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New Britain herald., 1926-08-09
VETERANS CAMP TO OPEN
Commander l.. M Leonard Arrang- ing For Transportation and Would Like to Hear From the Boys.


 Each chapter of disabled veterans of the World War will be required to transport its own men to the dis abled veterans camp at Mantle this year. according to information re- ceived today by LeRoy NJ. Leonard, commander of the New Britain chapter. Heretofore the camps have sent their men to some desig- mated place and they have been sent in auto buses.
 This year they will go direct from their homes in cars owned by veter- ans or loaned by friends.
 New Britain usually sends about 25 or 30 men. They will leave here Saturday. August II. Mr. Leonard. whose address is 749 Stanley street and can be reached by telephone is arranging for transportation and asks that all who intend going. communicate with him.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-09
sCARECRows FOR DEER

Uxbridge. Mass, Aug. g. Pl-Deer have been so plentiful in this town that farmers have been forced to place scarecrows in their gardens and cornfields to prevent destruc- tion.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-09
BUILDING COMMISSION MEETS

In an effort to have ifs usual August meeting before most of its members go on their annyal vaca- tions, the building commission will hold a meeting in the building de- partment office this evening at 8 o'clock. The plumbing and build ing inspectors have both been re- quested to be present.
 Chairman A. r. Leavitt an nounced that only routine matters will be discussed by the board. The monthly bills will be approved and the inspectors bonded, he said.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-09

Miss Stella symolon has returned rom her vacation at Myrtle Beach.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-09

Mrs. Thomas kiernan and family have returned from a vacation at Myrtle Beach.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

Is the weather man really the
errotic, unreliable individual he SO
| often is pictured to he by citizens
disgusted with the weather?
Is it true that "anybody's guess is
as good as his: that he is more
often wrong than right in his predlc'
tions: that "if he says it's going TO
be fair, you can rest assured II
going to rain, etc. etc?
a compilation of the forecaster
direct hits" in comparison with ms
misses" during the past D years
ought to present fair answer tc
the above question such z taDuia
ton. in fact, has been made and
aeing kept from day to day by a
official ''verifier" at the Weather
Bureau.
85 Per Cent Correct.
If shows that the percentage Of
accuracy maintained by Uncle Sam'>
rorecasters for the Washington
weather district, which eXtenis from
,0rthern New England to Florida and
from the Atlantic Coast to the Mis-,
4issippi River, has averaged slightly
more than So per cent for half
dozen years, with the trend of az.
,lracy perceptibly higher during the
past several years.
While the exact figure for last year
has not been made public, it is under
stood it will run nearer so per CEN
than S5 per cent.
When it is considered that these
percentages are computed with great
care, with the benefit of the doubt
favoring the weather rather than the
forecaster. it will be seen that the
popular conception of the weather
man as an indispensable but unreli
abe sort of official is ill-founded.
The Weather Bureaus official veri-
Evening star., 1926-04-02

bers and others n statement of the
accomplishments of the association
since it's organization in April, 1924.
The public school question has been,
according to Mr.. Armstrong, the as
sociation's foremost problem, and as a
result of the organizations activities
the prospect for improved facilities
seem favorable. Improvement in the
postal and telephone service has been
brought about, he states, and among
other things done for the community
he refers to procurement Of e-fight-
ing apparatus, establishment of a VOt
ing precinct at Cabin John Park, in
auguration of Cabin John fair, con
StructiOn of a WalkwaY over Cabin
John Creek, the taking of a census OF
Cabin John Park and BenSon's Addi-
tion, the planting of trees, erection of
street signs and repair and general
Improvement of the streets.
The next meeting of the association
will be held Monday evening in the
Town Hall. officers will be elected
and matters of interest to the com
munitV considered
Evening star., 1926-04-02

ton and requiring separate forecasts:
Northern New England, southern
New England, eastern New York and
eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, District of Co
lumbia. Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina. Florida, extreme
northwest Florida, Tennessee and
Kentucky, West Virginia. western
New York, western Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
Finds City Fairly Easy.
Forecaster Mitchell was questioned
recently as to whether Washington
is. as has often been reported, a diffl
cult city for which to predict
weather.
Not at ALL" he replied. Wash
ington is no harder than lot of
other cities, and, in fact, easier than
some l know of. OF course, we miss
our predictions every now and then,
but no more frequently here than
elsewhere.
mo. weather forecasting is not
cine /, either in Washington or an!
other place. We have got to go by
the signs, as indicated in our wire
reports and by our instruments, ant
sometimes these signs are winked at
by nature.
II have known of some real mean
tricks played on us by the tricky
weather. Several times, when snow
has been predicted, for example. our
forecasts held true several thousand
feet up in the air. but none of tn
Evening star., 1926-04-02
CzECHS TODELVE
FOR EARLY RACES
Excavations Expected to De.
veIop Reliable Traces of
Mans Remote Ancestors.

