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New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
WOMAN KILLED WHEN
 AUTO LEAVES BRIDGE
Two Men, Occupants of Car, Hurt Girls Body Submerged in Water
 Death Instantaneous

Biddeford, Me, Oct. cS (UP)-A young woman was killed and two men were injured early today when the automobile in which they were riding ran off a bridge and landed on four feet of water near Kenne- bunk, a few miles from here.
 Miss Katherine Connolly of 70 Sheridan street, PortlSpd, lost her life in the accident.
 George G. Twitchell of 1o Pills bury street, South Portland, and Le- roy W. Higgins of 10 Alfred street South Portland. were brought to Webber hospital here.
 Hospital authorities reported that Higgins was not seriously hurt and would be able to leave for home to- day Twitchell was more severely injured, it was said. and would re- main. under treatment at the hos pital.
 Miss Connolly's body was found
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28

Captain Marshall Field Brazilian ex- petition, has returned home with further specimens Of mammals, birds and reptiles for the field mu- scum.
 For more than a year Mir Sanborn carried on the collection Of South American species, assisted only by two native Brazilian hunters and a camp cook. Prominent in his col lection are specimens for four habi- tat groups to be installed in the mu- seuIr's hall of American mammals. There are guanaco.a wild species Of Llama known as the "South Ameri- can camel', swamp deer, tapirs, and giant ant-eaters. Several Brazilian red wolves, rare long-legged spe- cieS, also were bagged
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
Princeton School Head
 Announces Restoration

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 2S UP)- Dean Andrew Fleming West, head ct the Princeton graduate school for 9G years and member of the Prince ton faculty for A years, will retir, at the end of the present school year.
 Col. August Trovbridge, now with the International Educational Board in Paris, will assume the duty of graduate school dean. Col. Trow- bridge. who has a distinguished World War record and many decora- tions, was professor of physics from 1906 to 1924 on the Princeton faculty.
 Dean West entered Princeton iu 1870 and received his A. B. degree and in 1883 was granted PHI. D.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
walk Tire company at Norwork,

walk Tire company at Norwork, Conn.
 Tt actually cannot be considered a substitute for rubber. It really is just another kind of rubber which. for some uses, is better than ordi- nary rubber, and for other uses, is not so good. We use it for the frictioning of fabric and in other cases where a soft rubber is desir- able"
 Prices on the New York market showed that the current quotations Of Guayule rubber were seven cents cheaper than plantation tree rub Der.
 Experts here speculated whether the Edison laboratories were not now working on some process Of re tining or perfecting the Guayule rub Der. They expected that Henry Ford might obtain the latest infor- nation on Guayule rubber. in view of recently purchased plantation in Brazil.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
FOUR ESCAPE IN
 BATTLE WITH SEA
Italian Steamer Aground on
 SiCiian Rocks

Penzance. Eng, Oct. 2S Pl- Heroic efforts by llfesavers after q perilous all-night vigil to rescue eIeven seamen left clinging to the rigging of the Italian steamer 1sabo which went ashore on the Scily Is- lands yesterday. were only partially successful, four of the men being saved at dawn.
 These four had jumped into the turbulent waters just as soon as daylight broke and were picked up ny lifeboat which had l-en stand ing by all night waiting for daylight and for an opportunity to approach he vessel in raging sea.
 One man was found dead Of ex- posuro when the rescue boat was ole 10 reach the stranded ship. which still clung to the jagged rocks Ipon which she had foundered. There was no trace Of the six other men and 1t is feared that trusting themselves vainly 10 pieces Of wreckage during the night, they were swallowed up by the sea.
 The remainder of the crew land d in a lifeboat last night. There were 27 in the boat Of the total rev of 3S.
 The Isaho sail,1 from Montreal Tor Hamburg on Oct. 14,
 The ship went ashore on scilly Rock off the coast here. Heavy waves started immediately to smash the Isabo. Life savers during the night saw men clineing to the rig -ing, and went to their rescue. Their work was hazardous and difficult owing to fog. rain, high waves and floating wreckage that detached it. self from the ship.
 After hours Of buffeting by the seas the Isabo broke In half this morning, and the sea soon was cov-
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
SEE FUTURE FOR GUAYULE RUBBER
May Be Relief From Present
 British Monopoly

