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New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

volve the examination of stained specimens under the microscope. The germs have chara racteristic ap- pearances. and they tend 10 group themselves in various ways. Some form in punches like grapes, others in long chains, still others collect two by two; some have a capsule about them, others a number of lit tie tails 10 aid them in moving.
 No Theory But Fact.
 There are still people foolish enough to talk about the germ theory" Germs are no more theory than are plants. birds, and other living organisms that live and reproduce. The potency of germs 10 cause disease can be tested on ami mals. When injected into animals the germs produce changes which are specific for the germs concerned.
 After all this is the acid test in connecting any germ certainly with the production of a disease. If 1t can produce the same condition in an animal like the monkey that if was associated with in a human be- ing from whom it was taken. any body with a reasoning mind will be willing to grant that it has the power to cause the disease concern cd
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
Menus for tie Family

Breakfast-Canned pineapple, cer- cal cooked with figs, baked French toast. milk, coffee.
 ncheon-Scallope oysters. eel cry hearts. rye bread and butter sandwiches, baked apples with cream, rolled oats cookies, milk. tea.
 Dinner-Englsh mutton chops, boiled potatoes in parsley butter, mashed turnips, relishes, pumpkin pudding, milk, coffee.
 Scallopcd Oysters.
 One pint oysters. 24 cup grated cheese. tablespoons butter, ta- hlespoons flour, F teaspoon salt. IS teaspoon pepper. l cup milk, 4 ta blespoons minced canned pimen- toes, F cups cooked spaghetti, l: cup croamed tomatoes, 4 tablespoons ia dried bread crumbs.
 Melt butter stir In flour and
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

Of what you used to be, my dear if it must be you when you were younger"
 Huh" said Peter. "Who is that with him."
 "Why, can't you guess ?" asked little Mrs. Peter. Cant you guess who that is? That is Mrs. Pete. and they have cone up here 10 the Old Pasture to live"
 "They have what?" cried Peter.
 "Thny have come up here to the Old Pasture 10 live. They are going 10 make their home here" replied little Mrs. Peter. Isn't that wonder tui news?"
 - wo1d.r what your father, Old Jed Thumper says to that,' said Peter.
 ''I don't know, but I guess it won't m2hc any very great difference what hc does say" replied Mrs. Peter. "rhcy have made up their minds that they are going 10 live hor" and I guess that settles it. l wish you would do something for me. Peter Will you?'
 What is it"' demanded Peter, suspiciously.
 "Go with me to make q call on Little P"tc and Mrs. Pete" replied little Mrs. Peter.
 Peter pr"tend"d not to want 10 20, but he was full of curiosity. So at last he consented. So together they went up 10 the bramblc-tanglo, where the two stranger rabbits had made themselves at home. And there Peter met Little Pete and Mrs. Pete. Peter couldn't help thinking all the tim" how he had expected to fight when he should meet that strange rabbit. and now here he Was making a friendly call, and that strange rab- bit wasn't Q stranger at all, but his own son. who had been out in the Great World SO long that Peter had almost forgotten him.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
by S, S. @ VAN DINE @ CHARLES s:slaza5

nered. and sees ultimate defeat, all his repressions of lifetime. hav- ing had no eafety-valve, will ex- plode physically.
 When a man lives without pas sions or emotions or enthusiasms. there's bound 10 be an outlet some time. Some men explode and some commit suicide - the principle is the same; it's q matter of psycho- logical reaction. The Major isn't the selfdestructiye type - that's why l say he'll blow up." Heath snorted.
 We may be short on psychology down here," he repoined. but we know human nature pretty well" Vance stiled a yawn, and care lessly lit q cigaret. I noticed, how 1 ever, that he pushed his chair back i q little from the end of the table 1 where he and l were sitting. 1 "A heliXometer, l learned later.
 is an instrument that makes it pos sible 10 examine every portion Of the inside of a guns barrel through a microscope.
 1 Gro Be Continued
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
Loves EnberS Revelations of a Wife" Adele Garrison"s Absorbing Sequel To
 a New
.-Beginning a New Serial