Extensive excavations in Czecho
slovakia are expected to yield rich
booty to the students of mans remote
ancestors. DIR. Ales Hrdlicka of iho
Smithsonian Institution. in n forth
coming issue of the Journal of PhySi
cal Anthropology. says that this sec
tion contains three major stations O5
Aurignacian man, who lived in the
neighburhood of 10000 years ago
more or less.
1t is hoped that the work ut Wis
tonice one of the greatest sites foJ
remains of this period so far dis
covered, will reveal burial grounds o
these long-eXtinct races. 4 Veritahlo
cemetery of mammoth bones has a
ready been unearthed at this point.
Predmost, in Central Moravia, which
has in the past yielded vast collie,
tions. was until recently thought tc
be exhausted. The diggings of brici
concern, however, in 1925. brought Z,
light the fact that the site was mucl
more extensive than was formerly bt
lieVed, and anthropologists are eager
ly looking forward to what may yet
be brought to light.
The excavations in the course of en-
gineering works is responsible tor the
discovery of a third site of great prom
ise near the manufacturing city OF
NitokoViCe Northern MOraNla.
The excavations to be undertaken
this year AT all these places are being
financed by the Czechoslovakian gov
ernment, and will be carried out under
the supervision of the CzechoSlovak
Archaeological Institute and the Zem-
sl1e Museum at Brno.
In addition to the three great Au-
rignacian sites there have now been
located in Moravia no less than 20,
mostly as yet untouched, sites of
paleolithiC man.
Moravia Cthe central part of CZecho'
slovakia) has been, DR.. Hrdlicka ex.
plained, particularly favorable
region for occupation by early man.
1t is. for the most part, a beautiful
gently rolling country of rich soils and
good climate, While the limestone hills
are full Of ancient caves.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
OFFICIAL CHECK ON WEATHER
FORECASTS PROVE THEIR TRUTH
Verifer at Federal Bureau Upholds Much Maligned
Man, Who Predicts Daily, by Giving Him Mark
of IS Per Cent Correct in Years.

fer, from all reports, is an unemo
,ional stickler for accuracy. Each
day he files on his desk the II dis
tinct forecasts which Forecasters
Mitchell or Weightman are required
To make for the wide area under
their supervision, and then he sits
back with diabolical smile and waits
for the elements to do their worst.
If the forecast for Washington
called for rain, and instead the day
brought sunshine, he chalks a big
zero dcwn against the forecaster's s
record for that section. SO on down
the line of States he vividly pursues
his checking process, and then figures
out the general average for the day.
Those who think that the Wash
ington forecast district" embraces
only the District of Columbia and
adjacent territory should peruse the
following list of areas" actually com
posing the local forecaster's jurisdic
Evening star., 1926-04-02
IA First Defenders Left.
;necisl Dispatch to The Star.

POTTSVILLE. Pa. April 2-Tht
reunion of the First Defenders, which
will take place here April IS, will
show there are only Il survivors of
the original $50 men who were the
first to respond to President Lin
coins call for aid. These men, from
Pottsville. Allentown. Reading anC
Lewistown, arrived in Washington
April Is, 1861.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Married Teachers Barred.
ial pisnatch DO The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CONDON, Greg, April 2,-No
longer will married women be hired to
fill teaching positions in the Condor
grade school.
Against the recommendations of
the chairman, the school board at a
recent meeting took a definite stand
against hiring married or ineXperi-
enced teachers. 1t also decided
against hiring any applicants whose
homes are in or near Condor.
The decisions caused considerable
Evening star., 1926-04-02

