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New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
SPANISH WAR MEMORIAL

Due to an unexpected increase in the refund of taxes on insurance stocks the city apparently finds It. self we'll able to finance the cost of the proposed memorial to yeter- ans of the Spanish.Amcrican war al the main entrance 10 Willow Brook park. The bridge and monument will not only honor tho memories of the veterans of this war but will greatly hoautify the entrance to the park and thus be of permanent esthetic value 10 citizens.
 During the period when pruning the tentative budget was the main occupation of tho board of finance and taxation 1t looked as if thero would be no such memorial, duo to the pressing needs of economy. Lady Luck has been with tho vet erans since that time, however, and at Mondays meeting of the Com mon Council definite action of q favorable nature Is being antici- patcd.
 The cost of the memorial--slJ,- 0O0--is no great sum to pay for q thing of such permanent beauty. There has been q notable degree of unanlnity in connection with the scheme from it's inception. The special committee was unanimous in the choice, the work of Architect Dclbcrt K. Perry; and members of A. G. Hammond camp likewise were unanimous in favor of the plan. The board of finance and taxation, when the memorial plan reached 1t, was at pains to empha- size 1t was not opposed, but had to delay matters while pruning $500,- GOO from the budget. Now such pruning no longer menaces the pro- iect in view of the unexpected re- fund income, and the city is able to build the memorial without tn- turing it's finances.
 This being the case, Tets go."
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
D0TII.NN

2o Edward l.. pohony, for years a u,mocrat, has affiliated himself with the Republican party. But 1t turns ont that his registration as a I>pub'iran at this time was not his first. having for the first time made the political change in 1922, and had also registered as Fopuhli- can in 1924. And considering that. as a result Of tho oil scandals, he was "rulod from" inc Democratic central committee in March, 1924, it appears that h. became a Kcpuhli- ran because there vas no other p.ace 10 go if identification with a party was deemed essential 10 his hsppin, ss.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
STREET DIAMONDS

Citizens who call up the police department with complaints re- garding the practice of many youths in utilizing the streets for baseball diamonds are fully jtstl- fled in registering such objections The streets are dangerous to play in and the city furnishes sufficient parks for the youngsters, There is also q considerable amount of rib aid yelling attending such use Of residence districts, which greatly irritatcs those being compelled to listen to this species of summer static.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
DISAGREEMENT OF JUDGES

The Lowell Courier-Citi2cn re- luetantly admits that flaw points are notorIously hard for plain, ignorant people. such as editors, 10 understand" and then proves the point by weighing the diverse de- clslons Of Massachusetts Judges rc- garding findings in the case of the famous or infamous "IIotrack' story, which appeared in Mcnckcn's magazine. IL will be remembered that Judge Parmcntcr Of Boston found Mcnckcn not guilty Of sell ing indecent literature, whilo across the river in Cambridge Judge stone imposed q fine of $l0o upon the vendor of tho magazine containing tho story, Judge Nor ton in a federal court then follow ed by granting an injunction pro venting the Watch and Ward so- cicty from interfering with Hat rack"
 All these judges decided the case according to their lights and the evidence. That they differed was due to the fact that they are human, like the rest of Us, and probably cannot prevent their per sonal outlook or opinions toward such things to be a factor in their decisions.
 Coming down 10 a more recent decision we reach that of three judges in the L. s. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. in de- claring the 12-mie limit for rum running established by treaties be- tween this country and certain European nations. It so happens that Former Secretary of State Hughes, who negotiated the treaties, is great lawyer and 6 former member of the U. s, Sup. reme court; and it is highly un- likely that he would have nego' tated the treaties if he was not certain the law would hold good in the courts.
 The Circuit Court of Appeals, fl is believed, apparently holds thai an enforcement act is necessary be, fore the dead-line stipulated in the treaties can be upheld, but it vii take a trip to the L. S. Supreme court to decide finally the eXac | law in the case. Or Congress could make this unnecessary by provid ing the enforcement act-and ever so, acts of Congress sometimes arc found unconstitutional.
 Some folks regard law as "cold exalted and abstract" But 1t re ! quires a plenitude of divergent jul dicial opinions, sometimes, and ; final decision by the highest court to locate the "cold exalted anC abstract" firality.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
FqcfsandFqncies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Guest room: The one with burns on the window sill
 Some o' tho worlds best fiction is called history
 Fortunately, that assassin didn't hit MNgsolini's thumb,
 Man is different. Ho cant enjoy unless he makes a fuss,
 The boss is the man who spends the afternoon at his daily dozin'.
 There's no symbol of bondage in America except the dotted line,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
APRIL MORN!

