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New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
ENGLISH WAR VETS
 HONOR|NG LINCOLN
Survivors Of '61 Abroad Pay
 Tribute to Memory

London, Feb. 1e (UP)-Of the many thousands of war veterans in England, ranging in age from the early twenties to the late nineties, there are forty-nine who stand alone. These are proud veterans of the Civil War of America.
 Twice year those among this able to get about, salute the Amer ican flag and pay homage to the cause for which they served. On Lincoln's Birthday they solemnly ay wroaths at the statues of Abraham Lincoln, one in London, opposite Westminster Abbey, and another prominent one in Manchester, and on Decoration Day they visit the graves of those who might have ben their grandsons, Americans who died in the World War and are bur- jed at Brookwood cemetery.
 There is no G. A. R. branch in England. but the veterans of the Civil War organized in 1910 as '"rhe American Civil War Veterans" The prime mover was Ensign John Davis London City Missionary, who found such comfort with his Ameri- can pension that he tried to assist others in their claims. He rounded up 137 veterans of the Civil War, whom he enrolled, and aided them in securing pensions.
 These foreign veterans are Eng fish. At the time of the Civil War they were lads seeking adventure, or sailors who left their ships in American ports, or travellers who became interested in the struggle.
 we are now only little band of men," Comrade A. w. F. Smith told the United Press. ''and the growth of our society naturally has it's limitations. In few years we shall all be gone. But we are proud of our service to America and to have given hand in our way to that great country. The gratitude of America has ben expressed to us for many years and many of our comrades find the pension money very helpful. We shall carry on un- til the end, saluting the foreign flag which we served"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
CIVIC OPERA SETTINGS

The city of Berlin is proud of the stge settings provided for perform ances of notable works at its civic opera and is turning them to adver- Using advantage. In one of the win dows of the large city information bureau which the municipality main- tains near Potsdamer platz some es- pecially good sets are reproduced in miniature. The brilliantly illuminat- ed tiny stages with diminutive re- productions of the settings all in place inevitably attract the eye of the passer-by. A lilliputian figure or two of characters from the opera being advertised add realism to the scene.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
MORE CARD PLAYING

Card playing as the favorite indoor sport of the German people Is in- creasing with vengeance. The num- Der of factories turning out cards has increased from 19 to 22 in the last year, while 100000 or 20 per ment more decks were sold in 1926 | than the preceding year. The feder- al government has an interest in see- in, the number of card sharks in- crease because tax of 30 pfennigs {about cents) is imposed on every deck sold. The playing card revenue increased last year from 100000 marks to 1,S00,000. Skat Is still the big game in Germany. Ecarte is pop ular and contract bridge with it's complicated scoring system rcigns supreme over auction bridge. Poker is virtually unknown.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
BOULDER CANYON
 DRAWS ATTENTION
Proposed Dam Stirs Up Battle
 Royal

Phoenix, Feb. 12. R>--An inno- Colorado river in the southwestern part of the United States is the source of an interstate fight that has reached across the continent and into official Washington.
 It is Boulder Canyon, on the Nevada Arizona boundary line. and bill embodying provisions for the construction Of a water-diversion and power dam there has become congressional bone of contention.
 The imbroglio, which is the Colorado river, whose muddy waters and those of its tributaries lap the feet of seven states, dates back to the drawing up of seven- state compact at Santa F'e. in 1922, providing for an apportionment of the waters among Arizona. Utah, Colorado, California, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico.
 Arizona refused to sign the con- pact. California put pen to it. conditionally. The rest of the states set down their signatures.
 Behind it all is the California Arizona fight over the construction of the dam. California wants q dam at Boulder Canyon, principally for flood protection for it's Imperial Valley to the south. Arizona doesn't want a dam at Boulder Canyon.
 Arizona has filed claims on several dam sites. among them the sites at Bridge Canyon, and Glen Canyon, both further up the river and. incidentally, on Arizona soil Arizona contends the Boulder Can- yon dam site Is in an earthquake belt and that dam there would through the backing up of the water, submerge dozen or so dam sites in Arizona. California says Arizona is unable to develop the water herself and is not wanting
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
COMMUNICATED
BERLIN'S BIENNIAL ELECTION
Editor Herald:-

