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New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Observations On Me Weather

Washington, May 11.--Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight. Thurs day fair and cooler Fresh south- west shifting to west and northwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Mostly cloudy and cooler: probably showers in north portion tonight: Thursday fair: cooler in southeast portion; fresh west and northwest winds.
 Conditions: The storm that passed over this section last night is travelling seaward by way of the St. Lawrence valley. It produced showers and thunder storms in the Lake region. middle Atlantic and New England states. Cloudy and unsettled conditions prevail west ward to the Mississippi valley but clearing conditions obtain over the plains states and west of the Mis- sssippi river where the pressure is high. Temperatures remain rela- lively high over a belt extending from Washington. D. C., northwest ward to northern Vermont and are lower over the lake region and throughout the Ohio valley. Frost conditions prevailed this morning in the plains states.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy weather followed by rain and not much change in temperature.
 Temperatures yesterdav were:
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
PLAN FOR MORE FIRE
 EQUIPMENT

One of the objects of having an adequate fire department is to en- joy the financial benefits of the lowest possible insurance rates. New Britain has consistently been adding to it's expenditures in the fire departmnt, which is now upon a substantially higher plane than ever before in its history; but low ering of the fire insurance rates is still nowhere in sight.
 Chief Noble, in his annual report, again recommended the establish ment of a fire station in the west end. The plan in the past has been to construct this new station in the vicinity of Jerome street, and per- haps it would have been done be- fore now except for the cost.
 But before this added expenditure is undertaken the city ought to learn definitely from the New Eng land Fire Underwriters Exchange whether this would actually lead up to a reduction in insurance rates. So far the project has been "en- dorsed" by the underwriters which means practically nothing, as they naturally would endorse more fire stations and equipment in every the new fire station, If constructed, result in a reduction of rates.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
4 HOME-RUN YEAR

The new-fangled. cork centered- or is it rubber ?-ball is in action in the American and National base ball leagues and all records for home-run hitting are likely to be smashed this year. This is no time to be pitcher.
 The 1927 baseball is livelier than that of 1926; that for 1926 was liyelier than for 1925. If the cres- cendo continues it will become ut terly impossible for a batter to bunt. those doing so being threaten ed with home-run instead.
 This is one way to please the fans" Cash customers are supposed to like heavy hitting-although actually 1t may not be bit heavier than in former years. the ball merely bouncing further.
 However. when home-runs be- come as common as they have been of late we get the notion they don't amount to so much as they used to do. Back in 1893, when Dan Brouthers or his ilk smashed the ball over the fence it amounted to something: nowadays. when half dozen players a day do it, the fellow who can lay down a first class artistic bunt seems to be more of a hero in the eyes of the baseball intelligentsia. Anyhow, that's the way we feel about it.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11

A. This colloquialism Is some
 times applied to Dutch. German ol
 Scandinavian immigrants Origin
 ally 1t was used to designate al free immigrants. c. When and where was the flrst 1 excursion train run? A. From Pickering. England ir 1 August 1889.
 O. How can the sex and age oi turtles be determined?
 A. Land turtles hibernate each year and grow rings on each scale in the shell. If these rings have not been obliterated by bruises the age can be determined by counting them. In certain turtles tho males have a shaped depression on the lower shell. The females have the lower shell nat.
 c. What is the greatest amound of cotton picked by one person in a day?
 A. There are many factors which enter into cotton picking and 1t Is impossible to make conditions equal in order to judge contestants. Among the factors are the quantity available. variety, size of boil. etc. There are reports showing that 500 to 500 pounds of seed cotton have been picked in a day by one man. Under normal conditions the aver age is 150 to 200 pounds day. There is no authentic record of the greatest amount picked.
 Q. How many gallops in a barrel of crude oil?
 A. There are 42 gallons in stan- dard barrel.
 Q. What is the best method to break a dog of gun shyness?
 A. About the best way is to let him run with a pack of good hunt ing dogs until he gets accustomed to the sound of shooting. Some gun shy dogs never get over it.
 Q. How was Villa, the Mexican revolutionist, killed?
 A. With his secretary and three members of his escort he was slain by six feudist foes while motoring from Parral to Guanajuanto on the morning of July 21, 1928. The feudists opened fire from ambush on both sides of the road.
 o. How can mercury be removed from gold ring?
 A. By carefully heating the ring. Temperature should be about 100 degrees F. to start and not over 200 to 300 degrees at the finish. The mercury will volatilize. The fumes should not be inhaled.
 c. Is a marriage in Brazil valid in the United States?
 A. A marriage legally performed in Brazil is just as good as If the ceremony was performed in the United States.
 Q. What was the date of death of the first Mrs. Wilson and the date of the presidents second marriage?
 A. Ellen Axson Wilson died at the White House August 6, 1914. Tho presidents second marriage to Mrs. Edith Boiling Galt Occurred December IS, 1915.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
25 Fears Ago Today

