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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
Birth Rates of 1925 Decline in
 Twenty-Six Out of Thirty States
And in Sixteen the Death Rate Showed Increase, But
 On Whole Mortality Average is a Bit Lower

Washington, Nav 25 CPD -- Birth rates of 1925 were lower in 26 Of 90 states for which figures are available in the commerce depart ment and death rates were higher in Is states, On the whole, how ever the death rate declined very slightly.
 The area surveyed is known as the registration area used by the department in compiling vital sta tistics. T. excludes Massachusetts and Utah, part of the area. from today's report because complete figures were not available.
 The highest birth rate for 1925 was 2s.S per t,OQo population in North Carolina. The lowest was I5.1 in Montana.
 Vermont had the highest death rate. i46 per 1.0oo, while Montana and North Dakota had the lowest. -.
 Infant mortality rates for the year were generally higher than
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
DRIVER KNOCKS GIRL DOWN,
 TURHS OFF LIGHTS, FLEEO
Three Men in Car Which Disappears In Spite of Chase Along
 Broad Street

Struck by an automobile V hich did lot stop, Lucy Madolina, aged 2, of 142 Smith street, vas knocked down on Broad street, near the Sacred Heart church about 9:20 o'clock last night, and suffered slight injuries to the left knee and about the face. Her glasses were smashed
 Chester Ryniec of 50 Clinton street gave chase in another car but could not oVertake the alleged reckless driver. Helen Mikololcayk of 200 Higl. street told Officer William Po- litis, who investigated the affair. that there were three men in the car anr the lights were turned off immedi- ately after the child was struck.
 The parents of the injured child had her attended by Dr. Roman Lek- ston.
 Dvputy Sheriff Martin H. HorWitz notified the police yesterday after noon that motorist passed the stop signal in front of city hall and knocked down & pedestrian. The man was not seriously hurt
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25

those for 1924. the figures show, with 19 O. the 80 states registering an increase. Maryland, where the infant death rate was ao.4 per l. ooo births, had the highest figures. Oregon, with a rato Of 51.2, had the lowest.
 Among cities or more than to0.- oeQ population. Norfolk had the highest infant mortality rate with 96.7 Seattle had the lowest with AZ.
 For the area inc number of births in 1925 was 1.7a7,467 and the deaths were 955.074. Of these deaths 12S,519 were under one year of age. The birth rate for the areas was PIP per 1.000 popula- ton, while the death rate was 11.T. These figures compared with g birth rate of 22.s in 1924 and g death rate Of HIS. Deaths under one year of age in the area were 71.5 per 1,ooO births against 7in. in 1924.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
 ON JAPANESE ISLAND
100 Bodies Already Re covered and 200 Injured
 Taken From Debris

Tokyo, May 25 LPI-One hundred lead and more than 200 injured have been rmeoved from the mass of mud, lava and rocks precipitated by yesterdays eruption of a volcano in Tokachi Province, Hokkaido Is land, the governor Of the island an- nounced in telegram today, How many of the one thousand farmers missing were buried alive in the lake of mud which covered the dis tric'. could not be foretold.
 Two hundred doctors and nurses are attending the unfortunate peas. ants, aided by the 500 relief work CTS of the Young Mems association.
 The lake in the crater Of Mount Takachi, released by the eruption. poured through the sides of the mountain, inuudating several viii lag"s. Many wers drowned and the waters, mingiing with lava and earth loosened by the eruption. cov- cred rice fields and houses with mud. LandSlidos occurred on the steep slopes.
 Hokkai1o, another name for Yezo Island, one Of tha largest in the archipelago. II lies just north or the main island Of Japan and tust south Of Sagha.I7r Island Tohacht
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
RESIGNS AS ORGANIST
 AT THE SOUTH CHURCH
J. C. Beebe Going to Hill School Situated at
 Pottsyille, Pa,