Editor Herald:- Representative C. W. Stevens has 1 introduced bill in the legislature ' Berlin to hold town election once 1 every two years.
 ! He is quoted as saying that it was 1 presented on the spur of the mo-
 ment, just merely to have it calen- dared in case the people favored it.
 Now Rep. Stevens has the right
 to present any bill he may see fit, but before a bill is presented 1t
 should have the majority vote of the people in said town or city con- cerned and not the opinion of the
 minority as in this case, which by
 the way is all office holders afrald
 of being busted.
 This bill reminds me Of the time when the vote on prohibition was taken in the legislature. The town
 of Berlin had the October previous voted license by over two 10 one Ind our representative. at that time,
 voted in favor of prohibition, repre-
 senting the minority as is being
 done in this case.
 I think before Rep, Stevens re-
 scented this bill he should have call
 cd a special town meeting and have taken from the table this very same | bill.
 If he will go back a few years he
 will find this same question came up at a town meeting and it was tabled indefinitely.
 The last election was close and exciting due to the women taking an active part, now why try to cut short any activity that is for the betterment of the town. What we need is complete change Of town officials. Let us forget whether a person is demo-
 crat or a republican and placa in
 office the best man possible, a citi- zens ticket in other words We believe the office should seek
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
COUNT. ATTRACTIONS

american Sharpshooters and Ba- varian suds will be counte. attrac- tions next June during the annual "Bundesschiessen" or shooting tour nament in the gigantic Theresia meadow, Munich's popular play ground for young and old and the scene of many stormy revolutionary meeting in 1918. For the first time since the war American riflemen have signified their intention to par ticipate in the tournament for which 1S9 ranges will be laid out. Flank ing the rangers will be beer halls in which several dozen different brands of Munchner will be dispensed. The beer halls will be left standing until October for the annual October feast"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
Many Buying Relics

People in country towns have been unknowingly purchasing for small sums. odd pieces of china, old pie lures, small pieces of furniture and other oddments which at one time are believed to have belonged to Queen Alexandra. The first inkling they have of this fact is on reaching home and examining the articles is the discovery of an engraved "A' and occasionally the royal arms.
 It is said that after Queen AleXan- dras personal belongings. jewelry, heirlooms and more precious person. al relics had been disposed of in ac- cordance with her wishes the ques- tion arose of what to do with the mc less valuable articles collected dr. in, her long life. Many were given away and are now finding their way into small auction sales around the country. It is no unusual thing for articles originally belonging to royal personages to be seen in shop windows and a collector recently bought in this way several water color sketches done by Queen Vic toris which had been disposed of by relatives of the possessor.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12

magnifies, the air hummed into the small end. It is of all shapes, from a pocket size 10 the dimensions of a bass horn, several feet long. It is molded in the image of snails, fish. cornucopies, or anything else.
 Bigophone societies have existed in France for generations. They meet regularly for competition and concerts. Occasionally they take themselves quite seriously drill themselves into go tune-makers and get as mem CT, one musician with a regular horn, preferably a trombone, to set the pace and give the pitch.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
CHILD IS IGNORED

Frieda Froehlich, g year old FL ping school girl. has been made the zig by the municipal council in recognition of her rescue of two resi- dents of Dantzig from drowning. The two, father and his daughter, were skating from Jungfern lake (Maiden lake) and broke through the ice. In response to their calls for help Frieda assisted them in clambering back on the ice.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
ROYALTY ENJOYS THE MOVIES

The Prince of Wales and Princess Mary have recently formed the habit of slipping" into the neighborhood movie theater near Buckingham Palace and enjoying the pictures without being recognized by the audience. Whenever royalty visits the theater the event usually is quickly told to the world, but the prince and princess, it just has been learned, have been attending the lit- tie movie house once a week without it being known.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
URGES AUTO FIRsr-AIDBoorHs

That f1rst-aid dressing stations or booths be established at dangerous points on highways to care for vic. tins of auto accidents, was the rec. ommendation of a coroner's jury in Selby, England, at the inquest of . motor crash victim recently. It fur- ther urged that list of the nearest doctors be posted in every dressing room, and suggested that the plan be brought to the attention of tho minister of transport of the British government.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
THAT'S THE ECHO