CONSERVATION among grade teachers,
as it was understood that the chair
mans recommended. were to be-
accepted. The boards decisions cause
vacancies in tour positions and affect
many aDDIicantS
Evening star., 1926-04-02
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
SHOWN FOR CABIN JOHN
Citizens Association Secretary Is
sues Statement Reviewing Record
Since Organization.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 2.--W. b
Armstrong, secretary of the Cabin
John Park Citizens Association, has
prepared and distributed among mem.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

flakes reached the ground. due tt
evaporation and dissipation"
Which all goes to show why
weather forecasters get gray before
their time, though neither Mr.
Mitchell nor Mr.. Weightman have
reached that condition to date.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

Van Buren, and Ben jamin Harrison
are considered by many eminent in
the profession as the greatest lawyers
who have been President of the United
States.
Evening star., 1926-01-09
FARMER AND NIECE
SLAIN BY MADMAN
Escaped Sanitarium Inmate
Hides Bodies in Haystack
on Ranch.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORSYTH, Mont, January 9.-The
bodies of Peter jacob, farmer. and his
niece, Miss Mathilda Iatsch, were dis
covered in a haystack on the Jacob
farm, near here, late yesterday, vic
tins, officers said of Arthur Thomas
Hesterling, 80, who told them he slew
the pair on December %.
Hesterling, who admits he escaped
from sanitarium at Knoxville, Iowa,
in August. 1924. said he came to the
Jacob ranch on December 90 anC
found nobody home. He was prepar
ing a meal when jacob and his niece
appeared.
He confessed shooting jacob and
knocking Miss Latsch to the floor
Jacob, he said, struggled to his feet
Hesterling then ended Jacobs life
with an ak, he confessed, and slew the
girl in the same way.
Throwing the bodies into a wheel
barrow, he trundled them to a hay
! stack, where he covered them.
! The slayinGs were discovered yes
terday when relatives motored to the
ranch on 2. visit.
Hesterling, who had remained in the
ranch house, ran across the field when
the visitors appeared. He was cap
tured by ranchers and led them to the
bodies.
Hesterling said he had served time
in both Georgia and Louisiana prisons
Evening star., 1926-01-09
MOTHERS PENSION
BILL MEETS FAVOR
Subcommittee Orders Approving
Report to D. C. House
Committee.

Favorable report or the Keller bill.
with an amendment embodying the
Mills principle for a distinct admins
trative board. for establishing a
mothers pension system in the Ma
tional Capital was ordered today by
the subcommittee on public health.
welfare and charity laws of the House
District committee.
This report will be made to the full
District committee when it meets next
Wednesday. 1t represents a compro-
mise as between legislation urged by
social workers in the National Capital
and the mothers pension lobbyists
from New York, who have appeared
at the hearing.
When this legislation is discussed in
the full committee vigorous opposition
is expected to the creation of a new
board just at p time when the work
of social. welfs=e leaders for number
of years seenS.A about to result in the
pa ssage of legislation which would
consolidate and coordinate all pub
lie welfare work under the admins
tration of one board of public-spirited
citizens.
Evening star., 1926-01-09
DEMOCRATS BOLT
ONTAXPUBL|C|TY
Dropping of Party Battle in
Senate Makes Repeal
Certain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The prospective fight in the Senate
for retention of provision in the pres
ent law permitting publication of In
come tax returns will not have the
support of Democrats as party.
Senate Democrats gave the proposal
almost united support when it was
written into the law two years ago on
the motion of Senator Norris, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska, but the minority
members of the finance committee
have agreed not to include this pro-
vision in their substitute tax-reduction
program which they sought to COM
plete today.
Administration Republicans are ex-
pected to give support to terms of the
House bill repeating the publicity
clause in the present law. Several
Democrats also have announced d
change in their views of two years
ago, and are expected to vote against
the proposal to continue publicity
which Senator Norris has announced
he will offer.
Democratic members of the finance
committee, under the leadership of
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
were putting into final form today
their substitute tax-reduction plan,
which will call for reduction totaling
at least $400, 100000 this year, or $70,'
900, 900 more than provided by the
House bill.
Meanwhile, the finance committee
resumed its meetings after a two-day
recess taken to permit the minority
members to draft their program. Ed
gar Brown, Speaker of the South Caro-
lima House, was given opportunity to-
day by the committee to present a
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Evening star., 1926-01-09
H0LLER IS GIVEN
2-YEAR SENTENCE
"DipIoma Mill" Promoter
Asks for CIemency in
Final Plea.