New Britain will honor with a military service, tomorrow two of her young sons who fell fighting in the Philippines. and whose bodies. after two years delay. have been re- turned by a considerate government to their friends. They are Louis B. Palmer and Samuel Davis, chums.
 Tyrclean concert at Conrad Wahrenberger's cafe tonight.
 At the school board meeting this afternoon the bid of o. F. Curtis for the erection of the grammar school addition was accepted.
 John Lamb has been elected treasurer of the Piainville Epworth league.
 Fruit growers in this vicinity are anxious over their crops today. the frost last night freezing the buds on the trees in the Berlin and Shuttle Meadow districts.
 Interviewed today about his sug- gestion for sergeant, Chief Raw lings said he wanted this man in duolIion 10 the present numDer or men on the force. The sergeant could do desk duty for eight hours and the captain and cheif for the same period each, giving all-day service.
 If the conversation on the street is any criterion, there is a demand for later car at night. The last car ,now leaves the turnout at 10:50, and it is generally conceded that at 11:3O there are quite a few people on the streets who would take the car home if there were one to take.
 Mir. Curtis said in the council last night that if the council approved the increases In the salaries of city officials he would bring the matter before a special town meeting and showed a statute which gave him the right 10 do so.
 The volume of business transact cd at council meetings has grown so that it now takes the city clerk half an hour to read the minutes. Many
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
TWO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

The College club Of New Britain is to be highly commended for its action in awarding two scholarships to two New Britain high school graduates. scholarship, character and need being the determining factors. This noble work by the College club, which has been car ried on since 1916, indicates vital interest in the encouragement of others through practical means. Those receiving the scholarships bask in the honor thus obtained, are stimulated to renewed efforts, and will help themselves to further an early attainment of the goal to- ward which they have set their faces. In awarding these scholar ships the College club is doing a practical work of much significance and value.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
dletown, via Berlin.

1 dletown, Via Berlin.
 The establishment of such a bus line would tend to diminish the franchise value of the existing routes, it was said. and would re- duce the service-upon the present lines. In all probability that would be the case. unless twice as many people began to travel between Mid dletown and New Britain. The pres ent service. necessitating a change at Berlin. is not through service and cannot be said to stimulate travel between the two cities: | bus line would be through service. and in all probability would stimulate travel.
 Here is another of those cases in which an independent firm is willing to establish an improved service, but finds opposition because it would compete with the present more in- efficient service-this considering the route between the two larger cities. not necessarily from Berlin. For Berlin gets service to either New Britain or to Middletown with out the necessity of making change.
 Public convenience and neces- sity" is a phrase upon which many an argument can be hung. Direct service without change between New Britain and Middletown would come under the category of public convenience and necessity unless the present established system of trans portation were to be improved suf- fciently to become through service.
 What Is needed is more direct service. This section of the country is honeycombed with waiting sta- tions at exchange points. There are too many and they are a nuisance to the public. which is stimulated 10 avoid them by providing it's own transportation by automobiles. If the established lines could eliminate some of these exchange points it would be to their advantage.
 The objection to the Middlesown- New Britain bus line seems to be sufficiently pronounced to influence the Public Service Commission against it; that at least, was evil dent from the remarks by R. T. Higgins, the commissioner, who in- dicated it must be shown without doubt that the bus line was essen- tial. From that we gather that the P. U. c. will be thumbs down on the proposal.
 Now that the question has been brought up, why doesn't the New Haven or the Connecticut company put in a direct service between the two cities? That would effectually meet the main objection to the present system.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
DIvoRCEs AND PUBLICITY