"Theres a wonderful echo about this place." said the guide to the man who was walking in the lake district, but you have to shout very loud. Now you just yell Two pints O beer.'"
 The man shouted and then lis tened
 T hear no echo" he said finally.
 "Oh, we'll" said the guide, "here comes the innkeeper with our beer, anyway."-Tit-B Bits, London.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12

zine contains half page ad depict ing a strapping barefoot boy in oyer alls carrying a basket filled with packages of certain breakfast food. The caption reads: This future p 'esident of the German Reich eats a plate of this every morning." So far as is known this is the first time that the from errand boy to presi- dent" slogan has been made use of in an advertisement.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
LONDON
English Play So Funny That Audiences Laugh So Much
 They Wear Out Seats in the Theater.

London, Feb. 12 R-Plays that cause laughter wear out theater seats much more rapidly than does serious drama. Consequently, when audiences rock with mirth night after night for three years, as Lon- don folk have at "The Farmers Wife," Eden Philpotts' comedy of Devonshire rural life, which has Just ended its long run at the Court theater. the joke is partly on the owners of the theater.
 The Court is closed for a month while new bottoms are put in the seats. Then another Philpotts play, "rhe Blue Comet" will be pro- duced.
 Not even Bernard Shaw can boast that any of his plays ever wore out seats in a London theater. His lengthy Back to Methuselah," was staged at the Court theater-one act a night for four nights in succession constituting a performance-bu the red plush seat cushions showed lit tie if any wear after the plays short run.
 Miss Evelyn Hope played Aramin- ta Dench in "The Farmers Wife" " 1900 times in London without miss ing single performance.
 Toward the end of the run I had a strange obsession that I could not utter a line of my part" Miss Hope explained after laying aside the makeup of the rustic part. T think nearly all the members of the cast got the same way. We imagined we had dried up and couldn't say the lines. In fact sometimes we did for get. You can know lines too well and say them too often. But every actor knew the lines of all other members of the cast and there were plenty of prompters on the stage to pick one up. It is strange that one forgets ones lines. but can always remember the other lines in the play"
 King George and Queen Mary went to see "The Farmers Wife several times during it's long run. Eden Philpotts wrote the comedy several years ago, but had difficulty in inducing a manager to give the thick" play tryout. They all thought the day Of rural comedy was gone. Sir Barry Jackson finally staged the play and it had to be pursed along for many weeks before 1t blossomed into perennial which has been surpassed in the length of it's London run only by Gnu Chin Chow" "The Beggar's Opera" and "The Maid of the Mountains" all musical shows.-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
Women Play Chess

The women of France are taking up chess. The first Feminine Chess club" justified its existence at its public tournament. No marvels have come to the front yet but Madam c Leon Martin, the organizer and pres- ident, has found many excellent play CTS
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
PARIS
Bgophones, Worlds Most Primitive Musical Instruments Coming Into Favor in France Again.

less themes shocked the older gener- ation of scholars who read them. The juries were amazed at the suc-
 cess with which the young women hid their emotions if they had them.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
anyone else to develop 1t.

The lack of sympathy between California and Arizona is occasion ed in large measure by the fact that California's attention IS riveted on flood-control and the as surance of a good domestic supply of water for Los Angeles. Arizona S eye is on the prospect for irriga- tion water and on money from power revenues levied against Southern California for power derived from a Colorado river dam.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
EQUAL CHANGE FOR ALI

In the young German republic the idea that every citizen has a chance to become president is still so novel that an advertisement playing upon this fact is regarded with curi- osity. A weekly illustrated maga-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
Jockey Writes Novel

Jockey Writes Novel
 Stephen Donoghue, Britain's Earl Sande, and rider of several Derby winners, and most famous English horseman now living, has written a novel, "The Gentle Grafter."
 'The Gentle Grafter," is the name of horse, but in this story of the turf there are other grafters of few CT legs and less gentleness.
 A stable. fight in a night club. an airplane crash, and bad crash on a race course are a few of the incidents Steve Donoghue tells us about, and relates. too, in an exceed ingly entertaining manner.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
"Gcneral Knowledge"