LAS l want to be truthful. l must
repeat my plea of not guilty. as feel
/ am innocent. But, according to
the verdict of the jury, l am in the
hnnds Of your honor and all l ask
is clemency. If the court has the
power I should ask that the charter
of the Oriental University be can
celed and all diplomas issued to per-
sons submitting affidavits or making
false statements as to their qualiti-
cations be also Cancelled.
This was the plea today of Helmuth
p. Holler. former president of ORR.
entail University and self-styled
bishop Of the theomonistic religion,
when called for sentence before Jus.
tice Wendell P. Stafford In Criminal
Division 2 for using the mails to de
Of a diploma mill" Holler also
pleaded for short term of imprison-
ment because he has an elderly wife
who may shortly lose her home be-
cause of his imprisonment.
In imposing the maximum sentence
Of two years in the penitentiary. JUS
tice Stafford said that he could not
conceive of any worse offense under
the statute of using the mails to de-
fraud than the one charged in the
indictment. Were Holler rich man,
Justice Stafford said he would also i'm
pose the limit of $4,000 fine in addi-
ton to the imprisonment. but. be
cause Holler is poor he would make
the fine only $1,000.
Sam Kaplan and Robert Adcox,
both of st. Louis, indicted jointly with
Holler, and who pleaded guilty and
testified for the prosecution, were
given 40 days each in jail. The men
were committed December %. The
judge said the lowest sentence he
could bring himself to give would
have been 60 days, but he allowed
for the time the two men have been
in jail
Evening star., 1926-01-09
MILLIONAIRES ARE HELD
IN LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
Tassel Brothers, Heads of Barber
Supply House, Arrested =.
in Philadelphia.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, January O.
Samuel and Barney Tassel. million
aire heads of a Philadelphia barber
supply house. were arrested at Ph1la-
delphia last night on charges of con-
spiracy to violate the national prohl-
bition act, according to information
received here. The brothers were
arrested by Federal agents on indict-
ments returned by a special Federal
grand jury at Columbus last Tues
day.
Within an hour after their arrest
the men were arraigned before a
United States commissioner. pleaded
not guilty, and were released under
$25 900 bond.
Information of the arrests was re-
ceived by Assistant United States
Attorney Bartels. who headed the
investigation just concluded of a
large bootleg ring which, officials
say. has been furnishing alcohol to
Ohio, Michigan and other Midwest
States.
Evening star., 1926-01-09
KU KLUX KHAN SEEN AS FACTOR
In SENATE WORLD COURT FRAY
Effect of Letters Protesting Against Proposal Is I'm
certain, as Some Point Out Protestant Churches
Are Among Hearty Supporters of Tribunal.

The Ku Klux Klan, or at least
members Of that organization. today
were reported to be writing to SEN
ators. urging them to oppose the
protocol for the adherence of the
United States to the World Court.
One Senator is said to have received
so such letters.
What effect the entry of the Klan
into the World Court fight would have
is problematical, according to Sem
ators now engaged. One Of the pro.
court Senators pointed out that the
Protestant churches of the country
have been among the hearty indorsers
of the proposal that this country join
the court.
This same Senator said that he had
heard of the attack on the court made
by some of the Klansmen and that
he had looked up the religious aff1li.
atoms of the members of the court
today. He said he had found that
Evening star., 1926-01-09

five of the present judges belonged
to Protestant churches, five to the
Catholic Church and one was a
Japanese.
The debate on the World Court
was postponed again yesterday to
permit consideration of the case of
Gerald P. Nye, whose right to be
seated as Senator from North Dakota
has been challenged. 1t is expected
that vote on the Nye case will
be had today and that then the
World Court debate will continue.
One of the anti-court Senators pri-
vately admitted that he believed the
vote on the court would come within
a comparatively short time and that
not many more than a dozen Sem
ators would be found voting against
it. The opposition to the court, it
was said, has found it difficult to
organize effectively, either inside the
Senate or outside.
Evening star., 1926-01-09
Pedestrian Regulation Issue Dead;
Commissioners Find Too MANY Rules