Joseph C. Beebe. for II years or ganist at the South Congregational church, has resigned to take d posi- tion as head of the music depart ment of Hill school in Pottsville, Pa. The resignation win take effect oil Sept. l.
 Chairman Frederick A. Searle of the music committee announced this afternoon th%t his committee had received the resignation and had accepted it with regret. He de- clared that the entire committee was sorry to have him leave, but it realized that the opportunities of fered Mir. Beebe were greater than could be obtained If he stayed in this city.
 Mir. Beebe is recognized as one of the leading organists in the state. He has also been 6 teacher of other music. having been a piano teacher of ono of the largest classes in the city. Among those he has devel- oped In short time is Hilda Braun stein, 15-year- old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Frank Braunstein of no Greenwood street, who was recently appointed as organist of St. Peters church and who is probably the youngest church organist in the country.
 Mir. Becbe was instrumental tn notifying New Britain residents of the signing of the armistice at the end of the World war. He was in- formed by the Herald few minutes after the signing. about 5 o'clock in the morning, and hastened to tho South church, where soon the liquid notes of the Star srang'ed Banner were ringing out on the chimes.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
President Now Stands Ready to
 Modify His Prohibition Orders
White House Announces No Cause For Alarm But Will
 lingness to Change It If It Proves Oppressive

Washington, May 25 L4D - Coin cident with a new outburst in con- gross against the presidential order authorizing federal employment Of state officers in prohibition enforce ment, the White House today said the president was ready to modify the proposal if it proved oppressive.
 The White House maintained, however, that the president saw no cause for alarm in the order and was certain it did not constitute an in- vasion of state sovereignty. but was rather an aid to states.
 At the same time the presidents views were being set forth, Repre- sentative Hil, republican, Maryland,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25

a leader Of the house vets, intro duced q resolution to prohibit state officers from simultaneously holding amy federal position. It also would bar federal officials from holding any position under a state.
 Meantime, in the senate. a demo- .crat-Walsh, of Mantana. came 10 the defense Of the legality Of the presidents order.
 Explaining how the president came 10 issue the order. the White House spokesman said it was intend ed primarily to meet q situation in California. where authority had been requested by federal and county off cers to give deputy sheriffs federal power in enforcement of prohibition.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25

Miss Fox. February graduate, hopes .to be accepted at Middlebury also. She was a member of the Literary .c.ub, Junior College club, Class Night committee, Class Night cast. club and Mid-Year editor of the Beehive.
 Since 1916 the College club has "a awarded at least one scholarship q year. The money is raised through the generosity of friends who attend the annual bridge and entertain ment The granting of the scholar snip is dependent on character and It must be used in an academic college granting a degree. !, is open to any graduate Of the New Britain High school
 college Club Elects Officers.
 At the annual business meeting "t the College club, which was held
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
PRISON TERMS AND
 HEAVY FINES GIVEN
Judge Thomas PTeSideS at Feder-
 al Court Session Today
PLANS COST ONE MAN SI00
New Haven Man Was Arrested Be- fore He Even Began Manufacture Of Illicit Liquor-Drug Addict Gets Another Chance.