Joan of Arc was canonized by Bernard Shaw" wrote a pupil in a general knowledge examination con- ducted in a London school.
 Other pupils wet their pencil points, groaned, produced the fol-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
misery of mediocrity." Their pitt
Chopin Partly French

Chopin. the, great composer, is suddenly discovered" to have had a French father. a fact on record in reference books for the better part of a century.
 The Abbe Evrard. cure of the little church in Maranville, in Lorraine. is credited with unearthing the fact so long known.
 The new family tree, constructed from the town records, shows-as do encyclopaedias-tha Chopin's father Nicolas, was born in France and went to Poland. where he married and where the composer was born.
 For weeks the story of the new addition to French claims to culture has been going the rounds of news papers. none apparently recalling that Chopin spent most of his life, and died, In Paris and that his French percentage is undisputed.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12
The RigOphOne

The Bigophone, the worlds most primitive musical instrument, Is coming back into favor In France. The recent national congress of Bigo- phonists brought this village amuse- ment to the loud notice of the cap- ital and the delegates returned to their country homes with well-exer- cised lungs and new enthusiasm.
 The Bigophone is claimed as French, but 1t also is said to be the same sort of affair as were the trum- pets that blew down the walls of Jericho.
 The Bigophone is the logical evolu- ton of the American child's comb with a piece of paper folded over it. It is q sort of cardboard megaphone thct gives nasal twang to. and
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12

Plans Gay Home
 Number 145 Piccadilly will be one of the brightest homes in London when the Duchess of York takes up residence there on her return from Australia.
 The interior will be mostly blue and white, the favorite decorative scheme of the duchess, blue paint being on the walls instead of paper, and white enamelling on doors and windows. The duchess own boudoir, originally a conservatory with a dome, is blue throughout with blue painted fittings and blue lamp shades.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-12

lowing:
 "The population of London is a bit too thick"
 "They gave the Duke of Yelling ton lovely funeral; 1t took six men to carry the beer"
 Shakespeare wrote "The Merry Widow"
 "Lipton Is the capital of Ceylon."
Evening star., 1927-09-06
Jane Stuart Shops for
You or With You
Phone Franklin 400
54-in. WOOlen
GeOrgette Crepe
$2.98 yd.

A splendid new dress fabric for
Fall. This width only requires about
2M yards for dress. In the new
est Fall shades.
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Evening star., 1927-09-06

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with pockets. Coat or slip
over styles. Sizes 6 to 10.
Green, copen, tan and buff,
$2.oS
Rain Coat and Hat to
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Sizes 6 to 10. Specially
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Girls Fine Muslin Com.
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Evening star., 1927-09-06

Just at the time when this cloth
is so greatly in demand, we have
been fortunate in securing special
lot of many pretty patterns and col
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Third FIoor-1th street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
STONE, GRAVEL
ROADS BENEFITED
BY HEAVY RAINS
Highway Bulletin Lists Con-
ditions-Tornado DAM
age Not Cited.

Heavy midweek rains, generally
throughout Indiana, benefit rather
than damage stone and gravel
surface roads," says the weekly
bulletin on road constitutions sent
out by the State Highway Depart
ment. Effects Of a tornado on the
roads is not mentioned, as the
bulletin was prepared before the
night of the big wind"
Latest reports on roads leading
out Of Indianapolis are as follows:
U. s. No. 81 louisville. Seymour. Co
South Bend, Michigan line) -Short detour
in edge of Jeffersonville account paving
Loose stone for, four miles between Sey
and one-half miles south of Columbus. pc
tour between Columbus and Amity, oI LOT
paying a TnnargSna ao at
No. 20 madison. Versailles ,Greensburg
shelbyyille Indianap9s, hi ~ Nm % oe near
of Madison for construction; ,detour is over
N~ound construction lust south OF Green's
Burg. one mile of which is very narrow.
Detour from one mile north OF BurilngIHo Ton
tour from Knox to a point SIX miles north
. at junction of No. 80 account~of paving. -,
No SO authorized but not MAINTAINED
from Illinois line to Montezuma-thenee
to Rockville Danville, Indianapolis) = De-
tour, account Of paving b 1ettwyi1Ts Marion
No 81 TEL City, English Pa9li, Bed Bed
s)LBad slides south of Grantsburg;;
bridge at four miles north Of Bloomington
q. S. No 81 Junction of Al near FoW-
Ter. Lafayette, Lebanon: lpdl anapolis,
Rlshville, Br0okville, Cincinnati -Detour
from east edge of Montmorenci to one ana
one-ha1f miles east of Otterbeln. Two de-
tours between Lebanon and Lafayette IN
fair shape Paying between Marion Covn-
fy line and Rushville, with detours Tor 10
cal traffic. Indianapolis Rushville traffic
use National Rd. 40 to Dunreith, thence
south on No g. Building twelve bridges
and paving between Marion County line
and Morristown: local detours only.
No 81 (VincenneS Bicknell, Spencer, In
dianapolis. Anderson. Muncie Short de-
tour around paving of gap near. ingalls,.
u. S. No. $50 (Junction of 80 near
Shoals Paoli New Albany Under con-
struction from West Baden and French
Lick to Paoli and thence to Palmyra.
There is local detour between West Ba-
den and Paoli, but through traffic is rout-
ing on No. 90 to Mitchell, thence south
on 81 to Paoli, thence east on SO to Sa.
lem, thence south on 40 to Palmyra and
back to $50. Through traffic is using
French Lick and West Baden as stop-overs
between Vincennes and New ALBANY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
HUMAN FACTOR,
F0REMEN TOPIC
Chicagoan to Speak at SeS-
sion at LiIIY'S.