ploycr?
 l. was a query which was being answered in my own mind in man. uor which caused me much concern. For, shamcfacedly, I realized tha, the sight of Eleanor Lincoln seated in Phllin Norltz.n'S limousine with the great producer paying marked attention 10 her had caused me not only uueasInass but distinct resent meut. I recognized. Of course, and with Sclf-loathmE, the reason for my rhaErln. IT was exactly the feeling of il spoiled child seeing its toys in the hands Of another youngstcr, or Of young girl watching her usual dance partners ncslecting Ner for another girl Yet something within mo bore witness 10 the truth that my unmistakablc raucor against my employer was a summer zephyr compared 10 the storm of rage which had shaken me when I wit messed Dicky's absorbed interest in Miss Lincoln
 When Lillian finally replied to Marys query. I realized that both Dicky and I had been too much en- gagged with our own emotions to answer the girl.
 "G don't think either hypothesis Of yours is correct, Mary" she said smiling. Phil is simply eXorting his moneooso motto 10 run and find out about anything new which crosses his horizon. He is down here with nothing much going on. Eleanor Lincoln is not only a novel, ". but there is the charm of mys- tery about her. He probably will play around with her as much as she will let him until he either solves the mystery surrounding her or gets tired of trying
 But to me, later in the day, she voiced a different interpretation of my employers actions.
 T can't figure out exactly what Phil's up to-" she said but what ever it is, it doesn't spell any good times for Mary"
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
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CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

PHILO VANCE
 JOHN FIX. MARKHAM ......................
 ............ District Attorney of New York County ALVIN H. bENSON .......................
 Wel-known Wall Street broker and man-about-town
 who was mysteriously murdered in his home MAJOR ANTHONY BENSON ................
 .................... Brother of the murdered man MRS ANNA PLATZ ..... Housekeeper for Alvin Benscn MuRIEL ST. CLAIR .:::....:.... A young singer CAPTAIN PHILIP LEACOCK -. Miss St. Clairs fance LEANPER LEA PFYFE :..... Intimate of Alvin Bensons MRS. PAULA BANNING .......... A friend of Pfyfes ELSIE HOFFMAN
 Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson COLONEL BlGSBY OSTRANDER retired army officer WILLIAM II. ~ ~MORlARI1 ............. An alderman GEORGE G. STITT
 Of the firm of stitt and Mccoy, public accountants MAURICE DlNWlDD1E .... Assistant District Attorney ERNEST HEATH -: Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau BURKE sNITKlN, EMERY .....................
 ............. Detectives of the Homicide Bureau BEN HANLoN ......;.:..:.. Commanding Officer
 of Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office PHELPS TRACY, SPRINGER, HIGGlNBOTEAM
 -. Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office CAPTAIN CARL HAGEDORN ....... Firearms expert 1,n IIedlcal Examiner FRANK SWACkER Secretary to District Attorney GokklE ........................ Vance's valet o $. VAN DINE ...................... The Narrator
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

Never had Peter been more wild ly happy than he was now that he had found Mrs. Peter. When at last he could keep still long enough to ask questions, he wanted to know what she was doing up in the Old Pasture.
 'I came up here 10 hunt for you, my dear" replied little Mrs Peter. "I stood it just as long as l could down there in the dear Old Briar- patch. Then l came up here to be near you. l wanted to tell you that ] didn't really mean it when I said that if you left the dear Old Briar- patch you needn't come back" Did you go over to the Green Forest"" asked Peter, remembering how sure he had been that little Mrs. Peter had been over there with the stranger.
 Mrs. Peter shook her head. No" 'said she. "I came straight up here to the Old Pasture and I've been here ever since"
 Some of Peters old jealous feeling began 10 stir within him. What were you doing with that good-look- ing strange rabbit" demanded Peter. T saw you touch noses with him. I saw you up in that bramble- tangle with him."
 Little Mrs. Peter actually chuckled. Don't you know who that was, Peter?" she cried. Cant you gucss?"
 "No,' replied Peter rather gruffly.
 Why" cried Mrs. Peter, that was Little Pnte.'
 That was who?" demanded Peter, looking very much puzzled. T can't say that he looked little to me. He certainly is as big as am."
 Just th" same that is Little Peto,' cried Mr- Peter. Why, Peter Rabbit I'm ashamed of you not to remember who Little Pete is Don't you know your own children when you see them He is the image
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
Your Health How To Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN


 About fifty years have passed since pasteur, by his work on anth- raX, first showed certainly that germs actually cause disease. In the intervening periods thou sands of bacterial organisms have been discovered and hundreds have l ben identified definitely as having the ability 10 cause certain diseases i of mankind. In 1880 the bactcrium ! associated with typhoid fever was ! isolated; then in rapid order came ! the discovery of the germ causes of pneumonia, Elanders tuberculosis. ! cholera, totanus or lock jaw, malta i fever, menigitis, texas fever, dysen- iery. buhonic plague. botuism, sy- 1 philis, whooping cough. leprosy and | many others.
 Quite a Few in q Pound. [ The first man actually 10 see bac- tera was probably the famous ! Dutchman who invented the micro scope, Leeuwenhock. The bacteria are small, and it has been estimated that IL Nouli 'dh' tilit iuiIdl'u billions of bacilli of average size to weigh pound.
 Few people are willing to assign to organisms of such minute size the powerful actions that they actu- ally have. They multiply rapidly under favorable conditions, one germ producing two new ones in about twenty minutes. If they re- produced, however, only at the rate of once in every hour at the end of 4 hours, one germ would have given rise to sixteen and one-half million descendants.
 Tho simplest methods of tdentifi- cation of germs are those that in
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
Phil Vcritzcns Interest in Mis- Lincoln Causes q stir at the
 Farmhouse

Mary Harrison is brave as well aS possessed of distinct histrionic tai ent. knew that she was expert encing bitter humiliation at the sight of Eleanor Lincoln in the EeritZen limousine, with both the owner and his son apparently so engrossed in her conversation as 10 forget that But beyond her quick intake Of breath, and the frightened look ill her eyes, both promptly conquered, she gave no betrayal Of the emotion which l knew was hers.
 Mir. Neritzen's a quick worker. isn't he" she asked with q gay, little laugh. not addressing anyone in particular. and with her eyes looking at the curve in the road around which the car had dis appeared. T wonder whether hes fallen for the Lincoln danes charms himself, or thinks she'd be an Orna- ment 10 the family riding tandem with Noel"
 Dicky looked at her sharply and I saw his eyes narrow, sure sign that something las iisplcased him. Then, as his glance left Mary s face and came to rest on mine, his face mirrored an expression as near mbarrassment as l ever had seen 1t wear, for Dicky's pOise is proof agains. almost anything-in public His behavior when alone with me is another matter. Then the most trivial thing displeasing him often leads 10 one of his tantrums.
 I guessed that he had seen me watching him and had realized that had read his quick alarmed dis pleasure at Mary's suggestion that Philip Eeritzen vas himself roman tically interested in Eleanor Lincoln.
 But there was something besides embarra ssment in his glance. There was also a query as forceful as if it had been uttered aloud What was my reaction 10 this pointed at tention paid 10 the beautiful young mistress of The Larches by my en-
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
Stomach Gas Drives
 Man From Bed

'I had gas so bad l had to get up nights on account Of the pressure on my heart. I used Adl"rika and have been entirely relieved. ."-R. F.. krueger.
 Even the FIRST spoonful of Ad- lcrika relieves gas and often removes astonishing amount of old waste matter from the system Makes you enjoy your meals and sleep better. No matter what you have tried for your stomach and bowels, Adlerika will surprise you. Leading drug gisls.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

slowly add milk, stirring constantly. Cook until thick and add F cup cheese, pimentoes and the spaghetti which was broken in inch pieces be- fore cooking. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Arrange in alternate layers with oysters in a buttered baking
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

dish. Cover and bake thirty minutes Tn slow oven. Mix remaining cheese with bread crumbs and spread over the top Of the oysters and brown in very hot oven or under the flame of a gas broiler. Serve from baking dish.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

Do you know five-letter word for "anli!e?' No. 29 vertical calls for it. You'l find this puzzle 6 good memory test.
 Horizontal. 1. Who wrote the most famous
 treatise on the principles of
 geometry in general? 6. In what principality is Monte
 Carol? II. To require. IS. What is the outer husk of any
 fruit or seed called? II. What famous volcano is on the
 Island of Sicily? b. Enemy. r.. Low tide. 19. By way of, 20. Who discovered the North Pole? 42. Bird similar to an ostrich. 23. Deity. 24. Fasehood. %. Woolly surfacc of cloth. 27. What is the abbreviation for South Carolina? 28. Light brown. | 30. Witticism. 32. What type of poetry does the "Iliad" belong to? 3i. Rodent. 36. Fairy. ! 3S. Feminine pronoun. [ 39. Of what bulb flower is Holland | the center of cultivation? 41. Lair of a beast. i 42. Toward. 43. What type of cloud is in the
 shape of dense heap or a | mountain? 1 45. Three-toed sloth. 4G. Wild duck. 4S. Genuine. 50. What justice of the supreme court has had the longest
 term of service? 1 51. What Is the unit of weight in the metric system? Vertical. :. Up to (used in reference to
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
THIS HAS HAPPENED