 Its pretty warm it's warm
 enough.
 Feel 1t, cant you-why. it's Hot! A whole lot warmer than last year, When me, an Ted went in-an'
 got Caught, an licked by that big cop. An teacher, an my mom-an' Pop! "Well--what are We waitln' for? Don't you splash me--don't you
 dare! Ted Murray-you heard what said! QUIT twill you? Ow-OOF!
 There, Now you tell 'em if It's wet You swallered bout enough I bet! "C-come on in, tn w-watcr's f-f-hne.
 N-no, it-t ain't c-cold. is it-t
 T-Ted? There's n-nothin' wrong with m-my
 t-t-tecth.
 Hurry up-it's h-h-ot, I s-said. Who's gittin' c-cold? Mime? Not a c-Chancei Lo' me Out! WHERE'S MY
 P-P-PANTS."
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
BERLIN AND FIRE

Ii appears tuat rh- long slnmht- ing mo' cment in Herhn for the town to obtain is own f,ro depart mrnt will be accelerated through payment Of Sl.5o0 10 Now Britain for fire calls during lo25. comDar. Il wrh 5l.2oo during 1924 I'll. sum seems 10 re going Up. As Borin residents arn forced to go through certain umnaat of 'echmcalJues before tn. Nv urt,atn apparatus responds to a Gtro. and the distance 10 trarcI IS three miles, it would seem the part Of wisdom for inc townspropir to have their own fir apparatus handy,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
The Family Skeleton

My brother was always rather stingy and I had made the remark that "he'd squeeze a quarter till the eagle screamed"
 He came to visit us during his vacation and my little son took ad- vantage of my absence from the room, one day, to say: Uncle Tim, have you a quarter?"
 "Why yes, son, but don't you think that's too much to spend?"
 "Oh l didn't want to spend it." was the answer, but mother says you squeeze one so that the eagle screams and I wanted 10 hear it. Mrs. J. F..
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

Long ago people notched sticks 10 mari; time and probably never know jus. when the instalIments were due.
 The moro mcckly he addresses his wife, the more viciousIy he ycns at the umpire.
 Fable: Once there was a father who was too modest 10 take all the credit for a new son. It isn't a true hick town unless nobody nags at you for parking where you are. Amoricanism: Thinking the po- liceman impudent when he won't let you break a law.
 A good way to begin reducing, 1 Madam, is 10 stand before the maid and say: You're fired"
 If a Chicago man shoots another without intention to rob him, it's 1 just an election.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
ERAZY KINDERGARTEN (ConluCtcd by TiUlY)

Teetcher:
 "The werd water off of you Looken deer.' Looken Lissen: Help hele,' l herd the people cry The ocean is raising its shape' They climbed a mountain jest Ii
 time, But o, water narrow escapc!"
 Harry w. Goldberg. Copyright, 1926. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

Signs Of tho times: New York is 10 take part of the sidewalks around Central Park 10 widen inc streets and create additional trat- lie lanes; Boston is to spend $3o,- o0o o0p on one new downtown thorouchfarc: Philadelphia and Chicago spent millions ripping away buildings 10 provide more streets for automobiles.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
THE EIFF

