house on
Nineteenth street and will Occupy
Beauvoir. which the Cndersecretary
of State and Mrs. Grew have leased
since coming back to Washington.
Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg will go
to Monticello Sunday. and the Secre-
tary will make an address July mt
the independence day celebration
there.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft have
closed their house and gone to Murray
Bay. Canada, to spend the season in
their Summer home there.
Mrs. Joseph c. Grew. wife of the
Undersecretary of State. and their
children will go to Dublin, y. H.. r l.
day, to remain through the seas n,
the Undersecretary joining them
whenever possible.
Representative and Mrs. James 7.
Begg are guests over Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Fickland Gilliland in Balti-
more. Mrs. Begg and her son, Mr..
James Il. BeSS, Jr., VIII leaVe early
this week for their Summer home at
Cedar Point, Ohio.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Charles $. Dewey will close
their house here tomorrow and, ac-
companied by their daughter, Miss
Suzette, Dewey, and their son. Mr..
Charles S. Dewey, jr., they will go
to Watch Hill. r. L., to spend few
days with Mr.. Dewey's mother, Mrs.
Albert b. Dewey. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dewey will sail Saturday for a Euro
pean trip. During their absence
their son will be at the Fort Adams
citizens training camp, and until that
opens he and Miss Dewey will be at
West Point. Miss Dewey will later
join her grandmother at Watch Hill
to spend the early Summer.
The United States Ambassador to-
Belgium and Mrs. William Phillips
will spend the Summer in southern
France and will not return to this
country and open their Summer home.
Highover, at North Beverly. Mas.
as they did last year.
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Betrothals of Interest
Recently Announced

Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison
Bolen have announced the engage
ment of their daughter. Amehe San
ford. to Mr. Robert Dewey Beeton Of
Clarendon and Lexington. Va.
The wedding will take place al high
noon tomorrow, at the home of the
bride elect, 1864 Church street north
west, Washington, in the presence of
the immediate members of the family
The ceremony will be followed by a
reception to those in attendance.
Mrs. Emily Phelps Barnes has an
nounced. the engagement of her
daughter Edith to Mr.. T. Harold Fox,
British vice consul at Philadelphia.
Society at Asbury Park and along
the north Jersey coast showed much
interest in the recent announcement
of the engagement of Miss Dorothy
r. Sutphin, daughter of Ny. and Mrs.
William IL. Sutphin OF Long Branch,
to Lieut.. Charles S. StOdter. son of
Col. and Mrs. Charles l.. Stodter of
Washington. d. c. and Chicago. Miss
Sutphin is the niece of Chester Apple
gate and the sister of Mrs. Ward
Kramer, wife of Judge Ward Kramer,
all of Asbury Park. Lieut.. Stodter is
graduate of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology. and is stationed
at Fort Monmouth. The engagement
was announced at a reception held at
the Monmouth Hotel. the Sutphin's
Summer home, it was the first big
society event Of the season and a
large gathering of social and prom
inent people of the Summer colonies
of New York. Philadelphia and Wash
ington attended. The wedding is
planned for the early Fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Caleb Dalton
of Brooklinas Gass.. last week an
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o during
debate to find out how important folks still the One
and enthusiastic attendants Mrs Jrdine wife
the Secretary OF Agriculture who sits in the gallery sometimes with and
fully UNDERSTAND the in all its phases than does she
able
family Abney
necockH a few weeks.
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Social Ranks in Capital
Gradually Thinning as
Members Take Vacation
Intern ational and Other Affairs Will Keep Some
High Officials in Washington Society
Holds Interest in Entertainment.
BY SALLIE V. n. PICKETT.

7HOUGH the social ranks slowly thinning tn are yet ev-
weeks of pleasant
OF international affairs pending the head the cabinet
- Kellogg officials the Department and
diplomats likely spend the OF the Summer
tonal along social lines while there must be meetings
breaking bread
assist n good fellowship between
one the largest luncheon parties OF the week along this line given
~ Joseph c. Under Secretary of State Wednesday,
the delegates the upas sounding but altogether con-
between Mexico
the United States the Mexican delegates including the Of
Manuel Teller The Attorney
Labor, Mr. James
OF Dr. L. S. Rowe host
OF honor Hon
Alberto minister foreign OF Peru
DEIEGATES Eucharisc held Chicago, who later
- Washington constantly been entertained the
base
OF personages of the
held
80 the dele
WEDDINGS have considerable in the affairs of Wash
w ngton and elsewhere OF the town events being
the local The Washington
the North Shore OF will attend almost solid phaianx
like that Miss Martha Jefferson Barras OF New York and Mr. William
Hamilton Washington New York
Capital
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Miss Theobelle stiles. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Wesley Stiles of
st. Cloud, Mimi, was married yester-
day afternoon, TO Mr.. Allen Howard
Gardner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. G..
Gardner of Ulysses. Pa. The ceremony
took place in the home of Miss Flor
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Mrs. Emily Phelps Barnes has an
nounced- the engagement of her
daughter Edith to Mr.. T. Harold Fox,
British vice consul at Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Caleb Dalton
of Brooklinas Mass, last week an
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TTHOUGH ranks slowly thinnne
number
OF the
q of The Denart and
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Mrs. Joseph G.. Grew, wife of the
Undersecretary of State. and their
children will go to Dublin, y. H.. r l.
day, to remain through the seas. n.
the Undersecretary joining them
whenever possible.