New York, Oct. 2S (UP)-Ameri, can grown rubber has appeared as a new industry in this country and a possible means Of relief from the British rubber monopoly.
 Rubber experts today discussed the report Of the United States bu- reau of standards that Guayule rub Der appeared comparable to the plantation tree rubber in many re- spects, on the basis of tests in Washington.
 Experimentation with the so-call- , ed new rubber is being made in many centers. Thomas A. Edison was reported to be making q study of the Guayule rubber The gov ernment Is gathering data on the plant. And two experiment stations --one at Triton, Ga, and another in the Salt River Valley In Arizona are maintained by the Continental Rubber company, one Of the pion- eers in the exploitation Of Guayule rubber.
 If these experiments are success ful, the southern part of the United States may become one of the chief producing areas for the worlds sup ply Of the new rubber.
 "The Guayule plant. which Is really a shrub, not only withstands frost but requires It." George II. Garnahan. president of the Conti- mental Rubber company. told the United Press.
 Heretofore, almost all of the raw rubber has been obtained from plan tation trees which require tropical climates.
 Guayule rubber Is used by several manufacturers today.
 We have been using small quan- titles Of Guayule rubber for several months" said officials of the Nor
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
DISPOSE OF FUND
Curran Request Increases From S5O,- 900 to S1,150,11f in Eighteen
 Years As Officials Argue

Philadelphia, Penn, Oct. 2SPA Disposition of the Curran fund which has grown from its original valuation of S50.000 to S1,150,111 while church officials argued for the last IS years over its placement. by a foundation of 1@ men was agreed on last night at the closing session of the Presbyterian synod of Penn- sylvania here.
 The synod faced the task of dis
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
CALLES LIFTS EMBARGO

Mexico City, Oct. 2S UP)-Pres- ident Gales has lifted the embargo which prevented the Mexican gov crnment from purchasing American goods.
 The embargo was ordered three months ago following q dispute over the Mexican governments attempt to purchase several airplanes in the United States.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28

in the water. she having been hurled from the machine as it plunged from the bridge. The fact that no water was found in her lungs convinced Medical Examiner David Dorloff that the young wom- an had been killed instantly.
 Investigation indicated that Twit- chell, driver of the car, had been blinded by the headlights of anoth- e~ machine as he neared the bridge in the early-morning darkness.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28

posing of the fund after voting [, eXonerate the Rev. Dr. Harry II Crawford, pastor of the Hermo, Presbyterian church here, of kissins two women members of his pastor. ate. It also tabled the request of or, of the delegates to compel all Pres. byterian institutions to subscribe tt a doctrinal test before having en- dowment campaigns approved by the synod.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
Birds and Rare Snakes Brought From Equator

Chicago, Oct. 2S LPl-After nu- merous exciting adventures among the hills and swamplands of the Matto Grasso region of southern Brazil, Colin C. Sanborn of the
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
CONFERENCE OVER RADIO

Springfield, Mass. Oct. 2S.-(UP) The opening session of the third New England conference here No- vember 1T vii be broadcast by sta tions WBZ of Springfield and WBZA Of Boston, starting at 1:S0 p. m.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
cred with floating grain and wreck

shortly after daybreak several Of the II men who remained aboard jumped into the water.
 One swan ashore, three others were rescued by lifeboat. Tn, boat, after landing them, returned to tn wreck and found one maA dead in the crows nest. Five still were missing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
The BOrland Law and the
District Commissioners