When the British parliament some time ago passed law gagging the newspapers in the publication of divorce trial testimony the act was hailed as advancing public morals. The public was not justified in wishing to read the details of such cases. It must be explained that the British newspapers are privileged to print much greater detail than American newspapers in truth. the sky was the limit. There was no British law barring the circulation of newspapers carry ing such divorce filth from passing through the mails. as in the United States. Everything was printed; a spade was called a spade, and not an implement.
 This is no more, and newspapers can scarcely print more than the names of litigants Great has been the victory for moral reform.
 However,
 Divorces have enormously in- creased. The number of persons who are willing to shed the bonds of matrimony now that publicity is dead is indeed surprising.
 The Right Honorable Sir Gordon Hewart, Baron Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, let fly the fol- lowing bon mot about it in open court:
 'The the chancellor of the ex- chequer really desires an additional source Of revenue. he might con- sider issuing a new sort of postage stamp which husbands and wives could stick upon each other and automatically become divorced 7. The rush to obtain divorces since newspaper publicity was pro- hibited has been so great that in one day IT cases of this nature have been presented before me. :. Some new and ingenious sys- tenn such as the postage stamp di- vorce simply must be devised to help us keep the dockets clear"
 Which Is best: Few diyorces and much publicity: or no publicity and many divorces?
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
DEATH OF E. A. HAWLEY

The death this morning of E. A. Hawley, president of the American Hardware Corporation, came as q severe shock to his legion of friends and acquaintances. His public spirit, particularly with re- spect to the development of the city's park system, was widely recognized; and after term on the park board it was he who made 1t possible for the city to find the money for certain needed develop ments by loaning a substantial sum of money without interest. This act, which received wide public acclaim 1t the time, was typical of the man, who believed the parks were es- sential to the welfare of this city and that nothing should be permit ted to stand in the way of their proper development.
 Among his associates and in the circle of friends where he was most often seen he was man of genial personality, we'll liked for his high ideals. admired for his attachments. He was a good citizen who was known by his works and as such will be long remembered in this city.
 Every community needs men such as B. A. Hawley, men whose regard for the city in which they live evinces itself in public works. self-denial and a willingness to for ward it's interests.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11