The human factor in industry will
be discussed at the second monthly
meeting of the City Foremen's
Club at the Eli Lilly & Co. plant,
Tuesday night. l.. A. Hartley, Chi
cago, will be speaker.
At the same time delegates to the
tannual convention of the NatioRal
Association of Foremen at Cincfh-
natl, Saturday, will report on the
success Of their effort to bring the
1928 convention to Indianapolis.
Arrangements for the Tuesday
meeting, to follow a cafeteria sup
per, are in the charge of William Ell
liott, U. S. Rubber Company.
Hartley's address will be on 1.-The
Human Factor in Industry; Some
Basic Considerations for Industrial
Relations Keymen." He is director
Of education, National Founders So
ciety.
A. e. Leith, foundry instructor,
Arsenal Technical schools, is on the
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
JudSOn Winner
, Times Special

nv IIWeS BDCCIUI
' SHELBYVILLE, Ind, May co.
Less than thirty minutes were re-
quired for a jury to find for the
plaintiff and set aside the will Of
Elizabeth o. Smith, in the case of
Emmett Judson against Charles E.
Smith. 1t required three and a
half weeks to hear the evidence. The
case had come here on a change of
venue from Marion County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
TWO CRASHES IN ONE
Driver Suffer Double Accident
Trying to Avoid Hit.

Hampton Polsgrove, 3459 Ken
wood Ave, chose what he believed
to be the lesser of two evils Thurs
day night and was doubly rewarded
with both evils.
Choosing to run into the curb with
his new automobile to avoid striking
Charles Jones, 81, $50 w. Twenty
Ninth ST., bicyc1ist, at Capitol Ave.
and Twenty-Ninth, ST., Polsgrove hit
both the curb and the bicycle. The
machine was badly damaged. Jones
was uninjured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
it sounded like the swarming of
hundreds of bees.

Certain Alpine roses have been
discovered to be responsible for poi
soning honey in Asia Minor and
parts of the Balkans. The honey
does not kill, but will render per
son unconscious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
ITO BASEMENTv IS CRY
Tornado Tears Back of House Away
Aged Mother Unnerved.

Lets get to the basement" was
the cry Of Hugh Meyer, GA Sherman
Drive, when the tornado struck the
back of their home and riddled it.
With Meyer was his wife and aged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
WILLARD PARK SUFFERS
Hardest Hit of City Preserves; Many
Trees Down.

r. Willard Park was the hardest hit
of all local parks by the windstorm
Wednesday. according to the park
board Thursday by r. Walter Jarvis,
parks superintendent. But few trees
were left standing. Jarvis said. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20

mother. Today the latter is a ner-
vous wreck.
IT am SO years old and I never
though I'd live to witness such a
terrible thing" the mother said, her
hands quivering.
The clock on the kitchen wall
stopped at p. m. Before they got
to the basement the back of the
house was torn away. They say