Despite two different decisions by the District Court Of APP
pea adverse unjust and confscatory Borand law the
District Commissioners continue virtually contribute to and
uphold that laws njusces to District properly owners
The Commissioners the recommendation of Corporation
Counsel Stephens decided to enforce the Boand law as
Aessments against all property owners putting upon each
property the burden Of litigation wishes to attempt
70 escape the assessment.
Although is true that our local courts have not declared
the Borland law WHOLE unconstitutional imperative
they have in the referred TO- declared against the
law These cases. Of course deal with particular types Of
property assessments upon which illegal and concatory
Instead Of the Commissioners requiring the Corporation
Counsel and the Assessors office study the two decisions
and exempt from District properties that are Of
Scientifically the classes involved in the courts find
ngs the Commissioners reach the conclusion that owners Of
these classes Of properties must go to the relief
That throwing burden upon citizens that they not
entitled to shoulder The responsibility for just treatment Of
citizens is with the Commissioners their subordinates
The first decision of District courts applied to suburban
property clearly beyond the limits Of city improvements and
benefits and where the upon wide frontage of
property was confiscatory and unjust.
Instead Of the Corporation Counsel taking that opinion and
usg to classify properties that correspondent in every way
with the decision of the courts he resorted the easiest way
by recommending that Of the same types Of property
must pay assessments and the courts expense
free themselves Assessments in such should been
cancelled and should be cancelled in the future.
Citizens who pay assessments under protest confident that
their properties Of dentcay the kind as those al
ready relieved from by the courts realize that
they to the courts and W it will take years to- get their
assessments back So they submit the injustice Of the whole
thing when the Commissioners could just well require
proper officials of the District Government do their duty
and feaessy properties that these officials have every
right to believe should be exempted.
The attitude taken Sinking Of duty and responsibilities
manesty unjust to many District taxpayers and fails coin
eide with the oftexpressed views Of the Commissioners that
the Borand law should be repealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
SCHLOss NEUsCHWANSTEIN BUILT BY LUDWIG CRAZY
KING OF BAVARIA

It must be fun to be king and carry all your Ideas
with lot Of poor geese called Subjects providing taxes to
pay for your whims.
This striking picture shows Of many castles and palaces
built by 1.-THE mad King Ludwig of Bavaria After he had
built certain number Of these castles and spent his people
millions in all Of ways declared insane Then he
drowned himself and drowned with him the doctor that tried
TO save him.
the beautiful rolling country Of Bavaria stretching around I'll!
Il appeals to the who picking out his fourroom Ch-
enee apartment in the middle Of packing apartment
house, in Of modern city canyons called streets
fine time kings have had INDUCING their whms staying
at home while they made their peoples fight each other
The British kings built beautiful palaces for themselves and
fortresses. And did the fighting men Of Scotland.
The French kings built most beautiful palaces and when
they tired Of them they built others They built palaces for
their sons for their favor for their numerous istresses
foolish people, PAID sWEATED and paid MORE
One French king built the beautiful parks and palaces Of
Versailles And when young whom he liked decided
that she would like to go sleigh riding in July the king had
the park covered deep with salt initiate oWthe lady took
her sleigh ride-AND THE PEOPLE PAID.
That's nearly over
Most kings have vanished couple are living in Italy and
SPAIN each under the wing of dictator that protects him
The British King remains to decorate democracy
The German Kaiser is in exile allowance the Russian
Gear murdered There eperors in Germany
Hapsburgs in Austria Suans in Turkey and the British
royalties asduouy laying and working for
their people instead Of making their people work for them
But castebuding and lordng it creation must have
been interesting while 1t lasted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Don't Spoil Woman's Game
WTHEN Rebecca West says that
w there is sad lack of at
tractive men in the world, she not
only deals solar plexus blow to
the self-complacent sex, but in.
cidentally gives her own sex
away.
OF course, men are not as at.
tractive as women. They don't
have to be!
It Is true chat the average girl
goes about with a lot of men who
bore her to tears, just for the
sake of having something in bell
bottom trousers sitting opposite
her in restaurant; and that she
sometimes marries one of them
just for the sake OF having some.
thing besides an empty chair
across the breakfast table and
something besides the clock to
make noise around the house.
It Is perfectly true that when a
woman gives a dinner party she
can think of a dozen beautiful
and attractive women to invite,
and Of only one or two men who
could possibly stir the feminine
pulse and heart.
1t L.. perfectly true that every
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28