After preventing the arrest Of promises to solve the mystery on a certain date. He has Markham ready 10 believe that Mrs. Platz or Ostran- der had committed the murder when they go to Major Benson's rartment. There Vance finds a Colt .45 and the box of jewels that had been taken from Alvin Benson S house the night of the murder.
 NOW BEGIN THE STORY
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18
By Thornton W. Burgess
Peter and Mrs. Peter Make a Call

How much a few words can explain: :: How swiftly wipe out doubt and pain.
 Mrs Peter Rabbit.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle 8. A representation of the Last
 Supper. 4. Field. D. Hypothetical structural unit, {. Exclamation of injury. s. Convent worker. 9. Opposite of aweather. o. Bivalve molluskS ?. Gazelle. 4. Which Is the highest mountain
 in Asia. 5. Lawyers charge. 6. Sea eagle. 8. Who was the composer of La
 Boheme"? 70. Tiny metal fastener. I. Sweet potato. 4. Constituent of varnish. 6. Carbonated beverage. 8. To bind. g. What is the ankle called? T. To scatter hay. 8. Picture. 4. Intoxicating liquor. '5. Sesame. Y. Kingdom. g. Bulrush. 10. To murmur as cat. B. Eccentric wheel. |i. Ocean. t7. Measure of cloth. I9. Part of verb to be.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

Markham sat thinking for several
 'Youve about convinced me of his guilt,' he admitted. But damn it. man. I've got to prove il; and there's no. much actual legal evi-'
New Britain herald., 1927-11-18

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New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
WHEELING STOCK
 AGAIN GOING UP
Scars Five Points on Early
 Trading Today

New York. Feb. 1 R1A technical corner exists today in the common stock of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad and is popularly ascribed to unidentified interests seeking con- trol of the road as part of pro- posed fifth trunk line in the east.
 The stock scared points again on the New York stock exchange yes- terday and shorts who are reported to have lost as much as s2,000,000 in a similar rise several days ago, were again thrown into panic. Their scramble to borrow for delivery caused a rise of the premium rate a half point to 1 1-2 per cent.
 The name of. r. F. Loree, Mad of the Delaware and Hudson railroad, was connected in Wall street circles with the Wheeling activity as that road was included in his proposed trunk line, as outlined before the tn- terstate commerce commission.
 Unalterably opposed to his pro- gram are said to be the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio. Nickel Plate and the Pennsylvania. These lines have not agreed among them selves about the disposition of the various eastern short lines, but are with the exception of the Pennsyl- vania, said to be planning division Of control of the Wheeling among themselves. Pennsylvania's stand is not revealed.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
NEW SCOTCH LORD
 A YOUNG DU7CHNAN
Mackays Of Scotland Give Him
 Housing Welcome

Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. P - The Mackays of Scotland got to- gether last night and to the skirl- ing of the pibroch paid their re- spects to their new laird, Dutch man.
 The company gathered to well come the young chieftain of the Clan Mackay, who has just attain ed his majority. He is Aeneas AL exander, Baron Mackay Of Ophe- inert in the Netherlands and the 18th baron reay (prononuced ray) in the British peerage, and also a baronet in Nova Scotia. He also is the worlds tallest peer, being a braw Dutch lad of s feet, 9 1-2 inches and carrying it all well.
 Young Lord Reay was born and educated in Holland where many of his ancestors spent their lives. Once they were distinguished lead CTS of English armies but one of them went to Holland for lack Of pardon when the Covenanters overthrow and executed King Charles I of England. There they intermarried with Dutch noble families. One was Dutch minister of state; another became British undersecretary of state for India.
 The present laird of the Clan Mackay is a son of the Dutch Baroness Mary Van Dedem. He IS a dead shot and a keen sportsman, His family motto is Manu Forti (with a strong hand).
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
|. s. FORCES ARE IN PREPARATION
Marines and Sailors Moving
 Toward China