According 10 figures supplied by the New York World, there have been more than 15O,O0O French troops in the Riff and 104,00O Spaniards. To maintain these two armies requires mint Of money, and neither France nor Spain is NcItoring in riches just now.
 In addition 10 the cost, there is always imminent possibility of military sctbac%s or heavy losses. things that happen even when armies are winning a war. And there is the possibility of military mistakes by the commanders, for which the governments would be blamed
 The French ministry cannot af- ford to permit itself 10 take too many chances in the Riff country; ministries in France have changed about quite rapidly within recent times and each one of them tries 10 hold on as long as possible and avoid errors. The Spanish direc- toratc is no more strongly en- t~-nchcd than the French ministry. Roth goyrrnments have good reason tu be moderate in their actions and give the reop'- to understand they prefer 8 peaceful way out of the dilemma,
 The outcome this year may be what could have been achieved five years ago through the exercise of ,lo same degree of common sense.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

Perhaps this is foolish advice hut We give ii all the samr: Go 10 bed an hour earlier tonight if you want to g.t full n5gaJs sleep.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

How IS your memory? For in- stance, what other aged and promi- ncnt public man in addition to Chaunccy Dapcw recently received his annual homagcH
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
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Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York

Take it From One Who Knows,
 Folks. Folks, we must number with the crimes The passage of the nice stiff cuff, With no place to jot down our rhymes Wherein we spring poets write our stuff?
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
v.u,,, AuaIt Burrnu Of Circulation.

Member Audit Bnrrhn oI tTE'uTHI'UH' rho A. B. C. h national oIgahlfsl,u" uhic, furnishes newspapers and adVef' ti.ers with a strictly honest analyels oi circulation. Our circulation statistts are based upon thit audit. This 'nsufet protection agaiust fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national ano local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
The Lazy Eclln1pi

Dr. Brecse: Your husband should have q little more exercise than he has been in the habit of taking" Mrs. Brown: "Very well, I'll buy him a rocking chair"
 Charles Weller.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
COLOR COMBINATIONS

The combination of citron and rose, or citron and certain more con- scious shades of green is extremely smart
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

Irlor ihc personal tax law women arc supposed 10 pay S2 poll fax - or their husbands do it for them.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

The Herald is on saie daily in New York nt Hotalins'R Newsstand. Times square; schultz's NewsstGnds Entrance Grand Central. t2nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

By tho way. what is the differ. curc between an ojd-style trust ant modrru merger?
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
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New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
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New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

The annual war is on again, By this we do not mean the puny con- tlict between Frcnchman and Ritfian of the faItcring struggles of Fend, Wu, Chang, and their breed, or vet the almost imperceptiblo Central American revolutions. We mean that truly great engagement which is fought throughout tho United States each year by urbanite and countrymau.
 Yes, city and country has resumed their warfare. The metropolitan
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

'This Is no laughing matter" said the Editor as he put the jokes into the return envelope!
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

The nJu wao bought a win T o.,rcoaJ jhe day before inc weather got mild is a good GUS tomer for the moth ball industry,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

The suorc b gins to hcckon slightly; but the trout streams just now byckon louder.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

Fi'c million bananas are used r}r1 day in the United States.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

n -NIN tClSibh Mrs. Blake: "I see where the movie houses in England are not allowed 10 show comedies or Sat- urday night. l wonder why?" Blake: "I suppose it's because they're afraid it will cause laughter in the churches the following morn- ing"
 M. E. Barclay. IN ELASS AT KRAZY KOLLEGE
 Conducted by MaXinc) Teacher:
 Gertrude is the next girl end squCndcr' is the next word" c. Willckers;
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

"The sky is dark as anything, I can hear the thunder plain, don't care what the paper says, l just know it squander rain"
 Martha Kittelson.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
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All evils contain their own cure, especially the bad habit of racing trains to 0 crossing.
 Why should Americans dread q world court? Some American law yer could find way to hamstring it.
 Parcnthood; Teaching a child to say "please;" licking it because it says please" seventeen times.
 Old Dobbin didn't like 10 back, but he didn't complain about it the way fliyver Goes.
 A stenographer is a person who can get the party on the phone for you and hold him until you finish Inc sport page. Correct this sentence; "Thc kid plays we'll" said the man, but his mother never makes him show off before company"
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New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
Often Is