heavy, compared with atoms in
which packing" may occur.
Keep that in mind. for here
we are getting close to the ex.
PLANTATION of the wonderful en-
ergy.
Experiment with HeIium
We take the substance helium,
which stands next to hydrogen
in atomic mass, and has a nu-
cleus containing four protons and
two electrons, while two other
electrons revolve around 1t. In.
this case packing can occur.
Now there is evidence that the
atomic mass of helium Is four
on a basis of comparison which
makes that of hydrogen 1.0077.
Suppose, then that an atom of
hydrogen is changed into one of
helium. the mass of the latter
ought to be four times 1.O077, or
4.0308, whereas in fact it is only
10000. What has become Of the
remaining 0.O30S?
The doctrine of the interchange
ability of mass and energy gives
the answer that the missing
mass is accounted for by pack
ing" in the helium nucleus,
whereby the fraction 0.030S has
been radiated away as liberated
energy.
Now, the amount of this liber-
ated energy has been calculated,
and found to be so vast that a
single gramme atom of hydrogen
turned into helium would set free
the equivalent working power of
100000 watt-hours, >or say 100000
horsepower hours!
Unfortunately, or perhaps for.
tunately, considering the present
blood-thirsty disposition shown by
a good share of humanity, we
have no means of producing this
atomic energy at will. But 1t is
believed to be produced by nat.
ural process in the sun and stars,
which, according to the latest
theory, are turning their gigantic
mass into radiant energy by
some such transformation of
atomic nuclei as that above de-
scribed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28

stopped. A year before had
planted some violets at that
turn. They had not blossomed
and / had missed their sweetness.
Now I saw they were in bloom
and in such bloom as l had never
hoped to have. They were all
white!
White violets-a wonder Just
for me in memory of that white
young life whose beauty had
come and passed like some brief
flame!
"A n1iracle!'' I whispered. as /
knelt and touched their little
faces. And for second I felt
that / had. indeed, been given
miracle.
Then a greater thought came,
but every flower is a miracle"
thought. mot just on this day,
but on all days, flowers are a
miracle In world like this"
Flowers
You've loved them, but have
you ever tried to understand them
or explain them to yourself?
Have you ever considered what
strange phenomena flowers are
in the cruel. utilitarian program
OF our lives--how little they seem
to fit in with the rest of our
plans and possessions?
Why are they here?
You can explain most other
things on sternly practical
grounds. You can explain
potatoes or cows-because they
give food. You can explain oaks
ana pines because they give
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
ATOMIC POWER

''Will you please explain how
glass of water contains enough
atomic power to run a big in
dustry, If it could be utilized?
Approaching every one of your
articles.-John w. Thompson,
Chicago"
VoU must first get inside an
i atom, taking perhaps a "rela.
twist" along with you to serve
as a more or less trustworthy
guide in the darkness of that mys.
FERROUS and awful though infini.
tesimal, cavern. The Einsteinians
have seized the atom for their cas-.
tie and within it they feel, at pres.
ent, quite sheltered. The reason
for introducing the relativist doc
trine just here is that the idea of
the interchangeability OF energy
and mass is fundamental with
that doctrine, while such inter.
changeability lies also at the bot.
tom of the explanation you seek.
Know, then, o pilgrim in the
heart of the infinitely minute,
that all atoms consist of two
thiHgs-protons and electrons;
otherwise called, respectively,
atoms of positive and of negative
electricity.
Now. all Of the protons and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE
Repose

n ORD CHESTERFIELD said that gentleman is never
IN hurry and the Scriptures teach that The that be-
heveth shall not make haste"
The trues mark Of power is repose The gigantic
forces in the universe silent The lifts millions of
tons of water from the daily, besides supplying the
other earthforces yet how quietly it shnes Thunders
volcanoes and all bosterous things weak compared to
it.
In factory there is furious rattle among the spindles
in the top story but little power for you could stop shut
tie with your finger As you descend the noise decreases
and the force increases until in the you find the
huge Corlss engine moving like whisper yet with such
eggsheI
All noise is taste. If could save the noise of the
trolley car or the locomotive would have that much
dynamic force.
behooyes men, therefore, to cultivate repose manner
SIMPLE and modest speech in gentle tones for their weight
IN the world is in inverse ratio to their buster
lamb is the mdest of creatures yet the Apocalypse
tells us that in the Day of Wrath men will call upon the
mountain to fall on them and them from the wrath
OF the Lamb That is picture of the awful power of
geneness God is gentlet Of beings the greatest men
are the Gentle Men.
'c0psriEht 1897 BY The Mcclure syndiaeo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
By ELSIE ROBINSON