Washington, Feb. 4.-P}-- As Northern and Southern Chinese forces gird themselves for battle in the Central Chekiang provinces with Shanghai as the possible ultimate goal. United States naval forces, in- cluding 1,450~~ marines, are being moved closer to the danger zones as a precautionary measure to provide protection to Americans.
 Meanwhile, Secretary Kellogg Is awaiting the reply which Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister, has said he would make in a few days to the American open invitation to both major Chinese factions for conferences looking to the drawing up of new equalization treaties with China,
 While the cruisers Richmonds, Marblehead and Cincinnati were steaming today from Balboa, Canal Zone, to join the American naval squadron in Chinese waters, 1,200 marines of the fourth regiment were ell IOule llOlll H9Gili lDLt9o VI ders to report to Admiral Williams, commander of the Asiatic fleet. An additional 25O marines will be drawn to the Shanghai area by Admiral Williams from forces now in the Philippines or due to arrive there from Guam.
 The San Diego force. on board the transport Chaumont, will touch at Honolulu for definite orders, while the 250 to be moved to Shanghai will be taken from Manila on the naval auxiliary vessel Pecos. The lat ter will either be kept aboard the Pecos or distributed among other vessels Of the American fleet at the Chinese center.
 The state department has empha- sized that none Of the men being moved to China will be landed unless there develops an emergency clear ly indicating that American lives are in danger
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
STEAMER WRECKED
 OFF MASS. COAST
SelEyn Eddy Aground at Tar.
 paulin Cove
Woods Hole, Mass, Feb. R-

Woods Hole, Mass, Feb. 1 R- The steamer Selwyn Eddy, Boston for Norfolk. struck on a shoal at the west end of Tarpaulin cove late last night. It is feared she will be . total loss.
 Her bow was badly damaged and holes were made in her side, food ing the engine room. The coast guard patrol boat No. 2S2 went to her assistance and stood by during the remainder of the night. The patrol boat No. 134 went out at day. break, prepared to stand by and to take the crew off later.
 The Selwyn Eddy is owned by the Mystic Steamship company of Bos- ton and has been engaged in the coal trade between Boston and Nor folk. She registers 2.164 tons and was built at Wyandotte, N. $.
 Captain G. c. Hanson, whose home is at "A Marathon street, Ar lngton, is in command Of the yes gel and the crew numbers 28 men.
 The spot where the selwyn Eddy struck IS on Ille SHOlS VI iN1It,'i+S'' island, a short distance east Of the place where the collier Anthony O'Boyle has been aground for sev- eral days. The Eddy was forced high up on shore, and all compart- ments were reported flooded.
 The vessel grounded during heavy southerly gale and rain squall Today the gale had shifted to the northwest.
 Because of the storm. salvage op- erations on the Anthony OBoyle' from which 400 tons Of coal were taken yesterday in an effort to light en her, were suspended last night. The crew of 25 men renamed aboard.
 Wind and sea abated considerably during the forenoon and the crews or the two stranded steamers were con- sidered in no danger. Representa- tives of the owners of the selwyn Eddy sent word that they would come here later in the day.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
 IS TO BE EXPLAINED
Chicago Convention Will Learn Value of an Ounce Of
 Prevention

Chicago, Feb. (UP) - The old country doctors adage that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" will be stressed by modern physicians at the congress of the American Medical association here February 14-16.
 Preventive medicine, trends in modern medical education, and cor relation of work in hospitals and medical colleges will be stressed at the sessions of the congress, a bull letin issued by the association today said.
 Dr. Charles F. Martin, dean of the McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal. Dr. Lyman Will bur, president of Leland Stanford university. Dr. Harold Rypins, AL bany, N. Y, Dr. Willard c. Rappleye, New Haven, Conn. Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Louis B. Wilson, Rochester, Minn., are among those who will talk.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
BULLETS HAMPER FIREMEN
South Eliot, Me, Trapper's Shack Burns. and Shells Inside Continue to Explode.

South Eliot, Me, Feb. 4 P-Fire- men of this village today told the story of burning shack which shot bullets at them as they tried to fight the flames. It was the one-room abode of Ichabod Cole. SS years old, locally famed in his day as a hunter.
 When the tiremen arrived they found the old man fighting the fire alone. It had started from sparks from his stove. His hands had been slightly burned but he insisted on trying to help and had to be taken away.
 Firearms Of all descriptions were on the walls and elsewhere in the shack and as the flames reached them they were discharged. Ham, pered by the rain of bullets the fire men were unable to save the build ing.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-04
STILL AFTER ORMSTON.

San Francisco. Feb. { (UP)-Mrs. Kennett G. Ormistron, who has ar rived here from Australia. said to- day she would continue her journey to Los Angeles to institute divorce proceedings against Aimee Semple McPherson's former radio operator. Mrs. Ormiston has been separated from her husband since January, 1925. They have two children.