Hartford. May g5 CP-The grand jury summoned to appear in the federal court today at the beginning of the May term was opened by Judge Thomas al 11u6. with twon- fy-three jurymen in attendance, Charles Gerdermer Of Bridgeport was designated foreman Of the furv. Assistant United States Attorney John A. panaher was in attendance on the grand jury.
 Edward J, Deane of Bridgeport pleaded guilty 10 possession Of nar- cotlCs Ind was sentenced to Atlanta oenitentiarg for two years. Sentence vas suspended, however, and he was placed on probation for two years. Dean was q drug addict for ten years but has been cured, the court was told.
 Judge Sounds Warning
 What probably happened vas that he saw himself walking into iail," said Judge Edwin $. Thomas in the federal court today when he vas informed that Louis Peisner, former Middletown druggist had left the jurisdiction of the district of Connecticut and is now located 1T New York. "If he walks back into Connecticut and again becomes involved in a thing of this sort he will walk into Atlanta he con- tinued
 Peisner. who was represented by Atty. Alexander W. Creedon, had pleaded guilty Q possession Of liquor in his store last January. second Of lsnsa. The court was informed that PeisnoT had lost his druggist h- oanse. had gone out of business and had loft the state. and because Of all this q fine of S5dl was recou1- mendhd rather than a Jail sentence. The recommendation of the govern ment was adopted hy the court.
 Liquor Proves Costly
 Patrick O'Neii of New Haven, for possession Of three bottles of beer and eight ounces of whiskep, was fined St5o. James Flynn of New Haven, because the liquor relieved from a sink trap was as weak aS the evidence" in the opinion Of As eistant United States Attorney Dan aher,' was fined but s75 for possess sion.
 Michael Costello of New London pleaded guilty to transportation Of five gallons Of alcohol. two bottles of Scotch and two bottles of rye, and was fined $500.
 Administrator Mills Of New York sent two agents into Connecticut to ge, evidence. with the idea of using the Buckner paddock methods" said Attorney Danaher. but the evidence submitted to the United States at torney was insufficient to warrant any such proceeding" he continued. The case under consideration was that of Leopold Sapovski, proprietor of the Riverside inn at East Had dam, vho pleaded guilty to posses sion. Ii developed the agents con- sumed the evidence while at the inn.
 America Giaufreddo of New Ha- ven was caught by agents before he . started 10 manufacture liquor. He paid S10o for getting caught.
 Vincent Jasalowitz. who has farm in West Haven. works in q factory, but the court was i'm pressed with the theory of the gov . arnment's attorney that he rented the sheds on the farm as stalls for 'he use of hoot'eggers. He was fined sI50.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
Scholarships Amount ing to $500 for Stu dents Who Have De- serving Records.
Winners Will Use Funds to Pursue Higher Educa- tiOn in Institutions of Learning for Women.

At the annual meeting Of the New Britain College club yesterday, scholarships were awarded to New Britain High school graduates as follows: $2oo to Margaret Ames, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Arthur 0. Ames of Elm Hlll; $50 to Margery Potts, daughter Of Dr. and Mrs. J. II. Potts 1s Madison street: s15O
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
ADVISE AMERICANS
 ID AVOID POLAND
Tourists Warned by State De- partment Of Unsettled Conditions
PILSUDSKI TELLS PLANS
Marshal. Himself Candidate for President, Says He Wants Confer ence With All Others Who Seek This High office Next Month.

Washington, May 25 Fl-S,ate department officials are advising Americans not to visit Poland until conditions there. especially the transportation situation, have i'm proved. They are doing so on the basis of official reports from War saw. the texts or which have not been disclosed.
 The situation iu Poland, while chaotic. Is not understood to have reached the stage where Americans are being urged to leave, although many are reported 10 be doing so Of their own accord.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
SIGNS BTuDI<Gs RuJ,

Washington, May 95 CPl-The Si65.ooo,ooo public buildings bill. under which it is planned 10 build and repair federal buildings in many cities was signed today by President Coolidge.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
THE WEATHER

Hartford, May 25-FurecSst for New Britain and vicinity:
 Fair tonight and Wednesday.
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Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-18

the indictment which charged him with ,malicously damaging an auto mobile owned by N. F. Gilkey. The other two counts in the indictment were dismissed on moiic1 0. tha Ua:.ei States Attorny.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-18
NORTHERN LIGHTS

| NORTHERN LIGHTS l. Fred Dunbar is located this winter on the Moran Creek. looking after the interests of Frank Manley.
 The Territorial department of edu- cation is asking the school children of Alaska to submit in the near fu- ture, an emblem to be accepted as the official flag of the Territory.
 Advices received in Fairbanks from Eagle state that on the last trip of the mail from Circle to Eagle the mail team broke through the ice in the riv- CT and before the driver could succeed in getting them out three of the dogs were drowned.
 The seasons mining operations, as well as the operation of the Alaska Road Commission, in the Kuskokwim region have been carried on most suc- cessfully.
 "The close of the season will see gold production in this section of al- most $500, 0,0O0," in the words of well known operator, one conversant with creek operation and well qualified to speak on mining matters. The amount paid out for operating expenses, the Kusko Times informant stated, would equal about s1oO,OOO, of which amount a large portion perhaps $25,000, must be credited to the Alaska Road Com mission. A pretty good season, we'll say And in passing, it may be re- marked that no small credit for splendid outcome in these parts is due to Frank Joaquin,
 Taking hold of the dredge on No. 6 Gaines, under lease from the former I. D. Company, which had lain idle for two or three year, MT. Joaquin, after much rehabilitation, put that machine on to the productive purpose for which it was originally intended. This was no small work. The lease of the dredge, secured for the purpose of working his own ground, as we'll as. other claims on which he obtained leaes, was acquired a little over year ago. More than a thousand cords of wood for it's operation were cut and hauled last winter, this latter alone af- fording much employment in the cut ting and hauling. Woodchoppers are already at work and another thou. sand or more cords are now being cut for next seasons operations.
 The exact figures are not obtainable, but the gross production fthe dredge during the present season is conceded to be over $1OO,OOO, possibly a few thousand more.
 Three defendants were sentenced in the U. s. Court at Juneau last week by Federal Judge T. M. Reed, and sentence on another was sus- pended and patrol was granted to him. One of the sentences involved the shortest jail term ever imposed.
 This was in the case of Helen Peterson, Indian, charged with illeg-, al cohabitation, originating last
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-18