Herbert: What's q general man. aGer?"
 Ralph: "A generals wife, l sup pose"
New Britain herald., 1926-04-24

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Evening star., 1926-04-11
and Fascists Are Making
Italy Into Strong Capitalistic State

sort of oratorical society. with little
actual voice in affairs.
This new economic policy is en-
phasiZed by the resignation of Fari-
nacci. the secretary general of the
Fascist party, following the conclusion
of the trial of the men accused of the
Matteotti murder. FarinaCci was the
acknowledge head of the violent wing
of the Fascists. In his place has been
appointed Turati, a moderate, who has
been engaged in organizing the
Fascists' trade unions.
Authority Merger Looms.
The recent celebration of the
seventh anniversary of the beginning
of the Fascist movement found the
government showing every sign or
consolidating its power. One evidence
OF Its strength is the progressive
suppression or absorption of the op-
position press, so that the expression
of opinion is practically all in favor
of the government.
In any Italian city you feel the con-
troll of the BLACK Shirts" You see
them on the trains and at the gates
of the railway stations; you find them
in official bureaus; you meet them pa
trolling the street during the day or
tramping at night in double file. steel
helmeted, on some special duty of
keeping order for the government.
What their leaders are making OF
Italy today will determine what the
nation is to be for many years to
come.
Evening star., 1926-04-11

right to initiate and actually make such grants
rests exclusively with the Legislature. That body
has systematically refused to give American
capital any opportunities to exploit the 70, ,OeO,-
900 acres Of public land or the $4,000 square
miles of forest tracts in which rubber and other
products might profltably be grown in the
Philippines.
It is to examine thoroughly into the exact
why's and whereforeS of this situation that
President Coolidge is sending Col. Thompson
to the Philippines. II the American people are
territory duly ceded to them by Spain and
actually under sovereign American admnistra-
tion-it has become plain that fundamental
changes in our political relations with the FIJI
pinos will have to be made. This will require
congressional sanction at Washington. 1t will
call specifically for such an amendment of the
organic act as would deprive the Filipino House
and Senate of the power to shackle American
industrial enterprise. Proposals to that end may
become a paramount political issue in the
United States within the next year and revive
the imperialism" agitation Of Mckinley days.
engaged in a steady and successful effort to
reclaim the executive authority which his
predecessor in the governor generalship, Fran
els Burton Harrison, renOunced. Step by step
during the Wilson administration, the Filipino
Independence party Wrung from the Harrison
regime at Manila concessions which continuous
ly sapped American sovereignty. Gen. Wood,
in the face of bitter opposition and political out
cry in the islands, has retrieved q good deal,
but not all, of the lost ground. He abolished
the so-called independence commission, where
by the "politicos" had $500 900 of public funds
a year, partially contributed by loyal American
taxpayers in the islands, for the carrying
the fund that financed periodical Filipino mis-
sionS to Washington.
Evening star., 1926-04-11
Sweeping Change in Relations Between
U. S. and Philippines Now Possible