 You can get an answ r to an, question of fact or information b. writing to the Question Editor New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue Washington, D. c. enclosing tw' cents :n stamps for reply. Medical legal and marital advice cannot b' given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un signed requests cannot be answ cred All letters are confidential.-Editor
 o. What is the weight of the average human brain?
 A. The average male brain weighs about 50 ounces; female A ounces.
 Q. What does Annabelle mean
 A. It is from the Hebrew and means gracefully beautiful.
 0. What is the difference be- tween red and pink salmon? A. Red salmon is the sockeye species and pink salmon is the hump-back salmon. The difference is chiefly in the color-the food value being practically the same. ex- cept that red salmon contains more oil. The red is more popular and consequently more expensive.
 Q. What was the first empire in the world?
 A. H. G. Wells in the Outline of History" says that the first Of all known empires was founded by the high priest of the god of the Sumerian city of Erech. It reached, says an inscription at Nippur, from the lower (Persian Gulf) to the Upper Mediterranean or Red Sea. Of existing countries 1t is believed that Mesopotamia is the more an- cient, and Egypt was formed few centuries later. All of this part of the earth was divided into more or less settled communities as far back as 6,000 to 10000 B. c. The civilization unassisted and no one knows how far back it extends. Chinese history begins about 1000 B. c.
 c. How many species of animal life are known?
 A. There are well over 500,000 species of all kinds of animals: the number in each class of the animal kingdom being as follows: 1000 mammals; c0,00o birds; 5000 rep tiles: 2,000 amphibians; 13.00o fish; 6O.000 mollusks; 360,000 insects: be- sides a host of lower invertebrates
 Q. What was Stewards Folly?
 A. The sobriquet was given to Alaska because it was supposed to be practically worthless when Will liam H. Seward, secretary of state under President Johnson. negotiated its purchase from Russia for ST. 100000 in 1867.
 Q. Is cream lighter or heavier than milk?
 A. Cream is lighter than milk. Milk containing per cent butter fat, weighs s.6c pounds per gallon; f per cent butter fat, s.61 pounds per gallon; and per cent butter fat s.e pounds per gallon. while 4C per cent whipping cream weighs S.3S pounds per gallon. This ev- plains why cream rises to the tor of the bottle of milk.
 c. What are Square heads"7
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CONNECTICUT

In weighing Governor Trumbulrs
 recent statement that a more even
 balance between the political par. ties in Connecticut would be good for the state. and that when one party dominates a situation too de- cisively it is apt to be detrimental to the state. the Bridgeport Post thinks the governors idea a capital
 one but pauses to ask how this de- desirable situation Is to be brought
 about.
 There is no answer; silence reigns
 supreme. Unless something radical happens politically. the present
 status quo Is likely to remain for some time. The Democrats in this state are by no means inconse- quential in number, but they hap pen to live mostly in the cities, and are not represented in the Legisla- ture in proportion to their numbers. So long as the country towns dom- mate the Legislature how are the Democrats going to get enough man-power into the Assembly to act as foil to the oyerabundance of Re publicans ensconced there?
 "The legislative system in this state is an oligarchy, not a democ- racy," explodes the Bridgeport edi- tor "A strong and popular gov ernor might win the backing of tWo-thirds of all the people of the state, and hold it year in and year out, and yet at the same time find himself defied, blocked, snubbed and checkmated by the Legislature. In the end the Legislature would win because the people would get tired of supporting the man without the patronage and would return from the source of which good things flow--namely the legislative com- mlttees. It is upon this system that tremendous political machine has been reared. On the one hand the Legislature controls the entire state administration and on the other hand it reaches into the cities and if it cannot defeat it's opposition at the polls. it tinkers and jockeys with the charter until 1t can attain it's ends in that man. her. Is there enough real independence in the staten Do the people of Connecticut really care a straw about the principles of gov ernment, are they willing 10 fight for them. or are they perfectly con- tent with the oligarchc rule under which the state is now managed? Frankly and cynically. the latter choice appears to be the popular one"
 That's one query answered. any way. The people are satisfied to be governed. instead of being too par ticular about having a hand in guiding the government. It is for this reason. perhaps. that they take a decrcscendo attitude in the gov ernment, voting in fewere numbers at eevry election, throwing aside the issues patterned out for them. let ting politics go hang" It is an evil sign, but what can be expected if the cards are virtually stacked? The Democrats in Connecticut are in the position of being as innocu- ous as the Socialists. The party has numbers but the representation Is not proportional.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
A PROPOSED BUS LINE AND THE OPPOSITION

Theoretically the public is not in- terested in who has the franchise to transport passengers between any two given points; it's main concern is to get there in the least possible time.
 But to an established line, the franchise is pre-eminent. Thus we heard the word mentioned with fre- qucncy during the hearing concern ing the proposed establishment of a bus line between this city and Mid
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
BODY IDENTIFIED