The pedestrian control regulation
declared null and void by Police court
Judge John P. Mcmahon, is dead as
far as the District Commissioners are
concerned, it was learned authorita-
lively today at the District Building.
The commissioners. it was said, will
not appeal Judge McMahon's decision,
nor will they revamp the regulation
in such a manner as to overcome the
legal objection.
Commissioners Bell and Rudolph,
it is understood. have taken the posi-
ton that the time has come to call
a halt on the issuance of additional
regulations, and indicated this very
Evening star., 1926-01-09
ROME EMPIRE B0GY
MAY SCARE BRITISH
Some Apprehension to. At
tend Coming of Italian
Debt Negotiators.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, January 9.-Every effort
will be made by the British govern
ment to receive the Italian debt mis-
sion next week with all consideration
and in an atmosphere of complete
preliminary accord, but a certain air
Of apprehension, II not actual alarm
undoubtedly is being felt in important
quarters.
Persistent rumors from Rome re
garding Premier Mussolini's plan for
an Italian empire have not helped
matters. Indeed, the British would
view any imperialistic gesture by Italy
toward the Balkans or the Near East
with dissatisfaction and possibly will,
distaste. Any possible Italian aGgres.
sion anywhere in the eastern Medi-
terranean area would be bound to
bring some sort of contact with the
British.
Terms to Be Lenient.
Meanwhile, the British are ready to
grant the Italian debt mission every
inducement to settle the Italian debt
In spirit of good will at the lowest
possible terms. These, however, must
be sufficiently high to help Great
Britain unload her own debts to
America.
The Italian debt to Great Britain
is immense, amounting to almost
$500 900 900 sterling. or about a third
more than the Italian debt to the
United States.
There is no doubt that Washington
will play a large, if shadowy. part in
the negotiations, since Italy's Ameri
can agreement must of necessity be
the basis of the amount Great Britain
can fairly charge. The British are
declaration as the underlying philoso
ply is that Great Britain will demand
from her debtors only so much as
she herself is obliged to pay America
But the point at issue is whether the
Italians are ready to pay even that.
Payments in Proportion.
Another fact governing the negotia
tions is the partpassou principle
whereby Great Britain demands that
no European debtor may pay America
proportionately more than it pays
Great Britain. To satisfy both OF
these principles, with the enormous
total of the Italian debt in mind, it be
comes obvious that Italy is expected
to pay up a very substantial amount
The report that Premier Mussolini
offered to buy off part Of the debt al
Rapallo by offering Austen Chamber.
lain Italian aid in case of British
war over Mosul was not calculated
to improve the spirit Of the coming
negotiations.
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Evening star., 1926-01-09
DRY LAW SURVEY ASKED.
House Committee Chairman Pro-
poses Inquiry Into Enforcement.

Survey of conditions under prohi-
bition and the effectiveness Of dry
law enforcement was proposed in a
resolution introduced yesterday by
Chairman Hudson Of the House alco-
holic liquor traffic committee.
The resolution would direct the
committee to take cognizance Of the
"persistently" reiterated statements
that prohibition has not decreased the
consumption Of alcoholic liquors, but
has increased drunkenness and con-
tributed Ito multiplication Of social
problems"
The committee also would be direct
ed to inquire into reports that prohi-
bition has been an important factor
in the establishment and diffusion OF
prosperity, in the raising of the stand
a ard of living and in the production OF
many social benefits"
Evening star., 1926-01-09
SAVED FROM ICE JAM
AFTER 2-HOUR BATTLE
Alexandrian In Small Boat Taken
Out of River by Firemen;
Suffers Frost-Bitten Feet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, January O.
Elmer White, 80 years old. was res
cued from an ice jam In the river last
night. after a two-hour struggle in a
small boat.
Firemen We're called by Raymond
Padgett and Marshall Robey, who
were attracted by his cries for help.
Lines were thrown to him by Capt.
James H. Beach of the Relief fire
truck and members of motor COM
pany No. /, assisted by Padgett and
Robey. White suffered frost bitten
feet. He is an employe of the Co
lumbia Dredging Co., and attempted
to cross the river from the Maryland
side, when his boat was caught.
Evening star., 1926-01-09
QUEz0N TO COME HERE.
Will Join Osmena In Campaign fol-
Philippine Freedom.

MANILA, January 9 R.-The Su-
nreme National Council created by
coalition of the Nacionalista and
.Democrata parties today decided to
send Manuel Quezon, president Of the
Philippine Senate. a Nacionalista, and
to the United States to join Senator
Sergio Osmena there in efforts. to
secure the independence. Of the Philip
pines. . u
nent committee Of Ave who are to re-
side In the United States, to take
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