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New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
.A'E THE CAPITOL

Many stories and many pictures have dealt with the adventures Of the stalwart men who crossed the western plains and mountains in 1S49 to seek gold in the Sacramento valley of California.
 But "The Splendid Road" a First National release which comes to the Capitol theator Thursday is the first film to have for its central character q lone woman pioneer.
 The story concerns the romance ot a woman who came 10 the gold country by water from Boston: who, after adopting three motherlesS children, proceeds to face the rigor# of 6 rough mining life with dc termined smile.
 Miss Nilsson does heroic work aS the lovable woman pioneer. Co- featured with her are Robert Frazer and Lionel Barrymore.
 The Keith vaudeville bill will be featured by five good acts headed by the Hoffman Revue, song and dance cycle with clever cast. Other acts include Flaherty and Stoning in a variety offering; Terrell and Kemp
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
RIVER IS RECEDING
Connecticut, Which Stood at POS Feet Yesterday, Today Has Dropped to 2O.4.

Hartford April 2S OP -- The Connecticut river freshet, having reached its highest mark of 2o.S rect yesterday, began 10 recede shortly after midnight and this morning, had fallen to 20.4 with in dica'ions that tho water will grad ually flow back to it's normal course unless, heavy rains prevail. From s o'clock yesterday morning 10 s o'clock last night the freshet stood at 2Q,S with the exception of one period at four o'clock in the afternoon when 1t rose slightly over POS. At midnight it dropped and it reached the 2O.4 mark at S o'clock this morning.
 Harry F. Adams. meteoroogist at the United States weather bl- roau office here, expects the freshet to subside gradually unless an other warm spell or rain swells the river again,
 The cold weather has con- ,'rlhuted to the end of the rise, he said Mir. Adams reported that all 'he snow has disappeared from the upper and middle valley although lh"re is snow and ice in the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire, and lakes near the Canadian bor- der still contain ice.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

no mistake in promoting her when they used her in this powerful melo- drama of California in the golden days of '49.
 For the realization that this is her first starring vehicle has prompted Betty 10 call forth every ounce Of talent she possesses with the result that she registers with a resounding bang. She is by turns wistful and tender prankish and mischievous. iightin' mad and deliriously glad one minute, n teasing, laughing, romping tomboy. unbelievably love- ly in her rough mining outfit, the next, & fearful, woeful, grief-stlick- en girl, crying as if he: heart will break. It is Betty at her su- preme best-sw eeter, moro fas- clnating than ever, and revealing all the suhtlety and skill of the sea- soncd -trouper. "The Golden Prin- cess" deals with one of the most picturesque phases of American his tory. The California gold rush days of IA.
 The companion feature of the program is Under the Rouge with Eileen Percy and Tom Moore. It is q story Of the underworld. the threat of which is at all times ap- parent.
 Tonight will be held another country store and many gifts will be awarded. A comedy and the latest news reel complete the program.
 Thursday night there will be q pay night at which everyone enter ing the theater will receive q pay envelope.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
Chauffeur Finds Riffians e Generous in Their Tins

oudia, April 2S dP-There Is al Ileast one Frenchman who is hoping that the peace conference between the Riffians and the French and 1 Spanish will be eternal. IIe is q French soldier. chauffeur who drives the automobile provided for the Riffian delegates.
 "They are very generous with tips" volunteered the chauffeur to- day. "Si Mohammed Azerkane warmed my palm with 900 francs the other day after I had brought him hack from Camp Derteaux and young Caid Cheddi handed mo che hundred after returning from Fl Aioun.
 The only one who has not come across is the third dclegate, Han nou. He is too civilized"
 Hannou is the enlv one Of the del egatcs who has lived most of his life outside the Riff. either Tn Tan sier. Spain, France or England. He lis completely Efropeanizea and speaks fctr lnneaaseS
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

"Gymnasts De Luxe": the Goodwin Comedy Four offering harmony and comedy, and Joe Darcy, America's hlackface songster- in songs of his own composition.
 A new chapter of Casey of the Coast Guard"s is also on this pro- gram. Beginning Sunday night the Capitol will offer jazz show. featur- ing an augmented jazz orchestra with Raymond Trotta, formerly cor netist with Barney Rapp's orchestra; q jazzy poppy, photoplay, Dancing Mothers" with Alice Joyce and Con way Tearle, and a jazzy Keith vaude- vile program.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