Gen. Wood also re-established American au
thority over the budget. He restored the gov
ernor generals supremacy over the aQInllilS-
trative departments of the island government.
which are headed by Filipino secretaries OF
state. He recaptured the veto power, which hao
nor generalship. On each of these occasions the
Filipino Legislature appealed to washington Tor
support. But without exception Gen. WOOD was
sustained by the War Department, acting under
the successive authority of President Harding
and President Coolidge.
It was at one of the periods or recurring 1rlc-
ton. in February, 1924, that President Coolidge
made definite pronouncement OF policy TO
Manuel RoXas, speaker of the Filipino House,
and chairman of the Commission on lndepend-
ence Upholdng the administration or Gen.
Wood, Mr.. Coolidge said: 1T is not possible to
consider the extension of larger measure Of
autonomy to the Filipino people until they shall
have demonstrated a readiness and capacity TO
cooperate fully and effectively with the Ameri-
can Government and authorities"
It Is the Coolidge administrations belief,
based on it's official knowledge Of conditions,
that the time has not yet come for extension or
autonomy, to say nothing of granting lnde-
pendence to the Filipinos. Indeed, 1t may be-
a curtailment of autonomy, with particular re-
spect to industrial development.
The President, as well Gen. Wood Is espe
cially anxious that the Philippines question
should not be turned into partisan issue In
American politics. 1t is we'll known that the
shrewd and resourceful "politicos' of the Quezon
type desire to play the Republican and the
pino affairs, believing that If such a cleavage
can be maintained, dreams OF independence are
more likely to come true
Copyright 1926)
Evening star., 1926-04-11

PHILADELPHIA April 11.-When
King Nebuchadnezzar built a wall
around the Temenos, or sacred incios'
ure. Of the Ziggurat. or tower.nke
temple. in Ur of the Chaldees.
he built above earlier ruins. In
fact the entire Ziggurat, which
was built by Ur-Engur, an
earlier king, rests on the remains OF
another Ziggurat, built about 5000
BIC. This is one of the discoveries
made In the excavations being car
ried on by a joint expedition OF the
University Of Pennsylvania Museum
and the British Museum, according to
reports just received here from c.
Leonard Woolley, director OF the ex'
pedition.
The Ziggurat is a great terraced
pyramidal structure, used as a tenn
pie, and, according to Mr.. Woolley,
It dominates the plain OF Ur. 1t was
thought that there might be earlier
ruins below it, but not until now
have they been found. "Inside the
Nebuchadnezzar WALL" he says,
there were chambers Of Nabonidus,
the last Of the kings Of Babylon;
below these were floors laid by the
Assyrian governor Of Ur in about $50
Be. and below these again great
double wall with intramural rooms
built by Kuri-Galzu the Kassite over
the remains of the Larsa kings in
closure.
"A little deeper down we came upon
the walls and floors Of baked brick
and bitumen with which Ur-Engur In
23OO BIC. fenced in E-temen-ni-il,
the terrace supporting his great Zig.
gurat. and underneath these, to our
great surprise. lay walls butt of pud-
ding-shaped mud bricks set on edge in
herrfng.bone fashion, a material and
style belonging to the primitive
period of about 5000 BIC. The
ground plan of these buildings was
very much that Of those in the upper
Evening star., 1926-04-11
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

- WEEPING reorganization Of the organic
relations between thu United States and
y the Philippines Is expected to be the re-
~ suit of Col. Carmi A. Thompson's impend-
ing Survey" of the islands. The missions
report political and economic conditions will
President Coolidge in his next annual message
to Congress.
Under the Jones act of 1916, the Filipino
House and Senate are clothed with power that
enables them to place a permanent embargo
on American industrial development in the Phil
ippines. The public domains of the islands.
which are the property of the United States. are
and a variety of other tropical products, for
which the American people now pay heavy
tribute to foreign monopolies. 1t is the strong
desire Of the Coolidge administration, in
pursuit of polices initiated by Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, to bring about
a situation in the Philippines which will open
up these potential sources Of American eco
nomic independence.
X X X
Filipino politicians to date have obstructed
the road in that direction because they fear 1t
national independence for the Philippines.
Every dollar of American capital invested In
the Philippines is considered by the native
''politicos' fresh barrier to the disappear
ance of the United States flag from the islands.
AS the earliest possible removal of American
authority is the beginning and end of Filipino
politics, its leaders have thwarted any and all
efforts to exploit the natural resources of the
islands in the interest OF American industry.
The Jones organic act, which set up
tive legislature and local autonomy under an
American governor general, only gives the lat
ter, as the Presidents representative, the right
to approve of grants of public domains The