with fallen stars
What is their purpose or their
use? You cannot count their
worth in Galleries. A snail would
rather eat a cabbage than a
rose. A man can live on beets
but not on violets. You cannot
fight wars with pansies or build
houses with hyacinths. Indeed,
flowers are not needed at all, if
our life Is but a grim transient
fight, and food and power all
the human goal.
Yet there must be some reason
for flowers; loneliness SO rare and
intricate as there could not have
come by accident or without a
purpose. They could not have
been created merely to give a
higher ape a brief spasm of
pleasure. They must serve some
deep purpose. I think this
is it
i think that flowers are
emissaries from some bright plane
Of life quite different from our
worried span of days.
/ think the Eternal Spirit
peeped through our dark door
to whisper, do not be dismayed!
Some day you'll wake UP in
better place than this. Some day
you will be free from all this
doubt and fear, this pain and
toll and stupid, cruel war, and
find a world all filled with Joy
and light. And. as q proof and
promise, here are violets."
That's what really think
about flowers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28

about half of the electrons are
crowded together in a central
nucleus of the atom, which car.
ries a prevailing positive electric
charge. Remember that the pro.
tons are by their nature positive,
and since they outnumber the
electrons in the nucleus they keep
the latter positively charged.
Around the nucleus a number of
electrons. varying with the ma.
ture OF the substance, revolve
somewhat as the planets revolve
around the sun. So much for a
general picture Of the inside of
an atom.
Mass OF Atom Reduced
Well then, it is believed to
have been proved that IL two
opposite electric charges, such as
the proton and the electron are
brought into such close prox-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
By Garrett P. Serviss

unity as occurs in the nucleus
of the atom, the mass Of the
atom will be reduced. Do not
ask me to prove that this is so.
For our purpose we must accept
it as postulate. The atomist
has a name for this effect of the
crowding of opposite charges in
the nucleus; he calls it pack.
ing" wonderful that he used a
plain English word, isn't itO
Now, consider the atom of the
substance hydrogen, which seems
to be the simplest of all the ele-
ments. That atom has only one
proton in its nucleus, with one
electron revolving around it.
Therefore there can be no pack.
ing" in the hydrogen atom, i. e.,
no reduction of mass. From this
1t follows that the hydrogen
atom must be disproportionateIy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-28
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.I
wedding Presents

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ My fiance received an invita-.
ton asking him and me to his
cousins wedding to. be given at
the brides home. AS have seen
them only once, / do not know
whether to send them a gift or
not.
l. Would 1t be proper to send
them a gift?
2. If so, what would be the hest
thing to give them?
8. Shall we bring it to the brides
home on her wedding day or send
1t to her? A READER.
do not see any reason why you
should give wedding present to
the cousin Of your fiance, though.
Of course, 1t would be perfectly
correct for you to do so, il you
wish. Since you have seen the
cousin and her fiance only once,
to give them wedding present
seems to me bit forced. But,
on. the other hand, you are marry
ing into the family, so IL you sent
them a present you, of course,
register a friendly interest In your
new cousin.in-law.
OF course. your fiance will send
q gift and, IL you desire to send
one, recommend that you do not
send together. That is, you should
send an independent gift, IL you
send one at all.
2. Anything for the new home
Is, OF course, appropriate. Some.
thing in glass In these days well
come, a vase, perhaps, or a formal
urn-type or an informal low,
spreading bowl. Or anything In
glass for the table or wall. Or a
silver serving spoon or fork, or
both! Or leather accessory for
the desk.
3. If you decide to send a pres
ent, you should send it, indepen.
dent of your fiance's present, to
the bride at her home, sometime
before the date Of the wedding.
Two weeks or one week before Is
a good time to send it, and then
the bride will have time to write
to you her letter Of thanks be.
fore she leaves for her wedding
Journey