Lieutenant Colonel George R. Crosheld Of London. president of Fidac, inter-allied veterans organiz- ation, is on his way 10 America 10 yiSit this country as a guest eof the American Legion He lost leg in France early in the war, but man aged to get into aviation and re- turned to the front as a pilot. He is shown here with Mrs. Crosield.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
CAUGHT BY GUARDSNES

Boston, April 2S P}-The Coast Guard picket boat 23SS reported the capture of large closed automo- bile early today, together with three dories and a quantity of alcohol. Rum runners, surprised in the act of loading liquor in Gun Rock cove, apparently were unable to start the limousine when the Coast Guards. men appeared. and abandoned their ntire outfit.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

in Samoa. Moravia, spain, Morocco and in Grant county, New Mexico. It is very softs and highly porous and may float in water, Its chief use is in the manufacture of pipes,
 Q, When and where was James J, Corbett, 'the boxer. born? How tall is her
 A. He was born September 1, 1866 at San Francisco, California. He measures 6 feet inch. Q. When was Daniel Webster elected 10 the Hall of Fame and for what?
 A. He was elected In 1900 to a place in the Hall of Fame. He was one of the foremost orators of his
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

can be mixed with an equal weight of acid phosphate and used on crops where tenderness Of leaf is desired. It should be used as a top dressing at the rate, Of one ounce to the square yard in early spring and again when the plants are half grown.
 @. What Is "Meerschaum" that is used for making tobacco pipes?
 A. Meerschaum or sepiolite, Is a white or yellowish earthly mineral, consisting of hydrous magnesium silicate, It is obtained principally from Eskishehr in Asia Minor, where it Is found in clays associated with weathered serpentine; il occurs also
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
Upnalhled Sales RsveM (aAac's Sz0eepmg c}hprsmqy

The whole world knows there can be but one Cadillac, The whole world, out of its Cadillac experience, welcomes each new Cadillac as the finished devcl- opment of the world s standard Tn motor car engineering and manufacturing.
 That, in a paragraph, tells why the sales-success of the new, 9o- degree, eight-cylinder Cadillac is sweeping beyond all prece- dent in Cadillac history, and in the history of all cars compar- able in quality and price.
 Cadillac sentiment is so strong and compelling that it causes
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
BOXERS FROM U. s.
Rcheh Eucnos Aires and Co Iutb Training for the Elimination Con- tests There.

Buenos Aires, April oS fP,--While amateur boxers of all classes from various parts of South America are the Atlantic, theR men are declared 10 decide the championships. the American team of eight boxers who are 10 meet thcm in the Pan-Amer- i'an title events have arrived here and gone into training al the Uni NcTsity clubs gymnasium.
 Tn" Americans arrived in Bucnos Aires yesterday at noon on board the steamer American Legion from New York. Brenzed by the hot sun during their three weeks trip down the Atlantic. the men are declader by Captain Charles Mabutt. United States army boxing instructor, who has them under his charge. to be in fine shape and ready 10 enter the ring al a moments notice. Fair weather reigned during the trip 10 Rio Janeiro, and daily the boys were hard at w0Hk training.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
RELIGIOUS RIOTING

Mexico City, April 2S LPl-Dis- Natches from Zitacuaro say that Captain Benjamin Ruiz of the Mex t"an army and one civilian wore killed and several civilians wounded during q clash between the people of the toy"r4 and the military over the religious situation,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28
BETTY BRONSON AT PALACE

In the Golden Princess" now playing at the New Palace, Betty Bronson, the lovable. adorable Peter Pan, establishes conclpsively her right to stardom. Paramount made
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

age.
 Q. Is there really such place as Treasure Island" as pictured by Robert Louis Stevenson?
 A. Treasure Island is to be found only on the map Of Robert Louis Sevenson's fancy; 1t does not exist In fact.
 Q, What old United States coin commands the largest premium?
 A. The five dollar gold piece dated 1929, Premiums Of from sl,So0 10 s2,0o0 are offered for this coin.
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New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

people to turn away from the lesser, and toward Cadillac, time after time and year after year.
 More than 25,ooo new, 9o- degree, cight-cylinder Cad- illacs are magnifcently proving themselves in the service of de- lighted owners to be the finest product ever issued from these plants.
 But they do more than that, for they demonstrate that Cadillac stands today, as it has stood for years, the hub around which the motor car industry turns car without an equal and with out a rival.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-28

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
POWERFUL ARMY LIGHT
TO Be SHOWN TONIGHT
Throws Beam Which Can Be Seen
IS Miles, Regular Army
Men Say.