Fred Dunbar is located this winter on the Moran Creek. looking after the interests of Frank Manley.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-18

The Territorial department of edu- cation is asking the school children of Alaska to submit in the near fu- ture, an emblem to be accepted as the official flag of the Territory.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-18

Advices received in Fairbanks from Eagle state that on the last trip of the mail from Circle to Eagle the mail team broke through the ice in the riv- CT and before the driver could succeed in getting them out three of the dogs were drowned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
ASK
PURE WATER

Efforts toward improving the
water supply in factories and
office buildings was described At
today's session of the American
Society of Sanitary Engineering BY
7. M. Dugan. practicing engineer Of
McKeesport, Pa.
The society Is holding its twenty
first annual convention at the Lee
House.
The management OF . Detroit
building, said to be the worlds
largest office building. has installed
private water system to insure
only the purest drinking water. Mr.
Dugan said.
The city water received in the
building Is first filtered and then
tempered by refrigeration before
being pumped to the thousands OF
offices.
A steel plant near Chicago, Mr..
Dugan continued. also has q private
water system.
The engineers also discussed e
paper pertaining to a projected
campaign to be carried on in the
state legislatures for uniform
plumbing code.
Among other speakers today Was
DIR. r. b. Hunter Of the Bureau
of Standards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
7 v D CONFESS
ROBBER|ES

Admitting they robbed two Wash
ington homes Of over $500 in gems
and cash. Charles W.. Childs and
Alfanso A. Jones, both colored. were
held by Police Judge Gus A.
schuIdt for the grand jury today.
Bond Of 10000 was set to hold
Jones and $1,000 fixed on his ac-
complete.
1t Is charged that Jones broke
into the home Of Charles s. Brum-
man, Of 1926 Eleventh st. n. w.
apartment 106, on the night OF Sep
TENDER 20 last, and that Childs rob-
bed Edwin d. Steen, while he was
absent from his home, 919 L st.
N. w.
Both victims were In court today,
and identified their property.
The alleged loot taken from the
prisoners consisted OF two watches
valued at over $50; two diamond
rings worth 5000 each; a diamond
valued at $50. gold chain, and
S125 in money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
ON
AUTO PERMITS

The District Commissioners have
set December 81 as the final day
on which applications may be made
for renewed automobile drivers
permits.
After that date all applicants
will be required to take the physical
and mental examinations as in the
case of new permit requests.
''Only 10000 of the city's 120, 900
drivers have applied for renewals"
according to Traffic Director NJ. o.
Eldridge, land at that rate it would
take us about two years to re-
distribute all outstanding District
permits"
Eldridge declared that fewer than
200 applications are now being
made daily while plans have been
made to take care Of $50 each day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
LIGHTS
. OFF TOO EARLY