New London. May Il N-Ths body found Monday in the Thames river by several coast guardsmen from Fort Trumbull, was identified today as that of Charles B. Lang- ston. year old barge hand of the Thames Townboat Company barge Edith. Langston and Captain s. Nelson French of the barge Edith were drowned the night of March when .their dory capsized. The body of Captain French has not been found.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11

members grow tired and are anx- ious to go homo, so do not pay as strict attention to the business as they should.
 Principal Whipple of the gram mar school has announced that Thomas Feeney and Edward Ander- son, members of the graduating class have won by competition the honor of taking part in the program of the graduation exercises.
 The girls in the spool room of the New Britain Knitting Co. went on strike this morning as protest against a reduction in wages. At the office of the company it was said that there was no strike.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11

If the governor is sincere about the desirability of having more Democrats in the Legislature, if merely to give the Republicans there more of a run for their glory, let him advocate changing the state constitution to permit more propor- tional representation, based on population instead of acreage. Let him seize the idea and drive it to d successful finish in much the same way he forced the creation of Senator Halls new financial board.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Mir. Douglas Interviews Herman Yonkel, The New FlOOrWalker

IOnKel, Inc NcW FlUOFWdhcI
 Overheard by Banjo Bob)
 Douglas: T should like to pur- chase some stationery"
 Herman: '"Tstationery we got. 1t tsecond haisle witt left ton."
 Douglas: No, no. You don't un- derstand. I don't want writing pa per. I want a stationary tub" D Herman: "Hmmm. You vunt 1t yet tub vot you should wash 1t de hold letters you could use de writink paper again, so?'
 Douglas: No, no. That's absurd. That's impossible"
 Herman: "Sure. You couldn't do it. Better you should buy some new writink paper which we got 1t in de books witt de hart depottment, tsecond haisle witt a left toin."
 Douglas: But that isn't what l want at all. What want is mol stationery, but a stationary tub"
 Herman: Maybe you'll gonna try what you should kid me ] should believe dey make it yet tubs from writinll paper you should wash hout de shoits in it. Vi. VI! Hice crimm I seen it solved yet in paper plates. but tubs from writing paper made it wouldn't be practical"
 Douglas: "I would have a paper tub in the house if it practical"
 Herman: No, why should you esk yet I should tsell you vun! Maybe you are yet one from desc collitch boys dey should play il prencks witt iucks witt hinitiat- ions."
 Douglas: "No. I want a station. ary tub. A tub that can't be moved that can't be turned over."
 Herman: "Yo, vi, vi! If tut couldn't be moved, how would you get it home? If de moichandise wouldn't toin hover. ve vouldn't keep 1t. Is necessary should be qvick toin-over. witt overhead wit, dipprishiation."
 Douglas: 1T want a-what I wan' is-a stationary"
 Herman: "Tstationery tsecont haisle witt a left toin, books wit hart depottment-"
 Douglass: "Grrrrr." Gle tears al his collar and falls down frothing!
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
WON'T CLOSE CANAL

Washington, May II (UP)-Wan Street reports that the government contemplates closing the Panama Canal for repairs were denied on behalf of President Coolidge today.
 The last report on the canal to reach the White House showed it was in excellent condition, White House officials said.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
TAKING AN AUDIT

By Alan C. Koch Little girls and poodle furs: Calories and vitamines: Danes with runners in their hose; Restaurant no-smoking sighs: Guys who write, Wish you were here;
 Having fun. Guess who. Ha. ha" Highbrow books and income tax-
 Blah! Guys who own a private stock: Pretty girls in bathing suits; Men whose wives know how tc cook;
 Chorus girls, and other beauts; Girls that dance and girls that neck, Girls that have a way with them: Girls that--Well, in fact just girls.
 Ahem!!!! Legacies from distant kin: Chicken. tender, luscious, fried!- Dollar bills in cast off vests: Friends that say, "Oh. let it slide;;" Girls that say, We've stepped enough,
 Let's find somewhere cozy now"-- Friendly blonds and frank bru-
 WOWn.!!