A searchlight which throws a
beam which can be seen IS miles,
will be exhibited at Central park
this evening from s to 10 o'clock
by soldiers from the United States
army. The light is of the type which
was used by the army during the
war to spot Zeppelins and other air.
craft. 1t is mounted on a truck
chassis and is of the Sperry high
intensive arc type of $50 amperes
and 115 volts. 1t has a Tense five
feet in diameter. 1t is said to have
a million candle power. 1t will be
placed on the south end Of the green
and its rays shot into the air. It
is part of the equipment of the 18th
coast artillery of the anti-airCraft
battery at Fort H. G. Wright, n,
Y, and is similar to lights being used
at the sesquicentennial exposition at
Philadelphia. The light was shown
last night at New Haven and to-
morrow will be taken to the Eastern
States exposition at Springfield.
At the close of the exposition the
light will be brought back to New
Britain and then taken to Bristol,
to Middletown and to the Danbury
fair. 1t is in charge of Master Ser
geant Samuel Boush and a detail of
four men from Fort Wright. Ser
geant William Bullock, in charge of
the local recruiting station, is in
charge of arrangements here.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
STREET TAXI CAB STANDS
TO COME UP FOR ACTION
Ordinance Committee to Pass On
Question At eMeting Next
Monday Evening

All matters pending before the
ordinance committee, with the ex
ceptlon of the plumbing code, will
be acted on at a meeting Monday
evening at s o'clock, Alderman d. l..
Nair, chairman, announced today.
He has asked Chief w. c. Hart of
the police department to attend TO
discuss the matter of setting aside
space on the city streets for taXicab
stations and the proposed change of
the trolley stop in front of the Bur-
rift hotel. There is a question of
the legality of establishing taxicab
stands on the streets and Corpora
ton Counsel Kirkham will explain
it to the committee.
Proposed elimination of left hand
turns at Franklin square, Park and
Elm streets, which was referred back
to the committee by the council, be-
cause of opposition on the part of
the employees of the Corbin factories,
will be discussed. A report will be
received from the subcommittee
appointed to investigate the farmers
market on Commercial street.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
OLD FIRM TO CLOSE
Comstock Willett Company, Whole
sale Grooers of Bridgeport, Have
Been In Business II Years.

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. II Up
After serving retail grocery stores
in Bridgeport and vicinity for the
past II years, the Comstoek Willett
company, wholesale grocers doing
business here has decided to close its
doors on OF: about October 1. accord
ing to an announcement today by
President Edward s. Willett, who
has been identified with the COM
pany for more than 46 years. Sales
men of the company will be with
drawn on the first day of next
MONTH. President Willett said today
and the business will be brought to
a close as soon as the stock can be
liquidated.
The company first started in bust
ness in this city in 1949 when Jar
raft Morfords a former mayor of
Bridgeport and David Trubee. an
other prominent Bridgeporter, form
ed a partnership. The company was
known as the Morford and Trubee
and Company. The firm continued
to do business under that name I'M
til 1881 when David Trubee bought
out the Morford interest and it be-
came known as David Trubee, Inc.
Mr.. Willett, the present head of
the company, started with it in 1880
as a shipping clerk.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
City Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold W. Gee and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Driscoll will
motor to New York over the week
end. They plan to go by way of the
Bear Mountain bridge and expect
to attend services in Grace NJ. E.
church of which Rev. DR.. John L..
Davis is pastor. Sunday morning.
A mechanics lien for 1855 has
been placed on property of Daniel
Brewer, located in Newington, by
Gustave Eckert and Alonzo Fwell-
ing. Deputy Sheric H. F. Comstock
of Hartford served the papers.
Two automobiles, formerly the
property of A. NJ. Wrinkle of this
city. will be sold at public auction
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at
Charland's garage, to justify a claim.
Burritt Grange will hold its reg
ular meeting at Jr. o. U. A. NJ. hall
Saturday evening at s o'clock. II
will be Neighbors' Night and dele
cations from Bristol, Portland, Col
linsville and Avon will furnish the
program.
James C. Crowley of Chapman
street attended the Giants incin-
natl game at the Polo Grounds,
New York, this afternoon.
Three rabbits were killed during
the night by dogs, at the home of
Mr.. Neri of 115 Carlton street, &C
cording to complaint to the police
today.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Cimmino Papers Again
Are Found to Be Faulty