Extinction of street lights in
washington shortly before dawn
frequently gives bandits a half
hour of complete darkness to cover
their crooked operations. In the
opinion of Engineer Commissioner
J. Franklin Bell. expressed in a
letter to Edward D. Shaw, secre-
tary of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, which Is
conducting an Investigation Of
crime conditions here
In his letter Commissioner Bell
declared he had investigated the
matter and found that a Congress
sional act specifies that electric
street lights shall be turned on Is
minutes after sunset and ex-
tinguished As minutes before sun.
rise. The regulations for gas
lights are similar except that they
must be turned on 20 minutes
after sunset and off 40 minutes
before sunrise.
1.-The time OF lighting and ex-
tinguishing street lights, under
stand" Commissioner Bell wrote,
was picked by Congress because
IL was approximately in the middle
Of the twilight period. On most days
therefore, it Will be reasonably
light when the street lights are
turned off. There are occasional.
Iy, however, very dark days when
the twilight is shut off by clouds
and on these days 1t is possible
that it might be quite dark when
the lights go Off"
The Merchants and Manufac.
turers' Association became interest.
ed in the subject recently when one
of it's members complained that
his show window had been broken
into and his place Of business
robbed early in the morning, when
according to watchmen and police
men, there twas a period Of COM
plete darkness between the time
the lights were turned off and
dawn"
Commissioner Bells report will
be referred to the next meeting of
the board of directors of the as
ISOLATION, Shaw said today.
"This il an amazing discovery"
Shaw declared "This fact may be
partly responsible for the wave OF
robberies and hold-ups which has
recently terrorized the city. IT the
lights are any protection at all.
they should be kept on until 1t Is
completely light"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29

There were-but why continue?
The only thing that really matters
is that, amid all this plenty, there
was dieting dieting on bread and
water. Grimly, with defiant cheer
fulness. Howard T. Jones and Ar
thur w. Henderson, two OF the
legal staff Of the nation, sat in
their respective offices and, pulling
little slices of whole wheat bread
from their pockets, called for
glasses of water, and banqueted.
They still were on the bread and
water diet they set for themselves
yesterday.
How are they getting on?
"Never felt Better" cries Mr..
Henderson, his eye on a glass of
water and, somehow, malignant
light in the optic.
ing over thick legal volumes at a
box of delicious looking chocolates
which his sympathetic secretary,
Miss Welsh. had brought to the
office with her today.
When will it end?
Comments by Mr.. Henderson and
Mr.. Jones just about lunch time
today indicated that the end will
not be long coming. But they
hasten to explain the reason for q,
probable suspension of the diet
isn't hunger. There's lots Of nour-
ishment in bread, they say, particu-
larly the kind they're eating. True,
Mr.. Henderson complains that the
Washington water is little thin
and has not the nourishment of
water in other sections of the
country" But, thin or nourishing,
it would do for quite while.
The reason they're planning to
end the diet-theys insist it isn't a
fast, is because of the attention it
has drawn to them. It's not the
hunger. It's the publicity.
They started it as a joke, and
made a little bet on the staying
powers of each, the first to eat
anything else to pay the other fel-
low.
A compromise Is in sight, how
ever, and the bet may not be paid.
If photographers and reporters
leave them alone, the dieting Of
ficials say tHNy may continue to
live on bread and water for several
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
TRADE COMMITTEE
TO TAKE OUTING

The annual outing Of the mem
bership committee of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade will be held at
Benedict, Md, Saturday.
The party will leave the Board
of Trade headquarters at 1890, ar
irving in Benedict for . chicken
dinner at 2 o'clock
The afternoon will be devoted to
fishing, boating and athletic con-
tests, for which prizes have been
arranged.
Before leaving for home there
will be an oyster roast, "old fash
toned Maryland style" Each mem.
Der Of the committee Is entitled 20
take one guest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
PLEA FOR WOODEN LEG
FUNDS BRINGS so DAYS

william o. Fish. 20 years old,
who said he was begging money
with which to buy himself wooden
leg, was today arraigned in Police
Court on charge of vagrancy and
sent to jail for so days.
Presenting a pitiful picture, the
aged man, wearing q full white
beard of the frontiersman type, his
left leg off near the hip, asked
the court to allow him to return to
his home in Gaithersburg, Md.
Upon learning the man had been
arrested before on similar charges,
Judge Mattingly denied him leniency.
Policeman p. r. Patrick, OF the
First precinct, said the prisoner
explained to him he wanted to get
money for a wooden leg when he
arrested him yesterday at Seventh
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.