New Haven, Sept. II up - For
a second time papers on the hear
ings in the case of Francesca CHM
mine, held for nine months for ex-
tradition to Italy where he is want
ed for murder, have been returned
from the secretary of states Office
because of irregularities to the Of
flee of Extradition Commissioner
Lynch. When the papers were re-
ceived here today, Franklin Coel-
Ter, counsel for Cimmino, started
proceedings to ask for an order
from a United States supreme court
justice for his clients release.
A letter from the state depart
ment which accompanied the
papers today says that Judge Ed
win S. Thomas and not Commits
sioner Lynch must sign the certifi-
cate as to the number and times
of the hearings on the case. The
letter further states that Commits
sioner Lynch's affidavits said Cim-
mino was held for doing a
wrongful thing in Italy" instead of
stating that he wac 1old for muir
der. This, in itself, made the docu-
ment illegal, the. department says.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Tourists Interfere
With Cheese Workers

Alkmaar, Holland Sept. II R>-
Cheese carriers here recently pro-
tested to the master OF the cheese
market that American tourists
are impending their work.
The cheese carriers guild, which
flock to the weekly Friday market
last year celebrated its three hun
dredth anniversary in the ancient
weigh house of Alkmaar in the pres
ence of Queen Wilhemina, has no
objection, it says, to tourists wit
Messing the spectacle of the sale
and weighing of the cheeses, but the
carriers object TO being halted in
their work by Americans who pur-
posely get in their way in order to
photograph them,
a pair of cheese carriers move
from ten to thirty tons of cheese in
a day.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Associated Accident
Boards End Meetings

Hartford, Sept. 27 P)-At the
closing session of the 18th annual
meeting of the International Asso-
citation of Industrial Accident
Boards and Commissions which be-
gan in this city on Tuesday, the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President II. NJ.
Stanley, chairman of the industrial
commission of Georgia; vice prest-
dent, Andrew f. Mcbride of New
Jersey: secretary and treasurer for
life. Ethel Bert Stewart, United
States commissioner of labor statis-
tics.
The following will act as the
executive committee in conjunction
with the above officers: F. NJ. VIII
liams, chairman of the workmen's
compensation commission of Con-
nccticut; V. A. Sinclair, of Ontario,
A. II. Horner of Pcnna, Mrs. Robin
Of Oklahoma. and James Hamilton
of New York.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Lafayette st. Parking
AnnOyS Business Men

# is expected that consideration
will be given by the common coun-
Gil shortly to the situation on Lafay-
cite street, caused by the alleged
abuse of the unlimited parking
privilege on the south side. 1t is
said theater patrons leave their cars
for hours in front of business houses
on the street and objections have
been registered with the police.
Traffic Sergeant ]. j. King said
today he has heard there is dissat-
isfaction with the arrangement. He
believes it may be advisable to re-
strict parking, so that proprietors OF
business places may have some use
of the street
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
bull MARKET IS
NIPPED IN BUD
Flood Of Selling Orders Knocks
Down Early Rises

New York, Sept. II Pl-A sudden
food of selling orders, released by
bear traders, swept over the stock
market before midday today and
carried prices of scores of issues
DOWN TO 10 points below yester-
days Anal quotations the break fol-
lowed sa opening period of strength
during which spectators for the ad-
vance endeavored to stir up bullish
enthusiasm by bidding up a few spe-
cial stocks to new high levels for
the year, or longer.
There was nothing in the days
news to account for the heavy liz
uidatioT. While the market has
been very sensitive to a possible in
crease in federal reserve rediscount
rates, the fact that directors of the
New York bank met yesterday and
voted no change in the per cent
rate, was thought to have relieved,
at least temporarily, the uneasiness
over the credit situation. Lack of
general public participation, despite
the aggressive efforts of several ap-
parently well organized pools, un-
doubtedly was a contributing factor
10 the bear campaign, which was
conducted on the theory that at
present prices, many stocks already
had discounted all the good news in
sight.
Amusement stocks. which have
been bid up in spectacular fashion
during the past few weeks, were the
first targets of bear operators, War
ner Bros. Pictures 4, which rose
from low of Il TO high of Go IA
a few days ago, broke 10 points be-
low yesterdays final quotation of
521a. Fox Film A fell back points.
High grade industrials suffered
with the specialties. General Mo-
tors, after touching new high of
1874 IA for the present stock, sold
down to Isl IS before it encoun-
tered strong buying support. L. S.
Steel common was quickly carried
down from 147 rs to 144 as, raj
lying moderately from the low level
of early afternoon. Among the
many issues to seek 3 to 5 points
below yesterdays closing figures
were Dupont, Pullman, Information
al Combustion, Hudson, Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube, Mack Trucks,
Continental Baking A, Montgomery
Ward, Woolworth and Atlantic Coast
Line.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Young Law Student Falls
Victim of Confidence Men

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Sept. II Up
George G. Robinson, 20 years old, of
Mound City, Ill, on his way to Bos-
ton to enter the Harvard law school,
stopped off in Niagara Falls long
enough TO fall victim of two conf
dence men today. Robinson lost his
wallet and railroad tickets and S57.
The youth told detectives that he
met a young man in Buffalo, accom-
panied him to this city and then
met another man, older and with a
pronounced English accent. The
Buffalo friend won 81 from the Eng
lishman,S57 from Robinson. To show
his good faith, Robinson had given
him his wallet containing the rail-
road ticket before the game started.
The three separated and the But
falo man promised to meet Robin
son at a railroad station and return
his money. He did not appear and
Robinson, realizing the two strangers
had worked together to sWindle him,
reported the incident to the police.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Chicago PLANS
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Civic Center Program Linked
With Attractive Development

Chicago. Sept. IT up - Virtually
every city in the land with civic
urge has a civic center planned or
building.
Chicago, the sprawling midwest
ern metropolis is no exception. Its
civic center plan is linked with a
city beautiful movement, probably
the most pretentious in the world.
Millions of dollars already have
been expended in a beauty and util-
lty program and the subject is one
so vast and far reaching that an en-
tire book devoted to it has been used
in the schools here for years.
Old Center Replaced
But while many features of the
Chicago plan" have been complet-
cd or are under way, the civic CEN
ter is still a hazy dream of the fu-
tures In the original plans the civic
center was planned about a huge
open plaza west of the Chicago riv-
er, this center to be the local point
of all the related developments.
The area selected is in a dingy
run down section, crowded with
cramped tenements small manufac-
turtles and flop houses" But while
this civic center plan still looms in
the offing a new center of public
and semi-public activity is building
lust west of the river. Here on a
wide new boulevard, replacing old
canal street, has been erected the
huge developments associated with
the new union station
Public Buildings Scattered
On the same street a couple of
blocks away is another great rail-
read terminal, that Of the Chicago
and Northwestern. while efforts are
being made to place the new Chica-
90 post office on territory between
the two.
Chicago buildings usually asso-
ciated with a civic center plan are
now widely scattered. The COM
bined city hall and county building,
an immense granite structure in the
Roman style, is in the heart of the
leop. The post office, which Chica-
go outgrew before it was finished, is
a half mile away. The art institute
is over on Michigan boulevard and
the new Field museum a mile dis
tant in Grant park. The Cook
county Jail is beyond the north
branch of the Chicago river.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-17
Iowa Democrats Want
Convention in State

Chicago, Sept. II R>-Clyde L.
Herring, Iowa democratic loader,
was represented by the Chicago
Daily News today as launching a
campaign to hold the 1928 national
convention in Des Moines.
The newspaper quoted Mr., Her
ring as saying he had had favorable
responses to his proposal from
Georgia and Tennessee. 1t, is said
Omaha, Denver and Louisville also
are under consideration.
The article represents anti-Smith
democrats as opposed to New York
as not neutral ground, and like
wise to Chicago because of the resi-
dence here of George Z. Brennan
who has been a leader of the AL
Smith forces. Proponents of Des
Moines are also said to recommend
it as q strategic center of the agri-
cultural unrest movement"